Kamal El-Ganzouri is to serve as Egypt's prime minister until a new one is appointed by president Mohamed Morsi (Photo: Ahram Online)
Speaking to Egyptian expats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday, President Mohamed Morsi said that he would not rush the formation of a new government in order to avoid disrupting the country's business.
Morsi was due to appoint a new premier by last week at the latest, and both men were then supposed to select a new government to replace the one led by Kamal El-Ganzouri, who has been serving as interim prime minister since October 2011.
Despite the delay, Morsi stressed he had been reflecting closely on the issue.
"We want to see a stable Egypt in terms of security, economy and politics," Morsi, who is attending an African Union summit in the east African country, said.
"I've been thinking about the new cabinet for the past two weeks. I do not want to rush the formation of the government in order avoid disrupting the country or the flow of work," he added.
The president also commented on other domestic issues such as ongoing protests in Egypt. He stressed that he was not against peaceful demonstrations, however, he added: "We should not aim all our energy at staging protests, but also to work and be productive."


The Washington Post’s Executive Editor Martin Baron anticipated that there would be strong criticism voiced when those opposed to Edward Snowden’s revelations learned of the Pulitzer Prize Committee’s decision to award its prestigious Public Service award to his paper. He may not have estimated the degree and extent and especially the vitriol of that criticism.
Disclosing the massive expansion of the NSA’s surveillance network absolutely was a public service. In constructing a surveillance system of breathtaking scope and intrusiveness, our government also sharply eroded individual privacy. All of this was done in secret, without public debate…
[Without Edward Snowden’s disclosures] we never would have known how far this country had shifted away from the rights of the individual in favor of state power. There would have been no public debate about the proper balance between privacy and national security…
None of this would have been possible without Snowden’s release of classified information. I understand that’s a source of controversy, but without his disclosures there would be no discussion of the shift from the rights of the individual to state power, no debate about the balance between privacy and national security.
First up was Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee who exclaimed:
I think [giving the Pulitzer Prize to the Washington Post] is disgraceful. To be rewarding the dissemination of classified information that [jeopardizes] national security and enabling a traitor like Snowden is indefensible…
The information that he released has been extremely damaging. It enabled our enemies to know what we are capable of doing…
John Yoo, author of his infamous “torture memos” and his approval of ignoring the Fourth Amendment in NSA’s warrantless surveillance of Americans, weighed in on the matter:
I’m not surprised the Pulitzer committee gave the Washington Post a prize for pursuing a sensationalist story, even when the story is a disaster for its own country.
I don’t think we need automatically to read the prize as a vindication for Snowden’s crimes. Awarding a prize to a newspaper that covered a hurricane does not somehow vindicate the hurricane, [and] awarding a Pulitzer for a photo of a murder does not somehow vindicate the crime.
James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence who perjured himself in testimony before a Congressional committee last year, also pushed back:
Snowden claims that he’s won and that his mission is accomplished. If that is so, I call on him and his accomplices to … return … the remaining stolen documents that have not yet been exposed, to prevent even more damage to U.S. security.
Members of the House Intelligence Committee also inveighed against the award. Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) called Snowden’s revelations “real acts of betrayal” while Rep. Devin Nunes (R- Calif.) said that Snowden was “obviously a traitor” for disclosing the NSA documents, adding “What Snowden did cost us lives and billions of dollars.”
The most acidic of these criticisms of giving the award to the Washington Post (and the UK’s Guardian) came from the United Kingdom’s Liam Fox, a Member of Parliament and former secretary of defense. In a strident editorial opinion at The Wall Street Journal, Fox vigorously defended the growth of the surveillance state:
For our intelligence services to operate effectively … they need to be able to do things in secret, secrets whose public disclosure would be damaging to our national interests…
[This] has been imperiled over the past 10 months by the slow parading of intelligence secrets stolen by National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, working with Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and others…
Fox claimed that terrorist groups have benefited from Snowden’s disclosures and have shored up their own communication strategies to keep them away from the prying eyes of the NSA:
We have actually seen chatter among specific terrorist groups at home and abroad, discussing how to avoid what they now perceive to be vulnerable communications methods and, consequently, now to select communications that they perceive not to be exploitable.
No doubt these terrorist groups are extremely grateful to Messrs. Snowden and Greenwald and their accomplices for these useful tools in their war against our citizens, our armed forces and our way of life.
Fox wrote that Snowden’s efforts were designed deliberately to harm the safety and security of the United States and Britain, calling his acts treasonous:
His labors were designed to purposely damage American diplomacy and its relations with some of its closest allies, including the United Kingdom…
All this is in line with the virulent anti-Western, and particularly anti-American, views of Messrs. Snowden, Greenwald and their malicious associates…
Let us not imbue his cowardice with higher motives. Let us not confuse his egotism with public service. Let’s not call his treachery by lesser terms. Let us be clear about the intent and impact of his actions.
Let us be clear to the American people and their allies about the threats they now face from inside and out, terrorist and criminal. For once, let’s say what we mean. Let us call treason by its name.
In response, Michael Gartner, the former president of NBC News who spent 10 years on the Pulitzer Prize Committee, compared Snowden’s revelations to those of the Pentagon Papers published by the New York Times in 1971:
Wasn’t that precedent set with the Pentagon Papers? The nature of the theft might be different, but isn’t the journalism the same – great stories produced from documents that were leaked by an employee of a private contractor?
For the record, the Pentagon Papers revealed that under the administration of President Lyndon Johnson, the federal government “systematically lied, not only to the public but also to Congress” about US involvement in Vietnam. As a side note: Daniel Ellsberg, the employee who revealed the classified documents, was charged with conspiracy, espionage and theft of government property, similar to the charges being levied against Snowden. However, those charges were dropped when Watergate investigators discovered that President Nixon had employed his “White House Plumbers” to discredit Ellsberg.
In his own defense, Snowden, now residing in Russia which has granted him one year’s temporary asylum, said:
Today’s decision is a vindication for everyone who believes that the public has a role in government. We owe it to the efforts of the brave reporters and their colleagues who kept working in the face of extraordinary intimidation, including the forced destruction of journalistic materials, the inappropriate use of terrorism laws, and so many other means of pressure to get them to stop what the world now recognizes was work of vital public importance…
At the very least Snowden’s revelations have re-opened the vital conversation about the proper role of government in protecting its citizens. He has advanced the debate between knowing and not knowing what the government is doing. It is instructive to note that nearly all of the criticism of granting the Pulitzer Price to the Washington Post and the Guardian newspapers have emanated from the left: those with a vital personal interest in maintaining and strengthening the surveillance powers of that government, with precious little discussion of the citizens’ right to know what that government is doing.
Knowing is far less dangerous to personal freedom than not knowing.


