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Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office personnel and Tennessee officers attempted to apprehend a Tennessee fugitive Wednesday in Leesburg, before the man apparently shot himself, according to Sheriff Jeff Shaver.
The State Bureau of Investigations, Cherokee County Major Crimes Unit, coroner’s office and sheriff’s office investigators are investigating the incident that happened on U.S. Highway 411.
Shaver said Coffee County, Tennessee, officers were in Cherokee County looking for two fugitives and Cherokee deputies were assisting.
“We had captured one fugitive,” Shaver said, about 12:15 p.m. While officers were out with him, the other suspect drove by.
“We stopped him and a passenger got out,and then he took off,” Shaver said.
There was a short pursuit that ended just south of Leesburg, when the suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Shaver said. His identity has not been released.
Shaver said Coffee County officers said the suspect was on state probation and was sought on a warrant for aggravated burglary, with other charges pending.


Announcing the establishment of Smartphone Analytical Sensors Research Centre, hosted by the University of Sistan and Baluchestan
Massoud Kaykhaii, professor of chemistry, announced the establishment of the Smartphone Analytical Sensors Research Centre (SAS) at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan. This centre, the first of its kind, will focus on the use of smart mobile phones as analysis and detection devices.
Dr. Kaykhaii, Director of Center stated the following regarding the announcement: “It is with great pleasure that we are able to announce the establishment of the SAS Center. The role of mobile devices on medical diagnostics and health monitoring is already known. Here we will try to demonstrate a smart phone as an analytical laboratory. The main advantage of using sensors on a mobile device is their wide application and flexibility to select from a range of assays. For example, when you are in picnic, by using such sensors mounted in your smart phone, you may be able to find info about the safety of water in the environment. Or you can scan a fruit for presence of pesticide residue on it."
"In this centre, we are looking forward to work closely with other national groups to highlight the use of mobile phones as a portable analytical lab; however, International collaboration will play a major role in achieving this target”, He added.
For more info, or possibility of joining Smartphone Analytical Sensors Research Centre, you may reach Professor Massoud Kaykhaii by phone +98(54)33446413 or email email@example.com


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I attempted a very quick impression of a beautiful painting of Spain I saw on the internet. It didn’t quite turn out, but that’s what art is all about! Experimenting, being inspired by other artists, trying things out, learning and having fun 🙂 Also it definitely didn’t help that I didn’t have a palette knife haha
Original artwork by Leonid Afremov
I got a small ‘DIY’ art kit with a tiny pot and some fluid paints – I tell you it’s fun, super easy and effective, and looks amazing! If you’re not super confident in your art skills, this is a great technique to try out.
A birthday card, and my cute little pup – in watercolour 🙂
I made this little piece a while back, when I was getting used to returning to Australia. I love the smell of eucalyptus and this koala is just too cute!
I experimented with using watercolour and Copic markers together, and I quite like the outcome.
I love painting flowers and ferns, their shapes and colours are just so appealing. These paintings aren’t perfect, but I like them anyway.
One benefit of having to come back home and be isolated, was getting to spend SO MUCH time with my cute lovely fluffy-butt doggo, Soda. She’s just the absolute best so I had to try to paint her. I think I’ve managed to capture her essence of cuteness 🙂
I’m always inspired by nature. The beautiful colours and feelings it evokes. I’m never more relaxed and happy than when I’m at the beach or surrounded by greenery.
In Cambridge, my Airbnb host was so lovely I wanted to leave behind a little thank you. So I painted some ever lasting flowers for them to keep. I like the different shades of blues and purples instead of the usual greens I use for plants!
I saw a similar image to this on Pinterest and really liked the idea, so I made my own galaxy in a lightbulb for a friend 🙂
As 2019 starts to wrap up, so do my travels around the world. In October I visited Poland, and I was so excited to experience a ‘real’ autumn with so many colourful leaves! It was so beautiful: red, orange, yellow covered the ground. Huge piles of leaves everywhere, so much fun to kick my legs through them and make them dance!

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Mike McGehee is the resident bass instructor at Anderson Music Studios. Mike is an expert at playing both the electric and the upright acoustic bass. Mike is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma and has been playing bass for over 14 years. Mike can be seen playing around Oklahoma City in the band W.C Johnson with David Anderson.


Notre Dame’s victory over North Carolina showed some bright spots and some red flags for the two ACC teams.
North Carolina should do some bouncing back on this fine Saturday.
Does it get any better than North Carolina vs. Louisville?
Roy Williams always finds a way to identify with the best players in the country. This year has been no exception.
North Carolina has been rolling through the competition lately.
Who's up for an upset Monday?
There's been upsets, blowouts and disappointments for the Tar Heels. However, it would be wise not to live and die with every victory or loss.
While the UCLA Bruins are known for their upsets this season, the North Carolina Tar Heels are known for being upset.
The Texas Longhorns are undefeated at home, but they face the North Carolina Tar Heels next. Can Shaka Smart get his first big upset as head coach of the Longhorns against Roy Williams and UNC?
So much talent will be flooding the court when the Terrapins take on the Tar Heels.


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Despite the overturning of Roe V. Wade, the fight against abortion is far from over.
The latest example of this is an outrageous new T.V. show promoting abortion for minors without parental knowledge.
Tell ABC to Apologize for T.V. Show Promoting Abortion for Teenagers Without Parental Consent!
This most recent attack was a part of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. In a recent episode, the show’s producers used the opportunity to attack the overturning of Roe.
For instance, one of the doctors had this to say about Dobbs:
“… the Supreme Court went and stripped women of our reproductive rights. Dr. Wilson has been helping me with a sex-ed curriculum to teach teenagers about their bodies because we now live in a country where the only way to guarantee you don’t have to carry an unwanted pregnancy is to not get pregnant.” [Emphasis added]
This terminology outright ignores the unborn babies’ right to life. This fact is outrageous!
Stop this attack on the unborn!
However, it gets much, much worse. In the same episode, there is a scene depicting a doctor guiding a teenage girl through the medical abortion process.
What makes this even more shocking is when the high school student expresses concern for her parents finding out, the doctor says:
“They don’t have to know if you don’t want them to. As long as the embryo measures under 10 weeks, you can have a medical abortion. We’ll give you pills so that you can manage it at home.” [Emphasis added]
Unfortunately, this scenario corresponds to reality, as some states don’t require parental consent prior to abortions for minors.
We cannot let the abortion agenda corrupt any more minds, especially those of our youth!
Don’t Let ABC Continue Pushing the Abortion Agenda!
Despite the Dobbs decision, pro-lifers cannot become complacent. This episode is proof that the far left is far from raising the white flag.
If we want to stop the radical pro-abortion left, we need to fight! Please sign this petition, and join the battle for moral values!
Sign Now to Fight Against the Radical Pro-Abortion Left!

