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VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH LINDA HAHN
On Saturday April 17 from 1pm-4:30pm, we will have a half day virtual workshop with Linda Hahn. She will be teaching her technique for foundation piecing using a paper that can be left in the quilt. The block being taught can be used in various configurations to create a variety of quilt designs. The registration fee of $40 includes a required kit which includes full color pattern, foundation paper that stays in the quilt, re-useable foundation piecing stencil.
ALL STAR VIRTUAL SAMPLER PLATTER
Faithful Circle has purchased enrollment in this fantastic Zoom classroom experience and is offering free attendance for our guild members. An all-star cast of 18 quilt teachers will demonstrate some of their favorite quilting techniques, showcasing a wide variety of styles and techniques. Each demo will be 15 minutes in length. In between each demo, there will be some short and entertaining Zoom tutorials that will help you get the most out of a Zoom workshop. Come when you can, stay as long as you’d like and enjoy.
VIRTUAL LECTURE WITH HOLLIS CHATELAIN “INFLUENCES OF AFRICA”
At our regular 11:00am meeting on February 25, 2021 we will be welcoming Hollis Chatelain virtually, for a one hour lecture. Hollis Chatelain is an internationally renowned, and award-winning, artist. Through a dynamic and characteristic style marked by dreamlike imagery, elaborate use of color, and intricate thread detail, Hollis creates unique compositions that address challenging social, environmental, and political themes. Her work is found in public and private collections all around the world. Leaving the USA with the Peace Corps, just after college, and living 12 years in West Africa has had a major impact on her artwork. During this lecture, using large quilts and photos of her work and her life in Africa, Hollis will lead the audience on a voyage starting with her discovery of African cloth through the evolution of her artwork
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH PHYLLIS CULLEN
Join your FCQ friends for a fun virtual workshop from the comfort of your own sewing space. We will have a live virtual workshop with Phyllis in two parts. Part I is on Saturday January 30, 2021 from 2pm – 5pm and Part II is on Saturday February 6, 2021 from 2pm – 5pm. The cost for both is $30. Use one of Phyllis’ stained-glass patterns or create your own. You will then make a raw-edge fusible, appliquéd and quilted piece that not only looks like real stained glass but requires no fussy edge treatments, no bias tape, no fussy quilting, and is quick, easy, and fun! Then we add some optional oil stick painting, and optional applique, or optional embellishment, and quilt either free motion or walking foot. This class is appropriate for beginners, who will learn basic free motion quilting as well.
VIRTUAL LECTURE WITH Gloria Loughman
Join us for a virtual lecture from Gloria Loughman, who will be joining us from Australia to present her lecture “Share the Journey”.
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WITH NINA CLOTFELTER – “CHOP IT LIKE IT’S HOT!”
We are pleased to announce our first FCQ exclusive live, virtual workshop. You will be able to participate in the all day sewing workshop from the comfort of your home sewing space via Zoom. Even though we can’t be together for a class in person, we can still sew together, learn new skills and have fun! This workshop will be held on Saturday October 17 from 10am – 4pm, with a half hour break for lunch. Nina will be teaching her workshop “Chop It Like It’s HOT!”. We all have scraps left over from every project we do, so let’s make a beautiful wall hanging with them. This class is kind of like the book “The Ugly Duckling” because we take useless and ugly scraps, large and small, and turn them into a gorgeous wall hanging. You’ll use your yarns, sequins, bling of any kind, metallic threads, satin rat tail, anything you want to embellish with, that can be sewn down. Let’s get creative. You will have a fun day with beautiful results!
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS AND LECTURE WITH BETHANNE NEMESH
Members of Faithful Circle Quilters can now sign up for three different virtual workshops with renowned long arm quilter Bethanne Nemesh. Northern Virginia guild, Quilters Unlimited, is hosting the workshops and has invited other guilds to join. Each workshop is 2 hours. If you sign up for at least one workshop, you can attend the virtual lecture free. Friday November 13, at 10am – Workshop Freehand Florals Friday November 13, at 1pm – Workshop Fast to Fancy: Feathers for Freehand Quilters Saturday November 14, at 10am – Workshop Quilted Texture from A to Zen Saturday November 14, from 2-3pm Lecture: Walk a Creative Path (only for workshop participants).
Hi my fellow Quilters! I hope all of you are surviving this very strange time in our lives! We are going to run another Round Robin this year. I’m hoping lots of you will join us. Everyone is welcomed to participate! This is a chance to practice good techniques and to work outside your comfort zone. This is done without knowing who will be working on your original block until the final reveal. And you won’t know whose project you are working on until then either. There will be 8 rounds – 7 exchanges. This will start in August and the final reveal will be in May. If you want to participate: Decide on a block and your focus fabric. Make one block – either an 8” finished (8 ½” unfinished), a 10” finished (10 ½” unfinished), or a 12” finished (12 ½” unfinished) block. It is your choice for size and block. BE CREATIVE and MEASURE CAREFULLY!
DIAMOND DIVAS & DRAMA QUEENS
COLORED GEMSTONES AS DESIGN INSPIRATION
MJ Kinman, textile artist, will present her lecture on Thursday May 7 at 10:30am. The lecture will be held virtually via zoom. MJ Kinman makes the biggest diamonds in the world using fabric! She will explain how she was inspired and will share some of her quilting history, along with her quilts.
COMFORT QUILT CHALLENGE
Hopefully everyone is finishing their Mystery Challenge Comfort Quilt. Please register your Challenge quilt (priority 0, along with your other quilts priority 1 -5) for our Facets of Quilting Show, April 16 – 18. It is very inspirational to see fifty Challenge quilts displayed together. During previous shows, visitors have commented on how generous our guild is with our donation quilts. After our quilt show, challenge quilts will be donated to the charity of your choice to provide comfort and cheer. Please indicate on the quilt label so we know where to deliver your donation quilt. Suggested local charities are the following: Adults – Howard County Department of Aging Project Holiday, Loan Closet of Howard County, St Agnes Hospice Babies – Alpha Pregnancy Center Children – Sleep In Heavenly Peace, Howard County General Hospital, TAPS, Project Linus, Binky Patrol Any Age Group – Bridges to Housing, Grassroots Recommended sizes are suggested, but not limited to, baby (32” x 40”), lap (40” x 60”) or twin (60”-70” x 85”-90”
Silent Auction was again a success this year due to your efforts. We raised $2521 from the following: donations ($506.50), just a $1.00 ($183.50), raffle tickets ($522.00), refreshments ($76.00) and silent auction ($1233.00). Including a $500 donation from the guild will provide the church with $3021 to use in their Thanksgiving Day Basket program. A sincere thank you to all of the guild members!
VIRTUAL LECTURE BY DEBORAH BOSCHERT
Join us for a fascinating virtual lecture from Deborah Boshert where she will present her lecture “Stitching, Symbols, Signature Style” at a special meeting on May 27 at 7pm.
Deborah Boschert is an artist, author and teacher. She creates art quilts with layers of fabric, paint and stitching. The personal symbols and details in her work reflect her experiences and feelings about places she’s lived and the things she’s done. In her art quilts, the tiny details are as important as the over-all design. As in life, every-day little joys compliment the bigger adventures.
