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National Health Reform
In August 2011, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to major structural reforms to the organisation, funding and delivery of health care, and new financial and governance arrangements for Australian public hospital services, to enable the future sustainability of the Australian health system. Following the COAG meeting, the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments entered into the National Health Reform Agreement (the Agreement) outlining their shared intentions to work together to establish the foundations of Australia’s future health system. Under the Agreement, the Commonwealth, state and territory governments are jointly responsible for funding public hospital services by using either activity based or block funding. The aim of the Agreement is to deliver a nationally unified and locally controlled health system through:
- introducing new financial arrangements for the partnerships of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments
- confirming the roles state and territory governments play in public health and as system managers for public hospital services
- using activity based funding to improve public hospital efficiency and patient access to services
- increasing Commonwealth contributions to public hospital funding to ensure funding sustainability
- improving the transparency of public hospital funding through a National Health Funding Pool (the Pool)
- improving local accountability and responsiveness to the needs of communities through establishing local hospital networks
- introducing new national performance standards and better outcomes for hospital patients.
The creation of the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool (the Administrator) and the National Health Funding Body (Funding Body) encompass the agreed transparency arrangements of the Agreement. These roles incorporate funding determination, administration and reporting to the general public, the Commonwealth, states and territories, local hospital networks and other users. The National Health Funding Body Annual Report 2012–13 outlines the activities undertaken during the 2012–13 financial year to support the delivery of these obligations.
The Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool
The Administrator is a single, independent statutory office holder, appointed by the Standing Council on Health and is not subject to the control or direction of the Commonwealth Minister. The Administrator was created through the Agreement and the Act and associated national health reform legislation in all states and territories. The role of the Administrator is to administer the Pool according to the Agreement, to oversee payments into and out of the Pool account for each state and territory, and to report on various funding and service delivery matters. The Funding Body, a Commonwealth interjurisdictional agency, was created to assist the Administrator in the discharge of these legislative requirements. The Act, the Agreement, and the relevant legislation of each state and territory govern the role, functions and responsibilities of the Administrator, which include:
- calculating the Commonwealth national health reform funding contribution to states and territories, and ensuring funds are deposited into Pool accounts in line with the Agreement
- administering the Pool, which receives all Commonwealth and activity based state and territory hospital funding
- authorising payment instructions
- reporting publicly on all activities of the Pool and other relevant aspects
- reconciling estimated and actual service delivery volumes.
The funding provided through these arrangements is the biggest single investment in health services made by the Commonwealth and states and territories.
National Health Funding Pool
The Pool, which consists of eight state and territory bank accounts, is held with the Reserve Bank of Australia. The bank accounts that make up the Pool are known as state pool accounts and are established under state and territory legislation for the purpose of:
- receiving all Commonwealth block funding
- receiving activity–based state and territory public hospital funding
- distributing funds and making payments according to the Agreement.
The Administrator governs the Pool, with the assistance of the Funding Body whose role it is to assist the Administrator in performing his functions under the relevant legislation. The Funding Body also provides effective and efficient administrative mechanisms and primary policy advice in the development and operation of those functions. The national health reform funding and payment flows are outlined in Figure 1. As depicted in Figure 1, Funding contributors and payment recipients are described as:
The funding contributors are the Commonwealth Government and state or territory governments for their own state and territory activity, and cross–border funding for interstate patients. National health reform funding occurs when contributors have paid into a state pool account or state managed fund.
The payment recipients are the local hospital networks, third parties on behalf of the local hospital networks, state and territory Health Departments and other providers. Recipients receive payments from the state pool account or state managed fund.
Figure 1: Commonwealth national health reform funding and payment flows
The types of funding and payments available are described in Table 1.
|Activity based funding||A system of funding based on the number of services provided to patients and the cost to be paid for delivering those services|
|Block funding||Block funding is provided to states and territories to support teaching and research undertaken in public hospitals, particularly for smaller rural and regional hospitals|
|Public health funding||Funding identified in the Agreement and paid by the Commonwealth to state and territory Health Departments for national public health, youth health services and essential vaccines|
|Cross–border activity based funding||When a resident of one state or territory receives hospital treatment in another state or territory, the ‘resident’ state or territory compensates the ‘provider’ state or territory for the cost of that care via a cross–border activity based payment|
|Interest||When a state pool account has an overnight credit balance, interest accrues in the account and is paid by the Reserve Bank of Australia to the state or territory|
|Over deposit||If more money is deposited than required, this can be paid to the state or territory Health Department or used for the next payment to the state or territory|
Funding Body: Supporting States and Territories transition to the Pool
In signing the Agreement, all states and territories intended to participate in the Pool from 1 July 2012. However, not all states and territories had the necessary legislation in place by that date.1 During the year, the Funding Body actively worked with and supported states and territories transition to the national health reform funding arrangements as their legislation was enacted. This involved undertaking and satisfying local requirements, such as compliance and assurance, training and support in using the National Health Funding Administrator Payments System (Payments System) and assisting with establishing Reserve Bank of Australia Pool requirements to manage the payments flows. The Funding Body successfully supported all states and territories in implementing these arrangements, with no risk to funding continuity to local hospital networks.
- New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania commenced Pool transactions through the National Payments System on 1 July 2012
- Queensland commenced on 1 August 2012
- Victoria commenced on 28 September 2012
- Northern Territory and South Australia commenced on 1 October 2012
- Australia Capital Territory commenced on 1 March 2013
Funding and payments through the Pool
Table 2 provides details of the national health reform funding and payments for 2012–13 relating to each state and territory and includes funding and payments made under state and territory national health legislative and notional amounts.
|State/territory||National health reform funding2012–13 $||National health reform payments2012–13 $|
Further detailed information on the national health reform payments into and out of the Pool, and state managed funds, is reported under the Administrator’s monthly reporting requirements, available at www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au. This information aligns to the information detailed in the Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool Annual Report 2012–13.
Working together to develop the Public Hospital Funding website and monthly reports
The successful development and launch of the Administrator’s Public Hospital Funding website highlighted the strength of the Funding Body’s skills and core qualities of commitment, resilience, the ability to work cohesively, and openly consult with stakeholders to deliver on a key transparency requirement of the national health reform agenda.
The purpose of the website is to meet the Administrator’s obligation to report publicly on required national health reform funding and payments, and provide monthly reports on these matters to jurisdictions and the general public. In developing the monthly reports, the Funding Body had to ensure the disclosure requirements of the National Health Reform Act 2011 and corresponding jurisdictional legislation were met. The challenges of meeting these requirements and working within a tight timeframe were significant; from developing an informative and clear narrative to presenting this information in a meaningful way to the general public. Stakeholders were involved throughout the development process in a series of collegiate and consultative discussions and workshops, which occured for a number of months.
On 7 November 2012, the Administrator’s Public Hospital website (www.publichospitalfunding.gov.au) was launched together with three months of reports. Once completed all subsequent monthly reports were released on the website. Achieving this major milestone was a testament to the commitment and professionalism that has characterised the culture within the Funding Body and demonstrates how significant progress has been possible in just one year of operation. The Funding Body remains committed to continuous improvement of the website and monthly reports; reviewing the structure of the reporting and ensuring the website is accessible, current and accurate, and meets user needs.
1 Prior to March 2013, the states and territories without the necessary legislation in place received equivalent funding from the Commonwealth Treasury, referred to as ‘notional’ payments, and made payments from departmental bank accounts to local hospital networks.

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After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his work--short stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant "sketches,” which, in Borges’s hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters. In this anthology, the author has put together those pieces on which he would like his reputation to rest; they are not arranged chronologically, but with an eye to their "sympathies and differences.” A Personal Anthology, therefore, is not merely a collection, but a new composition.
