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The long wait of 40 days is finally over, as San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy finally underwent a successful surgery to repair his right elbow’s ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). The surgery was conducted by renowned specialist Dr. Keith Meister in the Dallas area, who implanted a synthetic “check-rein” to help reinforce the ligament’s healing process.
Purdy suffered the elbow injury during an NFC championship loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and required surgery. Before the surgery, there were concerns that once Meister opened Purdy’s elbow, it might require a hybrid surgery between the repair and reconstruction, which would have delayed Purdy’s recovery further.
However, the team and Brock Purdy expressed their relief that it didn’t happen. Although the standard expectation for this type of operation is a six-month recovery, there is not yet a specific timeline for Purdy to get full clearance.
If he had required Tommy John reconstruction surgery, he would likely have missed the entire 2023 season. But with at least a little more certainty on Purdy’s recovery, the 49ers are expected to explore veteran quarterbacks whose contracts won’t break the bank when the early negotiating window opens Monday.
When will Brock Purdy resume throwing after the surgery?
Purdy is expected to start a throwing progression program a lot sooner than expected since he had the elbow repaired rather than reconstructed; he will be able to resume throwing after three months and ramp up from there.
The team had previously expressed concern about the outcomes of the surgery, which is usually done on Baseball players and as it was different from a baseball injury, outcomes could’ve been different as well. Despite this, they are optimistic about Purdy’s recovery and the prospect of him returning to the team. They also believe that Trey Lance, who is recovering from a broken right ankle, will be ready to take part in organized team activities and minicamps.
How will the 49ers deal with Prudy’s absence?
With Purdy certain to miss the offseason program, the Niners’ only quarterback under contract expected to participate is Trey Lance. As such, the team will need to add to the quarterback room in either free agency, the draft or both, and may need to look into the quarterback market in addition to Brock and Trey to insulate themselves from whatever may happen.


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Although 30% of traffic fatalities are alcohol-related, and electronic Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety has appeal, more targeted approaches to reducing them are being taken by car makers. Programs aimed at reducing teen driver accidents and death were described at the 25th annual World Traffic Safety Symposium during the New York Auto Show.
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Traffic gridlock, accident fatalities, and vehicle emissions are not good things. So the underlying challenge for the auto industry is to develop and use technologies appropriately for society. Matschi was the Thursday morning keynote speaker in the AVL theater inside Detroit’s Cobo Center at the 2015 SAE World Congress.
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OK, first of all, this is my favorite breakfast when I am home in Canada or when I am visiting the West Indies. In my opinion there is nothing else like this dish.
What is Ackee?:
Ackee migrated to Jamaica in 1725 from West Africa, this fruit is said to be a blessing and perhaps a foe. If improperly prepared the fruit can cause harm, requiring medical attention and can keep one very ill for a time.
Ackee in natures form on the tree
When harvested from the trees, preparers are very careful when extracting the fruit from the dangers of the black seed it comes with on the inner part of the ackee. When cooked and ready, ackee and salt fish is known as the national dish. It is a splendor to eat when sautéed gently with onions, herbs, peppers and native seasonings to Jamaica.
Salt cod or known as salt fish is cod that has been preserved after drying and then salted. This adds the salt flavors to the ackee when prepared together. However, prior to mixing the two together the salt fish should be boiled two to three times before adding it with the ackee to ensure the taste is not too salty for serving.
Salted cod, preserved, dried and salted
Ackee & Salt fish with peppers, herbs and onions
This fruit is just an amazing dream to me, it serves as a delicious dish to ackee or any dish; or simply on its own. The taste of the breadfruit is pure and plain, but the natural flavor is perfect for any sweet or salty dish. Breadfruit is a species of the Flowering tree in the mulberry and jack fruit family. This fruit originated in New Guinea and the Maluku Islands and the Philippines. It's introduction to the Caribbean was in the late 18th century and has grown famous for its baked bread or potato like flavor.
Breadfruit in its natural state on the tree
Plantains are another favorite of mine and I am sure for many others also.
Plantains can be cooked at any stage of ripeness, but they are the most sweet when their color changes from yellow to being 80 to 90% black. When fried until golden brown on both sides it is a perfect side addition to the ackee and salt fish dish, served alone or with other fish dishes as well. They are rich in vitamins A, C and B-6 and the minerals magnesium and potassium. Plantains are available in most grocery stores and you can have so much fun with this fruit.
Ackee & Salt fish
This dish again is absolutely delicious and make ones appetite completely full of satisfaction. When you visit the Caribbean be sure to indulge on this dish, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. This dish is a definitely pleasing to her beach bag.
Thank you for reading this blog in her beach bag, please leave your comments about this and if you have ever sampled it, I'd love to hear from you.