Her award-winning art quilts have been exhibited in quilt shows and art galleries throughout the United States and internationally. She has appeared on Quilting Arts TV and The Quilt Show. She is published in many books and magazines. Deborah is the author of Art Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint and Stitch.
FALL RETREAT WITH JOYCE HUGHES
This year’s Fall retreat at Pecometh will be held Friday, September 27 through Sunday, September 29. Six meals, Friday dinner through Sunday lunch is included. Joyce Hughes will be teaching a Dimensional Thread Painting workshop (Blue Hummingbird panel) on Friday. Lunch that day will be planned as a pot luck, with participants bringing a dish to share. The remainder of the weekend retreat will be UFO sewing time. Pecometh is located near Centreville, MD, and has wonderful sewing space and comfortable hotel style rooms that can be single or double occupancy. The dining room serves farm to table meals which are delicious. There is plenty of space in the facility to lay out quilts, sit in a quiet location, or take a walk outside.
UPCOMING BUS TRIP TO HERSHEY
We will be offering a bus trip to the Hershey Quilt Odyssey 2019 on Saturday July 27, 2019. The cost will be $57, which includes transportation, driver gratuity, and show admission. There will be two pick up points offered this year: The first at the Park and Ride at Rt. 108 and Presbyterian Circle, Columbia at 8:00 a.m. And the second at Deereco Road and Greenspring, Timonium at 8:30 a.m. We will return at approximately 7:30 p.m. There will be a dinner stop at Cracker Barrel (on your own) en route home.
WORKSHOP AND LECTURE
Debby Kratovil will give a lecture and trunk show on Thursday, May 9th at our regular Thursday meeting. She will also be teaching a full day workshop, “Cloisonne Diamonds,” on Saturday May 11th. This is a class for all levels of quilters. Try your hand at stitching 4 patch diamonds and setting them with a bold and beautiful print diamond. There are no set-in seams or funky templates involved. All are rotary cut, using a standard ruler with a 60º marked line. The option of making a variety of quilt sizes will appeal to everyone. Make and finish a small project in class to try the technique, or make a larger bed sized quilt. This is a great scrappy-quilt project also.
FCQ donated 14 quilts to Montgomery County Project Linus and 9 quilts to Howard County Project Linus for this year’s TAPS Good Grief Camp. THANK YOU to everyone who donated fabric, sewed blocks, pieced quilt tops, machine quilted, and stitched bindings. If you still have a TAPS block, please return it ASAP. We are waiting for members to return blocks so we can finish quilt top kits for next year’s TAPS quilts.
KAREN MAGGIO, nurse manager of the Howard County Hospital NICU, would like FCQ members to know (that): “The Hearts program is going VERY well. The parents love it. They say that it makes them feel better leaving their babies here each day knowing that their scent is with their baby. We cannot thank FCQ enough for your generous donation of the hearts.”
A QUILTED JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD WITH LINDA M POOLE
This is the title of the lecture Linda M Poole will be giving for FCQ on Thursday March 21. Look at the world through the eyes of American and International quilters and see what inspires them in their quilts. Linda will also be teaching a full day workshop on Saturday March 23 on her fabric painting techniques. The class will be her Monarch Butterfly (class fee of $70 includes a kit fee). You will learn to paint, blend and shade with Inktense ink pencils and pigments. Doodle designs get added to your butterfly to make it your one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Learning from Linda, an experienced painter and quilt instructor, will be a class to remember. She promises that anyone can do this!
FCQ WELCOMES BECKY GOLDSMITH
We are pleased to announce our final guest lecturer and teacher for 2018, Becky Goldsmith. Becky is part of the “Piece O’ Cake Designs” team of well-known pattern designers, authors, educators and quilt artists. She will be presenting her lecture “A Practical Approach to Color” on Thursday November 8 at 10:30am at the guild meeting. Becky will be teaching three workshops.
The members of Faithful Circle Quilters are the greatest people! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in ways big and small for making the Silent Auction a successful event again this year. The variety of items is always intriguing, sometimes the bidding gets pretty active, and the raffle ticket sales went well. This year we brought in $2,043.00 in sales and donations. In addition, the guild is donating $500, bringing the total gift to First Presbyterian Church of Howard County to more than $2,500. We will be presenting our check to the deacons in charge of the Thanksgiving ‘basket’ project within the next couple of weeks.
It’s that time of year again!! Howard County Hospital’s Emergency Room has an urgent need for plain white undershirts (tee shirts) for children and adults who arrive with ruined/soiled shirts. I will be collecting these undershirts at the November meetings through the Holiday Luncheon in December. Shirts must be new and still in the package. The hospital needs children’s tees in medium, large, and extra-large sizes, and adult tees in small, medium, and large sizes. They can be found in most department stores, and even some craft stores. Early shopping reports the lowest prices at WalMart. As always, thank you for your generosity
KOMEN QUILT FOR THE CURE OCTOBER 2018
We are collecting donation quilts to be raffled at the Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Komen raffle quilts can be any size, any color, any pattern and are due by October 1st.
EXCITING LECTURE AND WORKSHOPS JOEN WOLFRAM COMING TO FCQ
At our meeting on Thursday September 6, Joen Wolfram will be giving a lecture called “Adventures in Design – Creating Spectacular Quilts.” She will be presenting a multitude of ways to design quilts by considering design choices, innovative ideas, border concerns and quilt design pit-falls. She will be presenting some very basic design concepts which can make the difference between an OK-looking quilt and a stunning quilt. Joen will be teaching two separate, non-sewing, workshops.
FALL SHOPPING TRIP
The Fall Shopping trip will be Friday, October 5, 2018. Stops will include Wilbur’s Chocolate retail store, Lititz Family Cupboard and Bakery (lunch) and Weaver’s Dry Goods, all in Lititz, PA, and the Kitchen Kettle Village (Old Country Store and Zook’s) in Intercourse. The cost of $60.00 includes transportation, driver gratuity, and lunch. Departure time from the Park and Ride across from the church is 7:30 a.m. We will return about 7:30 p.m.
The mystery quilt challenge, which will start in September, has two advantages for our members. It can be made in a number of sizes, and it can be ‘scrappy.’ In September, the challenge blocks will be half-square triangles (HST). I will demo two methods of making HST during the first Thursday meeting in September (9/6) and the last Monday meeting in August (8/27). We are giving you the fabric requirements now so you can think it over and check out your stash during the summer. The first step will be in the September newsletter.
MARY HUEY LECTURE AND WORKSHOP
On Thursday July 26, we will be hosting Mary Huey as a guest lecturer at our meeting. The lecture starts at 10:30am and will be held at the Elkridge Library in the Belmont meeting room. Please note the change of meeting location! Mary’s lecture is entitled “UFO Assault Tactics.” This should be a fun lecture with lots of helpful tips about how to make better progress on the many UFO quilters tend to accumulate. On Saturday July 28, Mary will be teaching a full day workshop “Scrappy String Star.” This workshop will be held at the Gary J. Arthur Community Center in Glenwood. Scrappy String Star is a large scale 8-pointed star — blocks about 18″ square — which uses up lots of bits and incorporates a little bit of y-seam piecing to assemble the diamonds. Mary will teach the Set-In Piecing Simplified technique. Four of these blocks make a good size lap quilt! The class will be held from 9:00am-4:00pm and costs $50.
