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We are at the beginning of this story of alternative energy. We are going to see all sorts of technological advances over the next 20 years. Some people will wait it out but others are going to want to jump into the off-grid lifestyle today.
I understand why an off-grid homesteader would want to test their might with off-grid power consumption. It’s all part of that challenge and part of that package. Let’s look at what’s out there!
Obviously, one of the most important methods for generating off-grid electricity is to power through with that massive ball of power in the sky. The sun and modern solar panels really are an effective means of generating off-grid power.
The next step is to store that energy in a battery of some kind. There are more of these on the market now than ever and they are getting more and more effective.
Catching wind might not be an option if you are not in a windy area. I think that speaks for itself. However, the wind might generate electricity for you in a way that could both power the whole home or adds to other means of power generation.
If you are on a body of moving water you can also harness the power of that water. Remember, water is a powerful force and it can make a huge difference if you find the right turbine and run that power to your home.
The ability to conserve energy is obviously not going to generate energy on its own, however, it will affect energy. If you change your lifestyle, you are going to reap the benefits. Suddenly the sparse wind you catch and the small creek can produce a big bunch of your energy.


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Lesser prairie chicken population growing in southeast New Mexico despite no listing
Conservationists could be seeing some success in protecting the lesser prairie chicken and preventing its listing as an endangered species as the animal’s population was reported to have increased dramatically in the last year.
A listing as endangered would see federal restrictions limit land use access around lesser prairie chicken habitat.
Instead, Carlsbad non-profit the Center for Excellence (CEHMM) worked with landowners, ranchers and oil and gas industry leaders to created candidate conservation agreements (CCA) and candidate conservation agreements with assurances (CCAA) in recent years.
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The agreements would allow users of land impacted by the chicken the ability to develop their own land management and conservation practices rather than being subjected to federal law.
The CCAs are used on federal lands, while the CCAAs are for non-federal lands.
CEHMM Executive Director Emily Wirth reported in July that the chicken’s population had increased by about 91 percent since last year – its highest numbers since 2006.
The average lek size was at 15.07 birds, records show, while in 2006 leks were about 11.58 birds. A lek is an area the birds meet to mate.
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“This increase in numbers is a true testament to the benefits that cooperative conservation can have on a species when effectively implemented,” read a statement from CEHMM. “Through these improvements, enrolled ranchers were able to effectively manage their grazing operations and improve habitat for the (lesser prairie chicken) and other grassland species.”
Wirth said protecting the bird was important to preserve the environment in southeast New Mexico amid industrial developments such as oil and gas and agriculture and ranching.
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“It’s all part of the ecosystem,” she said. “For the future, we want to see (the lesser prairie chicken) continue. We’re going to do conservation for the species.”
For now, that means addressing invasive mesquite bushes on land that could serve as better habitat for the chicken.
Mesquite is treated, and dead mesquite is removed, creating more space for the chicken to thrive by removing vertical structures the animals tend to avoid.
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Previous projects included landscape improvements such as replacing windmills with solar-powered pumps, improving fencing and installing water tanks.
The improvements also focused on re-growing native grasses the chickens depend on for nesting and breeding.
The work is partially funded by revenue generated by oil and gas companies enrolling in the agreements.
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“We want to open up more habitat for the chicken,” Wirth said
The debate about the lesser prairie dated back to the 1990s, Wirth said, when government land management agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management began meeting with conservationists, industry and other land users to discuss how to save the species.
“I think the programs are working well,” Wirth said. “Having that perspective of having everybody in the room from the beginning has really help our programs be successful.”
She said the goal was always to avoid seeing the animal listed as “endangered” or “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as it would mean local conservation actions were unsuccessful.
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“Our goal is to prevent a listing,” Wirth said. “It’s why we put those plans in place. I don’t think anybody wants a listing. It’s a failure.”
The lesser prairie chicken is known for its dramatic mating displays, and once numbered in the millions across the southern U.S. plains.
CEHMM reported the bird’s population still centers around the village of Milnesand in Roosevelt County
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Today, its population has dwindled by up to 97 percent due to drought and habitat fragmentation brought on by land development.
The species lives on only about 16 percent of its original rangeland, per a report from Defenders of Wildlife, and was listed as threatened under the ESA in 2014.
That listing was vacated a year later, and Defenders continued to petition the federal government to re-evaluate the animal’s status, petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last in 2016.
More:New Mexico fines oil and gas company DCP Midstream $5.3M for air pollution violations
In September 2019, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to issue a finding on the chicken’ status under the Endangered Species Act by May 26, 2021, after months of litigation from environmentalist groups who claimed the federal government refused to respond to the initial petition three years before.
Noah Greenwald, endangered species specialists at the Center for Biological Diversity said stronger federal protections were needed to save the species following the continually growing impacts of industry and climate change.
“We’re relieved the lesser prairie chicken is finally on track to get the protection it so badly needs to survive,” he said.
“For more than 100 years, these unique and beautiful birds have been losing their prairie home to the plow and oil derrick. Now, with climate change looming, they need protection more than ever.”
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City employees, in the most sweeping change, would be free to make cash contributions to candidates for mayor or the six council seats and could participate fully in those campaigns, raising money, serving as campaign officers, hanging signs and knocking on doors.
The city's Blue Ribbon Charter Committee recently voted narrowly to recommend that strict limits on employee political activity in the City Charter and personnel code provisions be lifted. They also voted to prohibit the City Council and city manager from installing any new restrictions on employee political activity in personnel rules within the city code.
That recommendation, along with others to increase mayoral power, add two seats to the council, boost council pay and end staggered terms will be presented this summer to the council for possible placement on future ballots.
Meanwhile, Councilwoman Kathleen Dunbar, a Republican in her first term in North Side Ward 3, is preparing a more moderate change.
Dunbar would leave the City Charter provision that prohibits employees from giving money to or raising money for candidates for city office and doing any work for city candidates on city time.
But the Dunbar plan would lift the strict ban on political activity in the accompanying city code. Her proposal would allow city employees to become members of national, state, or local committees of political parties, including the elected position of precinct committeeman. It would still bar political activity during working hours or while in uniform.
The issue is being discussed as the city deploys its full-court press to seek voter approval on May 21 of a half-cent sales tax increase to finance road and transportation improvements. The city has bombarded voters and organizations with materials that tout the benefits of the tax and transportation plan. But beyond using city transportation officials to sell it, which critics had expected, police and firefighters are campaigning for the tax through their unions.
Dunbar's aim has appeal with a council majority.
Senior member Steve Leal, a southside Democrat, favors giving employees the ability to do more work for political parties.
The strict bans, Leal said, "seem to have come from some acute paranoia and acute fearfulness. I think they are so repressive that they violate people's civil rights."
For years, city elections were in stark contrast to Pima County, where the campaigns for the more than two dozen elected offices were freewheeling affairs where employees willingly or forcibly gave money and time. Abuses were frequent and the Board of Supervisors, in 1992, finally banned cash contributions from employees to candidates for county offices.
"I'd like ours to be comparable to the county ordinance," said Leal, in city office since 1989 and a mid-level jail administrator for Democratic Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
Vice Mayor Carol West, a Democrat who represents North East Ward 2, also wants to keep employee money out of city campaigns but favors loosening restrictions to allow employees a place in political parties, including as precinct leaders.
Republican Mayor Robert Walkup agrees, according to his top aide, Andrew Greenhill.
But there is more that Greenhill and Walkup want. They are pressing for revisions to the 1929 charter that oddly assigned disparate weight to the mayor in various charter sections. The mayor is the chief executive of the city, but is sidelined on votes to terminate the manager, attorney and clerk. And while a council majority can dump a police or fire chief or the directors of finance, human resources or parks, the mayor has no vote.
The biggest burr for Walkup was the charter's failure to count the mayor as a part of the four-person quorum required for City Council meetings, something dramatically introduced to him in January 2000 as he tried to push through El Con Mall redevelopment. Leal, West Side Democrat Jose Ibarra and Jerry Anderson, the Democrat then representing Ward 3, bolted, stranding Walkup with just West, Republican Fred Ronstadt and Democrat Shirley Scott.
Walkup and his pro-development backers in the Southern Arizona Leadership Council used that issue to force changes onto the ballot last year. Community and council resistance stopped the drive and the Blue Ribbon Committee took over the work.
Greenhill has breathed down the committee's neck, showing at nearly every meeting and sometimes presenting his own overhead projection shows. He has attempted to link Walkup's plan as well as those from other groups, including an obscure charter-change plan from the Sierra Club in 1991
The Sierra Club plan received scant notice and was not among the three plans, including one placed on the ballot by a petition drive by the Tucson Business Coalition, that were presented to voters. All failed at the polls.
But Walkup's council expansion has advanced. The Blue Ribbon Committee voted 7-5 last week to recommend two new council seats.
Ray Figueroa, a longtime representative for the local American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees, was one of two union members of the committee to dissent.
The city, struggling with budget deficits and possible layoffs and service cuts, was in no position to add two new council offices that in addition to the $24,000-a-year council salary could jack up costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars in staff, cars, office and office equipment, Figueroa said. New allocations to the city Back to Basics Program, which distributes $825,000 to each council ward, also would be required, he said.
Committee member Mike Boyd, a Republican who served two terms of the Board of Supervisors, also won approval to tie mayoral and council pay to supervisors' pay. Supervisors, whose pay is set by state law, now make $54,600 a year. The mayor is now paid $42,000 a year.


