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Earlier this month, I sat down with Steam Deck designers Greg Coomer and Lawrence Yang to talk about Valve's new portable handheld PC. It's without doubt one of the most exciting things to happen in PC gaming in recent years - I'm certainly looking forward to it, and I know many of you are as well. While Covid restrictions meant I couldn't go and see it in person like many other media outlets, I did get to talk with Coomer and Yang about the Steam Deck's hardware, design, and future-proofing over Zoom instead. You may have already seen a few snippets from our conversation appear on the site in recent weeks, but here's the interview in full.
In it, I ask them about the origins of the Steam Deck, what you can expect from its dedicated dock, whether 4K-capable handhelds like the hotly-rumoured Switch Pro are even realistic right now, what games they're most looking forward to playing on the Steam Deck themselves, and much more.
How's the reception been so far for you? Are you pleased, shocked, surprised by the reaction to the Steam Deck?
Greg Coomer (GC): We and the team are just generally both excited and pleased by the reaction. For us, we've been working on this for quite a while, so it's exciting just to have everybody be able to experience it. But generally, yes, we're really pleased with the response.
Lawrence Yang (LY): Yeah, internally we've been really excited about this product since its inception, and to see the world at large, the internet at large, also be excited about it is really gratifying.
At what point did you first start thinking about making the Steam Deck? You've said in the past, both in terms of your software and your hardware, that you only ever tend to do or make something if it's going to advance the ecosystem as a whole - so what was it that prompted you to start thinking "handheld PC gaming is the future"?
GC: Actually, we've been discussing a device like this for several years, and one of the things that's definitely true about it is that it's the culmination of a bunch of different past products and explorations. Even back when we were mostly focused on things like the Steam Controller or a streaming device, it really always was a handheld PC, was really always something we were discussing back, you know, several years ago. But a bunch of things had to come true first for it to be viable in our eyes, and one of the main ones was just that we really wanted to put the Steam catalogue first.
We weren't really interested in making a handheld device that couldn't play all the games on Steam. We tossed around the idea of making something that was based on a very different architecture - you know, something that was not an x86 kind of PC-like solution - but that would have diverged quite a ways from a device that was fundamentally designed to play the games that were already on Steam.
So only just recently when we've been working with AMD did we really think it became possible to bring a product to market that had the performance envelope that was correct to play the latest triple-A games and do it really well, and do it in a small form factor without, you know, melting, and we're really happy with what we've been able to achieve. If we had tried to do it even a couple of years ago, it would have been a lot more difficult.
You've said the Steam Deck can play all games in the Steam library, but do you believe that all games are 'made' for handheld play? There's always been a distinction between handheld and big screen gaming. Was 'every game' always the goal, or was there ever any discussion about whether it could just be the 'ultimate indie game' machine?
GC: Although we did discuss versions of the device that would be more appropriate for, say, lower spec games, that was never really a prominent thrust of our work. It wasn't really interesting to a lot of people who work here.
LY: Yeah, I would agree. We wanted a device that would be powerful enough to handle anything that you threw at it, and if you wanted to play a really high fidelity game on it, you could. That said, you're right, some games are better or designed specifically for controllers, and those kinds of games will just naturally play really well on Deck. There are other games that were maybe designed with mouse and keyboard in mind, and for those kinds of games we have additional inputs like the trackpad, gyro and the back buttons, and the touchscreen, which can help to fill that gap, and if developers want to take the extra step and also integrate Steam Input, that's another way those games can be played better. And again, it's like a PC, so if a customer wants to plug a keyboard and mouse into it to play those games that way, then that's also something they can definitely do.
Since the Steam Deck's initial reveal, you've said you're targeting a high-end PC gaming audience - an audience that's different to Nintendo Switch players. But I'm also curious about whether you see the Steam Deck as a budget, entry-level PC as well? Once the dock's available, do you envision this becoming a viable first PC option for people?
GC: A lot of people internally are excited about that, so yes, I think it's going to be determined by just how people generally in the real world use the device and who ends up buying it. We don't have a strong prediction that a bunch of people are going to choose it as their first PC, but as a lot of people choose to upgrade their existing PCs, we feel fairly confident that Steam Deck will be a choice that they make, because it's so capable and it does so many other things that people will just do with their default PC right now, that probably as they upgrade machines, I think Steam Deck will be one of the...
LY: Yes, I definitely think it's a viable choice. You can do everything you'd do on a PC with it, and it's just a little PC that you can plug stuff into.
Will the dock output at a higher resolution?
GC: It does, yeah. It delivers both DisplayPort and HDMI, and the resolution goes quite a bit higher.
LY: It's not the dock specifically that lets it output at a higher resolution. You can plug any HDMI to USB-C adapter into this and it can output at 4K.
GC: That's right, any device that can convert directly from this unit will output and display at a higher resolution.
Is it possible to actually play games at a higher resolution with the Deck's current hardware?
GC: It definitely depends on the game once you go to a really high resolution. It's like any other PC in that way where if you push it hard in that direction, there are many games that would start to go way below our target frame rate of even 30fps.
LY: And just like any other PC and other PC games, you can tweak settings. If you want to output to a 4K monitor and lower the textures, it will probably run fine.
With technology moving forward all the time, at what point do you draw the line and say, "This is it"? I can imagine there's always a temptation to wait for a better battery, a better CPU, better storage...
LY: It's like the age-old hardware question. It's always like, 'Oh, if we wait another half a year or a few months, then we can have this part instead." But I think, like Greg said, a couple of years ago we couldn't have made this device because it would have been either too unwieldy, or too power hungry, or too hot. But because of our partnership with AMD, we're able to get this really high performance APU, we felt this was the moment that we could assemble all the parts and create this device in a form factor and performance that we're really happy with.
GC: I think the answer also to your question is particularly interesting at Valve a lot of the time, because we are relatively recently a hardware company, and our DNA is really in software where upgrading stuff, it takes as long as writing some code and shipping it on the internet. So the people who work here, you know, we've hired a ton of experts in the hardware field who have all been slowly teaching us, 'You can't really operate the same way in hardware and just upgrade things whenever you feel like it.'
So your question about when do you draw the line, I think it's often extra interesting at Valve because so many of us want to treat even this device like a platform that can just be upgraded at will, and we can just, you know, why not upgrade it every three months? Obviously, that wouldn't be the best service that we would do for game developers or customers if we tried to operate that way. We're already looking ahead to the future because we believe this is a product line that will have a long life, so of course we're thinking about what would we build next, and we're starting to make plans in those directions. But there is not a design for Steam Deck 2, but we're thinking along those lines and having conversations already about where would we draw the line for our next iteration of the device.
It's exciting that you've gone with AMD for the Steam Deck's internals, as I've always been impressed with their APUs over the years. Did you ever experiment with an Nvidia chip in any of your early prototypes as well?
GC: Yes, we've been experimenting with hardware from a bunch of companies, other GPUs and other CPU solutions, but really there wasn't something we really considered viable until we were able to actually collaborate with AMD, and they had a roadmap that included this low TDP, low power envelope, but maintaining the high performance, and it just worked. You know, their parts weren't exactly right for this device because of course this category didn't exist and there are some features we rely on heavily that we worked with them on, having to do with low power and save states, and things like that.
Do you think 4K-capable handhelds like the hotly rumoured (but still non-existent) Switch Pro are actually realistic at this point in time?
GC: I think we did find what we considered a sweet spot around this screen size and the readability you can achieve on it. I guess for a lot of the games we're running on this device, it isn't at the moment for all the things we want this device to do, so it seems like that's probably something that would come down the road, but we weren't really very concerned with that for this generation of the device. It was not... achieving 4K and having a display that runs at that resolution wasn't really a design target for us.
LY: And it wouldn't have been worth the trade-off. Technically, it probably is possible to create a device of this size that can output at 4K...
GC: And run all these games...
LY: Right, but what would that device actually look like? How long could it run those games? How hot would it get? It's a lot of balancing and we're actually really happy with where this is right now. You know, technology marches forward. Maybe in a year or two we actually will have something that becomes more possible.
How important do you think super-sampling and upscaling technologies like FSR and DLSS will be to the future of both the Steam Deck and PC gaming as a whole?
GC: I think they're just part of the expectation that customers have of devices like this. I mean, this is a very capable PC, and if we're leaving those features out of either this device or updates to this device or our roadmap going forward, it wouldn't really make sense to all the gamers that make decisions about where they want to play games and so those things are absolutely important and we're going to continue to focus on them.
You've already said that the Steam Deck will have all the available settings and PC options you'd normally have on desktop, but are you also offering guidance to developers about optimisation, font sizes, UI scaling etc?
GC: Yes, I think guidance is the right word. And so we're putting that together really right now. We're already talking to developers about it, everything that we've learned so far about what works well on this device and what APIs they should target. Steam Input is a big one. But even at the level you're describing, what works for readability and usability of the device, we definitely have guidance and we're starting to talk to developers about that.
In your eyes, what's the next big hurdle for PC gaming hardware, and how is the Steam Deck equipped to handle that? How much futureproofing is built into it?
GC: Well, I think one of the things that puts us in a good position conceptually is just that we haven't tailor made the device in a narrow way to accomplish what the device is doing to play these games. It is a general purpose, high performance with a strong CPU and GPU solution, and the kinds of innovations that come to PC gaming, or new features for graphics rendering or anything in that category. There's nothing about this device that's overly narrow or that would preclude those new features from running. So the performance envelope we're really happy with, but we're also really happy with how generically applicable this device is to new technologies that come along, and how we've not had to design it in ways that are technically narrow that would preclude anything like that from happening. So in a broad way, I think we're generally well positioned to be somewhat futureproof, but also we just look at this as a long product line that will have successive generations where we'll be looking at new opportunities to bring new features, whether it's AMD or whoever we're working with.
LY: And one of the ways in that it is more futureproof for us is because we made the hardware, we made the software and the OS. At all levels, we can update and change things as needed so if it requires an OS update, a firmware update, or whatever future features that might require different things, we actually have the ability to do that.
GC: Related to that, we talked about how this device is somewhat a culmination of our past experiences in hardware and software, we've made a point to try really hard to treat our various hardware products as things we update very often, whether it's the software side or the firmware side. And for sure, this device is just going to get the same treatment that Steam customers are used to in bringing new features to it well after launch. Launch is just the beginning of what we see as bringing features to customers on this device. So there's a sort of inherent futureproofing that Valve tries to operate with all the time, where customers can expect new functionality and features to arrive on the device during the whole course of its life.
Can you give us an idea about what those kinds of features might be?
GC: Well, in the past, things like the Steam Controller, there were updates that brought on whole new feature sets. We had a latent gyroscope that was embedded in the Steam Controller that was not actually functional until the Steam Controller had been out for a while, and then we shipped an update that changed the firmware to turn that functionality on. There isn't something secret embedded in the Steam Deck that we're going to turn on later, but I think the kinds of things that have been, you know, over the years have been brought as features to Steam are the same kinds of things that will be brought as features to Steam Deck.
It relies heavily on all the cloud technology that's built into the Steam backend; streaming from another PC is a thing this device can do, there are some scenarios where you'd want to do that, like you could avoid installing a game twice and save some battery if you're sitting in the same room as the PC that you're running on... Those scenarios, they work right now, but we're going to ship ways that make those scenarios easier and easier. Other things are like suspend and resume sessions where I'm sitting at a desktop PC playing a game and I want to seamlessly continue my game I was having on my Steam Deck, and there are actually multiple ways to do that - with a quick save to the cloud, or I could pick up where I left off by streaming from that device if I've got good bandwidth. All those things again, they already work, but we're going to be shipping updates that target those scenarios and make them as seamless as possible. We'll do a lot of that work before launch, but some of it we're going to keep iterating on all those kinds of things after launch, and I think there are many of those features that we will think of once customers have devices in their hands.
LY: And we fully expect that a lot of the updates that we will be making to the device, especially from a software standpoint is, once people have these in their hands, we're going to be hearing customer feedback and listening to what people are doing and what they would like to do. And just like Steam itself, we'll listen and we want to make customers happy.
GC: A lot of the time when we're designing stuff like Steam Deck, we feel like we're doing it somewhat in the dark, until the devices are actually being used by customers. And then we feel really relieved as we feel so much more intelligent because we have the information about what people are actually doing with the device and what they're saying they want, so to us, we get a little bit uncomfortable when we work on something like this for so long in an insular way, just inside the walls of our company, so it's actually kind of a relief and exciting for us to just push it out the door and have developers, journalists and soon Steam Beta testers using the device.
What games are you most looking forward to playing on Steam Deck yourselves?
GC: There's one answer, which is what are Valve people generally playing, and what has been good for testing, but if you're asking us more personally… I think there are a lot of games that fall into what people sometimes call a cosier kind of category, where they're slower, they tend to be indie games, they're not super high performance, but they're quirkier or story-driven… I've just been playing a bunch of those things that I don't tend to play when I sit down at a gaming rig or a big desktop machine. For myself, I find them really inviting to have a more intimate experience when I'm sitting on a sofa, driving it by myself on a smaller scale. But a lot of the people at Valve are not using the device in that way, and they're spending all their time instead on definitely games that push the envelope on performance far more than that.
LY: I actually do a little bit of both. Like the cosy playing, I'll sit on the couch at home and play Stardew Valley again, for the fourth time, and then I've also been playing through Jedi: Fallen Order. It runs great on the device, so it's been really fun to play that. Yeah, I think during the pandemic especially, it's been really great to have a way to play games that doesn't feel like you're sitting in the exact same place in your house for 18 hours everyday. So you can play computer games away from your computer, and that's been a huge relief for me specifically, but also for a lot of people on the team, it's been a side benefit of working on this project.


