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Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth, who has been roped in for India-set upcoming kidnap drama Dhaka on Netflix, arrived in India to begin filming for the project. The Netflix show also stars Manoj Bajpayee and Randeep Hooda in lead roles.
The actor was spotted at the Ahmedabad airport where he obliged his fans with selfies. The pictures have now started doing the rounds of social media. He will soon be travelling to Mumbai for shooting purpose.
Dhaka will mark the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave.
Hargrave has graduated from being Chris Evans' stunt double in Captain America: The Winter Soldier to fight and stunt coordinator in Captain America: Civil War, to holding those jobs plus some second unit directing in Avengers: Infinity War.
Joe and Anthony Russo, who worked with Chris Hemsworth and Hargrave when they directed Avengers: Infinity War and two Captain America movies, are producing via their AGBO banner. The action thriller is set up by Netflix, reports deadline.com.
Dhaka is an action film in which Hemsworth has to liberate a kidnapped Indian boy. Physically brave but an emotional coward, the man has to come to terms with his identity and sense of self. The script is written by Joe Russo and he's producing with his brother, AGBO's Mike Larocca, Thematic Entertainment's Hemsworth and Ben Grayson.
The project will be shot until March 2019 at locales in India and Indonesia and is due for release in May, 2019.
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Research Paper | Gynaecology | India | Volume 4 Issue 6, June 2015
Maternal Anemia and Poor Diet during Pregnancy is An Independent Risk Factor for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery
Shreya Thapa | Anjali Rani | Nisha Rani Agrawal
Abstract: The present study was designed to investigate the outcome of pregnancy and delivery in patients with anemia with poor dietary intake.300 mothers admitted in a Tertiary health centre for delivery were recruited for the study. Hemoglobin, gestational age of delivery and birth weight of the babies was noted. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS version 16. More than 66 % mothers were anemic at some point of time during their pregnancy. Only 34.7 % patients had intake of extra diet during pregnancy. Mean birth weight of babies born to anemic mothers was 2.39 0.5 kg which was significantly lower compared to that of babies born to non anemic mothers 3.04 0.47 kg ( p value = 0.001). Only 28.3 % of the anemic patients took extra diet during pregnancy among whom 35 % mothers had LBW babies.71.7 % patients did not take extra calorie diet which resulted in 45 % LBW babies. The mean gestational age at delivery for mothers who were anemic was 36.402.9 weeks compared to non anemic group - 38.331.8 weeks. The incidence of low birth weight babies and preterm deliveries were significantly more in mothers who were anemic with a poor diet intake. occurred more frequently in mothers.
Keywords: ANEMIA, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT, HEMOGLOBIN
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Taking aim at Netflix, Redbox Instant by Verizon has announced a subscription price and content partners for its rival streaming video service.
The joint venture between Coinstar’s (NASDAQ: CSTR) DVD kiosk business and telecom company Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) will charge $8 per month for unlimited movie streaming—one cent more than Netlfix does.
In addition, subscribers will get four one-night credits per month to check out the latest movie releases not available via streaming on DVD from Redbox machines. For $1 more per month, they can redeem those four credits for Blu-ray versions. Moreover, non-subscribers can still use the service to select new releases to buy or rent and reserve them for pickup at a Redbox location. These kiosk rentals are a key bonus compared to comparable streaming services offered by Netflix and Amazon, pointed out the Los Angeles Times.
Although the service’s official launch has been delayed until 2013, a beta trial will launch to consumers later this month.
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Redbox also revealed that it has inked a content agreement with EPIX, granting subscribers streaming access to new releases such as “Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol” and “The Hunger Games.” Epix’s studio partners include Paramount and Lionsgate, as well as MGM, whose titles will be available 90 days after they premiere in the premium window.
Additional movie content will come from electronic sell-through and VOD rental agreements with major studios like Lionsgate, Paramount, Relativity and Sony, as well as a previously announced content licensing agreement with Warner Bros.—but not with Disney or Fox. Without streaming rights for older movies from some major studios, including Fox or Universal, or any television shows, Redbox’s library, which TheWrap pegs at 5,500 titles, is rather limited compared to its competitors’.
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The choice of Senator Joe Biden seems to be well received by Democrats in general, and Hillary Clinton was quick to lend her support to the new ticket. It is a solid choice and one that addresses some of the perceived weaknesses in the Obama candidacy. Biden’s experience and credentials give the Democrats a ticket that balances vision and passion with purpose and stability. Latest polls have indicated slippage with Obama but Biden brings the toughness and the foreign-policy expertise to match Republican John McCain. In a word, gravitas.
Despite the general appreciation for the Biden selection, it was a conventional and safe choice by most standards. He is able to stand in as president should tragedy strike, brings potential electoral strength with Catholics and blue-collar workers, and can be helpful in some swing states like Pennsylvania. By choosing a more traditional type of running mate, it does say something about the presidential nominee. Obama may seem unconventional and his vision of change more emotive than concrete but with this choice, the Illinois senator shows a streak of realism to go with with idealism. With Biden, he will get the real deal and the ticket is stronger for that.
The Biden story will be heard in the days to come and it will impress. A man who has had his share of personal tragedy and adversity, a person of personal courage and tireless devotion to public service. Some Clinton supporters may feel slighted but we can expect her full support. The Democrats will unite behind this ticket and they should because it can win.
The impact on the McCain campaign is already being felt. A new attack ad showing Biden questioning Obama’s credentials is being aired. However, Biden’s debating skills, intelligence and his knowledge of national security matters will probably force McCain to make a conventional and safe choice of his own. Mitt Romney and Joe Leiberman come to mind. Already, we feel the McCain camp is very defensive about the choice. But today, it is Obama and Biden’s day and the Democratic ticket can once again use the next week to set the course for the next campaign.
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It’s been a rough road for Zack Snyder’s original vision for his superhero magnum opus to come to fruition, and it’s a miracle that it exists at all
Crafting an interconnected cinematic universe spread across multiple films and franchises is no simple task. Following the record-breaking success of Marvel Studios’ Marvel Cinematic Universe, which ushered in a new age for the superhero genre, many other attempted to launch their own mega-franchises. The results often weren’t so stellar, for example, Universal’s attempt at a classic movie monster “Dark Universe” was completely abandoned after only a single film, 2017’s critically-panned The Mummy. In fact, the only real competitor for the MCU has been Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, which looked to bring together some of the biggest superheroes of all time such as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and more. Even so, the DCEU faced a number of its own obstacles.
If the MCU proved anything, it’s that you need a somewhat singular vision at the helm of such a massive project; someone to steer the ship, even through various different directors and writers and characters. Marvel’s captain has always been producer Kevin Feige, who has helped the films maintain a consistent tone, image and direction. For DC, filmmaker Zack Snyder – the visionary behind Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, and Sucker Punch – has been their leader. Snyder kicked off the DCEU with 2013’s Man of Steel and its followup, 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which brought a bit of a darker and more self-serious tone and attitude to DC’s colorful roster of heroes. He also produced all of the other films set in the universe, like Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman, in order to keep its unique visual style as bet as he could.
2017’s Justice League was intended to be the culmination of DC’s efforts up to that point – the action-packed end of its first act (or “phase” as the MCU calls it) that would see all of the major heroes introduced thus far united to defeat a powerful enemy that none could handle alone. But in the middle of production, Snyder’s family was suddenly struck by tragedy, and the director decided to leave the film in order to properly grieve. This obviously left things in a bit of a scramble, so Warner Bros. brought in Joss Whedon, who had helmed Marvel’s first two Avengers movies, to complete the movie while also bringing in the elements that helped The Avengers see such great success. But Whedon’s brand of bright, poppy fun and humor clashed with the established, grittier tone of the universe’s prior entries, leading to the film being both a critical and box office disappointment.
Many fans felt robbed of the experience they were promised and were desperate to see Snyder’s original vision restored, so a dedicated faction of them began a long-shot campaign for Warner Bros. to release what became known as “The Snyder Cut”. Online petitions and extravagant stunts were launched in order to garner attention to the cause, and social media became flooded with rabid fans demanding that Snyder be allowed to finish his magnum opus. After three years of pushing, their persistence finally ran out. With over $70 million spent on shooting new footage and completing a large number of visual effects, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is finally here, releasing onto HBO Max with a staggering four hour runtime. The fact that it exists is a minor miracle in itself.
The movie itself is everything that Snyder has become know for amplified tenfold. Hyper-focused visuals, slow motion action scene after slow motion action scene, and a grim seriousness that rarely allows itself to crack a joke are all prevalent. Snyder’s vision for superheroes has always been to maximize how they’re viewed as larger than life, mythical beings bordering on godhood, as opposed to Marvel’s presentation that offers much more levity and family fun. With such a lengthy runtime, these distinctive visual flairs and style can sometimes skirt dangerously close to the edge of self-parody (especially when it comes to the constant slo-mo), but fans will likely find this to all be part of its charm.
The plot remains largely the same as the 2017 version: Following the death of Superman (Henry Cavill), a hulking and murderous alien named Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) arrives on Earth in search of the magical and powerful Mother Boxes. It will take a number of notable heroes to stop him, so Batman (Ben Affleck) attempts to assemble a team in order to fight the menace. Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and others are brought together in a massive and epic clash between super-powered beings to halt the end of the world as we know it.
The most notable change to this Justice League is the spotlight it puts on Cyborg, whose part in 2017 was significantly lessened. Here, he plays a far more pivotal role, and the extended length allows for us to see his entire past as an athlete and the tragic incident to leads to his superhero identity. Fisher – who has publicly renounced his treatment on the set of the 2017 film – is the heart and soul of the piece, an incredibly necessary component to a body of work that can often feel overloaded with doom and gloom and spectacle over character.
Yet Zack Snyder’s Justice League is honestly full of heart – it just might be the definition of a passion project, both for the filmmaker himself and the legions of die-hard fans that helped turn this into a reality. It’s doubtful that we’ll ever see a phenomenon quite like it again. Snyder had obvious plans for more sequels, which all seem to have been cancelled in favor of DC’s new approach of not tying their superhero franchises so closely together, but the setups for those sequels have remained intact in this film. Who knows, perhaps if enough people make enough noise about wanting them, anything could happen.
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Tuesday’s trading action opened under somewhat more subdued conditions as a slight easing in the level of apprehensions surrounding Japan and the MENA region induced global investors to seek profits in equity and risk markets just a tad more. Dollar selling did not abate too much however, as the US currency scraped the 75.28 level on the index and as it neared the “outer markers” of its trading channel against the euro, at $1.424, while trading at ¥80.925 vis a vis the Japanese yen.
The European common currency received support from yesterday’s assertion by ECB officials that they remain on course for an April interest rate hike, despite the question marks related to the global economy that the Japanese quake of March 11 has engendered. Similar types of interest rate “concerns” could soon be on display by British central bankers, as February's surprise rise in the UK’s inflation rate “will worry the Bank of England(BoE)” according to market watchers.
The BoE has been trying to bring domestic inflation back to its 2% target, but has been stymied by surging energy and food costs (a trend that is not limited to British price tags). Thus, the BoE will now likely see a sharpening of the debate over whether interest rates should rise sooner as opposed to later in order to mitigate emergent consumer price pressures.
Spot gold dealings opened with a $2.40 per ounce loss, quoted at the $1,424.70 bid level in New York as of 8:20 AM local time. The gold market still appears to be taking its trend leads (and remains in the broader $1,400 - $1,450 range) from crude oil and the US dollar’s gyrations – both of which, in turn, are very much intertwined with the fluid situations still manifest in Japan and the MENA region.
Morgan Stanley estimates that, based on a survey it has conducted with over 1,600 Indian middle-and-upper-income households, gold demand in the world’s premier bullion consuming country might fall by 16% in the current year. The survey found that India’s gold appetite appears to still be suffering from “sticker shock” and that Indian household heads still rank property at the top of their desirable list of investments, despite bullion’s recent performance.
The MS findings are somewhat in opposition to the projections made by the Bombay Bullion Association that India might import 800 tonnes of gold in 2011. The country imported 722 tonnes of gold in 2007, only 450 tonnes of the yellow metal in 2008, and about 559 tonnes in 2009. Based on the most recently available statistical data, if 2010’s figures come in at just above 800 tonnes, then the Morgan Stanley estimates would put 2011’s Indian gold import tally at nearer to 700 tonnes.
Overall, and with the exception of 2008, (which was at the lower end of the scale of ‘normal’ import levels), the 2011 MS projection remains broadly within the country’s traditional annual gold import range. However, much will still depend on what happens to gold between now and the end of the year, pricewise. The good news in the MS survey is the fact that the surveyed indicated a reluctance to sell their existing gold stash, unless dire conditions were to dictate otherwise.
At opening time, silver traded at the $35.90 mark on the bid side, losing 20 cents in the wake of mild selling. Monday night analysis by Elliott Wave opines that silver’s gains have lagged those in gold during the past couple of sessions and that the white metal remains under a key, $36.56 per ounce level. That said, there is potential for silver to still advance to the mid $38.00 price zone if the trading climate cooperates. However, a fall to under $33.55 is seen as “revitalizing” the short-to-medium term bearish wave pattern. To be continued.
Platinum and palladium fell by roughly equal amounts, with the former shedding $14 to ease to the $1,732.00 level and the latter dropping $13 to touch the $733.00 mark. Several Japanese automakers (Honda and Toyota among them) have delayed the restart of car production until at least March 27 as parts and steady electrical power are still in spotty supply. Sony actually shut five more of its domestic plants down as it has difficulties securing parts from its suppliers. For the time being, the noble metals group will continue to take its trading (and price) cues from the situation in Japan’s factories’ operational status.
Efforts to contain the radiation threat in Japan and the campaign to contain Col. Gaddafi and his dwindling forces continued on an on-and-off basis during the night, and they met with varying degrees of success. The damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima complex and the threat they pose to not only their proximal surroundings but to the rest of the world remained on the top of the to-do list of the Japanese authorities for yet another day. That said, regional and local markets staged overnight advances as some of the fears that the situation could deteriorate eased among investors. The Nikkei Stock Average index surged by 4.4% to finish the session above the 9600 level last night.
Word that some radiation may have had leaked into the seas near Fukushima has unnerved not only the residents of coastal Japan but also those as far away as China. Foreign Ministry spokespersons in Beijing stated that they were hopeful that Japan will be coming forth with “timely, accurate, and comprehensive information” about the status of radiation leaks in and around the damaged facility at Fukushima. Clearly, China is not among the calmer of Japan’s neighbors at this juncture, even as the latest word from Japanese authorities sought to calm fears about contaminated seawater.
Albeit, Japan possesses 54 nuclear plants, the shutdown of 11 of them has raised the odds that the country will be seeking to secure non-nuclear fuels with which to power what is still the third largest global economy. Estimates indicate that in order to offset the lost power being generated by the shuttered nuclear plants Japan might eventually need to avail itself of as much as 230,000 barrels of fossil fuel per day. Such projections, along with the unrest in the MENA region and the on-going Libyan campaign helped support crude oil near the $102.00 mark overnight.
Meanwhile, Japan’s currency may still be subject to concerted intervention by the Group of Seven, according to at least one unnamed Japanese official. While last week’s surge in the yen has been halted to a certain degree by such overt action, the currency was still ‘scraping’ along at near 81.1 against the US dollar and any signs that it might aim to breach under the pivotal 80-mark could trigger additional currency market sales by the G-7 in an effort to assist the country in its quest to stop an unwelcome rise in the yen at the most unwelcome of times.
Over in Tripoli, Misurata, and other Libyan locations, the allied sorties continued for a third night and their missiles struck various Gaddafi-related targets. Germany was seeking a complete embargo on Libyan oil and gas exports as the most effective way to undermine the Gaddafi regime. An F-15 US jet fighter was downed in the process albeit its pilots ejected prior to the crash and are believed to be safe. More African leaders stepped up their criticism of the UN-sanctioned intervention in Libya as nothing but a grab for the country’s oil resources and as displaying a “double-standard” (with reference to the recent civilian deaths in the Ivory Coast, about which the West has done nothing as yet).
Farther away, Yemeni leader Saleh warned about the rising threat of civil war but also offered to take an “early leave” as he took note of the…thinning ranks of senior army personnel that still remains loyal to him. Syrian protests continued to be on display in that country, spreading to the southern region while government forces were seen in retreat.
We will now take our own, one-day retreat, and remain on watch for further developments from the geopolitical, economic, and market scenes around the globe. Until tomorrow,
Jon Nadler is a Senior Metals Analyst at Kitco Metals Inc. North America