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I move restlessly from room to room,picking up forgotten bits of clothing,discarded on the chairs.
I wander along the corridor,hesitant as an intruder,peeking into the empty bedrooms.What am i
I meander aimlessly through the kitchen,search the fridge for something that eludes me.Yes! i
retrace my steps.Tea! I make one and wipe away the tears trickling down.
That day in the morning ,our daughter had gone back to her college,after her holiday spree, was
over.The afternoon plods on and so do my racing thoughts.In the evening,sitting with my husband,
watching the colours changing,mulling,marvelling at the serenity,residue of a commotion,it struck
how the clock never stops.Ticking and pricking away.
My daughter,a delightful,responsible, young girl now,was a chubby and playful child.The transition
being full of all the ups-downs,tantrums-rebuttals,fighting and making up,childish banter to teenage
outrage-bottom line being growing up with love The journey has been full of surprises,pleasures as well stupendous shocks.My role as a care giver,peace maker-chauffeur-cook and everything in between,
along with being mom,has been a roller coaster ride.
At 13,our son can drive,argue with infinite wisdom(acquired at the threshold of teens) which should be
the vice-verse,and has a pathetic ~yes-no~ response to any query-explanation being a wastage of words.
He never hears what is said to him because of the permanently attached headphones,finds everyone vague
but isn’t sure why.
Left to their own devices,these two siblings can talk,fight,discuss,till eternity and not be bothered.Scrabble,
discovery channel or any entertainment,is unfailingly absorbing to my controlled hysteria,snapping to look for order in day to day activities.They would arrive home late in the afternoon,ravenous,and stuff themselves with whatever took the lesser time to transfer from fridge to plate.To avoid their stuffing,kitchen was a constant
flurry of activity,churning out politically correct meals.Perils of non organic or junk foods ,not withstanding.
Arguments over the favourites,necessitated the veto power to be exercised.Study hours punctuated in would be brain storming,as long as one listened to their volley,any explanation being misunderstood transmission.
The extra classes of various fields of interest stood to gain by their participation and not the other way round.
Yet,the colourings have imprinted the hue,on their young impressionable minds,plowing,cultivating and producing hopefully,sensible individuals. Parenthood is a tour De force,if pulled naturally and selflessly.

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Parts of the capital city of Ghana, Accra, have been affected by intermittent power black outs since the beginning of February 2001, due to a generator being taken out of service for repairs. The Volta River Authority (VRA), a state owned utility company, took one of the six generating units off line at its main hydro plant at Akosombo, 100km northeast of Accra.
The generating unit is being retrofitted at a cost of US$115M. VRA sources said that the completed project will improve the efficiency of all six generating units for the next 30 years. The retrofit project, jointly financed by the European Invest-ment Bank and the World Bank, will replace old turbine runners with more efficient and technologically superior ones.


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NEW YORK, NY – Those who seek treatment for alcohol addiction usually wind up at an AA meeting or fancy rehab center to kick their addictions. But that’s old school; today’s addicts can skip the meetings and pop a pill!
The Journal of American Medical Association recently found that four drugs: Acamprosate, Naltrexone, Topiramate and Nalmefene can actually change the way an addict’s brain works to help them quit drinking or drink a lot less.
Only 10% of alcoholics are actually prescribed the medications that curb the alcohol craving.
So why do so few people get prescriptions for alcohol treatment?
The short answer is a lot of doctors just don’t know about these meds.
Not to mention many doctors end up shipping their addict patients off to drug counseling programs, AA meetings and other places that often can’t prescribe medication.
With close to 18 million Americans suffering from alcoholism, these drugs have the potential to save a lot of lives.
So come on, doctors get with the program and get out those prescription pads! Get your alcoholic patients hooked on pills instead!

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Last week, it was reported that two WWE Hall of Famers were on their way back to WWE Raw.
Ahead of the February 6th episode of WWE Raw, WRKD Wrestling reported that Lita would be making her return that evening, and that fans could expect Trish Stratus to join her on the February 13th episode, setting the stage for the two to team up with Becky Lynch and take on Damage CTRL in trios action at the upcoming Elimination Chamber premium live event. The tweet was also endorsed by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.
The first part of the report came to pass as Lita made a surprise entrance during the main event of last week’s broadcast. As Becky Lynch was facing interference from IYO SKY during her cage match with Bayley, Lita’s music hit to a huge ovation from the crowd.
The Hall of Famer quickly attacked SKY and left her laying with a Twist of Fate. The distraction allowed Lynch to get the upper hand in the ring and deliver a Man-Handle Slam for the win. After the match, Lita celebrated with Lynch in the ring, a year after the pair wrestled at Elimination Chamber. The moment was especially poignant for Lita as she wrestled in the first women’s Cage Match in WWE history back in 2003.
Trish Stratus’ WWE Raw Return Scrapped… For Now
Now, fans eagerly awaiting the return of Trish Stratus will have to wait a bit longer according to an update from WRKD Wrestling. According to a new tweet, Stratus’ WWE return is being delayed due to Dakota Kai’s injury that she incurred during the Royal Rumble on January 28th. However, the report goes on to note that she will be making her return soon in an unexpected role.
“Hate to backtrack on our 2nd tweet ever, but plans have changed due to Dakota’s injury and Trish won’t be at Raw tonight. HOWEVER, she is absolutely on her way soon, and we can share that she will be around for a lengthy program. She definitely won’t be in a role most expect…”
Hate to backtrack on our 2nd tweet ever, but plans have changed due to Dakota’s injury and Trish won’t be at Raw tonight.
HOWEVER, she is absolutely on her way soon, and we can share that she will be around for a lengthy program. She definitely won’t be in a role most expect…
— WRKD Wrestling (@WRKDWrestling) February 13, 2023
Trish Stratus last competed inside a WWE ring when she faced Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam in 2019. In preparation for that bout, she teamed with Natalya to take on the team of Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair on the August 5th episode of Raw.
While Trish Stratus won’t be in attendance, multiple segments have been announced ahead of WWE Raw, including a contract signing between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley ahead of their match at Elimination Chamber.

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In hot and humid summer areas sow in pots 6 weeks before setting out in spring, while the weather is still cool for maximum flowering before summer heat sets in.
Recommended. Mix seed with clean sand and sow thinly in spring. Resow in mid-July for bloom starting in early fall. In warmer winter areas (zones 8-10) sow in fall to winter.
PLACEMENT & CULTIVATION
A compact yet impactful annual with dazzling clustered flowers at the tips of the bare stems. Grow in masses with sweet alyssum, Clarkias and other hardy annuals of early summer. Toadflax is a superb early summer garden edger and container annual to sow in early spring. It blooms all season long in areas where summer nights cool to the high 50s or lower 60s. Shear lightly if bloom flags, or resow early to mid July for fall flowering. Beneficial insects, bees, and butterflies create a hive of activity around them, drawn to the abundant nectar-filled and pollen-rich flower spikes.
Keep evenly moist until well-established, then water during dry spells.
Mix in an inch of compost prior to planting if soil is especially poor.
Diseases & Pests:
If aphids appear, hose plants down daily until the pests are not longer present.
When to Cut for Bouquets:
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The electric utility subsidiaries of Black Hills Energy in Wyoming and South Dakota reportedly filed for approval of voluntary renewable energy tariffs to cater to the customer requests for renewable energy resources. As per trusted sources, requests to approve the voluntary tariffs were submitted to the Wyoming Public Service Commission and the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
According to a press release issued by the company, the Renewable Ready Program would provide government agencies and large industrial and commercial consumers a cost-effective option to buy utility-scale renewable energy resources from the company for up to 100 percent of their electric energy requirements.
The proposed Renewable Ready Program and its utility-scale generation plants would enable the customers to buy renewable energy from Black Hills Energy at a substantially lower cost if they choose to install and maintain the energy systems constructed onsite at their business premises. Reportedly, the customers would be able to sign deals with Black Hills Energy to buy renewable energy for periods of five to 25 years.
President and Chief Operating Officer of Black Hills Energy, Linn Evans was reportedly quoted saying that the company is excited to assist its customers in meeting their renewable energy objectives by providing new energy solutions. The Renewable Ready program offers customers an exceptional choice for the long-term delivery of utility-scale and cost-effective renewable energy, Evans added.
Additionally, the Black Hills Energy Wyoming and South Dakota electric utilities submitted a joint application with the Wyoming Public Service Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build a new USD 57 million, 40MW wind power facility near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Reportedly, the new project would complement the existing renewable electric generation facilities of Black Hills Energy. The power generation and utility subsidiaries of the company has constructed, owns, and operates 89MW wind generation facilities which serve the customers in Colorado.


