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Mental health issues effect a multitude of Americans, with approximately 42.5 million adults suffering from some form of mental illness each year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Such conditions include depression, bipolar disorder, and PTSD. Data compiled by the SAMHSA has also revealed that approximately 9.3 million adults in the US experience serious mental health issues which can inhibit everyday activities.
Although mental health issues continue to affect millions of Americans, progress in mental health care has been incremental. A major contributing factor is that mental health care research has been underfunded when compared to research for the treatment of other health issues. The National Institutes of Health spends $1.4 billion on mental health research annually, with $5.21 billion being spent on cancer research each year.
Mental health research is underfunded, however ground-breaking progress has been made by Prevail Health, an innovative health care technology company. People struggling with mental health issues have a new cost-effective method of treatment available to them through Prevail Health. The mental health treatment system uses newfangled technology that was tested through a randomized control trial at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center and was funded by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation. The program has yielded incredible results. Prevail Health has received funding from the National Science Foundation and its renowned mental health program is currently being used by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to help veterans in need.
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A day after a couple with alleged links to a module of the Islamic State (IS) was arrested, the Delhi Police detained a suspected member of the PFI (Popular Front of India) in connection with the case.
As per sources in the Delhi Police, a PFI member from Delhi's Trilokpuri, was detained late Sunday night. The arrest was made after a couple linked to the Islamic State's Khorasan module was held for allegedly instigating anti-CAA protests in the national capital. The couple was identified as Jahanazaib Sami (36) and his wife Hina Bashir Beg (39).
A team of the NIA, meanwhile, reached the special cell on Monday morning to probe the couple.
Police had said promoting the Islamic State's ideology of hatred, the couple was inciting Muslims to take up the violent struggle against the state. The couple was also involved in instigating protests against the amended citizenship law, police had said.
A preliminary probe into the couple's activities had revealed that they were running a social media handle Indian Muslims Unite -- to increase participation in anti-CAA/NRC demonstrations.
Four mobile phones, one laptop, one external hard disc and incriminating material was seized from their house, he said. A case was registered against them.
Speaking on the matter, Delhi Police Special Cell DCP Pramod Kushwaha had said, "A Special Cell team arrested the couple from the Jamia Nagar-Okhla area. A raid was conducted at their home. We retrieved literature related to the Islamic State as well as their incendiary literature in the raid. They also had material related to CAA. They have ties to the Islamic State of Khorasan Province."
"They are both Kashmir residents and are well-educated. Both work in digital media. The husband was employed in a web design firm. The wife allegedly wrote for an IS magazine. The couple got married in August last year and came to Delhi after Kashmir went under lockdown. Further investigation is being done. We have found their laptops and mobile phones too," Kushwaha said.


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Most homeowners have renovation ideas. Whether it’s a new kitchen, a bigger bathroom or a walk-in wardrobe, there’s usually something we want to change. When these ideas turn into a necessity (or an overwhelming ambition), it’s time to think about how you will finance your renovation project. Cash is always king, but if you aren’t lucky enough to have savings, you will need to find another way. The most common way (and the one that should be explored first) is refinancing. The good news is that refinancing a mortgage isn’t as challenging as you might think. In fact refinancing is an ideal opportunity to review your home loan and make sure it still the best option out there. Let’s find out more.
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Plenty of homeowners are guilty of taking a ‘set and forget’ approach when it comes to their home loans. Meanwhile, you may be paying a higher interest rate or unnecessary fees.Therefore, if you want to borrow extra for renovations, refinancing makes good financial sense. According to the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA), refinancing to renovate is the most common reason why borrowers refinance. Generally speaking , there are two ways to refinance
- Taking out a new loan with a new lender
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Refinancing with a new lender will usually incur fees but you may be able to get a lower interest rate to offset these. If you want to stay with our current lender, extending your existing home loan is a good option. The most important thing when it comes to refinancing, is making sure you understand the short and long-term consequences for your finances.
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I have been surprised that I have seen no-one from the property development and investment industries talk about, or even mention in passing, the effect of the Business Rate Revaluation on the rents they can charge for commercial premises.
Everything else being equal, if the cost of running a business goes up because of increased Business Rates, businesses can’t afford to pay as much in rents.
In the short-term there isn’t much most businesses can do about this. But when the time comes for lease renewals or rent revaluations it could be that tenants push for no or low increases. New lettings may even achieve lower rents than is currently the case.
Along with this comes a whole range of possibilities and scenarios for the commercial property and development industries, and even the economy at large. Yet, I have heard no one talking about this – until today.
Derwent London’s Chief Executive, John Burns has today said that an average rise in business rates in London of 10% will increase pressure on tenants, saying “we will have to see how it goes”.
I think this “we will have to see how it goes” is the first recognition that the Business Rates Revaluation will affect the rents which can be charged and made to stick, and thus development values.
I think this is good – it is better that the tax payer gets the money to spend on infrastructure and services than the landowners get this free, unearned gift. The only thing missing is the removal of the Business Rates Cap, where the total amount raised is capped and only uprated by the rate of inflation– we don’t cap the amount which we raise from income tax and change the rate charged accordingly, so why do this with business rates? There is lots we could do with this additional tax income.