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist Volleyball team and Head Coach Tom Hanna have named their captains for the 2012 season, with senior Hanna Stoiberg (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and juniors Audra Brady (Allentown, Pa.) and Grace Hill (Kalamazoo, Mich.) receiving the honors. The trio were chosen by way of a team vote.
After missing the second half of the 2010 season with a torn ACL, Stoiberg rebounded strongly in her junior campaign, ranking in the top three on the Red Foxes in three different categories. She was second on the team with 504 assists and 68 total blocks, while finishing third with 215 kills. She also contributed defensively with 195 digs, good for fourth on the team. She was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 12 after recording a triple-double against Dartmouth with 10 kills, 18 assists and 12 digs. Stoiberg enters 2012 with 994 career assists.
Brady had a stellar sophomore season, leading the Red Foxes with 543 assists. She surpassed the 1,000-career assists milestone on Nov. 2 in a match at Fairfield. She had 16 matches in 2011 where she recorded 20 assists or more, including a season-high 34 assists at Loyola (Md.) on Sept. 18. Brady also led the team with 23 service aces and a .927 serving percentage while finishing fifth with 151 digs.
Hill followed up an award-winning rookie season with a solid sophomore campaign. After being named to the All-MAAC Second Team in 2010 where she led Marist with 419 kills, Hill finished second on the Red Foxes in 2011 with 305 kills and 290 digs. She was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 after recorded a season-high 23 digs at Loyola (Md.). She also contributed 30 total blocks for the season. She enters her junior year with 724 career kills and 608 career digs.
"We are fortunate to have three great leaders in Hanna, Audra and Grace," Tom Hanna said. "They have the experience to help guide this team to the top of the MAAC."
The Red Foxes open their season Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. versus Providence at the Hofstra Asics Tournament. On Saturday, they will play tournament-host Hofstra at 12:30 p.m. before finishing the weekend against Fairleigh Dickinson at 5:30 p.m.