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50 years keeping up with the times - Innovations that shaped the industry
Lagt til av: Espen Børresen | publisert: 03.09.2012
This year, PRINOTH is celebrating its 50th anniversary and can look back at half a century of innovation. Innovations that significantly shaped the snow groomer industry.
The first snow groomer prototype was produced in 1962. Since then PRINOTH has grown into an internationally successful company and from its core business of snow groomers has branched out into two further areas, namely those of tracked utility vehicles and vegetation management devices. The past shows that PRINOTH has had a strong influence on the piste vehicle industry over the past 50 years and has driven it forward thanks to its love of innovation. Continuous further development and the inexhaustible search for new ideas have made PRINOTH's development center famous around the world. Our engineers deliver results that perform very well on the market. This is how the company quickly established itself as an innovation and technology leader within the industry and now provides customers with high-quality solutions for piste grooming.
Visions that moved the world
It all began in Gardena, where the dedicated racing driver Ernst Prinoth opened his workshop in 1951. Fascinated by snow vehicles, the visionary first began by developing the snowmobile and produced the first prototype snow groomer, the P 60, in 1962. Two years later the first production vehicle rolled off the assembly line.
Snow tillers and articulated vehicle frames
These developments progressed further until PRINOTH invented the first hydraulically driven snow tiller in 1973, thereby laying the foundations for piste grooming. Another innovation of the time was the invention of the articulated vehicle frame, which came onto the market in the seventies with the PRINOTH BIG. For the first time in the industry, a vehicle frame was not soldered but screwed together using rubber parts, which ensured optimal ground contact and improved the surface of the piste.
LEITNER was also developing snow vehicles. In 1974 the manufacturer sparked nothing short of a revolution with the LH 380 by replacing the mechanical drive with a hydrostatic one.
In 1990 LEITNER wowed the industry with a world first. The LH 500 was the first snow groomer with hydropneumatic suspension, complete with electronic leveling and an adjustable chassis. Single-wheel suspension with a hydraulic rocker function ensures outstanding driving comfort and optimal ground contact on all terrain
Lightweight aluminum cab
When the first T4S was developed in 1992, PRINOTH was the first and only manufacturer (and still is to this day) to make drivers' cabs out of aluminum. Aluminum cabs weigh less than steel and fiberglass cabs and are more resistant to corrosion.
The EVEREST in Pininfarina design
Six years later in 1998, PRINOTH brought the Everest onto the market and thereby broke the power limit of the time with over 400 hp. Collaboration with Pininfarina attached even greater importance to design, which made the EVEREST stand out as a modern-looking snow groomer. Today almost 40 of snow groomers sold worldwide are over 400 hp.
Mergers that changed a whole industry
At the beginning of the new millennium, LEITNER took over the PRINOTH company and continued to run the business under the name PRINOTH. With the launch of LEITWOLF as a premium brand in 2002, PRINOTH became the absolute technology leader and set new standards in ergonomics and comfort. In 2005, PRINOTH took over the entire snow groomer industry from Camoplast (formerly Bombardier).
The best piste surface. The power tiller
Continuous further developments of the tiller finally led to the launch of the POWER tiller in 2003, which was and still is the best tiller on the market. The biggest improvements are the construction of a clamping bar, which is similar to a windshield wiper and provides the tiller with better ground contact, and the improved tooth arrangement on the tiller shafts.
The highest degree of efficiency: the BEAST
In 2009 PRINOTH brought out the BEAST, which, with more than 500 hp, is the largest and strongest snow groomer in the world. Thanks to over 40 more output with optimum piste quality, the BEAST sets new benchmarks in terms of efficiency and effectiveness. Its maximum working width of 7.1 meters over the side wings and a width of 5.21 m over the tiller shaft allow it to prepare an exceptionally wide track in just one ride. The highly effective grooming speed also contributes to the increased output.
A new winch conquered the steep slopes of the world
A year later the SHERPA winch came onto the market, with WINCONTROL automatic pulling force control for use with 4.8 ton pulling force on the BEAST and 4.5 tons on the BISON. Together with an unrivaled cable length of up to 1200 m, the SHERPA winch makes grooming extremely steep slopes even safer, easier and more efficient. At 4.8 tons of pulling force, the SHERPA winch is the strongest winch on the market.
Environmental friendliness and sustainability with the new LEITWOLF
In 2011 the new LEITWOLF was released as the first Euromot III B compliant snow groomer.
PRINOTH demonstrates its corporate responsibility particularly through the use of clean technologies. With "Clean Motion", we are meeting the demands of ecological and economic sustainability in snow grooming. The new LEITWOLF with new emissions standards was developed for this reason and has allowed PRINOTH, as the first manufacturer of snow groomers, to set the worldwide trend towards a new emissions standard. Compared with similar vehicles, the new LEITWOLF emits 50 less nitrogen and 90 less particulate matter. A clear statement against climate change.
A world first: parallel offset of the tiller
Another highlight presented by PRINOTH in 2011 was the parallel offset of the tiller. The lateral offset ensures a perfect piste surface across the entire width of a slope without roughing the edges, even when driving at an angle. Optimum vehicle stability on slopes is ensured at the same time. The driver can determine the type of trailing characteristics of the tiller himself and select parallel offset or free trailing mode depending on the situation, which opens up completely new possibilities for snow grooming for the first time.
Today customer requirements are PRINOTH's top priority. Decades of research and development work have enabled PRINOTH to establish trends, assess customer requirements and drive new technology forward in cooperation with its customers. PRINOTH has succeeded in establishing itself as a sustainable and innovative company. Today the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of its vehicles are a top priority.


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Critical Time for Central Illinois Home Sellers
The Capital Area Association of Realtors (CAAR) had member brokers reporting to the MLS that closed home sales fell in January by over 27%. In spite of interest rates falling below 6%, and unemployment rates locally of 4.9%, sales pending closing fell in January by over 25% from 2007. This marks the fifth consecutive monthly decline in sales pending. The beginning of February shows this trend continuing.
This will be my twenty-second spring market as a Realtor in the Springfield area; we have never had a bad spring for home sales. Historical records prove more homes are sold between Valentines Day and June 30, than at any other time of the year. It is critical that homeowners that must sell their home be prepared to take advantage of the impending spring market.
The fact that home sales could fall with interest rates at near record lows, and unemployment at near record lows, indicates that spring 2008 may be many homeowners best opportunity of the year to get sold.
What could cause sales to fall with solid local economic fundamentals? Low interest rates, low unemployment, a record number of homes for sale for this time of year; are not the cause for sales to decline. There are many factors involved such as; rising fuel and food costs, fear of recession, declining consumer spending, and consumer confidence. In my opinion the reason for falling sales is satisfied demand combined with stagnate job growth.
Unemployment may be down, however without new jobs attracting new people to the community, the home buyer pool can't grow. The question becomes can Springfield, Illinois buck the national trends as it has the preceding two years? The next six to eight weeks will tell the story. If home sales don't pick up sharply between Valentines Day and St. Patrick's Day then this will be a very long year for home sellers.
If you must sell a home here are some critical tips to help you get sold. Successfully selling a home begins with agent and company selection. It is imperative to make a wise decision when choosing an agent. Fritz's advice (do's and dont's): DO: 1. interview two to three agents 2. verify agents claims 3. ask to see a written marketing plan with examples of marketing materials 4. follow your intuition, ask for the names of past clients. DON'T: 1. hire the agent that quotes the highest price or lowest fee 2. don't hire any agent that doesn't advertise both price and address in their marketing 3. don't hire an agent that advertises price reduced 4. don't hire a broker that does not give you an exit clause in their listing contract.
Obtaining a successful sale is all about agent selection, price, and condition. Hiring the right agent will allow you to avoid the embarrassment of making all the mistakes associated with home owners that do not sell.