2018 PROJECT LINUS ALPHABET CHALLENGE
Thanks to a fabric donation and the creativity of our members, there were 52 Project Linus Alphabet Challenge quilts displayed at our show. If you had the opportunity to white glove in the Linus or Choir room, you heard many positive comments about the quality and quantity of our donation quilts. Each child receiving an alphabet quilt will feel the love and warmth of our quilted hugs.
FCQ EDUCATIONAL EVENT
Terry Kramzar will be giving a lecture at our Monday meeting on May 21 at 7pm. Her lecture, entitled “Inspired by Adventure”, will be a trunk show and talk about her adventures and how they have inspired her creative process. Terry’s work is very diverse, ranging from pictorial to abstract, pieced to applique, innovative to traditional.\Terry will be teaching an all day workshop on Saturday May 26. Her workshop is titled “Pieced Quilting in Layers”. In the workshop, students will bring their gorgeous fabrics and play with color and texture to create a small art quilt to learn her innovative technique for quilting – not free motion quilting — just straight stitching with a regular foot. This is similar to “quilt as you go” but the backing is one piece. She’ll also teach perfect Knife Edge Binding for an artful finish. C
The 2018 FCQ Spring Retreat will once again be held at Black Rock Retreat Center in Quarryville, PA from May 17-20. This is a UFO retreat and participants may choose to arrive on Thursday or Friday and stay through Sunday. Prices are based on double occupancy and include 24 hour access to the sewing room and all meals. Total cost is $260 per person for Friday – Sunday (including lunch Friday through Breakfast Sunday) or $340 per person for Thursday – Sunday (including dinner Thursday through Breakfast Sunday). Deposits of $50 for the retreat in the form of checks made out to FCQ will be taken starting January 1, with final balances due February 1
PAJAMA PANTS COLLECTION
Thank you very much for your generous donations of Pajama Pants for the Howard County Hospital’s Pediatric ER. We were able to deliver 3 full laundry baskets of pants! A sewing day is scheduled for Wednesday, January 31st (weather permitting)
Prior Years Educational Lectures and Workshops
Mary Lou Weidman
David M Taylor


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Why Gillian Flynn launched her book imprint with a debut noir about a rebel nun
On the Shelf
Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery
By Margot Douaihy
Gillian Flynn: 320 pages, $28
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In the opening pages of “Scorched Grace,” Margot Douaihy’s debut crime novel and the first release from Gillian Flynn Books, Holiday Walsh is taking a smoke break when she notices the east wing of St. Sebastian’s Catholic School is on fire. She rushes to the building just as someone plummets from a second-story window, and finds the body “charring in the grass, his limbs splayed — the devastating choreography of a stomped roach.”
Thinking she hears more people inside, Holiday runs in and nearly succumbs to the flames. Her actions attract the suspicions of Fire Investigator Magnolia Riveaux of the New Orleans Fire Department. Holiday’s gold tooth, extensive tattoos and appetite for vice mark her as a prime suspect despite the fact that she works at St. Sebastian’s: She is a member of the Sisters of the Sublime Blood.
No, that’s not the name of a band. Sister Holiday is a nun. In order to clear her name, Sister Holiday sets out to solve the mystery of the arson.
If you’re thinking a nun as a hard-boiled detective stretches the limits of credulity, you’re not alone. When Gillian Flynn, author of the wildly successful novel “Gone Girl,” was searching for a novel to launch her new imprint under Zando Projects, she initially skipped over “Scorched Grace.”
“I don’t want to read a book about a nun,” Flynn recalled thinking. “They’re trying to trick me into reading a cozy!” A cozy mystery is the kind where violent crime occurs off the page — needless to say, not Flynn’s style.
“I was being really picky,” Flynn said. “I wanted a book that I could deeply vouch for, that I could feel comfortable going out and saying, ‘If you like my stuff, I promise you will like this book!’”
After his ‘L.A. Confidential’ adaptation was canned, Jordan Harper decided to write his own L.A. thriller. ‘Everybody Knows’ is Hollywood noir made new.
Once she was reassured by her team that she had to read “Scorched Grace,” it took only a few pages for Flynn, who attended Catholic high school in Kansas City, to fall in love with Sister Holiday. “She isn’t this tough, impenetrable human,” Flynn said. “She really understands her own demons and empathizes with people who are themselves wrestling with their demons. There’s a real humanity to her.”
Sister Holiday reminded Flynn of the protagonist from her debut novel. “I really feel like my character Camille Preaker from ‘Sharp Objects’ would be totally great friends with Sister Holiday.”
Flynn’s taste here is very much the point. Zando Projects was founded by Molly Stern, who was let go as publisher of Crown in 2018 as Penguin Random House completed a brutal wave of consolidation. Never mind that Stern had made hits out of relative unknowns like Flynn, “The Martian’s” Andy Weir and “Ready Player One” author Ernest Cline (as well as Michelle Obama). With Zando, Stern embarked on a more unorthodox model of publishing, enlisting famous partners like Flynn, Sarah Jessica Parker and John Legend.
“Scorched Grace” doesn’t read like a first novel. Although the plot is a bit loose in places where Douaihy unpacks Sister Holiday’s baggage — and there’s a lot of it — the prose really sings. Her description of the nun cleaning a stained glass window is as precise and evocative as an epiphany:
“I discovered that if you pressed your face to Mary’s face in the Nativity glass, you could peer right through her translucent eye and see New Orleans shimmering below like a moth wing. On the highest rung of the ladder, my eye to Mary’s eye, I saw Faubourg Delassize and Livaudais unfold to the left, Tchoupitoulas Street and the hypnotic ribbon of the Mississippi River to the right. The city was electric at every hour, but at dawn, I was astonished by the wattage of color that vibrated in the silken light.”
Molly Stern announced Thursday that she is starting Zando, an independent publishing company that will team up with influencers and brands to promote books.
Such lyricism in the service of setting the scene betrays the author’s background as an established poet. Douaihy, who lives in Northampton, Mass., and teaches an hour north at Franklin Pierce University, grew up in Scranton, Pa., and went to Catholic school. “I grew up in the Maronite denomination of Catholicism,” Douaihy explained, “and it’s unbelievably beautiful. The art in our church, these extraordinary murals, the stained glass.”
The Maronite Church is the largest Christian denomination in Lebanon and part of the Eastern Catholic Church. Douaihy’s uncle was a deacon and her cousins took school trips to Lebanon; she can trace her family history back to a 13th century ancestor who was a Maronite nun. But as Douaihy got older she pulled away from the church.
“Longing to go into a sacred space and feeling distant is a hard, hard feeling,” Douaihy said during an interview over the phone. “Yearning to feel called because that’s what your tradition is. Wanting to make your people proud, make your priest proud, and failing to do that can be self-lacerating. It felt awful for me.”
Part of the issue was Douaihy’s sexuality. “I did not feel comfortable coming out of the closet for a long time and, as a result, silenced my true self and my true voice,” she said. Ultimately, it was art — not religion — that saved her.
Once she found her voice in poetry, she was able to make peace with the many paradoxes in her life: her faith, her queerness, her love of hard-boiled crime novels and punk rock. “Practicing art is my prayer,” Douaihy said. “That’s just a way I try to give passion and heart and sincerity and rage a space where it can coexist. Art is my religion.”