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This Isn't Your Usual Demand-Shock Recession.Tags InflationMonetary Policy
In the last month, the coronavirus pandemic, known officially as COVID-19, has caused social and economic havoc in the US and the rest of the world. Last month, the US economy lost a total of 701,000 jobs while the unemployment rate shot up to 4.4 percent from 3.5 percent. The decade-long trend of job gains has come to an end, but one question remains: are these signs of a typical recession? The answer is complicated, unfortunately.
Austrian economists have long warned that a recession has been inevitable ever since the Federal Reserve began its quantitative easing program following the 2008 financial crisis. However, while we may be in the midst of a reduction in what mainstream economists call “aggregate demand,” we are also seeing a significant supply-side shock. The former typically has deflationary tendencies, while the latter causes price inflation. A supply shock is simply an event which impedes the ability for supply chains, or the structure of production, to maintain the allocation of capital and labor so that they can produce a given level of output.
What began as a reduced supply of imports to the US from China has developed into an even deeper supply-side issue, with government-enforced shutdowns for “nonessential” businesses, rising domestic unemployment, and reduced production as a record 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the last week of March.
Economists believe that when aggregate demand falls a central bank should lower interest rates and increase the supply of money to prevent unemployment from rising and a recession from occurring. As Brendan Brown, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute said last month, “The rationale for a monetary response according to central bankers is to counter supposed demand depression stemming from the original supply disruption.” This is precisely what the Fed has done recently with a $2.2 trillion stimulus package to businesses and individuals. Should the monetary authorities print money to offset rising unemployment due to the forced closure of businesses even though spending doesn’t necessarily fall alongside it?
With the Federal Reserve's current inflation target of 2 percent, this would pose a problem arguably worse than just a typical monetary response to an adverse demand shock. Economist David Beckworth illustrates this using an oil supply shock as an example:
While not an Austrian model, the aggregate demand-aggregate supply (AD-AS) model demonstrates the nature of the problem. On the left graph, a sudden and unexpected decrease in short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) causes the price level to rise and output to fall, requiring the Fed to lower it back to 2 percent in the graph on the right by tightening its monetary policy in accordance with its inflation target. As Beckworth states in his example,
Consider first a negative AS shock due to say a temporary disruption of the oil supply. Given the temporary nature of the shock, the short run AS (SRAS) curve would shift left.
The negative AS shock causes inflation to increase to 3% and slows down real growth to 2%. Under pure inflation targeting, Fed officials would see the pickup in inflation and respond by tightening monetary policy to bring inflation down to 2%. As the second figure above shows, though, such a response would slow AD to a 2.5% growth rate and only further weaken the economy.
In the current situation, if the central bank allows prices to adjust to the supply shock without using monetary stimulus, real GDP will fall and unemployment will continue to rise. This is the natural outcome of a supply shock due to a natural disaster or a virus in this case. As we can see, this is not a typical economic downturn like the one in 2008. Aggregate demand doesn’t seem to have fallen. It is possible that crises such as COVID-19 can cause a fall in spending in the short run due to pessimism and fear, but not necessarily so. In fact, there have been reported shortages of food, toilet paper, and other essential goods all over the nation, which indicates that spending isn’t falling. If this continues, the structure of production will flatten, and the economy will go into “regression.” Jesús Huerta de Soto gives a historic example:
According to John Hicks, Giovanni Boccaccio, in an interesting passage in the Introduction to Decameron, written around the year 1360, was the first to describe, in rather precise terms, a process very similar to the one we have just analyzed when he related the impact the Great Plague of the fourteenth century had on the people of Florence. In fact the epidemic caused people to anticipate a drastic reduction in life expectancy, and thus entrepreneurs and workers, instead of saving and “lengthening” the stages in their production process by working their lands and tending their livestock, devoted themselves to increasing their present consumption. After Boccaccio, the first economist to seriously consider the effects of a decline in saving and the resulting economic setback was Böhm-Bawerk in his book, Capital and Interest, where he explains in detail that a general decision by individuals to consume more and save less triggers a phenomenon of capital consumption, which ultimately lowers productive capacity and the production of consumer goods and services, giving rise to the generalized impoverishment of society.
A lack of real savings and resources means that increases in consumption from stimulus spending will reduce our living standards even further than if the monetary authorities did nothing. In other words, the Federal Reserve is damned if it does, and damned if it doesn’t. It is now attempting to increase aggregate demand (shifting it to the right in the graph above), which will only serve to further aggravate rising inflation. With a dwindling supply of goods and services, rising unemployment, and the increased spending from the $2 trillion stimulus package, the economy will likely experience something akin to the stagflation of the 1970s. Although the economic outlook seems bleak, there is a solution that could end the pain of unemployment and price inflation sooner rather than later: the productivity norm. The Federal Reserve should not be trying to target inflation when the production structure changes. George Selgin explains:
in reality productivity is constantly changing, generally for the better. In the real world, a little secular deflation, along with upward movements in the price level mirroring adverse supply shocks, would be better than zero inflation.
Thus, the solution here is twofold. First, the government should not so sloppily be enforcing its will on businesses whose livelihoods depend on their willing consumer base to purchase their products. Reducing this would at least partly ameliorate the supply-side problem. Second, the trend of prices in the economy should be allowed to change with changes in demand and supply. Prices will therefore reflect real-world scarcities, as they should. Otherwise, the “Corona Shock” will become an afterthought in the event of an even worse crisis: severe stagflation.


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Essex County Cricket Club CEO Derek Bowden has said that "the club are keen to play Twenty20 fixtures" at London's Olympic Stadium, according to the BBC. EPL West Ham "will be the main tenants of the venue" from '16. But the Chelmsford-based club "are eager to discuss the possibility of hosting T20 games at the Stratford arena." Bowden: "We regularly sell out at Chelmsford. We'll sell 7,000 for a Twenty20 game on a Friday night. There's an opportunity to take cricket down to East London." The decision over whether to allow cricket to be played at the venue "is likely to lie with the London Legacy Development Corporation." There "are also plans to host rugby matches" at the London '12 site, with the Rugby World Cup in '15 an aim. A LLDC spokesperson said, "The Stadium will become a multi-use venue so we are open to additional uses including cricket provided they can fit alongside other concessionaires such as West Ham United and UK Athletics" (BBC, 4/5).