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Nonetheless, “Overall survival did not differ between the groups, with about the same numbers of deaths from breast cancer and other causes,” according to the report in The Lancet Oncology online November 11.
Dr. Umberto Veronesi, at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, and colleagues explain that replacing multiple postop radiation sessions with a single radiation dose during surgery has advantages in terms of convenience and avoidance of skin damage. However, the ability of intraoperative radiotherapy to control recurrence required confirmation.
To that end, the team conducted a trial in which 1305 women with early breast cancer suitable for breast-conserving surgery were randomized to receive postoperative whole-breast external RT (50 Gy in 25 fractions) or intraoperative electron RT (one dose of 21 Gy) delivered to the tumor bed by a dedicated linear accelerator.
Median follow-up was 5.8 years. The 5-year ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence rate was 4.4% in the intraoperative RT group compared with 0.4% in the external RT group – a significant difference with a hazard ratio of 9.3.
Five-year survival rates in the two arms were almost identical at 96.8% and 96.9%, respectively, the investigators report.
Furthermore, there were fewer skin side effects with intraoperative RT than with external RT, Dr. Veronesi and colleagues found.
Overall, they conclude, “Intraoperative radiotherapy should be part of discussions to decide a personalised treatment regimen because it offers the advantage to patients of not having to attend a radiotherapy centre every day for many weeks, and has about the same overall survival as external radiotherapy; however, these advantages must be weighed against the possibility of an increased risk of local recurrence.”
A related editorial discusses these results and those from a trial comparing intraoperative radiation using an x-ray source versus whole-breast irradiation, in which local recurrence rates were 3.3% versus 1.3%, respectively.
These data, conclude Drs. David Azria and Claire Lemanski, at the Institut du Cancer Montpellier, France, “reinforce our conviction that intraoperative radiotherapy during breast-conserving surgery is a reliable alternative to conventional postoperative fractionated irradiation, but only in a carefully selected population at low risk of local recurrence.”

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Stand Up Paddleboarding (or sometimes referred to as “SUP”) is a hugely popular craze for all areas near the water. Lakes, bays, inlets, and even the ocean has people of all ages trying to test their skills at Stand Up Paddleboarding.
Virginia Beach has plenty of companies that provide SUP tours. They can take you the best places for fantastic scenery and wildlife or they can accommodate your skill level and take you some more tranquil waters so that you can learn the skill gradually. Once you get the hang of it they can take you to some more advanced areas.
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Celebrities from all walks came to celebrate black star power at the 2014 BET Honors. This year, BET Honors are honoring the Queen of R&B, Aretha Franklin. Check out some of the fashion from the 2014 BET Honors Red Carpet.
Hot or Not?
I’ll be posting more as photos come!
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A new problem for Amazon: The group wants to increase the safety of its drivers in the US with video cameras in the future. Privacy advocates don’t like it at all.
SEATTLE – In the future, Amazon delivery truck drivers for ordering Internet mail in the USA will be photographed in their work. An Amazon spokeswoman told AFP that the company “recently started installing security technology in our fleet that relies on cameras.” Thus confirmed the reports received from the American media.
An Amazon spokeswoman said Friday that the system should help delivery partners to ensure the safety of their “drivers on the road.” Merkur.de *. The technology is not used in the European Union or Germany, according to Amazon.
Amazon wants to photograph its drivers: warning messages in real time
The technology relies on artificial intelligence and provides real-time warnings to drivers while they are on the road. Studies have shown that accidents can be reduced by about a third in this way, they say in the videoTechnology introduction.
Amazon uses cameras from Netradyne, California. It is equipped with several lenses that visualize both the road and the driver, but it does not record any audio or “live” broadcasts. Amazon confirmed in the indoor video that no one can hear and hear during the deliveries. Warnings are triggered, for example, if the distance to the vehicle ahead is too short, the truck is traveling too fast, or the driver is distracted, for example because he is looking at his cell phone while on the move.
Amazon’s new security concept: Data protection activists are calling for an immediate halt
The many organizations fighting for OSH in the digital age have faced a storm against this broad “surveillance”. Amazon should stop this practice “immediately,” and data protection activists demanded in the fight for the future. The organization is considered one of the company’s harshest critics. The US Congress should also initiate an extensive investigation into the group’s surveillance activities.
Amazon is the second largest employer in the United States. The company employs more than 800,000 people there. However, the group is regularly criticized for its working conditions. Even in Germany there is always It strikes a second time* Above all, she demands higher wages and a collective agreement. It was only Tuesday night that Amazon chief Jeff Bezos announced that he was relinquishing the main position and moving to the board of directors. (AFP / utz) *Merkur.de It is part of the national Ippen digital editorial network.
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Morgan Stanley agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle probes into its creation and sale of residential mortgage-backed securities, as the U.S. Department of Justice holds another large Wall Street firm to account for the 2008 financial crisis.
The firm increased legal reserves related to mortgage matters by about $2.8 billion, cutting 2014 income from continuing operations by $2.7 billion, or $1.35 a share, Morgan Stanley said Wednesday in an annual regulatory filing. It’s the fourth time in the past five quarters that the New York-based bank reduced earnings in the weeks after announcing them.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. -- the three biggest U.S. banks -- previously settled with federal and state authorities over the probes, agreeing to pay a total of more than $35 billion in cash and consumer relief. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. disclosed this week that it received a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento, saying a civil lawsuit may be brought against the firm.
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Patrick Rodenbush, a Justice Department spokesman, declined to immediately comment about the settlement.

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I’m very appreciative for the interest the boys have in playing sports while in school. Tonight was a doubleheader of soccer games for the Kreilings, a JV game followed by Varsity. The outcomes of the games were different but they both had something in common.
One of the things I appreciate about sports is their ability to coach all of us on life lessons. There were a small handful tonight for the boys and for me. Nothing crazy or earth shattering, but some excellent reminders. I’ll leave it to the boys to talk about theirs.
Mine were rather simple. Remember that I don’t always know the backstory. I can only control what I can control. Take a deep breath to think before responding with emotion. Sometimes the role of a dad is to do the difficult stuff that doesn’t feel good. Sounding like my dad is the worst… and the best all at the same time.
All great thoughts, all through sports.

