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When we face an illness that we don’t know how to cure, anything that might be helpful sounds interesting.
Recently, several researchers have suggested that vitamin D supplements may help protect people against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
This vitamin, which is produced in the skin when we are exposed to the sun, is important for our immune system. Some researchers now recommend taking very high doses.
But Professor Jutta Dierkes at the University of Bergen warns that research on the effect of vitamin D is divided, and there is little to indicate that taking large doses is helpful.
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Several researchers have suggested that vitamin D may play a role in the fight against COVID-19.
Recently, for example, Jonathan M. Rhodes and colleagues commented on the topic in the research journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
"It is time for governments to strengthen recommendations for vitamin D intake and supplementation, particularly when under lock‐down", the researchers wrote.
Among the rationales was a new study in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics showing that the corona epidemic seems to be hitting countries that are above 35 degrees north latitude harder compared to regions closer to the equator.
The 35th latitude crosses the Mediterranean. This also happens to be the limit for where sunlight is so weak in winter that people living there are unable to keep their vitamin D levels up throughout the year, according to Rhodes and colleagues.
Recommend high doses
The same argument emerges in an article in the research journal Nutrients.
Researcher William Grant and his colleagues write that vitamin D may be one of the explanations for why the virus is striking the elderly and chronically ill especially hard. Previous research indicates that these groups often have low levels of vitamin D.
Grant and colleagues recommend large doses of vitamin D to reduce the risk of influenza and COVID-19.
They suggest starting with daily doses of 10 000 IU (250 micrograms). By comparison, the recommended daily dose in Norway is 400 to 800 IU (10 to 20 micrograms).
Important for the immune system
According to Grant, such recommendations are supported by research in the field.
Previous studies, for example, have shown that vitamin D deficiency can contribute to acute respiratory distress syndrome – a serious condition that could affect COVID-19 patients, he writes.
Many studies have also shown that vitamin D can counteract viruses and bacteria in a variety of ways. In addition, the vitamin can help curb the violent and harmful immune response that some patients experience, say Grant and colleagues.
They cite several studies that recommend using vitamin D against infections, as well as specifically against COVID-19.
“A recent review suggests using vitamin D doses of 200 000 to 300 000 IU to reduce the risk and severity of COVID-19,” Grant writes in Nutrients.
Predatory journals and sponsored research
This review, however, was published in a journal that is listed as a predatory journal – meaning a journal which is unserious or fraudulent, and most importantly lacking in quality assessment.
Other cited studies were written by researchers from companies that produce vitamin supplements.
“The authors of Grant's article in Nutrients are not independent, either,” says Dierkes.
All but one of the authors receive money from vitamin D supplement manufacturers, sell supplements themselves, work for an organization sponsored by dietary supplement manufacturers, or sell vitamin D blood level tests.
Professor Jutta Dierkes of the MOHN Nutrition Research Lab at the University of Bergen researches vitamin D. She's not at all convinced of the benefits of high-dose vitamin D.
“In the last 15 years, vitamin D has been hailed as a miracle cure that works for everything. That’s good reason to be on guard,” she says.
Dierkes says that the research on vitamin D and its various health effects has been rather unclear.
On the one hand, there have been some promising results, for example in studies on cell cultures. Several observational studies have also shown that people with high levels of vitamin D are at lower risk for a variety of diseases, such as heart disease and cancer.
But in studies where researchers actually test the effects of vitamin supplements in clinical trials with humans, the results have often been disappointing.
No great effect against infections
Dierkes points out that Grant's list of documentation contains a mix of studies on cell cultures, animals and humans.
She believes that they don’t necessarily provide any useful conclusions about vitamin D and the coronavirus.
She recommends looking at two systematic reviews instead, which summarize the results of clinical trials in which researchers gave vitamin D to some participants, while other participants were given only placebo pills.
One is a systematic review of research on the effects of vitamin D against infections such as tuberculosis, blood poisoning and pneumonia.
“The researchers found little evidence that it works against infections,” says Dierkes.
There appears to be a minor effect for people with vitamin D deficiency, write Malcolm Kearns and his colleagues.
Small effect for people with deficiency
In the second review, researchers summarized the data from a variety of experiments with vitamin D against acute respiratory disease.
“They found slightly reduced infection in patients who were given vitamin D,” says Dierkes.
Here, too, the effect seemed to apply to people with clear vitamin D deficiencies.
Dierkes points out that this result does not necessarily apply to COVID-19. But the effect is still interesting.
“I wouldn’t deny that vitamin D supplements can have an effect on the immune system. People with a deficiency can benefit from supplements. But if you have adequate vitamin D levels, a supplement won’t have any positive effect,” she says.
Most people in Norway have good levels of vitamin D, according to Dierkes.
“We’re good at taking cod liver oil, and we consume fish and enriched milk.”
Doesn’t recommend high doses
When it comes to vitamin D dosage, Dierkes does not recommend daily doses of 10 000 IU or higher. These are amounts that you would not be able to absorb naturally and which could increase the risk of side effects.
Several studies suggest that infrequent, very high doses of vitamin D have no positive effect on the body. It would thus be better to take daily small doses, Dierkes says.
“I don’t recommend high doses, even for people with low levels of vitamin D,” she says.
Levels quickly go up if you take 800 IU (20 micrograms) a day. People with a vitamin D deficiency experience a greater effect from taking lower doses, says Dierkes.
She advises people in Norway to continue their good habits of eating fish, which is a good source of vitamin D. Those who don’t eat much seafood can take cod liver oil or a regular daily dose of vitamin D supplements during the winter.
In the summer, it is simply a matter of getting out in the sun.
A few minutes of sunshine on unprotected skin are enough to give our body the refill boost it needs.
Translated by: Ingrid P. Nuse
This article was updated on May 13 at 11:25 - a quote by Rhodes and colleagues in the second paragraph had been translated from English to Norwegian and back again, and was changed to the actual quote in English.
JM Rhodes, S. Subramanian, E. Laird, RA Kenny, Editorial: Low population mortality from COVID‐19 in countries south of latitude 35 degrees North - supports vitamin D as a factor determining severity, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 2020. Summary .
W. B. Grant, et al., Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths, Nutrients, April 2020.
M. D. Kearns et al., The impact of vitamin D on infectious disease: a systematic review of controlled trials, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 2015. Summary.
A. R Martineau et al., Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data, BMJ, 2017.