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Missing teeth affect more than just your smile. They also affect your facial aesthetics and your ability to eat and pronounce words correctly. If you are tired of dealing with the discomfort of missing teeth, you may be wondering what options you have to restore your smile. One popular option to replace your missing teeth is an All-On-4 dental implant. However, a Brooklyn All-On-4 specialist must conduct an oral exam to determine if you are a candidate for All-on-4 implants.
Here are reasons to consider All-On-4 dental implants.
All-On-4 dental implants are long-lasting
Unlike dentures that must be replaced every few years, All-On-4 dental implants can last a lifetime with proper care. The implants are made of titanium, a biocompatible material that fuses with your jawbone over time. This creates a strong and stable foundation for your replacement teeth that can withstand the daily wear and tear of chewing and speaking.
In addition, since the All-On-4 procedure involves placing fewer implants than traditional methods, there is less risk of implant failure.
You can eat your favorite foods again
Having missing or failing teeth limits what you can eat. Also, traditional dentures can slip or move around while eating, making it difficult to enjoy certain foods. With All-On-4 dental implants, you can confidently eat your favorite foods again.
The implants are anchored securely in your jawbone, so your replacement teeth will not slip or move around while eating. This allows you to bite and chew with the same force as you would with natural teeth. You can enjoy a steak dinner, bite into an apple, or savor your favorite crunchy snacks without worrying about your teeth.
All-On-4 implants can improve your overall health
Missing teeth can harm your overall health. When you have missing teeth, eating a balanced diet can be difficult, leading to nutritional deficiencies. It can also be harder to speak and communicate effectively, affecting your mental health and overall well-being. All-On-4 implants can help improve your oral health and make it easier to eat a balanced diet, which can positively impact your overall health and well-being.
They boost your confidence
When you have missing teeth, you may feel uncomfortable in social situations. You may feel self-conscious when speaking, smiling, or eating in public. All-On-4 implants can help to restore your confidence by giving you a full set of teeth that look and feel natural. After your procedure, you can speak, smile, and eat in public without feeling self-conscious or embarrassed.
Faster and more convenient treatment
The best thing about All-On-4 dental implants is that they can be placed in a single day, unlike traditional implants that may require multiple appointments over several months. Thus, you can leave your appointment with a brand new set of teeth and start enjoying the benefits of a beautiful, functional smile immediately. Additionally, because the implants are anchored into your jawbone, you won’t have to worry about removing them for cleaning or maintenance. You can brush and floss your teeth as you normally would without taking extra steps to care for your implants.
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LOS ANGELES -- Habitual sex offender Ross Wollschlager has bounced from one Ventura County, Calif., hotel to another in the weeks since his release from a state mental hospital, getting ejected each time the owner learned of his identity.
Publicity about his release has made it impossible for the 44-year-old convicted rapist to find a rural landlord willing to give him a place to live.
After seven evictions, Liberty Healthcare Corp., a San Diego company hired by the state of California to help Wollschlager get resettled, gave him a tent and he began living in the Ventura River bottom. He is overseen by a taxpayer-funded security guard who stays in a vehicle nearby.
Wollschlager's predicament has reignited debate on whether strict new laws governing sex offenders are making it more difficult to monitor them.
The state's Jessica's Law, passed overwhelmingly by voters last fall, bars Wollschlager from living within 2,000 feet - about a half-mile - of any school, park or beach. He wears two monitoring devices on his ankle and shuttles between his campsite and a friend's home each day.
"It's harder to protect the public when he is homeless," said Margaret Coyle, a county prosecutor who opposed Wollschlager's release. "Were he in a condo or an apartment, we could supervise him more effectively."
But Will Smith, chief of staff for state Sen. George Runner, who sponsored Jessica's Law, said he believes it is effective in protecting residents.
"We've never made any argument that it wouldn't be harder to find housing, but we've always argued that it would be safer," Smith said. "We think the safety of residents in California outweighs any inconvenience on [Wollschlager's] part."
Liberty Healthcare is continuing to look for permanent placement for Wollschlager, a search that began 17 months ago, said Nancy Kincaid, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Mental Health.
It's not the first time a sex offender has become homeless upon release, Kincaid said.
Last summer, before Jessica's Law was approved, child molester Timothy Boggs was "chased from hotel to hotel" in Sacramento until a bail bondsman stepped forward to offer him a place to stay in his office, she said.
In San Luis Obispo County, felon Frederick Hoffman is scheduled to live in a trailer near military training grounds upon his release.
On Friday, the state Department of Corrections announced that it had notified 2,741 sex offenders, who were paroled after Nov. 8, 2006, that they were in violation of housing restrictions mandated by Jessica's Law. The parolees now have less than 45 days to comply with the law.
The problem is only going to get bigger, Kincaid said.
More than 650 convicts are being treated as repeat sex offenders, and at least 11 could be released within a year. Meanwhile, Jessica's Law expanded the definition of who should be treated for sex offenses, and referrals to the state-run sexually violent predator treatment program have grown from 50 a month to more than 700, Kincaid said.
"How on earth do we do what the voters asked for - that is, how do we track these people? I really don't know," she said.
A 146-page report titled "No Easy Answers: Sex Offender Laws in the United States," scheduled for release next week by the nonprofit group Human Rights Watch, is expected to be critical of such laws and policies and urge state and federal reforms, including the elimination of residency restrictions.
Sheriff Bob Brooks said Jessica's Law should be modified to make it workable.
"The 2,000-foot distance makes it so hard to find housing," the sheriff said.
Todd Howeth, Wollschlager's county-provided lawyer, said his client is committed to turning his life around. He wears a global positioning anklet, attends counseling sessions almost daily and consults with layers of security and bureaucrats before making a move.
The public defender's office recently filed a petition challenging the restrictions, arguing that Jessica's Law went into effect months after Wollschlager was ordered released. Howeth said his client has received death threats and is being treated like a leper.
"Government should provide some kind of facility for these men to transition into," he said. "Wollschlager has paid his price to society, and if you have this system, they should have housing to go to."
Catherine Saillant writes for the Los Angeles Times.