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My understanding is that with APFS, volumes exist inside containers, and the volumes all grow as much as needed, as long as there is space in the container.
But I want to limit the space for the volumes. I have a 2TB disk with two volumes - one for Time Machine and one for general storage. I don't want the Time Machine volume to take the entire physical disk. Sadly, there is no way (in macOS 11 Big Sur) to delete Time Machine snapshots, so I need to limit its space by limiting the size of the volume.

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Congress-CPM tie-up again. But will it work in Bengal local polls?
The CPI(M)-Congress alliance in West Bengal, which failed to garner many votes in the 2016 assembly elections, is once again up for a test in the upcoming municipal elections as the two parties have decided to join hands once more.
Municipal elections will be held in Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Mirik in the hills, Domkal in Murshidabad, Pujali in South 24 Parganas and Raigunj in North Dinajpur on 14 May.
The CPI(M) took the decision to work with the Congress once more after it was noted during a state-level party meeting that its organizational strength is at an all time low. The alliance, leaders believe, could help regain some seats.
A senior CPI(M) leader said that the seat sharing for all the municipalities is yet to be finalised, but at Raigunj, the CPI(M) will fight for 9 out 18 seats. The Congress will fight for the other 9 seats.
Battling the BJP and AITC
Ashok Bhattacharya, a CPI(M) leader from Darjeeling district, said, “With the rise of Hindutva forces, communalism and religious polarisation, the alliance between CPI(M) and Congress might be beneficial as both the parties are opposing the ruling AITC government for their secret understanding with the BJP.”
The alliance has two main issues at hand that need to be tackled: large scale defections of party workers to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the rise of the BJP in West Bengal – the party just recently became the principal Opposition in the state.
On 18 April, Congress councilor Sandip Biswas and 10 other councilors of the Congress joined the AITC camp.
Deepa Dasmunsi, Congress leader and general secretary of Pradesh Congress Committee said, “AITC is trying to poach our leaders by threatening them and we have already convened a meeting at Raigunj to stem erosion in the party camp and party’s vote bank.”
The state leadership of the CPI(M) has also yet to communicate the existence of the alliance to the central leadership. This is a touchy topic, because after the alliance failed during the 2016 elections, a section of CPI(M) party’s hardliner members felt that the alliance was a wrong decision as it was a deviation from their tactical line.
During the election, the alliance failed miserably in the state with the Left Front bagging 33 out of 294 Assembly seats. The All India Trinamool Congress won 211 seats.
Despite that, some party members feel the alliance will benefit in the long term considering CPI(M)’s weak organisational strength in various districts.
On 23 April, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is scheduled to hold meetings with the party workers at Kurseong in the hills.