The homeowners of Springfield Illinois should be aware that their opportunity to sell a home may never be better in 2008 than between now and June 30. History tells us so, however make a mistake in agent selection, price, or condition and it won't matter the time of year; you won't sell.

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With each passing day, more and more companies are waking up to the strong correlation between content marketing and business growth. But creating quality online content that is relevant to one’s target audience is only half the battle- it must be easily found in places where they will most likely consume it. According to a new report by Paul Verna, senior analyst at eMarketer, many Internet users are turning to social media in general-and Facebook and Twitter specifically-as their main source of news and information. As Verna notes, “Users are learning that the more they share, the more they discover…and the more they discover, the more likely they are to turn first to Facebook for content they used to get elsewhere.”¹
Increasingly, Facebook and Twitter are taking steps to become publishing platforms for news, video, photos and entertainment content. Since late 2011, Facebook has been gradually rolling out its Timeline interface, which puts greater focus on media activity and content. According to a report from Simply Measured, as of February, worldwide content engagement on Facebook has gone up by 46% compared with before Timeline. Twitter’s addition of the Discover tab to its navigation menu was also designed to encourage interaction among users and published stories.¹
“Whether through the efforts of media companies or the unprompted sharing activity of users, more media content is making its way across the social web. This trend has put Facebook and Twitter at the center of the media ecosystem and turned their users into active participants in the content loop,” said Verna.¹
According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, 39% of Twitter users, and 34% of Facebook users said most of the news they got on Twitter in January 2012 was not material they would have read elsewhere.
The eMarketer report’s key takeaway is summed up by Verna, “Marketers who are savvy about how to use Facebook are focusing … on the site’s strength as a content portal, its viral power and its ability to deliver qualitative and quantitative feedback on brand campaigns.”¹
These findings are especially significant when you set them against the latest data on global social media reach publish by Forrester. An update of Forrester’s Global Social Media Adoption In 2011 study, originally published in January 2012, finds that more than 86% of online US adults and 79% of European online adults engage with social media; in BRIC countries, some 93% of online users use social tools.²
In the face of these trends, a study by InSites Consulting found that, despite the widespread use of social networks among US companies, only 11% have fully integrated social media into existing business programs. Moreover, only 47% of the companies surveyed are aware of the opportunities that various social channels offer for distributing content, and only 39% have a content strategy in place.³
The majority of businesses have a lot of work to do. They need to not only accept the importance of content marketing, but recognize the potential of social media as an effective content distribution channel. Why? Because that’s where their prospects are consuming and sharing news and information (i.e. content).
As the Millennials come of age, this trend is likely to quicken. Realizing this, companies are starting to incorporate inbound marketing best practices, which are largely dependent on the creation of quality content and its distribution through social media channels.
By doing so, they are positioning themselves for efficient business growth.
¹ eMarketer, “Facebook, Twitter Help Publishers Find Their Audience”
² Marketing Profs, “At Least 8 in 10 Online Users Engage in Social Media Globally”
³ Marketing Profs, “Brands Failing to Tap Potential of Social Media”
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Quanah Parker – The Last Chief of the Comanche
His mother was captured by the Comanche when she was 9 years old and had since embraced the Comanche way of life.
She was one of the few white settlers who refused to return to her people. Quanah Parker became chief himself at a relatively young age, and would lead the last resistance of the Plains Indians against the US Army and the Texas Rangers.
And even though his attempts at a continued Comanche way of life failed, he was the one who led his people on “the white man’s road” in the years that followed, thus becoming the first sole chief of the whole Comanche nation.
As a skilled diplomat, Quanah represented Comanche interests to the US government and was a familiar figure in Congress, traveling many times to Washington DC.
Here he befriended many public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt, who personally invited the Comanche chief to his presidential inauguration in 1905.
Quanah Parker also became a successful farmer, businessman and stockholder in the Quanah, Acme, and Pacific Railway.
He was also directly interested in settling his people and to consolidate their position, by being given an education and learning agriculture.
He was loved by both Indians and whites alike, and at his funeral in 1911, some 1,500 formed a procession more than 2 miles long.

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5500 new students attended the matriculation ceremony. In the plenum ceremony the Norwegian Minister of Education, Øystein Djupedal, and the NTNU Rector Torbjørn Digernes held speeches to encourage the new students to do their best.
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More and more homeowners are opting for ductless mini-split ACs in Riverside, CA. And it’s easy to see why. A mini-split AC unit offers complete temperature control for each area of the home where it’s installed, all without the need for expensive ductwork. Mini-splits are energy efficient and easy to install, and since most offer both cooling and heating, this type of ductless air conditioner system is a great alternative to a conventional HVAC setup. The HVAC technicians with 4 Points A/C & Heating are professional installers of mini-split systems.
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With a ductless air conditioner, installation is a breeze, which translates over to paying less to have the system installed all together. Most mini-split AC systems mount on a wall with a pipe that runs to an outdoor unit called the compressor. The ease of installation is also helped along due to the fact that there is no required duct work with a mini-split system, so it is less labor intensive to get this type of system put into your home.
Because there is no duct work with this ductless air conditioner there is less loss of energy overall. This means that you will see savings on your electricity or energy bill, and you will also be doing your part for the environment by reducing the amount of energy that your family uses.
For spaces like attics and basements, a ductless system is ideal, since adding ductwork two spaces such as this can be complicated or even impossible. And because you can add as many ductless units to your system as you want, you enjoy complete control of the temperature from room to room, giving you customizable comfort.
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The AP's analysis corrected for the fact that players in different positions have different body types, so speedy wide receivers weren't compared to bulkier offensive tackles. It could not assess each player's physical makeup, such as how much weight gain was muscle versus fat, one indicator of steroid use. In the most extreme case in the AP analysis, the probability that a player put on so much weight compared with other players was so rare that the odds statistically were roughly the same as an NFL quarterback throwing 12 passing touchdowns or an NFL running back rushing for 600 yards in one game.
Each user experiences their own unique feelings when using steroids and coming off the drug. When someone chooses to stop using they can experience a variety of withdrawal symptoms linked to addiction. Symptoms can include mood swings, fatigue, restlessness, loss of appetite, insomnia, reduced sex drive, the desire to take more steroids, and depression. Evidence for steroid addiction is certainly not as strong as it is for other drugs like cocaine or heroin. Though it is clear that people develop a tolerance and dependence on them and willingly experience negative consequences when using steroids - both of which are signs for drug dependence.
The number of players who have admitted using steroids in a confidential survey conducted by the NCAA since the 1980s has dropped from percent in 1989 to percent in 2003.  During the 2003 season, there were over 7,000 drug tests, with just 77 turning up as positive test results.  Scukanec claims that methods were used to get around the drug testing, whether it be avoiding the tests by using the drugs during the off-season, or flushing the drugs out of your system. This was used with a liquid he referred to as the "pink."  He stated:

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Oprah Winfrey to star in HBO's 'Henrietta Lacks' movie
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is expanding her participation in HBO's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" to an on-screen role.
The cable channel said Monday that Winfrey will star in the TV movie that she's been shepherding as an executive producer.
The film is based on Rebecca Skloot's nonfiction book of the same name. It details the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cancerous cells became the source of medical breakthroughs.
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2015 file photo, Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of the Oprah Winfrey Network's (OWN) documentary series "Belief,"in New York. HBO said Monday, May 2, 2016, that Winfrey will star in "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," a TV movie that she has been shepherding as an executive producer. Filming is scheduled to begin this summer with an air date yet to be announced. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
The story will be told from the perspective of Lacks' daughter, Deborah, to be played by Winfrey.
Veteran Broadway director-producer George C. Wolfe will direct the HBO project from his screenplay.
Filming is scheduled to begin this summer, with an air date yet to be announced.
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Newborn screening is designed for presymptomatic identification of serious conditions for which there are effective treatments. Because newborn screening programs in the United States are operated by states, there has historically been considerable cross-state variability in screened conditions and thus a need for a mechanism to guide states.
The Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, which was appointed by the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), conducts a rigorous evidence-based review of nominated conditions with 4 primary considerations: (1) the condition represents a significant public health problem, (2) there is an accurate and low-cost screening test, (3) treatments exist with proven efficacy, and (4) states are capable of screening and follow-up.
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Who are the "other guys" at Doral?
Updated: March 21, 2007, 4:53 PM ETBy Jason Sobel
This week's WGC-CA Championship will feature one of the top fields all year. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and every other player in the World Ranking's top 50 (save for Justin Rose, who WD'd with a back injury) will take part in the festivities at Doral.
And then there are, well, the other guys.
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Adult Swim continued its streak as basic cable's #1 network for Total Day Delivery of young adults 18-34, 18-49 and 18-24 as well as men 18-34 & 18-24. Adult Swim also ranked #2 in Prime Time (Broadcast definition) delivery of adults 18-34 among basic cable networks, behind only ESPN. Prime Time growth among key demos included 2% gains among adults 18-34, 3% gains among adults 18-49 and 1% gains among adults 18-24.
Among Adult Swim's original programming, Childrens Hospital (Thursday, 12 a.m.) ranked #1 in its time period among all adults 18-24 and men 18-24. Similarly, the Adult Swim premiere of the original Black Dynamite movie (Sunday, 11:30 p.m.) increased delivery among adults 18-24 by 10%, adults 18-49 by 7%, men 18-34 by 13%, men 18-24 by 20% and men 18-49 by 4%.
Adult Swim programming-including Family Guy, Robot Chicken and American Dad-accounted for 22 of the top 50 telecasts of the week on basic cable among adults 18-34, more than any other network.
Across the first week of September 2012, Cartoon Network ranked as basic cable's #1 network for Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and the #2 network among kids 9-14. Older kids drove solid growth vs. the same time period last year, with average kids 6-11 delivery in Early Prime expanding by 11% and average delivery in Total Day expanding by 20%.
Among its original animated programming, Monday night's presentation of Regular Show (8 p.m.) ranked as the #1 telecast of the week among all boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, as well as the #1 telecast of the day among kids 2-11 & 9-14. Similarly, a new episode of Adventure Time (7:30 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast in its time period among all kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14 and all boy demos.
Tuesday night's season finale of Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (8 p.m.) scored as the #1 telecast of the day among boys 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14, and was #1 in its time period among kids 2-11, 6-11 & 9-14. Overall, the series led Tuesday night (7-9 p.m.) to reign as the #1 network among kids 2-11 and all key boys, earning an average 8% delivery growth among kids 6-11 and 26% growth among kids 9-14.
TNT's new hit Major Crimes, which just secured the record for basic cable's biggest audience ever for a new series launch, ranked as basic cable's #1 non-news program last week, drawing more than 5.7 million viewers (+6% vs. the prior week). The latest episode of basic cable's #1 new series for the year-to-date also averaged 1.2 million adults 18-49 (+5%) and 1.6 million adults 25-54 (+2%).
Perception scored 4.0 million viewers Monday night (+2% vs. the prior week), making it basic cable's #2 scripted program for the week behind Major Crimes. The episode also brought in 854,000 adults 18-49 and grew its delivery of adults 25-54 by +2% to 1.1 million vs. the prior week.
TNT's caper drama Leverage pulled 2.4 million viewers in Live + Same Day delivery Sunday night, including 871,000 adults 18-49 and more than 1 million adults 25-54.
As reported earlier today, time-shifted viewing has given TNT two new viewership records. According to the latest Live + 7 data, the Aug. 13 finale of The Closer grew to a final tally of 11.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched series finale in basic cable history. On a household basis, the finale now stands as cable's highest-rated series finale of all time. Meanwhile, the Aug. 13 premiere of TNT's new series Major Crimes climbed to 9.5 million viewers, making it basic cable's biggest new series launch ever.
In addition, the Aug. 14 season finale of Rizzoli & Isles scored 8.3 million viewers, while the Aug. 19 season ender for Falling Skies captured 5.9 million viewers.
The following are the Live + 7 deliveries for TNT episodes airing the week of Aug. 13:
· The Closer (Aug. 13): 11.2 million viewers; 2.7 million adults 18-49; 3.6 million adults 25-54
· Major Crimes (Aug. 13 series debut): 9.5 million viewers; 2.2 million adults 18-49; 2.9 million adults 25-54
· Rizzoli & Isles (Aug. 14 Season 3 Finale): 8.3 million viewers; 2.5 million adults 18-49; 3.1 million adults 25-54
· Franklin & Bash (Aug. 14 Season 2 Finale): 4.3 million viewers; 1.9 million adults 18-49; 2.0 million adults 25-54
· Leverage (Aug. 19): 3.6 million viewers: 1.4 million adults 18-49; 1.7 million adults 25-54
· Falling Skies (Aug. 19 Season 2 Finale): 5.9 million viewers; 2.7 million adults 18-49; 3.2 million adults 25-54
TBS once again dominated basic cable's sitcom charts last week, with episodes of the recently renewed original series Sullivan & Son joining TBS's telecasts of The Big Bang Theory to claim 14 of basic cable's Top 15 sitcom telecasts for the week among total viewers. TBS also accounted for 13 of the Top 15 sitcom telecasts with adults 18-34 and adults 18-49.
Thursday night's episode of TBS hit original sitcom Sullivan & Son drew 2.1 million viewers Thursday night, and grew its delivery of adults 18-34 by 7% over the prior week to 545,000. Among adults 18-49, the episode garnered 1.2 million.
Last week, TBS's late-night series CONAN averaged 848,000 viewers in Live + Same Day, up 3% over the prior week of premieres. The show also scored 246,000 adults 18-34 and grew its delivery of adults 18-49 to 559,000, up 2% over the previous week of new episodes.
truTV ranked among ad-supported cable's Top 10 networks last week in primetime delivery of three key demos: adults 18-49, men 18-34 and men 18-49. Compared to the same week last year, truTV scored strong growth across the board, with total viewers up 6%, adults 18-34 up 17%, adults 18-49 up 6%, men 18-34 up 16% and men 18-49 up 7%.
Lizard Lick Towing (Monday at 10 p.m.) brought in 2.3 million viewers last week, along with 1.3 million adults 18-49 and 672,000 men 18-49. The show delivered triple-digit demo growth compared to the same timeslot last year and led truTV to Top 10 rankings for the night among key demos and viewers.
Hardcore Pawn (Tuesday at 9 p.m.) ranked as the #1 ad-supported cable show in its timeslot among men 18-34, while also scoring strong second-place rankings among adults 18-34 and men 18-49. The episode drew a total audience of 2.7 million viewers.
Operation Repo (Wednesday at 9 p.m.) garnered 1.6 million viewers and was the second-most-watched ad-supported program in the timeslot with men 18-34. Overall, the episode wrangled 1.6 million viewers.


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In the late 1980s, a group of food writers, myself included, were asked to produce recipes for a book on healthy pâtisserie. You have only to run through the ingredient list for a classic gâteau opéra, Victoria sponge or Viennese sachertorte to see that this is something of a contradiction in terms. Well, not exactly: these rich indulgences can all be given a healthy makeover, in line with modern dietary thinking. The guidelines drawn up by the wise nutritionists running the project were straightforward: the recipes must be low in fat. But what about all that sugar and refined white flour, we asked. "Nobody's worried about them, just fat," was the reassuring editorial response. So, another volume of eye candy was created, stuffed with recipes for meringues and fatless sponges, ostentatiously decorated with glistening redcurrants to lend a further halo of goodness. It was a taste of a marketing opportunity to come.
