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The Ohio Voter Rights Coalition is pressing for a number of voting reforms to make voting safer and more convenient in the November election and beyond.
The group supports Senate Bill 191, which would make it possible to order an absentee ballot online.Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters Ohio, says the state also should mail out an absentee ballot application to all voters.
"This two-fold approach of online requests plus sending applications out to everyone with prepaid postage is far more equitable for all," she states.
The group also is calling on the secretary of state to allow people to sign up to permanently receive absentee ballots, without an excuse.
The League of Women Voters also supports the next coronavirus stimulus bill from the House of Representatives, which would put billions of dollars toward vote-by-mail and other election reforms.
Camille Wimbish, election administration director at Ohio Voice, says counties should be given the flexibility to have more than one secure vote drop box where people can drop off their ballots.
"We'd like to see multiple secure drop box locations," she states. "So it's a real convenience for people to be able to see their ballot, go to a safe spot, and know it's going to be counted."
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Content warning: The following story contains discussion of violence against Indigenous women.
Joyce Echaquan was a 37-year old Atikamekw woman of the Manawan community in Quebec. She was a mother to seven children and respected by the members of her tribe. On September 28, Echaquan went live on Facebook in a Joliette, Quebec hospital as she writhed in pain. Echaquan had a heart condition treated with a pacemaker and was experiencing intense stomach pain. The video showed a nurse and an orderly yelling at Echaquan in French to shut up and saying she’d be better off dead.
Later that day, Echaquan died. The nurses had administered a high dose of morphine, despite Echaquan’s concerns that she would have an adverse reaction. Echaquan’s husband, Carol Dubé, and the school director from the Atikamekw Nation, Guy Niquay, mobilized immediately, traveling 249 miles to Ottawa, Canada’s capital, to speak to federal officials. In a heart-wrenching portion of the testimonies Niquay got on his knees with Echaquan’s son, Thomas-James, to beg Canada’s Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett and Minister of Indigenous Services Marc Miller for justice. “Mr Miller, Madame Bennett, I beg you to help me. I don’t want to wait for one year. I want action,”
— APTN News (@APTNNews) October 3, 2020
The injustice Echaquan faced while she attempted to get life-saving help from a hospital is a story Indigenous people in Canada know all too well. Last year Quebec Superior Court Justice Jacques Viens hosted an inquiry into the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Quebec. Members of Echaquan’s community testified that at the very hospital where Echaquan died, Centre Hospitalier de Lanaudiere, they had been called racist slurs and had not received proper treatment because of prejudice surrounding their language. Viens concluded it was “impossible to deny” the systemic racism present in Quebec’s public services.
A similar inquiry by the Canadian government in 2019 found that Indigenous women were 12 times more likely to be killed or to disappear than other Canadian women. The report concluded that the Canadian government was “complicit in race-based genocide” of Indigenous women. And yet, cases like those of Echaquan’s continue. The report itself states “One of the family members’ and survivors’ biggest fears in opening themselves up to this process as intense as this one is that in the end, nothing is done – the report gathers dust on a shelf and the recommendations are left unanswered.”
— Janis Irwin (@JanisIrwin) October 4, 2020
The Grand Council of the Crees in Quebec fears that the systemic racism in Canada that killed Echaquan may continue to kill unless there are systemic changes. Their statement read, “The racist slurs and degradation she suffered at the Joliette Hospital were the same they might have been 50 years ago. The hospital staff did not see her as a human being, but as something that they could abuse with impunity.” They continued, “And that is the heart of the problem … Such conduct could only happen in an environment that tolerated it. The staff abused Joyce Echaquan because they thought that they could, with impunity, without consequences.”
The nurse and the aide were fired a day after the incident and multiple investigations have been promised. The Echaquan/Dubé family lawyer, Jean-Francois Bertrand is initiating lawsuits against the two assailants in Echaquan’s live video and the hospital itself. The Quebec coroner’s office has promised to launch a public inquest into Echaquan’s death and Bertrand intends to file a complaint with local police.
The Sunday after Echaquan’s death, Indigenous families around Canada held their annual remembrance day for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit and gender diverse people. Protestors around Canada wore red dresses, stamped red painted hands over their mouths and chanted “no more stolen sisters.” As Echaquan’s family said, “Joyce Echaquan’s case at Joliette Hospital is certainly not unique, but rather the tip of the iceberg.”
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Did you know that in the Bank’s fine print they are not responsible for e-transfer fraud? Financial institutions market the convenience of e-transfers and make claims in bold print that the system is safe. In the small print or buried in online agreements, they outline a list of requirements a customer must meet in order to actually be protected. The big print says Zero liability and risk-free but the small print negates them of all responsibility! The agreement in place at all the big Banks says customers must use tough security questions with answers only the sender and recipient can guess.
Complaints to Go Public says the marketing that claims people are protected when they e-transfer money is misleading. Many felt misled by their Banks after fraudsters diverted their e-transfer funds. A police detective with Toronto’s cybercrime unit says because e-transfer fraud is on the rise, financial institutions need to do a better job of informing their customers about the risks and how they can better protect themselves.
In one particular situation, TD said the fraud occurred after someone hacked into a client’s email and correctly answered the security question, which was “What is your wife’s name?” It wasn’t hard for the fraudster to figure out the answer as this info was on Facebook. TD said the client was to blame and would not reimburse the lost monies.
The system is not as secure as they say. Bank’s claim that customers who use e-transfers are “protected” and their money is “secure.” Therefore, who would think that fraudsters could hack emails and redirect an e-transfer! “The Banks should be acknowledging that the system is not as secure as they say it is.”
Bagnall, the Toronto detective, says Canada’s banks need to do much more to warn customers about potential risks when using e-transfers, because the frauds being reported are “the tip of the iceberg.” He said financial institutions may not be reporting fraud because it can cause “reputational harm.” “If customers start leaving … that could very much affect their business,” said Bagnall. “Damage to the brand is a huge reason why organizations are not reporting cybercrime to the police.” “They’re so large that there’s not really a reason they need to be transparent, because they can do their own internal investigations,” he said. “They really only need to report to the privacy commissioner.”
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The Outer Cape has for over a century been a robust and rich region for the arts, with first-class examples of painting, theater, drag, photography, architecture, sculpture, and more. But until recently the art of dance has been woefully absent in the arts on the Cape tip. This weekend the Cape Dance Festival brings to Provincetown seven professional dance companies and solo performers in what they hope is the first of many more to come.
“It’s one of those things where the stars seem to line up,” says Stacey-Jo Marine, co-founder and producer of the Cape Dance Festival. “We’d been talking about doing this for years. We decided that this was going to be the year.”
There have been fits and starts in bringing dance to the Outer Cape over the years, with the most successful to date being the Provincetown Dance Festival each October, now in its ninth year. But dance is usually not an option on the otherwise diverse and jam-packed summer arts and entertainment roster.
“Dance was something you just couldn’t see on the Cape,” says co-founder and producer Liz Wolff, a lifelong Cape summer resident and former dancer. “There is world-class visual art and theater, but no dance. You have dance in Western Mass. and on Martha’s Vineyard, and other places. For how culturally sophisticated the Cape is, it was lacking dance.”
The Cape Dance Festival is bringing in the Project Moves Dance Company, CorbinDances, Lady Luck Burlesque, Lorraine Chapman the Company, Yesid Lopez, Justin Prescott from the Broadway shows Fela! and Memphis, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. In addition to wanting to bring dance to Outer Cape audiences, the goal was also to bring a wide array of genres.
“We definitely wanted to expose people to different styles of dance,” says Wolff. “If you don’t see it you don’t know.”
In addition to traditional contemporary dance and ballet, the festival also includes tap, burlesque, modern, as well as ensemble and solo pieces in an evening of 10 separate dance pieces. All companies and performers attending are professionals, but Wolff and Marine paid close attention to not just including those from New York City in this their inaugural year, pulling in dancers from all over the East Coast. Of all the companies coming in the Paul Taylor Dance Company is perhaps the most accomplished and well known. Newsweek wrote shortly after the young choreographer’s debut in 1954 that “… in the beginning there was Martha Graham, who changed the face of an art form and discovered a new world. Then there was Merce Cunningham, who stripped away the externals and showed us the heart of movement. And then there was Paul Taylor, who let the sun shine in.”
Taylor’s company has performed in more than 540 cities in 64 countries, representing the United States at arts festivals in more than 40 countries and touring extensively under the aegis of the U.S. Department of State. The Company has also been invited to enormous celebrations around the world. In 1997 the Company toured throughout India in celebration of that nation’s fiftieth anniversary, and in 1999 they traveled to Chile and earned the honor of being named the Best International Dance Event of the year by the country’s Art Critics’ Circle. In the summer of 2001 the Company toured in the People’s Republic of China and performed in six cities, four of which had never seen American modern dance before. In the spring of 2003 the Company mounted an award-winning four-week, seven-city tour of the United Kingdom. And in 2007 The Company’s performances in China marked its fourth tour in the country.
While continuing to garner international acclaim, the Paul Taylor Dance Company performs more than half of each touring season in cities throughout the United States. The Company’s season in 2005, marking its fiftieth anniversary, was attended by more than 25,000 people. In celebration of the anniversary the Taylor Foundation presented Taylor’s works in all 50 states between March 2004 and November 2005. That tour underscored the Company’s historic role as one of the early touring companies of American modern dance.
In addition to increasing the presence of dance on the Outer Cape, the Cape Dance Festival is also putting the spotlight on the amphitheater at the Province Lands Visitor Center, which goes largely unused, despite being fairly easy to book for an event.
“It’s just a park permit,” says Wolff in regards to what it takes to produce a performance at the amphitheater. “[The Seashore was] really receptive. I think the amphitheater alone is a draw.”
“I love the space,” says Marine. “It’s a great venue. A great venue for dance. It’s really going to be a great night. Something for everyone.”