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Salem sewage plant getting $3 million to update cogeneration facility
A previous version of the story has been updated to correct Wendy Veliz's last name and to correct the source of a grant.
Salem is poised to receive $3 million from the Energy Trust of Oregon to help finance a cogeneration plant at the Willow Lake Water Pollution Control Facility.
Energy Trust's contribution, coupled with its previous $200,000 donation to the project and a $3 million grant from Portland General Electric's Renewable Development Fund, will help cover more than half of the $10.9 million project.
Facility upgrades will start January with an anticipated completion in late 2019 or early 2020.
Money from Energy Trust and PGE will pay for new equipment, a larger generator, electrical equipment and a methane gas conditioning system that removes contaminates prior to burning the gas, said Benjamin Haney, engineering program manager.
It also will pay for the cogeneration building, including capacity to expand, and add a second engine in the future.
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Haney said the facility also has been awarded $138,000 from the Energy Trust used for heat improvements and other costs to use waste heat.
Additionally, the city applied for up to $250,000 from the Oregon Department of Energy, which is being evaluated.
Residents won’t see a utility bill increase as a result of the project, according to Haney.
Instead, the remaining $4.7 million in project costs will come from a portion of Salem residents' utility bills that usually go to the Capital Improvements Program to improve infrastructure within utility systems.
The $4.7 million represents about 17 percent of funding allocated for the utility programs in 2018.
By making the investment, Haney said the city will save money in the long run by cutting operating costs at the plant.
The operation at the water treatment plant in Keizer will use methane and other gases created by the treatment process to spin a generator that will power much of the facility, instead of burning gases off in a flare stack, which releases pollutants into the air.
The upgraded facility will supply about one half of the total power needs at the wastewater treatment plant. The electricity produced from the facility equals the amount needed to power nearly 900 homes.
The upgrade is expected to save the city $300,000 in the first year of operation and keep 5,000 metric tons of pollution-causing gases out of the air per year.
Haney projects the city's savings will increase over time due to increases in methane production as population grows, as well as expected inflation in electricity prices.
The city has a 30-year-old cogeneration system in place with a 650 kW generator, which Haney said is undersized and outdated. The replacement system will have a 1,200 kW generator.
Additionally, the city anticipates saving $30,000 of the $36,000 per year spent in natural gas heating by utilizing waste heat to warm the plant's facilities.
The money from Energy Trust will be paid in installments to the city. The first $500,000 will disburse when the project reaches commercial operation and the remaining funds will be distributed as the city’s new cogeneration system meets renewable energy generation milestones, according to the City of Salem news release.
The funds will be distributed throughout two years every quarter so long as the facility is able to reach production goals based on the total amount of power produced, Haney said.
PGE granted $3 million on behalf of Green Future Renewable Development Fund participants. Consumers who voluntarily pay extra on their monthly energy bill to purchase renewable energy contribute to the fund, according to Wendy Veliz, PGE local government affairs manager.
“With this investment, the City of Salem is transforming unwanted waste into valuable clean energy to be used on site,” said Dave Moldal, renewable energy program manager at Energy Trust. “This innovative cogeneration facility will help the city reduce energy costs and deliver more value to residents of Salem, Turner and Keizer.”
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Covers the entire new food product development process - from idea generation through packaging, marketing, and retail sell-in Discusses the functions and interactions of all members of the food product development team Provides practical advice on how to achieve success and avoid pitfalls Includes contributions from world-class authorities Far exceeding the dynamic evolution prophesized by the editors of the first edition, food product development outstripped all expectations by incorporating several new phenomena. The demands of aging boomers for food that provides both taste and nutrition, the overwhelming consumer demand for convenience, the rapidly changing landscape of food retailing, and scientific breakthroughs in ingredient, processing, and packaging technology underscore the industry's propensity for change in the marketing, packaging, and development arenas. Such drastic change demands an up-to-date review of this expanding field. Navigate a Changeable Landscape Driven by the recognition of the interdisciplinary philosophies that underlie this dimensionally volatile landscape, the editors and contributors of Developing New Food Products for a Changing Marketplace hardwire their vision of holistic food product development in their breakthrough second edition. World class authorities, seven of whom are Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Fellows, present the economic, functional, and novel reasons for developing new products. They go on to discuss formulation, sensory and consumer testing, package design, commercial production and, ultimately, product launch and marketing. Meet the Demands of a Consumer Driven Market Continuing to offer the up-to-the-minute information that made the widely adopted first edition so popular, the second edition introduces new concepts in staffing, identifying and measuring consumer desires, engineering scale-up from the kitchen, lab, or pilot plant, and generating product concepts. Applying insights from real life experience, contributors further probe the retail environment. They cover optimization, sensory analysis, package design, and the increasingly important role of the research chef or culinologist ? in providing the basic recipe.


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Addressing unhealthy habits or using a fiber supplement could be all it takes to keep your system moving.
You’re not alone if you kicked your diet into comfort food overdrive this year. Sales of processed foods — such as chips, sugary cereals, and macaroni-and-cheese — surged in the spring of 2020, as coronavirus-triggered lockdowns took hold in the United States.
And if you gave up your healthy diet in favor of starchy sweets, you may have experienced bouts of constipation. "Starchy, processed foods often do not have much in the way of fiber or liquid, which can lead to decreased bulk and lubrication needed for regularity," says Dr. Judy Nee, a gastroenterologist with Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Avoiding junk food and adopting the following strategies can help you avoid constipation and stay regular.
Are you stumped about being stopped up?
An occasional bout of being unable to move your bowels isn’t cause for concern. But if you’re unable to move your bowels regularly, it’s constipation.
"Constipation is commonly defined as having fewer than three bowel movements a week, but it also includes other symptoms such as the sensation of not completely evacuating, straining, and having harder, lumpier stools," says Dr. Judy Nee, a gastroenterologist with Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
While uncomfortable and even embarrassing, constipation is common in older age. "Its prevalence ranges from 24% to 50% in healthy older adults," Dr. Nee says.
What’s keeping you from being regular? It could be a diet that’s too low in fiber or fluid, a lack of exercise, or a side effect from a medication.
Or it could be that you have an underlying condition, such as
Don’t wait too long to find out what’s causing constipation; you’ll only prolong your discomfort. If the remedies we’ve suggested don’t work, or if your constipation is accompanied by blood in the stool, pain in your abdomen, reduced appetite, or unexpected weight loss, contact your doctor: the constipation could have a more serious cause.
Eat more fiber
Naturally occurring fiber in fruits, vegetables, and legumes works wonders for your system. Soluble fiber (from beans, blueberries, and oats, for example) dissolves into a gel-like substance that stimulates the bowels to hold water and bulk up stool. Insoluble fiber (from whole grains and most vegetables) doesn’t dissolve; it bulks up stool and helps push material through the colon.
How much fiber do you need? "We generally recommend a daily fiber intake of 20 to 25 grams per day," says Dr. Nee.
You can reach that goal by adding fibrous foods to each meal. For example, have a cup of bran cereal with blueberries for breakfast; an apple for a midmorning snack, half a whole-wheat sandwich and a cup of black bean soup for lunch; some whole-grain crackers and hummus for an afternoon snack; and a dinner of quinoa, fish or poultry, and broccoli, followed by a few figs or dried apricots for dessert.
Note: Dr. Nee says that bloating and flatulence are common problems with increased fiber intake. Add fiber to your diet slowly, and drink more fluids as well.
When will you see results? "The effects of dietary fiber on bowel movements may take several weeks," Dr. Nee says.
Exercise is a crucial way to fight constipation. "I always say that movement on the outside increases movement on the inside," Dr. Nee notes. "Walking, jogging, swimming, and other activity moves the body and thus moves the colon."
If you haven’t been exercising regularly, try starting by going for a brisk walk for five minutes per day. If walking outside is not possible, try some laps around your kitchen. Gradually increase your walk to at least 30 minutes per day.
Drinking fluids, especially water, promotes regularity. "A large part of the water we ingest gets absorbed in the small intestine and colon, but the remaining water that reaches the colon works importantly as a lubricant," explains Dr. Nee. She points out that water also softens the stool, making it easier to pass.
How much water do you need each day? Generally healthy people should drink three to six cups of water. You may need more or less depending on your health, however. And remember that fruits and vegetables contain lots of water, which adds to your daily fluid intake.
Try a supplement
When lifestyle modifications aren’t enough to resolve constipation, Dr. Nee recommends fiber supplements, such as psyllium husk (Metamucil), methylcellulose (Citrucel), or wheat dextrin (Benefiber) that come in a powdered form and can be mixed into water or food. "These fiber supplements are easily adjusted, effective, and safe to use on a daily basis," Dr. Nee says.
Another supplement that might help is magnesium, which draws water into the colon and has been shown to help make your system move again. "But use caution and talk to your doctor first if you’re considering a magnesium supplement. High levels of magnesium in the blood can potentially lead to serious side effects such as an irregular heartbeat," Dr. Nee warns.
One other option is a probiotic supplement. "To date, there is no one probiotic that is known to help with constipation. But given its relatively low risks, some of my patients give this a try," Dr. Nee says.
Consider over-the-counter drugs
When all strategies fail, it may be time to try an over-the-counter medication. Dr. Nee recommends an osmotic laxative such as polyethylene glycol (MiraLax). "This works very similarly to fiber, but it is a man-made substance meant to draw water into the colon," she says.
Watch out for stimulant laxatives, however, such as bisacodyl (Dulcolax). "I usually do not recommend them for older adults, as I’ve seen people become tolerant to them and require more over time," Dr. Nee says.
What if nothing helps?
If over-the-counter options don’t provide relief, it’s time to see your primary care physician or a gastroenterologist to find out if you have an underlying problem causing constipation. Your doctor may order an outpatient procedure such as a colonoscopy to investigate what’s happening inside the colon. Getting back to regularity may require physical therapy or prescription medication.
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text: Triton Minerals Limited is an exploration company operating in Australia and Mozambique. The Company acquires, explores and develops areas that are prospective for graphite, vanadium, gold, and other precious and base metals and minerals. The Company operates in two segments: Australia and Africa. The Company has one exploration project, Fraser Range North located in Western Australia. It also has graphite projects in Mozambique, Africa. The Fraser Range North project covers the juncture of the Kurnalpi Terrane of the Yilgarn Craton within the Albany-Fraser Province in Western Australia. The Company, through its joint venture interest in Grafex, is the holder of eight exploration licenses, of which six have been granted and two are in application, in the Cabo Delgado Province of northern Mozambique. Its Mozambique licenses comprise three project areas, known as Balama North Project, Balama South Project and Ancuabe Project.