From her wildly successful podcast, Zibby Owens has built a media empire, complete with her own publishing company and, starting Feb. 18, a Santa Monica bookstore.
Enter Sister Holiday, a queer, tattooed, guitar-playing party animal from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, who leaves it all behind for a life of sacrifice and service in a religious order in New Orleans. While Douaihy insists that Sister Holiday “is not a mouthpiece for me,” the nun reflects her desire to “make peace with the dichotomies in her own life in a way that feels believable. She’s a character that I use to explore the possibilities of storytelling.”
To flesh out those possibilities, Douaihy drew on her experiences living in both Brooklyn and New Orleans, where she was part of a group of educators and artists who joined the Creative Alliance of New Orleans and Recovery School District to set up writing and art studios for local youth.
In some parishes, a nun with tattoos would be seen as a gaudy costume — a prelude to something scandalous. But it almost makes sense in a place like New Orleans, where music spills into the streets and the collision of cultures is a cause for celebration. For Douaihy, the city’s “fluency with the possibility of disaster” was the perfect refuge for someone like Sister Holiday.
With a sequel — “Blessed Water” — under contract and more Sister Holiday adventures in the works, Douaihy will have plenty of opportunities to return to her old haunts and make new memories in what she considers “the most important American city.”
Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s lauded debut novel disguised his hometown; his new short story collection, “Those Who Don’t Say They Love You,” faces the city head on.
It’s the perfect place for Holiday to confront both sides of her psyche: the one that used drugs and loud music to drown out her demons and the one that finds sanctuary in service to others on her journey through faith and flames.
“Even though it’s very paradoxical,” Douaihy said, “there is something that just makes sense about devoting your life to something that feels true, even if it’s difficult.”
Ruland’s new novel, “Make It Stop,” will be published in April.
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October 7, 2012 |
PUNE: K L Ramakumar, director of radiochemistry and isotope group at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, has highlighted the need for a fair and open minded appreciation by the people about the immense benefits of nuclear energy. "The benefits of costing and clean energy compared to conventional energy resources like coal, has to be assessed properly. There is no point in looking at nuclear energy with a negative attitude," Ramakumar said while interacting with students of department of environmental science at the University of Pune (UoP)
July 19, 2012 |
BHOPAL: Patients in the state will soon get the facility of treatment through tele-medicine facility. Virology lab and gamma cameras will also be installed soon at Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal . To improve access to health care, the medical education director Dr SC Tiwari informed that ultramodern examination facilities of pathology and radiology are being installed in the state's medical colleges. There are six government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh . "Tele-medicine would mean improved access to health care, less travel," he said.
January 21, 2012 |
KOLKATA: A second campus of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) is set to come up in Rajarhat. Touted to be a world-class hospital for treating cancer patients and research, this campus will be set up on a 10-acre plot on the northern fringes of the city. The 500-bed hospital will be built in two phases and will have treatment facilities for all types of cancer. It will be set up at a cost of about Rs 580 crore. The land has already been acquired and the final building plan is ready.
May 11, 2011
CHANDIGARH: The administration has suffered a dent of Rs 4 lakh in its coffers due to failure of recovery of Value Added Tax (VAT) from PGI. The deficiency was pointed out by audit report, stating that the institute has not paid the required tax on its two major turnkey projects. The pending amount is to be paid by PGI. The report recorded that it had outsourced its two projects on turnkey basis to a private company and a total amount of Rs 4 lakh was the VAT for the project.
May 6, 2011
HYDERABAD: The state government has given the green signal for a consortium of professionals, headed by former Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal , to set up a Special Economic Zone at the Hardware Park developed by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) in Maheswaram mandal in Ranga Reddy district on the outskirts of the city. Called Vittal Innovation City (VIC), the SEZ will have Infosys chairman emeritus N R Narayana Murthy, UID Project chairman Nandan Nilekani and former ICICI chairman Narayanan Vaghul as key advisors and A Gururaj as its managing director.
May 4, 2011
MUMBAI: The Air-India pilots' stir has not only affected air traffic movement in the country, it has also hit medical treatment. A consignment of nuclear medicine isotopes has been lying at the city airport since Saturday, affecting treatment schedules of hundreds of cancer patients across the country. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) sends out laboratory-made radioisotopes of iodine (I-131) and molybdenum 99 every Saturday to about a 100 centres offering treatment to cancer patients.
May 1, 2011 |
CHENNAI: Thousands of cancer patients across the country are in pain, deprived of diagnosis and treatment after several of the 400 hospitals ran out of nuclear medicine because of the Air India strike. Air India has the largest network of flights that airlift perishable radioactive isotopes from Mumbai and Delhi to other cities and towns. Other airlines that deliver the isotopes either do not have regular services to small towns or dangerous goods (DGR)
March 17, 2011 |
BANGALORE: Two Indians who have just returned from Japan fear they might have been exposed to radiation after the three explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi plant . They have sought an appointment at the Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore , to get themselves screened for radioactive exposure. Nuclear medicine specialist Dr Mythri Shankar , who will screen them on Thursday, told TOI: "They are scared, but there is no need for panic or concern. Workers at manufacturing industries are particularly vulnerable.
March 16, 2011 |
MUMBAI: Even as Japan faces a nuclear crisis, mobile phones in Mumbai have started beeping with bogus SMSes warning of radioactive rain . This is not the first time that fear-mongering text messages have done the rounds of the city. When the AIDS epidemic was at its height, chain mails warned of deadly syringes filled with infected blood that were being kept on dimly lit seats at cinema theatres. They spread panic among citizens. Do these messages have a noble aim or is unrest their only agenda?
March 16, 2011 |
MUMBAI: Even as Japan faces a nuclear crisis , mobile phones in Mumbai have started beeping with bogus SMSs warning of radioactive rain. This is not the first time that fear-mongering text messages are doing the rounds. When the fear of AIDS epidemic was at its height, chain mails warned of deadly syringes filled with infected blood that were being kept on dimly lit seats at cinema theatres. Sociologists and doctors say that urban legends usually have a social message, it is often exaggerated and not medically true.

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Votes for Murray's wet dry election could certified as early as Friday. The city voted to allow package alcohol sales this week, in a local option election.
Mayor Bill Wells says after the votes are certified the city will have 60 days to implement the ordinance. "And in that time frame we’re supposed to have two readings of an ordinance that would help set up what we’re going to do on ordinances pertaining to packaged liquor sales in Murray,” said Wells
"City officials have a good head start," Wells says, because they’ve been working with officials from Danville,KY which went wet about 18 months ago. He says Danville is similar in size and makeup to Murray, which has helped them determine what to expect over the next few months.
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ROMES - 'Out of It'
This week I have been on the search for something new and fresh-sounding and Canadian indie-pop quartet, ROMES, gave me this. This track is the first taste of their new, second album following their self-titled debut and it makes me excited for what the rest of the album might bring.
ROMES bring synth-pop and indie-rock together seamlessly in this track; 'Out of It' is filled with a heavy background riff and lyrics that make me want to scream them at a stage. The band said that this track drew influence from the one and only Beyonce and the “leg move she does, belting out the lyrics”, although honestly I fail to see any link between this track and Queen B.
I beg the music industry for more music videos that are 5 year old rock-and-roll kids on an empty road. The music video really adds to the track on your first listen, but the more I listen to this track, the more I respect it as its own entity.