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The Flyers clarified how long they expect Pronger to be out and believe it’ll be at least 2-3 weeks before he can return to action according to CSNPhilly.com’s Tim Panaccio. Pronger’s injury puts the Flyers in a bad spot as he’s instrumental to how they roll defensively, but GM Paul Holmgren says that when Pronger returns he’ll be sporting a visor to protect himself.
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Tim Hanson and his son Erik run a mosquito and tick-control business during the warm months and just started their own franchise of the national holiday-decorating business, Christmas Decor. For a fee, they'll bring joy to customers' worlds by handling the design, installation, maintenance, dismantling and storage of holiday decorations, for both home and business owners.
The Hanson's Central Road home is already spruced up with garland, lit with white lights and accented with wood winter sleds swaddled with red bows. Their tallest evergreen tree is lit to the top because they have trucks and lifts in their decorating arsenal which, Tim Hanson said, are available to their customers who want to stay off their own ladders.
They're in their sixth year of running a franchise of Mosquito Squad, providing insect control in their southern Maine territory, with 15 employees at the height of summer. Their workers were trained and certified, but "in the winters we shut down," said Tim Hanson.
It's "a big deal" getting their employees trained and because there's a statewide worker shortage, he said, they run a risk of losing good workers over the winters.
"We needed another business to keep our core guys on," said Erik Hanson, who discovered the Christmas Decor franchise network.
When he called to inquire about franchising in this area, the son said, he learned that the only two states without franchises were Hawaii and New Hampshire. So they signed up for New Hampshire and now have the franchise for the entire state, as well as a Maine territory south of Wells.
Their business goal is to get 20 to 40 Christmas customers this year, so they bought Google-search ads and mailed advertising fliers. The early returns are jobs to decorate a horse farm in Peterborough, a Manchester mall and a restaurant. Residential customers have signed up to have their homes in North Hampton, New Castle and Rye decorated for the holiday season.
Erik Hanson logged onto his laptop, called up a photo of a client's home on Wallis Sands Beach in Rye, then demonstrated how the company's software allows him to add garland, lights and trees, while the cost tallies up at the bottom. He said the low-end of a holiday decorating job, through his new business, would be about $500.
For that, customers start with the digital consultation that shows them what their homes and businesses will look like when trimmed with holiday bling. The Hansons then show up with their LED lights and decorations and put them wherever they're told.
If a light goes out, they'll go back to fix it. When the season is over, and temperatures are low, they'll climb back up their ladders, take it all down and drive it away.
The professional decorators are fully insured, they said.
Erik Hanson said the business model has customers leasing the decorations. His father said in some cases they'll install customers' own lights, but they won't guarantee them like they do their own products.
They'll also install landscaping lights and hope the holiday lighting business can become a year-round lighting enterprise.
Locally, they said, customers are leaning toward all white lights, though all options are available.
"One client said she didn't want anything too New Jersey-ish," Tim Hanson said. "White lights, no blue lights."


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Kajal Aggarwal is a busy bee these days and recently she wrapped up shooting for Ravi Teja’s upcoming film Sarocharu. Parasuram has directed the film and Priyanka Dutt is producing it on Three Angels Studio Pvt Ltd banner. The film’s promotions have already begun and as a part of the campaign, the first video featuring Kajal was unveiled yesterday. Talking about her role, Kajal said, “My character is named Sandhya. She’s a tomboy and a spoiled brat in the film. I could relate to the character quite well because Sandhya is like me in real life. I must also add that I had a great time working with Ravi Teja, Parasuram and Priyanka Dutt.” The film stars Ravi Teja, Kajal and Richa Gangopadhyay in lead roles. Nara Rohit will be seen in a special role. After a long time, Ravi Teja will be seen in a romantic entertainer and the expectations are quite high on this film. Devi Sri Prasad has composed the music. The audio will be launched in the market on December 5 and the film will hit the screens on December 21.
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McCormick School of Engineering students at Northwestern University partnered with Nettelhorst School in Chicago for a senior capstone course in mechanical engineering, Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. Students in the course use McCormick's prototyping lab and injection-mold machinery to design and manufacture a product of their own creation. Here, the elementary students acted as the clients, directing McCormick students in toy design.