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A dynamic businessman has pledged to champion the use of the Welsh language after joining a Fast Growth 50 copy firm.
Arwel Griffiths has been snapped up by Wrexham Industrial Estate-based Rawson Digital after he sold his own successful copy firm – Kon-X Wales Ltd – which he started with two partners from a garage in 2005 and turned into a £2m turnover business.
Now he has come on board for the senior management team at Rawson Digital which also has an office at Dinorwic Marina in Y Felinheli, Gwynedd, not far from Arwel’s beloved home village of Trefor.
The father-of-three, 44, was one of six children raised in the community and he is now living back there with his wife Nicky and two of his children, Robin, seven, and Ana, four.
He’s a school governor at his children’s primary school –,Ysgol Yr Eifl, and treasurer of his village’s cycling club, Clwb Beicio’r Eifl (CBE).
Passionate about his roots, the Welsh language and its culture, he has been asked by Rawson Digital MD Vaughn Rawson to look at ways in which the company, which has just reached its fifth birthday, now employs 15 people and is turning over £2.4m, can improve its bilingual credentials.
Arwel, who has worked in the copy industry for 17 years, said: “Vaughn is very proud of his Wrexham roots and pleased to have built such a successful business in North Wales from scratch and he has been keen for some time to make the company more bilingual.
“I am more than happy to be leading this for Vaughn because first and foremost I am a proud Welshman who speaks Welsh and I am passionate about the language and preserving its future and we can’t rest on our laurels where this is concerned.
“The firm has recently taken on more Welsh speaking staff, including a Welsh speaking engineer.
“I will be looking at making the website bilingual, making sure much of our information and marketing literature is in both languages and developing strategic partnerships within the Welsh speaking community to prove Rawson Digital’s commitment to the region and the Welsh language.”
Rawson Digital’s long-term commitment to the Welsh language was not the only thing to attract Arwel to the firm.
He’s also a huge fan of the way Vaughn and his team operate by putting their customers and the after care service they receive at the heart of everything they do.
Arwel, who started his career in retail and found himself a supermarket store manager at the tender age of 20, going on to earn himself a reputation as a trouble shooter for under-performing stores, said: “I started my own business with two former colleagues of mine, Aled Williams and Ian Marshall, from the first copy firm I worked for called Konica Peter Llewellyn.
“That was my first job in the copy industry after starting my working career at Kwik Save supermarket, where I started on the tills at the weekend aged 16 and took a job there as a supervisor aged 18 when I left Ysgol Glan y Môr in Pwllheli after my A-levels.
“When I started working for Konica Peter Llewellyn, which at the time was a franchise of Konica, the focus was very much all about customer service. The after service care department was probably one of the best in the industry at the time.
“I got a fantastic education in how a customer-focused business was run and I very much liked doing business in that way.”
The company was later absorbed in to the wider Konica UK group and then merged with industry giant Minolta.
Arwel said: “Myself, Aled and Ian felt we could do it ourselves and in 2005, that’s what we did.
“None of us had the experience of running a business but we had a good, varied skills set. Ian was extremely methodical and ended up taking over a lot of the admin side of things whereas Aled and I excelled in sales.”
The company was very successful and in 2016, the trio sold their business to Apogee. Arwel and Aled stayed on for a while as the firm made its transition but Arwel had decided the time had come to move on.
He said: “So when I got the phone call from Vaughn and the chance came along to contribute to the success of Rawson Digital – the timing was absolutely right.
“The company has that family run feel to it. It’s been built on striving to always do the best for the customer and I like this style of working.
“When I gain a new customer, I know I can look after them to the best of my ability and this is the approach which has made Vaughn’s business so successful.
“Something he also does is that he really values his staff. Looking after his team is very important and it’s not just in terms of financial reward but also by treating them to trips to Chester races or a night at the pub. He includes their families as well.
“All of this is integral to the guiding principle of the business which puts the customer at the heart of what we do.”
Rawson Digital supplies and maintains photocopiers, printers and other associated equipment to companies across North Wales and the north west of England. It currently has more than 1,000 machines out in use and has a thorough after care service to ensure their customer’s copy needs run as efficiently as possible.