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Airfields at Hobsonville Point stage one starts
09 May 2017
- Hobsonville Point, The Airfields
Developer AV Jennings rolled out the special spade to mark the start of construction of the first of 102 standalone and terrace homes being built by GJ Gardener on stage one of Panuku Development Auckland’s Airfields at Hobsonville site.
On site to inspect progress, Upper Harbour Local Board Chair Lisa Whyte said it was great to meet the team working to deliver more high quality, high amenity homes at Hobsonville Point.
“The location is stunning and the housing options will cater for people at all ages and stages of life keen to join the growing, diverse and vibrant community.”
Panuku Chief Executive Roger MacDonald said it was good to see the beginnings of hundreds more quality homes within the Airfields precinct come to fruition and help ease Auckland’s housing shortage.


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The founding pastor of Hillsong Church, Brian Houston, has publicly addressed some of the accusations made against him in the last few months. It’s the first time he’s opened up about the situation since stepping down as leading pastor.
In a video address live-streamed simultaneously on all his social media platforms, Houston said he wanted to “bring some perspective around the story surrounding his resignation”.
In March, the 68-year-old came under fire after an internal investigation found he had behaved inappropriately towards two women in two separate instances.
On one of the occasions, Houston was found to have sent inappropriate texts to a woman, while on the other, he was accused of entering a hotel room of a female while being under the effects of alcohol and anti-anxiety medication.
A few days after his breach of conduct rules was revealed by the church, Houston resigned as Hillsong’s lead pastor. But Houston now says he didn’t step down because of “his mistakes”.
“That's just not true,” he said. “I resigned because of the announcements and statements that have been made, which Bobby [his wife] and I felt made my position untenable.”
“Sadly, in the statements and announcements made, there was enough detailed report, ultimate shame and humiliation, but enough ambiguity to leave people to make their own conclusions about what did or didn't happen. Frankly, in many cases, those conclusions are wrong,” he continued.
Houston labeled reports of him being an alcoholic as “false” and stressed he does not have an “ongoing problem with anti-anxiety tablets or any other prescription medication”. For him, the church's statement was not a "fair" representation of his relationship with alcohol.
“I spoke about alcohol as having not proved itself to be my friend. But sadly, that has built a narrative out there that I'm an alcoholic and have stories about my alcoholism that are the result of gossip, whispering and innuendo. The narrative that I'm an alcoholic is false.”
“I respectfully ask you to please not label me that way or blindly accept that narrative,” he pleaded.
At the time of his resignation, Houston was already under a lot of scrutiny following various scandals hitting Hillsong pastors, as well as his ongoing legal battle regarding his father’s sexual abuse of children. Before resigning altogether from his role, he had stepped aside from the church’s global board to focus on preparing his defence.
"Over 12 months ago, I was charged with a crime that I'm yet to defend, and I will fight," he said on his video. His three-week trial will begin on 2nd December and will run until the 22nd. Australian authorities allege the Hillsong founder failed to report Frank Houston’s sexual abuse of nine boys perpetrated between 1965 and 1977. Houston denies any wrongdoing.
The video was streamed for those unable to attend some of the gatherings Houston and his wife are hosting in Sydney this week.
He concluded by saying: “All of us have fallen, fall short of the glory of God. You and I have fallen but because of Jesus, that's not the label you were and I refuse to carry those labels any more than anyone else.
"I'm flawed. I've been humbled, but I'm not moving forward. And I'm not living disgraced. I'm living as a child of God with my head held high, chosen, called graced and with a God given future, and hope.”
“So thank you to all those around the world are showing Bobby and I nothing but love and grace. And thank you to our family, for your love and your unconditional support.
“So many people have opinions about what I should or shouldn't be doing in the season. That's human nature. But I want you to know we are submitted to mature and seasoned spiritual leaders who have been a blessing to us in this season, and if their counsel their advice, that I'm following. So God bless you, much love and as someone once said: the best is yet to come.”