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Dylan Amirio, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | World | Fri, July 03 2015, 8:15 AM
The South Korean Embassy in Jakarta has said it will waive the visa application fee for Indonesian travelers planning to go to South Korea between July and September, in a bid to boost tourist numbers hit by the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) health scare.
According to Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) director Oh Hyonjae, the waiver will apply for three months starting July 6 and ending Sept. 30, allowing prospective Indonesian travelers to apply for a two-week single-entry visa free of charge.
Previously, the application fee for a South Korean single-entry tourist visa was Rp 520,000 [US$38]. The promotion will only be valid for those planning to travel within the three-month period.
“We have been told by Seoul that Indonesia is one of the countries that will receive the visa application fee waiver. The reason for this is to boost tourist numbers to South Korea, which have been in decline since news broke of the MERS outbreak,” Oh told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
He explained that since the outbreak of the MERS virus in South Korea in May, around 130,000 foreign visitors had canceled their trips to the country, around 2,000 of whom were Indonesian travelers.
Despite the outbreak, Oh insisted that foreign travelers would not be affected by the virus, saying that the spread was being controlled by the government to be concentrated only in hospitals.
“About 1,090,000 foreign tourists visited South Korea over the last month and they were all safe from the disease,” he added.
Other countries affected by the visa fee waiver include China, the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, all among the largest tourist markets for South Korea.
Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Cho Taiyoung, meanwhile, said that no new MERS cases had been reported in the country in the four days previous to July 1, and if the situation continued as it was going, the Korean government would soon announce the country free of MERS.
“I cannot be sure of the exact date of the announcement or when MERS will be confirmed to be completely eradicated, but the government has said it plans to announce it,” he said on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, South Korea on Thursday reported a new case of the potentially deadly MERS virus, after four days in which no cases were spotted.
It brought to 183 the total number of people diagnosed with MERS in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia. Agence France-Presse reported that the latest case involved a nurse from Seoul’s Samsung Medical Center, the Health Ministry said.
The hospital, which has so far accounted for almost half of all confirmed cases, declared a 10-day suspension of most health services last month to stem the spread of the virus.
As the hospital continued to report new cases, the shutdown was extended indefinitely. Of the 183 confirmed cases, 33 have died, 102 have been cured and released from hospital and 48 are still being treated, with 12 of them listed as being in critical condition. – See more at: Source


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Associations between Exposure to Ambient Benzene and PM2.5 during Pregnancy and the Risk of Selected Birth Defects in Offspring
Air pollution, Birth defects, Exposure assessment, Benzene, Particulate matter
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Objective: A growing number of studies have investigated the association between air pollution and the risk of birth defects, but results are inconsistent. The objective of this study was to examine whether maternal exposure to ambient PM2.5 or benzene increases the risk of selected birth defects in Florida.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of singleton infants born in Florida from 2000 to 2009. Isolated and non-isolated birth defect cases of critical congenital heart defects, orofacial clefts, and spina bifida were identified from the Florida Birth Defects Registry. Estimates of maternal exposures to PM2.5 and benzene for all case and non-case pregnancies were derived by aggregation of ambient measurement data, obtained from the US Environmental Protection Agency Air Quality System, during etiologically relevant time windows. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to estimate adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each quartile of air pollutant exposure.
Results: Compared to the first quartile of PM2.5 exposure, higher levels of exposure were associated with an increased risk of non-isolated truncus arteriosus (aPR4th Quartile, 8.80; 95% CI, 1.11–69.50), total anomalous pulmonary venous return (aPR2nd Quartile, 5.00; 95% CI, 1.10–22.84), coarctation of the aorta (aPR4th Quartile, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.15–2.57; aPR3rd Quartile, 1.60; 95% CI, 1.07–2.41), interrupted aortic arch (aPR4th Quartile, 5.50; 95% CI, 1.22–24.82), and isolated and non-isolated any critical congenital heart defect (aPR3rd Quartile, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.02–1.25; aPR4th Quartile, 1.33; 95% CI, 1.07–1.65). Mothers with the highest level of exposure to benzene were more likely to deliver an infant with an isolated cleft palate (aPR4th Quartile, 1.52; 95% CI, 1.13–2.04) or any orofacial cleft (aPR4th Quartile, 1.29; 95% CI, 1.08–1.56). An inverse association was observed between exposure to benzene and non-isolated pulmonary atresia (aPR4th Quartile, 0.19; 95% CI, 0.04–0.84).
Conclusion: Our results suggest a few associations between exposure to ambient PM2.5 or benzene and specific birth defects in Florida. However, many related comparisons showed no association. Hence, it remains unclear whether associations are clinically significant or can be causally related to air pollution exposures.
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Environmental Research, v. 142, p. 345-353
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Tanner, Jean Paul; Salemi, Jason L.; Stuart, Amy L.; Yu, Haofei; Jordan, Melissa M.; DuClos, Chris; Cavicchia, Philip; Correia, Jane A.; Watkins, Sharon M.; and Kirby, Russell S., "Associations between Exposure to Ambient Benzene and PM2.5 during Pregnancy and the Risk of Selected Birth Defects in Offspring" (2015). Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty Publications. 32.

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IN LATE 2012 Congress left the fate of of the Production Tax Credit ( a popular incentive that helps grow the wind industry ) twisting in the wind. Thats when The Mountain View Group gave me the call to illustrate this video for GE Energy that tells the story and urges renewal of this vital legislation.
PRE-SHOOT PREP WORK / Sketches shared and direction noted.
PRE-SHOOT WHITEBOARD PRACTICE / Reuniting with the dry erase markers / creating reverse type with charcoal smudge sticks / being able to draw a coal car and a cooling tower riding a tandem bike is one of the highlights of the presentation.
UPDATE / THE WIND INDUSTRY IS NOW FLYING HIGH since Congress renewed the Production Tax Credit in January of 2013. Read about it here.