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When you own a car, it’s crucial to be vigilant about potential issues that could result in damage or safety risks. One of the most common problems that car owners encounter is an oil leak. An oil leak occurs when the engine’s oil escapes from its designated area, leading to engine damage and creating a potential fire hazard.
Addressing an oil leak promptly is of utmost importance. Neglecting to fix an oil leak can result in engine damage, road safety hazards, and costly repairs and maintenance. Taking a proactive approach to address this issue ensures the longevity and safety of your car.
Causes of an Oil Leak in a Car
Wear and Tear of Engine Components
One of the most common reasons for an oil leak in a car is the gradual deterioration of engine components over time. With age, these parts start to break down, losing their effectiveness and resulting in oil leakage.
Faulty Gaskets or Seals
Gaskets and seals play a vital role in ensuring that the engine’s oil remains contained. However, over time, these components can become damaged or worn, leading to oil leaks. This problem is particularly prevalent in older vehicles but can occur in any car.
Overfilled or Underfilled Oil Levels
If you’re unsure how to check your car’s oil levels, it’s important to learn how to do so. Overfilling or underfilling the oil can cause leaks. Overfilling leads to excessive pressure, while underfilling can cause overheating and engine damage.
Incorrect Oil Type or Viscosity
Using the wrong type or viscosity of oil can also contribute to oil leaks in a car. To ensure smooth operation and prevent problems, follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for oil selection. If you’re unsure, consult your owner’s manual or a trusted mechanic.
In the next section, we’ll discuss the signs of an oil leak in a car so that you can identify if you’re experiencing this issue.
Signs of an Oil Leak in a Car
Have you recently noticed any of the following signs in your car? They could be indications of an oil leak, and it’s important not to overlook them.
Oil Spots on the Ground
Dark, black spots on the ground where you park your car are a significant indicator of an oil leak. The oil will drip from the engine, leaving behind greasy spots on the ground.
Burning Smell from the Engine
If you detect a burning oil smell, it’s a clear sign of a leak. The odor arises when the oil comes into contact with hot engine components, resulting in burning.
Reduced Oil Pressure
Low oil pressure shown on your car’s oil pressure gauge could be due to an oil leak. Low oil pressure can lead to engine damage, so addressing the issue promptly is essential.
Engine Warning Light
The presence of the engine warning light indicates a problem with your car. If the light remains illuminated, an oil leak could be the cause. Have your car inspected by a professional mechanic as soon as possible.
In the next section, we’ll explore the dangers of neglecting an oil leak in your car.
The Risks of Ignoring an Oil Leak in Your Car
An oil leak in your car should never be ignored. Failing to address the issue can lead to severe risks, including engine damage and failure, road safety hazards, and expensive repairs and maintenance.
Engine Damage and Failure
When an oil leak occurs, the lack of lubrication causes friction between the engine parts, leading to overheating, warping, and other damage. If left unattended, the engine may eventually cease functioning entirely, necessitating a costly engine replacement.
Safety Hazards on the Road
An oil leak can create dangerous conditions on the road. As the oil spreads, it creates slippery surfaces, increasing the risk of accidents. Additionally, if the oil reaches the exhaust system, it can ignite and cause a fire, endangering both you and other drivers.
Expensive Repairs and Maintenance
Ignoring an oil leak can result in costly repairs and maintenance. If the leak persists, it can damage other engine components, leading to even more expensive repairs. Regular maintenance and prompt addressing of the issue can help prevent these expenses.
Don’t wait until it’s too late to deal with an oil leak in your car. In the next section, we’ll explore how you can fix the issue and prevent future leaks.
How to Fix an Oil Leak in a Car
If you’ve identified an oil leak in your car, it’s crucial to take immediate action to resolve the problem. Here are some steps you can take to address the issue:
Inspect and Identify the Source of the Leak
To fix an oil leak, the first step is to determine where it’s coming from. Check beneath your car for any oil spots or signs of leakage. If you are unable to locate the source, consider taking your car to a professional mechanic for a thorough inspection.
Replace Faulty Parts or Seals
Once you’ve pinpointed the source of the leak, it’s essential to replace any faulty parts or seals contributing to the problem. Common culprits for an oil leak include gaskets, oil pan bolts, or a damaged oil filter. An experienced mechanic can replace these components, ensuring your car operates smoothly.
Use High-Quality Oil and Maintain Correct Oil Levels
Using high-quality oil and maintaining the correct oil level helps prevent oil leaks. Consult your car’s owner’s manual to determine the recommended oil type and viscosity. It’s vital to avoid overfilling or underfilling the oil levels, as this can result in leakage.
Regular Maintenance and Check-ups
Regular maintenance and check-ups play a pivotal role in preventing oil leaks. Schedule routine oil changes and inspections to ensure everything operates correctly. This proactive approach can save you time and money by avoiding potential engine damage and road safety hazards.
By following these steps, you can prevent and resolve oil leaks in your car. Remember, addressing the issue promptly saves you time, money, and ensures your car’s longevity.
In conclusion, an oil leak in a car demands immediate attention. Addressing the issue promptly is vital to prevent engine damage, road safety hazards, and expensive repairs and maintenance.
By familiarizing yourself with the causes and signs of an oil leak and maintaining a proactive approach to maintenance and inspections, you can ensure your car remains healthy and safe. Remember, prevention is key to maintaining your car’s well-being.
At Auto Oil And Fluid, we’re dedicated to providing useful tips, tricks, and promotions for car enthusiasts. For more information on maintaining your car’s health, visit our website.
Don’t overlook an oil leak in your car. Take action today to ensure your vehicle remains in top condition for years to come.


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Today I'd like to highlight the work a new Etsy artist: August Wren. The New York-based artist combines digital photo manipulation with watercolor and drawings to create her unique artwork. Her shop has been open a little less than a month, but I imagine her artwork will be flying off the virtual shelves in the near future. It's just so charming, and it just makes me happy.
Watering all those Flowers

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What I Do Best!
A Book Celebrating Doing This Well]Book - 2006
The kids inWHAT I DO BESTall have unique talents. Some sing and dance, while others can fold a basket of laundry in two minutes flat. Some paint (each in their own distinctive style), while others do a super job caring for the household pets. Even better, this entertaining book features pull tabs, touch and feel elements, fun flaps, and more.From the author and illustrator team that brought you the best-sellingWHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME!,WHAT I DO BESTbuilds self esteem by celebrating the fact that every child does something well. Whether a child excels at sports, computers or folding laundry, there's a gold trophy for every one! This book is filled with fun novelties and gold foil.
Publisher: Pleasantville, NY Reader's Digest Children's Books c2006
Branch Call Number: JP BOARD Zobel 3564
Characteristics: 1 v. (unpaged),col. ill.
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New System Enables Patients to Locate and ‘Match Up’ with their Ideal Physician
CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA —June 23, 2015—Today Body1, Inc., a leader in digital marketing solutions for healthcare, launched a new cloud-based system for connecting patients with suitable, short-listed physicians, based on the patient’s specific needs and criteria.
Body1’s Physician Finder™ System (PFS) allows patients with specific medical needs to find the best physicians and clinics to treat them. As a unique offering in the market today, this advanced finder seamlessly integrates social and mobile capabilities, with big data analytics, to facilitate optimum physician selection.
"Patients and families have a pressing need to find—and engage—the right physician, clinic or other expert for their personal health needs. To date,patients struggle, and that need has not been met by current solutions which are available in the market,” said Chris Messina, CEO of Body1, Inc. “Our experience at Body1, in connecting online with millions of health consumers, clinicians, and innovators, has highlighted this urgent need to improve physician and patient ‘matching’. Consequently, we have shaped a solution to meet these needs—to best match consumers, clinicians, and health care innovators alike."
The Physician Finder System is currently matching over 30,000 local physicians with patients across 15 countries. In just one example in a current Physician Finder implementation, patients are empowered to connect with innovative global cancer treatment specialists. Another deployment of the Physician Finder System helps patients in the United States connect with local vascular surgeons for varicose vein surgery.
The Physician Finder System is scalable from two to 2 million clinicians or practitioners, per implementation. Organizations ranging in size from large medical technology firms and integrated hospital networks to walk-in clinics and small medical device manufacturers are all expected to benefit by utilizing the Physician Finder System for revenue growth.
“My team and I have analyzed ground-breaking medical technology for over 30 years,” said Dawn VanDam, President and CEO of One Million Solutions in Health™. “In our opinion, Body1’s Physician Finder™ System is a completely innovative and disruptive approach to solving a critical health problem. By leveraging advanced software and cloud technology, Body1 has built the most robust way for a patient to find the ideal physician for their specific situation or medical condition.”
Body1’s Physician Finder™ System is one of the solutions in its Expert Locator™ Suite, which also encompasses tools for locating health clinics and medical suppliers. More information is available at Body1.net/PhysicianFinder or by calling 617-576-9400.
Body1 is a medical software firm based in Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA USA). It provides revenue-generating digital platforms for medical marketing and education. Body1’s fully-integrated solutions start with interactive strategy formulation, and then continue from software development through to search engine optimization (SEO). Body1’s mission is to “Connect People with the Health Information that Matters Most to Them”.