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BY: Fidelindo Lim, DNP, CCRN
“Unnecessary noise, then, is the most cruel absence of care which can be inflicted either on sick or well.” --Florence Nightingale
A recent New York Times article about the negative effects of noise and clatter in hospitals generated a large amount of blog entries. The majority of comments came from patients and nurses who were unanimous in their conclusion that noise in hospitals, particularly in the ICU and other high-acuity units, is a serious threat to the patient’s ultimate recovery.
This reminds me of a time a patient rang her call bell to ask “Is there a cocktail party going on at the nurse’s station?” The din of conversation had kept the patient sleepless and feeling helpless. She was angry and demanded an explanation. Although some hospital noise and sleep interruptions, such as alarms from cardiac monitors, can’t be avoided, much of hospital noise is attributed to preventable sources such as staff conversation.1
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended noise level values for continuous background noise in patient rooms is 35 decibels (dB) during the day and 30 dB at night, with night time peaks not to exceed 40 dB.2 A review of the literature on hospital noise found that compliance to these guidelines isn’t met.1 Recent studies noted high noise levels, at times exceeding WHO’s prescribed noise levels, in various patient-care areas such as the OR,3 burn ICU,4 in medical inpatient units,5 and in chemotherapy clinics.6 The OR is one of the noisiest places, particularly neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery.7 One study reported that the peak noise level during these procedures exceeded 100 dB for almost half the entire procedure.1 There’s no doubt the use of equipment such as drills and saws during orthopedic surgeries contribute to the noise level. Although the effects of prolonged exposure to noise on staff aren’t well understood, the ill effects of noise on patients, most notably significant sleep loss, are well documented.5
Sound check: impact of noise on safety
Noise disrupts sleep. Since adequate sleep is essential to health and well-being, sleep deprivation can lead to a host of ill effects. Sleep disturbance is associated with elevated stress hormone response, hypertension, increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, impaired immune function, attention and memory deficits, and depressed mood.8 These findings are significant considering that cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
In neonatal ICUs (NICUs), stimulation resulting from noise may lead to adverse responses such as increased energy demand and oxygen desaturation.9 Since sound sleep is essential for central nervous system development, sleep disruption may negatively impact the overall health of preterm infants.10 The burden of disease is thereby increased by noise.
Noise not only impacts staff performance, but may also decrease patients’ confidence in their caregivers.
Communication breakdowns and interruptions during patient handoffs happen as a result of noise. The clatter and noise produced during change-of shift report in a crowded nurses station can lead to poor-quality handoffs that result in inefficiency, delayed treatment, mismanagement, and avoidable adverse events.11 High noise levels in the workplace have been implicated in increased staff stress, increased rates of burnout, and reduced occupational health.12 These ill effects of noise will ultimately affect professional behavior, quality of work, workplace civility, and patient safety.
Alarm fatigue and noise desensitization may lead the staff to ignore or disable important alarms.13 The Joint Commission has reported sentinel events related to alarm misuse or inadequate alarms that resulted in patient deaths.14 Meaningful use of technology to optimize staff response to alarms will promote better sleep for patients and optimal monitoring of critical changes.
Hospitalized older adults are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of noise and other interruptions due to higher risk for delirium. Although no specific study was found that looked into the role of noise in causing or aggravating delirium in older adults, the interventions used to treat delirium might require noise-generating devices such as infusion pumps and monitors or admitting the patient to the ICU, an inherently loud area where constant monitoring takes precedence over rest and sleep. Delirium is the strongest independent predictor of death, mechanical ventilation time, and ICU stay.15 Sleep deprivation due to noise can potentially exacerbate delirium.
A recent study showed that not all noises are created equal. Electronic sounds (alarms from monitors and infusion devices and the ringing from telephones) caused a greater and more sustained elevation of heart rate.8 This undue cardiac stress (tachycardia) is of particular concern to older adults who might already have underlying cardiac dysrhythmias. An increased heart rate increases myocardial oxygen demand and triggers a cascade of adverse hemodynamic effects in already compromised heart function.
Alarm parameters, for example on heart monitors, should be customized to meet the needs of individual patients. Clinical context and professional judgment play a major part in preventing unnecessary alarms, not only for older adults, but for all patients.24
Noise and patient satisfaction
“I have often been surprised at the thoughtlessness (resulting in cruelty, quite unintentionally) of friends or of doctors who will hold a long conversation just in the room or passage adjoining to the room of the patient, who is either at every moment expecting them to come in, or who has just seen them, and knows they are talking about him.” --Florence Nightingale17
Noise not only impacts staff performance, but may also decrease patients’ confidence in their caregivers.17 This in turn may impact a patient’s hospital experience satisfaction. With the current emphasis on value-based purchasing that’s linked to patient satisfaction scores, hospitals that care for Medicare and Medicaid patients now participate in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) quality survey.18 Patients will be asked to rate how often the area around their room was quiet at night. Based on current data, patients rated the quietness question the lowest of all the quality metrics, responding only 58% of the time that the area around their room was always quiet at night as compared to an average score of 72% for all other metrics.19
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“How well a patient will generally bear, e.g., the putting up of a scaffolding close to the house, when he cannot bear the talking, still less the whispering, especially if it be of a familiar voice, outside his door.” --Florence Nightingale17
The patient-care environment is a powerhouse noise generator. As healthcare becomes more tethered to machines and technology, the pool of noise source increases, in addition to the routine harshness of alarms, paging systems, telephones, computer printers, ice machines, TV, delivery carts, and clipboards.20 Addressing the adverse reactions of noise in healthcare is not new. In 1860, Florence Nightingale’s cutting-edge book Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not contained multiple pages devoted to countering the ill effects of noise and how to care for the patient quietly.17 Nightingale emphasized that nurses should speak softly and not rustle around the bedside to keep the noise down.
“A nurse who rustles (I am speaking of nurses professional and unprofessional) is the horror of a patient, though perhaps he does not know why.” --Florence Nightingale.17
Interestingly, a review of research on hospital noise cited nurses’ voices among the most disturbing noise frequently mentioned by patients.20 This is important to note because noise reduction often requires costly architectural solutions. Knowing that talking loudly is the main source of noise, speaking softly would then be the single most cost effective way to reduce noise; an intervention well within the scope of nursing practice.17 Examples of Nightingale’s observations include:
“Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing.”
“...the rattling of keys, the creaking of stays and of shoes will do a patient more harm than all the medicine in the world will do him good.”
“A good nurse will always make sure that no door or window in her patient’s room shall rattle or creak.”
“...unnecessary noise has undoubtedly aggravated delirium in many cases.”
“All hurry and bustle is peculiarly painful to the sick.”
Sleep disturbance is associated with elevated stress hormone response, hypertension, increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, impaired immune function, attention and memory deficits, and depression.
To effectively address noise requires interprofessional collaboration. Reflective discussions among staff, family members, patients, or long-term-care residents on the effect of noise would be a vital first step in designing lasting solutions. Shared governance teams can be powerful change agents. In addressing the noise problem, this multidisciplinary team can assess modifiable sources of noise and create solutions that are achievable. Volume of staff voices can easily be modified by posting signs that promote speaking softly around the nurses’ station. Other modifiable sources of noise are defective equipment such as a broken wheel of a trolley cart and a TV that is left on even when there’s no patient in the room. Controlling noise in the patient-care setting is very much aligned with providing patient-centered care and rests in the domain of nursing. Below are further strategies to curtail noise in hospitals:
• staff-development programs and simulation of “noisy” situations and how to apply best practices
• develop clinical protocols addressing noise and other patient hospital experience satisfaction issues
• designate “quiet time” or “noise time-out” periods, for example, between 2300 and 0600 or between 1400 and 1600
• provide a sleep mask and earplugs as requested by patients
• encourage patients, family, and staff to display a “Do Not Disturb” sign (commonly found in hotel rooms) outside the door during the hours of sleep or during the daytime to allow for naps
• turn off the TV or lower the TV volume whenever possible
• dim the lights at bedtime and close the door as monitoring requirements allow
• keep equipment in good repair
• call environmental services to repair leaky faucets as soon as possible.
Nurse-led initiatives in noise reduction have included installing sound meters in nursing stations to increase awareness of noise levels; installing soft door closers, turning down the volume of phones; setting up conference areas that are not near patient rooms; coordinating care activities to reduce patient disruptions; and conducting random surveys of patients to assess their perceptions of noise levels.21 After a noise reduction initiative, patient satisfaction scores in one facility greatly improved (noise domain) and overall noise level reduction was sustained.22
Addressing the noise problem is gaining more attention from practitioners and stakeholders largely due to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) ruling on value-based purchasing in which reimbursements will be based on patient experience satisfaction scores. The emphasis on financial incentives might in fact make the hospitals quieter. Interestingly, strategies to curtail noise using sound detection equipment and expensive environmental alterations haven’t proven to be adequate in minimizing hospital noise to levels specified by international agencies.23
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses has published a Practice Alert on alarm management related to monitoring devices such as cardiac monitors.24 This evidence-based clinical practice resource aims to help clinicians apply best practices to avoid alarm fatigue, which will also aid in noise reduction. The full report can be found at http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/docs/practicealerts/alarm-management-practice-alert.pdf.
An in-depth analysis of noise trends is needed to create policy and practice guidelines that might entail a change in the philosophy of care. All direct patient-care providers in acute care settings need to be aware of the patient’s need for meaningful healing sleep that requires more than just a quiet environment. Care should be coordinated to minimize sleep interruptions during the night or during afternoon naps by avoiding nonurgent interventions such as obtaining vital signs more frequently than needed based on the patient’s clinical status or washing the patient at 0500. A related research question would be to investigate how much sleep loss (hours) is attributable to noise.
There are approximately 36 million hospital admissions annually in the United States.25 If all healthcare providers took the time to stop and listen to the clatter, we’d be more sensitive to our patient’s comfort needs. In achieving better patient outcomes, we can combine both the wisdom of Nightingale and today’s leading-edge technology in implementing a “quiet approach” conducive to healing and recovery. Care improvements based on HCAHPS survey data has largely focused on communication about medicines, discharge information, and cleanliness. It’s time for all stakeholders to address the hospital noise issue and apply low-cost, evidence-based noise reduction programs. ❖
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2. Berglund B, Lindvall T, Schwela DH. Guidelines for community noise. World Health Organization. 1999. http://www.who.int/docstore/peh/noise/guidelines2.html.
3. Chen L, Brueck SE, Niemeier MT. Evaluation of potential noise exposures in hospital operating rooms. AORN J. 2012;96(4):412-418. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2012.06.001.
4. Cordova AC, Logishetty K, Fauerbach J, Price LA, Gibson BR, Milner SM. Noise levels in a burn intensive care unit. Burns. 2013;39(1):44-48. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2012.02.033.
5. Yoder JC, Staisiunas PG, Meltzer DO, Knutson KL, Arora VM. Noise and sleep among adult medical inpatients: far from a quiet night. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(1):68-70. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2011.603.
6. Gladd DK, Saunders GH. Ambient noise levels in the chemotherapy clinic. Noise Health. 2011;13(55):444-451. doi:10.4103/1463-1741.90322.
7. Ginsberg SH, Pantin E, Kraidin J, Solina A, Panjwani S, Yang G. Noise levels in modern operating rooms during surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013;27(3):528-530. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2012.09.001.
8. Buxton OM, Ellenbogen JM, Wang W, et al. Sleep disruption due to hospital noises: a prospective evaluation. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157(3):170-179.
9. Wachman EM, Lahav A.The effects of noise on preterm infants in the NICU. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2011;96(4):F305-F309. doi:10.1136/adc.2009.182014.
10. Aita M, Johnston C, Goulet C, Oberlander TF, Snider L. Intervention minimizing preterm infants’ exposure to NICU light and noise. Clin Nurs Res. 2013;22(3):337-358. doi:10.1177/1054773812469223.
11. The Joint Commission. Improving transitions of care: hand-off communications. 2012. http://www.centerfortransforminghealthcare.org/assets/4/6/CTH_Handoff_commun_set_final_2010.pdf.
12. Messingher G, Ryherd E, Ackerman J. Hospital noise and staff performance. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2012;132:2031.
13. Cvach M. Monitor alarm fatigue: an integrative review. Biomed Instrum Technol. 2012;46(4):268-277.
14. The Joint Commission. Preventing ventilator-related deaths and injuries. Sentinel Event Alert (25). 2002. http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/SEA_25.pdf.
15. Shehabi Y, Riker RR, Bokesch PM, et al. Delirium duration and mortality in lightly sedated, mechanically ventilated intensive care patients. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(12):2311-2318.
16. Phillips J. Clinical alarms: complexity and common sense. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006;18(2):145-156.
17. Nightingale F. Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not. London: Harrison; 1860.
18. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The HCAHPS Survey—Frequently Asked Questions. n.d. http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-AssessmentInstruments/HospitalQuality Inits/Downloads/HospitalHCAHPSFactSheet201007.pdf.
19. Madaras G. A different perspective on the ongoing noise problem in U.S. hospitals: lessons learned from existing acute care facilities and their patients’ quiet-at-night scores. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 2012;132:2032.
20. Pope D. Decibel levels and noise generators on four medical/surgical nursing units. J Clin Nurs. 2010;19(17-18):2463-2470. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03263.x.
21. Eggertson L. Hospital noise. Can Nurse. 2012;108(4):28-31.
22. Connor A, Ortiz E. Staff solutions for noise reduction in the workplace. Perm J. 2009;13(4):23-27.
23. Konkani A, Oakley B. Noise in hospital intensive care units—a critical review of a critical topic. J Crit Care. 2012;27(5):522.e1-522. e9. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.09.003.
24. American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Alarm management. AACN Practice Alert. 2013. http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/docs/practicealerts/alarm-management-practice-alert.pdf.
25. American Hospital Association. Fast Facts on US Hospitals. 2013. http://www.aha.org/research/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.shtml.
The author has disclosed that he has no financial relationships related to this article.
Notes: This article was originally published in Nursing 2014 Critical Care: Lim, F. A. (2014). Shhh! Too much hospital noise slows recovery. Nursing 2014 Critical Care, 9, 43-47. A PDF version is available at: Shhh__Too_much_hospital_noise_slows_recovery.10
Fidelindo Lim, DNP, CCRN
Fidelindo Lim is a clinical faculty at NYU College of Nursing and a per diem nurse educator for NYP Weill Cornell and Hospital for Special Surgery.