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- Commuters will be delighted to know the long wait is over. The gala week long celebrations of RTD’s light rail have ended, today the light rail goes into service.
RTD has added 19 miles of new light rail service, 13 new light rail stations, 11 new bus routes, 10 new or expanded call-in-rides, 12 new park-n-ridges and nearly 7,000 new parking spaces.
View RTD’s Comprehensive Website dedicated exclusively to the Southeast Light Rail line.
- Maps of the new light rail and bus system
- An interactive map to help you plan your trip
- Light rail and bus schedules
- Fare information, including how and where to buy tickets and passes
- Tools to help you find the light rail station nearest you
- Details on how your commute might change, even if you only take the bus
- Links to help plan your trip on any portion of RTD’s light rail and bus system
Jurasic Leaves at the Pearl Street Station
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Cate Blanchett’s powerful female, gender-fluid and gay roles have helped transform Hollywood, but she told Venice on Thursday that she never sets out to make a political statement.
She won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival in 2007 for her performance as Bob Dylan, and starred in ‘Carol’, one of the most iconic gay films of recent years.
Her latest role is in “Tar”, competing for the Golden Lion in Venice this week, as a renowned lesbian conductor accused of inappropriate liaisons with female colleagues.
But speaking to reporters at the festival, she insisted none of her work was designed as activism.
“I don’t see artistic practice as an education tool,” she said.
“I’m not interested in agitprop. While there’s a lot of hot button topics that come up in this movie, it’s not about any of those things — they’re plot devices.
“After the thing is made, it can be politicised, discussed, people can be disgusted with it, offended by it, inspired by it, but that’s outside our control.”
When she was preparing to make “Tar” with US director Todd Field, she said she “didn’t think about the character’s gender nor her sex at all”.
“I think perhaps we’ve matured enough as a species that we can watch a film like this and not make that the headline issue.
“It wasn’t until we started doing the press and they said, ‘You have women at the centre of this’ and I thought: ‘Oh shit — yeah, we do!’ That didn’t cross my mind.”
Asked about the position of women in the film industry, Blanchett said things had greatly improved during her career thanks to “female trail-blazing actors… and amazing men alongside us.”
But one continuing obstacle is the refusal of big-name male actors to accept smaller roles.
“It’s very hard to get our brothers in Hollywood to play supporting roles that we would very happily play in a good story with a good director — that still is typical,” she said. (AFP)


SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has been collaborating closely with the Nicaraguan counterpart in the ICT field such as the national information society development and the installation of optical networks. Korea also seeks to partake in building massive national infrastructures in the Central American country.
It is reported that Minister Choi Yang-hee of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in Korea met Orlando Castillo, Executive President of the Nicaraguan Telecommunications and Posts Institute, who is now attending the 2014 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan, on October 21. Mr. Castillo is a key figure in the mutual collaboration of the two countries.
At the meeting, while addressing the optical networking project in progress and also the management and control system of a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to be built from the year 2015 through 2019, Minister Choi showed keen interest in supporting the national projects.
Regarding the interest, Executive President Castillo as a committee member for the national infrastructure projects stated that the Nicaraguan President expressed his willingness to include Korean contractors in the massive national infrastructure projects like those for broadband optical networking, airports, seaports and a grand canal.
He also praised Korean companies’ prowess to build the broadband optical networking in his country, saying that he wanted to grab a chance to officially present the comprehensive national infrastructure projects here in Korea.
At the end of the meeting, Korea signed the first memorandum of understanding with the Nicaraguan government in the field of ICT. The specifics of the agreement are related to the all-out collaboration in ICT including software, high-speed Internet, digital contents, big data, and the relevant workforce education.
As for its jump into such collaboration, the Korean government decided to create a task force to advance comprehensively into Nicaragua and other countries with similar conditions to it.
By Eugene Yu (firstname.lastname@example.org)


This is an Application Brief and does not contain a detailed Experimental section.
In this application brief we describe the use of a novel data independent acquisition (DIA) mode known as SONAR for generation of highly selective HRMS spectra on Waters Xevo G2-XS QTof.
In recent years, there has been an increased use of non-targeted approaches for the characterization of food and beverages to complement quantitative targeted analyses. Application of these techniques to the analysis of wine have been employed to assess previously unknown contents of wine lees,1 patterns in glycosylated simple phenols across wine grape hybrid varieties,2 and metabolic profiling of pest resistant genotypes against their susceptible ancestor vines.3 In addition to generating quality high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) data, it is also important to ensure that the known analytes in these types of experiments can be quantified within relevant concentration ranges.
In this technology note we describe the use of a novel data independent acquisition (DIA) mode known as SONAR4,5 for generation of highly selective HRMS spectra on Waters Xevo G2-XS QTof. Targeted quantitative assessment of this technique is shown for three known phenolic compounds present in red wine: trans-resveratrol, catechin, and p-coumarin, highlighting the diverse applicability of SONAR acquisition.
Eight red wine samples were purchased at a local retailer from various grape varieties were used in this study to assess linearity, LOD/Qs, and spectral clarity to aid in the identification of known compounds. Data was acquired using 10 μL injections and a SONAR window of 30 Da over the quadrupole mass scanning range of 100 to 700 m/z. Collision energy was set to 6 eV for ion transmission in the passive state, and a ramp of 20 to 45 eV for high energy. The Tof acquisition mass range was 50 to 1200 Da at an acquisition rate of 0.2 sec. Wine samples were prepared by initial 1:1 dilution with DI water, and centrifuged at 15,000 rpm followed by an addition 1:4 dilution with DI water. Diluted samples were then spiked with 13C-isotopically labeled standards of +/- catechin 2,3,4, 13C3, p-coumaric acid 1,2,3 13C3, resveratrol-(4-hydroxyphenyl-13C6), as internal standards and then as a matrix matched calibration curve.
Figure 1 shows a comparison of observed spectra for p-coumaric acid in its native form and as a labeled standard in a 1:1 wine dilution. Data is filtered using the Spectrum view in UNIFI Software for the SONAR acquired data. A much cleaner spectra was obtained using this mass filter acquisition approach as demonstrated when we compared the SONAR approach to traditional DIA. Data was acquired using the same parameters with the exception of using a non-resolving quadrupole for ion transmission. The spectral clarity afforded by SONAR is what would be expected from an MS/MS experiment without the need for method development or prior knowledge of the sample.
Calibration results for the labeled standards spiked into the wine samples as a matrix matched curve are summarized in Figure 2 for resveratrol-(4-hydroxyphenyl-13C6) and Table 1 for all compounds. Criteria for LOD/Qs were peak-to-peak signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios of 3 and 10 respectively, as well as a +/-5 ppm mass error tolerance.
Chromatographic peak widths were observed to be approximately 7 sec., with at least 12 points across the peak ensuring reliable quantification. Responses of the native forms of trans-resveratrol, catechin, and p-coumarin are shown in Figure 3. Measured concentrations from the labeled standard curves are shown as an average across the triplicate injections in each sample. As can be seen, the concentrations found in the diluted samples are generally within the calibration range, highlighting the relevance of the established quantification range achieved using SONAR for this application.
In addition to providing highly specific and selective spectra from a DIA approach, the SONAR acquisition parameters implemented in this work are suitable for the quantification of targeted phenolic compounds of interest in red wine. Combined, these highlighted benefits express flexibility in high quality assessments of sample composition for both targeted and non-targeted analyses.
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You know what’s even less exciting than health insurance regulations? Homework! But as Congress prepares to vote on the huge and hugely controversial health care reform bill tonight, it’s a good time to familiarize yourself with what the proposed bill does–no matter what your opinion of it might be.
There are ways to do that to suit every citizen and every attention span. Here are some links, from Consumer Reports Health.
The full bill passed by the Senate late last year: that’s a 2,409-page PDF download. Make a pot of tea first.
The reconciliation bill: less exciting.
House Ways and Means Committee summaries: in less detailed and more detailed flavors.
And if you’re interested in what the nonpartisan, civil servant-filled Congressional Budget Officehas to say about the bill’s effects on the federal budget, you can get that right here.