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Today I am going to do a couple things different. I have some different images I want to share but they really don’t go together. I normally don’t do multiple posts on a given day, but I want to put them out for everyone to see. So today I will be posting at least two times, maybe three. By the way the photo in this post is the first different thing today! When I was editing this photo I slid a slider too far and kind of liked the way it looked. I played with the image some so that it came out looking similar to a painting.
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From Boss to Bridegroom
1882 – Tennessee
Being tied up and delivered to the sheriff was not how Nicole O’Malley expected to meet her new boss. Quinn Darling had the audacity to mistake her for a burglar! Now she’s counting the days until she can leave small-town life behind to open her own boutique. But as long as she’s helping two runaways escape their vindictive stepdad, she can’t leave town.
Quinn’s determined to triumph in his first business venture without the support of his wealthy family. He can’t succeed without assistant Nicole, a beauty as prickly as she is captivating. As Quinn adjusts to the tight-knit community, he’s soon set on another goal: breaking through Nicole’s reserve to capture the love hidden in her heart.
The Oregon Trail Romance Collection
Risking all their hopes and dreams on promises of fertile land in the Northwest, thousands set off on the Oregon Trail between 1843 and the 1890s. Despite the majestic landscape and daily opportunities for fireside chats, the trail was hardly the place these migrants expected to find romance. In these nine novellas, travelers on the wagon trains experience all the challenges and dangers of the trail. Some will lose much, settle down along the trail, and even turn back home, while others endure to the end. Readers will enjoy traveling along with the romantic adventures in which faith is honed.
Love of the Summerfields
1880 – England
When the Weston family returns to Summerfield Manor at the close of the London social season, both village and manor relax into their normal existence. But for four women, turmoil awaits. Each must battle the restrictions of her position as her faith and character are tested.
Adelaide Weston, the feisty and domineering dowager countess, is thrust out of her carefully structured life of duty by the reappearance of her first love.
Ruth Weston, the manor’s reclusive, guilt-ridden countess, struggles to emerge from self-imposed exile to embrace her marriage, her family, and the duties of her position.
Ruth’s loyal lady’s maid, Molly Wallace, juggles the demands of her job, the needs of her own tumultuous family, and a secret romance.
And Lila Hayward, a shopkeeper’s daughter, finds herself in love with a viscount’s son who’s engaged to Ruth’s spoiled daughter. Lila is sorely tested when she is obliged to act as liaison between the two, putting her in constant contact with the man she loves but can never hope to win.
None of these women expect a decades-old secret to unsettle the balance of her life–and the lives of everyone in Summerfield. Each will have a choice to make between her own happiness and a truth that will turn their carefully-ordered world upside down.
Love’s Unfading Light
1880 – Michigan
Tressa Danell is finished with men—from the wastrel who left her a widow, to the smelly trapper who keeps proposing, to the banker who wants to repossess her bakery. Every hour is spent working to pay off her late husband’s debt and keep a roof over her son’s head, though it’s doubtful she can do both for very long. But one thing’s certain—she’ll never be beholden to a man again.
Tired of living in a small town that blames him for actions his father committed ten years ago, Mac Oakton is scheduled to leave Eagle Harbor. So why does the pretty widow at the bakery keep tugging at his heart? He can’t get involved in her predicament when he’ll only be around for two more weeks.
But when Tressa’s burdens overwhelm her, they both face a decision. Can Mac set his own plans aside to help? And can Tressa accept his support if that means giving up her independence … and being obligated to a man again?
After a Fashion
1882 – New York
Miss Harriet Peabody dreams of the day she can open up a shop selling refashioned gowns to independent working women like herself. Unfortunately, when an errand for her millinery shop job goes sadly awry due to a difficult customer, she finds herself out of an income.
Mr. Oliver Addleshaw is on the verge of his biggest business deal yet when he learns his potential partner prefers to deal with men who are settled down and wed. When Oliver witnesses his ex not-quite-fiance cause the hapless Harriet to lose her job, he tries to make it up to her by enlisting her help in making a good impression on his business partner.
Harriet quickly finds her love of fashion can’t make her fashionable. She’ll never truly fit into Oliver’s world, but just as she’s ready to call off the fake relationship, fancy dinners, and elegant balls, a threat from her past forces both Oliver and Harriet to discover that love can come in the most surprising packages.
Romancing the Schoolteacher
1887 – Washington
Escaping her father’s unreasonable demands, Bridget flees to a remote mining town far from all she knows. To her surprise, her schoolhouse becomes her refuge. When a new family arrives in town, Bridget feels a special bond with the two adorable children—and their handsome widowed father.
Lindley Thompson is on a mission he can’t reveal to anyone, let alone the lovely schoolteacher who’s caught his eye. His children are flourishing under Bridget’s maternal touch, and Lindley’s heart is healing, too. But when their carefully hidden secrets come to light, will true love be enough to overcome all obstacles?
The Outlaw Takes a Bride
1885 – Texas
Johnny Paynter flees Denver to escape being hanged for a murder he didn’t commit. At his brother’s ranch in Texas, where he thought he could take refuge, he finds his brother, Mark—dead. Taking advantage of his strong resemblance to his brother, Johnny assumes Mark’s identity. Soon Johnny discovers that Mark had been corresponding with a widow named Sally in St. Louis, and she’s en route to be a mail-order bride to Mark. Seeing no other option, Johnny makes a fateful decision to go through with the wedding, posing as his brother. But Sally has secrets she’s hiding, too. How will a marriage survive with so much deception?
The Texan’s Inheritance
1888 – Texas
Busy Texas farmer Quinn Tucker is used to raising crops, not children. So when four nieces and nephews are left in his care, it’s not long before he realizes they need a mother. But his search for a wife leads to the least likely woman for illiterate Quinn—schoolmarm Helen McKenna.
City girl Helen has been told she’ll never have children—and, it seems, a husband. So she jumps at the chance to be a mother to Quinn’s little family. Though he is far from her image of an ideal husband, maybe a marriage in name will blossom into something more…
The Engagement Bargain
1884 – Kansas
Rock-solid and reliable, confirmed bachelor Caleb McCoy thought nothing could rattle him—until he discovers he needs to pose as Anna Bishop’s intended groom. After saving her life, his honorable code bid Caleb watch over the innocent beauty. And a pretend engagement is the only way to protect her from further harm.
Raised by a single mother and suffragist, Anna doesn’t think much of marriage—and she certainly doesn’t plan to try it herself. But playing Caleb’s blushing bride-to-be makes her rethink her independent ways, because their make-believe romance is becoming far too real…
1889 – Kansas
All Gabe Coulter ever wanted was to live a comfortable life as a successful gambler, but a confrontation with a disgruntled cowboy who’d just lost to Gabe leads to a family man dying in his arms. Even though it was self-defense, the only way Gabe knows to get rid of his guilt is to return the money he won to the man’s wife. Lara Talbot sees Gabe as a derelict like her husband and wants nothing to do with him. But as she struggles to provide for her family and makes plans to claim property in the upcoming Oklahoma land rush, she wonders if God might have sent the meddling gambler to help.
Cowboy Seeks a Bride
1881 – Colorado
Marybeth O’Malley is everything rancher Randall Northam seeks in a wife…if she’d only say “I do.” Although his family paid for her train ticket West with the understanding the two would marry, Rand won’t pressure her to set a date. Especially since he suspects she’s learned about his reckless past. Who would want to marry an untamed cowboy like him? Marybeth won’t marry until she locates her long-lost brother. And when Rand agrees to help her with her search, she can’t deny her surprisingly warm feelings toward her prospective groom. Could this honorable cowboy show her he’s the husband she never knew she wanted?
Wolf Creek Father
1886 – Arkansas
Schoolteacher Allison Grainger loves educating the children of Wolf Creek, Arkansas. She’s nearly at her wit’s end, though, when it comes to Sheriff Colt Garrett’s two unruly youngsters. But when Allison is forced to work with the prickly lawman, the handsome widower and his children prove to be both charming and the perfect complement to her own life. Colt Garrett is too busy taming the West—and his children—to worry about the concerns of the only schoolteacher in Wolf Creek. That is, until he meets the striking Allison, whose infectious smile warms his heart. Could she be the mother figure his children have always wanted…and the wife he so longs for?
1888 – Washington
Despite her spoiled upbringing, twenty-year-old Lenore Fulcher isn’t pretentious. She simply believes a marriage should be built on true love. Her father, however, thinks she’s wasted enough time searching for the perfect husband. He wants to marry her off to one of his business partners–who is seventeen years her senior–an idea that is out of the question for Lenore. Kolbein Booth, a young lawyer from Chicago, arrives in Seattle looking for his headstrong sister, who he believes may have answered an advertisement for mail-order brides. Sick with worry, he storms into the Madison Bridal School, demanding to see his sister, only to learn she isn’t there. But Lenore Fulcher is, and something about her captures his attention. Is this the man Lenore has been searching for? She may not have long to find out…