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Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU), also known as chronic spontaneous urticaria, is characterized by the presence of hives on most days of the week, for 6 weeks or longer, without an identifiable or consistent cause. Up to 50% of patients also have accompanying angioedema.1 In both the United States and worldwide, this disorder affects from 0.1% to 3% of the general population.2 Because the disorder is triggered by inconsistent or unidentifiable factors, many patients are subject to overtesting and failed treatments, which impair their quality of life.
The evaluation of CIU is clinical and based on the presence of episodic urticarial lesions found during the physical examination. However, the patient's history will reveal that the lesions usually appear and resolve within 24 hours. On physical examination, patients have urticarial lesions that are circumscribed, raised, and erythematous with a possible central pallor (Figure 1). Patients who also have angioedema typically present with asymmetric nonpitting swelling that occurred over minutes to hours and affects the lips, cheeks, periorbital areas of the face, extremities, and/or genitalia.3 These affected areas often are described by patients as numb or tingling in sensation.4
A key component of evaluating CIU is to obtain a detailed history to rule out a secondary cause (such as exposure to new drugs, including antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs], and hormones) or association with systemic disease. NSAIDs have been known to worsen symptoms in 25% to 50% of patients.5 Ask patients about other medical conditions, recent travel, infections, and other atopic conditions to rule out dermatologic manifestations that are not true urticarial reactions.6 Patients with CIU have a higher prevalence of various autoimmune disorders, including thyroid disease, celiac disease, Sjögren syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes.7
Patients with CIU often are subjected to extensive laboratory testing as clinicians seek a specific cause or systemic disease. However, most tests come back without abnormalities.
Initially, obtain a limited amount of tests to rule out systemic disorders that involve urticaria: a complete blood cell (CBC) count with differential, C-reactive protein (CRP) or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and a thyroid-stimulating hormone level.8-12 In patients with CIU, most of these laboratory values should be within normal limits. However, patients with uncomplicated urticaria without a secondary cause may at times have a slight elevation of ESR.13 In contrast, complicated urticaria can include skin manifestations of the underlying systemic cause such as vasculidites, other rheumatologic disease, malignancy, or endocrinopathies, which often will be associated with laboratory test abnormalities.
Skin biopsy typically is reserved for patients who need to have urticarial vasculitis ruled out. These patients typically have painful lesions that persist longer than 24 hours, have an elevated CRP or ESR, systemic symptoms, and/or are unresponsive to antihistamines.14,15
After secondary causes and systemic diseases are ruled out and the urticaria is deemed idiopathic, clinicians can initiate treatment. Management routinely is approached in a stepwise fashion based on the management guidelines developed by the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters, representing the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; and the Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (Table 1).9,12,16
Once a patient is diagnosed with CIU, the first step in treatment is to administer a second-generation antihistamine at the standard therapeutic dose. Patients also should eliminate aggravating factors. A substantial number of patients will experience exacerbations that are occasionally, but not predominately, triggered by physical stimuli. These physical stimuli include heat, extreme humidity, cold, and pressure. Patients also should be counseled to abstain from NSAIDs, which worsen CIU symptoms in 20% to 40% of patients.5,17
If the patient's symptoms do not improve after 1 to 2 weeks of a second-generation antihistamine at a standard dose, the next step provides multiple options for increasing therapy:
- Increase the dose of the second-generation antihistamine. The US guidelines, in addition to others, advocate for up to four times the standard dose of a second-generation antihistamine.16,18,19 Increasing the dosage works best for levocetirizine and desloratadine.20
- Add a different second-generation antihistamine to the original therapy. For example, a patient taking fexofenadine could be prescribed a loratadine, desloratadine, cetirizine, or levocetirizine.
- Add a histamine2 antagonist such as ranitidine. This option can improve symptoms in a patient not satisfactorily controlled by histamine1 antihistamines.
- Add a leukotriene receptor antagonist. Symptoms resistant to histamine1 antihistamine monotherapy may respond to leukotriene receptor antagonists, either as monotherapy or as an adjunctive therapy. The preferred leukotriene modifiers are montelukast and zafirlukast, which do not require monitoring of any laboratory values; patients on zileuton require routine liver function testing.
- Add a first-generation antihistamine at bedtime. This approach is recommended for patients who have failed the previous options of higher-dosed second-generation antihistamines, the addition of histamine2 antagonists, and/or the addition of leukotriene receptor antagonists.9
Patients whose symptoms fail to improve after step 2 therapy may be considered for step 3, treatment with short-acting antihistamines. The two most commonly used medications in this category are hydroxyzine and doxepin. Both are started at 10 to 25 mg daily, and increased in weekly increments. When these medications are used at high doses (such as 75 to 150 mg per day), they often are associated with control of CIU symptoms.21 Patients who continue to have symptoms after failing these therapies are considered to have refractory CIU.
Systemic glucocorticoids can be periodically used at any point in a treatment plan for patients in need of temporary control of a severe urticarial exacerbation. Glucocorticoid use generally is supplementary to the other medications for CIU. Although the dose and duration of treatment is individualized based on the patient's responsiveness, experts typically suggest a starting dose of 30 to 40 mg of prednisolone daily with food, for 2 to 7 days.22,23
In patients with severe exacerbations, use systemic glucocorticoids for the shortest duration possible. Some patients may require treatment for longer periods, and may be on glucocorticoids for months at a time. When systemic glucocorticoids are used for longer periods of treatment, they should be tapered to avoid adrenal suppression and a rebound in CIU symptoms.24
TREATING REFRACTORY SYMPTOMS
Patients with symptoms that are not controlled by standard therapy typically are treated with multiple courses of glucocorticoids, or may undergo extended periods of glucocorticoid therapy, putting them at risk for adverse reactions and toxicity. Therefore, other options for refractory CIU are commonly sought. These treatment options include omalizumab in addition to certain anti-inflammatory drugs and immunosuppressants. When managing a patient with refractory CIU, consider referral to a subspecialist who has more experience with the administration of these medications.22 No guidelines exist for managing refractory CIU, so the treatment must be individualized based on the patient's coexistent medical conditions and preferences. The treatment options have different levels of efficacy, adverse reaction profiles, and cost.21
Based on an ample amount of data showing its safety and effectiveness in treating CIU, omalizumab is the drug of choice for patients with or without glucocorticoid toxicity secondary to refractory CIU.25-28 However, it may not be the preferred option for most patients. The drug is expensive, must be administered in a clinic, and provides a shorter remission time compared with other treatments.21
For patients with refractory CIU who do not wish to take omalizumab and do not have glucocorticoid toxicity, anti-inflammatory agents are an option. The medications of this class that are most studied for refractory CIU are dapsone, sulfasalazine, and hydroxychloroquine. These drugs are less expensive than omalizumab and are all taken orally, eliminating the need for administration by medical professionals. However, the onset of symptom improvement with these drugs is between 1 and 3 months.21
Dapsone is the most commonly used drug in this group because it is well tolerated, widely available, and inexpensive. The initial dose is 50 to 100 mg daily.29 Note that dapsone is associated with asymptomatic methemoglobinemia, and less commonly is associated with hepatotoxicity and other hematologic abnormalities such as DRESS syndrome. Patients should have a CBC count and liver function tests after 2 weeks of therapy; repeat these tests monthly for 3 months before gradually increasing the time between tests.21,30
Sulfasalazine also is frequently used as adjunctive therapy for patients with refractory symptoms.31-34 The typical starting dosage is 500 mg once or twice a week, gradually increased to 1 g twice daily. Although most patients tolerate this drug well, some experience nausea, headache, leukopenia, and elevated transaminases.32 For that reason, a CBC count, liver function tests, and urinalysis should be performed every month for the first 3 months, then less frequently as treatment progresses.21
Hydroxychloroquine has a slower onset of action compared with the other anti-inflammatory drugs, but also only modestly impairs a patient's quality of life—the only adverse reactions are nausea, rash, and headache. However, because hydroxychloroquine is associated with increased risk of retinopathy after 5 years of use, patients should have a baseline ophthalmologic examination within the first year of starting treatment.35 This drug typically is started at 200 mg twice a day and requires a 3-month trial to determine its effectiveness.21,36
For patients with glucocorticoid toxicity who do not wish to take omalizumab or have failed treatment with omalizumab, immunosuppressants may be beneficial. Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, sirolimus, and mycophenolate are associated with a more rapid effect than anti-inflammatory agents, letting patients taper off glucocorticoids more rapidly.21
Cyclosporine is associated with rapid onset of action, with some reports of improvement within days, and lasting remission.37-39 Two techniques can be used for prescribing this drug: Lower doses, ranging from 2 to 4 mg/kg/day, or starting with a high dose and tapering down to the lowest effective dose.38,40,41 These two approaches let patients receive long-term benefit with the lowest adverse reaction profile possible. Most patients taking cyclosporine receive symptom relief within 3 months.40 Regardless of the dose and duration of therapy, patients taking cyclosporine should have their BP, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine tested monthly and fasting lipids tested periodically.42
Tacrolimus, sirolimus, and mycophenolate also can be prescribed for patients with refractory CIU. However, data supporting these drugs is limited. The few studies that do exist show that these drugs successfully treat refractory CIU.43-46 Laboratory test monitoring for tacrolimus is similar to that for cyclosporine. Tacrolimus is started at 1 mg twice daily for 1 week, and then increased to 2 mg twice daily if there is no proven benefit in 1 to 2 weeks.21
Mycophenolate typically is started at 1 g twice daily. After 2 to 4 weeks, this dose can be increased by 500 mg twice daily, up to 6 g per day.21,46
The optimal duration of immunosuppressant treatment options is not known but cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and sirolimus are typically given a 1-month trial to determine efficacy. Mycophenolate is given a longer trial because of its slower onset and because it may need to be titrated up to an effective dose. However, most patients with refractory CIU see symptom improvement within days.21
COST OF CARE
The evaluation and management of CIU can create a financial burden regardless of a patient's socioeconomic status. Broder and colleagues reported that the average healthcare cost for a patient with CIU was more than $9,000 US per year.47 Because CIU mostly is treated in an outpatient setting and is chronic in nature, medication costs account for more than half of the annual expenses.48 Medications can range from under $50 US per month for antihistamines to $1,000 US per injection of omalizumab.49,50 The cost of medications alone can drive low-income patients to choose a less-expensive treatment, potentially leading to suboptimal control of their condition and poorer quality of life.
The average duration of CIU ranges from 2 to 5 years but 30% to 50% of patients achieve spontaneous remission within 1 year.51-53 Up to 30% of patients continue to have symptoms past 5 years.54,55