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Environmental & Climate Justice
"Despite producing a disproportionately tiny fraction of emissions, Black, brown, and Indigenous communities are left to deal with the brunt of sea level rise, polluted air and water, and exposure to toxic chemicals as a result of environmental racism and redlining. However, organizations focused on climate justice can help fill the gap that politicians and companies have created."
GreenLifeNH is committed to learning from local, national and global environmental & climate justice leaders and activists. We are committed to supporting their work, amplifying their voices, and highlighting the environmental justice issues in New Hampshire. Please join us by letting us know about environmental justice issues and/or organizations & activists in your community.
Why does Climate Justice matter? Hear from the experts.
What is Environmental Justice?
Environmental Justice is a social movement seeking to achieve the fair and equitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens associated with economic production". The movement began in the United States in the 1980s and was heavily influenced by the American civil rights movement.
In the United States, communities of color and low-income communities disproportionately bear the environmental burden of pollution, industrial production and processing facilities, power plants and landfills, and are hardest hit by effects of the climate crisis. Simultaneously, these communities have fewer resources to respond to the effects of these burdens, with less political power and representation, and all while facing inadequate health care and access to healthy food. Furthermore, these communities do not receive the environmental benefits of parks, gardens and green spaces, or the leverage in which to demand these benefits.
Environmental justice is defined as "a social movement seeking to achieve the fair and equitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens associated with economic production". The movement began in the United States in the 1980s and was heavily influenced by the American civil rights movement.
"Climate justice occurs when those who have the most resources to address the climate crisis actually use them to protect vulnerable communities. Climate justice is a part of environmental justice."
- The Solutions Project
What is Climate Justice?
Climate justice is a concept that addresses the just division, fair sharing, and equitable distribution of the benefits and burdens of climate change and responsibilities to deal with climate change.
Although GreenLifeNH's environmental efforts focus locally in New Hampshire it is critical to acknowledge the global impact of climate crisis especially when it comes to climate justice. Nations in the majority world (aka "developing world" or "global south") are by far the hardest hit by climate change and also the least responsible. Research from the Center for Global Development shows that industrialized nations including the United States, the European Union and Russia are overwhelmingly responsible for the climate crisis, having produced 79 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution. Climate vulnerable nations have fewer resources to combat the devastating impact of the climate disaster and leaders and activists have pressed world leaders that "words are no longer enough" as the climate crisis intensifies. At COP26, Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti's insisted: “Every moment you delay, more people will suffer.”
“Those who are most affected and have the fewest resources to adapt to climate change are also the least responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions—both globally and within the United States.” - University of Colorado Environmental Center
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The Indigenous Environment Network aims to “protect the sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining, and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws,” not just in the United States, but globally. A lot of its work is helping tribal governments develop techniques and mechanisms to exert their sovereignty in order to best protect the land.
Black Millennials For Flint (#BM4F) is a national environmental justice and civil rights organization with the purpose of bringing like-minded organizations together to collectively take action and advocate against the crisis of lead exposure specifically in African American & Latinx communities throughout the nation. Our roots began as a programming initiative within Thursday Network—Greater Washington Urban League Professionals led by LaTricea Adams, Founder, President and CEO of Black Millennials for Flint.
Our mission is to achieve environmental justice and healthy, sustainable communities through collective action and the law. CRPE is a national environmental justice organization providing legal, organizing, and technical assistance to grassroots groups in low-income communities and communities of color.
The Solutions Project aims to protect disadvantaged communities. We work to create an equitable society for women, Black people, Indigenous communities, and other communities of color. As a result, society as a whole is more prepared for climate change.
Environmental and climate justice is a civil rights issue. We all depend on the physical environment and its bounty.
Toxic facilities, like coal-fired power plants and incinerators, emit mercury, arsenic, lead, and other contaminants into the water, food, and lungs of communities. Many of these same facilities also emit carbon dioxide and methane — the No. 1 and No. 2 drivers of climate change. But not all people are equally impacted. Race — even more than class — is the number one indicator for the placement of toxic facilities in this country hit by climate change.
The Labor Network for Sustainability
The Labor Network for Sustainability (LNS) engages workers and communities in building a transition to a society that is ecologically sustainable and economically just. We work to foster deep relationships that help the labor movement engage in the climate movement and the climate movement understand the economics of climate change and the importance of organized labor as a key partner in confronting the climate crisis.
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We do this through impactful education, advocacy and empowerment.
Every day community leaders around the Pacific Rim are finding ways to protect our planet from climate breakdown, air pollution, water loss and plastic waste. Pacific Environment nurtures these community solutions by providing local leaders with funding and expertise. We complement this movement-building by putting direct pressure on international decision-makers to amplify local voices and advance systemic environmental reform.
The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We’re building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.
We are an intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally-recognized, women of color led, grassroots organization that promotes sustainability and resiliency through community organizing, education, leadership development and cultural/artistic expression in Brooklyn, NY.
In 1988, community activists joined forces with environmental litigators to fight for landmark changes in Northern Manhattan’s air quality. Nearly 30 years later, we have not stopped fighting for justice.

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WHAT: Musical Theater with full orchestra of Into the Woods
WHEN: Oct. 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19. 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. on Sundays
WHERE: Performing Arts Center at Taconic Hills School, Craryville
DETAILS: “Into The Woods” is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It opened on Broadway in 1987, winning Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book. A mash-up of Brothers Grimm fairy tales, it uses the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Witch, the Wolf and others to create a new story. The Two of Us Productions is staging this show with full orchestra accompaniment. $18 adults, $14 students, seniors, $12 families and groups.
CONTACT: Visit www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or call (866) 811-4111 or (518) 758-1648

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'Tim started crying. Then I did. We just held each other': Nobel Prize winner and his wife reveal their despair after his 'sexist' remarks were ridiculed online... and even his ex-wife defends him
- Sir Tim Hunt outraged feminists by making 'sexist' remarks at conference
- He claimed in jest that men and women could not work together in science
- The 72-year-old, who quit his university post, says he was 'hung out to dry'
- He and his wife say they cried and held each other after public backlash
- Prof Mary Collins also said it's her husband who does household chores
The Nobel Prize-winning British scientist who quit over his claim that women are a distraction in the laboratory has said he was 'hung out to dry' in the wake of the furore his comments generated.
Sir Tim Hunt and his wife Professor Mary Collins, one of Britain's most senior immunologists, have spoken of how they cried and held each other in the aftermath of the public backlash.
The 72-year-old had outraged feminists by telling a conference in South Korea: 'Let me tell you about my trouble with girls. Three things happen when they are in the lab: you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them, they cry.'
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'Unfair': Nobel Prize-winning British scientist Sir Tim Hunt (pictured) who quit over his claim that women are a distraction in the laboratory has said he was 'hung out to dry' over the furore his comments generated
Sir Tim, who was awarded the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2001, apologised for any offence and resigned from his position as honorary professor with University College London's Faculty of Life Sciences.
But the father-of-two says he was not given an opportunity to explain his statement.
'At no point did they ask me for an explanation for what I said or to put it in context,' he told the Observer.
'They just said I had to go. There has been an enormous rush to judgment in dealing with me.'
He said he had been 'hung out to dry' and added: 'I have been stripped of all the things I was doing in science. I have no further influence.'
Despair: His wife Professor Mary Collins (pictured), one of Britain's most senior immunologists, said the couple cried and held each other in the aftermath of the public backlash
Sir Tim's comments led to him receiving a barrage of criticism on social media as users ridiculed the remarks
It had emerged earlier that Sir Tim was speaking from personal experience when he suggested same-sex laboratories would be a good idea to stop colleagues falling in love.
He met his wife, Prof Collins, 56, while directing her biochemistry studies at Cambridge University.
Speaking of the despair the couple endured as her husband's comments were ridiculed online, Prof Collins said: 'Tim sat on the sofa and started crying.
'Then I started crying. We just held on to each other.'
And she has also said her husband isn’t the chauvinist he’s been portrayed as, revealing that when it comes to domestic chores, Sir Tim is the one who takes care of everything.
Speaking at a debate on women in science, Prof Collins said: ‘I’m obviously a domestic goddess and do everything around the house.
'But I say that cautiously because I think he [Tim] might have something to say about the fact he does all the cooking and washing. He is the housewife.’
Sir Tim’s first wife, Missy Cusick (pictured), who describes herself as a strident feminist, has defended his comments. He has said he was not given an opportunity to explain his statement
Sir Tim’s first wife, Missy Cusick, who describes herself as a strident feminist, has also defended him, saying: ‘I won’t say anything against him. He is a big, brilliant, sexy guy – some pretty good DNA. He is brilliant but he says things because he can. He doesn’t think first.
‘Tim should have run through his speech with his wife before he delivered it. He was probably being ironic but it didn’t come out that way.’
A UCL spokesman said: 'UCL was the first university in England to admit women students on equal terms to men, and the university believes that this outcome is compatible with our commitment to gender equality.'
The Royal Society, of which Sir Tim has been a fellow since 1991, distanced itself from his original comments, which sparked a backlash online.
Speaking to the BBC, Sir Tim insisted his remarks were intended to be funny, but reflected that it had been a 'very stupid thing to do' in the presence of many journalists.
'I did mean the part about having trouble with girls. It is true that people - I have fallen in love with people in the lab and people in the lab have fallen in love with me and it's very disruptive to the science because it's terribly important that in a lab people are on a level playing field.
'I found that these emotional entanglements made life very difficult.
'I'm really, really sorry I caused any offence, that's awful. I certainly didn't mean that. I just meant to be honest, actually.'
Defending his remarks, he added: 'It's terribly important that you can criticise people's ideas without criticising them and if they burst into tears, it means that you tend to hold back from getting at the absolute truth.
'Science is about nothing but getting at the truth and anything that gets in the way of that diminishes, in my experience, the science.'
Sir Tim reportedly described himself as a 'chauvinist pig' at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Seoul and argued in favour of single-sex laboratories.
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Singapore is a prosperous country in Southeast Asia between Malaysia and Indonesia. I didn’t know what to expect before travelling to Singapore. Only knowing that it has been described as one of Asia’s economics ‘tigers’. This was obvious the second I set foot in the country. On arrival, I was surrounded by skyscrapers and high-rise company buildings, scattered throughout the city. I should admit I had little knowledge of this country prior to travelling here. The main thing I remember was my astonishment at how clean the city was and how modern my surroundings were.
I felt instantly at ease and safe, which is rare to feel when embarking on a new adventure in a new city. It’s undeniable that Singapore is one of the most culturally diverse countries in Asia. We were met with nothing less than smiles from the other tourists and locals. People from various social groups, even some local Singaporeans asking to take pictures with us. I guess the paleness of the Irish really stands out in Asia!
Everyone knows the famous Merlion symbol. Even if you don’t know the meaning, you’ll recognise the iconic statue. There seems to be a constant audience at this attraction, each posing for the best picture with the half-lion half-mermaid. The mythical creature is the national image of Singapore. The lion-head representing Singapore’s original name—Singapura (the Lion City). The body of the fish representing Singapore’s origin as a fishing village. Of course, a selfie here is a must or even a quick Boomerang for Instagram!
Touring around Singapore can be expensive. It’s always a good idea to have a backup plan once your money becomes scarce. One place I thoroughly enjoyed was The Singapore Botanic Gardens. At first I wasn’t too pushed about going, it sounded a little dull and boring.
It is one of Singapore’s national landmarks so it would be a shame to miss it. The only negative aspect of my time there was the intense humidity. I would recommend you to visit early in the morning or late afternoon to avoid rambling around in buckets of sweat.
I spent a few hours there taking in the stunning views of the exotic flowers, plants and trees. You’ll be greeted by fascinating wildlife including birds and insects. Make sure you apply insect repellent. I guarantee you will get bit otherwise. The last thing you want is to be walking around looking like you’ve got chicken pox for the rest of your holiday! The gardens were tourist-free which only added to the tranquil atmosphere. The open-space in the centre of Singapore was a calming contrast compared with the city’s numerous high-rise buildings. Some serenity is always a nice change during a city holiday!
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text: Listen to Janabe Qadir online. Janabe Qadir is an Urdu language song and is sung by Sayeed Sabri, Fareed Sabri, and Ameen Sabri. Janabe Qadir, from the album Ibadat Kiya Karo, was released in the year 1996. The duration of the song is 14:47. Download Urdu songs online from JioSaavn.