In the intervening years, the words "reduced" and "fat" have continued to dominate public perception of what constitutes healthy eating. Where once we ate square meals, made with unprocessed raw ingredients featuring such delights as fat-marbled red meat and buttery pastry, many of us have adopted what sounds like a lighter, healthier eating plan, in accordance with government advice to make "the bread, cereal and potato group" (carbohydrates) the "main part" of our meals - pasta, for example, which Italians eat only as a precursor to meat, fish or vegetables, is now a staple British main course. To fill the energy gaps between these lightweight meals we've taken up snacking, and filled our larders with highly processed technofoods that call themselves fat-free while remaining conveniently silent on sugar content.
Nutritionists and dieticians are well aware that the key to a healthy diet is a lot more complicated than that. They know, say, that certain fats (such as those in sunflower seeds or oily fish) are beneficial, and that some fatty, high-calorie foods are very nutritious: high-fat avocado, for example, will never feature in any diet plan, yet it is a rich source of vitamin E, which is protective against heart disease. Even so, the professional consensus has been that we cannot take on board anything other than the crudest public health message.
But that message seems to have been lost somewhere in the translation, and there has been a swing towards higher consumption of sugar and refined (read "bad") carbohydrates, from which the body absorbs the sugar. And that may be every bit as devastating for our health as a diet loaded with the worst sort of saturated fat - our fat-reduced dinner tables are being stalked by the spectre of Syndrome X, a phrase coined in the 1980s for an increasingly common collection of warning signs (higher blood pressure and blood fat levels, insulin resistance). Up to a third of adults in affluent countries are estimated to suffer from it and, untreated, it leads to heart disease and diabetes.
We don't even have to eat fat to be affected by Syndrome X. Research has shown that, by eating too many sugary foods and insulin-stimulating refined carbohydrates (processed grains such as white bread, rice, pasta, breakfast cereals), we may be turning our livers on to almost permanent fat-secreting mode - when excess insulin is present in the body for long periods, instead of blocking the release of fat from the liver into the blood, it stimulates the liver to do the exact opposite and produce dangerously high levels of fat. So, even when we eat almost no fat, our blood may contain worrying levels - a phenomenon known as carbohydrate-induced hypertriglyceridemia.
In the US, the rise of the fat-reduced diet has coincided with an explosion in sugar consumption - in particular, the US habit of drinking sweetened soft drinks with and between meals has been identified as a public health disaster, often without people being aware of it. So much so that sugar is regarded as the new fat, and nutritionists are retreating from the "fat is bad, carbohydrate is fine" position. "Basically, if you consume a lot of sugary foods and drinks, and especially if you snack between meals, your liver never gets a rest," says Victor Zammit, head of cell biochemistry at the Hannah Research Institute in Ayr. Zammit believes that the message has been too simplistic. "When manufacturers reduce fat in processed foods, they have to add something else. They're good at labelling foods as '99% fat-free'. But if it's 15% sugar, that's probably worse than some fats." Top of Zammit's list of concerns is sugar, notably fructose. He's not worried about natural levels in unprocessed food, rather the fructose added to processed carbohydrate foods and soft drinks - a chocolate bar, for example, contains 100 times more fructose than a portion of carrots.
In the UK, other avenues are being pursued. One theory, advanced by nutritionists Margaret and Arthur Wynn, is that our high levels of heart disease and stroke are due to a low intake of potassium and magnesium - a consequence of eating highly refined carbohydrate made from white flour. In the UK, poor people are three times more likely to suffer from heart problems than wealthier ones, yet when the UK Adult Nutrition Survey compared them in 1990 it found little difference in fat consumption between the two social groups. If anything, the poor ate less fat than more affluent groups, but surveys also showed that they ate more nutritionally-depleted white bread.
There is concern, too, about the knock-on effects of scrupulously fat-free diets - you don't need to be an expert to appreciate that, as a fairly direct consequence of modern dietary advice, many people are left both physically and psychologically dissatisfied with what they eat at mealtimes, which leaves them more likely to break diet recommendations in between times.
If you've always been sceptical about the benefits of a low-fat chicken tikka sarnie and sticky yoghurt consumed at your desk, then the deconstruction of the "fat is bad" orthodoxy is music to the ears. The rethink might even herald a return to more civilised eating patterns. Zammit advocates a move away from the Anglo-American eating model of so-called "grazing" to a more European ritual of two proper meals a day, preferably four to five hours apart, to give insulin levels a chance to return to normal and take pressure off the liver. In other words, give your body a total break between eating and not eating.
So what is the best approach? The answer seems to be a good mixed diet that draws on all food groups, high in fruit and vegetables and slow-release carbohydrates (that is, unprocessed grains such as brown rice). "Obviously, don't go mad at mealtimes," says Zammit, "but if you are going to eat something that's fatty or sugary, do so as part of meal, because your insulin level is high then, anyway. If you still feel like eating something sweet between meals, choose fruit - it contains fructose only in tiny amounts, and delivers a lot of other health-promoting nutrients."
The motto for a healthy future seems to be: bin the cola and lo-cal snacks and treat yourself to real meals.
All recipes serve four.
Smoked mackerel pâté
225g smoked mackerel
100g unsalted butter, softened
2 tbsp double cream
1 lemon, juiced
4 tbsp creamed horseradish
Salt and black pepper
Remove the skin from the fish, and roughly flake the flesh into the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter and creamed horseradish, then blend until amalgamated. Taste, and season with lemon juice, salt and pepper as necessary.
Stir in the cream, and pour the pâté mix into a dish (or dishes) - I like to chill it for at least an hour before serving in individual dishes. Serve the pâté with sourdough or brown toasted bread, and a little pile of cucumber cut into small cubes and dressed with some white-wine vinegar, salt and pepper.
Pheasant with lentils and celeriac
2 young pheasants, jointed, breasts on the bone (this helps keep them moist)
100g pancetta (or smoked streaky bacon), cut into cubes
3 shallots, peeled and finely diced
6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
2 sticks celery, chopped
1 small celeriac, peeled and cut into cubes
3 tbsp olive oil
1 pinch cinnamon
225g brown lentils, washed
300ml chicken stock
2 tbsp dry sherry
Salt and pepper
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a heavy-based pan, season the birds and brown them all over in the hot oil. Lift out the birds, add the pancetta, and fry for a couple of minutes, before adding the shallots and garlic. Turn down the heat, and cook gently until the onions have softened, then raise the heat, add the celery, celeriac, spices and, if necessary, the other tablespoon of oil. Stir the contents of the pan for a couple of minutes, until everything has taken on a light, golden colour, then add the lentils, stir to combine everything thoroughly, then add the water, stock and bayleaf.
Bring to the boil, skim off any foamy scum that rises to the top, then turn down the heat to a simmer. Place the pheasant legs and thighs on top of the lentils, cover the pan and simmer very gently for 35 minutes. Then add the breasts, replace the lid and simmer for another 20 minutes.
At this stage, the lentils should be cooked and the meat tender. Lift out the pheasant pieces and set aside in a warm place to rest while you finish the dish. Remove the bayleaf and cloves (you may not be able to find both of them - if so, don't worry as someone will during the meal), raise the heat, add the sherry and season to taste. Serve the meat on top of a mound of lentils with the following two vegetable accompaniments.
40g unsalted butter
2 medium-sized cooked beetroot, shredded
Salt and pepper
1 sprig fresh mint
1 dssp chopped parsley
1 tbsp sherry vinegar
Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the beetroot, stir to coat it well in butter, then season and throw in the mint. Add the vinegar, heat through and simmer for a couple of minutes, so that the butter and vinegar form a glaze, then lift out the sprig of mint. Stir in the parsley just before serving.