Although the natural course of CIU is episodic and self-limited in most patients, the disorder can cause marked physical and psychological distress. The unpredictability and discomfort can interfere with a patient's activities or sleep. Clinicians must reassure patients that the condition is rarely permanent, rarely puts them in any acute risk, and can be successfully managed with time.
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The U.S. Supreme Court doesn’t have time for speciousness and frivolity. We wish we could say the same for public officials from 15 Texas cities, including Rockport. They spent nearly nine years trying to undermine the Texas Open Meetings Act until the court put an abrupt stop to it recently by declining to review their case.
The plaintiffs argued that this cherished bulwark of the principle of open government violated another cherished right — theirs to free speech. How? Well, apparently the notion that two women on the Alpine City Council shouldn’t have e-mailed each other and two other council members privately to discuss official city business, and that they could have faced criminal penalties for having done so, was a tyrannical threat to the First Amendment.
The two council women were indicted but, as is typical of enforcement of the act, never were prosecuted. This law does a lot of good but public officials violate it too often and suffer no real consequence. The criminal penalties, in practice, amount to window dressing.
But those few blunt teeth in the act were the plaintiffs’ primary objection. They saw their indictment ordeal as “suppression of speech,” detrimental to the need for a “robust conversation” on government matters, according to their attorney, Craig Enoch, a former Texas Supreme Court justice.
The act doesn’t prohibit speech. It prohibits public officials from whispering behind the public’s back, out of earshot, when they’re doing the public’s business. It requires quorums of public bodies to meet in public, after having given proper notice to the public they have been entrusted to serve.
We know the First Amendment. The First Amendment is a friend of ours (we’re exercising it now, robustly). Allowing the public to overhear public officials’ speech in public is no violation of First Amendment rights.
That’s pretty much how the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saw it last year. The court ruled that Texas’ law against sneaky governing doesn’t limit speech; it just promotes the public’s trust and discourages corruption, is all. The plaintiffs’ argument to the contrary amounted to discouraging the public’s trust and promoting corruption. They should be ashamed of themselves and voters should remember who they are.
We’re also curious how much of the public’s money was wasted on this case. The tally should include the state’s time and effort defending the Open Meetings Act.
Speaking of the state’s time and effort, defense of the act falls under Attorney General Greg Abbott’s job description. So we think it’s only fair that he should have the last word. Here’s the statement he issued the day of the decision, with which we agree robustly:
“Open, transparent government is fundamental to our democratic system of government. Today’s decision ensures that the Texas Open Meetings Act will continue holding elected officials accountable to conduct the taxpayers’ business in the light of day and in a manner that informs the public about government decision-making. Texans have a right to know about their government, their elected representatives and the policies that are being adopted on the public’s behalf and, thanks to the ruling, that openness will continue.”
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When Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020, it established numerous programs that provided incentives for employers to keep employees on their payrolls. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders and other public health measures resulted in many businesses temporarily closing their doors to the public. Employees faced furloughs or layoffs as their employers contended with lost revenue. One of the programs established by the CARES Act, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), provides a payroll tax credit to employers affected by the pandemic. Congress has amended the program several times since it passed the CARES Act, and the period of time when employers could incur eligibility for the ERC has passed. The deadline has not passed, however, for employers to claim the credit. The following article offers an overview of the ERC, the process and deadlines for claiming it and possible scams that employers may face related to the ERC.
The ERC is a fully refundable tax credit in an amount based on wages paid to employees during certain periods of time in 2020 and 2021. To be eligible for the credit, an employer must have experienced at least one of the following in connection with the pandemic during a calendar quarter:
Many public health orders issued in 2020, for example, required businesses that serve the general public to close, such as restaurants and movie theaters. Other businesses, such as retail stores, faced significant restrictions on their operations. The ERC provided an incentive for those businesses not to lay off employees.
Employers could claim a tax credit of 50% of qualified wages paid to eligible employees during the calendar quarters covered by the ERC program. The maximum amount of qualified wages per employee, which includes wages, salary, commissions and qualified health plan expenses, is $10,000 for all quarters. The maximum amount of the ERC that an employer may claim for each employee, therefore, is $5,000.
The credit is refundable, meaning that if the amount of the credit is greater than the amount of tax owed by the employer, the IRS will refund the balance. An employer that owes $5,000 in payroll tax and can claim $10,000 in ERCs will receive a refund check for $5,000.
While 2021 was the last year in which employers could incur eligibility for a tax credit under the ERC program, the deadline to claim the credit is not imminent:
The IRS issued a warning to employers in October 2022 about fraudulent notices and offers related to the ERC. These may include notices claiming that a deadline is approaching quickly, followed by an offer to assist the employer with filing a claim. As of January 2023, the earliest deadline is still more than a year away.
All employers must file Form 941, the Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, after every calendar quarter. The main purposes of this form are to account for:
Typically, each Form 941 is due at the end of the first month of the next quarter. For example, Form 941 for the first quarter of the year, which ends on March 31, is due on April 30.
If you did not claim the ERC on Form 941 after the quarter when you earned the credit, you may use Form 941-X, the Adjusted Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund. The deadline for Form 941-X depends on the reason for filing. If you are filing to claim the ERC, the deadline is based on limitations set by Congress. The deadlines are discussed further above.
Employers should treat any third-party solicitation regarding the ERC with skepticism. Many fraudulent operations, dubbed “ERC mills,” have popped up to take advantage of the confusion created by the multitude of pandemic relief programs.
Information Referral: If you have questions about a solicitation related to the ERC, a trusted financial professional can provide you with more information and guidance. You can report suspected illegal activity to the IRS by filing Form 3949-A. You can also report the matter to the U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) by calling (800) 366-4484.
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In an unprecedented move, late on Tuesday in Washington, the IMF executive directors that represent Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa issued a joint statement on the IMF selection process. The statement of course demands a “truly transparent, merit-based and competitive process for the selection of the Managing Director of the IMF and other senior positions in the Bretton Woods institutions.” What is more important is that it shows unity and the demand that the next IMF head be a reformer. This will be a blow to the hopes of Mexico’s Augustin Carstens but also a sharp rebuke to the Europeans and a warning to the US.
The unity of the BRICS countries is unique. So far the media speculation has been swirling about their lack of coordination and inability to coalesce behind a single candidate. The statement bodes well for that effort. But more important is its policy and the expressed desires of these countries around the future of the Fund. It is worth quoting at length:
“… This requires abandoning the obsolete unwritten convention that requires that the head of the IMF be necessarily from Europe. We are concerned with public statements made recently by high-level European officials to the effect that the position of Managing Director should continue to be occupied by a European.
4) These statements contradict public announcements made in 2007, at the time of the selection of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, when Mr. Jean-Claude Junker, president of the Euro group, declared that “the next managing director will certainly not be a European” and that “in the Euro group and among EU finance ministers, everyone is aware that Strauss-Kahn will probably be the last European to become director of the IMF in the foreseeable future”.
5) We believe that, if the Fund is to have credibility and legitimacy, its Managing Director should be selected after broad consultation with the membership. It should result in the most competent person being appointed as Managing Director, regardless of his or her nationality. We also believe that adequate representation of emerging market and developing members in the Fund’s management is critical to its legitimacy and effectiveness.
6) The next Managing Director of the Fund should not only be a strongly qualified person, with solid technical background and political acumen, but also a person that is committed to continuing the process of change and reform of the institution so as to adapt it to the new realities of the world economy.”
That last sentence is the most important. The new realities of the world economy include the rise of emerging markets in geopolitical terms, but they also include the destruction of the Washington Consensus economic policies. The IMF and some of its staff have made baby steps in the this direction: acceptance of capital controls as a tool of economic policy, the rejection of strict inflation targeting as the sole goal of central banks, the focus on work with the ILO on unemployment, the need for wholesale reform of the international monetary system based on the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, and some belief in the usefulness of fiscal stimulus during downturns. These ideas have not been mainstreamed with the IMF yet and there is much reform to be done. The BRICS are now raising their voices to demand it, will the ancien regime ignore them?
And ancien regime it is, as Martin Wolf ably demonstrated in the Financial Times today. He argues that “Europe should not control the IMF” and that he “do[es] not think the case for a European head of the IMF is made overwhelming by the current crisis.” Martin joins the chorus of commentators saying the European jig must be up!
7 thoughts on “BRICS come together and demand change, European arguments rebutted”
well I’m not sure this constitutes BRICS unity exactly. It reads like a G24 communique rather than a flexing of their new political muscle in the institution. They are not yet at the point of getting their hands dirty by actually declaring themselves on a candidate, and that’s what it’s going to take if they want to demonstrate that they have influence. Although the media is treating it as a lopsided Lagarde/Carstens race (tho if you put them on a playground seesaw, different story), there is a third candidate. That is the Kazakh central bank governor, whose name I’ve forgotten already (I’m as bad as everyone else I guess). The Russians have explicitly endorsed him; in fact, as with Tosovsky in 2007 it was probably their idea completely. But apparently they couldn’t get their partners to go along. Maybe they would like a more plausible candidate? Or maybe they really can’t agree, or don’t see it as a priority. Carstens doesn’t seem like a likely rallying point either, does he — not so much because of plausibility, but because he as a former longtime Deputy MD – hardly a breath of fresh air – and because he is associated with the Fox/Calderon rightist govts in Mexico.
Well the Indians are promising a joint candidate. They have said “watch this space”. The Brazilians have been very polite so farm, as I alluded to elsewhere. The Russians, yeah who know. Mr. Marchenko is the dark horse that the Russians will convince the others to support? Who knows. I think few people know anything about him.
That really captures the spirit of it. Thanks for psointg.