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Daprodustat (GSK1278863) is an oral HIF-PHI that is being developed for treatment of anemia associated with CKD in patients receiving or not receiving dialysis. In the hemodialysis study, the effects on hemoglobin coincided with expected elevations in endogenous erythropoietin but were markedly lower than those in the recombinant human erythropoietin control arm. Importantly, clinically significant elevations in plasma vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentrations, a potentially concerning off-target effect, were not seen.
Vadadustat, an oral agent also known as AKB-6548, is in development for the treatment of anemia in both nondialysis-dependent and dialysis-dependent CKD patients. In early clinical studies, vadadustat was well tolerated in healthy volunteers and patients with CKD, where it increased reticulocytes, plasma EPO, and Hb levels in a dose-dependent manner. Patients with ESA-resistant renal anemia, who account for 10 percent of ESA users, would be among the biggest beneficiaries of therapy with this class of drugs.
Trial reports demonstrate a notable additional benefit of HIF-PHIs: The drugs reduce or block the inflammatory response that keeps the body from using its own iron stores (e.g., reduction in hepcidin, an inflammatory inhibitor of iron uptake and utilization in the body). Furthermore, there have been no off-target effects reported to date. Although the early data is promising, larger longitudinal phase 3 studies already under way will yield further important therapeutic and safety data. Potential adverse events with these products could, however, include hypertension, acute pancreatitis, nausea, and diarrhea.
As with HIF proteins, HIF-PHIs vary in structure; therefore, they may have "off-target effects" with unintended consequences in the body beyond erythropoiesis. This is a source of potential concern. For example, HIFs can stimulate synthesis of VEGF, a protein that stimulates the growth of new blood vessels. Although the growth of new blood vessels is beneficial in appropriate circumstances, in the presence of malignancy (cancer), VEGF not only increases the blood supply to the tumor but can also potentially facilitate the spread of the malignancy. It is crucial that HIF-PHIs developed to treat anemia be specifically targeted for the individual substrate target, enabling the response (i.e., stimulating red blood cell production) to be singular.
HIF-PHIs represent a promising, novel therapeutic approach to the management of anemia. Roxadustat is anticipated to obtain FDA approval and be available for clinical use within the next 12 months; daprodustat and vadadostat are expected to follow suit in subsequent years. To the field of nephrology, the prospect of such a class of oral agents as HIF-PHIs is exciting, as it may provide expanded benefit in the management of anemia in patients with CKD both on dialysis and those not requiring dialysis (Figure 2).1,2,3,4,5
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- Akizawa T, Tsubakihara Y, Nangaku M, et al. Effects of daprodustat, a novel hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor on anemia management in Japanese hemodialysis subjects. Am J Nephrol 2017;45(2):127-35.
- Pergola PE, Spinowitz BS, Hartman CS, Maroni BJ, Haase VH. Vadadustat, a novel oral HIF stabilizer, provides effective anemia treatment in nondialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2016;90(5):1115-22.
- Holdstock L, Meadowcroft AM, Maier R, et al. Four-week studies of oral hypoxia- inducible factor-prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor GSK1278863 for treatment of anemia. J Am Soc Nephrol 2016;27(4):1234-44.
- Besarab A, Provenzano R, Hertel J, et al. Randomized placebo-controlled dose- ranging and pharmacodynamics study of roxadustat (FG-4592) to treat anemia in nondialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015;30(10):1665-73.

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We embellished the layout with Honey triangles and arrow washi tapes and various black sparkles and/or epoxy bubbles. The pennants were all cut with the CTMH/Cricut Art Philosphy cartridge at 1.25".
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Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios, (born 378/377 bc, Chios, Ionia [Greece]—died c. 320 bc, Alexandria, Egypt), Greek historian and rhetorician whose Philippica, though lost in its original form, has survived through the work of later writers to form one element in the tradition concerning the reign of Philip II of Macedon. Theopompus was twice exiled from his native town, first as a young man and then in 323 bc, after the death of Alexander the Great, and he was one of the leaders of the aristocratic party in Chios. Theopompus also spent time in Athens, Macedon, and Egypt.
His works, which were chiefly historical, included the Hellenica, which treated the history of Greece, in 12 books, from 411 (where Thucydides breaks off) to 394—the date of the Battle of Cnidus and the end of Spartan hegemony. Of this work only a few fragments survive. A far more elaborate work was the Philippica, a history in 58 books of Philip’s reign (359–336). The Philippica was not a life of Philip II but rather a universal history of Greece and the Middle East in Philip’s days. It discussed politics, war, geography, cultural and religious history, marvels, and even myth. Among the famous digressions were the account of the Athenian demagogue and three books on the history of Sicily in the age of the tyrants of Syracuse—Dionysius I and his son, Dionysius II. Theopompus left no doubt of his sympathies for Sparta and Philip.
In spite of some extravagance both of style and of judgment, examples of which can be seen in the extant fragments, it seems likely that Theopompus was the most interesting and considerable of all the Greek historians whose work has been lost.
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ancient Greek civilization: Historical writings…personality had been acknowledged by Theopompus of Chios, who (like Callisthenes) moved in the direction of writing history that revolved around the person of a king; he called his history of Greece
Philippica(“The Affairs of Philip”). Meanwhile there were local historians of Attica, such as Androtion, who continued to…
Philip II: Last yearsThe historian Theopompus, who saw Philip at close quarters, made much of his vices, his love of drink and debauchery, and his wild extravagance with money. Allowance made for this notably faultfinding and puritanical writer, Philip’s character did contain some real ambiguities, extending into his domestic life.…
Thucydides: Scope and plan of the History…lived a generation later), and Theopompus (who lived in the last third of the 4th century), all began their histories of Greece where Thucydides left off. Xenophon, one might say, began the next paragraph nearly as abruptly as Thucydides ended his.…