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Victor Hugo's classic French novel has been adapted for the stage, film, radio and was even turned into a Manga comic book. Now Les Misérables is being transformed into a Spanish-language soap opera.
On Monday, Telemundo announced Mexican actress Aracely Arambula has been cast in the project.
“We’re very proud, since this is another big production that will carry our stamp and that we anticipate will have excellent audience results,” said Marcos Santana, president of Telemundo Internacional.
La Reina del Sur and La Patrona (an adaption of The Count of Monte Cristo) writer Valentina Parraga is adapting Les Miz for Telemundo.


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Get ready for many more housing choices.
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- June 9, 2023
Get ready for many more housing choices.
One priority for Washington State legislators during their regular session was to tackle a critical lack of affordable housing. House Bill 1110 was negotiated over the last few months and recently passed both chambers. Governor Inslee just recently signed it into law.
Known as the “middle housing bill”, it refers to developments made up of duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and other “plexes” as well as courtyard apartments and townhomes. The intention is to build these smaller, more affordable homes to help meet the need for housing at all income levels. According to the bill, construction of middle housing will now be allowed in neighborhoods previously zoned for only single-family housing.
Washington, along with much of the United States, suffers from a lack of affordable housing. The State Department of Commerce determined that Washington will need to build 1.1 million homes by 2044 to meet population demands. For Pierce County, the report says 135,652 housing units need to be built in the next 20 years.
For anybody who was in the market the last 3 to 4 years, home prices soared as inventory went down due to droves of newcomers moving to our area. Add a pandemic to the mix which caused an increase in the demand for housing, and “affordable” homes became scarce. So of the 1.1 million homes Washington needs, at least 20% are to be middle housing deemed “affordable” for people with average incomes, according to the bill.
In Tacoma, neighborhoods with blocks and blocks of single-family homes near schools and bus lines might see property purchased for middle housing. That also means the ‘burbs around Tacoma will be affected. For example, neighborhoods in Fircrest and University Place with vacant areas could be cleared for building middle housing rather than developments of single-family homes or apartment complexes.
However, in the final version of the bill, smaller towns were given a break and will not be forced to build larger “plexes” in single-family neighborhoods if the local government opts out. This is a huge change from an original proposal that was going to completely reverse the ban on multi-family development in single-family neighborhoods.
The bill dictates that bigger cities like Tacoma with more than 75,000 people must allow fourplexes throughout the city. They must allow sixplexes if they’re within a quarter-mile of a major transit stop or if two of the six units are affordable housing. Lots with abandoned or dilapidated homes, underused building lots and vacant areas could be looked at for placing middle housing.
Building neighborhoods for “density,” meaning more housing units per acre, has benefits beyond providing affordable housing. It is more efficient and requires less infrastructure than suburban sprawl. When single-housing developments go in, the utilities, water lines, roads, etc all have to be built at the same time. The spirit of this bill allows for middle housing in already existing neighborhoods so there is less cost and need for new infrastructure.
Residents of Tacoma may be pleasantly surprised to learn that higher-density development actually generates less traffic than low-density (single-housing) development. While residents of low-density single-family communities often have two or more cars per household, residents of high-density plexes, apartments, and condominiums tend to have only one car per household. When public transportation is readily available and convenient, people in higher-density communities will often opt to use it.
The bill should be a positive for Tacoma and other bigger cities around the state since smaller towns and suburbs will share in the responsibility of building courtyard complexes and other “plexes” to help with growth. And, with Tacoma’s existing infrastructure, adding more density won’t be as costly to developers.
Some lawmakers argued that cities and towns will lose control over what is built within their boundaries. However, the benefits of the bill put these arguments to rest as a bipartisan coalition of 35 in the Senate and 79 in the House voted for passage. It is hard to predict where the greatest impact will be, but a change is coming and it will be noticeable in the next several years.
Another goal of the Bill is to encourage the construction of innovative homes that are environmentally sustainable. This will be a welcome change as new and futuristic housing developments meant to combat climate change will be built right in front of our eyes. Imagine Tacoma with new, “smart” plexes and courtyard apartments that are built after sustainable site development, that will house more people using less water, more efficient energy, less waste, and better indoor air quality.
So, while on the surface it may seem that dense housing may cause problems for Tacoma, such as more traffic and community instability, the opposite is true. These dwellings will not only offer affordability to those who have been priced out of buying homes, it will lower the costs to maintain infrastructure, reduce traffic, and decrease environmental destruction, among other things. It could also quite possibly attract new businesses and employers to the area – enhancing our “main street” small business corridors.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about housing, land use policy, or if you have any other real estate needs.


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It's been eight days since the Philadelphia Eagles season came to a heartbreaking end, as a pass slipped right through the hands of Alshon Jeffery, and into the welcoming arms of New Orleans Saints defender Marshon Lattimrore. It was an apropos way to end a season, in which the Birds saw a number of games slip right through their hands.
A tough way for the Eagles season to end, but this game brought a number of glaring weaknesses to light, that Philadelphia will need to address this spring. Clearly, the most talked about issue is what the situation entails at quarterback, the burning question -- Carson Wentz or Nick Foles? The most noticeable issue had to be the secondary, which the Saints greatly exposed in their divisional playoff game, as Josh Hawkins, signed to the Eagles' practice squad on 12/18, was eaten alive after the injury to Rasul Douglas. However, the biggest issue, that's seemingly gone unnoticed, has greatly altered the makeup of the Eagles' offense, and that has to be the position of running back.
If you watched the Eagles at all this season, you're clearly not surprised by their running game being labeled as a weakness. Over the course of eighteen games, the Eagles used a staggering different running backs, including four different starters. As a whole, the team averaged four yards per carry on the season, with three backs surpassing that individual marker. Josh Adams served as the team's leading rusher, with 511 yards on 120 carries, finding the end-zone three times. That being said, inconsistency served as the root of their problems, as they failed to surpass 100-yards in eight of their eighteen games.
With the contracts of Jay Ajayi and Darren Sproles expiring this spring, many are left wondering how the Eagles will address their soon-to-be running back issues. Some point to the possibility of drafting their man, from the likes of Bryce Love, Bennie Snell, or David Montgomery. Others point towards the open market, and guys like Le'Veon Bell. Hell, there's even been speculation that Leonard Fournette could be had in a possible Nick Foles deal. One possible option though, that remains unaddressed, is the possibility of adding the controversial Kareem Hunt.
Released on November 30, following shocking video of alleged assault on a female surfaced, Hunt has remained fairly quiet, and out of the public eye. That was, until a recent report suggested that Hunt could find a job "sooner, rather than later." Following his initial release, there was speculation that the Birds may claim Hunt of waivers, and wait out his pending suspension. Obviously that didn't happen, but the possibility still exists as the stars appear ready to align for a possible match.
Hunt, 23, entered the league last season in blazing fashion, leading the league in rushing with 1,327 rushing yards, an additional 455 receiving yards, and 11 total touchdowns. This season, Hunt was on his way to topping his numbers, finishing with 824 rushing yards, 378 receiving yards, and 14 total touchdowns in 11 games, before his release. While it is true that Kansas City's offense was able to maintain its' level of success with Hunt's replacements, Spencer Ware and Damien Williams, the argument can certainly be made that they'd have been better had this unfortunate incident with Hunt never occurred.
Now that we're all caught up to speed on Hunt's situation, it's time to discuss the possibility of Howie Roseman reaching out at some point. Unquestionably, it would be a controversial decision. That in mind, so was signing Michael Vick back in 2009 -- although, that decision turned out fairly well in the long-term. Sure, Hunt's issue can be argued as more severe (of which, I believe it is), and today's culture maybe different than that of a decade ago. What can't be denied though, is that Kareem Hunt's talent-level would make the Eagles unequivocally better than they currently are, and he's yet to reach the peak of his performance level. His explosive nature would add a new dimension to the Eagles offense, one that it's sorely lacked since the days of LeSean McCoy, and Hunt's involvement in the pass game would add yet another weapon to an already loaded cast for Carson Wentz, that includes Alshon Jeffery, Zach Ertz, Dallas Goedert, Nelson Agholor, and Golden Tate.
Understandably so, this decision would be the subject of a plethora of lengthy debates among Eagles' brass. Ultimately though, this decision comes down to whether or not the Eagles believe Kareem Hunt is deserving of a second chance. History seems to be split on player track records following domestic violence/assault issues. Ray Rice, the most infamous and extreme case, was essentially blackballed from the league, and hasn't been heard from since his release back in 2013. Greg Hardy received a second-chance following his controversial domestic violence situation, although it didn't work out in the end, and he's now pursuing a Mixed Martial Arts career with the UFC.
Essentially, the idea of a second-chance sits in the eye of the beholder. Whether Howie Roseman believes in second-chances, is the true question at hand. Regardless though, the Eagles would be foolish to not at least do their research and due diligence on this topic, and make an educated decision, as opposed to a rash one.