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- How do you remove acid from your body?
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What is the pH of apple cider vinegar?
The pH of apple cider vinegar is about 2-3, which is considered mildly acidic.
(pH is a measure of acidity, with 1 being the most acidic and 7 being neutral.) A substance known as ‘the mother’ (or vinegar mother) forms during the vinegar-making process..
How do you Alkalize your body?
To find a healthy lifestyle balance, your diet should consist of 80 per cent alkaline forming foods and 20 per cent acid forming foods. The list includes fruits, vegetables, nuts, herbs, herbal teas, seeds, green juice, melons, lemons and seeds are some of the best alkaline foods.
Is apple cider vinegar good for acid reflux?
You may try using apple cider vinegar to relieve acid reflux symptoms, but there’s no guarantee it’ll work. It’s thought this home remedy helps balance your stomach pH by neutralizing stomach acid. It’s generally accepted as safe to consume a small amount of apple cider vinegar. Dilute it with water.
How do I fix my pH balance?
To keep the pH of your vagina at a consistently healthy level, follow these tips:Whenever you have sex, use a condom. The barrier will not only protect you from STDs, but it’ll also prevent alkaline semen from disrupting your vaginal pH levels. … Take probiotics. … Don’t douche. … Eat yogurt. … See your OB-GYN.
Does apple cider vinegar make your body acidic?
Due to alkaline nutrients, apple cider vinegar may make your urine pH slightly alkaline. Still, all vinegars have an acidic pH, making them acidic. However, the pH of foods does not affect your body’s pH, as internal mechanisms keep your body’s levels in tight control to ensure proper function.
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Popular replies (1)Get a physical health exam and pH test.Take a sodium bicarbonate solution.Drink water and electrolyte-containing beverages.Eat vegetables such as spinach, broccoli and beans or fruits such as raisins, bananas and apples are appropriate choices for neutralizing body pH.More items…
Is lemon water alkaline or acidic?
Some sources say that lemon water has an alkalizing effect, meaning that it can neutralize stomach acid, which may reduce acid reflux. However, this is not backed up by research. Lemon juice is acidic, with a pH of 3, while water has a pH of around 7, which is neutral. This means it is neither acidic nor alkaline.
What fruit is low in acid?
Melons – Watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew are all low-acid fruits that are among the best foods for acid reflux. Oatmeal – Filling, hearty and healthy, this comforting breakfast standard also works for lunch.
Is coffee acidic or alkaline?
While our bodies have a pH value of 7.4 (around neutral), tap water 6.5-8.5, coffee is typically around pH 4.3-5, which is mildly acidic. Typically any food or beverage more acidic than our own body chemistry can trigger digestive discomfort, inflammation and “burning” side-effects like acid reflux or heartburn.
What happens if your body is too acidic?
In fact, too much acidity has been linked to inflammation, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune disease, chronic pain and other chronic conditions. Understanding pH levels, the symptoms of high acidity in the body and which foods are acidic or alkaline can help improve your health and extend your longevity.
What happens when you drink ACV every day?
“Apple cider vinegar increases the efficiency of insulin in breaking down sugar, even during a high-carb meal,” says Park. According to research published in the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, a daily dose of ACV can help lower average daily blood sugar levels.
Is Honey alkaline or acidic?
Honey is acidic in nature as the pH of honey ranges from 3.4 to 6.1. The average pH of honey is 3.9, and we know that on the pH scale, anything below 7 is acidic, 7 is neutral, and above 7 is basic. However, when honey is consumed it becomes alkaline.
Is vinegar acidic or alkaline?
Vinegar is acidic. Vinegar’s pH level varies based upon the type of vinegar it is. White distilled vinegar, the kind best suited for household cleaning, typically has a pH of around 2.5. Vinegar, which means “sour wine” in French, can be made from anything containing sugar, such as fruit.
Does lemon water Alkalize your body?
Lemon juice in its natural state is acidic with a pH of about 2, but once metabolized it actually becomes alkaline with a pH well above 7. So, outside the body, anyone can see that lemon juice is very acidic. However, once fully digested, its effect is proven to be alkalizing with many health benefits.
What happens to your body when you drink apple cider vinegar?
Apple cider vinegar has various healthful properties, including antimicrobial and antioxidant effects. What’s more, evidence suggests it may offer health benefits, such as aiding weight loss, reducing cholesterol, lowering blood sugar levels, and improving the symptoms of diabetes.


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BlackRock Inc, the world's biggest asset manager, reported a 31 per cent rise in quarterly profit helped by higher investment advisory fees and securities lending revenue.
The company ended the quarter with US$5.4 trillion in assets under management, up from the preceding quarter, when managed assets totaled US$5.1 trillion.
BlackRock's net income rose to US$862 million, or US$5.23 per share, in the first quarter, from US$657 million, or US$3.92 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned US$5.25 per share.
Net investment in fixed-income securities totaled US$33.37 billion. Across all of its products, BlackRock attracted a net US$80.34 billion in long-term equity investments.
In the most recent quarter, the asset manager's iShares exchange-traded funds business took in $64.48 billion in new money, up from $24.25 billion, a year earlier.
The lion's share invested in ETFs went into stocks.


World Habitat Day 2014 was held on 6 October 2014, under the theme – Voices from Slums.
Event City and Country
Messages from the UN Secretary General and the Executive Director
The Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
Over the past decade, efforts under the Millennium Development Goals have cut the proportion of people living in slums by more than half. Yet, over the same period, rapid urbanization, especially in the developing world, has seen overall slum populations rise. In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 70 per cent of urban dwellers live in slums and informal settlements.
The Executive Director, Dr. Joan Clos
Every year on the first Monday of October we reflect on the state of our human settlements and what we want the cities of our future to look like. This year, the United Nations has chosen to turn the spotlight on the people who live or have lived in informal settlements, listening to “Voices from Slums”.


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“Taxes shouldn’t drive your investment decisions,” said CAPTRUST Chief Investment Officer Kevin Barry during a recent appearance on CNBC.
Barry was invited onto the program to discuss the risks and rewards of year-end tax-loss selling and the impact tax moves may be having on the markets.
In the wake of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Barry recommends investors explore tax strategies like bunching charitable deductions, qualified charitable distributions, and looking for opportunities to harvest loses.
To see the just over two minute CNBC video of Barry’s interview, click here.
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors is an independent investment research and fee-based advisory firm specializing in providing investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, endowments and foundations, executives, and high-net-worth individuals. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, the firm represents more than $278 billion in client assets with 38 offices located across the U.S.


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New technologies aim to fight fraud; PCI SSC unveils a new encryption standard.
Briefs filed this week lay out positions, including merchant coalition that banks and card brands would hike interchange while case moves forward.
Latest round in battle between card brands and retailers seeks rejection of interchange settlement.
An increasing number of retailers appear to be coming out in opposition to the recent proposed settlement of the antitrust case centering on credit card interchange.
Walmart says it's disappointed in settlement and some retail associations are advising members to not agree to proposal.
The U.S. Justice Department announced last week that a long-running antitrust investigation against the three largest card brands has ended in a settlement with two of the three and litigation against the third.
Consumer and retail groups are praising the U.S. Department of Justice's actions against major credit card brands, but analysts are split about whether the moves will result in real lower prices for consumers.