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More job losses coming
BARBADIANS SHOULD BRACE themselves for more job losses for the remainder of this year, says Governor of the Central Bank Dr Delisle Worrell.
He said at least 1 000 jobs were lost between June and September, and lamented that this trend would continue until the upcoming tourist season starts in December.
“It would seem that the trend of job losses will not be turned around until the next coming winter season. Providing that the season lives up to expectations, we should see some turn around,” Worrell told a Press conference yesterday to discuss the Review Of The Barbados Economy For The First Nine Months Of 2011 issued Tuesday.
“This continuing job loss has been of great disappointment to us. We thought that 2011 would have been the year that we would have built back from the situation where we were at the end of 2010,” said the governor.
He explained that tourism was the only sector that could provide enough funds to effect a turnaround in the island’s economic fortunes.
Worrell, however, warned that with the industrial economies on which Barbados’ depended for foreign exchange slowing down, the international investment climate remained very uncertain.
“We are already seeing the results of that in our tourism and in our international business and financial services sector. What this means is that we will have to hold a tight rein on the economy for a little while longer than we had expected, and in particular, our fiscal consolidation measures would have to remain in place in order to protect our foreign reserves,” said Worrell.
The governor did not think the economy was heading back into recession. He said that as long as the country was able to maintain some positive growth this year more than last year, the situation would improve.
Likewise, he did not expect another downgrade in Barbados’ credit rating as long as we are able to attain the targets in Government’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy.
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Thickness Ranges of the Springfield Coal Member (Petersburg Formation, Pennsylvanian) in West-Central Indiana: Indiana
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- In the past a series of reports on coal resources of selected counties in Indiana was published as part of the Special Report series of the Indiana Geological Survey. These reports included maps showing thickness of the Springfield Coal Member (Petersburg Formation, Pennsylvanian). The thickness maps were based on coal-test records, mine-map notations, and interpretations of geophysical logs that are included in the files of the Indiana Geological Survey. Different thickness ranges were utilized in the various counties and for different purposes. Since 1980, staff members of the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) have also collected and entered coal resource information into the NCRDS database as a cooperative project with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The purpose of NCRDS database is to provide a means of rapid retrieval of point-source coal resource information, including coal location, thickness, depth, and other parameters. Base on all available data as of October 2010 a new map of Springfield Coal Member thickness was created. It is the most current thickness map of the Springfield Coal Member. Because additional data on coal thicknesses are obtained by the Indiana Geological Survey on an annual basis, interested users may wish to contact the Indiana Geological Survey for information on these more up-to-date sources.
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Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell doesn’t think Test cricket is going away anytime soon. However, he certainly thinks some of the best players in the world will be incentivized to choose lucrative T20 leagues instead of the game’s longest format.
With the announcement of two new T20 leagues to be played in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa, there has been a huge debate over whether players will choose club over country. The decision of Ben Stokes to opt out of ODI cricket and Trent Boult from New Zealand’s central contract has given more air to this debate.
Speaking to Wide World of Sports on Saturday, here’s what Ian Chappell had to say about the future of Test cricket:
“(Test cricket) won’t die in my lifetime. But who will play it? That’s the big question. If you don’t have your best players, is Test cricket worth watching? The answer probably not. Test cricket It’s a good game, but it has to be played well.”
Ian Chappell on the challenge boards will face to keep hold of their players
Ian Chappell also spoke about cricket boards such as the West Indies, which have had payment problems with their players for some time now. The 78-year-old believes such issues will always make it difficult for these boards to retain world-class players as they would often prefer to make more money.
Of this, Chappell said:
“I think a lot of older players will get offers from that region, and it will be a real challenge for nations like Australia who have a lot of good players, and also for nations who can’t afford to pay their players at best rates.”
Ian Chappell also pointed out how the schedule of the aforementioned T20 leagues could conflict with that of the Big Bash League (BBL). In such a scenario, Australian players will have to make a choice between the two leagues.
The Australian legend felt that given that a number of IPL franchises own these teams, Cricket Australia might find it extremely difficult to convince their players to stay back for the BBL:
“Then you have the problem of IPL franchises owning teams in different leagues around the world. If you have a decent IPL contract and the choice is between Australia and the UAE team in your IPL franchise, well are you going to put your IPL contract in jeopardy.”
Will international cricket lose its relevance with the arrival of more such T20 leagues? Let us know in the comments.