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I fully agree with the other reviewers who have given detailed and glowing descriptions of this book and why it is an important work that addresses the real challenges of developing to a relational model in OO environments. Agile techniques are also interwoven into this book, but it is in overcoming the relational-OO challenges that I found this book to be most valuable.
The first part of the book, "Foundational Skills and Knowledge", covers the challenges and how to meet them with eight excellent chapters that truly give the foundational knowledge. The next part, "Evolutionary Database Development", is comprised of seven chapters that introduce Agile techniques as they relate to DB development. Among the two strongest chapters in this part of the book are the ones covering DB refactoring and mapping objects to relational databases. This material, to me, clarified a lot of issues I had before reading this book. Part 3 is more focused on development techniques, with excellent information about concurrency control, access controls and related topics. The final part of the book is specific to general Agile implementation. You need not embrace Agile methods to learn an enormous amount from this book.
If you want to know more about this book's contents you will find a great deal of information on the author's Agile Data web site (paste the ASIN, B0000A3527, into the search box at the top of this page, select All Products and click GO). I also recommend Clifton Nock's "Data Access Patterns: Database Interactions in Object-Oriented Applications" (ISBN 0131401572), which augments this book in many respects.

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Digestive diseases are disorders that occur in the digestive system. The gastroenterologist can resort to a series of tests that will allow him to diagnose and treat these health problems.
The most common digestive diseases in clinical gastrointestinal practice are gastroesophageal reflux disease (usually due to hiatus hernia), dyspepsia and other diseases related to Helicobacter pylori, celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD: Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease), upper and lower digestive hemorrhage, hypertransaminemia (HC), cholelithiasis, and acute and chronic pancreatitis.
Among all, dyspepsia and IBS are very prevalent and constitute about 3% of all patients treated in primary and 25% in specialized care. The main symptom they present is abdominal pain and defecation disorder (constipation and diarrhea).
Advances in detection methods
The main methods of detection of a gastroenterologist are ultrasound and endoscopy. We also have a series of functional tests such as breath test with H2 expired (for example to diagnose lactose intolerance and fructose), TAUC13 to diagnose Helicobacter pylori, Phlemometry and esophageal and anorectal manometry.
Pancreatic tests and SeHCAT (tauroselcholic acid-75Se) are also being implemented for biliary malabsorption, a possible cause of chronic diarrhea.
The most important advances in diagnosis come from ultrasound and endoscopy, especially the Endoscopic Ultrasound and endoscopic capsule, among others.. Interventional endoscopic techniques, for example ERCP and POSE, also represent an advance.
In turn, new methods are emerging, such as Lactest for lactose intolerance, Simtomax for celiac disease, and Sehcat for biliary malabsorption.
The importance of early detection
It is essential in colorectal cancer (fecal occult blood, colonoscopy and polypectomy if necessary) and hepatocellular carcinoma (ultrasound). In the case of Celiac disease: Serology, Simtomax, and endoscopic duodenal biopsy and in IBD by colonoscopy and ileoscopy with biopsies. In chronic viral hepatitis (HCV) is essential to implement oral treatments that cure the disease and prevent progression to cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma. Early detection is especially important, in other cases, such as pancreatic cancer and neuroendocrine tumors .


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This guest blog from Lucinda Mitchell, Project Director at First Base – a year one sponsor of the programme – shares insights into initiatives helping to make the property industry better for our communities and better for the planet.
It’s no secret that the property industry lags behind other sectors in promoting diversity within its workforce and in particular at senior level.
Traditionally, real estate has been a white, male-dominated industry, especially in key management positions. Although various efforts have been made to develop a more inclusive environment, there is still a gap that needs filling.
So, while Bristol is one of the UK’s most diverse cities, diversity across the city’s property industry still has a long way to go to reflect the population.
That’s why we at First Base, and our partners ethical investor FORE Partnership and retirement living operator Amicala, have all signed up to support the pioneering Bristol Property Inclusion Charter, which aims to ensure that opportunities in the industry are available to all, regardless of their background.
Together, we three partners are bringing forward a new net-zero carbon extra care community at the former St Christopher’s School in Westbury Park, Bristol. Through that project, which will provide a form of later living for residents with additional care provided on site, we will be seeking to do all we can to boost diversity and inclusion – as well as ensuring it is ultra-sustainable.
Backed by Bristol City Council, the charter commits signatories to pursuing seven objectives, aimed at improving the diversity and inclusivity of the workforce, supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds or under-represented parts of the local community, and encouraging signatories to ensure those in their supply chains to do the same. The charter also commits signatories to monitoring their progress and regular reporting.
The charter, the first of its kind in the UK, was founded by Karl Brown who is a partner in the commercial property team in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott. Karl is also a social mobility ambassador for the Law Society of England and Wales and was the first ever black President of Bristol business group the Bristol Junior Chamber.
Altogether over 50 companies from across Bristol’s property sector have now signed up to the charter, which is a great start. But more needs to be done – not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because diversity in itself enhances businesses, organisations and communities, and makes them stronger.
As a project team First Base, FORE and Amicala have a deep commitment to sustainability, but also social value. FORE Partnership, the backer of our Westbury Park project, is a certified B Corporation, committing it legally to pursue purpose beyond profit. It is also committed to delivering net zero projects – with an industry-leading target for its business and projects to be net zero by 2025.
As part of that commitment, FORE is also committed to championing a just transition to a low carbon economy, seeking to ensure disadvantaged groups are not left behind, driving community resilience, skills training and clean growth, while supporting smart solutions around biodiversity, rewilding, and offsetting.
Both First Base and Amicala share this commitment to sustainability and social value: it will run through all that we do with our project in Westbury Park. So, as we develop our plans for a new extra care community on the site of the former St Christopher’s school, we will be exploring many different ways to promote inclusion, along with our commitments to generate positive environmental and social impact through the project.
Get in touch
We are interested to hear from community organisations, charities from across Bristol who share these values and would be interested in getting involved with our project, whether through ‘meanwhile uses’, training or skills development, promotion of sustainability, biodiversity and the circular economy, growing food, art and culture – or simply some other brilliant idea that we haven’t thought of yet.
So do please get in touch with us and help us make the property industry more diverse, inclusive, cleaner, greener – better for our communities and better for the planet.