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Muslim leaders have demanded a reinvestigation of the child abuse scandal in Rotherham to ensure every person involved faces justice.
Muhbeen Hussain, founder of a British Muslim youth group in the town, said that locals were shocked by the findings of a report into grooming.
“The council, the social services and the police authorities have totally failed us on this,” he said. “This idea that people were afraid because of racism or because it might be charged as racist — it’s not in the name of our community.
“We want the investigations to go back to 1997, cases reopened and prosecutions made because these individuals aren’t convicted — they are still on the streets.” Mr Hussain said he believed that the local authorities had used the excuse of “political correctness” to avoid investigating allegations of child sex abuse by men who were mostly of Pakistani heritage.
“If there was another crime taking place, if there was a drug dealer on the streets or somebody used a knife or a gun, would the police not arrest them because of community cohesion? I think it’s completely ludicrous.”
He added: “I am a Pakistani and I am a Muslim and there is nothing in the religious faith of Islam that would condone the act of child grooming, it completely condemns such things.
“There is a taboo in the Muslim Pakistani community that doesn’t talk about sexualisation and that’s why it happens undercover,” Mr Hussain said. “That’s why we, the larger Muslim society, have not known about this. That’s why we’re so shocked about this.”
He said friends had been verbally attacked and called “Muslim groomers”. He feared the whole community would be unfairly “tarred with the same brush” because of the actions of a small number of criminals.
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Why doesn’t the local Muslim “community” speak to these men in terms they will understand, such as “Cut it stuff out–this might be hazardous to your health, if you get my drift.”

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A Conversation with Omar Perez, Ph.D.
As a scientist, Omar Perez, Ph.D., has always been fascinated with precision medicine and targeted therapies. “This interest originated during my graduate school days when I was trying to tease apart how the immune cell system interacts," he says. “From this experience, I learned that we need better tools and diagnostic efforts to characterize diseases, so better treatment patterns can be defined."
As a cancer survivor, he is on a mission to advance precision medicine efforts and improve others’ chances of survival.
“When I was diagnosed with a childhood cancer, the concept of precision medicine was nonexistent," he says. “This moment in my life directed me toward a career in the sciences."
When Dr. Perez was diagnosed with cancer, there was a one-size-fits-all approach to treating most types of disease. Since then, major strides have been made toward more personalized and targeted treatment, thanks to rapid advances in precision medicine, diagnostic tools, and an enhanced understanding of the genetic basis of disease. For myriad reasons, however, much of the innovation to date has helped to treat patients with advanced disease. Moreover, for many patients, tumors have already grown quite large and may have metastasized by the time symptoms present themselves, with the result being that treatment is initiated only after the disease has already progressed.
As Head of Medical Diagnostics, US Medical Affairs Oncology at AstraZeneca, Dr. Perez is using his skills, experiences, and passion to drive change in the field of diagnostics and break down barriers to biomarker testing to deliver life-saving medicines for patients.
“AstraZeneca is leading a revolution in oncology to change what it means to live with cancer," Dr. Perez says. “Precision medicine is foundational to good medicine, and delivering high quality cancer care is at the heart of our strategy."
“The earlier we can detect and treat cancer, the closer we may get to finding a potential cure," he says. “At AstraZeneca, we are in a position to propose innovative approaches to help identify and treat patients diagnosed at an earlier stage of their disease."
To accomplish this goal, Dr. Perez says, the collective oncology community must come together to make sure patients are tested for various biomarkers and genetic mutations that may help inform a patient’s treatment plan. Although biomarker testing has become an essential element of quality cancer care, barriers to biomarker testing still include lack of awareness, which can prevent patients from having access to potentially efficacious treatments.
Upon reflecting on the personal nature of his quest to evolve personalized medicine, Dr. Perez says even though biomarker testing is available, like many, he has lost dear friends and loved ones because their biomarker results were not used or received in time to inform their treatment approach. “There is still work that needs to be done; even though there are available tests, sometimes they are not done soon enough.
Seeing colleagues and friends unable to get the best treatment options that were available to them because of an incorrect diagnosis, or the lack of molecular testing, is what drives me forward every day."
“That is why at AstraZeneca, we have an ambition in precision medicine to dramatically accelerate biomarker testing across all tumor types and cancer stages by the year 2025," Dr. Perez adds. “Every person should have access to timely, accurate information about the unique qualities, or genetic mutations, causing their specific cancer."
A Career Focused on Diagnostics
Before joining AstraZeneca, Dr. Perez worked on oncology initiatives that supported global companion diagnostic developments, strategic partnerships, and commercialization opportunities at Pfizer and GSK.
Within his 17-year career, Dr. Perez helped found Tocagen, a gene therapy company, and co-founded Nodality, a biotechnology company focused on developing blood-based diagnostics. He is an inventor of the multiparametric phospho-proteomic flow technologies and an author of 37 publications and 35 patents. Dr. Perez received his doctorate in Molecular Pharmacology from Stanford University.
He says he has witnessed many changes over these years, including a tightening timeframe for targeted oncology drug development. “The 10 to 15-year development timeframe is more of a four to five-year time frame today," he says.
Biomarker-driven treatment options are on the rise. In 2014 the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) classified 21% of new molecular entities (NMEs) approved by FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) as personalized medicines.
By 2018, it had doubled, to 42%. Meanwhile, there were 21 targeted therapies approved for oncology indications in just the first six months of 2020, exceeding the total number of targeted therapies approved in all of 2019.
“For patients who can be identified by biomarker status, there are more treatment options," Dr. Perez says. “The entire goal of this effort is to extend patients’ lives, and that’s the ambition that AstraZeneca is supporting. With precision medicine now applied to approximately 90% of our clinical pipeline, we have the portfolio and the pipeline to make a difference."
Dr. Perez says his career, from academia to start-ups to big pharma, has imparted a valuable lesson; the importance of bringing all of the key stakeholders together to build a tightly integrated diagnostic and drug development process, a strategic approach that is embraced at AstraZeneca.
“Collaboration is critically important to AstraZeneca’s work in precision medicine," says Dr. Perez. “That’s why we cultivate a multidisciplinary approach toward addressing key barriers in order to make measurable progress toward accelerating biomarker testing."
For AstraZeneca, that means supporting education and training surrounding biomarker testing for healthcare practitioners, policymakers, research institutions and hospitals to remain up to date on the latest science and, most importantly, says Dr. Perez, “keeping patients at the center of everything we do."
“Pharma companies want to change their development paradigms and bring new medicines to market," he says. “But the ability to correctly identify the patient isn’t so straightforward. We are dedicated to finding the people with cancer who need biomarker testing the most—and engaging with them through telehealth, evaluating reimbursement guidelines, and ensuring protocols and endpoints are designed around patient needs, to position us to deliver the best possible care for people with cancer."
One major challenge Dr. Perez says we must all seek to overcome is ensuring that clinical trials are representative of the population. “We know that many minority and underserved populations are disproportionately impacted by cancer, however Black and Hispanic patients are consistently underrepresented in clinical trials," he says.
Dr. Perez says AstraZeneca is committed to breaking down barriers for under-represented populations to ensure all can benefit from the revolution in cancer care.
A Bright Future Ahead
For Dr. Perez, the future of biomarker testing is bright. The generation of data has exploded, and the industry is evolving to a state of how to mine or process data more strategically to better redefine development strategies. With data and science driving these successes in oncology, soon there may be other targeted medications in other areas of disease that can benefit patients.
“We’re at a pivotal point. Technologies have evolved so much that they’re now accessible to many," he says. “I expect the use of diagnostic tools — in oncology and other therapeutic areas — to dramatically increase."
“But we still have more work to do. We must continue to collaborate with patient advocacy groups, legislators, the oncology medical community and others to help drive policy change. As we revolutionize cancer diagnostics, we must also continue to revolutionize our clinical trial approach," says Dr. Perez. “Then, we can unlock the full value of precision medicine to ensure we can deliver the right treatment, for the right patient, at the right time on our path toward eliminating cancer as a cause of death." n


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text: At least a dozen marshals are mounting an intense effort to find Schlichter after learning he recently tried to obtain a handgun from a friend, authorities said. Police in Grove City, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, are also seeking Schlichter on a felony charge of using someone else's credit card to try to obtain cash. Federal authorities Monday charged Schlichter, 40, with money laundering. Prosecutors say he accepted advance payments for tickets to sporting events he could not obtain, then tried to repay the money by making unauthorized charges on his father's credit cards. Earlier this month, Schlichter was accused of driving a car at a motorcycle police officer after a routine traffic stop in Columbus. He also is free on bond on charges of illegal gambling while he was in prison recently in Indiana.