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Lion Forge Roar 2019
Written by Adam Smith
Illustrated by V.V. Glass
Coloured by Hilary Jenkins
Lettered by Jim Campbell
Determined to find Arlo, Ludo takes things into his own hands and starts to look outside of the base, only to discover her trail picks up in the most unexpected of places. The further Ludo gets into his investigation, the more he questions how well everyone on the base, in town, and even he himself really knew her.
So Lion Forge has these amazing stories that seem to come out of nowhere and could be set in any country around the world. Some of them actually are from Europe and those are the ones I love reading. We are introduced to a whole new world of writing and artistic style. This reminds me of that and I get lost in this story every time I look at a page in this book. The story itself is intriguing as with Arlo's disappearance and the fact that no one seems overly worried about it, sans her parents of course, and from what we see of her going to another dimension I believe well things are not what they appear to be.
Is that other dimension a metaphor somehow for where she is and what she's going through or for whatever reason did she end up at that specific tree by happenchance? What I do know is that we feel Ludo's pain and his anger and confusion and most of all guilt. Guilt that he didn't stay in touch more that he loves her so much that he couldn't see or talk to her without it hurting him. That much I can see and it's that very guilt, pain and love that he has which makes him look the way he does. In this weird crazy way seeing this is romantic and disturbing at the same time but then I guess under the circumstances that's okay.
I love the way that this is being told. Adam uses that larger page count to his advantage as the story couldn't be contained and make sense in that allotted “normal” page count. This is a blessing and a curse for me anyway as Adam makes it impossible not to become engaged and invested in the story leaving us still wanting more. The story & plot development along with the character development as they weave through, in and around each other, occasionally become one and then separating again is so beautifully handled. Add into this the way the pacing picks them up and keeps everything moving forward, even the flashbacks help the story move forward and it's done with a kind of natural grace I am not used to seeing.
The interiors here are gorgeous. The linework looks delicate but has this strength to it so it's quiet and understated yet does the job of allowing the attention to detail shine through. I am a fan of the way that we see the panels being composed and how the utilisation of foreground and backgrounds are done to create this nice depth perception for us. How the scale of size that we see is consistent and beautifully rendered is impressive. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a stupendous eye for storytelling. The way that backgrounds are an integral part of the storytelling is beautifully handled and they really enhance the moments and bring a size and scope to the book. The colour work is so complimentary as well. To see how tired the characters look just from seeing their faces, darker circles under the eyes, the way that light sources are utilised to create shading and shadows just make this that much more. Everything about the colour work and how we see the hues and tones in them to create that realistic feel is utterly marvellous.
I love a story that makes you feel, think and experience. We are thoroughly engaged in trying to spot clues as to what could've happened. Why things happen in the order they do as if in getting too close to answers his way and then out of the blue finding the car and that body that cannot be identified well it's all too convenient. So what is happening here? Military cover-up over the kids disappearing doing something they want anyone to find out about, a teenager learning to cope with loss and love through his guilt? We don't really know yet and it doesn't truly matter yet either as the story continues to wash over us while continuing to be unveiled.
This is what the power of storytelling was always intended to be.