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Come down to the Worcester PopUp (Worcester, MA) and check out the first public screening of the Boston Indie Crime Drama: "Outbound".
Synopsis: A young man is slowly separated from everything he loves, and pulled into the dark world of his father...
This crime drama delves into the darker sides of the coming of age battle we all face, and offers perspective and commentary on purpose, fate, love, business, the severance of relationships, and many other topics in the shadows of our minds.
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In 2011 I posted Hunting down Anselm Kiefer in Barjac, France, an article describing our visit to the former Anselm Kiefer studios near Barjac in Southern France. A few months ago I received an email from a very old, very good friend of mine, letting me know that he had moved to a village not far from Barjac. And that he had found my blog and said article while searching for information on Anselm Kiefer and his time in the area. Funny coincidences.
This last week I traveled down there again to visit my friend, and naturally we also went to Barjac, to see how things have evolved around “La Ribaute”.
We parked our car near one of the back entrances and walked around the whole compound in a clockwise direction, trying to follow the fence, which at times is impossible, because of shrubs and other terrain issues. Again I took as many photos as I could. Some of the views were much better this time, since in winter the trees have no leaves. The fences and roads looked like they are well taken care of, however some of the art work seemed rough, further decomposed by weather and time.
When we reached the area around the main gate I noticed big changes compared to our last visit. Quite a few trees have been cut down around there, and we noticed construction workers that were … doing something. At first we couldn’t make it out, we were not sure if they were tearing it down or building a new one shed. After a moment of observation we were convinced these were new structures being built. In another area further up the hill we spotted many shipping containers. Something was definitely happening here, but we did not know who was responsible. Was it the departement who was fixing up things? Or was it Kiefer himself?
As we walked further we saw two cars emerge from the gate. We stopped one of them to ask them some questions, and they told us that it was Anselm Kiefer who orders and oversees the work. Apparently he is in Barjac quite often, once every two, three weeks. Some of the new, huge buildings get built just to store one big piece of art. “Oh you know, this is a different dimension of an artist” one of the workers said with a admiring smile. The other guy showed us some photos how it looked inside on his mobile phone.
This is very good news. It seems that Anselm Kiefer is back in Barjac and working on his project again, at least in some way. I am not sure what his aim is. Will he use this compound just to store art? Or will he also keep developing his original vision of the art park? We hope it’s the latter. This would be so amazing and great.
When we drove off after our walk, we met a huge group of hunters wearing their neon-colored protective-gear. I regret it now, but I didn’t dare to take a photo, because at first they looked so threatening. The vibe was tense, what with their guns and dogs. We asked one of them, how the hunt had gone today. Just one wild boar. With all these people, we asked? They laughed. So did we and drove off.
Dear Mr. Kiefer
if you ever google yourself and happen to find this little blog, we would love it, if you can invite us to visit La Ribaute and the gorgeous installations. We are also very interested to hear what the plans are for La Ribaute. We would love to see something happening there, the idea was great, it still is, and the region is amazing.


“Given our legal framework in Switzerland, arms exports are not possible. We have to and want to maintain this legal framework for the Government and the Federal Council,” Berset told reporters in New York.
Noting that the Swiss parliament has been discussing a regulation that could allow the transfer of Swiss arms and possible changes in this framework for some time, Berset said, “It is not the time for changes and we cannot make an exception.”
Berset said they were skeptical of Germany’s request.
At the end of February, the German government requested permission from Switzerland to buy back the decommissioned Leopard tanks from the German arms company Rheinmetall. Berlin had given assurances that it would not send tanks to Ukraine, as Switzerland’s principle of neutrality forbade it from supplying arms to warring countries.
Under Swiss law, only decommissioned materials can be sold, which requires parliamentary approval.
This demand was covered in the German press.
According to the news in the German media on March 3, Swiss Defense Ministry Spokesperson Renato Kalbermatten stated that Germany had received a request to buy Leopard 2 tanks.
Kalbermatten stated that Switzerland has 230 Leopard 2 tanks, 134 of them “on duty” and 96 of them temporarily out of use.
Kalbermatten, who did not provide information about how many tanks Germany wants to buy, stated that Swiss law allows the sale of decommissioned vehicles.
German Defense Ministry Spokesperson Arne Collatz also confirmed that such a request was sent to Switzerland in a press conference held in Berlin, and stated in the letter that he would be pleased if Switzerland would consider selling the tanks in its fleet that it had decommissioned.
Stating that the issues related to the number were not discussed, Collatz emphasized that the Leopard 2 tanks in question would not be sent to Ukraine.
Switzerland under pressure
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) and other international organizations held in Davos, Switzerland in January, pressure has increased on the Bern administration to “reconsider its policies”.
Switzerland requires countries that buy its weapons to ask for permission to re-export them.
Alain Berset, President of the Swiss Confederation, pointed out that the neutrality law prohibits the re-export as well as the export of Swiss arms.
Berset also reminded that this article is a part of the agreements signed with the partner countries.


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The East Side Café is held on the second Thursday of the month – join us to enjoy a delicious lunch, fun entertainment, and the chance to meet new friends!
Meet Angelo Rulli, America’s best known organ grinder, as he plays traditional street songs from the past and the present. Original organ grinding music was heavily Italian classical, but Angelo’s repertoire is wide and varied, including “Phantom of the Opera” in some of his boxes! It will be a wonderful event!
Eleanor Ostman, longtime food writer for the St. Paul Pioneer-Press Dispatch, will take us on a hilarious historic walk through a life in food, including tales such as lunching with Paul Newman, crashing Walter Cronkite’s state banquet in China, judging national recipe contests and world food travel adventures. More than 500 audiences have laughed at and loved Eleanor’s stories – join the fun! Copies of her book “Always on Sunday Revisited” will be available for purchase.
See what’s happening in our own back yard! Join Melanie Kleiss, The Lower Phalen Creek Project’s new Executive Director as she brings us up to date on the work this non-profit is doing in our community.
PolkaSol! Back by popular Demand! PolkaSol! Will play lots of polkas, waltzes and old time songs. The music falls into many categories and genres – Scandinavian, Irish, French, old time, folk and popular to name a few. But what PolkaSol likes best is to sing along...
To recognize Black History Month we welcome author Terry Kerber who will talk about his book, “Major Taylor”. In 1907, amid a time of unspeakable racial cruelty, the world’s most popular athlete was not pitcher Cy Young or center fielder Ty Cobb. During the height of...


Hyundai Santro – India’s favourite entry-level hatchback?
When Hyundai revived the ‘Santro’ brand with its new hatchback in 2018, it clearly showed how confident the Korean car maker was about its new product, given the history of the Santro being the brand’s first model in India. And this was a model that reached out to many Indian buyers all over the nation. Back then, it was the answer to Maruti Suzuki’s WagonR; it looked modern, offered better quality, was huge on space and gave the buyer value for the money. This was the car responsible for what Hyundai is today in India. It was also famously known as the ‘tall boy’ – a term that soon became popular among almost every small car with good height, that followed. Good height also meant good headroom. After the introduction of the i10, the Santro was eventually shelved because the i10 was just bigger and better in almost every way. The Santro Xing soldiered on for a while and was sold mostly to taxi fleet operators until the latter half of 2014.
What’s the hoopla all about?
The Hyundai Santro was a huge hit not only in India, but globally as well. With the new model, Hyundai Cars want to sell their baby in big numbers. The Santro’s structure includes 63% of advanced high-tensile steel and high-tensile steel, which focuses more on rigidity whilst keeping tabs on the kerb weight, so it can compete with the likes of the Celerio and Tiago. The new Santro is longer and wider, and comes with a longer wheelbase too. You may have expected the return of the tall-boy stance, but unfortunately, that isn’t the case anymore. It may be as tall as a Grand i10, but that hasn’t earned back the ‘tall boy’ appeal. It also shares the K1 platform with the Grand i10 and features the new ‘cascading’ grille.
Let’s talk looks
The Hyundai Santro features swept-back headlights, an open-mouthed grille and high-set fog lights. Somehow, we find something terribly wrong with the nose of this car. However, the grille is useful for cooling. If we had to dwell on it, we think the grille spoils the design of the car. We miss the Santro Xing’s chic appeal. On the sides, it gets boomerang creases over the front and rear wheel arches, giving it a good appearance from the side. We also like how the shoulder line dives downwards on the rear door. At the rear, the tail lights are simple; nothing too striking. At the base of the rear bumper, you’ll find a blacked-out portion, which is basically a faux diffuser. The design does look upmarket, but upon closer inspection, you’ll notice that all of this has been designed bearing in mind costs. The door handles are typically budget car inspired.
Room is important
Given the price and the segment in which this car sits, it certainly does impress. The quality inside is a huge step-up from Santros of old, and the dual-tone black-and-beige dashboard has a nice finish to it, and the modern touch comes in the form of a 7.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system that gets Apple CarPlay and Android Auto; the system functions smoothly. The system also doubles up as a reversing camera; you get buttons on the steering column that helps you operate the power-adjustable mirrors. Some of the bits and bobs are carried over from the Grand i10 but we’re not complaining. The dials are clear and sporty, and there’s a nice MID that displays information like average speed, distance to empty and average fuel economy. The knobs for the AC feel like they are made to withstand rugged use and the dull-gold elements around the steering, door handles and AC vents give it a classy look and we liked the circular AC vents on either side.
The cost-cutting is evident in certain details – the Hyundai logo on the steering gets embossed in grey plastic, the exposed screws on the door grab-handles and just two parking sensors for the back. You can open the hatch with the help of a key, but we didn’t like the idea of fixed headrests for the front and rear. The power window switches, like the Nano and Kwid, are positioned below the gear lever. On the Asta variant, you get two front airbags and that’s about it.
The engine on the Hyundai Santro is a heavily updated version of the 1.1-litre Epsilon engine that once did duty in the Santro Xing. The motor produces 68bhp and 99Nm of torque, paired either to a 5-speed manual or an AMT ‘box. Refinement from the engine is great with barely any vibrations coming through. It’s a responsive little engine and continues being zippy. The clutch is light and the gears shift effortlessly. Also, grab the latest info on the upcoming cars, only at autoX.