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The kit is for sale for under $3,700, and it doesn't include the donor Toyota Celica T200.
The Sorento was closely followed by the Peugeot 3008, Lexus RX, Kia Niro and Mazda CX-5.
The new-age Toyota Harrier features an overhauled exterior design.
Dahler has added the new Toyota GR Supra to its portfolio of tuned cars, alongside its sister, the BMW Z4.
Honda's latest CR-V ads mention its direct rivals from Toyota, Subaru and Nissan by name.
This company's Lamborghini Veneno Roadster actually includes a folding roof.
Both the Toyota Century and Mercedes S600 have screaming V12s with bespoke exhausts.
It took nearly 14 years, but Toyota is now preparing to introduce the all-new, third generation Tundra truck.
Toyota continues to dominate the Aussie market with a 21.5 per cent market share.
Developed by Papadakis Racing, this Toyota Supra will be powered by a screaming B58 engine with up to 1,000 hp.
This 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser includes a roof tent that can sleep a family of four.
The Toyota GR HiLux could be a direct rival to the Ford Ranger Raptor.
You'll only need a printer, scissors and paper glue to make these miniature Toyota GT86.
Sporty versions of the Toyota Corolla and C-HR could be just around the corner.
This 2020 Supra driver had an unfortunate mishap over the weekend in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Automakers continue to step up in the fight against the coronavirus.
The 2020 Toyota 86 Hakone Edition is a quirky little sports car, but it's also very good.


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FM Nirmala Sitharaman is proposing the first paperless union budget, which has been called one of the most important budgets in recent times.
In her speech on the Union budget 2021-22, FM Nirmala Sitharaman declared steps under the Aatmanirbhar package.
Focus on 6 pillars, which include – Health & Well-being, Inclusive Development, Human Capital, Innovation and R&D. FM added that the govt is fully prepared to support and facilitate economic growth and they are introducing Aatmanirbhar Swastha Bharat Yojana with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore. FM said that today India has two vaccines available and has begun safeguarding not only her own citizens against COVID-19 but also those of 100 or more countries. It has added comfort to know that two more vaccines are also expected soon.
The healthcare allocation in this budget was substantially increased, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced today during the presentation of the budget. The focus areas will be both preventive and curative healthcare and well-being, she said.
It is likely that the allocation will be around Rs 2,23,846 crore, a 137 per cent increase from the previous budget. It will establish 12 central institutions. It will connect all public health labs. It will set up 15 health emergency operation centres and 4 national virology institutes.
Mission Poshan 2.0 has been announced. Urban Swachh Mission 2.0 has also been announced. All of India’s 4,378 urban local authorities will receive universal water supplies.
A voluntary vehicle scrapping policy will be announced, under which vehicles will undergo 20 years of personal vehicle fitness testing and 15 years of commercial fitness testing.
As the country of 1.3 billion people struggled to cope with the pandemic, Coronavirus placed the state of India’s healthcare system front and centre, exposing all the cracks. India’s healthcare spending has so far been a meagre 1.3 per cent of GDP, well below BRICS peers and advanced nations, even after decades of high growth.
Though integral to the country’s fight against Covid-19, schemes such as Ayushman Bharat and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) have remained severely underfunded.
Policies to standardize the cost of hospitalization for Covid-19 treatment, rationalize hospital GST structure and increase export incentives to boost exports of formulations and finished dosages have all taken prime spots on the priority lists of the government.
On January 16, India launched the world’s largest vaccination program, using two vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin. Even if 50 per cent of the Indian population is to be vaccinated by the government at a negotiated price, the Covid vaccine cost will be Rs 27,000 crore, according to rating agency ICRA, which in itself required a 40 per cent jump in healthcare allocation.
The Economic Survey on Friday was aimed at increasing public spending on healthcare services from 1% to 2.5-3% of GDP, reducing pocket expenditure (OOPE) from the current level of 65% to 35%.


Russia met with the UN Security Council on March 11 to talk about the Biolabs in Ukraine.
Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nunlad confessed that there are US-funded Biolabs in Ukraine in her US Senate testimony.
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The next day, the US talked about the biological weapons in Ukraine and asked the US government to explain their existence.
Dmitry Polyansky asked for a meeting with the UN Security Council to discuss the biological research that Russia discovered.
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RIA Novosti reported:
The Russian Ministry of Defense previously held a presentation showing that the US spent more than $200 million to operate biological laboratories in Ukraine that were part of the US military biological program. The Russian Federation, in connection with the facts of US military biological activities in Ukraine, does not exclude the launch of a consultation mechanism under the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons (BTWC), Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lizqian, commenting on information about US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine, urged Washington to clarify their biological militarization activities at home and abroad.
US officials stated that Russia spreads disinformation to justify its invasion.
Ukraine invasion: Russia asks UN Security Council for special meeting on ‘biolabs’ https://t.co/RgixyzhRht
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 11, 2022
Fox News reported.
“This is exactly the kind of false flag effort we have warned Russia might initiate to justify a biological or chemical weapons attack,” Olivia Dalton, a spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, told Fox News Digital Thursday. “Russia has a well-documented history of using chemical weapons and has long maintained a biological weapons program in violation of international law.”
Russia also has a track record of accusing Western allies of misconduct it’s conducting itself, she said.
“We’re not going to let Russia gaslight the world or use the UN Security Council as a venue for promoting their disinformation.,” she added.
Earlier Thursday, when asked what proof China had of the claims during his daily news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Ljian provided none but demanded the U.S. answer questions about the issue.
“What has the U.S. been doing at Fort Detrick and its 336 biological laboratories abroad?” he asked. “Do the activities conform to the stipulations of the [Biological and Toxin Weapons Conventions]?”
Fort Detrick is the home of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command in Maryland.
Earlier Thursday, U.S. Defense Department officials said that there were five biological research laboratories in Kyiv – focused on “diagnostics, therapeutics, treatments, prevention and vaccines” – and not on military or biological weapons research.
Later, Russia shared documents claiming that biological testing has happened in Ukraine near the border with Russia.


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Warning, after trying this eggnog you’ll never buy eggnog at the store again. It is so delicious, and you can make it with or without ‘spirits’.
Zinc Bistro and Wine Bar shared their delicious recipe with me. I’ve got the full recipe and the video version posted on my website. BTW, I also have a delicious Eggnog Tiramisu recipe and video how-to as well.
Happy New Year Everyone!! BTW, you can see more ‘best of’ recipes in the Taste section on mysa.com

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Fountains in Veszprém
Travelers are voting Kossuth Lajos Pumphouse and Bishop Well as the best fountains in Veszprém. There are 1 fountain in Tatabánya a city just 97 km from Veszprém and 8 fountains in Kaposvár which is 128 km distant. The most popular of these are Bishop Well in Tatabánya and Zsolnay-fountain in Kaposvár. You can find 12 fountains in Pannonia - Transdanubia and 17 fountains in the country of Hungary. Our members favorite in Pannonia - Transdanubia is Aranyos Fountain and Zsolnay-fountain is the top pick in Hungary. Want more? Check out our map of fountains in Veszprém.