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Another 78 for Don Bell at PGA Champions Tour qualifier in Winter Garden
Don Bell needed a big turnaround in Round 2 of the PGA Champions Tour qualifying final Wednesday, but instead carded another 78 and basically ended any hope of earning 2015 Tour status.
After playing his first nine in 3-over 39 for the second straight day, the Port Orange golfer birdied his 10th hole. After a couple of pars, he bogeyed four of his next five and is 12 over par and tied for 72nd in a field of 78 at Orange County National’s Panther Lake Course.
He’s 12 shots out of 12th place and 14 out of fifth — the top five finishers earn full exemption for next year, the next seven earn partial exemption.
Cesar Monasterio, of Argentina, leads at 7 under after a 66. He’s two shots ahead of Frank Esposito.
Bell’s third-round tee time is 11:40 a.m., with James Blair and Danny Briggs.


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PSD and ALDE could sign an electoral collaboration protocol for this year’s local elections on Wednesday, according to sources quoted by Romania TV. The President of PSD stated on Monday that the party he leads will “theoretically” sign the protocol of collaboration with ALDE this week, refusing to make statements about the way in which the two parties will take part in the parliamentary elections.
“I cannot tell you the exact date – we are engaged in talks. We met today too, we will meet again,” the PSD President stated. He added that from his point of view the physical document is finalized. Likewise, he rejected the idea that an ALDE faction close to Daniel Constantin would not favour the signing of this protocol.
Dragnea stated last week that his party is interested in signing a protocol with ALDE for the local elections.
Asked whether the PSD-ALDE protocol would also cover the parliamentary elections, Dragnea explained that the protocol will focus on the local elections. “I am very interested in signing a protocol with ALDE for the local elections,” Liviu Dragnea stated last week.
He pointed out that during the current Parliamentary sitting PSD, UNPR and ALDE will function as part of a very good parliamentary collaboration until the end of the sitting.
ALDE Co-President Calin Popescu Tariceanu (photo) stated on Monday that the electoral collaboration protocol with PSD will not represent “a mandatory mandate” at national level, the local branches of the party he leads having the power to decide in what concerns the advisability of backing joint candidates with the Social Democrats.
“This pact will not be at national level. So it isn’t a mandatory mandate, we want to give local branches which consider that they can maximize their chances in the elections the possibility of striking deals with PSD for the joint backing of candidates,” Tariceanu stated on Monday at the end of the Senate’s Standing Bureau meeting.
Asked whether there is a consensus within ALDE in what concerns the signing of the electoral collaboration protocol with PSD, Tariceanu replied:
“The moment we end up signing such a protocol, be convinced there is a consensus. Of course there is a consensus (with ALDE Co-President Daniel Constantin – editor’s note) and we have a common point of view.”
PSD President Liviu Dragnea and UNPR President Gabriel Oprea signed an electoral collaboration protocol for the local elections on February 4.