President Park will focus on promoting her vision for a creative economy and securing greater foreign investment in Korea during her trip to India and Switzerland.
In India, President Park will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discuss ways to further develop the two countries' cooperation in various fields, ranging from economic affairs to science and information communications technology.
India is the world's second-largest market, with a population of 1.2 billion, and is currently moving ahead with a five-year economic development plan that runs through 2017.
The presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae says there is great potential in many areas for cooperation between Korea and India, and India will be a key partner in helping Korea realize a creative economy, one of the Park administration's major goals.
"India is globally competitive in high-tech industries such as IT and aerospace. Korea will sign MOUs with India in the fields of science, information and communications technology and aerospace during the president's visit to strengthen cooperation, especially in sectors related to the creative economy."
The president will also seek ways to upgrade the Korea-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which took effect in 2010, and urge the Indian government to support Korean companies, including POSCO, which has been working on a project in the Indian state of Odisha for eight years now.
President Park will be the first Korean leader to make a state visit to Switzerland.
There, she will hold a bilateral summit with President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter and visit economic sites to benchmark Switzerland's vocational training system and its economic system, which is centered around small and mid-sized firms, all of which could be linked to her vision for a creative economy.
"The president will wrap up her trip at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she will meet with the CEOs of global companies, such as Cisco and Siemens, and urge foreign businesses to invest in Korea.
Eoh Jin-joo, Arirang News."


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The "Etcd Server - Unauthenticated Access" module is designed to detect a vulnerability in a Kubernetes etcd server. Etcd is a distributed key-value store that stores cluster secrets and configuration files. This module specifically targets the issue of anonymous access, which allows unauthorized users to access the data stored in etcd without providing any authentication credentials.
This vulnerability is considered high severity, as it can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information and potential data breaches.
This module was authored by sharath and pussycat0x.
The impact of the "Etcd Server - Unauthenticated Access" vulnerability is that it exposes sensitive data stored in the etcd server to unauthorized users. This can include cluster secrets, configuration files, and other sensitive information. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the Kubernetes cluster and potentially compromise the entire system.
The "Etcd Server - Unauthenticated Access" module works by sending HTTP requests to the target etcd server and checking for specific conditions that indicate the presence of the vulnerability. The module uses the following matching conditions:- The response body must contain the words "\"node\":" and "\"key\":". - The response headers must include the word "application/json". - The HTTP response status code must be 200.
If all of these conditions are met, the module reports the vulnerability.
Here is an example of an HTTP request that the module sends:
The module checks the response of this request against the matching conditions to determine if the vulnerability exists.
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I just returned from Mexico and it's exactly what I needed. Rest, relaxation, sun, great food, drink and, most importantly, friends. The lovely Andrea was about to turn 40 years old and had a terrific idea. "How about I gather as many gals as possible from around the world to a beautiful beach?" I had been to Tulum several times before and it's one of my favorite places in the world - and Andrea is one of my favorite people in the world - so, of course, the answer was a resounding yes. Lucky for us, Andrea did the legwork for the trip and found our hotel in Mexico and took care of the logistics. We stayed at the gorgeous La Zebra, about 20 minutes from the ruins. It's a small luxury hotel and restaurant right on the beach, where rooms have splash pools and beautiful views. (I spent most of the day alternating between the pool and the ocean ... my idea of heaven.)
2016 has been a weird year all around, but there are still many things to celebrate. A great example is Slow Caves. This band from Fort Collins (who have been all but adopted by Denver) made some major waves this year. They released a new video and were nominated for a 2016 Westword Music Award. The guys (comprised and two brothers and four friends) have played all over the state all year long. Just last month, the band landed a deal with Old Flame Records. I got to see them at Denver's Lost Lake recently - an intimate room in the Bluebird District that is bringing in great acts after shaking off its dive bar roots. Slow Caves is a great rock n' roll show; the band is young, talented, and sincerely nice people. They embark on a quick West Coast tour in January and then return to Lost Lake in March. Guess who will be there???


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Once upon a time there was a little boy whose name was Salvador, though everyone called him Salvi. One afternoon Salvi is playing on the beach when he sees something gleaming in the water. It’s a little key, a magic key to the drawer where Salvador Dali stores his dreams . . . a strange and fantastical world where elephants have legs like giraffes, clocks melt like cheese left in the sun, and rowboats fly. Weaving Salvador Dali’s most famous motifs into an imaginative story, this charming picture book reflects the limitless possibilities of the Surrealist vision and serves as a great reminder that fine art needn’t be stuffy and boring. “Much more than an educational tool: this is beautiful.” “Entertaining and enlightening” Full-color illustrations.
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Contemporary Erotica, 2010
Now this is a surprise indeed. I hadn’t been bowled over by the previous works of Stephanie Adkins that I read, so I wasn’t expecting much when I started reading Driving Miss Devin. Much to my pleasant surprise, almost everything works for me in this short story.
The plot is simple. Having watched Devin Malone descend into a downward spiral of rage, jealousy, and self pity, her chauffeur Cole Braxton realizes that he can no longer stand by and remain the silent employee, not when the woman he loves can’t seem to realize that she’s better off without her ex-husband that cheated on her and dumped her for a much younger woman. Can he convince her that the right man for her has been standing before her all this while, and can she overcome her issues to reach out and grab happiness with both hands? It’s a very big amount of happiness, if you know what I mean, and certainly big enough to make a lovelorn lady see the light at the end of the dark tunnel.
Having a rear end shag to celebrate one’s joyous beginning with a hot younger man is tad too over the top for me, but on the whole, this story packs a pretty good punch. For a story of its short length, it manages to put Devin through a heartbreaking emotional grinder and force her to come to an epiphany in a way that is both convincing and poignant. Cole can be too good to be true, but when the lady is blue and is need of a good shag with a hot guy who adores her, who’s complaining?
Considering the length of this story, I’m impressed by how well the author engaged my emotions and made me care for the main characters. When’s the story with the pool boy coming out?