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For Rep. Peter King, fighting terrorism is not just another policy interest. The New York Republican is a self-described fanatic, obsessed with putting an end to the terrorist threat.
“This has always superseded all issues. It comes before party or re-election” King said in an interview Monday, a day after President Barack Obama announced that the long-hunted al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan. “This is something that I am absolutely fixated on.”
In part, King said, his single-minded focus is because of the nature of the threat.
“It’s very seldom that you really get an opportunity to get involved in an issue that could determine the fate of the country,” he said.
But the issue also is personal for the life-long New Yorker whose father was a New York City police officer. He has felt the pain of his suburban district: More than 150 of his constituents lost their lives in the 2001 World Trade Center attacks. The devastating event also hits home with the Long Islander’s staff members, who lost family members.
In the New York delegation that has carried a heavy share of the nation’s burden of grief and anger over 9/11, King has been especially vocal and involved. He lobbied to become chairman of the Homeland Security Committee the last time Republicans controlled Congress and has been visible on many issues related to 9/11, from laws related to insurance against terrorist attacks to securing compensation for victims.
“Part of the great thing about Chairman King is he puts his heart and soul into this issue,” freshman Rep. Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) said. “It’s not a job, it’s a passion.”
Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent, said bin Laden’s death is also a reminder of why it’s so important to have someone who is so focused leading the Homeland Security Committee.
“He’s someone who lives and breathes for the security of the United States. He has the experience and the level head, from the Congressional point of view,” Grimm said.
As King has become a central leader on terrorism during this Congress at the helm of the Homeland Security Committee, he has faced personal threats. In March, he beefed up his personal security after receiving threatening phone calls before a controversial committee hearing called “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.”
King declined to go into details of the incidents, but he confirmed that he continues to have 24-hour police protection.
Despite his fixation on terrorism, King said bin Laden wasn’t on his radar when Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, left him an urgent message Sunday evening. King thought the call might be about some new terrorist plot in Yemen or an update on terrorists coming across the border.


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On February 14th, I was asked to join an amazing music & arts collective in The Netherlands called ‘The Swinging Mood Orchestra’.
Within this collective I have the freedom to do all kinds of creative things as a visual artist/creative.
I’m currently working on a new logo for SMO and will post the results to this website as soon as possible.
I love the opportunity i’m getting to work with these amazingly talented people and I will be keeping you guys up to date on everything i’m gonna be doing within this collective.
You can follow us on Facebook and we will also be launching a new website sometime this year, accompanied by a new studio album! (how exciting!)
About the collective
The Swinging Mood Orchestra is a music & arts collective, founded in 2005 and led by composer/performer Norman Kapoyos
“Because of styles, people are seperated. They are not united together, because styles became law. But the original founder of the style started out with hypotheses” – Lee Jun Fan
The Swinging Mood Orchestra was conceived in the summer of 1996 by Norman Kapoyos as a group that would have the ability to swing from one style to another (and back)
SMO is not so much a band as it is a community of musicians and performers.
The Swinging Mood Orchestra therefore has no definitive line-up. The group is constantly being reformed to fit the artistic views and personal development of it’s leader.

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The city in all its manifestations - from the operation of the port and drilling the shops, people on the streets and racing reindeer harnesses.
A storm at sea.
People on the deck of the ship.
Fishermen pull out a net.
A ship at sea.
Streets of the city.
Old photos of Murmansk.
A modern city.
A snow-covered port.
Fish in the smokehouse.
Sale of live fish in the store.
Ships in the port.
The Arctic ice vessel is returning to the port.
Meeting of sailors.
Chronicle of Arctic expeditions.
Night city and port.
New Year's festivities.
Mass ski race.
Sailboats at sea.
Roll call of young sailors.
Naval officers on the street of the city.
Military chronicle footage.
The destroyed Murmansk.
A tank on a pedestal.
Monument to the fallen soldiers.
Awarding the city with the Order of the Red Banner.
Construction of a residential building.
A new microdistrict of the city.
Street book sales.
The poster of the tour of the capital theater.
A football match of local teams.
Murmansk railway station.
Seeing off the sailors on the flight.
Offshore oil production.
People on ultitsy.
Locations: Murmansk region
Seasons: Autumn  Winter

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Local Food as Economic Development
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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Perhaps no subject binds the prosperity of urban and rural economies as closely as local food. Cities and rural communities are working together through the lens of local food to preserve traditions, build economies and promote regionalism. Well beyond agritourism, these partnerships allow communities to leverage complementary assets to become more resilient, grow smarter and develop innovative approaches to economic development. How are states, cities and rural communities working together to bridge the urban-rural divide using local food as the catalyst for greater regional prosperity).