There are "significant concerns" about how politicians will be elected in Wales, after a council warned it could be "undemocratic".
A report by the Senedd's cross-party reform bill committee concluded that plans should proceed to the next stage, but it said amendments should be considered to ensure "greater voter choice and improved accountability".
As part of the evidence the committee considered, Flintshire County Council said the new system could be "undemocratic and could deter people from standing and voting in an election".
The plans are part of a drive by the Welsh government to reform the country's democracy - including increasing the number of members from 60 to 96.
This has been criticised by some opposition members as a waste of money, but the government argues more members will mean more scrutiny of its policies.
Welsh government estimations put the cost of implementing the legislation between £99,683,800 and £119,631,700 over an eight-year period.
Under the proposals, members would be elected from closed lists, with some politicians warning parties will have more influence over those elected.
The number of Welsh constituencies is set to drop from 40 to 32 at the next Westminster election.
For elections to the Senedd, these 32 will be paired to form 16 constituencies.
Six members will be elected for each of those from closed lists, using the D'Hondt formula.
That method divides the number of votes cast for each party by the number of seats the party has already won, plus one.
David Rees, chair of the Senedd's reform bill committee, said the group was united in its concerns about the impact on "the level of voters' ability to choose who represents them".
"Getting the electoral system right is fundamental to the health of democracy in Wales, and we have significant reservations about whether closed list elections represent a positive step forward," he added.
Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said expanding the Senedd was a "huge distraction".
"They should be focusing on the priorities of people in Wales, such as the dire performance of our Welsh NHS, schools and economy, not more politicians," he added.
Sky News has asked the Welsh government for its response.


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Crystallography Open Database meets Axidraw (https://shop.evilmadscientist.com/productsmenu/846), drawing the structure of the latest addition to the COD on a sheet of paper.
Crystallography Open Database is an open access collection of crystal structures of organic, inorganic, metal-organic compounds and minerals, created and maintained by scientists who wanted to make this data accessible for all. As of 2018-02-12, there were 391176 entries at the COD. It is an example of vast scientific databases whose entries are rarely, if ever, seen by human eyes. I wanted to demonstrate the expansion of human knowledge in an immediate, physical way, rendering the quiet and hidden labour of science visible.
Huge thanks to Saulius Gražulis, @KaMykolas and ffwd for their help with crystallographic software, Axidraw and sed respectively.
The script is pretty self-explanatory. You will need Jmol, ImageMagick, axibot and potrace to run it.
Created during Science Hack Day Vilnius 2018.
An example of a random structure:
Same picture, inverted and converted to black and white using ImageMagick:
Vectorised output (using potrace):

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When you get it out of the box for the first time, you’re once again greeted with a similar warning from the original Galaxy Fold.
Design and Display
This may be the most fingerprint-magnet phone we’ve seen in the long time. The advantages of it being a glass screen seems to be really limited to the way it feels in the hand and under your finger. That’s definitely better than previous plastic folding phones, but that’s about it.
Arguably the biggest benefit of a clamshell foldable phone is that, when not in use, it’s half as tall. Considering the Galaxy Z Flip has a fairly massive 6.7-inch 21.9:9 display, the smaller form factor helps it fit in way more places.
Similar to the Moto Razr, there’s a front display on the lid. It’s a 1.1-inch OLED that shows basic information like time, notifications and media controls. Although it can be used as a mini viewfinder, there isn’t much you can do with it really.
The main display is a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED screen with a 425ppi density. It looks good, feels good, but scratches pretty much ruin the experience within the first few weeks. Samsung introduced their screen-replacement program, probably because of this reason!
Performance and Hardware
A lot of people compare the Galaxy Z Flip to a foldable S10e, and by most measures, that’s what it feels like. Powered by a Snapdragon 855+ chipset with 8GB RAM and 256GB UFS 3.0 storage, the Z Flip has all the flagship guts to overshadow what flaws we notice with the design.
As you would expect, performance is top-notch. Interface is seamless, gaming made easy, multitasking is fun, and there’s no overheating.
The Galaxy Z Flip packs a 3300mAh battery. Pretty much a standard battery with limited power capacity that supports 5 hours of screen time on average.
Z Flip’s hood features two camera modules. The standard lens is a 12MP sensor that supports image stabilization. The secondary lens is a 12MP sensor with 123-degree field of view.
The punch-hole cutout on the main screen houses a 10MP selfie camera. It has good sharpness, a nice wide-mode and a cropped-mode if you want more people in your selfies.
Overall, it’s good.
Be a little real about this; folding phones don’t sport a universal display that’s scratch-proof. The risk is on you. We love the phone, but honestly, we DO NOT recommend it.


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When Rodney King was on the bottom, getting kicked, hit with batons and shot with Tasers by a number of members of the Los Angeles Police Division in 1991, the episode was captured on video by a person who lived throughout the road from the assault and occurred to have a brand new camcorder.
There have been police sirens, automobiles screeching to a cease and the sound of a helicopter “circling tremendous low proper above us,” the person, George Holliday, recalled lately. It awoke him and his spouse.
Mr. Holliday didn’t notice precisely what the commotion was, he stated, however he instinctively grabbed his video digicam, which he had purchased a few month earlier, and went out on his balcony to file the scene. “You understand how it’s when you could have a brand new piece of expertise,” he stated. “You movie something and every thing.”
Now Mr. Holliday, 61, is auctioning the digicam he used to seize the assault on Mr. King. The starting bid is $225,000.
The digicam is being auctioned on-line by Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Bids are being accepted by way of Thursday at 5 p.m. Pacific Time, based on a spokesman for the public sale home.
The video that Mr. Holliday took that evening circulated around the globe and led to the arrest of 4 cops. Their acquittal on state felony prices prompted riots that resulted in the deaths of dozens of people and about a billion dollars’ worth of damages.
Later, two officers have been convicted on federal civil rights prices and sentenced to jail, and a jury in a civil case awarded Mr. King $3.eight million in damages.
Twenty-nine years later, photos of violent police encounters have grow to be commonplace, largely due to social media, 24-hour cable information stations and the ubiquity of cellphones, smartphones and physique cameras — all gadgets a lot much less cumbersome than the Sony Video8 Handycam CCD-F77 that Mr. Holliday used standing on the balcony of his second-floor Lake View Terrace condo on March 3, 1991.
The digicam is about 12.5 inches lengthy and weighs about two kilos, based on Sam Heller, a spokesman for the public sale home. Mr. Holliday stated the digicam was “like a measurement 13 shoe.”
For historians and civic leaders, the present deluge of images tied to police brutality has its roots within the grotesque assault in Los Angeles.
“The Rodney King video was the Jackie Robinson of police movies,” the Rev. Al Sharpton stated in an interview.
The digicam comes with a letter of authenticity, signed by Mr. Holliday. It doesn’t work anymore and doesn’t embrace the video of Mr. King’s beating.
In response to an announcement from the public sale home: “The froth cowl of the digicam microphone is sort of fully deteriorated, which is the situation during which the F.B.I. returned the digicam to George Holliday circa 2015. The camcorder stays in excellent situation in any other case.”
Mr. Holliday owns the rights to the video he took of Mr. King’s beating, although the tape itself continues to be within the possession of the federal authorities. “I’ve not made that a lot” from it, he stated.
Mr. King died at his home in Rialto, Calif., in 2012. He was 47.
The beginning value for the digicam was set by Mr. Holliday and the public sale home, Mr. Heller stated. It’s “primarily based on the digicam’s significance,” he stated. “There’s no direct comparable for it, however different one-of-a-kind items with historic significance promote for six figures and upwards.”
“How a lot does one thing like this go for?’’ Mr. Holliday requested. “I don’t know.”
In 1999, a federal arbitration board ordered the federal government to pay the family of Abraham Zapruder $16 million for the footage he took of President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. The federal government acquired the video below a 1992 legislation that required that each one data of the assassination be transferred to the Nationwide Archives for preservation and analysis.
The best way to worth Mr. Holliday’s digicam is an open query.
Marcus Anthony Hunter, a professor of sociology and African-American research on the College of California, Los Angeles, stated that auctioning the digicam was like asking, “How a lot would I pay for a slave ship?”
The “value of training is invaluable,” he stated. “So there is part of it that feels just a little odd in that you just’re placing a value on it, on one thing that’s maybe invaluable.”
He urged donating it to the Smithsonian Establishment. A spokeswoman for the Smithsonian declined to touch upon the public sale.
“I’ve already donated a ton of cash,” stated Mr. Holliday. He stated he hoped the public sale would “encourage individuals to make use of their cameras for every thing, the unhealthy and the nice.”
“Individuals can accuse different individuals of doing stuff,” he added. “However when it’s on digicam, it’s totally different. You simply can’t argue with it.”
The Los Angeles Police Division subpoenaed the digicam and videotape throughout its investigation into the assault, Mr. Holliday stated. Later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoenaed the objects because it proceeded with its case towards the officers, he stated.
With the public sale cash, Mr. Holliday hopes to purchase a house. “I’m nonetheless a plumber, even in any case of this,” he stated. “I’m working my butt off crawling below homes day-after-day.”
Mr. Sharpton stated Mr. Holliday had the best to public sale the digicam.
“He clearly did one thing historic,” Mr. Sharpton stated. “If he needs to monetize it, that’s a personal resolution.”