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A man facing multiple sexual assault charges of a young girl has been released on bail, police say.
Wayne Delroy, 32, of Toronto was charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of invitation to sexual touching and two counts of sexual interference.
Delroy is a former childhood educator and soccer coach. He has also worked for daycares and youth centres in the GTA.
According to police report, Delroy has been actively involved in church as a youth worker and mentor.
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At the launch of his biography King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan [Images] And The Seductive World Of Indian Cinema in Mumbai on August 20, SRK [Images] said that the manner in which his character in Chak De! India reacts after the women's hockey team wins the final match to lift the World Cup trophy was his favourite scene.
"It gave me inner peace," he remarked.
He revealed he was in the midst of writing his autobiography when Anupama Chopra came up with the idea of her book. "The book does not revolve just around me but the journey of Hindi cinema since the 1990s," he said.
To a question on what he felt was his USP, he said it was his 'sense of humour.'
When asked how he would like to be remembered, the actor replied, "When you meet my children after many years, they will tell you that I was a good father."
Speaking about Sanjay Dutt's [Images] interim bail, Khan said he was relieved and happy. "We all hope that his personal trials and tribulations end soon. He has already paid heavily for his mistake."
The launch party saw the presence of prominent personalities like Neeta Ambani, Juhi Chawla [Images], former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdulah, Raj Kumar Hirani, Karan Johar [Images], Anu Malik [Images], John Abraham [Images], Dia Mirza [Images] and Subhash Ghai [Images].
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police have arrested a suspect who allegedly hijacked a Muni commuter bus, assaulted the driver and hit several other vehicles Friday night.
Officer Robert Rueca of the San Francisco Police Department said the suspect, who has not been identified, was taken into custody after the bus was stopped.
Officers responded to a report of a carjacking at 7:53 p.m. at Cortland Avenue and Mission Street in Mission County, police said.
According to police, the suspect attacked the driver, drove the bus and “struck multiple vehicles” before stopping at 19th and Guerrero streets.
There were no passengers in the bus at that time, the police informed.
An ambulance attended the scene and the bus driver and the driver of the other vehicle were treated for what police said were “non-life-threatening” medical conditions.
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Hey, just like homeowners associations, all clubs have rules. The Mile High Club is no exception, and this mischievousness doesn’t cut the mustard. As reported by The Prince George Citizen (Halifax, Nova Scotia):
A flight attendant told the trial of a woman accused of committing an indecent act on a Toronto-to-Halifax flight that she and a man used a coat to cover their laps to fondle each other.
That’s a different club, right? Anyway …
The trial for 25-year-old Alicia Elizabeth Lander got underway Wednesday at Dartmouth provincial court.
Lander has pleaded not guilty to committing indecent acts, assaulting a police officer, committing an act of mischief and causing a disturbance at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport last Jan. 24.
John Dunn, who was service director for Air Canada Flight 610, testified for the Crown that Lander had asked if she could change seats to sit with her friend after boarding the plane in Toronto.
Dunn said about an hour into the flight, a passenger had told him the people sitting in 14A and 14B were about to join the “Mile High Club.”
He testified that he approached Lander and the man and found them with a jacket over their laps but said he could tell what was happening underneath.
He said he could see Lander’s thighs and pink thong.
“Her pants were down around her ankles,” said Dunn. “I said, ‘I want you to stop this now. It’s inappropriate.'”
Dunn said Lander’s hand was in the area of the man’s crotch making an up-and-down motion.
He said he asked Lander to get dressed and she eventually pulled up her pants, although she initially denied not being clothed.
Dunn said Lander was then asked to go back to the seat she was originally assigned in row 26, where she slept for the remainder of the flight.
He said he notified the captain of the incident, who arranged to have RCMP officers meet them at the gate.
Jason George Chase, 39, was also charged with committing an indecent act in connection with the same incident and had originally pleaded not guilty, but changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday.
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NIPA-Kutubu returning officer John Harisol says he will defy Electoral Commissioner Andrew Trawen’s orders not to count the nine rejected ballot boxes from the electorate.
The nine boxes containing more than 10,000 ballot papers from Upa 1, Embi 1, Pomberel 1 and 2, Ingip 1 and 2 and Merep 1, Yomo 1 and 2 from the Southern Highlands were rejected by the Electoral Commission.
Trawen issued several directives to the provincial electoral manager David Wakias and Harisol not to count the boxes, all from Nembi Plateau and Nipa LLG.
Trawen said after receiving several complaints from scrutineers, polling officials and candidates, he was satisfied polling in those areas were not conducted properly.
Commission lawyer Ray Williams, who was in the province, reiterated the directive to the returning officer, counting officials and scrutineers in Mendi on Saturday that the boxes should be locked away and that the tallies from the rejected boxes be removed.
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Toddlers who prefer to munch on sweet treats rather than salty food are more likely to be obese, a new study has found.
While the popular saying tells that there is always room for dessert, it may not be a good habit in reality, especially when it is started at an early age.
The risk of body fat increase and subsequent unhealthy weight gain were higher among toddlers who choose cookies over chips in an experiment conducted by University of Michigan researchers.
Senior researcher Julie C. Lumen says they discovered that kids who eat sweet, not salty, food after an adequate meal are more likely to face weight gain risks.
Finding Out What Tots Prefer
The study involved a total of 209 mothers whose incomes are considered low. The researchers asked them to fast their toddlers for an hour and then let them eat a full lunch.
After the sufficient meal, the team presented the toddlers with a tray of sweet food like chocolate chip cookies and salty food such as potato chips. There were no limits as to how much food they want to eat.
After analysis, the team found that those who chose sweet treats and showed signs of being disappointed after the food was collected had slow rises in body fat when they turned 33 months old. Conversely, the kids who chose the salty snacks did not.
Eating In The Absence of Hunger (EAC)
Lumen says eating even if one is not hungry is associated with overweight in older children. However, this is the first time that the team has seen this connection in kids as young as one to three years old.
The tendency to eat without hunger feelings rises with age and this could have lifetime effects associated with weight gain. Having said that, it is necessary to find out ways to control this drive to eat even before a child turns three years old.
"Developing interventions to reduce EAH that are developmentally appropriate for toddlers may be an important, novel intervention strategy," the authors write.
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Ferrari's being a tease here. Perhaps they're bashful.
After all, it's pretty clear the company's engineers are being dragged into the Turbo Era only very reluctantly. Actually, they're a little more blunt than that. "We don't like the turbo," a Ferrari engineer told Senior Editor Jason Cammisa, "but it's the right way to reduce emissions without sacrificing performance."
Performance, huh? Well this video's nothing if not vague—a quickly-cut jumble of darkened scenes and half-spotted clues. It does a fine job of hiding any trace of turbine whoosh or whine. But then there's the telltale tachometer: redline in this video, if it's an indication of anything at all, is 8000 RPM.
The standard redline of the glorious-sounding, naturally-aspirated 458 Italia is 9000 RPM.
Here's a bigger hint: the Ferrari California T, first of the modern-era boosted Ferraris, took a redline penalty of 500 RPM (down to 7500 RPM) in the transition to forced induction. That's a solid clue as to what's happening to what we can assume (based on the taillights and other subtle flashes) is the 458 in this teaser video.
It's been long expected that the 458 will get a version of the California T engine, although it's quite clear that California T's V8 will need revisions to be suitable for the far more athletic 458. Perhaps the higher redline shown here compared to the turbo California will be the difference.
Tomorrow should be enlightening.