ROMES have effectively pulled me in to their sound and whilst I listen to their debut album and wait for their second album, I recommend you give this new track a listen.
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New Orleans disaster was government’s fault
Certainly a lot of people in this country will be affected by premium increases in the National Flood Insurance Program. So it’s very important for all of us to stay informed on pending legislation, and to get all of the facts.
Actually, getting the facts is what prompted my letter. The first paragraph of AP writer Scott Sonner’s story [RGJ, March 25] refers to Hurricane Katrina slamming into New Orleans and Superstorm Sandy wreaking havoc on the East Coast. But here’s the big problem: Hurricane Katrina didn’t slam into New Orleans. The devastation in my home town, the weeks of being under water, were due to the failure of the Federal Flood Protection System, designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
So, while both hurricanes were natural disasters where they did hit, the flooding in New Orleans was manmade. And that’s a fact!
Linda Kocher, New Orleans, La.


Google has risen in popularity in the past couple years, now its email server Gmail has a total of 900 million users. It is definitely this generation’s AOL, of course everyone remembers that craze.
Senior Vice President for Google, Sundar Pichai, announced their major growth in users Friday, May 29; a 425 million jump from users recorded in 2012. He also noted that 75 percent of the 900 users access their emails through their cell phone.
Google has officially beat out the number one spot in email services, kicking Hotmail (now known as Outlook.com) to the second place spot. Though Google is the most updated on their count and other companies still need to update user numbers, their numbers are so high it would be unbelievable if their competitors ranked higher.
Many can guess that Google’s success is due to the various platforms they offer on top of just emails. Not only can you check emails, but you have a backup drive that supports all different file types and you can create documents through the drive saved instantly through your account for easy sharing and attachment.
A new platform Google has come out with is Inbox; re-inventing emailing and introducing an even more modern way to email. The platform is available now for all users. Yet, Google is still working on developing its Gmail platform as the platforms do serve slightly different functionalities.


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In a new TV ad, Rep. Tom Cotton tries to rewrite history with the claim that President Obama “hijacked the farm bill, turned it into a food stamp bill.” Food stamp funding has been part of farm bills going back to 1973.
This is another in our series of regular quarterly updates of key statistical indicators of the Obama presidency. Our intent is to provide accurate measures of what’s changed — for better or worse — since Obama first took office in January 2009.
To learn a bit about how partisans create false political propaganda, take a few moments to study what’s behind this headline: “More People Getting Government Food than Actually Working.”
Rep. Michele Bachmann used misleading and at times wildly inaccurate portrayals of two key domestic and foreign policy issues — food stamps and the response to an attack on a […]


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11/13/13 by Rebecca Rider
Dr. Francis Koster unraveled the science behind the current climate
change debate November 12 at the Center for the Environment facility on
the Catawba College campus.
Koster, author of Discovering the New America: Where Local Communities are Solving National Problems, began his presentation by putting the climate change debate into historical context. The controversy it has given birth to is difficult to understand without first looking at how society has dealt with similar paradigm shifts in the past. Koster explained that many new scientific theories, like the discovery that the earth revolves around the sun or the research which showed that germs cause disease, shared similar struggles.
10/29/13 by Rebecca Rider
Dr. Christopher Magryta explored the effects of diet and the environment on microflora in the gut October 24 at the Center for the Environment building on the Catawba College campus. He told the group that it could have a drastic impact on health.
10/04/13 by Rebecca Rider
Farmers, visitors from the LandTrust for Central North Carolina and members of the community gathered Thursday evening to hear about “The Farm Bill, Healthy Food and the Environment: What's at Stake?”
09/22/13 by Rebecca Rider
“The American diet trades convenience for chronic illness.”
Those are the words of Dr. Chris Nagy, chief medical officer and director of Your Personal Wellness Center. He spoke to an audience of about 175 people Thursday evening at the Center for the Environment facility on the Catawba College campus. Nagy's presentation was entitled, “The Standard American Diet: History, Health, and Disease.”
09/01/13 by Halley Brantley
Dr. Chris Nagy, founder and director of Your Personal Wellness Center in Salisbury, will speak September 19 at 6:30 p.m. on “The Standard American Diet: History, Health and Disease” at the Center for the Environment facility on the Catawba College campus. He talked recently with Juanita Teschner, the Center’s director of communications, about some of the things he will cover in his upcoming presentation. His talk is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
08/06/13 by Juanita Teschner
Five interns worked on everything from the Campaign for Clean Air to the National Environmental Summit at the Center for the Environment this summer.
07/21/13 by Rebecca Rider
As Catawba College’s third annual National Environmental Summit closed July 13, participants reflected on what they had learned and how they can use it to bring positive change to their hometowns.
07/11/13 by Juanita Teschner
High school students from as far away as California and Florida arrived at the Catawba College campus Tuesday to learn how they can use their talents to create positive change in the world.
07/11/13 by Rebecca Rider
High school students attending the National Environmental Summit gathered at Catawba College July 9 to hear keynote speaker Chad Pregracke talk about his vision for the future.
06/30/13 by Juanita Teschner
About 80 children participated in an art workshop called “Green and Clean Air” June 21 during “Arts Night Out” in downtown Salisbury. It was hosted by the Center for the Environment at Catawba College.
The children created paintings, using egg cartons as paint trays on pizza box easels. They also painted clay balls as little planet Earths.


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There are several variables that make dependency therapy efficient. Individuals will certainly function carefully with a specialist to recognize the causes of their addiction and create coping systems. The process may last for years, or perhaps years. Personal education and learning is an effective recovery device. Throughout treatment, individuals will certainly discover to recognize triggers that cause them to make use of medications or alcohol as well as how to stay clear of these behaviors. In addition, these methods can help them overcome the desires that caused them to begin making use of medications or alcohol in the first place.
When selecting a chemical abuse therapy program, it is crucial that the team included licensed specialists be experienced in dealing with the problem. They should consist of chemical reliance therapists, psychological health personnel, wellness experts, as well as spiritual care therapists. This group needs to draw up an individualized care prepare for each individual. Numerous substance abusers have co-occurring psychological health conditions, so quality treatment will likewise consist of licensed psycho therapists, psychiatrists, as well as various other specialists who concentrate on the therapy of substance use conditions.
The term regression has some bothersome significances, specifically in the context of medication therapy. It indicates a lapse in reasoning. On the other hand, several supporters favor terms such as “returned to,” “recuperated,” as well as “recouped.” These terms are typically made use of to describe individuals in expert therapy, such as outpatient treatment or more intensive, medically kept track of a hospital stay. The American Society of Addiction Medication has actually developed a comprehensive analysis process that permits a customized analysis and also outcome-driven therapy strategy.
Residential rehab programs are generally longer than outpatient rehabilitation programs, with individuals living in a single center for a certain quantity of time. Throughout this time, homeowners receive treatment from therapy staff and various other individuals that have actually recovered. These atmospheres often assist people transform attitudes towards their substance abuse as well as develop new actions. The research study report can offer even more details regarding healing neighborhoods. Some individuals may locate it simpler to live in an outpatient rehab program as a result of the flexibility and also adaptability that it supplies.