225g watercress (remove the big stalks, as they are chewy and don't help the flavour much)
100ml double cream
Salt and pepper
Bring a big pan of water to the boil, add a teaspoon of salt and stir. Add the watercress, ensure it is submerged, cook for a minute or so, then drain in a colander. Run the wilted watercress under cold water, then squeeze it between two plates to remove all excess water. In a clean pot, bring the cream to the boil and simmer for a minute. Place the watercress in a liquidiser and, as it's whizzing around, slowly pour in the cream. The result should be a bright green purée . Reheat the watercress purée gently in a pan before serving.
Free-form apple and prune tart
For the pastry
250g plain flour
55g granulated sugar
240g cold unsalted butter, cubed
30ml cold water
For the filling
5 Bramley apples, peeled, cored and cut into thinnish slices or chunks
125g prunes, cut in half
1 tsp Armagnac (or brandy)
85g granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
First, make the pastry. Put the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl, and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the water gradually, until the whole combines into a single doughy lump. Bring the dough together, knead until smooth, then flatten into a circle, wrap in cling-film and leave to rest for at least an hour (alternatively, you can make the pastry in a food processor).
To make the tart, place a baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 190C/375F/ gas mark 5. Roll out the pastry into a round of roughly 35cm in diameter and the thickness of a £1 coin, and trim the edges to give you a neat circle shape. Lift this on to a greased baking tray, and brush all over with beaten egg.
Place the apples, prunes, all but a couple of spoonfuls of the sugar and the Armagnac in a bowl, and mix together. Place this mixture in the centre of the pastry round, leaving a 10cm border around the edge. Sprinkle a spoonful of sugar over the fruit, then fold up the edges of the pastry to form the sides of the tart.
Tidy up the tart case as best you can, though there's no need to be too finicky - just eliminate any holes by squeezing the pastry together at weak points - then brush the sides of the tart with beaten egg and sprinkle over the last of the sugar. By this point, the pastry may have gone quite soft, so return to the fridge for 20 minutes to allow it to set.
Place the tart in the oven, on top of the preheated baking sheet (the heat generated by the sheet should help to make the bottom of the pastry crisp), and cook until the pastry is golden and the fruit soft - this will probably take about 30 minutes. Leave to rest for a few minutes before serving with lashings of double cream


It's that time of year again when the council focuses it's energies on next year's budget.
As ever, there are four crucial questions: how much money will we get from the Government, how much Council Tax will residents be asked to pay, how much money will the council raise from other charges, parking fines, for example, or bulky waste collection, and how will public services be affected by all this.
Personally, I think that we should raise Council Tax a little, perhaps by 3.5%, to maintain public services and fund some recession tool-kits for parents, older people, and others in the city most affected by recession.
But the Green Group's position is still under discussion - of course as it unfolds I'll post details here.
Meanwhile, there's a role for everybody, here. Bottom-up democracy works best when as many people as possible take part in the budgetary process: that's why Greens are in favour of participatory budgeting, essentially devolving cash to communities to spend for themselves on local priorities.
Of course participatory budgeting isn't on the Tory administration's agenda, but you can still express your views by taking part in a pre-budget survey which will reported to council along with the budget next year: http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1213294


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YOUNG people under 30 must discuss their dying wishes with their family amid the coronavirus pandemic, a doctor says.
Dr Asha Shajahan, who is treating Covid-19 patients, is urging people to have a conversation with their loved ones about what they would want if they became seriously unwell with the disease.
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It comes as medics from the World Health Organisation have said more young people are becoming critically ill with coronavirus, with increasing numbers needing intensive care.
Writing on HuffPost, Dr Shajahan said: "In my Covid-19 unit, patients have ranged from age 18 to 103. It’s doubtful the 18-year-old had thought much about her mortality prior to this.
"So while we are social distancing in our homes, it’s time to have that conversation that most of us have avoided ― or didn’t even know we needed to have."
She added: "Talking about death is horribly uncomfortable, but perhaps this pandemic is the harsh nudge we need."
It’s time to have that conversation that most of us have avoidedDr Asha Shajahan
Dr Shajahan issued her advice after revealing earlier this week, a 30-year-old patient with Covid-19 had passed away on a ventilator on her ward.
She revealed how the young man hadn’t laid out his end-of-life wishes, meaning his father decided his son shouldn't have any further treatment that would prolong the inevitable.
On the other hand, the patient's mother had wanted to try everything that could possibly be done to save his life.
Dr Shajahan pointed out that if his family knew what his dying wishes were it would have saved them from this "heartbreaking conflict".
She added that out of the 55 patients on her Covid-19 unit in Detroit, only one had an advance care planning document.
Dr Shajahan recommends making an end-of-life plan, writing it down, and having it available to discuss with your doctor.
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She says it might also be worthwhile speaking to a lawyer and learning how to make your wishes legally sound so if there is any kind of dispute between family members, there will be a clear path forward.
Just last month, Macmillan Cancer Support recommended people discuss all possible scenarios with those close to them amid the coronavirus outbreak - even those we are not "comfortable to talk about".
Adrienne Betteley, from the charity, told the BBC: "It is never too early to have conversations about advance care plans.
"We need to encourage people to start talking about their wishes as soon as possible."
Advance care planning
The NHS describes advance care planning as a process of discussion on your views, preferences and wishes about your future care.
Dr Rachel Clarke, author and palliative care specialist, also said it was even more important to discuss advance care plans at this uncertain time.
She said: "Why would anyone want to contemplate their own mortality right now when everyone could be threatened?
"But it is precisely that uncertainty that makes this the most important time for advanced care planning.
"Really advanced care planning amounts to nothing more complicated than having a think - with your nearest and dearest - about what would matter to you if you became so sick that you may die.
"Are you the kind of person who would want to go to hospital, to intensive care or would you want to stay at home?"
Dr Clarke pointed out that if you don't have these conversations and the worst does happen, you might not know exactly what your relative wanted.
The WHO have said that while older people are worst affected, there has been an increase in young people dying from the disease.
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s coronavirus technical lead, said: “We are seeing more and more younger individuals who are experiencing severe disease.”
Dr Van Kerkhove continued: “I should say, overall, most of the people who are experiencing severe disease and ending up in ICU are people of older age, and are people who have underlying conditions.
“But what we are seeing in some countries, individuals who are in their 30s, 40s and 50s who are in ICUs and have died."
She said that the WHO needs to “better understand” why young people were dying from coronavirus, adding “there are still many unknowns at this present time.”
The health experts’ warnings come as droves of youngsters have died from coronavirus in the UK in recent weeks.
Ismail, from Brixton, first showed symptoms on March 26, and was rushed to King’s College Hospital after having trouble breathing.
His relatives said the following day he tested positive for Covid-19 and was put on a ventilator.
He died in the early hours of Monday morning, and his family said they were “beyond devastated.”
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Mr Di Nicola, a chef from Nereto in Italy, also had no underlying health conditions.
He was taken to North Middlesex Hospital in north London, but died 30 minutes later from fulminant pneumonia.
There are currently 138,078 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK, and 18,738 have died.


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Lauren Zielinski is a Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the founder of a grassroots women’s health movement called New Moon Rising Events. New Moon Rising works in cities across the US to hold free, day-long workshops that foster discussion about reproductive health, political advocacy, natural medicine options, and community connections.
Hellloooo Ladies! Being a woman is the BEST in my opinion and you couldn’t pay me Beyonce’s annual salary for the rest of my life to trade places with a man. It’s no secret that those of us who have female reproductive organs deal with a handful of less than pleasant symptoms month in and month out. Instead of turning to pharmaceuticals in these moments of hormone-induced anguish, I suggest you stock up on these 5 natural herbs and supplements. They are all time and wise-women proven to remedy the common discomfort and irritability that occasionally come along with owning a uterus and vagina.
Often times we can avoid pharmaceuticals and heal directly from what the earth naturally gives us, which is amazing and always has me vibing on my inner witchy woman-ness. My personal vow when suffering from a health discomfort, (with all due respect to modern medicine), is to always try and heal naturally first, and having these remedies on hand makes it easy.