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Sheriff Benny N. Napoleon continued his series of visits with seniors in Wayne County with a recent stop at American House in Livonia. He provided an appetizing lunch courtesy of community partner Mark Zarkin, CEO of Lelli's Inn on the Green, and also arranged for free onsite health screenings. The purpose of the visit is to discuss tips about personal and financial safety with the seniors. Sheriff Napoleon also distributed a File of Life to each luncheon guest which lists crucial health information that could prove vital in the event of an emergency and free cell phones to those who needed them which the seniors can use to dial 9-1-1 in an emergency.
Good law enforcement efforts often involve being in the right place at the right time, as well as knowing what to do when an emergency situation arises.
That was the case with Sgt. Phillip Migliaccio, a Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy, who recently was recognized for his quick and decisive actions when he helped firefighters rescue an Inkster man from a burning house on the morning of March 31.
(March 5, 2015) – After helping arrest more than 300 Internet predators and assisting in the recovery of nearly 500 victims of child sex trafficking during his 18-year career, Corporal Erin Diamond of the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is ready for another challenge.
Diamond of Livonia has been appointed chairman of the state’s nine-member Human Trafficking Health Advisory Board by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The Human Trafficking board will be housed in the Michigan Department of Community Health and will address issues related to the medical and mental health of human trafficking survivors.
Diamond has assisted Homeland Security, the FBI and the Secret Service as an investigator and electronic forensic examiner with the Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children Task Force. He also was an original member of the sheriff’s Internet Crimes Unit, which had a 100-percent conviction rate until it was disbanded in January 2014 because of budget problems.
“Michigan is the number two state in terms of recovering under-aged victims of child sex trafficking,” said Diamond, 44. “These criminals know how to find vulnerable individuals. Sometimes, they get them hooked on drugs. They take these victims from their homes so they are on the other side of the state with nowhere to go.”
Nearly 500 child victims have been recovered in Southeast Michigan since the FBI task force was formed in 2007.
“Cpl. Diamond has done a lot of groundbreaking work in investigating and preventing human trafficking and child exploitation,” said Wayne County Sheriff Benny N. Napoleon. “With this appointment he will be able to help protect residents from these horrific crimes and also support survivors.”
Diamond will serve a four-year term expiring Dec. 31, 2018.
(Feb. 18, 2015) Detroit – The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) joined forces today with other law enforcement agencies, researchers and foundation executives to release a new report that reveals the huge economic benefits of public investments in high-quality childhood education and care.
Making sure just one more child reaches kindergarten ready to learn saves Michigan taxpayers $47,000, and $96,000 per Detroit child, according to the study that quantifies the per-child economic value of preparing Michigan children for long-term educational success, starting at birth.
The study, released at a news conference at the WCSO, was commissioned by the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation and conducted by St. Paul, Minn. –based Wilder Research Foundation.
(January 13, 2015) Dearborn --The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office was among the participating agencies in a regional police initiative that resulted in more than 1,800 arrests last month.
Operation Blue Light II, which occurred Dec. 15-31, 2014, was designed to disrupt the criminal process, improve safety on roadways and enhance quality of life throughout the region.
Sheriff’s officers made 42 arrests, impounded 60 vehicles and issued 308 tickets during the regional effort, which involved more than 30 agencies throughout the tri-county area.
“Crime and criminals have no borders,” said Wayne County Sheriff Benny N. Napoleon. “This operation again shows the value of collaboration in making our communities safe.”
The operation was spearheaded by the Dearborn Police Department.
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Health will report deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 virus using the new definitions of vaccination status. The new details are: without up-to-date vaccinations, without up-to-date vaccinations (no required doses or their boosters have been received), with up-to-date vaccinations.
In its afternoon update, the agency detailed that out of 10 deaths, seven were without up-to-date vaccinations, two were not vaccinated and the remaining 64-year-old had up-to-date vaccinations.
The age of the deceased in this report is between 61 and 97 years. Meanwhile, the deaths occurred between June 8 and 17 this year.
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statistics of Health Bioportal Establish that there have been 172 deaths as a result of coronavirus in the last 30 daysMost of them are in the age group of 80 years or more.
With regard to immunization status deaths, the agency details that 35 unvaccinated people, 115 people with up-to-date vaccinations and 13 people reported up-to-date vaccinations in the past 30 days.
Currently, the average number of deaths per day – based on a one-week period – is four.
Since Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA, in English) Authorized the use of vaccines against COVID-19, the scientific and medical community confirmed that the drug does not prevent infection with the virus, but reduces the chances of suffering severe symptoms and death Is.
On the other hand, Health reported that the total number of patients hospitalized for the virus has come down to 370. happenedWhich translates to 12 fewer patients than yesterday.
The total number in this row is divided by 322 adults and 48 minors,
In an afternoon update, the agency specified that of the 322 adults hospitalized today, 48 are confined in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 23 are connected to an artificial respirator. In addition, two pediatric patients are confined in intensive care.
According to the data portal, for the date as of today, three months ago, only 27 adult patients were hospitalized.
On the other hand, The virus positivity rate reported at 6:00 am was kept at 31.85%, relatively the same percentage as yesterday. However, there was a marginal increase in the percentage at 1:00 pm and stood at 31.88%.
The average number of confirmed cases—over a period of seven days—is 648, while the number of probable cases stood at 1,766.