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New Kyrgyz parliament speaker appointed
Dastan Jumabekov was elected as speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament today.
80 legislators voted for Jumabekov's candidacy and 32 voted for the candidacy of Iskhak Masaliyev in a voting by secret ballot. Five MPs were against both candidates.
Masaliyev was nominated by his faction Onuguu-Progress and Dastan Jumabekov was nominated by the majority coalition, AKIpress reported.
Speaker of Parliament Chynybai Tunsunbekov stepped down earlier today to "preserve stability in the country".


The Kerala government has said that it will implement the SC order on the entry of women of all age groups to the Sabarimala temple after review petition challenging the verdict was filed on Monday.
"The government will implement the Supreme Court verdict on the entry of women in Sabarimala temple. Filing a review petition is against the stand," Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said.
"It is the responsibility of the government to implement the verdict of SC. It is not the policy of the government to fight with believers. Their interest will be protected. Government is ready for discussion," Kerala CM said.
The CM had on Sunday called a meeting to discuss the Supreme Court verdict. However, the representatives of Pandalam Palace and Sabarimala temple priests refused to attend the meeting. Vijayan had on October 3 informed that the state government would not file a review petition.
The review petition on Monday was filed by National Ayyappa Devotee association who claim that those who filed the previous plea are not Ayyappan followers. Ever since the SC ruling on September 28, protests have been taking place by devotees of Lord Ayyappa, demanding that the age-old tradition on ban on entry of women in menstrual age should remain in place.
The devotees had on Sunday organised a rally from Kodambakkam High Road to Mahalingapuram Sree Ayyappa Temple demanding the government to file a review petition against the verdict. A rally 'Ayyappa Nama Japa Yatra' was also organised at Jantar Mantar in Delhi by the devotees.
A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, had lifted the ban on the entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine.


One of our power users is accomplishing his goals using a combination of our applications. Joe Harrer, who is an independent Hydrogeologist with Anthropocene Solutions Inc., is using a synergy between Voxler and Strater to create a conceptual site model of a brine storage facility located in rural Alberta. For those of you that follow my blogs, I recently posted a blog article on Joe Harrer’s application of Voxler to create a 3D brine plume model of the same storage facility. The model was used for ground water monitoring and remediation efforts. Joe has taken the brine plume model a step further and has developed it into a complete conceptual site model of the facility. In Voxler, he has incorporated cross sections of the site’s lithological layers that were generated from borehole data in Strater, groundwater and ground level surfaces, groundwater monitoring wells, a site map, and drone imagery to create a complete conceptual site model.
The 3D conceptual site model in Voxler showing a brine plume, monitoring wells, lithology cross sections, groundwater surface, and ground surface.
One of the most interesting Golden Software user stories that I have recently heard was from an independent Hydrogeologist with Anthropocene Solutions Inc. named Joseph ‘Joe’ Harrer. Joe Harrer uses a combination of vertical EC measurement and groundwater sampling tools with Voxler to perform 3D brine plume modeling. Joe is working on a project where he was hired to do a groundwater characterization of a brine storage facility where initial studies proved that leakage beneath a brine plume has caused an impact to the soil and groundwater and that the impact has been spreading with the groundwater as it migrates down gradient. Local regulations required a full assessment of the plume’s extent and a model of the potential migration of the plume. In addition, a groundwater remediation system is presently being installed at the site. Joe used our Voxler app for the 3D modeling portion of this project.
I recently received a call from one of our Surfer users who was trying to create a site suitability model for a new manufacturing development. The user needed to find areas within the proposed site where the slope was under 10 degrees. The site suitability model required specific slope to be respected; the areas that were under the threshold criteria of 10% would be considered potential locations within the site to locate the new development.
A site suitability model can be easily developed in Surfer by creating a slope grid from a digital elevation model or DEM for the area, masking the slope grid to the site boundary, and creating a contour map that highlights the areas that meet the 10% or under criteria. Since this is such an interesting workflow, I thought it would be a great topic to blog about it so others in the Surfer community could benefit from seeing the approach.