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Tommy is an up and coming Indianapolis-based DJ who recently started his own radio show on 99.5 ZPL. You can tune in on Saturday nights to check it out, or watch the Instagram livestream that he does before each show. Read on to learn how he became involved in music and radio, and what kind of music he’s listening to right now!
Julia Bluhm: Tell me about your background. How did you become interested in music?
Tommy: Music was never a part of my family, still to this day I am the only one in my whole family that has ever gotten their feet wet in the music industry. However, when I was really young, I got fascinated in the music that my dad would play, which was 80’s classic rock. I never really saw myself in the music industry until I was 15 years old. I went to my first real concert which was G-Eazy at the E room on his “These Things Happen” campaign run. While everyone was having a great time partying, I just thought to myself that I could do what he’s doing. I realized it didn’t take a superhuman to make music and reach an audience. With all of that in mind, I started creating music and took it from there.
JB: How did you become a DJ and get interested in radio?
Tommy: When I started, I was actually rapping at the time, and thankfully not a lot of people were aware of that. When I was a senior in high school, I took the music sound production class at J. Everett Light, which is like a trade school. The teacher, Mr. Hendrix, gave me an opportunity to try radio via their station at the school, which was 89.3 WJEL. Around that time, I linked up with Rambo who’s the guy that runs the Naptown Connection blog. I told him what I had and we used that platform to launch The Turnip Show. The whole idea behind the show was to shine light on local music. We hosted live interviews every week and previewed music from new artists every week. While all this was going on, I continued making music but I had also bought my first pair of turntables. I got a couple of requests to DJ sets at shows. I really didn’t know what to do though since I was still very invested in making my own music. I did some soul searching until May of 2017 when I got the opportunity to DJ for Lil Pump. It never actually happened because a bomb threat was called at the Emerson theater during one of the opening acts, but I took it as a message from God that I was meant to DJ because I would be more successful in that. The day after that show, I completely threw away making my own music to support others in the form of DJing. And once I was able to invest all of my time and work into that, I really just took off with it.
JB: Tell me about your radio show. When did it start?
T: Ever since my senior year of high school, I’ve been very interested in radio, especially with how good of a run Rambo and I had with The Turnip Show. I entered the high school radio contest for Indiana, and It was a great opportunity and I actually ended up taking third place at the contest. After high school, I didn’t have an opportunity to extend my radio career and honestly I had no idea how the radio industry worked. Fast forward to late freshman year of college, I was accepted to work in the promotions department for Entercom after applying for about 10 other radio stations. Entercom owns the brands ZPL, The Mix, and CBS Sports. This was my first choice and I’ll never forget where I was when I got the call for the job. After working on the promotions team for a few months, I worked an event with Jackson, who I later realized was the talented guy that beat me and won first place at the radio contest I competed in during high school. And through networking with him, I was able to land an on-air spot at 99.5 ZPL.
After lots of training, I started my radio show the first weekend of October. Jackson is also on Sunday nights for his all-request show, so if you’re reading this check that out too!
JB: How would you describe the overall style/ vibe of your radio show?
T: Very upbeat. The different part of my radio show which a lot of people don’t do is that I will go live on Instagram for a few minutes before the show. TV, radio and media in general is very restrictive. Going live and giving people an opportunity to see my face, ask me questions and have conversations helps me knock down the barrier between me and our listeners. At the end of the day, I’m completely fine talking to a large group of complete strangers. But, I’d like to try everything in my power to make those strangers feel close to me and for myself to be close with them.
JB: How can people listen?
T: It’s very easy. On Saturdays from 8p-Midnight, hop in your car and tune into 99.5 ZPL or download the radio.com app and look up ZPL.
JB: What’s your advice to young people who may want to be a DJ or have a music-related career?
T: Network, network, and when you think you’ve networked enough, keep networking. Aside from that, follow your dreams and pay attention to God’s cues. Do what you want to do and not what society wants you to do. Try everything.
JB: Who are your favorite musical artists right now?
T: I don’t know where to start. Certain music and certain artists have touched me in different times and life situations. I like to think of it as Lil Wayne raised me into liking hip-hop music, G-Eazy changed me into the way I look at the industry today, and Tory Lanez saved me from rough times in my life. But recently, I’ve really been rocking with Marshmello, Lauren Sanderson, and the people I work with like Cartier, Fazle, Ky, Lil Flex, XP, Christian Taelor, Aares and more.


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Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich bought a £51.6 million property in Herzliya in Israel shortly before the coronavirus crisis, according to Israeli media.
The Russian-born billionaire’s real estate deal in Herzliya Pituah, if confirmed, would be Israel’s most expensive ever real estate sale, for a reported 2.3 acre plot.
Details were published by Israeli business news site Globes, citing a “source close to the deal,” with the property bounded by Hanassi Ben Zvi Street, Shlomo Hamelekh Street and Basel Street.
Globes reports the seller as British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, who bought the house for around £7 million in 2006, before extending it substantially. Additions include a swimming pool on a hydraulic platform capable of being converted into guest accommodation.
It had been on sale priced at £80 million for two years before the deal, which was preceded by Abramovich renting the property. The Israel Land Registry now has a warning note in its forms that the four lots comprising the property are to be in his name.
If confirmed it will be Abramovich’s third big real estate deal in Israel, following his 2015 purchase of a house and boutique hotel in Tel Aviv’s trendy Neve Tzedek quarter, and a seafront Tel Aviv office building purchased last year.


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Drawing closer to the mark of the beast
RELATED STORY: Click here to read about the Mark of the Beast…
Vodafone has unveiled the next ‘revolution’ in smartphones that will see shoppers use their handsets instead of cash or cards at the checkout.
The mobile phone giant’s partnership with Visa will allow users to pay for goods or services from the autumn with a wave or tap of their smartphone – in the same way Oyster cards are used on London’s public transport.
The service, which acts as a mobile wallet, will be available on Near Field Communications-enabled smartphones using a form of mobile payment technology called Visa payWave mobile.
How It Works
A special chip called a ‘tag’ is planted in phones. Using near field communications (NFC) technology, details of the purchase are transmitted wirelessly to a central data bank and logged on your credit card file. For purchases over £15, users must punch in a PIN number.
The system began trials last summer in New York and San Francisco and is already used for bus trips in China and for buying cinema and theatre tickets in India.
While consumers can simply swipe their phone at a payment terminal to pay for less expensive items such as newspapers or coffees, they will be asked to enter a pin code for purchases of £15 or more.
Vodafone chief executive Vittorio Colao said this new method of payment represents ‘the next stage of the smartphone revolution’ which offered customers ‘speed, simplicity and convenience’.
He said: ‘Our mobile wallet will be open to any service provider and we are committed to enable all partners to provide our joint customers the richest service portfolio possible.’
Visa said the service has ‘the potential to transform the way people pay and get paid the world over’.
Peter Ayliffe, chief executive of Visa Europe, said Visa’s partnership with Vodafone represented a ‘huge stride forward for mobile payments’.
He said: ‘Visa’s future of payments initiative is more than just a promise: these services are real, tangible and coming to the mainstream consumer market in the very near future.’
Industry analysts said the momentum for mobile payments is ‘slowly but surely growing’.
Paul Lambert, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, said: ‘As operators and customers’ allegiance to them are coming under relentless attack from internet companies, making sure consumers identify with the Vodafone brand may go some way to improving customer loyalty – if the service works well from a end-to-end perspective.
‘Visa, meanwhile, will benefit from what it expects will be rapid adoption of the service, using as it will its underlying infrastructure and network of merchants.’
Other companies are also getting a foothold in the market, with Barclays having recently launched its Pingit service. This is an app that allows customers to send and receive payments using Apple or Android phones. source – Daily Mail UK