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Spencer came in on the 8th of July as he was not getting along with the other dog in the home.
He is a friendly, very lively boy who knows sit, down, beg and his name on command, is good when groomed and loves playing with toys.
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Who is Anil Kapoor's biggest supporter?
Sanjay Kapoor is one loving brother. The actor has been going on a debating spree, countering anyone who criticises Anil Kapoor’s role in the recent Mission Impossible movie.
Sanjay says that it is only in India that people are so obsessed with the length of an actor’s role. He feels the concept of screen-time does not exist anywhere else in world.
Backing up his argument with an example, Sanjay says in an interview to The Film Street Journal, "If an acclaimed actor like Tom Wilkinson (cast as the IMF secretary in the film) who is an Academy Award nominee, can do just one scene where he gets shot at the end of it, surely Anil was much better off".
Kapoor also says that thanks to Anil, he also got a chance to party with Tom Cruise. "I told Tom that when I saw Top Gun in 1986, I never dreamt that one day I’d be standing next to him."
Well Sanjay we really love this brotherly bonding and are glad to see you support Anil. But lets just hope some of Anil’s lessons in Bollywood and now even Hollywood, help you resurrect your career. Kapoor is set to make his debut as a producer in 2012.
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text: About a month ago, my son was 7 months old and I fed him half of an egg yolk for the first time, mixed with avocado. I continued to feed him yogurt and a jar of baby food, he seemed very hungry so I let him eat as much as he wanted, he ate a lot. He then threw up a little (it was mostly yellow), took a nap then threw up probably 3 more times. I nursed him and he threw up the milk too. I waited a few hours, nursed again and he was finally able to keep down the milk. I called my pediatrician’s office and spoke with a nurse who said it didn’t sound like an allergy because he had no rash at all. Then the doctor called and said it could be an allergy, we’ll talk about testing at his 9 month appointment. Does this sound like an allergy or maybe that he just ate a large amount of a lot of different foods and it didn’t agree with him? Aside from the egg, he’s had avocado and yogurt before. The jar of baby food was a mix of fruits and veggies that i don’t believe he ever had before but it was a stage 2 Beachnut.

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Heating problems close Norfolks schools
Sarah BrealeyHundreds of children had an extra day off yesterday as a clutch of Norfolk schools ran out of heating oil or gas.Sarah Brealey
Hundreds of children had an extra day off yesterday as a clutch of Norfolk schools ran out of heating oil or gas.
One school was forced to close its doors to children because thieves siphoned off its heating oil, leaving staff waiting for an emergency delivery.
The lengthy cold snap meant some of the schools used more fuel than expected to keep their heating ticking over during the Christmas holidays.
Most had enough in hand to open for the new term, but seven remained closed because they did not have the fuel to heat their classrooms.
Banham Primary, near Attleborough, should reopen today after supplies of heating oil were delivered to replace the oil siphoned off by thieves.
Police said it happened between December 18 and January 2. About 1,000 litres of heating oil was taken and anyone with information is asked to contact the Attleborough Safer Neighbourhood Team on 0845 456 4567.
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Linda Cullum, headteacher at Morley Primary School, near Wymondham, said schooling was cancelled for children in the main building, in reception and years one and two, but continued for older children in three mobile classrooms.
She said: 'We have an intelligent heating system that stops the main building freezing up and it used all the oil up during the Christmas holiday.'
Norfolk County Council's children's services spokesman Kate Gooding said: 'We are currently experiencing a very cold winter and this is having an impact.
'Some schools have experienced issues with their heating at the beginning of the new term, due to the prolonged period of cold weather. Current temperatures mean that these schools cannot stay open.'
She said schools were advised to 'use the frost setting on their boilers' during the holidays to keep their systems from freezing.
She added: 'However, the prolonged cold spell has meant some schools have needed to use more fuel than usual and do not now have sufficient fuel to maintain their heating systems. Individual schools are responsible for making sure that their fuel supply is adequate but some have been affected by the unusually cold winter.'


Nigeria's number 3 position is one hot seat that no one has been able to sit on for long. Since the restoration of demacracy in 1999, the Senate has witnessed 6 presidents, all within 2 tenures. They have all been characterized with (and removed due to) one scandal or the other. Evans Enwerem had forged Certificates, Chuba Okadigbo had embezzled, and so on. Now, Senate President David Mark has been sacked by the Elections Tribunal. Reason? The elections in Benue State which put him in power has been nullified. I sincerely hope this is not the beginning of another series of Senate Presidents in this regime.
Presently, the seat of government in Abuja is anxiously awaiting the results of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal tomorrow, when it shall be decided if President Yar'adua was victorious in the Elections that took place last year. I'll leave you with a Food for thought. President Yar'adua has said he'll always abide by the rule of law. What if his election is declared as false? Will he leave? And if he leaves, I very much doubt that his successor will have the same respect for the rule of law. That'll effectively send us backward several places. What then is the way forward?