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March horoscope for Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. Learn about the personal growth of these three zodiac signs.
In search of a balanced and harmonious life, Libras seek personal growth. March encourages them to delve deeper into their emotional state, and there are opportunities to reprioritize and promote mental and spiritual development. Creative pursuits and significant relationships play an important role in Libra's self-improvement this month.
Scorpios embark on a path of personal growth as they embrace their intense and transformative nature. March provides an opportunity for deep self-discovery that will allow them to free themselves from limiting beliefs and embrace personal evolution with passion. This month, Scorpios will benefit from exploring their fears and vulnerabilities, paving the way for deep growth and spiritual development.
Sagittarians are dedicated to personal growth, seeking knowledge and understanding of the world around them. They seek to broaden their horizons through travel, education, or spiritual pursuits that will contribute to their personal evolution. This month, Sagittarius is encouraged to explore new philosophies and belief systems, challenging their existing views and promoting personal growth.


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No Females in Heat
Saroja was an excellent sitter for Kelvin! She checked in with us soon after we dropped him off to let us know he was settling in. We got several pictures and updates throughout his stay. She was flexible and helped coordinate a pick up with our friends.
Saroja was so sweet to our little guy. She was reliable and did a great job. We will use her again!
Saroja was great with our little 3 month old pup Bella! She kept in good contact with us over the several hours she had her and sent some cute photos too. She was a great sitter!
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I've always loved dogs. I had a few growing up, and when I moved to Chicago 5 years ago, I got one of my own. He was the best dog ever, but I had to put him down due to a degenerative heart disease - broke my heart! I don't have it in me to get another dog just ...
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From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
‘With what looked very much like the advent of war in those first few weeks of the Lincoln administration the government over which he presided was embroiled in a huge bureaucratic mess. The army didn't seem to know what it was doing, but then neither did the various government departments, or Congress. In short, the benign chaos that dominated the sleepy little two-man law firm of Lincoln & Herndon for the previous 17 years seemed to apply to the White House in particular and the entire federal apparatus in general. [It's a good thing the Rebel government across the way was also embroiled in similar problems of needed rapid growth and did not have the wherewithal, or foresight, to send a moderately sized force across the Potomac in those early-early days of the war to a virtually undefended Washington, DC and bag the lot!]’
- Arnold Kunst
'If not me, who? If not now, when? If not here, where?'

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A handful of New York state landmarks will light up in purple on Thursday night as part of an initiative to raise awareness of domestic violence, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
The following sites will be illuminated in purple to mark “Wear Purple Day,” Cuomo said in a release:
• One World Trade Center
• Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
• Kosciuszko Bridge
• Alfred E. Smith Building
• H. Carl McCall SUNY Building
• State Education Building
• State Fairground Main Gate & Expo Center
• Niagara Falls
• Mid-Hudson Bridge
• Grand Central Terminal — Pershing Square Viaduct
• Albany International Airport Gateway
“With this action, we shine a light on the plague of domestic violence in a show of support for survivors and their families,” the governor said in a statement.
“The unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the sense of isolation faced by survivors, but New York will continue the fight to bring domestic abusers to justice and protect the most vulnerable among us,” he added.


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Transient anode voltage modeling of IGBT and its base doping profile investigation
Publisher© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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CitationDas, A., & Khan, M. Z. R. (2015). Transient anode voltage modeling of IGBT and its base doping profile investigation. Paper presented at the 2015 18th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2015, 122-126. doi:10.1109/ICCITechn.2015.7488054
In many power converter applications, study of doping concentration in the carrier storage region of IGBT is considered desirable. This paper introduces an estimation technique for base doping concentration through investigation into transient anode voltage modeling of Non-punch through (NPT) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT). Parabolic profile has been used for derivation of minority carrier concentration within the base. With the derived expression, an analytical model has been developed for turn-off anode voltage of IGBT in all doping profile conditions. Better agreements with the experimental results have been found compared to the previously used linear model. Finally, the implications of base doping dependence on the anode voltage are discussed, including implementation of such a doping concentration estimation technique


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By Hong Kong standards, the wetmarket on Haiphong Road is pretty bare-bones. It’s small, with no more than twenty vendors, and it’s housed in an awfully makeshift structure that sits under and around a highway overpass. (Indeed, it’s officially known as a “temporary market,” although it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon.) Step inside, however, and you’ll discover a half-dozen halal butchers that serve the city’s sizable Pakistani community.
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Survey finds partisan divide in US opinions on Covid response
July 07, 2022
CWN Editor's Note: A majority of Americans believe that the official response to the Covid epidemic was effective in protecting public health, according to a new Pew Research survey. But most respondents said that public officials did not give adequate priority to “meeting the educational needs of K-12 students.”
The Pew poll found a sharp divide in opinions on the public response to Covid. While 55% said that vaccination was “extremely” or “very” effective, 23% said that it was “not at all” effective in stopping the disease. On the role of social distancing the split was even more evident, with 34% saying it was extremely/very effective and 30% saying it was “not at all” effective.
The division of opinions on Covid followed partisan political lines, Pew found, with conservatives and Republicans more likely to question the official response.
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Another Halo Update
It should have been the biggest release of 2014 and yet, thanks to numerous matchmaking issues, the Halo Collection has been a source of frustration for most X1 owners.
343i have released a few updates since November, which have slowly improved the collection’s multiplayer component. The latest patch is now out in the wild.
Weighing in at roughly 700mb, the update also makes some tweaks to things like stat tracking, volume and the UI. Let’s see if things improve as people, quite rightly, are getting bored of waiting now.
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NYC Financial Justice Hotline
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NEDAP's hotline provides free information, legal advice and referrals to community groups and lower income NYC residents.
Tuesday, 12-2 pm
Wednesday, 12-2 pm
*effective May 2013
Financial Justice Issues Covered by the Hotline
NEDAP's hotline advises low income NYC residents on a range of financial justice issues, including:
- Discriminatory lending, banking, and debt collection practices
- Credit reporting
- Employer credit checks
- Prepaid debit cards
- Payday loans
- "Debt relief" and "credit repair" scams
- Sending money home (remittances)
Not Covered by the Hotline
The hotline does NOT provide information on:
The hotline is available to low income NYC residents and community groups only: If you are from outside NYC, please do not call the hotline. Visit www.lawhelp.org or www.naca.net for referrals to free or low-cost legal services in your area.
NEDAP's self-help materials answer frequently asked questions about people's rights with respect to credit reporting, debt collection, and other financial justice issues, and how to resolve common problems. These documents are available in the resources for consumers section of our website.
Disclaimer: This site provides general information for individuals and links to other information sources. This site does not provide legal advice, which you can only get from an attorney. NEDAP has no control over the information on linked sites.