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The U.S. Supreme Court slated to rule this month on a case that could jeopardize the health coverage of tens of thousands of people, so are state leaders ready?
Delaware and Pennsylvania are taking some unusual steps in preparation for the decision: submitting a contingency plan.
At issue is whether millions of consumers in some 34 states with federally run marketplaces—including Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey—are eligible for financial assistance to purchase coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit, King vs. Burwell, argues that discounts apply only to states that run their own marketplaces.
That’s why Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said he submitted blueprints to the federal government Monday, as part of a June 1 deadline, to set up a “state-supported” marketplace.
“My biggest concern is, do we have a fall back if we need it?” said Wolf, who last month sent a letter of intent to the federal government to create a state-based marketplace.
Wolf stressed the plan submitted this week is non-binding and hinges on what the court rules.
The state’s new insurance commissioner, Teresa Miller, said the process was a bit rushed.
“It’s forcing us to put together a plan that frankly most states spent years developing, and essentially we’re having to do that in months,” she said.
It’s unclear how soon the state could transition to a model where it would oversee the funding and regulations.
“I’m just doing this because I want to be prepared,” said Wolf.
Anticipating a “death spiral”
A Kaiser Family Foundation analysis estimates that upwards of 700,000 Pennsylvanians could be eligible for subsidized coverage next year. As it stands, nearly 400,000 Pennsylvanians have qualified for discounts, including 27-year-old Kathryn Ryan, a restaurant server in Philadelphia.
“I was excited because, if it weren’t for Obamacare, I wouldn’t be insured at all,” said Ryan, who aged out of her parents’ insurance plan the year before. “I wouldn’t have the ability to go to the doctor, which is pretty crazy.”
Ryan, who’s studying social work, can afford the coverage thanks to a $200 monthly discount that brings her premium down to $60. She hopes to keep her insurance until she’s able to find work with benefits, but like many, she wasn’t aware of the upcoming Supreme Court case and that her subsidies might be at risk.
Policy analysts are concerned that without subsidies, Ryan and others could no longer afford coverage and drop it. Hospitals and health providers would lose payments and “the whole individual market in states could collapse,” said Trish Riley, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, or NASHP.
Sick people who need expensive care would keep their coverage, but then “premiums go through the roof,” Riley explains, at which point no one can afford it.
She and others often refer to this as a “death spiral.”
Pennsylvania bucking the trend
While Pennsylvania may have come out with a contingency plan, that is not the norm.
“Pennsylvania stands out,” said Joel Ario, a health consultant with Manatt Health Solutions. Ario served as a Pennsylvania insurance director under the Rendell administration and then became a marketplace director with the federal government.
He said many states officials are exploring options behind the scenes, but supporting an actual plan at this point “is a political nonstarter” for at least a third of states with federal marketplaces.
That’s because it means “standing up and saying, ‘I want to work with this law in a public way in a state-based exchange.'”
Wolf, a democrat, recently took over for a Republican governor in Pennsylvania. But elsewhere, a lot of state leaders don’t want anything to do with the law, and by default, have federal marketplaces.
Arizona has enacted legislation prohibiting a state-based marketplace, with similar bills pending in several other states.
Conversely, 11 states have at least proposed legislation to create a state-based exchange, according to Riley with NASHP.
“It’s kind of the equivalent of a weather forecast that says, ‘it’s going to pour today, so you bring your umbrella in case it does.’ And I think that’s where states find themselves,” she said.
In neighboring New Jersey, a Department of Insurance spokesman said it’s too soon to talk about alternative plans.
“It is premature for us to publicly discuss contingency plans when no one knows how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule, when it’s ruling may take effect, or what, if any, options the court, Congress or the White House may offer the states,” stated Ed Rogan in an email.
In neighboring Delaware
Officials in Delaware, which has been more involved as a hybrid “partnership” marketplace that still falls under a federal marketplace category, have been exploring all options.
“We haven’t shut any door, and we haven’t made a definitive answer just yet,” said Rita Landgraf, Delaware’s health and social services director.
Landgraf said Delaware officials considered a regional marketplace with other states, but it was too complicated and hasn’t gained traction. The federal marketplace initially won out over a state design due to the size of the state and the cost of running its own platform.
Now, as a contingency like Pennsylvania, the state has submitted a plan for a state supported marketplace.
“Eighty-four percent of those who purchased plans on the marketplace received a financial subsidy, so that is critically important to our constituency that those subsidies are available to them,” said Landgraf.
Some blueprint details
With the federal marketplace system and healthcare.gov finally running smoothly during year two of open enrollment, Landgraf said one consideration moving forward is whether any big change would impact a process that’s finally working.
Both the Delaware and Pennsylvania marketplace proposals would still use that federal IT system and the healthcare.gov website, though each state would oversee marketplace funding, consumer assistance and insurance plan regulations.
It’s unclear what the federal government would require of any state-based proposal as it awaits the Supreme Court decision, but overall, the agency appears willing to work with states.
“They [HHS officials] haven’t given any formal guidance,” said Miller, the insurance commissioner for Pennsylvania. “We know that this type of model is possible because it’s in existence today, but it’s not defined anywhere … which has made our planning that much more challenging.”
Similar state-based models exist in Oregon, New Mexico and Nevada “by default,” said Miller. They came about when those states, opting to be state marketplaces, were not ready in time with their own systems.
Miller said a state-supported marketplace in Pennsylvania would likely be funded in the same way as the federal marketplace: through an assessment fee on premiums. Today that fee, managed at the federal level, is 3.5 percent.
“If we moved into a supported state-based model, we would collect the assessment and then we would probably need to reimburse the federal government for use of their platform,” said Miller. “That’s one of the big unknowns in this model right now, how much the federal government is going to charge for use of healthcare.gov.”
Riley, with NASHP, says moving forward, it would be hard for any state to set up a “full-fledged” state-based marketplace, developing its own IT platform and eligibility structure for subsidies.
“That’s a very big lift, and the states that set those up [already] got significant federal help to do so,” she says, adding that such funding is no longer available. “It takes a long time.”
As for how soon Pennsylvania, Delaware and others states could actually make the switch, if need be, to a state-supported marketplace?
“It depends on what the federal government can and is willing to do. And how one defines ‘established.’ Does that mean by the state or for the state? What would a state have to do to accomplish this?” said Riley.
As for Kathryn Ryan, a waitress in Philadelphia with coverage through the marketplace, the thought of these possible disruptions with her coverage “is all nerve-wracking,” as she finally is starting to figure out how her insurance plan even works.
“I hope it just stays the way it is,” she said.
Federal officials aren’t saying how many other states have contingency plans, but that’s in part because right now, all eyes are focused on the biggest unknown of all—the Supreme Court.
A decision is expected by the end of this month.


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The Millennium Baby
by JAMES TOZER, Daily Mail
Neither is yet sleeping through the night, but both know how to wave 'bye-bye' to their parents.
They are not real babies, however, but 'typical' ones, identifed by a Millennium study.
Researchers drew up a picture of them after interviewing the parents of almost 19,000 babies born between September 2000 and January last year to find out what their lives were like two months short of their first birthday.
Their findings will be made available to the policy-makers who help shape our society in the future.
The study found that the vast majority of the babies' fathers (85 per cent) had attended the birth, with 71.3 per cent having changed a nappy at least once - although only 43.5 per cent did so daily.
In England, a slight majority of the babies (51 per cent) were boys, fractionally more than in the UK as a whole, and the most common first name was Jack everywhere except Scotland, where it was Lewis.
Chloe was the most popular girl's name in England and Wales, but Scottish babies were more likely to be called Lucy, while in Northern Ireland Lauren was most common.
More than a fifth of the English babies were born by Caesarean section (21 per cent), rising to 23 per cent in Wales, while the longest labour time recorded was 100 hours.
By ten months, more than 99 per cent of babies were on solid foods but only 12 per cent were walking.
Among other questions parents were asked about their offspring's talents at that age were the ability to nod (17 per cent could), to wave 'bye- bye' 67 per cent) and to sleep through the night (24 per cent).
Just 7 per cent slept in their parents' bed at night.
The report is the first of a series which will follow the lives of the 18,819 youngsters - including 246 sets of twins and ten sets of triplets.
Dubbed the Millennium Cohort Study, it is the fourth in a series of national birth studies that have followed the lives of babies born in 1946, 1958 and 1970.
Boys in the latest survey were born weighing an average of 7lb 8oz, up 2oz from 1970, while for girls it was up 1.5oz to 7lb 4oz - although the averages are still lower than in 1946 when they were 7lb 10.5oz and 7lb 6oz respectively.
Paediatrician Professor Neville Butler, helping to run the survey, said: "The post-War drop in birthweights was mainly down to the growing number of Caesarean births.
"But although these are now around twice as common as they were in 1970, the considerable improvement in mothers' nutrition has seen a lot of the lost ground recovered."
Breast- feeding has followed a similar trend.
In 1946, three-quarters of mothers tried breastfeeding, but by 1970 that had slipped to just 38 per cent.
However, 21st century babies are much more likely to be breast-fed than their mothers were, at 70 per cent.
The study is funded by the Economic & Social Research Council and conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education.
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Photos from Olympic champion, Micheal Phelps and Nicole Johnson’s secret wedding emerges
By Sewe Ishola
Olympics champion, Michael Phelps, 31, finally released photos of his secret second wedding to Nicole Johnson, 31, in October at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The pair, who dated on and off for over eight years, first married in an intimate five-person ceremony in their backyard in Tempe, Arizona, on June 13, before this wedding in Mexico on October 29.
Enjoy the photos and video from the ceremony:


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Rachel Bilson, who is newly added to Nashville on CMT, is already showing off her musical chops. Bilson performs a classic tune in a karaoke scene which creates a very moving performance in return. Check it out down below and tune in on Thursday's 9 p.m. ET on CMT.
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GLENDALE, CALIF. — Nestle USA's Prepared Foods Division has voluntarily recalled Hot Pockets brand stuffed sandwiches after finding some meat from Rancho Feeding was used to make the products, the company said. Rancho Feeding, a Petaluma, Calif.-based beef processor, recently recalled approximately 8,742,700 lbs of meat products that were processed from diseased and “unsound” animals without federal inspection.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said no illnesses have been reported in connection with the products. The F.S.I.S. has been investigating Rancho Feeding on concerns the company has been producing meat products without federal inspection.
Nestle said a review of vendor records revealed its affected products were Hot Pockets brand Philly Steak and Cheese in three different pack sizes and the Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese products in the two-pack box.
“While Nestle did not purchase meat directly from Rancho, our procurement teams worked with our supply chain to understand whether any company in this chain may have purchased meat from Rancho Feeding at any time during 2013, the period of time covered by the Rancho Feeding recall,” Nestle said. “From this review, we have confirmed that a small quantity of meat from Rancho was used at Nestle’s Chatsworth, Calif., production operation, a facility devoted entirely to Hot Pockets brand sandwiches. The affected batches of the two varieties in our range of Hot Pockets brand sandwiches are being removed from the marketplace.”
Nearly 1,000 retailers have been affected by the recall, which encompasses nearly a year of beef processing at Rancho Feeding. The F.S.I.S. published a list of 995 retailers affected by the recall. The agency re-issued a recall release after discovering the recalled product was shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments. Most of the establishments are in California, while the others are in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington.Tillamook Country Smoker, Bay City, Ore., initiated its own recall of beef jerky products because it used recalled beef products. The Tillamook recall prompted Canadian businesses Crown Star Food Distributors Ltd. and Wallace & Carey Ltd. to recall various Tillamook County Smoker brand beef jerky products.


The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce are pleased that an additional 27 VLocity diesel multiple unit railcars will be built in Victoria.
We welcome the recent announcement that technology leader Bombardier Transportation will build and deliver the railcars for Transport for Victoria and the Victorian State Government.
This brings the total fleet to 264 railcars in passenger service by 2019.
These award-winning trains will be manufactured locally in Dandenong, supporting over 600 jobs in the region.
All media enquiries may be directed to the Media and Communications Manager.
For all other enquiries, please contact the Victorian Chamber on (03) 8662 5333.