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Even though the majority of the world doesn’t actually know him personally, his infectious characters and unbelievable brilliance have touched us and it is very hard to comprehend that this has happened. We sometimes forget that those in the public eye or those that are hilarious can be in so much personal pain. When an event happens like this it taps into our own vulnerability and connects us to a place that realises that nobody is immune. I could go on for hours about this but will refrain, as I said in Ignite life last week there is so much that can go on inside us all and I hope that people can find sanctuary in a person that they trust.
One notable thing that has happened as a consequence of this tragedy is that a very important conversation has opened up. The discussion about depression as an illness is something that is long overdue and something that should no longer be swept under the carpet. The awareness is rising but what needs to be understood that a person suffering depression can’t just snap out of it – it is a deep deep sadness that can’t just be ‘fixed”.
My hope is that this conversation continues to be one that is familiar but also for us all to really genuinely aware of each other and stay close when there is isolation or darkness. We can get rapped up in our own little world but too many lives are lost due to this illness. Amanda Blair put it beautifully in yesterdays Adelaide Advertiser “Those of us left behind in the wake of grief will never truly understand how they went through with it, but by having more open dialogue before it happens, we can at least try to prevent it”


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In response, we established a national day called Take Back the Lunch Break Day—a day now celebrated annually across the U.S. on the third Friday of June. Its goal is to help improve workplace morale, satisfaction and productivity by encouraging employees and educating employers about the importance of stepping away for lunch.
Although this day was created by our Tork team, Essity as a company, believes that our employees should be taking lunch breaks—real lunch breaks away from their desk.
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The fatal police shooting of a man in mental distress who had fled a Toronto hospital in February raises questions about whether officers should be given different training for crisis situations, Special Investigations Unit director Ian Scott said Monday.
"There are legitimate questions arising from this tragic incident," he said in a statement, which explained why the SIU is not charging the officer who shot 29-year-old Michael Eligon.
On the morning of Feb. 3, Mr. Eligon left the Toronto East General Hospital, which he had been admitted to involuntarily under the Mental Health Act. He was wearing a hospital gown, toque and socks. He entered a convenience store, picking up two pairs of scissors and cutting the left hand of the owner, who called 911, the SIU said.
Soon after, Mr. Eligon unsuccessfully demanded car keys from two women, who also called 911, the SIU said. He moved onto Milverton Boulevard, where he attempted to break in to two homes, prompting another 911 call.
Twelve officers arrived, surrounding Mr. Eligon and shouting at him to drop the scissors. The SIU said he ignored them, and seven officers formed a line, drawing their guns, while one officer continued to yell "drop the knives" and "stop moving."
One officer backed into a truck, causing the distance between him and Mr. Eligon, who was still not responding to the police demands, to shrink. The officers say Mr. Eligon said something along the lines of "One of you is going to die," and continued to move forward and ignore demands, the SIU said.
Three shots were fired, one of them hitting Mr. Eligon in the clavicle. He was rushed to another hospital, where he later died.
Mr. Scott said the officer who fired the fatal shot was justified in using that level of force, to defend himself or others. The director of the province's police watchdog acknowledged that while there wasn't criminal wrongdoing, a number of questions have been raised by the death.
Whether there should be different crisis training, was among points Mr. Scott raised. All Toronto officers are given mental-health training each year when they have two days of use-of-force training. It includes instruction on how to calm situations down verbally and realistic role-play scenarios that mimic responding to someone with a mental illness. Additional training varies by specific job and the year.
As well, Mr. Scott questioned how Mr. Eligon eloped from the hospital and whether frontline officers should be given tasers, a less than lethal force option. Ontario regulations set out that only supervisors and specialized units can carry the conducted energy weapons.
The questions would be better addressed by a coroner's inquest, Mr. Scott said.
Mr. Eligon's death prompted a vigil retracing his last steps earlier this month, with organizers calling for more intensive crisis training for officers.