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JAKARTA • The operator of one of the world's biggest copper and gold mines is at the centre of a major political scandal in Indonesia after confirming that the Speaker of Parliament tried to extort shares from the company to ensure its contract extension.
Mr Maroef Sjamsoeddin, head of Freeport McMoRan's Indonesian operations, told Parliament's ethics panel that he secretly recorded a meeting in which Speaker Setya Novanto asked for a 20 per cent stake, estimated to be worth billions of dollars, in the US-based company's Indonesia unit.
His remarks on Thursday came after Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said reported Mr Setya to the ethics panel last month and submitted a transcript of the conversation recorded by Mr Maroef. In the recording, Mr Maroef said, Mr Setya indicated that a 20 per cent stake be given to President Joko Widodo and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla.
Mr Setya allegedly told the Freeport executive that he could ensure the miner's contract would be extended from 2021 to 2041.
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Speaker of Parliament Setya Novanto indicated that a 20 per cent stake be given to Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Vice-President Jusuf Kalla. He allegedly told Freeport executive Maroef Sjamsoeddin that he could ensure the miner's contract would be extended from 2021 to 2041.
Mr Maroef told the ethics panel that he met Mr Setya along with businessman Muhammad Reza Chalid on their request to discuss business at a Jakarta hotel in May and June. "I took the initiative to record it... because I was by myself and there were two of (them)," he said, adding he had used his phone to record the last meeting with the pair.
"The Parliament Speaker and his friend Reza told me they wanted a 20 per cent stake and also asked for a hydroelectric power project," he said. The pair said they were working with Chief Security Minister Luhut Pandjaitan and also wanted to be involved in Freeport's planned smelter project, he added.
Jakarta already has a 9.36 per cent stake in Freeport's Indonesian operations, and is due to take another 10.64 per cent stake under existing regulations.
Freeport had asked for an extension of its contract to give it legal certainty before investing billions of dollars in an underground phase at its Grasberg gold and copper sites in Papua province. Mr Luhut said earlier this week that Jakarta would not extend Freeport's contract early as local regulations say negotiations can begin only two years before the contract ends in 2021, local media reported.
Mr Joko is "monitoring and following this carefully", Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung told reporters yesterday. "Some of it is hyperbole and some of it is fact. Let the ethics council investigate it," he said, referring to the recording.
Mr Kalla was quoted by Kompas newspaper yesterday as saying the Freeport case was just the tip of the iceberg and the government will pull out all stops to "clean up corruption no matter what happens".
The allegations threaten to further erode investor confidence in Indonesia, analysts said. "The multifarious affair surrounding (Mr Setya) reeks of the sort of shady dealings... which make investing and operating in Indonesia extremely precarious," said Concord Consulting.
Amid the probe, a mining ministry official said Freeport must propose a price for a 10.64 per cent stake it is required to divest from its Indonesian subsidiary on or by Jan 12. "They have 90 days after Oct 14," coal and minerals director-general Bambang Gatot said yesterday, referring to Freeport. Once it has received the offer, Indonesia will decide within 60 days whether it will buy the stake or offer it to a state-owned enterprise or regional government, he said.

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DETROIT - Detroit City Council Presiedent Pro-Tem George Cushingberry will be facing a traffic ticket after all.
Detroit police say they will be reissuing a ticket stemming from the notorious January traffic stop during which marijuana and an empty liquor bottle were discovered in Cushingberry's vehicle. Despite the findings, police did not arrest Cushingberry or test him for sobriety at that moment. Instead, the councilman was issued a ticket for failing to signal.
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However, the ticket was dismissed in court on Monday because the officer who issued the citation failed to show up for court. Detroit police said the officer was absent due to a paperwork mix-up. He had worked in the Detroit Police Department's Tactical Response Unit but was transferred to the city's 2nd Precinct in late November. The court notice was sent to the officer's old post, so he failed to get the message.
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Dylan Sprouse Is FINALLY Returning To Acting & The Internet Is Freaking Out
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The Sprouse sibling is living his most suite life as he takes on a brand new acting role in an upcoming movie.
You've tried Cole, now get ready for the rise of Dylan.
Yes, after years of screen absence, Dylan Sprouse is finally returning to the world of acting, set to appear in the indie Carte Blanche.
The 24 year old will appear alongside Jack Kilmer and model Jordan Barrett in the film directed by Eva Doležalová and, while we don't have any major plot details yet, the cast have been posting a few sneaky behind the scenes photos for us all to enjoy:
Hair goals tbh.
Safe to say, longtime fans of the Sprouse dynasty were freaking out at the prospect of this comeback to end all comebacks:
"dylan sprouse is back into acting" pic.twitter.com/42JEzHeoHQ— juggie (@hdriverdale) July 31, 2017
dylan sprouse is acting again !!! did i hear a new cast for...... jellybean jones ?? pic.twitter.com/lYZ5Jdosst— nina (@ninaluces) August 1, 2017
And, of course, Cole marked the occassion with an appropriately silly tweet:
Hey can you return my fucking t-shirts too? pic.twitter.com/un1sdqCHr5— Cole M. Sprouse (@colesprouse) August 1, 2017
Never change boys. Never change.
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