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A private company that manages prisons will pay $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed last year by the family of a mentally ill Pennsylvania woman who killed herself while detained inside one of their facilities, PEOPLE confirms.
David Inscho, the attorney for the family of Janene Wallace, tells PEOPLE the 35-year-old woman who was diagnosed as depressive and paranoid hung herself in May 2015 inside the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.
According to Inscho, the suicide ended Wallace’s 50-day in solitary confinement. She was not let out of her cell once during the final 85 hours of her life, he says.
The lawsuit was filed by Wallace’s relatives in February 2016. It named Community Education Centers, which ran the George W. Hill Correctional Facility until its recent acquisition by another prison operator, The GEO Group. (The former website of Community Education Centers redirects to that of The GEO Group.)
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The settlement was finalized Nov. 6 — the day before the civil trial was scheduled to commence.
“They caused her death and failed to further prevent her death by placing her in solitary with a guard who taunted her and told her to kill herself,” Inscho alleges. “She was left in her cell for 23 hours a day, with just one hour of exercise. On the weekends, she didn’t get out at all.”
Wallace’s mental health problems first came to light in her late twenties, according to Inscho, who said she was sent to George W. Hill Correctional Facility in 2013 following her conviction on terroristic threat charges, stemming from threatening phone calls she made to a high school acquaintance.
She was eventually released on probation. Wallace was returned to the prison after violating her probation in 2015 by missing an appointment with her probation officer.
Wallace allegedly refused to bathe in prison, and was making irrational statements. Inscho says she also rubbed bodily fluids on a shower wall and accused the guards of trying to hurt her.
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She was placed in solitary confinement with a sign posted to her door warning she was “unstable.”
Before ending her own life, Inscho says a prison guard encouraged Wallace to “go ahead and choke yourself.” She was found hanging from a vent, with her bra tied around her neck.
A statement from Wallace’s family says she was “a wonderful woman with a kind heart.” The family is pleased that her death and the civil suit it sparked helped exposed “the horrible treatment she received” and initiate policy changes that will “treat rather than lock up people needing” mental health treatment.
At a Thursday news conference, Wallace’s mother, Suzanne Wallace remembered her daughter as “Very creative, very intelligent and beautiful,” according to CBS.
Calls to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility were not returned Monday.
Pablo E. Paez, the Vice President of Corporate Relations for the GEO Group, tells PEOPLE he cannot comment on last week’s settlement, but noted “the GEO Group did not manage the George W. Hill Facility at the time of these allegations. At that time, the facility was managed by a separate company, Community Education Centers, which GEO only acquired in April 2017.”


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More than 128,000 Hongkongers ill-prepared for 100-year life
Hongkongers’ ignorance of their life expectancy has left them ill-prepared for retirement. Stakeholders such as the government, insurers and medical providers should work closely to provide adequate coverage, according to specialised reinsurance firm Swiss Re
The Hong Kong government is being urged by one of the world’s largest specialised reinsurance companies to do more to ensure adequate health care coverage for its older residents, after it was revealed that more than 128,000 Hongkongers born in 2016 could be unable to seek critical medical treatment when they reach their senior years.
Daisy Ning, Swiss Re’s head of life and health products in Asia, also said the authorities are not doing enough to educate older residents of two new scheme that have been launched to help them finance their retirement.
Response to Hong Kong annuity scheme ‘within expectations’ but likely to fall short of US$1.27b target
And that as the population lives longer and grows, stakeholders such as the government, insurers and medical providers must work more closely to provide more adequate coverage for the elderly.
According to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong’s population is projected to increase from 6.8 million in mid-2003, to 8.38 million by 2033.
Nearly three in 10 will be aged 65 and over, with the median rising more than a decade to 49 in 2033 from 38 in 2003.
Life expectancy for males increased 13.5 years from 67.8 years old in 1971 to 81.3 in 2016, and for females, it rose 12 years from 75.3 to 87.3, and the city now enjoys the world’s highest life expectancy levels.
However, of those born in Hong Kong in 2016, 102,177 females and 26,272 males are projected to have inadequate medical coverage, at a time when many more people in the city are expected to live past 100 years of age, given advances in health care and medical technology.
As average ages rise, the government has rolled out two schemes, the Voluntary Health Insurance System and Public Annuity Scheme, to encourage the elderly and their families to increase savings and investments with a view to their retirement. But so far the response has been lukewarm.
The latter scheme guarantees residents a monthly fixed return after they make a lump-sum investment of between HK$500,000 and HK$1 million (US$63,700-127,000).
Men can receive monthly payouts ranging from HK$290 to HK$5,800 and women HK$265 to HK$5,300 by opting into the lifetime plan, with about 15 years of payments needed for investors to gain such returns.
The scheme was expected to generate around HK$10 billion, but with just 9,410 senior citizens stepping forward so far to take part, less than half the target quota has been reached, HK$4.94 billion. Under the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, subscribers will receive an HK$8,000 tax break as an incentive to join, again aimed at easing the burden on the city’s increasingly overstretched public health care system.
Hong Kong’s US$1.27 billion annuity plan fails to ignite on launch day amid concerns about returns, gender
That plan allows participants to use private medical services until they are 100 years old, and is aiming to attract 1.5 million Hongkongers over the next three years.
But Ning said many local residents are still unaware they are now expected to live longer than any other population on the planet, with the result that not enough is being put away to sustain their lifestyles when they retire, but more importantly, are buying inadequate insurance coverage for their future medical needs.
“There’s been a lack of education [so people know about these schemes],” Ning said, adding
the public should be made to understand the valuable benefits of both.
“To address the problem, it needs the collaboration of insurance industry, government and medical providers.
“We have many examples of [the insurance industry] working either with the government in some markets or with medical providers, but for the three to work together here, there's still room to improve.”
Ning said Hong Kong would do well to learn from the comprehensive medical coverage implemented in Japan, also one of the world’s fastest ageing populations, to ensure the elderly are well protected.
“Its national health system is truly comprehensive, which takes care of at least 80-90 per cent of the public's medical needs,” she said.
“In comparison, Hong Kong’s coverage still has a lot of room to grow.”
In Australia, she added, insurers also go beyond just medical coverage by helping the elderly and their families find a nurse, taking care of home food deliveries and caring for the mental well-being of older people and their carers.
“That’s a variety of services to help the family,” said Ning. “And the patient can deal with any situation.”