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It has been a very long time since any new vehicle has been introduced that has produced the interest and genuine "oooow" and "Aha" that Daimler Chryslers new PT Cruiser. In the 1950s we experience the annual hype as the auto makers brought forth each new model year's designs and for many years that involved totally new designs each year. A few of those cars would turn your head and people would go out of their way to look them over. The 52 Studabaker, the 57 Plymouth, the Edsel, Corvette, and the Mustang are some that I can remember their introduction. But in the past two decades new vehicle designs and even lines of vehicles have been somewhat ho-humm. Chrysler's trucks was one exception and perhaps the 86 Taurus but mostly we have just gone car
though they were
bacon and eggs.
Each year Detroit likes to put on display their futuristic test designs, the so-called "concept cars" which are in effect marketing research on a big scale. Last year Chrysler had this interesting car in their car show this year they have in the show rooms and in a short while they will be on the street.
The trend toward big and powerful has really grabbed hold of auto makers as the North American public has for more then a decade been buying big pickup trucks with accessories to make them cars, they have been buying Sport Utility vehicles which are big heavy four
drive machines and they
have been buying mini vans of all makes since Chrysler first introduced the Caravan in the early 80s. The young design team at Daimler Chrysler set to work to make a vehicle that combined what the customer way buying in a single new concept vehicle and the result is the PT Cruiser.
Oddly enough the PT Cruiser is really a small vehicle with a mere 2.4 Litre engine and a wheel base just slightly less then Chrysler's "small car" the Neon. However, the essence of the SUV and the mini-van is what the PT Cruiser can do but the hook is style. Using the retro 30s look this car has fenders, almost a running board and the chopped off back of seventy years ago.
The pictures on this page show you one in a Winnipeg show room so the long view at the top of the page is less then what I would have liked to give you an idea of what this machine is truly The door handles are chrome and stick out and the hatchback latch on the right is also chrome. The car is assembled like a seamless moulded toy with fit and finish details that rival anything coming from the orient.
it looks like a
basic car of this era with disks up front and drums at the back, coil spring suspension in the back and struts up front. Cast aluminum wheels and integrated bumpers.
The tiny 2.4 litre engine is completely appropriate for a vehicle this size and reports are that it has all the accelleration needed to give its driver a "sporty" driving experience. With that size of engine and this small a vehicle fuel economy is almost a certainty even though the car comes with air and all the extras.
The over riding theme of this product is its adaptability. This is a finely crafted and completely sensible swiss-army knife of transportation. Its function
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with the highest
level of clever design work we have seen in a long time. One would have to go back to the basic idea behind the little original Volkswagen beetle to see simplicity as the primary goal of the design but at the same time unlike the nasty little bug this vehicle is a changeable, able to be used to get the groceries, provide taxi service to every member of the family and look great to take your wife out to dinner.
One car commentator said it was likely to become the first truly successful hatchback. Though practical the hatchback design seems to have never been embraced by the public in the mass market but the PT Cruiser and its
like back is going to
definitely be popular.
The small package and luggage area behind the back seats has the remarkable shelf that can be used to screen the contents or be used to divide up the layers of grocery bags from squashing one another.
The seats all fold or can be removed so that there is eight feet of stowage with the front passenger seat removed. Everything that comes out has handles and quick release systems to remove and replace.
We were unable to drive this showroom beauty as Winnipeg dealerships and those in Saskatchewan got their display models last week and they are taking orders. However, we did thoroughly go over the most important part of the car. (I am calling it a car even though it will be licensed as a truck in some jurisdictions)
Were you spend your time is in the seats in the inside and that to me is what a car is all about. When I buy a car I am buying a good seat with wheels. So, what about the seats. This show room model was fitted out with luxurious leather seats which would never be something I would select and I found the seats a bit on the firm side.
The office is really well laid out with simple basic and very readable instruments. The controls and knobs are big and easy to reach and the heater looks like it came right out of FTLComm's Windstar Van.
Despite the small size of the machine the seating space behind the wheel or in every passenger seat is more then big enough we tested them all and be you 300 pounds or a hundred the seats seem to be just right and most importantly the huge doors, like those on the Ford Focus and Toyota Echo are the kind you can get into without having to stick your head in first.
picture of the simple
instrument panel clearly shows the attention to keeping the basic vehicle concept in mind and the sharp idea of putting a colour body panel on the dash is refreshing.
The chrome stirrup shaped door handles are in harmony with the design of the vehicle and the plastic panels everywhere fit and seem to be exactly what is needed.
|Its a pity
GM designers have
been unable to master the concept of getting the plastic to fit.
This picture taken from the back seat on the floor gives you a look at the centre console with the various ,controls, the automatic shifter, and hand brake. But amidst all this are four cup holders, a place for pencils and a pad, change and a place to put your sunglasses and whatever is needed to be kept at hand. Each door also has a stowage panel.
The two front bucket seats are firm, as I mentioned but roomy and well proportioned. In the back there is seating for three, perhaps that centre seat would be a little tight but there is plenty of leg room and you sit up nice and straight as the vehicle has lots of head room. It is a tall vehicle compared to cars of the recent past but compared to the Focus and Echo this is just right.
There is a certain utility feel to the car so that it gives you an impression of stylish and sporty but things are designed to be used and to be functional. It made me think of the design of the London cabs with the removable front seat for luggage and the large doors on the back. No doubt others will notice this as well and I would be surprised not to see PT Cruisers used as
time in the future.
The PT Cruiser is not an inexpensive car. This one which was bought by someone from Saskatchewan cost more then $30,000 and simple versions without the electric windows and leather seats are expected to be in the mid-twenties. It seems a lot for a small vehicle but then they probably is some R&D that has to be paid for out of these first models and right now the demand is very high. Folks how want to be noticed are lining up to get one of these.
The picture below shows the inside of the front passenger door and the looking from the front passenger seat back at the left back seat. Great tall head rests for four of the seats.
This picture of the storage area or trunk/hatchback area with its cargo net, handles to remove seats, and shelf rests. Though it is style and stunning appearance that catches your attention it will be utility and capability that will make this car a hit with its owners. Downsized for economy, expandable in use for the suburban dweller and just great for city traffic and tight parking space.
Clearly, we were impressed with this new vehicle and it will be interesting to see how it makes out as the show room models are replaced with street models.
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Every 20 years, New York is required to give voters the option on the ballot to open up the State’s constitution in a convention. On election night 2017, the working people of New York made their voices heard by resoundingly voting no to a constitutional convention.
This victory is the direct result of the hard work and dedication of IAM members across the state joining forces with other labor organizations and getting the message out to voters of the dangers of the ballot proposal.
“I take great pride in saying congratulations, and thanking all our brothers and sisters for their hard work, dedication and efforts in defeating the Constitutional Convention ballot proposal,” said Eastern Territory General Vice President Jimmy Conigliaro Sr. “It took working families of the past to build the protections we enjoy now, and it took the hard work of today’s workers of this state to ensure that quality of life for future generations. I am proud to be part of the organized labor movement.”
While changing the state’s constitution may sound like a good idea, to corporate lobbyists it sounded more like a great opportunity. A constitutional convention would be run by political special interests using a wish list of so-called reforms from big corporations with the goal of stripping away some of the best labor protections in the country.
“Losing the right to join a union would simply devastate the working families of New York State,” said IAM District 65 Directing Business Representative Ron Warner. “When our General Vice President made a commitment that the IAM would give a 100 percent to this effort, the members of our district responded to the call. I’m proud of our efforts, and proud of the leadership from the Eastern Territory.”
A constitutional convention would have cost taxpayers, and the working families of New York hundreds of millions of dollars. This is money that would never have had the chance to be invested in schools, infrastructure and other vital services.


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‘I did watch him. I spoke with him this morning. He’s not far off,” Lampard said at Molineux stadium.
“We have to be careful because it was a big injury and what we have done is actually got him back out on time but we have to make sure the strength is right in the area because that could lead to other injuries if we go too soon.
“The way he played on Friday, I think he’s not far away. He’s been training with us now for two or three weeks. We have got the Carabao Cup coming the midweek next and that will maybe be an opportunity to look at players who have been injured or different options.’
“In between, if players, if Callum, shows this week how good he is in training I’ll have to consider him probably from now on. The comforting thing about today is you look at the bench and there are options, particularly in attacking areas.
“It was a strong bench and we still major injuries. To think we have Kante, Callum who played last night and Reece James knocking on the door again, Ruben and other players coming back.
“I have opportunities because of the size of the squad but at the same time, I want to keep consistency. After a performance like today, that’s where we need to go. We need to play like that and get results. It’s my job now to balance it out.’
“I won’t consider age,” he added of the Champions League ahead of Valencia‘s trip to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday. “I don’t consider it because they’ve shown confidence, personality in the group. That’s easy. I just pick them on merit.’
“Confidence and momentum is great. It’s not quite momentum yet but it is a good feeling to see the team play how they did. We need more clean sheets and we continually need to work on that.
“The Champions League is the top club competition in world football and I’m sure Mason, Tammy, Tomori are all excited for it. All the players should be. I’m looking forward to it, my debut as a manager.”


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Quinn’s book is part memoir, part guide to this environment of a new kind of harassment, one that disproportionately targets women, people of color, and other minorities, and which police and the legal system are woefully unprepared to cope with. She describes how she survived the initial onslaught, and the barrage of harassment and privacy violations she continues to struggle with, and how she founded an organization to help other victims do the same. She also offers some valuable information on how to protect yourself from a similar harassment campaign (without “just getting offline”). But even if you’re not concerned about attacks from the Internet, this is a valuable book to read. Internet culture is a part of our culture now, and we all should be aware of the ways it can go horribly wrong. (Also, Quinn has a great sense of humor. Seriously, just read the chapter titles.)