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Sugary Plum, Chocolate, Lemon
Taste NotesSugary Plum, Chocolate, Lemon
Roast ProfileLight - Medium Roast
Varietal100% Arabica Coffee (SL-28, SL-34, Batian, Ruiru 11, K7)
MICROLOT COFFEE: Our Single Origin Microlot Coffees are sourced from high-end limited-edition lots and are traceable down to an individual producer
ARABICA COFFEE: Our Single Origin Coffees are made from 100% Arabica coffee beans. Arabica Coffee has twice the flavor and a better aroma than its counterpart (Robusta).
FLAVOR FIRST: We source all our coffee to achieve specific taste notes. Our Kenya AA tastes of Sugary Plum, Chocolate, with a bit of lemon sweetness.
ALWAYS FRESH: The coffee you’re enjoying right now, was only recently harvested from our favorite coffee farms.
ABOUT THE COFFEE:
A complex Kenyan microlot that tastes of sugary plum, chocolate, and a hint of lemon with a sweet finish. The Coffee Bros. Kenya Mutira is named after the smallholder farmer cooperative which this coffee derives from, “Mutira Farmers Cooperative Society”. The Karii factory operated by the Mutira Farmer Cooperative Society has roughly 4,000 members in the region. The Karii factory was built in 1984, located about 70 miles from Nairobi and a mile and a half from Kerugoya town.
This coffees is from the famous SL-28 and SL-34 varietals which tend to have unmatched sweetness with a dynamic flavor profile. SL-28 is among the most well-known and well-regarded varieties of Africa. It has consequently spread from Kenya, where it was originally selected in the 1930s, to other parts of Africa and now to Latin America.
This coffee shines with its sweet plum flavor, heavier mouthfeel, and cola-like characteristics. This coffee is very limited in quantity so take advantage of this unique microlot while it is still available.


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Interactive WWI Timeline
Creator: National World War I Museum and MemorialThe Interactive WWI Timeline on theworldwar.org lets you explore key events of the War through photos, audio recordings and video from the time.
Technology in World War I
Creator: MacArthur Memorial
Using primary sources, students will use this worksheet to think critically about changes in technology that brought tanks, planes, and submarines to the battlefield.Download PDF
When Flyers Flew
Analyzing "The Flight of Flanders" Poem
Creator: National World War I Museum and MemorialWhat was life like as an aviator in WWI? Why did flyers agree to take on such a dangerous job in the war? As middle school students review primary sources and analyze a poem written by a Royal Flying Corps pilot they’ll decide if flying was as glamorous as the media portrayed it to be.
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The United States World War One Centennial Commission and the National World War I Museum and Memorial are dedicated to educating the public about the causes, events and consequences of the conflict and we encourage the use of these resources to better understand the Great War and its enduring impact on the global community.
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RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Autor)
Arrested in Freetown on 11 November while investigating an alleged case of corruption involving a member of the government, Sallieu Tejan Jalloh was held for 24 hours at the Criminal Investigations Department and was then released on bail after being charged with “defamation and seditious libel.”
Jalloh told RSF that he was being prosecuted for refusing to reveal his sources to the police. He also said he was roughed up while in police custody.
“It is totally bizarre to prosecute a journalist with defamation for a story he has not yet published,” said Assane Diagne, the director of RSF’s West Africa office. “We call on the authorities to drop the charges against the managing editor of The Times and to stop harassing him.”
Sierra Leone is ranked 86th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2019 World Press Freedom Index.

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Here’s how to have a healthy liver for a good life.
The liver is the body’s largest solid organ, not just in terms of size but also in terms of function.
What does the liver do?
The main function of the liver lies in the breakdown of nutrients, extracting energy from them and in the excretion of harmful substances produced during metabolism or taken from outside.
The liver manufactures blood proteins like albumin, factors that help in the clotting of blood, hormones, growth factors, and the bile that helps us to digest fat.
The liver stores vitamins as well as minerals such as copper and iron, releasing them if the body needs them. The liver breaks down proteins, producing ammonia, which can be toxic to the body in large amounts. The liver turns ammonia into urea, which is released into the blood where the kidneys excrete it via the urine.
The liver also breaks down alcohol in the blood as well as the many medications that you take. Moreover, the liver also plays a major role in the following:
Creating immune system factors that can fight against infection.
Breaking down old and damaged red blood cells.
Storing extra blood sugar as glycogen.
How can the liver be affected by disease?
The diseases affecting the liver may enter our body through many routes. It could be oral, through the blood or sexually – due to lack of safe drinking water, food contamination, poor sanitation, unsafe sexual practices, intravenous drug abuse or even rarely from blood donation.
Liver function tests
These are blood tests that help in the detection of liver function in the following ways:
Tests for assessing excretory functions – Bilirubin estimation, in total and its fractions.
Liver enzyme panel for assessing liver injury or obstruction to normal flow of bil – Alanine amino transferase (ALT), Aspartate amino transferase (AST), Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT).
Plasma proteins to assess the synthetic function of liver – Total Proteins, Albumin, Globulin, Prothrombin Time.
This is an invasive procedure involving the introduction of a special needle through the chest wall in between the ribs to extract a small amount of material from the liver and visualising it under a microscope after proper processing to see if the liver cells appear normal.
This is a novel technique that does away with the risks involved with a liver biopsy. This transmits a low frequency sound wave towards the liver and measures the speed through which it passes through the liver. This technique can detect the amount of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the liver. In addition to this, it can also quantify the amount of fat accumulation in the liver.
Recommendations for a healthy liver
Healthy diet – Avoid too much of anything. Obesity is linked to liver disease.
Alcohol – Limit the amount of alcohol you consume since it takes a lot for your liver to breakdown the toxins from alcohol.
Avoid consuming illicit substances, natural remedies and medicines made out of superstitions.
Avoid mixing medications and consume only on the advice of a registered medical practitioner.
Take vaccinations against viral Hepatitis A and B.
Practise safe sex; avoid tattoos and body piercings as there is no vaccine for Hepatitis C.
Avoid exposure to blood and germs and seek medical consultation if exposed.
Don’t share needles or personal care items like razors, toothbrush, etc.