Fluminense winger scores outrageous long-distance goal
Earlier on Wednesday we saw a hilarious own-goal nearly from the midfield line as a defender chipped his own goalkeeper from long range.
Then late Wednesday, we saw an opponent do it. On purpose.
Fluminense obliterated lower-tier side Globo 5-2 on Wednesday in the first round of the Copo de Brasil, and the scoring was capped off by Fluminense winger Gustavo Scarpa going deep from just in his own half as he chips the goalkeeper from a long way out.
That great goal even deserves the tacky frame around the video. Now, from another angle, because of course you want that:
This has been a stellar year for goals. Already in 2017, we’ve seen the Olivier Giroud and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scorpion kicks, the incredible full-field run by Piqueti in AFCON 2017, and plenty others.


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As the ice cream is being filled into the containers, sprinkle in the Chocolate Krispie Flakes and swirl in the Caramel Fudge Variegate, turning the container occasionally to achieve uniform distribution of the ice cream, the krispies and the variegate.
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The weekly U.S.D.A. crop report shows farmers had two more dry days to work with compared to the week before and the corn planting has now moved to 80 percent.
That’s up from 57 percent last week. Wet weather has caused northwest and southwest Iowa to lag behind with the report showing only 65 and 68 percent of the corn planted in those areas.
Farmers with drier ground in north central and central Iowa are ahead of the average at 90 percent. Overall, the corn planting is one day ahead of last year and eight days ahead of the 5-year average. And 28 percent of the corn has already emerged.
Soybean planting took a leap ahead — with 29 percent now planted — compared to seven percent last week.
The weekly report is available on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s website at:www.IowaAgriculture.gov


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We posted the sketch for this Reebok Shaqnosis concept by Archie Tolentino a few days back on our Instagram. Since then, Archie went off and decided to bring the concept to another level. Taking Jonathan Morris’ original design and creating a concept for ’15 that still embodies it’s original aesthetic, yet is catered toward a more versatile type of athlete. The rendering alone is beautifully clean and the design is something I think would really resonate with consumers that remember those older Shaq days. Extending those white sections of the hypnotic pattern to create the eye row is very clever, I’m also a fan of that collar detail. Someone tell me why Archie isn’t designing for an athletic footwear brand right now, please?
Check out Archie’s beautiful work, below.
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Total COVID-19 recoveries now 151,532
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 7 deaths from complications of the deadly COVID-19 infection in the last 24 hours raising the total number of fatalities in the country to 2,056.
The NCDC in a tweet on its official Twitter account disclosed that 121 new cases were recorded in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the virus to 162,762 as of 30th of March 2021.
It reported that the Lagos state had the highest number of infections with 40 cases while FCT followed with 15 cases, Katsina state with 12 infections, Kaduna state with 11, Imo, Kebbi, and Nasarawa state with 8 cases each.
Delta state recorded 7 infections followed by Edo, Osun, Rivers state registered 3 cases each while Ekiti, Jigawa and Kano state had 1 new infection each.
The health agency also disclosed that 151,532 people have recovered from the virus so far.
“Our discharges today include 977 community recoveries in FCT and 57 in Imo State managed in line with guidelines.” It stated.