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Background/Aims: Efficient transport through the esophago-gastric junction (EGJ) requires synchronized circular and longitudinal muscle contraction of the esophagus including relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). However, there is a scarcity of technology for measuring esophagus movements in the longitudinal (axial) direction. The aim of this study is to develop new analytical tools for dynamic evaluation of the length change and axial movement of the human LES based on the functional luminal imaging probe (FLIP) technology and to present normal signatures for the selected parameters.
Methods: Six healthy volunteers without hiatal hernia were included. Data were analyzed from stepwise LES distensions at 20, 30, and 40 mL bag volumes. The bag pressure and the diameter change were used for motion analysis in the LES. The cyclic bag pressure frequency was used to distinguish dynamic changes of the LES induced by respiration and secondary peristalsis.
Results: Cyclic fluctuations of the LES were evoked by respiration and isovolumetric distension, with phasic changes of bag pressure, diameter, length, and axial movement of the LES narrow zone. Compared to the respiration-induced LES fluctuations, peristaltic contractions increased the contraction pressure amplitude (P＜ 0.001), shortening (P＜ 0.001), axial movement (P＜ 0.001), and diameter change (P＜ 0.01) of the narrow zone. The length of the narrow zone shortened as function of the pressure increase.
Conclusions: FLIP can be used for evaluation of dynamic length changes and axial movement of the human LES. The method may shed light on abnormal longitudinal muscle activity in esophageal disorders.


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The Autobiography Of A Flea
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The Autobiography of a Flea is an erotic novel originally published in 1887. Set in France, the story is told entirely from the perspective of a flea who witnesses a priest, Father Ambrose, blackmailing a young girl, Bella, after he catches her with her lover. In order to keep the couple’s secret, Father Ambrose convinces Bella to commit various sexual acts with different partners.
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Parkdale club raises food for Daily Bread. Project Engagement and Muzik nightclub in Parkdale partnered once again to host a food drive to support the Daily Bread Food Bank and the Parkdale Community Food Bank. Here (from left) Parkdale High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo, Parkdale High Park Councillor Gord Perks, Trinity Spadina Councillor Mike Layton, Robert Thorp from the Parkdale Food Bank, Michael Thompson Scarborough Centre Councillor and co-founder of Project Engagement, officers Michael Facoetti and Chris Zerucelli from 14 Division, Vincent Gasparro co-founder of Project Engagement and Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao gathered on Feb. 10 to celebrate the successful campaign.Staff photo/ERIN HATFIELD
What normally serves as a dance floor for those who love the nightlife became the show space for 20 tons of food Friday, Feb. 10.
For five years, Parkdale’s nightclub Muzik, located at Exhibition Place, has partnered with Project Engagement to help people in need by running a food drive.
Once again, patrons were offered free admission to the club when they brought a non-perishable food item. The patrons rose to the challenge and the result was 20 tons of pasta, soups, cans of chilli, and more.
The bulk of the donations collected were given to the Daily Bread Food Bank for distribution to other food banks around Toronto and a portion went directly to the Parkdale Community Food bank on King Street West near Dufferin Street.
“This means the difference between bags going out half empty and bags going out extra full,” said Robert Thorpe of the Parkdale Community Food Bank, which sees about 3,000 people pass through its doors each month.
Police, politicians and representatives from the Daily Bread Food Bank, the Parkdale Community Food Bank and the community at large gathered at Muzik Feb. 10 to recognize the successful food drive.
At the event, Zlatko Starkovski, president of Muzik explained the club used the drive as an opportunity to talk to their patrons about food banks in the area.
“We turn on the news and we see everything that is happening around the world but sometimes we forget about what is happening around us,” he said. “I think this is a day about thinking about people and things we can do in our own communities to help.”
Project Engagement is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit organization created in 2006 to help poverty-stricken families throughout the GTA. With partners including local service agencies as well as Toronto police and Toronto Fire, Project Engagement provides food and other household necessities to those in need. Each year, Project Engagement hosts a series of events to raise funds and awareness. Proceeds from each event go directly toward helping local impoverished families.
“The effort is to ensure that we offer an opportunity for hope and an opportunity for all of our citizens to ensure that those who are in need are not left behind,” said Scarborough Councillor Michael Thompson, who is the co-founder of Project Engagement. “To ensure that there is a recognition that we are all people and we all have a responsibility, in fact we have a duty to help one another.”
Also in attendance was Parkdale-High Park MPP Cheri DiNovo, Parkdale-High Park Councillor Gord Perks, Trinity-Spadina Councillor Mike Layton, Davenport Councillor Ana Bailao and representatives from the Toronto Police Service 14 Division.


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The cost benefits for health system in treating PWIDs with chronic hepatitis C: evidence form real practice
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets the goal to eliminate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide by 2030 (WHO, 2017). This goal is achievable thanks to the introduction in the clinical practice of direct anti-viral drugs (DAAs) that are able also in drug users to heal the disease (Nava et al., 2018) with significant impacts on reducing healthcare costs. The aim of this study was to collect from a population consisting of HCV-positive patients attending outpatient services for addiction treatment (Servizi per le Dipendenze – Ser.D.) of the metropolitan Milan area the public health and the economic benefits in terms of direct health costs saved for the patients included in an integrated and effective “linkage to care” patient’s journey.
The sample included 274 PWIDs–HCV infected patients took in charge over one year (January – December 2017). We measured the rate of subjects screened for HCV Ab, selected the HCV-positive subjects eligible for a specific antiviral treatment and calculated the costs derived by their management, comparing them subsequently to the direct health costs to be incurred in case of non-treatment. Finally, we calculated the cost of HCV positive patients included in an effective model of “linkage to care” considered as best practice.
The seroprevalence in 274 HCV-positive patients with injective behaviour (21% of the total) was 94% (n = 257). Of the positive patients 163 (59%) were non-treated and 65 (24%) were treated. Direct costs per treated patient (excluding drugs expenditure) ranged from € 1,297 to € 1,540 based on the patient’s complexity while mean cost per patient was € 1,418. The above costs may be reduced if the patients are included in an effective model of “linkage of care” that includes also measures of harm reduction able to decrease the rate of reinfection. Since literature indicates that injecting drug use is responsible for 23% of new HCV infections and that each HCV+ PWID can infect at least 20 others within the first 3 years of infection, our result suggest that a PWID treated can save about € 30,000 of direct healthcare costs over the next 3 years.
The treatment of a PWID with HCV infection can significantly reduce not only the individual health costs but also the community costs. Finally, our study shows that in real practice, the integrated and effective patient’s journey, including also harm reduction measures, can be both effective and cost saving for the whole health care system.