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Nitric oxide regulates mitochondrial re-modelling in interscapular brown adipose tissue: ultrastructural and morphometric-stereologic studies
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As a complex, cell-specific process that includes both division and clear functional differentiation of mitochondria, mitochondriogenesis is regulated by numerous endocrine and autocrine factors. In the present ultrastructural study, in vivo effects of l-arginine-nitric oxide (NO)-producing pathway on mitochondriogenesis in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) were examined. For that purpose, adult Mill Hill hybrid hooded rats were receiving l-arginine, a substrate of NO synthases (NOSs), or N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), an inhibitor of NOSs, as drinking liquids for 45 days. All experimental groups were divided into two sub-groups - acclimated to room temperature and cold. IBAT mitochondria were analyzed by transmission electron microscopy and stereology. l-Arginine treatment acted increasing the number of mitochondrial profiles per cell profile, as well as volume fraction of mitochondria per cell volume in animals maintained at room temperature. Cold-induced enhancement of number of mitochondrial profiles per cell profile was additionally increased in l-arginine-treated rats. Ultrastructural examinations of l-arginine-treated cold-acclimated animals clearly demonstrated thermogenically active mitochondria (larger size, lamellar, more numerous and well-ordered cristae in their profiles), which however were inactive in l-arginine-receiving animals kept at room temperature (small mitochondria, tubular cristae). By contrast, l-NAME treatment of rats acclimated to room temperature induced mitochondrial alterations characterized by irregular shape, short disorganized cristae and megamitochondria formation. These results showed that NO is a necessary factor for mitochondrial biogenesis and that it acts intensifying this process, but NO alone is not a sufficient stimulus for in vivo induction of mitochondriogenesis in brown adipocytes.
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Dating abuse, also known as dating violence, is a serious issue impacting adolescents and young adults. This form of intimate partner violence can involve physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or digital abuse used to exert power and control in a romantic relationship. In this comprehensive guide, we will discuss the signs, risk factors, effects, and prevention strategies surrounding dating abuse.
What Exactly is Dating Abuse?
Dating abuse encompasses any unhealthy behaviors used by one partner to manipulate, dominate, or control the other within an intimate relationship. This can include:
Any intentional and unwanted physical contact meant to intimidate or harm a partner. Examples include hitting, shoving, punching, slapping, strangling, and kicking. Physical abuse also covers behaviors like throwing objects at a partner or destroying their property.
Forcing or coercing a partner to engage in sexual acts without consent. This includes rape and inappropriate sexual touching. Revenge porn, like threatening to share intimate photos without permission, also falls under sexual abuse.
Non-physical behaviors like verbal threats, insults, criticism, humiliation, isolation from friends/family, silent treatment, jealousy, and possessiveness used to damage self-worth and emotions.
Using technology and social media to intimidate, harass, or control a partner. Examples are demanding access to accounts, monitoring online activity, spreading rumors online, impersonating a partner online, and stalking via apps.
Warning Signs of Dating Abuse
How can you identify if a relationship is unhealthy or abusive? Here are some key warning signs:
- Extreme jealousy and possessiveness – like frequently accusing a partner of cheating or trying to control who they interact with.
- Constant criticism or humiliation of a partner, like calling them names or putting them down.
- Explosive outbursts of anger, especially those that seem out of proportion to the situation.
- Isolation from friends and family – not allowing a partner to see loved ones.
- Marked mood swings, like fluctuating from loving to furious in short periods.
- Making false accusations and blaming the victim for the abuse.
- Controlling all finances or denying access to money.
- Making threats to physically harm the victim or loved ones.
- Stalking behaviors, like excessive texting/calling or showing up uninvited.
Causes and Risk Factors for Dating Abuse
Dating abuse does not discriminate – it can impact anyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, income level, religion, or education. However, certain circumstances may elevate risk:
- Having a family history of domestic abuse or witnessing violence at home
- Possessing attitudes that justify violence or gender stereotypes
- Lacking nonviolent conflict resolution skills
- Having aggressive tendencies or substance abuse issues
- Experiencing other forms of abuse or trauma
- Lacking social support and stable relationships
The most significant risk factor is simply being in a romantic relationship, especially one that started at a young age. The CDC reports nearly 1 in 12 high school students experience physical dating abuse before graduating.
Common Questions and Misconceptions
Despite its prevalence, myths and misinformation still surround dating violence. Here are the facts:
Do victims bring abuse upon themselves?
No: the abuser alone is responsible for violent behaviors. Victims are never to blame for being abused.
Does dating abuse only impact women?
No: although a majority of severe physical abuse involves women, men can absolutely be victims too in heterosexual and same-sex relationships.
Is jealousy normal and a sign of love?
No: extreme jealousy and controlling behaviors are warning signs, not loving acts. Healthy partners respect boundaries.
Do abusers lose control?
Rarely – violence typically increases over time if allowed to continue. More often, abusers use calculated abuse to gain power.
If there’s no physical abuse, is it really that bad?
Yes: emotional and verbal abuse often accompanies or precedes physical violence. Non-physical abuse causes long-term trauma.
Does abuse only happen in committed relationships?
No: Dating abuse frequently occurs in casual relationships as well. Teens are at risk even early in relationships.
Effects of Dating Abuse on Victims
The trauma of dating violence can cause both immediate and lasting effects:
- Physical injuries like bruises, cuts, broken bones
- Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem
- Social isolation and withdrawal
- Poor academic performance
- Substance abuse
- Sleep disturbances and changes in eating habits
- Trust issues and fear of future relationships
Without support, abuse can escalate. Tragically, violent relationships put victims at higher risk for suicide.
Seeking Help and Support
If you or someone you know is experiencing dating abuse, know that help is available:
Tell a Trusted Adult
Speaking to a parent, counselor, coach, nurse, or teacher can be the first step to getting assistance. They can offer guidance on safety planning and seeking professional help.
Contact Helplines and Hotlines
Call or text national hotlines like Loveisrespect at 1-866-331-9474 or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Local resources like crisis centers also provide 24/7 support.
Build Your Support System
Lean on friends and family who can provide strength and validation during this difficult time. Join a support group to connect with other survivors.
Seek Counseling or Therapy
Meeting with a licensed mental health professional can help process trauma and regain self-confidence. Group counseling also teaches healthy relationship skills.
Leaving an abusive relationship safely often requires help. Do not remain silent – speak out to access the resources available to help escape violence.
Preventing Dating Abuse
While victims are not to blame, certain prevention strategies can help identify unhealthy behaviors early:
Know Warning Signs
Being able to recognize controlling, jealous, aggressive, or manipulative actions means abuse can be addressed quickly. Do not minimize red flags.
Avoid Isolation in New Relationships
Abusers often isolate targets from family and friends. Maintain trusted connections, especially early on. Beware if a new partner demands all attention.
Stand firm on what behaviors are unacceptable, like controlling your activities or making threats. Calmly walk away if boundaries are ignored.
Choose partners who show respect and value your needs equally. You deserve a relationship of mutual trust and honesty.
Discuss Conflict Respectfully
Have open conversations about disagreements versus shouting matches. Good partners can discuss feelings without escalating to abuse.
Healing from dating abuse requires courage, resilience, and support. Know that resources exist to help escape violence safely and process the trauma. Speaking out and cutting ties with an abuser are the first steps toward a healthier future. If you recognize any warning signs in your own relationship, do not hesitate to reach out. You are not alone.
Here is a section providing statistics on dating abuse searches by U.S. state:
Dating Abuse Searches Across the United States
Dating abuse and unhealthy relationships impact people across all demographics and locations. However, some interesting geographic trends emerge when examining search data for information and support related to dating violence.
Analyzing search queries containing the term “dating abuse” in the United States between September 22-29, 2023 reveals noticeable spikes in some states compared to others.
The states with the highest volume of dating abuse searches during this period were:
With 100 searches, Rhode Island had the most dating abuse queries in the country. This indicates a pressing need for increased education and support services related to dating violence in the state.
Arkansas followed closely behind with 61 searches around dating abuse help and information. Outreach programs focused on healthy relationships for Arkansas teens and young adults could help address this need.
South Dakota rounded out the top three states with 54 searches. Like in Rhode Island and Arkansas, expanded school and community efforts are likely needed to combat dating violence.
Missouri (46 searches) and Nebraska (42 searches) also stood out with higher-than-average search volumes associated with dating abuse.
Meanwhile, states like Hawaii, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, and West Virginia registered little to no search activity for dating violence resources.
These statistics demonstrate geographic discrepancies in dating abuse outreach. Increased education and awareness in high-search states could empower more people to escape unhealthy relationships.
What are some early warning signs of dating abuse?
Common early warning signs include excessive jealousy, constant texting/calling, explosive anger, insults, isolation from friends and family, and extreme mood swings.
What should you do if your friend is being abused?
If a friend confides they are experiencing dating abuse, listen calmly without judgment, validate their feelings, suggest ways to stay safe, encourage them to tell a trusted adult, and be supportive if they decide to leave the relationship. Never blame the victim.
Where can teenagers find support for dating abuse?
Teens can call or text love is respect at 1-866-331-9474, chat at loveisrespect.org, or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Local teen crisis hotlines and school counselors also provide confidential support.
What legal action can be taken against dating abuse?
Many forms of dating violence are illegal, including physical abuse, sexual assault and rape, stalking, and threatening a partner. Victims have options like reporting abuse to police, seeking restraining orders, and pursuing civil lawsuits in some cases.
How can parents prevent dating abuse?
Parents can teach kids about healthy relationships, warning signs of abuse, and standing firm on boundaries. Monitoring digital activity, promoting open communication, and modeling respect in their own relationships also help prevent dating abuse.