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What would you do if your best friend told you his boss was going to kill him? Try to save his life because he once saved yours? Well if you're Tony Benson and your best friend is a prankster like Leo Radigan, you'd do nothing, just laugh it off and say, "That's a novel approach to workforce reduction." If only it was that simple.
Leo's boss, the mysterious Hike Muertens, is an influential businessman and philanthropist, but Leo insists he’s not the man he appears to be. “With this guy you gotta give an arm to keep a leg,” he insists.
At first, Tony believes Leo’s ever increasing paranoia is fueled by problems at home—a bad marriage, spoiled kids and rising debts. After all, why would a man of Muertens’ stature commit murder? But as Tony tries to help his friend through his personal crisis, he finds himself being drawn into Leo’s paranoid world, and begins to wonder if there might be something to his fiend’s crazy tale after all.
As paranoia becomes reality, Tony’s darker side emerges and he must successfully navigate his way through the state’s mental health and criminal justice systems to save his own life.
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The sharp divide in foreign policy and military action abroad between GOP presidential nominee and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has prompted the internet to come up with a series of hilarious memes skewering Clinton for her strident progressivism and military adventurism.
The new trend under the hashtag #DraftOurDaughters appears to have taken serious hold Thursday evening, culminating in a community user’s post on BuzzFeed attributing the hashtag and set of memes to the official Clinton campaign as part of the troll.
“I wonder what Donald will have to say about this one… I’m sure my wife would be proud to stand up to Russia’s homophobic and Christian ways. #ImWithHer #EnlistForHillary #DraftOurDaughters,” user TylerBrandon wrote.
As of Friday morning, the hashtag is still trending.
That post has since gone viral and further spurred the creation of more memes poking fun at social engineering in the military. Generally, the memes combine Clinton’s aggressive stance on Russia in Syria with previous efforts this year by progressives to open up the draft to women, given that the Obama administration repealed the ban on women serving in combat roles in December 2015.
In June, Clinton said she supported women being required to register for the draft, cementing the gains the Obama administration made in terms of changing the military to come more into alignment with progressive goals. Last week, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus conducted a “thank you” tour to laud his social engineering accomplishments, including turfing Navy job titles altogether to rid the service of gender discrimination and upsetting the entire service in the process.
Clinton’s stance was brought into sharp relief earlier this week after Trump said explicitly that Clinton’s foreign policy would lead to World War III. She reiterated her policy of a no-fly zone in Syria at the third and final presidential debate, although chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, for example, has said recently that a no-fly zone in Syria would lead to war with Russia.
Here’s a selection of the best from #DraftOurDaughters on Twitter.
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The show, which includes themed activities for listeners, launches on Monday, Jan. 27.
Admission to all festival activities is by donation at the door.
Members of dance company Whim W’Him held an open rehearsal in VCA’s Kay White Hall.
Director said attendees can anticipate something different than a typical night at the theater.
Performances are slated for the Vashon Center for the Arts stage and Salish Sea Early Music Festival
“Enough: Vashon Women in Conversation,” aims to support women’s empowerment organizations.
The concert will include dance pieces ranging from classical ballet to original works.
An afternoon of performances will honor the visionary work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Film screenings, discussions and a performance will celebrate the life and work of James Broughton.
Most receptions are planned from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
The concert is a fundraiser for Drama Dock’s upcoming summer production of “Winghaven Park.”
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“Sound Portraits From Bulgaria” explores a place Martin Koenig describes as now being “completely gone.”
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SRINAGAR – At least 18 Indian security personnel were killed and many others wounded after a car filled with explosives rammed into a military convoy in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).
As per the details, the incident took place when a car laden with explosives hit an Indian Central Reserve Police Force bus triggering off intensive blast, resultantly 18 security forces personnel were killed and several others seriously wounded.
The bodies and wounded men were shifted to Indian army’s hospital in Srinagar. Authorities say the death toll may rise.
The traffic was suspended on the highway following the blast. Indian troops cordoned off the entire area and launched search operation.
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Leather crafting is an art and as such, it must be practiced and perfected. However, practicing is not always simple and requires dedication, passion but above all the desire to get involved.
We thought about 3 personal skills you can learn from leather crafting:
Master the leather crafting art requires a lots of patience.
Patience is needed, for example, after the leather dyeing or the edge painting phase. However, waiting for the paint to dry completely is not a waste of time, but only the anticipation of a great job.
To reduce the wait, between one step and the other for the leather dyeing and the edge painting, you can use this trick (How to reduce leather edge paint drying time without a oven)
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Work does not always come as we planned, for example the color can be not as expected. This can happen especially with the leather dyes if we don't take into consideration the natural color of the leather. ( I think this will help you understand what I'm talking about:LEATHER DYE COLORS: light or dark shade)
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14 and 18-Core iMac Pros May Arrive Sooner Than Expected [Updated]
While deliveries of the first 8 and 10-core iMac Pro orders are set to begin as soon as next week, customers who opted for upgraded 14 or 18-core options were given shipping estimates ranging from 6 to 8 weeks for the machine when ordering.
It appears the 6 to 8 week estimate may not be quite accurate for all orders, as MacRumors reader Adam, who ordered a top-of-the-line machine with an 18-core processor, has received an updated delivery estimate of January 8 to January 9, which will be just a little over three weeks after the iMac Pro was first was ordered.
MacRumors forum member gobluejd has also received a sooner-than-expected shipping estimate for his 14-core iMac Pro, which will arrive on January 9 to 10 instead of the end of January.
Other customers who purchased 14 and 18-core machines may also be seeing updated delivery estimates from Apple, though on Apple's site, iMac Pro orders placed today still list the same 6 to 8 week shipping estimate for high-end iMac Pro configurations.
It's likely that once initial orders go out, Apple will be able to improve those shipping estimates for new orders.
Customers who ordered 8 and 10-core machines will begin receiving their orders in the near future, as some iMac Pro orders started shipping just this morning in the United States and Canada.
The iMac Pro is still listed as unavailable in retail stores. Apple said the new machine would be available in stores by the middle of this week, a deadline that's been missed, but we could still see them in pop up in stores on Friday or Saturday.
Apple's iMac Pro is a workstation-class machine aimed at professional users who have demanding workflows. The iMac Pro supports up to an 18-core Xeon W processor, 128GB ECC RAM, an AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64 graphics card with 16GB of HBM2 memory, and up to 4TB of SSD storage.
Pricing on the iMac Pro starts at $4,999 and goes up to $13,199 for a fully maxed out model.
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Evangelical churches and some Muslim leaders want the contentious memorandum of understanding signed between presidential candidate Raila Odinga and an Islamic lobby group rescinded.
The agreement enjoins the National Muslim Leaders Forum (NAMLEF) to deliver the Muslim vote to Odinga in the December 27 election. Odinga will in return protect Muslim interests if he becomes president.
"The Church reiterates its stand that the MoU should be rejected by all Kenyans who believe in the equality of all without discrimination of the basis of religion," 14 evangelical leaders said in a statement on Wednesday.
On Thursday, another group of Muslim leaders and scholars, including officials of the Supreme Council of Muslims of Kenya (SUPKEM), opposed the pact, saying those who signed it were not the official voice of the faith community.
"NAMLEF leaders are laymen in Islam. They have no right whatsoever to speak on behalf of Muslims, and they are only associated with two regions, Coast and North Eastern provinces," said Mohammed Msallam, a Muslim scholar.
The 14 leaders of the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya doubted the authenticity of the document that was made public, noting that the MoU was published nearly three months since its signing in August and only after considerable pressure from Kenyans.
Kenya is a democracy, they said, where the rights and responsibilities of all citizens regardless of religion, ethnicity, race or gender are guaranteed by the Constitution.
"Our Muslim brothers and sisters are full citizens of this republic and are entitled to those rights by virtue of this constitutional guarantee and not as a favour offered to them by a particular presidential candidate or political party," the church leaders said.
"It would be dangerous for our young democracy if any group that felt aggrieved were to sidestep the legal process and enter into secret MoUs with individual leaders. Such secret agreements pose a serious threat to constitutionalism and the rule of law."
The leaders further pointed out that in a democracy, the electoral process should be carried out above board, on the basis of party manifestos. They called on Odinga and NAMLEF to rescind their MoU and to "commit themselves to the strengthening of our constitutional democracy through participation in an open electoral process."