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Children describe feeling ‘unsafe’ in Direct Provision centres – report
Wednesday, 19 Jul 2017
08:46There were complaints about the standard of accommodation, food and the length of time they had to stay in the system
A new report published by the Department of Justice has found that children living in Direct Provision feel “unsafe”.
The report, the first of its kind, which was carried out by researchers at University College Cork on behalf of the Government, shows that children also have concerns relating to racism and bullying.
Direct Provision provides for the welfare of asylum seekers and their families as they await decisions on their asylum application.
The report found that young people are dissatisfied with the Direct Provision system and say their personal well–being has been negatively impacted.
Many of the complaints were about the standard of accommodation, food and the length of time they had to stay in the system.
Some children also said they did not feel safe when sharing space with single men, and described their living conditions as “overcrowded” and “dirty”.
They also said they are frequently subjected to rudeness and insensitive treatment by staff in the centres.
Many children also raised issues relating to racism, stigma and bullying, in both the accommodation centres and at school.
Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance, said consultations were carried out with 110 children at the end of 2015 and many children spoke about feeling unsafe.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland Ms Ward said: “the issue was them being accommodated with large groups of single men.
“Men looking at them in a creepy way, men propositioning them. It is not a good idea to put large groups of single men in with families.”
She warns that with this set–up you increase the situation of grooming type scenarios and a government strategy is needed to limit these type of risks.
She also said it is difficult for children to compete for recreational space as the recreational rooms were being taken over by single men.
Ms Ward also said food comes up consistently in this report.
“Children complained about undercooked food, chicken with blood still on it, food being tasteless, and never seeing their mothers being able to cook food.”
“I know since then the Government has been piloting self–catering for families and that is an important step forward.”
Ms Ward also said the treatment of children by centre staff was raised in this report.
“The vast majority said they felt disrespected by centre staff and that they were mean to them. This is the kind of treatment you would expect in large scale institutions and there would be real parallels for survivors of industrial schools.”
She said ultimately the goal should be to get people out of these centres


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Traditional use of ginger to fight inflammation confirmed by science
Comparative antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of -gingerol, -gingerol, -gingerol and -shogaol
Summary of the abstract
Zingiber officinale Rosc. (ginger) has been traditionally used in Ayurvedic, Chinese and Tibb-Unani herbal medicines for the treatment of various illnesses that involve inflammation and which are caused by oxidative stress. Although gingerols and shogaols are the major bioactive compounds present in Zingiber officinale, their molecular mechanisms of actions and the relationship between their structural features and the activity have not been well studied.
AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of the present study was to examine and compare the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of gingerols and their natural analogues to determine their structure-activity relationship and molecular mechanisms.
RESULTS: In the antioxidant activity assay, -gingerol, -gingerol, -gingerol and -shogaol exhibited substantial scavenging activities with IC(50) values of 26.3, 19.47, 10.47 and 8.05muM against DPPH radical, IC(50) values of 4.05, 2.5, 1.68 and 0.85muM against superoxide radical and IC(50) values of 4.62, 1.97, 1.35 and 0.72muM against hydroxyl radical, respectively. The free radical scavenging activity of these compounds also enhanced with increasing concentration (P<0.05). On the other hand, all the compounds at a concentration of 6muM have significantly inhibited (P<0.05) f-MLP-stimulated oxidative burst in PMN. In addition, production of inflammatory mediators (NO and PGE(2)) has been inhibited significantly (P<0.05) and dose-dependently.
CONCLUSIONS: Ginger exhibits most potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This study justifies the use of dry ginger in traditional systems of medicine.
Ginger’s historic use as anti-inflammatory confirmed
Both the gingerols and shagoals, two active compounds found in ginger, scavenged (eliminated) free radicals. Production of inflammatory mediators (promoters of inflammation) was also inhibited.
This study justifies traditional use. But the question is, why wouldn’t you want to add some ginger to your diet. It’s very good for you and it tastes good too.


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Live Bald Eagle Webcam Launches
Contact: Yvonne Menard, 805-658-5725
SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CA - Earlier this spring, the first chick to hatch unaided by humans on the Channel Islands in over 50 years made headlines across the country. Thrilled with the public interest in this historic event, federal agencies and the Ventura County Office of Education unveiled today a webcam that will bring live, streaming images of the chick and its parents into the schools and homes of millions of Americans.
The Santa Cruz Island Bald Eagle Webcam can be viewed via the Ventura Office of Education’s Website at: http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm.
The solar-powered camera, which runs daily between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., will allow viewers to watch the chick exploring the nest, feeding, and within two months, learning to fly. Viewers will need a computer with high bandwidth and Windows Media Player.
The Santa Cruz Island Bald Eagle Webcam has been made possible through the generous donation of time, expertise, and equipment from the Ventura County Office of Education along with funding and support by the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program and the National Park Service. The Nature Conservancy is graciously hosting the bald eagle webcam at the nest site on their property.
The Montrose Settlements Restoration Program (MSRP) is a multi-agency program dedicated to restoring natural resources – including bald eagles, peregrine falcons, seabirds, fish, and fish habitat – harmed by DDTs and PCBs released into the environment by Montrose Chemical Corporation and other industrial sources in Southern California in the mid 20th century. MSRP is overseen by representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, California State Lands Commission, and California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Santa Cruz Island is one of five islands within Channel Islands National Park. The western 76% of the island, where the bald eagle nest is located, is on property owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy. The eastern 24% of Santa Cruz Islands is owned by the National Park Service.
Did You Know?
The only reptile found on Santa Barbara Island is the endemic and threatened island night lizard. These lizards can live up to 20 years or more, but once established in a territory generally remain within a 3-meter radius their entire life.


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Indian Air Force
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Narendra Singh Rathore
India has in 2016 signed MoU with which country to provide $100 million credit line for infrastructure fund?
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Ranganathittu Bird sanctuary is loacted in which state of India?
in 2016, India signed the Kamov helicopter deal, with which country?
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Supercentenarians are persons who have lived beyond the age of 110. Currently there are only about 80 such known individuals in the world whose age is verified.
These people represent the limit of human lifespan. For a variety of reasons not fully understood but including lifestyle choices, genetic variants, and chance, these individuals have escaped the usual causes of death including cancer, heart disease and stroke.
However, eventually they too die, with the world record holder being Jeanne Calment who survived until age 122.
In a newly published review Drs. Stephen Coles and Thomas Young of the UCLA Gerontology Research Group point out what it may be that is killing supercentenarians: amyloidosis.
Amyloidosis is a disease state hallmarked by the deposition of fibers of abnormally clumped masses of transthyretin. The protein transthyretin normally acts to carry thyroid and other hormones. Mutations in the gene make the fibers abnormally sticky and they tend to clump into long fibers which are deposited in multiple organs.
Through early onset amyloidosis leads to disease, it is of interests that supercentanarians all seem to have significant amounts of it. Though not proven it is possible the amyloid is killing them.
These persons have already escaped the typical causes of death however they have lived for so long, the normally innocuous amounts of amyloid that increase with age may actually become toxic to them because they have lived so many years.
Where this line of reasoning gets exciting is that experimental drugs exists which may eliminate amyloid.
These drugs are being studied for young persons with pathological amyloidosis. If they work, what would happen if they were adminstered to persons over age 95? Perhaps it is possible they could become the first drugs to extend human lifespan beyond current theoretical limits.