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- Tongaat Hulett on Friday admitted that its 2018 financial results were wrong, and overstated its assets by up to R4.5 billion.
- The company blamed “certain past practices” for the crisis.
- Professional investors are drawing comparisons to Steinhoff.
- For more, go to Business Insider SA.
Last week, sugar producer Tongaat Hulett said its 2018 financial results will have to be restated.
Tongaat is the biggest sugar producer in South Africa, and operates several maize mills. It also runs a vast property development agency which develops, among others, the company’s prime properties on the Durban shoreline.
Tongaat has recently been hit by cheap sugar imports, a sugar tax which reduced local demand, and a lacklustre property market.
But the company’s admission that its 2018 financial results cannot be trusted brought back echoes of Steinhoff which in December 2017 lost 90% of its share price value after it emerged that it had inflated its books.
Tongaat’s share price has fallen by almost 70% since the start of the year.
In a shareholder note on Friday, Tongaat said an ongoing financial review has revealed that “certain past practices” do not reflect the company’s business performance accurately. The company’s equity (the value of the business after liabilities) in its 2018 financial results has been overstated by between R3.5 billion to R4.5 billion.
Is Tongaat a ‘mini Steinhoff’?
In an interview with The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield on Monday night, Opportune Investments fund manager Chris Logan said that there are similarities with Steinhoff. As was the case with Steinhoff, Tongaat misstated actual income with “huge write-downs” possibly looming.
These were revealed as Tongaat’s new CEO Gavin Hudson undertook a review of the company’s operations in February.
“As we got deeper and deeper into the review the news has become more and more alarming and the share price has collapsed,” Logan said.
But the jury is still out on whether deliberate fraud was committed by the intentionally misstating of income.
“What’s happening at Tongaat is crazy,” one wealth manager told Business Insider South Africa. “Let’s be optimistic that it’s ‘just’ gross mismanagement, and not another Steinhoff. For now, we don’t have enough information.”
Tongaat said its 2019 financial results will likely be delayed to allow sufficient time to identify the “past practices” which negatively affected its books. The financial results will now possibly only be released by October 2019, the company said. In another similarity with Steinhoff, PricewaterhouseCoopers has been called in to review its accounts.
Can Tongaat survive?
Tongaat’s current market capitalisation is R2.2 billion, while its 2018 financial results show that total liabilities amount to R14.6 billion.
Tongaat in February said its earnings will decline by as much as 250% compared to the R617 million it earned in 2018. Tongaat blamed its decline in revenue on sugar production which had increased while local sales remained under pressure due to excess sugar which was brought into the country before a price increase.
It also said the newly introduced sugar tax had a larger than expected impact on local demand, particularly relating to changes in production in the beverage industry.
To stabilise the business and address debt levels, the company undertook a comprehensive strategic and financial review. Priority areas identified include streamlining operations, and improving business performance and accountability.
It has since sent retrenchment letters to over 5,000 employees in an effort to reduce costs.
The company said it is also negotiating standstill arrangements with several creditors to ensure it doesn’t default on its R14.6 billion debt.
Tongaat has already reached a waiver agreement where creditors have, amongst other things, agreed to waive certain of their rights if the company is unable to repay its debt in agreed upon periods.
Tongaat share price.
Its share price was trading at R16.50 on Monday afternoon, down from R53.17 at the start of the year.
Tongaat share price.
Tongaat’s share price is down 87% from November 2015, when shares were trading at a high of R173.
Still, Petri Redelinghuys, founder of Herenya Capital Advisors, thinks Tongaat’s share price continues to be “surprisingly high” for a company whose liabilities are so much more than its assets. “I would’ve expected it to have a much sharper decline.”
“The best thing for the company to do is admit that it made a mistake, take responsibility and try to fix things. That’s the only responsible thing to do to restore faith,” Redelinghuys told Business Insider South Africa.
Who is to blame?
Tongaat has blamed “certain past practices” for the apparent inaccuracies in its books, but didn’t go as far as implicating former CEO Peter Staude nor financial head Murray Munro.
Staude served as CEO since 2002 while Murray Munro served as CFO since 2003. Both resigned days before Tongaat’s annual meeting in August 2018.
Analysts who spoke to Business Insider South Africa said Staude should face the music. He received a total pay package of more than R13.5 million in 2018, and R20 million in the previous year – which included a R6.6 million cash bonus.
Who audited the books?
Deloitte – also Steinhoff’s auditors before its meltdown – signed off on Tongaat’s 2018 financial results.
Tongaat’s audit and compliance committee chairperson, director Jenitha John, resigned a week ago – five days before the company admitted its 2018 financial results cannot be trusted.
The company said John resigned because of other work commitments. She had been a member of the board since 2007.
A stockbroker told Business Insider that the public will have to wait for PwC’s forensic report to determine exactly what happened.
“Financial accounts are notoriously complex, but the bottom line is that Staude was a central figure in all of this.” Like Markus Jooste, he was CEO for a long time and the auditors may have grown too used to his way of doing things, the broker said.
Original Article available at:https://www.businessinsider.co.za/tongaat-hullet-south-africa-financial-results-2018-pwc-investigation-2019-6

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The purported Nubia Z17s has just leaked online in a press render, along with the upcoming Nubia Z17s Mini. Nubia Mobile was a subsidiary of ZTE (who then sold off part of it) and it aims to offer value-for-money devices with good specifications, at lower costs than other devices with comparable specs. The Nubia Z17s is expected to make its official debut on October 12 and it just got its TENAA certification, revealing powerful specifications. ZTE itself posted two teasers, indicating that the launch event is indeed just around the corner. The Nubia Z17s is expected to build on the existing Nubia Z17 launched earlier this year and take things to the next level.
The Nubia Z17 hit the scene boasting thin bezels around the display, but retaining the standard 16:9 aspect ratio most smartphones have. The Nubia Z17s, meanwhile, is expected to feature similarly thin bezels, but display visuals in an 18:9 aspect ratio like recent flagships from Samsung, LG, and others. The latest press render leaked online comes from trusted tipster SlashLeaks and it shows thin bezels above and below the display, and virtually no side bezels. The leaked render also shows the dual rear camera setup with a red ring around the two lenses and a dual-LED flash, which falls in line with ZTE’s recent teasers. The image further shows dual front cameras, a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, a USB Type-C port at the bottom, the power button and volume rocker on the right side, and no 3.5mm headphone jack. The Nubia Z17s is expected to sport a 5.73-inch full HD display (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), a 64-bit octa-core processor, 6GB or 8GB of RAM, and 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB storage options.
The purported Nubia Z17s Mini has not leaked as extensively as its larger counterpart, but the recent press render from SlashLeaks shows that it borrows many design features from the Nubia Z17s. Aside from the smaller size, however, the Nubia Z17s Mini doesn’t seem to have a fingerprint scanner. The handset comes with dual rear cameras, with each camera sensor surrounded by its own red ring, and a dual-LED flash. The render also shows dual front cameras, a USB Type-C port, and no headphone jack. It’s all still in the rumor state at this point, but it should all become official soon enough as the ZTE Z17s and ZTE Z17s Mini will likely be the stars of the show at Nubia’s October 12 event in China.