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- Im martin, solo cornet at frickley south elmsall, I started when i was 8 years old at which was then the old bbs feeder band, which later became worsbrough brass.
i was ther up until about 13/14 when i joined on front row at wards brewery band, which became weaver building group and later Strata brass.
i left them off rep at 17 and joined Old Silkstone Band in the 2nd section. had a number of years at Silkstone under Norman Law playing verious positions on the cornet section.
i had 4 years out of playing after going from the 2nd section through to the championship section with Silkstone. istarted playin about 2 1/2 years ago with dodworth coliery on the front row playing 2nd man for a contest to which i can not remember in the 2nd section under the leadership of Eliot Darwin but left them to start my playing career as a top man.
i wanted to learne the seat that had always aluded me and joined the newly formed Dearnevally brass unfortunatly only lasted a few months as the band was a handfull of players from surrounding bands.
i joined Markham Main colliery Band at the turn of the year under theleadership of Robert (bob) woffinden, on top man ti help the band progress. due to personal reasons and missing the higher competative contesting stage, i then decided to join the highly ambitious Frickley south elmsall band for the 1st section yorkshire area. and to where i stayed for just under a year before been offered the oppertunity to sit top chair at the band where i started...... Worsbrough Brass.
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Over 30 BEA partners and municipalities gathered at a breakfast in Marrakech, Morocco during COP22. BEA municipalities Iskandar (Malaysia), Dubai (UAE) and Warsaw (Poland) presented their latest building efficiency activities, highlighting strong partnerships with their local Green Building Councils. BEA partners Global Environment Facility (GEF), United Nations Foundation and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) spoke about linking energy efficiency and financing options for cities.
Photo by Brad Kahn
- BEA Leadership Grants Accelerate City Actions
- SEforALL Partner Spotlight: Building Efficiency Accelerator
- BEA Welcomes 13 New Jurisdictions, Reaching Over 50 Global Members
- Eskişehir, Turkey, To Save $4.4 Million by 2030 with New Building Efficiency Commitment
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|Circa 1967-1968 is a work of fiction. The images in the story are intended as part of the narrative, as literary constructions to be read and considered as elements of the fiction. They are not meant to represent actual people or places. While this is the ordinary assumption one makes when reading fiction, it's an assumption that is complicated slightly by the use of photographic images--but only slightly. The fact that those are real people under the distortions of photography should be irrelevant to the reader. Circa 1967-1968 turns images into glyphs and writes a story through them, a story that is entirely a work of the imagination.
--ed falco/blacksburg, VA/2003
Circa 1967-1968 is © Copyright 2004 by Edward Falco. All Rights Reserved.