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Frozen Section Versus Permanent Section in Cancer Diagnosis: A Single Centre Study
Introduction: Frozen section is an intraoperative pathological technique which has very important role to play in diagnostics and also it plays important role in futher surgical management as specially in oncology setup. Most common indications for frozen section were confirmation of neoplasms, evaluation of margins status, evaluation of metastasis etc.
Materials and Methods: This is a prospective study of 200 frozen section cases, where frozen sections were compared with permanent Haematoxylin and Eosin stained slides. Accuracy of frozen sections were analysed with various parameters like true positive, false positive, sensitivity, specificity, concordance rate etc.
Results: Highest number cases were from gall bladder/ biliary tract (45) followed by breast tissue (43), lymph node (32) etc. Diagnostic accuracy of frozen section was 95.5% (191/200 cases) when compared with permanent section. Concordance rate was 191 (95.5%), sensitivity 89.5% with positive predictive value 96.7% and negative predictive value 94.9% respectively.
Conclusion: Adequate and accurate sampling is recommended and also interpretation error should be minimized to help reducing the rate of discordant cases.
The frozen section is a pathological technique of microscopic analysis of tissue in order to make a rapid diagnosis, most often performed in oncological surgery. Frozen section was first performed by Welch in 1891 for intra-operative consultation and further development was contributed by Cullen in 1895 and Wilson in 1905. Then in 1920s this technique became popular and was used for intraoperative consultation in everyday practice. Teloh HA made the final development by placing the unfixed specimen onto the freezing stage of the microtome in 1957. Intermittent release of carbon dioxide gas was done to cause rapid freezing of the tissue. Cryostat was developed in 1959, which is basically a cryomicrotome has revolutionized the frozen section technique. The cryostat is a refrigerated box containing a rotary microtome with inside temperature of the cryostat is about −20° to −30° Celsius. Frozen section provides rapid gross and microscopic diagnosis in guiding intra or perioperative management of a patient, including nature and type of lesion whether it is benign or malignant, status of surgical margins, identification of lymph node status or simply representation of biopsy specimen. Besides breast, specimens from head & neck surgery and neurosurgery are some of the most commonly received specimens in frozen section [1,2].
However, frozen section has its own limitations like frozen section artifacts, poor quality of sections, suboptimal histology, poor quality staining, pressure of immediate diagnosis and lack of ancillary studies at the time of intraoperative consultation. Therefore frozen sections should not be considered as replacement of the permanent sections. Case discussion is impornant before frozen section, case details including relevant clinical and radiological information should be provided to the reporting pathologist. The surgeon and the pathologist should act like a team to achieve a meaningful frozen report. Some well differentiated tumors or tumors which present with heterogenicity or tumors with extensive necrosis are really difficult to interprete in frozen section. Even capsular invasion interpretation in case thyroid follicular neoplasm is a challenging task in a limited time frame. Similarly diagnostic accuracy of malignant melanoma or melanocytic lesion is contraindicated in frozen section [1-3].
Accuracy of the frozen section reports helps in further proper clinical management and it has emerged as an essential tool. Therefore evaluation of the performance standard of the frozen section reports is essential for a tertiary care centre for better therapeutic approach.
This is a single institution study, with an aim to analyze the accuracy of frozen section vs permanent paraffin section. Inclusion criteria for the study was all in house surgical procedures who underwent intraoperative frozen sections.
Materials and Methods
It is a prospective study for a time period of two years, from September 2019 to October 2021 in a tertiary cancer care centre. Total 200 cases of frozen sections were evaluated for the study.
The gross specimens were received from the operation theatre in the fresh state, grossing is done immediately. Various measurements were taken, any suspected tumor or abnormal area if identified, sections are taken after proper measurement and description of the lesion. In case of the lesions where margin status was requested for example, wide local excision specimen, lumpectomy etc exact distance of the lesion from the cut margin was measured and representative sections were submitted. Sections were kept in mounting medium and kept for freezing in -25 to -30 degree centigrade in the chamber of cryostat. 6-7 micron thick sections were taken on glass slides and stained with rapid haematoxylin and eosin stain and examined under microscope. Results were informed immediately to surgeon.
For routine formalin fixed paraffin embedding (FFPE) tissue processing: The specimens were received in 10% buffered formalin, after routine grossing, tissue processing and staining with haemotoxylin and eosin slides were evaluated for final histopathology and compared with the frozen results.
The tissue received for frozen section were primarily from hepatobiliary system, followed by lumpectomy specimen of breast, lymph nodes, penectomy, soft tissue, ovary etc.
Most common indications for frozen section were as follows:
1) Presence, verification and categorization of neoplasms in 83 (41.5%),
2) Evaluation of margins in 98 (49%)
3) Evaluation of metastasis 44 (22%)
Comparison of frozen sections will be done with the permanent sections to see the accuracy. Sensitivity, specificity, PPV (positive predictive value) and NPV (negative predictive value) are calculated to compare the results.
Results were analyzed based on evaluation of both frozen reports and final histopathology report. Specimens received from gall bladder/ biliary tract were highest in number (45), followed by breast tissue (43), lymph node (32), soft tissue (21), penectomy (20), ovarian tissue (19), gastrointestinal tract (15), omental tissue (7), liver (5), larynx (2) and thyroid (1). (Figure1- 5).
Number of tissues evaluated were 550 in 200 cases. Table 1.
|Serial no.||Tissue type||No. of cases||No. of tissues||Concordant cases||Discordant cases|
|1||Gall bladder/ biliary tract||45||77||40||5|
Diagnostic accuracy of frozen section was 95.5% (191/200 cases) when compared with permanent section. Discordance was found in nine cases with false negative diagnoses in 7 cases and false positive diagnosis in 2 cases. Out of total 200 cases concordance and discordance rates between frozen section and permanent section were 191 (95.5%) and 9 (4.5%) respectively, sensitivity 89.5%, specificity 98.5%, positive predictive value 96.7% and negative predictive value was 94.9%. Table 2, Table 3.
|True positive – 60||False positive – 2|
|False negative – 7||True negative – 131|
|Sensitivity (%)||Specificity (%)||Positive predictive value (%)||Negative predictive value (%)||Accuracy (%)|
Frozen section is a multistep intraoperative diagnostic procedure which plays a major role in management of especially in various neoplastic diseases. It is useful in determining the extent of surgery. Such as presence or absence of neoplasms is important, as this will decide the type of operative procedure or further management. Also, margin status of a malignant lesion is crucial as tumor recurrence can be avoided by achieving adequate margin as specially in head and neck malignancies, lumpectomy specimens or resected margin status can be of utmost importance especially in cystic duct cut margin in gall bladder tumor, ureteric cut margin in bladder resection specimen or urethral cut margin in penectomy etc. By comparing frozen section with permanent sections we also tried to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of frozen section in the institution.
Total number of concordant was 191 (95.5%) which was similar to study done by Hatami H et al, (97.96%). . Discordance was 9 (4.5%) which was comparable to other studies by Brunner A et al, Mahe E et al and Hatami H et al. [4-6] Table 4.
|Brunner A.H et al ||Mahe E et al ||Hatami H et al ||Present study|
|No of cases||59||812||295||200|
Diagnostic accuracy of frozen section was 95.5% (191/200 cases) in our study which is comparable to other studies like Preeti A et al (94.2%) .
Among the 9 discordant cases false negative diagnoses was in 7 cases and false positive diagnosis in 2 cases. There was 3 false positive and 2 false negative cases in study conducted by Khoo JJ et al. .
In our study sensitivity was 89.5%, specificity 98.5%, positive predictive value 96.7% and negative predictive value was 94.9% which was comparable to study done by Brunner et al in 59 frozen section cases with sensitivity of 95%, and PPV 100%, specificity was 100%, and the negative predictive value was 90% and results were compatible to other studies also (Table 5).
|Brunner A.H et al ||Preeti A et al ||Hatami H et al ||Present study|
|No of cases||59||224||295||200|
|Positive predictive value (%)||100||90.90||98.50||96.70|
|Negative predictive value (%)||90||94||97.80||94.9|
Among the discordance cases, four cases were of specimen of gall bladder, in frozen section no evidence of malignancy was found in all four cases, however in permanent sections it was found to be cases of adenocarcinoma in three cases, the fourth case was intracholecystic papillary neoplasm with invasive foci. Out of the four cases two cases were due interpretation error, rest two cases of discordance was due to sampling error. One case was of cystic duct cut margin which was reported negative in frozen section, in permanent sections it was reported as mild dysplasia. Another series of discordance was observed in three cases of ovarian tumor, mostly due to sampling error, which was reported as benign / borderline tumor in frozen, however in permanent sections two cases were of serous carcinoma and one was reported as metastastatic adenocarcinoma in ovary. Ninth case was of colon which came out as a case of lymphoma in permanent sections, it was reported as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in frozen section which was due to interpretation error (Table 6).
|Types of tissue||Diagnosis in frozen section||Diagnosis in permanent section||Causes for discordance||Number of cases|
|Gall bladder||Benign||Malignant||Interpretation error||1|
|Gall bladder||Benign||Intracholecystic papillary neoplasm with invasive foci||Interpretation error||1|
|Gall bladder||Benign||Malignant||Sampling error||2|
|Cystic duct cut margin||Negative||Mild dysplasia||Interpretation error||1|
|Ovary||Benign||Metastatic adenocarcinoma to ovary||Sampling error||1|
|Colon||Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma||Non hodgkin lymphoma||Interpretation error||1|
Experience plays a major role in interpretation of frozen sections slides, also evaluation of the specimens by two observers or even three, when there is uncertainty may help in reducing the rate of error.
In conclusion, we can conclude that frozen section is a highly accurate and reliable test with practically no false positive results in our study and it can be used as a highly effective intraoperative procedures which can help in further surgical management. In our study, frozen section discrepancy was due to both sampling error and misinterpretation error. Interpretation error was due to various technical limitation of frozen section like freezing artifact, compression artifact due to expanding ice bubbles in edematous tissue, obscured nuclear details due nuclear ice crystals, nuclear chromatin changes, shrinkage artifacts followed by sectioning etc. Sampling error should be minimal and also proper communication between pathologist and surgeon is very important to help reducing the rate of discordant.
Conflict of interest
There is no conflict of interest among authors.
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Israel-based mobile gaming developer Playtika announced Monday that it is laying off 610 employees worldwide, 15% of its workforce, which accounted for 4,100 people. While the company had expanded its workforce significantly during the pandemic, this year has been marked by downsizing, with a first round of layoffs happening in June, media reports indicate.
The news that the company was planning layoffs was leaked last week and company CEO and Founder Robert Antokol officially informed the employees by email on Monday.
“The news I share with you today is difficult. After intense deliberation, we have decided to reduce our workforce by about 15%, saying goodbye to wonderful and talented colleagues and friends,” wrote Antokol.
“This decision has not come easy, yet we think it necessary to best position Playtika for the future. As we assess the current environment and look toward the future, Playtika must return to our roots of excellence through agility, efficiency, creativity, and being obsessed with winning to deliver the most fun forms of mobile entertainment to our players,” the executive added, as reported by Calcalist Tech.
The CEO further explained that the company is in need of “redeploying talent, winding down non-core initiatives, and consolidating studios for greater efficiency and a stronger focus on optimization.” The evaluation of new game concepts will be centralized through the team at Wooga; and three titles have been removed – MergeStories, DiceLife, and Ghost Detective – from the pipeline with priority toward “strategic high-growth potential new games investments.”
Playtika’s CEO and Founder Robert Antokol Playtika laid off 250 employees from its offices in Los Angeles, Montreal, and London, earlier this year. Games the company had intended to develop in those offices were canceled, while some of the other activities were transferred to Playtika’s Israel headquarters.
The company has traditionally been a profitable, cash-rich company, which currently has $600 million in its coffers, a report from the company stated. However, as of late, Playtika has struggled to show year-over-year growth. In the third quarter, year-over-year growth was only 1.87%, while operational expenditure increased and net profit fell to 15%.
The company revealed last week that Joffre Capital, which was set to purchase a 25.5% share in Playtika, pulled out from the deal. In June, the Chinese consortium which currently controls Playtika had agreed on a deal with Joffre Capital at an $8.5 billion company valuation.
Playtika went public at an $11.1 billion valuation in January 2021 in what was the biggest IPO of an Israeli-founded company. Playtika entered Monday’s trading with a market cap of $3.1 billion.
Founded in 2010 by Robert Antokol and Uri Shahak, Playtika was acquired in May 2011 by Caesars Entertainment Corporation. In July 2016, the company’s operations were acquired by the aforementioned Chinese consortium at a valuation of $4.4 billion.