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XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has had rough times since the beginning of 2019. While other top cryptocurrencies have experienced significant gains in the past few months, the same cannot be said about XRP. Now, it seems things could turn even gloomier based on signals from technical indicators and Ripple’s massive transfers of XRP tokens in the market.
Hidden in the 12-hour Chart, A Bearish Divergence for XRP
Big Cheds, a crypto analyst, said on August 31, 2019, that there is a hidden bearish divergence in the XRP 12-hour chart.
— Big Cheds (@BigCheds) August 31, 2019
As such, this signals that XRP may see some further dump soon and be priced even lower than its present value of $0.256949.
The crypto community, on the other hand, while commenting on the analyst’s tweet, opined that his forecast isn’t far off. Several of them agreed that XRP could take a further hit, given what the technical indicators are saying and the current sentiments in the market pertaining to the crypto asset.
Ripple Adamant to Community’s Plead, Continues To Transfer Large Amounts of XRP Tokens
One of such sentiments is that Ripple, the blockchain company behind XRP is massively dumping tokens in the market. Whale Alert, for instance, reported on August 30, 2019, that Ripple transferred 522,552,373 XRP (valued at the time at about $132 million) to an unknown wallet. There are speculations that the transfer by Ripple could be in a bid to conduct one of its quarterly token sales.
These transfers have also been pointed out by the XRP army as a significant reason behind the cryptocurrency’s sideways trading. Recently, a petition was started on change.org and has been signed by over 2,900 people pleading with XRP not to dump the crypto asset anymore.
Crypto Bitlord, one of the petition signers, remarked that XRP is a ‘solid coin’ and several banks and financial institutions are adopting it. Nonetheless, the dump of millions worth of XRP has impacted the cryptocurrency’s price negatively.
The Analysis Maybe Wrong, XRP Could Soar Again
In the face of all these, there are still members of the crypto space who believe XRP will surge soon. An instance of this is Pentoshi, who stated on August 29, 2019, that he is no longer bearish about XRP. Instead, he is certain that XRP will skyrocket soon since the asset has revisited its historical support level.


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US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren says she'd consider dismantling the tech giants should she ever get the top job. But is this really necessary or even possible?
A growing chorus of people think the big beasts of the tech world - Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon - are getting too big for their boots and should be dismantled.
But as Prof. Harry First, an expert in competition law at New York University, says: "Breaking up is hard to do", recalling the old Neil Sedaka song.
So what should be done?
Critics say these US-based behemoths dominate the marketplace, use their hugely popular platforms to prioritise their own products and services, and seem perennially able to evade the discipline of most regulators.
Concerns are growing that social media platforms such as Facebook and Google-owned YouTube are becoming havens for malicious users spreading illegal, false or terrorist-related content.
And the European Union (EU) in particular has criticised big tech firms for not paying enough tax.
In March, the EU hit Google with a €1.49bn (£1.28bn) fine for blocking rival online search advertisers. It's the third large fine the EU has handed Google in two years. The total bill now stands at more than €9bn.
Google now been fined a total of over EUR 9 billion in last 2 years by the European Commission. That's very nearly the UK's annual net EU budget contribution.— Simon Jack (@BBCSimonJack) March 20, 2019
But, as many point out, even if Google ever pays the bill, it's a relatively small slice of the company's cash reserves, which currently exceed $100bn (£76bn).
Those who advocate breaking up big companies argue that smaller firms competing with one another on a relatively level playing field will give consumers more choice. Increased competition, the argument goes, also makes firms less inclined to behave badly.
Take supermarkets as an example.
Price competition is fierce, consumers can shop around for good deals, and new players can enter the market - think of Lidl and Aldi when they arrived in the UK.
Competition authorities don't like it when big companies merge to the detriment of consumer choice, which is why Sainsbury's and Asda are finding it so hard to get their proposed tie-up past the UK's Competition and Markets Authority.
Big tech, however, is a different kettle of fish.
"As it stands, it is difficult for users to switch between platforms," notes the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and the Center for Civic Media, "and most mega-platforms do not interoperate".
In other words, once you've bought into them, you're stuck.
And then there's all the data they've collected - gargantuan stores of information about our likes, dislikes, shopping habits, music and entertainment preferences, search habits and so on. It's a hugely valuable resource to which few have access.
Some think mega companies become "too big to innovate" and simply snaffle up ground-breaking start-ups.
"This is why Facebook couldn't invent Instagram - they needed to resort to buying them up," says Prof Howard Yu at IMD Business School in Switzerland.
Alphabet - Google's parent company - has bought more than 200 firms, for instance.
And Simon Bryant at market research firm Futuresource says he often has conversations with smaller companies who regularly see their ideas repackaged by the giants, who of course already have access to a large consumer base.
"On the one hand they want to work with them, on the other hand they find it very difficult to compete," he says.
Amazon is often cited as the bogeyman of the traditional High Street, responsible for book, fashion and music shop closures.
But Sam Dumitriu from The Entrepreneurs Network, a think tank, argues that tech disruptors can shake up established markets to the benefit of consumers.
For example, when Amazon bought Whole Foods, the bricks-and-mortar grocery business, retailing giant Walmart was forced to rethink its home delivery strategy as a result - teaming up with Uber, Lyft and Postmates, for example.
"Suddenly users in the US had better access to home delivery of foods," says Mr Dumitriu: "It benefits consumers."
But even if you do think breaking up big tech is the way forward, Prof First says your options are sorely limited.
US competition law makes it very hard for courts to find a legal basis on which to justify splitting up a large company, he explains. If there is evidence of bad behaviour then a judge could conceivably make such a demand. But companies can promise to "fix" the bad behaviour and move on.
That's more or less what happened 20 years ago, when a US judge ordered that Microsoft be split in two. It never happened. Partly because Microsoft agreed to make changes so that competitors could more easily integrate their software with Windows.
"Trying to fix them may be better than not trying, but you can't go into this thinking we have some sort of magic wand," says Prof First.
He argues that making the tech giants' data available to competitors might be one way to curb their increasing power. Google's huge map databases could be licensed to other companies seeking to make their own map-based apps, for example. These start-ups might fail, or come up with something significantly better and more innovative, he says.
This is a similar approach to that recommended in a recent UK government report on competitiveness in the digital economy. Rather than advocating the break-up of big companies, its author Jason Furman suggests that they be forced to allow consumers to port their personal data to competing firms.
Don't like how Facebook is running things? Simply request that your data be ported to your new social network of choice.
And Prof Yu has another idea.
In a region like Europe, which is well placed to apply some investigative pressure to foreign companies, why not subject big tech firms to audits of their algorithms, a bit like how banks' accounts are audited regularly?
Prof Yu says that there are plenty of capable data scientists in the EU who, were they allowed access, could make sure that big tech wasn't unfairly prioritising its own services within its platforms, or locking away and misusing people's personal data.
"It's not really breaking them up, you just scrutinise them," he says.
So, like a doctor dealing with a nervous patient, the regulator could firmly insist: "Don't worry, it's for your own good."
And, indeed, for ours.