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7/21/2014—Seattle, WA, USA
Here: Fans of DOTA 2 pose while dressed as their favorite characters during break in the finals. Vici Gaming lost the best of five final to Newbee, 3 games to 1.
"The International" is a video-game tournament hosted by Valve, a game maker based in Bellevue, WASH., with a prize pool reaching $10.8 million. this year the event was held at Key Arena in Seattle, WASH.
Contestants were playing Dota 2, a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed by Valve. Five players are on each team, with teams traveling for around the world to battle at the sold-out event.
Photograph by Stuart Isett
©2014 Stuart Isett. All rights reserved.

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The study systematizes the current knowledge on the characteristics of xylitol as an alternative to commonly used high-fructose-glucose syrups and sucrose in food products. Xylitol is a five-carbon sugar alcohol, which is naturally present mainly in plant-based products. On an industrial scale it is obtained in the process of xylose hydrogenation. It is the sweetest of polyols, with relative sweetness comparable to sucrose. Xylitol (E 967) has been approved in the European Union as a food additive at quantum satis in most food applications. Food safety authorities such as: JECFA (Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives); SCF (Scientific Committee on Food) and FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have considered xylitol as a safe sweetener. Xylitol can be used not only for food products sweetening, but also because of its numerous health benefits. Only 25 ÷ 50 % of xylitol is absorbed in the small intestine, and xylitol metabolism occurs with a small contribution of insulin and leads to a slight blood glucose level increase. Therefore, it is recommended for diabetics as well as for obese people. Xylitol is also ppreciated because of its welldocumented anticaries properties (it is not a substrate for energy processes of cariogenic bacteria, has a positive effect on the enamel remineralisation and reduces the adherence of pathogens to the tooth surface). Xylitol may also reduce the risk of acute otitis media in children when administered in a suitable dose.
xylitol, physico-chemical properties, food applications, glycaemic index, health properties


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May 29, 2017 Consultancy
ICE offers consultancies and training in medical and health professions education to higher education institutions, hospitals and health ministries. ICE designs programmes to meet the specific organisational needs for development and improvement in health professions educations and management. These include learning-teaching methodology, curriculum design, academic leadership and management of quality assurance processes.
Teaching and Learning Workshop at University of Puthisastra, Cambodia
Health Professions Training and Quality Assurance for Health Professions Educators in Vietnam.
Health Professions Training for Lecturers from Indonesia.
Health Professions Training for Ministry of Defence, Myanmar.
Health Professions Training for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh.


24 Mar 2016
Approvals for more than 1,800 new homes granted by Leeds City Council
Approvals for more than 1,800 new homes in Leeds were granted at a Leeds City Council planning meeting today.
In one of the largest numbers of residential approvals to be granted in a single planning meeting in Leeds in recent times, councillors on the City Plans Panel gave the green light through either full or outline permissions to five schemes across the city.
The largest approval is in the city centre where the City Reach scheme on the former Yorkshire Chemicals site on Kirkstall Road will provide 780 new flats and 234 student bedspaces, together with supporting leisure and retail facilities.
A further 270 homes plus associated roads and infrastructure were approved to be built off Tyersal Lane in Tyersal.
The other three approved applications will see approximately 530 new homes in Micklefield, with 291 on land east of Great North Road together with a possible 60 more, plus approximately 180 off Church Lane.
The approvals continue the trend which has seen permissions given for more than 10,000 new homes in Leeds in the last two years, as part of the Core Strategy aim of providing 66,000 new homes in total by 2028.
The approval for City Reach also follows the council’s commitment to brownfield development, with the current rate seeing approximately 70 per cent of all new homes in Leeds being delivered on brownfield sites.
Leeds City Council executive member for regeneration, transport and planning Councillor Richard Lewis said:
“It is very pleasing that these new homes in such significant numbers have been approved by the plans panel today, as it shows the positive relationship we have with developers who want to invest in our city.
“We are committed to providing the new homes and infrastucture the city needs as it continues to grow, and especially to see brownfield sites redeveloped to boost regeneration and growth and to offer as much affordable housing as possible to make Leeds the ideal place to live, work and visit.”
Chair of the City Plans Panel Councillor Jim McKenna said:
“It was a very busy meeting but we were pleased to approve the applications, in one of the largest single approval meetings we’ve had in the city. These applications are appropriate on sites allocated for development and are of the required quality to enhance what the city has to offer in terms of housing, infrastructure and support facilities. So we were happy to approve them and look forward to seeing them built.”
Notes to editors:
The applications approved by the City Plans Panel break down as follows:
Outline approval for City Reach development for mixed use residential and student housing, retail and leisure facilities, offices, car and cycle parking, public open space, river bridge, new access junction to Kirkstall Road and highways improvements.
Full approval for residential development of 270 houses with associated roads and infrastructure. Tyersal Lane, Tyersal.
Full approval for development of 291 residential dwellings with open space and associated infrastructure on land east of Great North Road, Micklefield.
Outline approval for residential development of approximately 60 dwellings on land east of Great North Road, Micklefield.
Outline approval for residential development of approximately 180 dwellings on land off Church Lane, Micklefield.
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Explore a strange and wonderful planet created by artist Chase Gentry in the new Ope! zine.
The event will include a discussion of the connection between Wall Street and economic downturns, the destruction of Wisconsin’s family farms, and Modern Monetary Theory.
Review: Rachel MacFarland watched the five Small Axe films, a rich collection of stories that explore Black British lives and politics in the 1970s and 80s.
Podcast: K.C. Cayo joins The Indy to speak about their write-in campaign for common council, after the team digs into the mayoral candidates and talks GameStop.
It was the kind of email no one wants to find in their inbox on a Friday afternoon.
Festival Foods’ owners often back Republicans financially, but the grocery chain’s PAC likes to hedge its bets to keep friends on both sides of the aisle.
La Crosse Area Transit Advocates will celebrate National Transit Equity Day on Thursday by publishing results of its survey of mayoral candidates
La Crosse-area politician sets record for most campaign cash in a state legislative election.
Why does our society value hedge fund managers more than workers who clean our hospital or feed our families?
In the 2018-19 school year, 237 La Crosse County students reported to staff that they were homeless. A local coalition of nonprofits has formed to work on finding solutions to the problem.