Self-help groups are a fantastic way for recuperating addicts to fulfill others that are taking care of the very same condition. These teams supply social support as well as information to every other, minimizing sensations of isolation. These groups can be discovered online or with reference from your physician. A quality company will use these types of programs in their location. When selecting a program, search for in-network standing with insurance policy service providers. The accreditations indicate that the program has actually fulfilled specific demands to get compensation for services.
Other risk factors for dependency include genetics, gender, and also household issues. People with a higher hereditary threat of creating addiction might have a greater rate of peer stress and various other family troubles. Some drugs might also influence neural networks that develop from very early direct exposure. Teenagers are particularly vulnerable to establishing dependency if they eat alcohol, drug, or other compounds. Nevertheless, these are not the only elements that affect the development of addiction. So, the most effective means to get over dependency is to look for therapy.
Psychiatric therapy is one sort of treatment that has actually been found to be efficient for addicts. It includes counseling and psychotherapy, which assist recovering individuals understand why they create addictive behaviors and also discover abilities to avoid them from occurring again. The sessions may likewise consist of family and also loved one involvement. A therapy program will focus on exactly how these individuals’ relationships have actually influenced their lives, as well as they will certainly work to produce a new reality. A successful treatment program will be customized to the person’s distinct requirements.
Although addiction therapy is a vitally important part of healing for lots of people, there is no treatment for the condition. Individuals must be evaluated for contagious diseases, which may have created the disease. On top of that, medicine rehabilitation may consist of counseling to learn exactly how to deal with the withdrawal signs and symptoms. During the recovery period, people might stay in monitored real estate while attending therapy. Some people may also take medicines to handle the long term withdrawal signs and symptoms as well as assistance sobriety.
Detoxification is a process of eliminating drugs and alcohol from a person’s body. It can be uneasy for some individuals and might be deadly. Detox is an essential part of healing as well as is typically the primary step to healing. Specific medications might call for medication-assisted therapy to ease the discomfort of withdrawal. This medicine is tapered down until the person no more requires the compound. When the procedure of detoxification is full, the patient can after that proceed to the following action in the treatment process.
There are a number of various sorts of therapy alternatives for alcohol and drug dependency. Residential therapy programs usually last in between one month and a year. They include various stages, as well as contact with the youngster or teen might be restricted at particular points. Residential treatment programs often use education or employment training. They are additionally ideal for individuals with major mental diseases and also clinical conditions. Alternatively, a person might get medicine treatment and counseling in a specialized outpatient program.
In addition to medical treatments, dependency medication doctors can offer medications that can decrease craving as well as avoid relapse. For those who have tired their alternatives, inpatient programs might be advised. To start, think about what your substance-use issue is eliminating from your life. Have you become taken out from tasks you once liked? Are you regularly thinking of your next drink? If so, you may require to address the source of dependency. No matter the cause of your issue, it is essential to look for help early.
Drug consumers that have serious issues frequently prevent therapy altogether. Their resistance to therapy may be a result of family stress, the regulation, or psychological tension. Nevertheless, they might still look for treatment since they feel that their condition is wearing away or they can not proceed with their activities without medicines. It is essential to remember that the main goals of therapy are to decrease drug usage and also enhance the health and wellness as well as mental wellness of the client. Therapy should be tailored to the demands of the private to achieve those objectives. Click here for more info
Outpatient rehabilitations are an additional alternative for detailed treatment. These centers supply the very same therapies as inpatient rehabs, but they allow the clients to continue staying in their home throughout the treatment process. In these rehabs, the person is able to proceed functioning and caring for his or her household, while going to scheduled therapy sessions throughout the week. There are lots of benefits to outpatient therapy. These rehabilitations additionally enable the people to proceed with their lives while they recoup from dependency.

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I don’t know the real story behind what happened in Tennessee and I honestly don’t expect to. I listened to an adoptive mother on the radio today who said that she could understand the emotions that led to the woman putting her son on that plane to Russia and I was conflicted. I have described the experience of adopting/becoming a mother as “setting your family on fire”, so yeah, it’s hard. I get it too. But what she did with her emotions, and the choices she made from that point are unfathomable to me, and unforgivable.
Approximately 1% of all adoptions are disrupted. That is to say, ended, annulled, undone. For whatever reason, the parent(s) decided they could not continue to parent the child.
Let me be clear. Children do not disrupt adoptions. Their behavior, disability, habits, previous trauma – or anything else they say or do – does not make them unparentable or unlovable. The parents could not continue to parent. Whatever the circumstance, it is an avoidable tragedy. A child, who through no fault of their own and who has already lost ties to one family, is again set adrift.
And let me be clear on this.As the adult in the parent/child relationship, it is our duty to provide this. It’s what we sign up for, in whatever way we become parents.
That being said, nobody can fully prepare for what happens when you bring a child into your world, whether by birth or adoption. Every mom I know did her best to prepare. From “What to Expect when You’re Expecting” to “Toddler Adoption
: A Weaver’s Craft”, from Lamaze to pre-adoption counseling, we sought out information to help us transition.
The reality of parenting is that you are, in the simplest relationship scenario, an adult and a child coming together with two temperaments, personalities, preferences and experiences. This is as true with a newborn as it is for a child of any age. This is why second children/second adoptions seem only incrementally easier. Nothing is different but our expectations.
Human relationships are complex and fluid, and all relationships take work and take time. That is the message we need to be sure that all first time parents get. That and the reminder that the parent is the adult in the relationship and the burden of making the relationship work is on you.
That is what I would like to say to the woman who pretended to be Artyom’s mother. That, and SHAME ON YOU. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO HAD OPTIONS, INFORMATION AND CHOICES.


Architectural Design of Community Scale Markets and Grocery Stores
While chain grocery stores are often seen as the goal of providing food access there are other options in addition to projects such as food carts for providing access to healthy, high quality produce and grocery items. The development of a model that can expand into a chain of locally owned small markets is critical to developing the local economy and providing retail outlets for local and regional small and medium sized farmers.
The community scaled markets will potential be designed as manufactured buildings or built from existing materials such as old cargo containers. The platform for the community scaled markets can easily be replicated in communities in Chicago or throughout the region in communities that lack access to healthy food. The community scale stores will also be designed to take advantage of things such as renewable energy systems while also being centers for health education, cooking classes, etc.
The community scale markets are also perfect for integration into urban agriculture sites and potentially include rooftop applications as well.
See Inhabitat (http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/11/15/cargotecture/), Arch Daily (http://www.archdaily.com/26721/cargotecture-hybrid-architecture-assembly/), Green Fab (http://green-fab.com/blog/).
Green Affordable Housing Design Project
This program area is related to the design of manufactured, modular building design for the community scale markets. Some of the vacant lots are suitable for infill housing and offer the opportunity to design and construct modular residential multi-unit and single family buildings. This program area will also integrate green building, renewable energy and other ecologically sound practices into their design and construction.


Japan reported 233,100 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, setting a new record for the second consecutive day, raising concerns about pressures on the medical system as the number of available designated hospital beds continues to decline.
Tokyo reported a record 40,406 infections, crossing 40,000 for the first time as the country battles the seventh wave of the coronavirus pandemic, powered by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant.
People walk in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo on July 28, 2022. (TBEN)
The record of infections in many areas came after the World Health Organization said Japan had reported the world’s highest number of new cases in the week to Sunday with more than 969,000.