Give it a shot! But remember, every body is different, vastly complicated, and constantly changing. If something feels just not right, or you would rate your symptoms as more than a common discomfort, please seek treatment from a health provider to ensure all is well.
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Use this for: Nausea & Vomiting or Upset Stomach
How does it work? Ginger works as an anti-spasmodic (slows down the intestinal tract) when it’s irritated and contracting—which is what causes nausea and vomiting, as well as decreases the production of gas—which helps cut that bubbly upset tummy feeling.
Take it like this: Taking a tablespoon of ginger syrup is my personal favorite. Make sure you get the kind from a health food store for stomach upset—not the kind for cocktails. It does an excellent job coating the stomach and intestines, and I notice instant relief when I have a stomach-ache. You can also drink fresh and natural ginger tea, or chew on the crystallized ginger chews. Look out for processed sugary chews—the more raw and whole, the better.
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Use this for: Bloating & gas
How does it work? Similar to ginger, peppermint is also an anti-spasmodic and intestinal relaxant. It’s also good for nausea and vomiting. Peppermint works by allowing food, swallowed air, or built up gas to pass through the intestines more easily—relieving you of painful bloating and gas faster than if left alone.
Take it like this: Chew on a mint leaf (or two). Chewing on fresh mint leaves and then swallowing is a potent way to use this powerful herb. You can also drink fresh and natural peppermint tea.
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3. Chaste Tree Berry (aka Vitex)
Use this for: Mood swings and period related irritability
How does it work? Vitex is thought to balance hormones. Some research says vitex reduces the secretion of a hormone called prolactin, and works to level out high levels of estrogen and progesterone, which go up and down during your cycle. Reducing hormonal “swings” reduces mood swings, and makes this time of the month a little easier.
Take it like this: Ingest 240 mg by mouth every day. Research shows that using vitex through three cycles (that’s 3 months) helped relieve PMS symptoms in 50% of the women studied. Using either a tincture or a capsule will do. Try vitex for at least 3 months straight before you judge how it works. Since herbs are more gentle and natural than pharmaceuticals, they can take a bit longer to produce noticeable results.
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4. Red Raspberry Leaf
Use this for: Menstrual cramps & heavy periods
How does it work? Red Raspberry leaf is a longtime friend of females and the uterus. It contains an alkaloid called fragrine that relaxes and tones the uterus, causing cramps to hurt less. It also contains tannins which strengthen the uterus, and help to stop any heavy or irregular bleeding.
Take it like this: Drinking red raspberry leaf tea is the most comforting and easiest way to get this herb into your system. You can use it symptomatically when you have a bad period from time to time (drink it every day of your cycle). For chronic heavy bleeding and pain, I suggest brewing a super strong batch (10-15 teabags in a large pot of water) and then cooling in a pitcher in the refrigerator. Add it to your water bottle every day of your cycle before you head out the door, so you have constant ingestion of this toning herb.
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Use this for: Frequent UTI’s (urinary tract infections) *Note: cranberry does not treat a UTI you already have, although it does aid in clearing an infection when used with antibiotics. DO take daily cranberry supplements if you’re a woman who suffers from frequent UTI’s, as they have been proven to prevent infection.
How does it work? Cranberry changes the way that bacteria “sticks” to your urinary tract, which is a part of what causes a UTI.
Take it like this: Because it can be hard for some people to be sure they’re drinking cranberry juice every day, I recommend taking oral cranberry supplements. You can snag these at the health food store or online. Take 800 to 1,600 mg per day by mouth. You can also drink Cranberry Juice. If you do choose this route, get the most natural and pure version you can find. Skip the “cranberry juice cocktail” as it’s often watered down and chock full of sugar. The natural juice is often in glass bottle form, and *very* tart. Drink 10-16 ounces per day.
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Protecting the Pacific: Disaster Risk Managers to meet in Suva
In order to be better prepared, disaster managers from around the Pacific meet annually to share experiences and discuss ways to improve disaster risk management. This year their meeting is part of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) meeting to be held from 9th to 13th August at the Holiday Inn, Suva.
Mosese Sikivou, Manager of the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission’s (SOPAC) Community Risk Programme, said that since the Pacific Platform was set up in October 2008 this forum has been a valuable way to exchange information on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation initiatives across the region.
“This meeting will provide disaster managers the opportunity to network with partner organisations and learn how the latest developments in disaster risk management can enhance their work,” Mr Sikivou said. “These meetings help those involved in disaster management understand the challenges and issues, share ideas and be better positioned to collectively address issues in relation to vulnerability and risk.”
The Pacific Platform DRM meeting consists of two parts: the 16th Regional Disaster Managers Meeting (9th – 11th August) and the 5th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Disaster Risk Management Partnership Network (12th – 13th August).
The Regional Disaster Managers meeting is a forum that enables disaster managers from Pacific island countries the opportunity to discuss and define new and emerging challenges. This should subsequently allow for better Disaster Risk Management training and capacity building programmes that specifically target the heads of disaster offices and the disaster management support structures in the Pacific. This year’s meeting includes, for the first time, representatives from French Polynesia and Wallis & Futuna.
The Pacific Disaster Risk Management Partnership Network meeting that immediately follows, focuses on the theme: Enhancing the Implementation of the Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction & Disaster Management Framework for Action through a Multi Stakeholder Approach.
It brings together 37 development partners and donor organisations, including new partner organisations like Vodafone Fiji Limited, Femlink Pacific and the South Pacific Engineers Association. Participants will be able to share lessons learned from past experiences and gain insights from new partners.
“This multi-stakeholder approach brings together people from all sorts of backgrounds who can play a part in disaster risk management,” Mr Sikivou said. “Vodafone for example, is looking at ways to use their network to get out early warning text messages throughout Fiji. Exploring a multitude of avenues with different stakeholders enables us to find ways to ensure people are better prepared both before and after a disaster strikes.”
Pacific disaster managers will also have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of colleagues from the Caribbean with representatives from six Caribbean based organizations, through a United Nations Development Programme sponsored South-South exchange programme. Started in 2009, it aims to help Caribbean and Pacific small island developing states share technologies and best practices in relation to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. The programme has already seen two Pacific delegations visit the Caribbean in December 2009 and July 2010.
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Movie fans in Scottsdale are waiting for the release of "Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For" to theaters. On Monday, Feb. 18, Collider shared a new interview with one of the stars of the film, actress Jessica Alba. Getty Images also shared the latest photos of the actress. Check out the new photos by visiting the slide show. If you missed any of the previously released photos or details about this actress and her work, check out the related topics links on the left sidebar for more news.
Jessica Alba is ready to work with Robert Rodriguez on "Sin City 2." The project saw a number of delays, but the film is in production, and it is set for release this October. The actress spoke about the delays and her thoughts on the film with Collider. She said the following:
"I think like you every six months to a year it was like 'We’re going to do it, when’s the next one coming? Oh yeah, we’re going to do it. We’re going to do it. We’re going to do it.' And then at a certain point it was just like OK, I just didn’t believe it. It was like 'We’re going to start in the summer, we’re going to start in the fall' but then when we actually got the start date and I was there on the set it was like a dream."
The film features Jamie Chung, Bruce Willis, and Rosario Dawson. Both Willis and Dawson appeared in the first film. Photos of Josh Brolin filming and as his character on set were released over the weekend.
Fans are buzzing about this film and its pending release on social media. One fan said the following on Twitter recently:
Also, am I the only one excited for Sin City 2? Josh Brolin=Money. #SinCity2
Scottsdale residents will be able to see this film at the Harkins Scottsdale Fashion Square 7 or at another local theater in the area once it is released this October.