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Animals including humans live by breathing in oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide, even plants and microorganisms that contain oxygen in photosynthesis. A study was published in the journal Nature that the reason that the oxygen that supports living and breathing life on Earth has become so abundant as it is now is thanks to the slow rotation of the Earth.
The existence of a large amount of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere is said to be due to a large oxidative event in which algae produced oxygen through photosynthesis 2.4 billion years ago. However, since fossil excavations have revealed that the first photosynthetic microorganisms were born 3.5 billion years ago, why is there a delay of 1 billion years from the birth of early algae to a major oxidation event?
The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, which has been pondering this problem, realized from an accidental discovery that a major oxidation event and a significant change in the Earth’s rotation rate were almost the same time. Immediately after the birth of the Earth, the Earth’s day, which had only 6 hours, was slowed down by the lunar gravitational force and became 21 hours 2.4 billion years ago. And it was around this time that the first major oxidation event, GOE, occurred. In addition, the Neoproterozoic oxidation event NOE and the Paleozoic oxidation event POE occurred at the same time that the Earth and the Moon’s orbits were out of balance 500 million years ago and the length of the day became 24 hours.
To confirm this relationship between oxygen and the Earth’s rotation speed, the research team conducted an experiment by collecting Valteria living in Lake Huron, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world. In Lake Huron, the rapids where bacteria photosynthesize are spreading, while water with low oxygen and sulfur gas are rising from the bottom of the lake, and an anaerobic state like the ancient earth’s sea is maintained.
The research team conducted an experiment to reproduce the change in sunlight time by changing the length of light emitted by the bacteria in Lake Huron, and confirmed that photosynthesis is more active as the length of sunlight increases. In addition, with the Leibniz Center for Tropical Oceans Research, a model was built and simulated to determine how the oxygen produced and consumed by bacteria changes with the time of daylight, and the results were consistent with the amount of oxygen gas produced by the indoor bacteria through photosynthesis do.
Regarding the mechanism by which the amount of oxygen released into the atmosphere increases as the day increases, the research team found that the oxygen produced by the bacteria is dissolved in the microbial mat and consumed by the bacteria’s respiration at night. However, as the Earth’s rotation slowed and the number of days increased, the time for bacteria to continue photosynthesis increased, and oxygen overflowed from the microbial mat was dissolved in the water, and this oxygen was eventually released into the atmosphere.
In addition to the mechanism discovered this time, it is thought that various factors are involved in the amount of oxygen in the earth. For example, according to one expert, not only the bacteria living on the rock wool microbial mat, but also the bacteria floating in the water played a big role in oxygen supply. Another study points out that minerals that appeared on the surface by volcanic activity combined with oxygen to offset the oxygen supply by the early bacteria.
Therefore, the research team concluded in the paper that it is possible that the oxygen level had a significant effect on the oxygen level at an important turning point in the dynamics and biological evolution between the Earth and the Moon, and that this effect was acting in parallel with the various mechanisms proposed so far. Related information can be found here.


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text: Here's some pics of Ben Hammant's new 9 footer which he has just finished today. The board is once again of hollow wood design with 7mm ply frame. It has strips of paulownia and western red cedar for the deck and bottom. The rails are solid and have been made out of the same with a little ply in between for looks. The nose and tail blocks and fin are the same, The boards dimensions are 9' x 22 3/4" x 3" and it weighs 10.4kg.

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US Department of Labor finds IT company violated H-1B visa program when it failed to use, pay system analyst; recovers $64K for worker
DALLAS – An information technology services company in Irving hired a system analyst under the H-1B visa program, then failed to use and pay the worker the required prevailing wage for non-productive time – an illegal practice known as “benching” – a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.
The department’s Wage and Hour Division determined Cigniti Technologies Inc. benched the employee illegally over a 15 month period, and failed to pay the full, pro-rated amount of the worker’s prevailing wage for periods of non-productive work. By doing so, the employer violated the requirements of the federal H-1B visa program.
The investigation by the division’s New Orleans District Office led to the recovery of $64,244 in wages owed to the employee.
“Employers who hire workers under the H-1B visa program must comply with all legal requirements, which are clearly detailed in the program’s application process,” said Wage and Hour District Director Troy Mouton in New Orleans. “We encourage employers to contact the Wage and Hour Division for information about their obligations to avoid violations.”
The department offers numerous resources to ensure employers have the tools they need to understand their responsibilities and to comply with federal law, such as online videos, an H-1B presentation and confidential calls to local Wage and Hour Division offices.
A subsidiary of Cigniti Technologies Limited in India, Cigniti Technologies Inc. provides staffing services and information technology support, including software development, programming analysis and engineering services. The company employs U.S. and H-1B workers throughout the U.S.
For more information about H-1B visa, FLSA and other laws enforced by the division, contact the agency’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division, and use its search tool if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the division. Workers can call the Wage and Hour Division confidentially with questions – regardless of their immigration status – and the department can speak with callers in more than 200 languages.