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Drivers overloaded with information significantly increase the chance of vehicle collisions. However, few existing computational models are able to simulate human performance and mental workload at the same time. We propose a new computational modeling approach—a queuing network approach based on queuing network theory of human performance (Liu, 1996, 1997) and neuroscience discoveries. This modeling approach is composed of a simulation model of a queuing network architecture and a set of mathematical equations implemented in the simulation model to quantify mental workload. It not only successfully models the mental workload measured by the six workload scales in NASA-TLX in terms of subnetwork utilization, but also simulates driving performance, reflecting mental workload from both subjective and performance-based measurements. In addition, this modeling approach allows us to visualize mental workload in driving in real-time. Further usage and implementation of the model in designing intelligent and adaptive in-vehicle systems are discussed.
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The Inspiration Initiative began it’s journey as the “Young, Dumb & Determined” blog. I had described it as “the musings of a “twenty-something” doing more than just trying to muddle through life. An exploration of life’s ups and downs, fabulous parties and hours of work.” It was the stories of my life at the age of 24. Life, however, took an unexpected turn six days before I turned 25 when I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The “young, dumb & determined” world that I knew and loved came crashing down around me. Late night cocktails with friends morphed into late night chemotherapy injections with nurses. Long walks on the beach with my boyfriend Mike turned into walks back and forth in the oncology floor. Planned vacations were cancelled and planned hospital stays were booked. Trips to the grocery store became trips to the pharmacy. Stressful days at work became stressful days at the hospital. Life went from carefree and fabulous to heavy and hard.
I spent 30 days at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston immediately upon being diagnosed and was put on an intensive two-year treatment plan to cure myself of this awful disease. It was February 26, 2014 (my 25th birthday) when I officially began my fight against cancer. It was then that I embarked on the biggest, most important journey of my life to date. This journey has been trying, difficult, painful and scary but it also has been incredible. While I would never have wished for this, I truly believe it was a blessing because it has helped me view the world in a different way. It has shown me that there is so much more to life than moving up the corporate ladder. It has opened my mind to alternative ways of life and thinking. It has taught me to view my body and mind as an incredible machine— one that needs work every single day. Above all else, it has shown me that people are good. Loved ones and strangers alike have been there for me in ways that I could never begin to express in words. They have shown me what true love is and what the term “being there” really means. People have offered me support and comfort and have given me strength when I needed it the most. It’s the people in my life: family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, strangers and my amazing team of doctors and nurses, that have kept me alive, both physically and mentally.
The weight that comes with having cancer is something that is difficult to put into words. The feeling of not knowing if you’ll live to get married, or have children, or fulfill all the dreams in your head is a hard thing to comprehend. It slaps you in the face with the reality that life is short and tomorrow isn’t promised. This line is so overly used but so rarely embraced. We all get caught up in the moment, swept away in the day-to-day dramas of life but it’s important to remember to find happiness in every single day, because today truly matters. Today is all we have so it’s essential that we appreciate it. Exploring and learning about life and ways to make your heart truly happy is what this blog is about.
Throughout my battle, I’ve found true strength and healing in writing down my thoughts and emotions and sharing them freely here. Thank you for visiting the Inspiration Initiative— thank you for listening to my story— thank you for sharing in my life. My hope is that this blog brings you the motivation to live your own life with purpose, energy, gratitude and above all happiness.
Lots of love and light,
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You are a ray of sunshine jessica!! I can see why you and Torrey are best buds 🙂
You deserve more followers for your inspirational posts! I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award which I will post tomorrow. If you don’t have 15 followers to nominate yet just find some online that have inspired you already and perhaps they will be, 🙂 The rules will be posted tomorrow, blessings,
Thanks Ellie, appreciate the support! Xoxo
I love reading about your life (in a non creepy way lol)!
YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION <33 keep smiling, beautiful!!
Thank you so much Danielle!
You’re so welcome! I check your blog daily to see if theres an update!