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Gone Baby Gone (USA 2007, Crime/Drama/Mystery), Writers: Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard; Director: Ben Affleck
Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Gone Baby Gone begins with the disappearance of four-year-old Amanda McCready (Madeline O’Brien). Unsatisfied with the police’s efforts to find Amanda, her aunt Bea (Amy Madigan) hires rookie private detectives Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) to help track her down.
Knowing the film was helmed by Ben Affleck, I went in with a pretty critical eye on the direction (thinking of him as an actor rather than a director). But it didn’t take long for me to be pulled out of my over-analytical mind and start getting caught up in the film.
Although the storyline is a bit convoluted, Affleck clearly has a talent for writing. And as his directorial debut, the film definitely shows the promise of great things to come. In fact, Affleck seems better suited behind the camera than in front of it. That said, his acting experience clearly informs and benefits him as a director. It’s obvious he knows how to work with actors. Watching the film, you get a sense of how collaborative this project was and what a close set it must have been.
Gone Baby Gone has a slightly homemade flavour, probably due to the fact that Affleck is so familiar with the neighbourhood (the film is set in his native Boston) and because he cast locals in many of the smaller roles. The approach works well, making the characters and setting all the more believable. There are also several outstanding performances from the lead actors. In particular, Amy Ryan as Amanda’s mother Helene, Edi Gathegi as Cheese, and the always wonderful Ed Harris as Detective Remy Bressant. (I’ve got to see Pollock one of these days.)
Getting back to the storyline… Gone Baby Gone takes a bit of a twist about half-way through, which leads to a somewhat anti-climatic resolution. But I loved the closing scene. Unlike too many films, this one doesn’t fall back on trying to tie things up neatly with a clear-cut answer about right and wrong. And the final line says it all about what the people around Amanda really cared about—in spite of what they may have been saying all along.


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Astronomers have once again made a new discovery thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. This time, they discovered a “huge watery cloud” from Enceladus, Saturn’s sixth-largest moon.
The discovery was presented during the conference of the Space Telescope Science Institutein Baltimore, which “could take the ingredients for life further into space than previously known,” according to the Nature magazine.
Likewise, the water is evidence of a possible life on the natural satellite. Enceladus is embedded in a thick layer of water iceand measurements suggest that a large ocean lies beneath that crust.
The plume is “huge,” said Sara Faggi, a planetary astronomer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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UMST Fundraising Auction
For the first time in several years, The University of Miami Sailing Team is excited to announce that we will be hosting a fundraising event next month!
Currently, we are primarily self-funded for all our travel and boat upkeep. The University of Miami only covers about 10% of our travel budget. Despite this our team is ranked #21 out of nearly 300 club and varsity teams in the country, with most of the teams ranked near us being fully funded by the schools or having significantly sized endowments to run team operations. Our goal is to raise enough money to hire a full-time coach, expand our fleet of 8 FJ sailboats to 18 FJ sailboats, and to travel to all competitive regattas we qualify for. If we can raise funds to expand our fleet, the team will be more independent with the ability to raise money through regattas and boat charters. If the team is able to achieve this goal and garner more support for the programs, we believe we could be national champions in the coming years.
The auction will take place on Sunday, April 16th from 6 pm to 10 pm at The Wetlab on Key Biscayne. The dress code will be cocktail/semi-formal attire. In the coming weeks, we will update everyone on some items that will be offered at the auction on the sailing team’s instagram stories and via email. Please click the link below to fill out an RSVP form and to purchase dinner tickets.
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The University of Miami funds about half of our budget through the Student Activities Fund (SAFAC) and the Federation of Club Sports. These funds help to pay for our practice/facility expenses and travel within our district, including any championships. Expenses for travel to our out of district inter-conference events is funded solely through private donations. Traveling to New England or the Mid-Atlantic to compete against the best teams in the country is expensive, but it is extremely important for the development of our program.
Our team has recently launched a fundraising campaign to expand our fleet of FJs. The team currently hosts 8 FJs at the U.S. Sailing Center for hosting regattas and all practices. We are currently looking to expand that fleet to 12-18 FJs to accommodate out growing team. This increase in fleet size will allow us to have more boats at every practice, host larger fleet racing and team racing regattas, and charter our fleet out to other teams during the offseason. This fleet expansion will solidify the University Of Miami’s place as a competitive team in college sailing with one of the most beautiful sailing venues in the world.
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Objectives To compare impact factors on Ankle Brachial Pulse Wave Velocity (baPWV) in Xinjiang Uygur and Han hospitalised patients and evaluate the clinical significance of baPWV.
Methods Using Colin-Noninvasive Atherosclerosis detector BP-203RPE II (VP-1000), baPWV was measured in 5000 Xinjiang Han and Uygur hospitalised patients from the first hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, including 2738 Han and 2262 Uygur. Patients were divided into baPWV≥1400 cm/s (1573Han, 1327 Uygur) and baPWV<1400 cm/s groups (1165Han, 935Uygur). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors associated with baPWV.
Results In both Han and Uygur, Patients with baPWV≥1400 cm/s were older than those baPWV<1400 cm/s, and more frequently had diabetes, stroke and hypertension. No significant differences in gender between two groups. Multiple regression analysis showed that baPWV was significantly associated with pulse pressure, age and hypertension. HDL-C might be protective factor for two ethnicities, Ca++ antagonist might be risk factor of baPWV for Uygur patients.
Conclusions In Xinjiang Uygur and Han hospitalised patients, higher baPWV was associated with generalised atherosclerosis. baPWV should be a routine measurement in hospitalised patients. Influenced factors were different in two nationalities, For Uygur patients, influencing of antihypertensives on baPWV should be under consideration.