Scott Gahimer Collection
Colt Model 1911A1 S/N 800058 - In
1939, Singer Manufacturing Company based in Elizabeth, New
Jersey was awarded Educational Order No. W-ORD-396 for the
manufacture of 500 Automatic Pistols Caliber .45 M1911A1.
Singer manufactured every part with the exception of the
grips which were manufactured by the Keyes Fibre Company.
There are no reinforcing rings around the grip screw holes
and no reinforcement ribs inside the grips with 31 rows of
checkering between the screw holes. Finish was a high gloss
On May 21, 1940, Colonel
John K. Clement, commander of the New York Ordnance District
and Executive Officer and Army Inspector of Ordnance was
designated to administer Singer's educational order. His
initials, "JKC" were stamped on all 500 Singer pistols.
Right side view - There is no ordnance
wheel on the rear right side of the frame.
"P" proof on top of the slide forward of
the rear sight. (Stamped in the opposite direction of the
"P" proof on other 1911A1 contract variations.


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The first Hair & Vision event of 2019 saw Fellowship members take to the stage at Proud Cabaret, London to showcase their skills.
Hair & vision is the Fellowship for British Hairdressing’s ultimate creative platform–this provides an open stage for members to showcase their creativity from start to finish, as well as providing insight to the process.
The first event of 2019 saw members take to the stage in the vintage theatre style surroundings which provided an inspiring background for members to create their own magic live on stage.
The hosts Simon Tuckwell and Fellowship President Karine Jackson thanked the audience for their support, promising an evening of exciting hair from a diverse and talented line up.
Appearing Lights & Vision 2019…
Cos Sakkas and Indira Schauwecker, TONI&GUY
Altin Ismaili, Marc Antoni
Junior Green, Junior Green Hair London,
Karoliina Saunders, Karoliina Saunders
Mary Geoghegan, KH Hair Nottingham
Nicola Smyth, Nicola Smyth Award Winning Hair
Roman Sys, Trevor Sorbie
Sam Burnett, Hare and Bone
First on stage were Chenna from Manifesto showcasing trademark wearable, trend-led men’s looks; Karoliina Saunders with punk-inspired texture, inspired by her regular work backstage at fashion week; and Roman Sys from Trevor Sorbie who presented intricate looping chains within the hair, inspired by repetition in nature.
Ashleigh Hodges was up next taking on a twisted approach to a pony tail – combining knots, texture and bicycle chains as hair accessories. Junior Green presented intricate fingerwaves, finished with shimmering glitter, and Sam Burnett created an undulating updo with organic, bending shapes.
After that, it was over to the Live Lounge which saw Karine sitting down with two TONI&GUY icons, Cos Sakkas and Indira Schauwecker to hear about their creative process. Between them, they have won countless awards for their artistry and now work as the brands International Artistic Directors. As well as sharing some of their trademark techniques, they also shared some of their success stories from their careers.
Indira started her career as part of the Fellowships F.A.M.E. Team and described it as “the biggest push for my career… it allowed me to find a bigger hairdressing family and discover my true potential.”
Cos reflected on the power of hairdressing, describing it as, “the best thing you could ever do for a job,” and adding, “we need to be proud of our industry, and really shout about it to others.”
After the Live Lounge, it was time for the final three hair shows with Mary Geoghegan from KH Hair, Altin Ismaili from Marc Antoni and Nicola Smyth from Nicola Smyth Award Winning Hair. Reigning Eastern Hairdresser of the Year, Mary, was inspired by Vivienne Westwood with pastelised punk colours and bound sections of hair. Altin showcased his technical cutting skills with a sleek blonde crop, and Nicola closed out the night with a dazzling neon look in hi-vis colour.


A 14-year-old boy was in critical condition after accidentally shooting himself in the head Friday, police said.
The accident occurred shortly after midnight in the 3100 block of Clay Avenue when Vincent Magana was displaying the revolver to friends in his home, Sgt. Scott Lee said.
Witnesses told police that Magana was “showing off the gun.”
“His friends told him to put the gun away,” Lee said. “Evidently, he put a bullet in the chamber and put the gun to his head . . . and it went off.”
Magana was taken to UC San Diego Medical Center, where he was in the intensive-care unit late Friday night.
Police are trying to determine where Magana obtained the .38-caliber revolver, Lee said.


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Rest assured that we at Release Laser Clinic take every precaution to ensure client safety. Our existing prevention and hygiene protocols will be adhered to strictly, and tightened where needed.
Our staff are committed to safeguarding these precautions, so that every client at Release Laser Clinic enjoys a treatment that is safe and follows the recommended guidelines.
These are the steps we take:
- – We apply strict guidelines as to who is allowed to be at the clinic and follow a modified schedule.
- – We screen each client for possible illness in their household and ask them to fill in a short questionnaire before the appointment.
– Clients are contacted the day before the appointment to run through the hygiene and conduct rules, so that you know what to expect on your visit.
- – Your appointment must be cancelled when any 1 of the following symptoms occur: sore throat, cough, nose-cold, diarrhea, or fever.
- – Your appointment must be cancelled if you or any of your household are in self-isolation.
- – Your appointment will go ahead if you have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours, and you have not come in contact, for at least 14 days, with anyone who is in self-isolation.
- – We ask clients to come to the appointment alone. – If you do choose to take someone with you, we must ask your companion to wait outside the clinic.
- – We ask clients not to come early to the appointment, to avoid people waiting in the reception area.
- – We will welcome you with a smile, but won’t shake hands.
- – Our staff will maintain a proper distance as much as possible.
- – We aim to have as few people as possible inside the clinic so that proper distancing can be achieved at all times.
- – We will ask clients to disinfect their hands with the available gel on entry to the clinic.
- – Unfortunately, we won’t be able to offer you a coffee or tea.
- – Also, we cannot let you use our toilet.
- – Only 1 client is allowed to follow the laser therapist to the treatment room.
- – The laser therapist will be wearing protective clothing, gloves, face mask, and face-guard, during consultation and treatment.
- – We ask you to pay by pin or contactless. – Cash is only accepted for the exact amount.
- – On top of the cleaning protocols for treatment rooms and other spaces, all the spaces in the clinic are cleaned multiple times a day.
We count on your cooperation in following these measures and thank you for your understanding.