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Remember in the early days of the pandemic, when (allegedly) you could watch cops just waving speeders by on the highway?
Those days are gone, my friends.
As more and more people obtain their vaccinations for COVID-19, the police are pulling more and more off the road for speeding. Speeding violations can be very expensive and have serious consequences. The fines increase the more you go over the speed limit. Your insurance premiums will go through the roof. If you accumulate enough points, your license can be suspended. If someone is hurt or killed in a car accident due to speeding, you can be charged with felony offenses. You’ll also likely be a defendant in civil lawsuits brought by the victims.
At Drew Cochran, Attorney at Law, we’ve been defending drivers charged with traffic violations for 20 years. We assert every legal and factual defense available including challenging the validity of the radar tests used to analyze your speed. While we have a strong track record of success obtaining dismissals, acquittals, and plea reductions, the best way to avoid criminal charges and civil complaints is not to be charged with speeding in the first place.
Make sure you stay in the right lane
The police can’t watch everyone on the road. They are inclined to watch the traffic lanes where the most serious speeders are traveling. This means police generally watch the left-hand most lanes first, the middle lanes second, and the right-hand lane last. If you’re traveling in the right lane, you’re letting the police officer know that going fast isn’t your highest priority. Plus, it shows you’re following the laws that require you to stay in the right-hand lane if you’re not passing anyone, so you may not register on their radar (literally or figuratively) if you’re far away, or if other cars are going the same speed.
What are the speed limits on Maryland’s highways
Drivers should always know the speed limits for each road they are traveling. Drivers should also be aware of how fast they are traveling.
- The maximum speed limit on Interstate Highways in Maryland is 70 mph.
- On I-68, the posted speed limit is 70 mph – except for a 7-mile stretch near Cumberland.
- I-70 is 70 mph between the Pennsylvania state line, to Maryland 180, and from Maryland 144 in Frederick to US 29 in Howard.
- Urban freeways, 4-lane non-interstate highways, and non-freeways are usually 55 mph, though parts of I-95 and I-97 are 65 mph.
- The speed limit on two-lane roads is generally 50 mph or a maximum of 55 mph.
There are some exceptions, by the way. Part of I-83 are only 40 mph, and there’s a nasty little speed trap on US 301 where it drops from 55 mph to 25 mph, so be aware.
What are the speed limits on non-highway roads in Maryland?
According to the Maryland “maximum limits” statute, the following speed limits are required:
- 35 miles per hour on divided highways in a residential district;
- 50 miles per hour on undivided highways in other locations; and
- 55 miles per hour on divided highways in other locations.
Police officers in and near Annapolis and Ellicott City can charge you if you are traveling even one mile per hour over the speed limit. As a practical matter, police officers generally target drivers traveling 10 mph or more over the speed limit, but that’s not always guaranteed. Some of these guys are out for blood when it comes to tickets. If the flow of traffic is doing 70, though, you can get hurt if you don’t try to keep up, so just be careful.
Note: the speed limit is 55 everywhere on the eastern shore, and they will pull you over, so ease up on the gas there.
Be sure you have your license and registration
In Maryland, officers will check your driver’s license, car registration, and insurance information. You need to be sure you have these documents in your car or on your person. If you do not have the correct documents with you when the police stop you, you could have to pay substantial fines and may lose your driving privileges.
How else can you reduce your risk of a speeding ticket?
The obvious answer is, don’t speed, right? But according to Best of Life, there are some other things you can do to reduce the risk of a speeding ticket:
- Police officers are more inclined to give speeding tickets on busy commercial streets than on highways.
- A radar/laser device may help for roads with lower speeds but generally does not work well for freeways or higher-speed roads.
- Learn where the officers are likely to hide if you travel the same route every day.
- Go with the flow of traffic. If everyone is traveling 10-15 mph over the speed limit, you’re less likely to be stopped than if everyone is traveling 5 mph over the speed limit and you’re traveling 10-15 mph over the speed limit.
- If you are pulled over, wait for the police officer to instruct you on what to do and what information you need to provide
- Fight the traffic ticket. There are often defenses. Sometimes, the police are not prepared. Call a skilled traffic defense lawyer who will assert your rights and defenses.
At Drew Cochran, Attorney at Law, our experienced Annapolis and Ellicott City traffic defense lawyer aggressively fights speeding tickets. We’ll review whether the police had grounds to stop you and whether the police have the evidence to prove their case. We’ll assert any defenses such as that safety demanded you go above the speed limit that applies. Many cases are resolved before the court hearing. We’ll also represent you at the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) hearing to fight to preserve your good driving record. If you’ve been charged with speeding or any other traffic offense, call us today. You can schedule an appointment by calling 410-271-1892 or completing our contact form.
And remember: Keep Calm – and Call Drew.

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The Lancet, Volume 354, Issue 9192
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Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 study
The efficacy of new antihypertensive drugs has been questioned. We compared the effects of conventional and newer antihypertensive drugs on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in elderly patients.
We did a prospective, randomised trial in 6614 patients aged 70—84 years with hypertension (blood pressure ≥180 mm Hg systolic, ≥105 mm Hg diastolic, or both). Patients were randomly assigned conventional antihypertensive drugs (atenolol 50 mg, metoprolol 100 mg, pindolol 5 mg, or hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg plus amiloride 2·5 mg daily) or newer drugs (enalapril 10 mg or lisinopril 10 mg, or felodipine 2·5 mg or isradipine 2—5 mg daily). We assessed fatal stroke, fatal myocardial infarction, and other fatal cardiovascular disease. Analysis was by intention to treat.
Blood pressure was decreased similarly in all treatment groups. The primary combined endpoint of fatal stroke, fatal myocardial infarction, and other fatal cardiovascular disease occurred in 221 of 2213 patients in the conventional drugs group (19·8 events per 1000 patientyears) and in 438 of 4401 in the newer drugs group (19·8 per 1000; relative risk 0·99 [95% Cl 0·84—1·16], p=0·89). The combined endpoint of fatal and non-fatal stroke, fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction, and other cardiovascular mortality occurred in 460 patients taking conventional drugs and in 887 taking newer drugs (0·96 [0·86—1·08], p=0·49).
Old and new antihypertensive drugs were similar in prevention of cardiovascular mortality or major events. Decrease in blood pressure was of major importance for the prevention of cardiovascular events.
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a Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, University of Uppsala, PO Box 609, 75125 Uppsala, Sweden b Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University Hospital c Department of Community Medicine, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital d Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg e Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg f Department of Statistics, Lund University g Department of Community Health Sciences, Dalby/Lund University, Lund h Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm Correspondence to: Prof Lennart Hansson
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Over the weekend, former state representative Jeremy Munson alerted Minnesotans to a situation in Mankato East High School where freshman students were asked to take a morality quiz from IDRlabs. As Munson explained in the tweet below, the quiz not only asked some strange questions; it also classified students as conservative, libertarian, or liberal, implying that those in the last category are more caring.
I decided to take the quiz myself, which gave me a chance to actually see all of the questions. Some of them were definitely ethical conundrums. But perhaps more startling is the fact that some of these topics were raised or suggested to 14-year-old students. Take a look at the screenshots below. Is it even wise to be casually mentioning some of these issues to students and letting such thoughts enter their minds?
These questions bring home an important issue with startling clarity, namely, that all education is moral education regardless of whether it occurs in the public classroom, the private classroom, or at home. And because that is true, other questions are in order:
“What kind of morals do you want your child to have?” and “Are you okay with the morals of the public schools being inculcated into your child?”
For years, parents thought that the morals of public schools were okay–they were supposed to be secular after all, teaching a kind of neutral morality. The Covid pandemic changed that image, however, for it brought the true teachings of the classroom into the living room, as did the work of the Libs of TikTok Twitter channel, presenting hard evidence of the sexually deviant values taught in many public schools.
But now that parents’ eyes have been opened, they are finding that they are stuck. They don’t want their kids to learn the morality taught in public schools, but they have no capability of sending them elsewhere.
It’s time we gave parents a choice. If public schools are teaching their form of “morality” (albeit a sexually deviant one), why can’t parents take education funds in the form of an ESA and send their child to a school that teaches a morality with which they agree?
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I just gave A&E’s show Hoarders another shot, what can I say, I’m human, it’s hard to look away. Sure enough, I was punished. Everyone was. It was an hour of child abuse, or rather a half an hour. One of the hoarders, Eileen, clearly has mental illness beyond the symptoms of hoarding. This is what I don’t understand about this show—when they come across people like this, people this mentally ill, they should stop the cameras and address it. I want to hate the woman, but clearly she’s severely damaged. Those poor children. Well, I guess at the very least now that the show has aired Child Protective Services is aware of the situation. But this is not entertainment.
It’s a rainy, dreary day here in the city.