Tokyo’s new record, which surpassed the previous record of 34,995 reported Friday, is expected to include about 5,000 to 6,000 cases as of Wednesday that failed to register due to a system error.
With the most infections among people in their 20s, the capital’s seven-day moving average of new cases was 31,318.1 per day, up 66.4 percent from the previous week.
On Wednesday, the occupancy rate for designated hospital beds was more than 50 percent in 19 prefectures, a cabinet secretariat count showed, more than double from a week earlier.
Okinawa topped the list with 88 percent bed occupancy, followed by Shizuoka and Kanagawa prefectures with 74 percent.
Saitama and Chiba prefectures bordering the capital, as well as Hokkaido and Aichi, were among 18 other areas that also reported record infections on Thursday.
The daily death toll exceeded 100 for the third day in a row with 114 deaths. The number of critically ill COVID-19 patients rose by 35 from a day earlier to 346, the health ministry said.
At a summer meeting of the National Governors’ Association on Thursday, held in person for the first time in three years, Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori emphasized the importance of “measures to contain the spread of the virus while enhancing socio-economic activities.” to balance”.
Nagasaki Governor Kengo Oishi also said there was little need to curb activities such as tourism, as “the risk is not significantly high.”
But the rapid spread of the virus has already started disrupting some business operations, with a number of public transport services canceled due to a lack of available staff.
The central government said Thursday it had secured about 12 million COVID-19 antigen self-test kits for people with mild symptoms in a bid to ease pressure on clinics.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference on Wednesday that the pandemic is far from over.
According to the UN agency, there were more than 6.6 million new cases worldwide in the week to Sunday, about 300,000 more than the week before.
After Japan, the United States reported the highest number of new infections with about 860,000, while Germany registered about 570,000.
The number of newly reported deaths was over 12,600, with the United States recording the highest number at about 2,600, followed by Brazil at about 1,400. Japan confirmed 272 dead.
With the death toll rising in recent weeks and hospitalizations rising in some countries, it is essential to vaccinate health professionals and the elderly, Tedros said.


Question4Replies783Views ZHAND Member since 2007 12 posts PEGA Posted: March 1, 2016Last activity: February 4, 2019 Closed How to set up Microsoft Word for inline display or editinghttps://pdn.pega.com/sites/pdn.pega.com/files/help_v71/procomhelpmain.htm#basics/basics2/setup/setupword.htmDoes this really mean we can edit word doc on the case view and save the doc?I posted this question before <internal link removed>The experts confirmed Pega can't edit word in browser.Then how to interpret this help file?I posted this same question on How to set up Microsoft Word for inline display or editing also.Thanks,DonMessage was edited by: Lochan to add Category and remove internal link***Updated by Moderator: Marissa to add Doc Bug group tag*****Moderation Team has archived post**This post has been archived for educational purposes. Contents and links will no longer be updated. If you have the same/similar question, please write a new post. Pega Customer Service Low-Code App Development Case Management Data Integration Reporting Security User Interface ×Close popoverFacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail Copy Link Copied! Moderation Team has archived post This thread is closed to future replies. Content and links will no longer be updated. If you have the same/similar Question, please write a new Question. Posted: 4 years agoKevinZheng_GCS PEGA replied to ZHANDDon,Have you tried per the doc? I checked it is still there for Pega 7.2 onlinehelp. If it is confirmed not working by SMEs, we should file a doc bug. Posted: 4 years agoZHAND PEGA replied to KevinZheng_GCSHi Kevin,I didn't try it because it says registry error is not reversible.The main concern is everybody says it is not possible to edit word in browser, but this help says possible.I don't know how help doc team got this information. Could you check please?Thanks,Don Posted: 4 years agoKevinZheng_GCS PEGA replied to ZHANDcan you please send me and Marissa Rogers an email, detailing who confirmed the behavior (SME)? Hopefully Marissa can enter a doc bug for you Posted: 4 years agoUpdated: 4 years agoMarissaRogers MOD replied to KevinZheng_GCSI have created this request for you and inserted it into the Related Work field of your original post.


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[Applicable system software version]
PXW-FX9 and PXW-FX9K
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(Please visit “Version” page to check the system software version installed on your product.) After updating, the system software version will be “Version Number : Ver.4.00”, “Ext. Unit Ver. No. : Ver.2.20”.
The installation/upgrading procedure manual is included in the zipped download file with main firmware module. The process takes approximately 40 minutes. The processing continues even if the display appears to have stopped, so do not turn off the unit until the estimated time has elapsed.
[Contents of update]
Refer to the Release Notes for details.
- C3 Portal integration improvements
Cloud service management of 3D LUT files is supported.
Cloud service management of ALL files is supported.
Uploading an original file automatically is supported.
- Shooting workflow improvements
LUT data (Cube data) can now be recorded as metadata.
- Audio level meter CH1/CH2 and CH3/CH4 indicator switching support
- Assignable button support for switching the audio monitor channel
- Assignable button flashing indication support
- Changes to proxy recording control when switching Slow & Quick Motion settings
Use the following versions of the Network RX Station, “Content Browser Mobile” application, and “C3 Portal App” application.
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Marijuana grower eyes budding industry despite moratorium
December 10, 2013
By Peter Clark
Issaquah’s future marijuana economy could start with one man.
Despite a six-month moratorium on the production and retail of marijuana passed by the City Council in September, Issaquah-resident Lance Blanchard has applied for a state license to produce marijuana in the city.
“It’s been a long time coming, that this legislation was going to happen,” Blanchard said about the passage of Initiative 502 last year. “There is an opportunity here to become a different type of business. Small business is the backbone of our economy, and Issaquah is just perfect for that.”
The state Liquor Control Board opened a monthlong window Nov. 20 for interested parties to apply for three types of recreational marijuana suppliers. While rules for legalization approved in October limit the number of retail sites for each municipality, no such restrictions exist for the number of processor and producer licenses available. The application for licenses costs $250, with a $1,000 annual renewal fee.
After spending 28 years in the region as a graphic designer and creative director for multiple locations, the 48-year-old Blanchard decided to take a chance to license his outfit, named Smash Cooperative. His interest arose in creating a growing operation with the state’s further deregulation of medical marijuana passage in 2010. Then, when I-502 passed last year allowing the production, purchase and use of recreational marijuana, he decided to apply.
“When the medical marijuana started, my interest peaked,” he said. “I always said once it is conducive, I will move forward. I’ve done tons and tons of research, and I want to do this.”
Blanchard said his vision most closely resembles that of a microbrewery or a winery. He found his role of a “budtender” to involve growing “really great strains” to cultivate an appreciation of the product. Aiming for a sustainable, quality operation, he said his plan would start with five organic strains from Amsterdam., He said he hopes to eventually experiment and create different flavor profiles, smells and experiences with the plants.
“This is like going to Napa Valley,” he said about what the future of recreational marijuana production could look like. “This is like going to the Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville.”
He backed up his vision with a working business plan that includes an extremely detailed overview of the production process, complete with strict temperature limits for stages of growth and a set pH level for any fertilizer.
“I have a tremendous amount of experience,” he said about growing marijuana, though he would not go into details.
A large roadblock to Blanchard’s plan is Issaquah’s six-month moratorium against recreational marijuana facilities, enacted Sept. 3. The council and the administration both said passing it was in reaction to the multitude of questions yet to be answered at the state level.