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This 1914 recipe makes a nice, light starter for a heartier dinner. Having tried and tested this, we personally feel that the flavours needed a bit more of a kick; perhaps a little more cayenne?
Original Recipe: 'Soufflé of Carrots' (Book 3, 1914)
Speed: 1 hour | Makes: 12 soufflés
Half a pint of puréed baby carrots
A pinch of castor sugar
A pinch of salt
A pinch of pepper
A pinch of cayenne
A pinch of powdered nutmeg (or a few grates of a whole nutmeg)
1. Butter some ramequin cases and set oven to 180°C fan (350°F/Gas Mark 4).
2. To make the carrot purée, boil the carrots in stock or slightly salted water for about half an hour and once tender, rub these through a sieve.
3. Melt the butter in a stewpan and add the flour. Stir and cook a little without burning the flour.
4. Add the carrot purée and bring to the boil. Season with the remaining dry ingredients to taste.
5. Separate the whites of the eggs from the yolks. Work the yolks one at a time into the hot carrot mixture.
6. Whisk the egg whites to a stiff froth and mix this gradually into the carrot mixture.
7. Fill ramequin cases with the mixture and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
8. Serve hot and eat immediately.
Original Recipe for 'Soufflé of Carrots'
'BOOK 3': A Second Dudley Book of Recipes (1914)
Collected and Arranged By: Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. (Paternoster Row, London, England, U.K.)


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Skye Red Fox Retreat is more than just glamping accommodation. The cabin itself boasts cutting edge design both outside and in. Constructed from wood, its impressive archway front teamed with floor-to-ceiling windows and contemporary design touches provide a visual experience that will not be forgotten. The sheltered decking outside allows guests to take in the gorgeous views and fresh air or gaze at the stars from the antique bath tub. Inside, the studio space is airy and light. The rainfall shower in the luxurious bathroom hits just the spot after a day of walking the island, while the comfy king-sized bed offers a peaceful night's sleep out in nature. The cabin is as practical as it is stylish, with a well-equipped kitchen, wifi and smart TV to make guests feel right at home. And in the chilly evenings, a huddle around the fire pit outside will keep you nice and toasty.
Found in the northern part of the Isle of Skye, this part of the island is quieter and more remote than the popular tourist hotspots on Skye (think more sheep than people!). The surrounding scenery is largely untouched with the Trottenish Ridge, the Old Man of Storr and the Quirang being some of the nearest natural sites to discover. A short walk from Sky Red Fox Retreat will land guests at Lealt Falls, and a little drive away the famous Kilt Rock waterfall can also be found. The days here can be spent walking, hiking, mountain biking or wild swimming. During the winter months, some lucky visitors will be treated to the northern lights when they look up at night. Although remote, the small village of Staffin is a 10-minute drive away with its two small shops, petrol pump and post office.
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UNC Wilmington 79, Charleston Southern 57 (women)
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- North Carolina Wilmington went on a 15-0 scoring run late in the first half to take control of the non-conference game.
Kelsey Wasmer led the Buccaneers (4-7) with 18 points. Katie Tull scored 15 on five 3-pointers and Lakeitha Alston added 10 points.
Brittany Blackwell had a career-high 29 points to lead the Seahawks (7-2).
UNCW's size and strength inside proved difficult for the Bucs to defend throughout the remainder of the game. The Buccaneers were out-rebounded 37-28, and the Seahawks blocked five shots.
The Bucs will return to action on Monday, when they travel to take on the Mercer Bears for a 2 p.m. game.
CSU (57): Kelsey Wasmer 18, Katie Tull 15, Lakethia Alston 10, Bratcher 8, Dotson 6.
UNCW (79): Brittany Blackwell 29, Alisha Andrews 17, Kristen Hanzer 13, Martha White 12, Freeman 3, Johnson 3, Levels 2.
Halftime: UNC Wilmington 43-27.


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Enter the BASC .410 World Championships
The championships are open to all, with categories including an open section, women-only, junior and BASC members. The course will follow a 50-bird sporting target layout, in an exciting re-entry competition format.
This year’s competition boasts some excellent prizes, including 1,000 cartridges, a set of four General Tire 4×4 or SUV tyres, and the use of a Maxus T90 EV pick-up for a week courtesy of Northside.
BASC Wales director, Steve Griffiths, said that competitors are expected from all over the world: “The .410 is a unique event due to it being one of the only championships which uses the smallest calibre shotgun gauge in the UK.
“Despite the .410 being the shotgun a lot of us first used when we first started out, shooting with a .410 really does test the skill of the shooter. The championships prove immensely popular every year, with competitors travelling from all over the UK and abroad, including from as far as Australia, to attend.

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I decided to focus on my back because I often slouch without noticing and if their was a garment that signaled to me that I wasn’t having good posture would be an interesting reminder. This idea is branching off the sit up t-shirt I presented on Monday.
To sense the arching of the back I could use a tilt sensor, a flex sensor, a light sensor with a cover that moves when the material is stretched, or a capacitive sensor that makes contact with the skin when moved. Like the t- shirt, it will include the entire circuit on the shirt. The Arduino will be attached to the end of one sleeve and conductive thread will be sewn across the neck and down the back to a resistor and stretch sensor. An Led will be at the end of the other sleeve and will connect across the back to the power supply at the first sleeve. Ideally I would prefer some sort of vibrator as the signal but at the moment I only have LEDs. For the coding I will try to include a calibration at the beginning of the code.

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Freshworks, a software firm that empowers the people who power businesses, has altered how The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides critical IT services to clinical staff by utilizing the cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) platform Freshservice.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, located on the outskirts of London and serving as the official hospital for Stansted Airport, serves a population of 258,000 people, ensuring that its services are always in great demand. As one of the few NHS Trusts with money granted to construct a new location in the next years, assisting the organization in future-proofing its digital infrastructure to deliver next-generation integrated care was critical.
“Implementing Freshservice is a really positive step forward for The Trust, our staff and patients, plus the communities we serve. Technology has the power to transform the way we provide care – and by harnessing self-service to its full potential, we will improve care for patients, and support our staff to deliver the high-quality care they aspire to,”Jeffrey Wood, Deputy Director of ICT at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust.
With hundreds of IT service tickets submitted to IT support every day, ranging from password resets to account lockouts, doctors had to wait several days for a resolution. This meant clinicians might not have access to essential patient data, but more critically, submitting and following up on IT requests took time away from front-line health professionals who should be doing more important things like caring for patients.
“Freshworks is proud to be supporting The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in their goal to deliver a more robust IT service. The staff work exceptionally hard to deliver first-class health care for their patients, and we wanted to do everything we could to ensure Freshservice limited IT frustrations and freed up their time to be spent elsewhere,”Simon Johnson, General Manager UK & Ireland at Freshworks.
Self-service has been a key component of the Trust’s IT solution since the adoption of Freshservice. Instead of IT professionals needing to walk someone through the easy process of resetting a password, the system connects the user to a site that allows for an automated reset, allowing staff to ‘self-serve,’ lowering wait times, and avoiding unneeded aggravation caused by routine IT issues.
“The implementation of Freshservice has enabled our hard-working teams to dedicate more of their time to delivering industry-leading care. We look forward to implementing further solutions from Freshworks, in our goal to continue improving the experience for our staff and patients,”Jeffrey Wood.
Those interacting with the platform are also shown FAQs to help speed up problem-solving without the need for IT involvement, lowering the amount of IT resources required. Instead of having five individuals working on IT service requests all of the time, most issues may be handled automatically through self-service, requiring only one person to handle emergency IT calls over the phone.
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