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Dunnigan is a registered engineer who is a certified floodplain manager. Since the 1980s, he has worked with the Department of Natural Resources.
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Nebraska Director of Natural Resources (2008 - present)
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text: Check out these exuberant women apparently filled with the simple joy of making stuff with their Singer Touch and Sew 750 sewing machine (circa 1970). I haven’t sewed that much lately, but I am hoping to channel these women who seem so thrilled to be making chic shift dresses and sporty jumpsuits. This is the cover of the manual of the machine I received as a high school graduation gift from my parents. The machine was bought used, but it’s one of those all-metal workhorses that can take a beating. It’s never let me down, even in my four years of at the Rhode Island School of Design, where I sewed around the clock. Funny, I’ve never actually consulted the manual or tried to use the knobby donut things it came with that I see now are called embroidery cams. I’ll have to give these things a whirl to see what can be done with them. I’ll let you know if anything cool results.


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As part of the Büffel Art Project which is a charity initiative organised by Braun Büffel , a meaningful and momentous event will be held at VivoCity. Funds collected during this event will be donated to the charity organization, Very Special Arts Singapore (VSA Singapore). Join us at the Braun Büffel Atelier and the Büffel Art Competition at VivoCity from 6 May (Tue) - 12 May (Mon) ’14! Braun Büffel Atelier 6 May (Tue) - 11 May (Sun) ’14 Experience the art behind crafting exquisite Braun Büffel leather pieces by the Master Craftsman at our live demonstration sessions and join him in making your very own! Register before 30 Apr ’14 (Wed) for your preferred workshop by sending us an email consisting your name, NRIC number, contact number and your choice of workshop to [email protected] Class bookings are based on a first come first serve basis. Registration ...


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Obenshain, Gilbert lash out at Herring on same sex marriage
By Joe Beck
Two legislators from the Northern Shenandoah Valley are ripping Attorney General Mark R. Herring for refusing to defend the state constitution’s ban on same sex marriage, a law that Herring says violates the U.S. Constitution.
“Not two weeks ago, I watched the attorney general swear an oath before God and the people of Virginia to defend the constitution,” Del. C. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, said in an interview Friday. “It didn’t take him long to find a way out of that.”
State Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, lost to Herring by a few hundred votes in the race for attorney general. Obenshain issued a written statement accusing Herring of trying to undo the same sex marriage ban after the General Assembly and voters had approved it in 2006.
Herring has declared that he not only will refuse to defend the Virginia Marriage Amendment, he will be filing a brief in support of gay couples seeking to overturn it in federal court.
The attorney general is the commonwealth’s lawyer,” Obenshain said. “It is deeply inappropriate for the attorney general use state resources to actively oppose a duly ratified constitutional amendment. Through this decision, Herring is effectively seeking to unilaterally reverse the actions of the General Assembly in adopting the amendment and the people of Virginia in ratifying it.”
Herring voted for the amendment as a state senator, but announced Thursday that he had “concluded that Virginia’s ban on marriage between same sex couples violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution on two grounds: Marriage is a fundamental right being denied some Virginians, and the ban unlawfully discriminates on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender.”
On Friday, the House of Delegates Courts of Justice Committee voted 13-7 to approve a bill co-sponsored by Gilbert that would give legislators authority to defend state laws in court.
The bill specifically mentions situations in which the constitutionality of a law passed by the General Assembly is in dispute “and the governor and attorney general choose not to defend the law.”
Herring’s fellow Democrat, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, has said little about the attorney general’s stand, but McAuliffe left little doubt during the fall campaign that he supported gay rights, including same sex marriage.
Gilbert said it is too early to assume the heavy criticism Republicans have directed at Herring in the last day signals that McAuliffe’s chances of obtaining bipartisan cooperation from the GOP on other state issues has begun to fade.
“We are still eager to work with the governor, and he hasn’t immersed himself in that situation yet,” Gilbert said, referring to the same sex marriage debate. “I don’t think it’s affecting anything yet.”
Contact staff writer Joe Beck at 540-465-5137 ext. 142, or email@example.com

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Cardiovascular responses to weighing in healthy subjects.
This study examined the cardiovascular responses of 22 healthy subjects (mean age 48 years) to two methods of weighing--over bed and standing scale. Variables were measured at one-minute intervals during the weighing treatments and a rest period after each treatment and included: cardiac output, stroke volume, heart rate, the ratio of pre-ejection period to left ventricular ejection time (a measure of contractility), blood pressure, mean arterial pressure and total peripheral resistance. Mean changes during the weighing treatments demonstrated activation of reflex responses to gravitational shifts in blood volume, which were opposite in direction between the two methods and attributed to posturally-induced shifts in venous return. During the five-minute rest period after weighing, all values rapidly returned to baseline. Compared to baseline measures, responses during the weighing treatments differed significantly between treatments (p less than 0.01), but none differed significantly between rest periods.
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The familiar beep of a checkout register is not something you usually hear in a warehouse, much less a food bank’s warehouse. Thanks to a strong local partnership with Ingles Markets, based right here in Western North Carolina, MANNA FoodBank is one of only a few food banks across the country where you can hear it.
The Ingles Reclaim Center is in the heart of MANNA’s warehouses, next to the Volunteer Center, and thanks to this unique partnership, Ingles is donating more than 2 million pounds of food and other vital grocery items into the MANNA network. For almost 20 years, MANNA has been Ingles Markets reclamation partner, scanning, sorting, and boxing the products pulled from Ingles’ shelves and distributing them to the 200+ partner agency network that spans the 16-county service area. There are only a few partnerships similar to this in the entire country, where a grocery store partners directly with a food bank for their reclaim operations.
The products that come through the Ingles Reclaim Center at MANNA range from baking staples, to canned goods, to entrée meals, beverages, and frozen foods. But what makes this partnership a true win for the more than 100,000 people MANNA is serving every year is more than just food.
“We get cleaning supplies, toiletries, cooking utensils – all kinds of grocery store items that folks on a tight budget can’t afford,” says Angie Dellinger, MANNA FoodBank’s Reclaim Supervisor. “Those are all things that, if you can’t afford food, then you can’t afford shampoo, either.”
This partnership is more than just reclaiming products that could potentially get thrown away; last fiscal year, this partnership made up almost 13% of MANNA’s overall donations received – a huge portion of MANNA’s annual inventory. In MANNA’s 2017/2018 fiscal year, Ingles Reclaim donated over 2.8 million pounds of grocery items to the food bank.
“Things come through the Reclaim Center that are in great condition,” says Dellinger of the different products she sees every day. “We are lucky to have this partnership with Ingles; we can direct a lot of good food and other stuff right back into the community because of their support.”