City Associate Planner Jason Rogers said even though Blanchard could certainly receive a license, using it would not be allowed under the city’s current prohibition.
“If he were to apply for a land-use permit, we couldn’t entertain that with our moratorium,” Rogers said, adding that he had been in touch with Blanchard, who understands the current situation.
Rogers said recreational marijuana facilities would happen, though he did not know what city rules would allow.
“We can’t do any permits right now and I don’t even know that the local zoning rules are going to look like,” he said, acknowledging the risk applicants take in seeking state licenses. “They almost have to take the chance. We won’t have a moratorium indefinitely.”
The state Liquor Control Board said local moratoria, like ones also approved in Sammamish and Olympia, would not keep the state from giving licenses to qualified applicants.
“What happens at the local level is not going to drive what happens at the state level,” Liquor Control Board spokesman Brian Smith said. “If an applicant meets the requirements, then we will issue them a license. However, they have to comply with local rules and regulations.”
With the number of applicants, Smith said the board expected diverging aims.
“Clearly, there’s been a lot of attention around this process,” he said. “There will be some friction at the local levels over time.”
Blanchard praised the state and Issaquah for making the implementation a public and careful undertaking. He said he respects the slow approach and believes that it should not be rushed.
Despite the moratorium, Blanchard wants to bring production to Issaquah.
“I live here and I love it,” he said. “It feels like the right type of place.”
He has already identified a few places that are up for lease, though he wants to stay away from areas where marijuana production would be less than welcome. He said he does not want to offend anyone.
“To me, the real issue is: It’s coming, there’s no stopping it, so let’s do it right,” Blanchard said. “If it’s done right, if it’s done sustainable, it could be a very profitable, successful organization.”
Under the approved state rules, Issaquah would be allowed one retail location after the moratorium lifts. The Liquor Control Board’s window for applications of all types will close Dec. 20. Learn more and apply at liq.wa.gov.


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Sterile Oncology Injectable Market: Snapshot
The sterile oncology injectable market may incur efficient growth across the forecast period of 2020-2030 due to the rapid multiplication of cancer cases around the globe. The use of sterile injectables for the treatment of diverse cancer types such as lung, breast, ovarian, colorectal, melanoma, etc. may bring considerable growth opportunities for the sterile oncology injectable market.
Based on the product type, the sterile oncology injectable market can be segmented into cytokines, chemotherapy, peptide hormones, and monoclonal antibodies. Hospital pharmacies, online pharmacies, and retail pharmacies are the distribution channels for the sterile oncology injectable market.
This report offers an extensive analysis of the factors that bring good growth for the global sterile oncology injectable market. The report also focuses on various growth aspects ranging from competitive scenario to the emerging trends in the global sterile oncology injectable market. The study assists the stakeholders to understand the different growth factors of the global sterile oncology injectable market in a systematic manner. The report also brings considerable insights into the COVID-19 impact on the sterile oncology injectable market.
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Sterile Oncology Injectable Market: Competitive Scenario
The sterile oncology injectable market comprises many players, inviting substantial competition. The players in the sterile oncology injectable market heavily invest in research and development activities for discovering novel insights that help in creating innovative drugs that can rapidly absorb in the body. These insights also help in developing new therapeutic methods.
Mergers, acquisitions, collaborations, joint ventures, and partnerships assist the players in the sterile oncology injectable market to garner influence over other players. This factor invites thriving growth for the sterile oncology injectable market. The partnership of ForDoz Pharma with Lupin for developing 2 complex injectable products in the Oncology area is a classic instance. The products will be manufactured in the ForDoz Pharma’s manufacturing site and Lupin will carry the commercial operations. Such developments bring extensive growth opportunities for the sterile oncology injectable market.
Novel product launches also serve as robust growth pillars for the sterile oncology injectable market. Some well-established players in the sterile oncology injectable market are Hikima Pharmaceuticals PLC, Baxter Internatonal Inc., Pfizer Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., Sandoz International GmbH, and Pfizer Inc.
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Sterile Oncology Injectable Market: Key Trends
Rapid FDA approvals are proving to be a boon for the sterile oncology injectable market. Awareness about various cancer treatments across numerous parts of the world is also boosting the growth prospects of the sterile oncology injectable market. The inculcation of new technologies to speed up the research activities and clinical trials of the injectables may invite profound growth for the sterile oncology injectable market.
However, various countries have imposed stringent regulations for the manufacturing of sterile oncology injectables. This may lead to a decline in the growth rate. In addition, the post-approval aspects related to sterile oncology injectables such as packaging and distribution prove tedious and may hamper the growth of the sterile oncology injectable market. The equipment required for manufacturing these products is complex and therefore serves as a major growth obstacle for the sterile oncology injectable market.
Sterile Oncology Injectable Market: Regional Aspects
The sterile oncology injectable market is spread across North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, and Europe. North America may emerge as the champion of growth in terms of region. The massive increase in research and development activities and novel product launches can serve as prominent growth factors for the region. The magnifying cancer cases across the region, especially in the U.S. may also bring good growth opportunities.
Asia Pacific may generate rapid growth during the forecast period of 2020-2030. Rising investments in developing an efficient health infrastructure across countries such as India and China may invite expansive growth opportunities through the forecast period.
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Location: Food and Feed Safety ResearchTitle: Flavonoids modulate Aspergillus flavus proliferation and aflatoxin production
|Rajasekaran, Kanniah - Rajah|
Submitted to: The Journal of Fungi
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/9/2022
Publication Date: 11/16/2022
Citation: Castano-Duque, L., Lebar, M.D., Carter-Wientjes, C., Ambrogio, D., Rajasekaran, K. 2022. Flavonoids modulate Aspergillus flavus proliferation and aflatoxin production. The Journal of Fungi. 8(1):1211. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8111211.
Interpretive Summary: Aflatoxins, highly carcinogenic toxins produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus, contaminate major food crops, particularly corn, and are a worldwide concern. The molecular mechanism linking flavonoids to regulation of fungal growth and production of aflatoxin is not well understood. In this study, we determined that flavonoids are acting as potential signaling molecules that are taken inside the fungal cells in spehere-like structures, can change the oxidative state of the environment, and lead to changes in fungal proliferation/recovery, development, and aflatoxin production. These results contribute to the field of fungal biology to understand how and what factors modulate A. flavus growth and toxin production.
Technical Abstract: In this study, we determined the effects of three flavonoids (apigenin, luteolin and quercetin) on Aspergillus flavus proliferation and aflatoxin production. We determined that low concentrations of apigenin and luteolin can inhibit fungal proliferation and significantly decrease aflatoxin production, while higher concentrations lead to the opposite effect. No visible mycelia disruption or cytosolic leakage in response to fungal exposure to flavonoids was observed at any of the flavonoid concentrations tested. All three flavonoids assimilated into the fungal cells in sphere-like structures. Additionally, the highest quercetin concentrations affected the developmental stages of the fungus. Low concentrations of apigenin, luteolin, and quercetin resulted in lower antioxidant capacity compared to controls. Our results indicate that flavonoids are acting as potential signaling molecules that are taken inside the fungal cells in vesicle-like structures, can change the oxidative state of the environment, and lead to changes in fungal proliferation/recovery, development, and aflatoxin production.

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