Chris Owens in 2003 warned about Atlantic Yards issues that linger: accountability, community usage, affordable tickets
Prove arena will work[He was quite right that some were bought off with promises.]
To the editor:
The fact that this grand plan has now been presented to the world without any community discussion or input is an outrage and, furthermore, does nothing to convince the arena’s opponents that there is good faith at work here. It would, however, be even worse to find out that some people actually WERE “in the room” regarding this proposal and behaved as surrogates for grassroots input.
...So with all of these concerns, how can Borough President Markowitz “buy me off”? (After all, that is the name of the game here and will be for many of the players.)
•Prove with numbers that this project is different from the economic and cultural disasters that have taken place in other cities ... and there HAVE been disasters.[The arena hasn't been an economic and cultural disaster, but consider how the hundreds of millions in subsidies and tax breaks might have gone, say, to keep libraries open and serve a broad cross-section of Brooklynites.]
•Create a Community Development Corporation with a representative, volunteer Board of Directors responsible for the operations of the project and the fulfillment of all obligations — including community input and involvement with meaningful planning and project performance evaluation.[This goes to the general issue of accountability. Advocates like BrooklynSpeaks have called for a new governance entity... and are still waiting.]
•Make all of this happen with NO public money AND with New York State getting the full value for the land it surrenders.[No public money might have been a stretch, since they always say it's needed for infrastructure. But why didn't the state and the city get fair market value for land they gave up? Why wasn't the value of naming rights calculated in a cost-benefit analysis?]
Put those land transfer proceeds in a trust governed by the CDC and the communities impacted by this project.
•Provide a community usage plan for the arena. In fact, this proposal should be considered only in the context of a greater articulated vision for all of Brooklyn. Even with all of the rhetoric, a more specific vision for the borough and this city has yet to emerge.[This was promised as part of the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA): ten events a year, managed by CBA partner Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Alliance. It didn't happen in the first year of operations but is supposed to happen next year.]
•Present a ticket-pricing plan for Nets games that is affordable and sustainable for all residents of Brooklyn — including for the playoffs and championship series.[Arena boosters made a big deal out of the promised 2000 $15 Nets tickets, which were barely available. Next season the price goes up to $25.]
•Present a plan for ensuring that at least 80 percent of all employees (principals, contractor and subcontractor for construction and for operations) related to this project will be residents of Brooklyn, no less than 80 percent of the employed Brooklyn residents are people of color and that no less than 60 percent of those people of color are of African descent. No excuses.[Such percentages likely were unrealistic to many, but consider them a starting point for bargaining. Fact is, we still don't have reliable figures on employment and contracting, because the developer never hired an Independent Compliance Monitor required by the CBA.]
•Mr. Ratner and his firm receive no compensation for their involvement with this project.[This was seemingly tongue-in-cheek, but remember how sports columnist Ian O'Connor suggested that, if the arena was really about Brooklyn, they should've named it for Jackie Robinson.]
(After all, this is about Brooklyn, right?)
If Borough President Markowitz, Mayor Bloomberg and Bruce Ratner can create this covenant with us, then I’m willing to talk about an arena.
— Chris Owens, Prospect Heights


22nd Shaheedi Tournament Recognition Event
Yenda Producers were invited to receive acknowledgement and recognition for supporting the 22nd Shaheedi Tournament (Sikh Games) in Griffith, along with a number of other local businesses. The event was held at the Sikh Temple (Cnr Kidman Way and Rae Road) on Sunday 22nd July 2018. Peter and Roxanne attended on behalf of Yenda Producers.
The day was very informative and the Sikh community made Peter and Roxanne most welcome. Both were privileged to be given an in-depth tour and commentary on the temple, the local Sikh community and the Sikh’s values and way of life. In addition to the tour and the acknowledgement of sponsors, the pair were also treated to a traditional meal in the communal kitchen at the temple.
The Sikh games, held over the June long weekend, reportedly injected $3.9 million into the local economy (Area News 18/6/2018) and from the games, the Sikh community was able to donate money to the Griffith Base Hospital. The Sikh community is very much a part of our local community and represents the second largest migrant population in our local area after the Italians.
The day was a great event and the Yenda Producers team look forward to the 23rd Shaheedi Games in 2019.


American Health Care Act
We’ve now seen the reality of Ryan – Boehner “show vote” government and it looks an awful lot like government by a less intelligent and less articulate version of the Democrats.
It’s time for the President to change the password on his Twitter account and focus his efforts on fulfilling his promise to pass a bill that will actually do what Ryancare never will – lower premiums for the forgotten Americans the Freedom Caucus represents.
The change in tone in Sean Spicer's White House press briefing is a very important piece of trail craft that tells us Priebus’ influence is waning and that the Ryancare disaster has shown just how out of his depth the White House Chief of Staff is, given that his primary qualification for the job was his long home state relationship with Speaker Paul Ryan.
Conservatives are getting next to nothing in the #Ryancare bill. It’s time for conservatives and for President Trump to take his own deal making advice and walk away from this disaster – there are better deals available and the price of giving illegal aliens taxpayer subsidized health care is way too high. We urge CHQ readers to contact House Freedom Caucus members to urge them to stand tall against bullying from establishment Republican Speaker Paul Ryan.
The House votes today on #Ryancare. In his desperation to maintain federal government control of the health insurance and health care markets establishment Republican Speaker Paul Ryan is turning more and more to the ugly corruption of the Democrats’ former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. We urge CHQ readers to contact their Representative to demand they vote NO on this corrupt disaster.
Here’s hoping all of that information about the mess of Obamacare Rep. David Schweikert has shared over the years inspires him to keep his promise to not support measures that do not successfully and smartly repeal and replace the worst health care bill in history.
Much as we’d like President Trump to succeed, providing subsidized health care to illegal aliens is too steep a price for conservatives to pay to support the President in his optimistic push to use Speaker Paul Ryan’s disastrous Obamacare 2.0, Rinocare or #Ryancare bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The only parts of Obamacare establishment Republicans want to repeal are the parts in the current House bill, they are perfectly happy to keep the regulations and other Big Government parts of Obamacare and have no intention of establishing a free market health care and health care insurance system.
#RYNOCare is destined for failure and we conservatives need to call and tweet House Freedom Caucus members today to tell them to stand firm against this bill, and that we’ve got their backs when the establishment comes after them!
Ryancare is a twofer for Ryan: He and his big government DC pals continue to control people’s lives by controlling the health care and health insurance markets and they screw Trump in the process.
American Action Network, a political action committee with ties to former Speaker John Boehner and current Speaker Paul Ryan, is airing a half-million dollars’ worth of television ads in the districts of 30 Freedom Caucus members urging them to support Paul Ryan's #RINOcare bill.
Eight years after Obama and Pelosi set out to pass Obamacare, Republican Speaker Paul Ryan and Republican President Donald Trump are embarked on similar path that, if it continues, will have disastrous political consequences for the Trump and Republican brands.


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Due process is a critical component and a guarantee afforded by the United States Constitution.
Of course, current events have shown that the constitution has has limited support from the cowards in congress. (Hint: the word is IMPEACHMENT) Inaction and a lack of oversight by congress into the executive operations has allowed the federal buraeucracy to operate with impunity. Adding to this, property forfeiture under the guise of criminal deterrence has been the source of income for local law enforcement that sells its soul to the justice department. From a Detroit News Editorial
"Since the U.S. Department of Justice's Asset Forfeiture Fund was established in 1986, the federal government has used property forfeiture to deter criminal activity and to incentivize local governments to cooperate with federal anti-drug and anti-terrorism efforts. Under the 2001 Patriot Act, Congress expanded civil forfeiture to include cash transactions, requiring banks to report deposits of more than $10,000 to detect terror-related money-laundering schemes.Unfortunately innocent business owners have been paying the price for such over zealous efforts.
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