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Having 50 to 100 orgasms a day sounds like fiction or the problem of the week on Grey’s Anatomy (it actually was on an episode in Season 2)? But for people actually afflicted with the nightmare of having 100 involuntary orgasms a day, it is a condition that affects every aspect of their lives.
A 37-year-old Wisconsin man, Dale Decker, has had the problem, which is medically named Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome, since 2012. A 24-year-old Florida women, Amanda Gryce, has suffered from it for about 18 years. Both are trying, through treatment, to not only have a normal sex life … but also have a normal life period.
Persistent genital around disorder is when someone has intrusive spontaneous genital arousal without sexual desire. The experience is intrusive on all activities, unsolicited and unrelenting. Imagine, going through the day, talking to people, shopping or just first meeting someone of the opposite sex and having a sudden orgasm then and there.
Decker first developed the problem when he slipped a disc two years ago. On the way to the hospital that day, he reported having five orgasms. Since then, they have not stopped. He has publically described the horror of having repeated orgasms at his father’s funeral or the grocery store. At this point, the man – who is married and has two children – rarely leaves the house out of embarrassment over his constant erections and ejaculations. “There’s nothing pleasurable about it because even though it might feel physically good,” he explained, because “ you’re completely disgusted by what’s going on.”
NYC gynecologist Dr. Dena Harris told The New York Post that it can be a serious medical condition that usually affects women. It can be painful and is not sexual, just a horrendous spasm with no control.
Gryce suffered in silence for years afraid and ashamed to disclose what was happening to her to anyone. She has been aroused regularly since she was about six. ‘It happens when I’m with my friends or out in public,” Gryce noted. ”It’s very embarrassing.”’
Once she did seek help, medical professionals initially dismissed Gryce’s complaints and did not acknowledge that she had a valid condition. She finally did find a doctor familiar with the issue persistent genital around disorder.
A doctor Gryce consulted who s a pelvic pain expert worked with her on things she can do to reduce the orgasms’ intensity even if they are still constant. She is taking medication, using exercise and working to take control of her disorder to take control of her life. She has a boyfriend, who is supportive and helping her deal with the condition to get on with their lives.
The residents on Grey’s Anatomy giggled behind the back of the patient who presented with persistent genital around disorder. However, those who suffer from the condition like Decker and Gryce, would readily say that living with a condition that leads to 50 to 100 orgasms a day is a nightmare.
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UN Confined to Bases in Kordofan, No Answers on Future in
July 11 -- Amid celebrations
of South Sudan's independence,
questions have arisen about the UN's future in the North, in Darfur
and the zones of conflict in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states.
adopted Monday by the Security Council says the UN peacekeepers have
to be entirely out of North Sudan, except Darfur, by the end of
they will be confined to their bases until then, even as top UN
humanitarian official Valerie Amos told Inner City Press that
questions have yet to be answered about the fate of civilians removed
from outside the UN base in Kadugli and returned to their villages.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesman Martin Nesirky what
the peacekeepers will be doing:
City Press: on this South Kordofan — I understand the
Secretary-General raised it when he was traveling there — I just
wanted to know, what’s the current, sort of, freedom of movement of
the peacekeepers in South Kordofan? There is some footage existing
of them saying that they are not to leave their base until their
status is somehow either agreed on or formalized. Are they
conducting patrols? Is it their understanding they are supposed to
stay in the base until they either leave or authorized to go out?
What’s their current mandate and movement?
Nesirky: Well, as you know, the mandate expired and has not been
renewed or extended, at this point, at least. And that does
obviously have implications for the movement of peacekeepers and
therefore the freedom of access for humanitarian workers that Ms.
Amos just addressed a moment ago. I’d need to check with our
colleagues in Peacekeeping Operations precisely what is happening
with the peacekeepers at the moment. But clearly, if a mandate has
expired, you move into a different phase.
City Press: There is a resolution that is going to be adopted, that
is slated to be adopted, that is called a wind down, but it’s
unclear whether under that even without the consent... If North Sudan
doesn’t consent, what presence--
Spokesperson: That’s precisely why I say we’re moving into a
different phase. And I think that that remains to be clarified. What
unchanged is our concern about our ability to provide the protection
that’s needed for humanitarian workers to go about their work.
the UN is
“concerned,” but can't do anything about it. And so it downplays
its inaction -- for example, the UN's write up of Valerie Amos' press
conference, at which Inner City Press asked her about humanitarian
access in Southern Kordofan, has no mention of that exchange, click
strategy seems to be
to answer few or no questions. Inner City Press asked
asked basic questions
about Darfur, including whether the UN would be appointing a
replacement to Darfur mediator Djibril Bassole. Nesirky said he
didn't know but would check.
Kiir & Bashir in Juba, future in Kordofan and Darfur not shown
hours later he had provided no
City Press: elsewhere in Sudan, Darfur, the Abdul Wahid Nur faction
of SLA [Sudan Liberation Army] has said that it should… you know,
it’s called for a uniting of all remaining rebels in Sudan to
overthrow an Islamist State, and I just wonder what is the
understanding of UNAMID [African Union-United Nations Hybrid
Operation in Darfur], given this large peacekeeping mission, of the
impact of the breakaway of the South on its mandate in Darfur, and is
there going to be a replacement to Mr. [Djibril] Bassolé as a
of joint UN-AU mediator on the Darfur topic or is that mediation
Nesirky: I would need to check on any replacement for Mr.
Bassolé. And as for the mission and mandate of UNAMID — the
Union mission in Darfur — that remains unchanged. That is mandated
by the Security Council. That hasn’t changed.
much has changed.
South Sudan is on track to be voted into UN membership by the
Security Council on July 13 and the General Assembly on July 14 and
have its flag raised. Bashir is ordering peacekeepers to leave
Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, and is preparing to crack down in
Darfur. The UN is spending $1 billion a year for a force in Darfur,
but what will they do? Watch this site.
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Wrap-Up Draft Eyes End of August, Kordofan Offer
July 11, updated -- On
Friday, the eve of South Sudan's independence,
the UN Security Council met at 5 pm to consider a draft
“liquidating” the old UN Mission in Sudan, UNMIS, after having
formed a new UNMISS only south of the border.
sources told Inner City Press that this wind-down resolution might
allow for the retention of some UN peacekeeping presence in conflict
plagued Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, at least during the wrap up
for Russia and China to get instructions, several sources told Inner
City Press on Friday evening, saying it might be adopted on Saturday
at 11 am. But at that time, the Security Council was closed, and
there was no announcement over the weekend.
a Western spokesperson told the Press that the draft would set the
end of August as the deadline, and that the draft mostly reiterates
what is in the Status of Forces Agreement, or SOFA.
a source on
the Northern side told Inner City Press there is “an issue with
Paragraph six,” in which the
Council would express its willingness to
stay in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile.
Bashir and Kiir on July 9, 2011, liquidation reso not shown
talking,” the source said, “and some don't want the Council to
say anything about it at this time.”
are being dropped on the Nuba people.
11:28 am -- look like the fix is in. China rep tells Inner City
Press have agreed to language about the UN being ready to provide
assistance “upon the consent” of the parties. Should be adopted
after the morning's Libya briefing by Al-Khatib.
11:44 am - the draft in blue says the Council “expresses its
readiness to continue current UN operations in these states, with the
consent of the parties, until those new security arrangements have
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this site -- and this, Inner
City Press July 7 debate on BloggingHeads.tv about Sudan
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UN Role on Borders of Blue Nile & Kordofan
Unclear, Troop Numbers Game
updated -- With the countdown to South Sudan's formal
declaration of independence on July 9 begun, at the UN in New York on
Wednesday negotiations on the resolution for
a new peacekeeping
mission went into overtime.
Representative emerged from the Security Council chamber and told
Inner City Press that while the size of the mission will be
reconsidered after three or six months, a sticking point is whether
and how the disputed borders in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states
will be monitored.
“If the North
does not agree,” the DPR told Inner City Press, “there can't be
any UN peacekeepers there.”
Ethiopian troops in Abyei, but has stepped away from a deal
about South Kordofan. When Inner City Press asked the UN earlier on
Wednesday to confirm troops build ups in South Kordofan, the response
was a reiteration of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's call for freedom
of movement. Does that mean the UN doesn't have freedom of movement?
Yes, was the answer. Video here,
UN in New York on July 5 were then e-mailed to UNMIS in Sudan,
but have yet to be answered. A delegation from the Department of
Peacekeeping Operations came out of the Security Council at 5 pm on
Wednesday. Referring to the number of troops proposed, Inner City
Press asked, “Seven thousand?” A UN military official laughed; a
civilian official said “DPKO has no comment.”
[See update below:
UK says between six and seven thousand.]
the numbers, a
Permanent Representative inside the negotiations told Inner City
Press that DPKO while asking for 7000 also refers to a 5400 figure.
We'll have more on this.
was finished, the Obama administration announced its
delegation to Juba, including Susan Rice, Colin Powell, Brooke
Lyman, Donald Steinberg, Africom's
Carter F. Ham, and Johnnie Carson. “Johnny Carson?” a US
official asked. Not that Johnny Carson...
-- among Western P-5 Permanent Representative, the UK's
Mark Lyall Grant emerged and told Inner City Press, somewhere between
six and seven thousand. France's Gerard Araud said nothing. And
Susan Rice of the US... is still inside the Council, if the presence
of USUN body guards is any guide.
pm -- the problem of adopting the resolution on Friday has
apparently been solved: the resolution will say that the mission is
created "upon" independence, and will be voted on Friday. The last of
the diplomats have left.
11 BloggingHeads.tv re Sudan, Libya, Syria, flotilla
for Mar 1, '11
BloggingHeads.tv re Libya, Sri Lanka, UN Corruption
Click here for Inner City
Press' March 27 UN debate
Click here for Inner City
Press March 12 UN (and AIG
Click here for Inner City
Press' Feb 26 UN debate
Click here for Inner City Press' Jan.
16, 2009 debate about Gaza
Click here for Inner City Press'
review-of-2008 UN Top Ten debate
Click here for Inner
City Press' December 24 debate on UN budget, Niger
Click here from Inner City Press'
December 12 debate on UN double standards
Click here for Inner
City Press' November 25 debate on Somalia, politics
and this October 17 debate, on
Security Council and Obama and the UN.
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usually also available through Google
News and on Lexis-Nexis.
for a Reuters
AlertNet piece by this correspondent
about Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army. Click
for an earlier Reuters AlertNet piece about the Somali
Reconciliation Congress, and the UN's $200,000 contribution from an
undefined trust fund. Video
some are available
in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.


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AO first half revenues rise by 25%
Online electrical appliances retailer AO World has reported strong revenue growth in the first half of its financial year.
In the six months to 30 September, total revenue climbed by 25.1% to £217.1 million while adjusted EBITDA increased by 115% to £7.3 million.
While adjusted operating profit rose 134% to £5.5 million, reported operating profit dropped to £0.9 million from £2.4 million in the previous year as the retailer incurred set up costs relating to its entry into the German market.
AO chief executive John Roberts said: “UK growth was delivered at the same time as management resource was also focused on launching our proposition in Germany, which we achieved in October some six months earlier than promised. This launch has given us confidence in our ability to replicate our model overseas.
“We remain confident of meeting full year expectations and are well positioned as we move into our peak trading period.”
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