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ELYQD is an ecosystem-based ecosystem market that will serve as a framework for the entire steam industry. It will reducing the cost of doing businessand simplify the buying process.
Token Name : LYQD
Token Sale : 60,000,000 LYQD
Token Price : 0.015 USD
Platform : Ethereum
Token Supply – 100,000,000 LYQD
Hard Cap – 15,000,000 USD
Soft cap – 2,000,000 USD
Token Distribution :
60% – token sale
25% – Marketing
20% – Operations
5% – Legal
Block Chain :
The distributed distribution chain ensures the transparency and complete verification of each transaction, including detailed product characteristics, pricing structure, relevant sales conditions and the profiles considered by the parties for sale. The eLYQD ecosystem will be implemented on the Ethereum platform.
Of equals :
The principle of peer-to-peer interaction within eLYQD allows all participants a direct interaction. This eliminates the costs associated with intermediaries. The price of a product or service is completely passed on to the manufacturer.
The function of the token rewards users for the active use of the ecosystem and contributions to its development (rewards are different types of cryptocurrencies, loyalty, promotions).
In the case of a dispute between the buyer and the seller, an arbitration board is available. We encourage sellers to choose an arbitrator as it increases buyer confidence and the likelihood of buying. If both parties contest a transaction, the seller pays the chairman of the custodian bank. For buyers, arbitration is always free.
Each seller and buyer will receive a reputation value based on their behavior during each transaction. Users with a low or negative reputation value can be filtered to protect other users against fraud and wasting time.
Ether, like all crypto currencies, is volatile and changes daily in value against national currencies such as the dollar and the euro. ELYQD develops an integrated payment system that works like the ether, but is converted into currency in a ratio of 1: 1. After all, the items can have a price in a local currency and you know exactly how much you spend or receive a payment.
Online Market :
Every year, the number of people who regularly shop online is growing. According to Nielsen’s (Ecommerce Global Report) marketing study, which concentrates on the consumer goods industry’s marketing efforts, the number of online shoppers is increasing by an average of 16% each year, reaching 1.66 billion today. everyone. Global e-commerce is a growing industry that poses enormous challenges to the world of traditional distribution channels. For many consumers, especially in industrialized countries, e-commerce has become the best option for shopping, which jeopardizes the existence of traditional stationary retailing. It also generates big waves in emerging markets, especially as ecommerce stores can easily hit the market. There are more than 1,500 million customers in online markets around the world.
Steam products – dynamics:
The perception of liquids and electronic devices by end users is changing worldwide. In the market for steam-based products, the desire of end users around the world to stop smoking is growing as more people die from smoking, respiratory and heart disease. This trend, coupled with ongoing innovations in liquid and electronic equipment, is driving large tobacco companies to focus on developing these products.
The fact that third parties are needed for online shopping opens the door to surveillance, as somebody with financial information can always be used in one way or another. This is the case for customers and merchants who require payment processing, such as PayPal or credit card companies. In addition, the platform used for the sale itself will gather more information and will likely house the products and shops of thousands of dealers. The involvement of these third parties has undermined the privacy we enjoy in simple cash transactions.
After starting the project, manufacturers and consumers have access to basic features. The manufacturer can offer his articles through the general catalog by dividing them into relevant categories and by creating an autonomous online shop. The manufacturer can adjust a discount system. Once the required fields on the main page and the catalog are completed, the manufacturer’s store will be available to place orders.
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MerchandisingLYQD is also supplied with a number of inventory marketing resources. We will: organize your inventory planning and sales optimization; Explain how this affects your inventory replenishment operations; Integrate and start your systems to easily manage the execution of all transactions.
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ACHIEVING THE IDEAL: Quiet Space and Optimal Power Quality
Part I -- Acoustics
June 01, 2003
Appeared in ProSound News
Professional work environments benefit from adherence to professional standards, whether in a high-tech manufacturing facility or a recording studio. The two major areas of concern in the studio are acoustics and electrical power. Recording studios require space free of noise and vibration intrusion from adjacent activities and mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems.
Noise and vibration come from two main sources: adjacent activities, both within the building and outside, and from the MEP systems. Intrusion of noise and vibration from adjacent activities can be minimized through proper space planning. Locating the studio at the interior of the building, away from mechanical and electrical rooms, other support spaces, and high traffic work or public spaces is one approach. Another involves the architect/acoustical consultant’s use of effective acoustic design and materials, and the MEP consultant’s use of sound dampening techniques in the mechanical ductwork.
The mechanical system is the most common source of intrusive noise and vibration, which are carried by supply and return ductwork throughout the building. The selection and location of the proper mechanical system is essential to minimize noise. A roof-mounted constant volume system is the quietest type of unit, followed in order by air handlers, fan coils and heat pumps. However, a central air handling unit also requires the most physical space of the three types of units. Space often is at a premium in facilities housing recording studios, so it may be necessary to specify several smaller “package” air handling units, small heat pumps or fan coils.
In addition, because the recording studio may run 24 hours, unlike other spaces in the facility, it is not economical to run the central air handling unit around the clock. Rather, it makes sense to zone the building using several smaller units.
Location and positioning
Proper location and positioning of the mechanical unit(s) is also essential to minimize noise at the source. The roof is the optimal location for a central air handling unit, with supply ductwork run laterally before it is brought down through the roof into the building. Package units, heat pumps and fan coils should never be installed within or directly above or below the recording studio(s).
Another method of dampening noise is to reduce the speed of the air flowing through the ducts by sizing the ductwork somewhat larger than is typical for, say, an office building. Noise also can be controlled downstream of the mechanical units using fiberglass or acoustical foam duct lining. Often “silencers” are used -- sections of air duct fabricated of thickened walls and a fiberglass-filled metal lining and/or another type of sound baffle – both close to the mechanical unit itself and at strategic points throughout the system.
Unexpected noise sources
The plumbing and electrical systems also are sources of intrusive noise and vibration. It is essential to keep water pipes out of the recording studio, not only to avoid water damage in the event of a burst pipe, but also because of the noise they generate -- especially those used intermittently, such as sanitary pipes and storm drain pipes. In adjacent areas, piping should be hung using hangers with isolators.
Often, noise comes from unexpected sources, including power outlets, conduit and lighting fixtures. Therefore, care must be taken in selection, placement and routing, and proper acoustic sealants and gasket materials should be used.
Achieving the ideal noise-free recording studio requires solutions to a host of challenges. A team approach among owner, architect/acoustical consultant and MEP engineer from the planning phase through completion is key to providing cost-effective approaches that enable a recording studio to generate the quality recordings – and profits – required to succeed in this highly competitive and demanding industry.
Hisham Barakat is a Vice President, Sports and Entertainment Group, with the Los Angeles office of Syska Hennessy Group (www.syska.com), a leading consulting, engineering, technology and construction firm.


Proper pressure in tyres in NZ is a very rare thing. Take it from us. In our experience as tyre experts, most of the tyres in this country are either under-inflated or over-inflated. That’s dangerous and costly and we want to help you avoid that.
In many ways, having the correct air pressure in your tyres is just as important as giving your engine a regular service. With just the right amount of air pressure in your tyres, they will last longer, reduce fuel consumption by a pleasantly surprising degree, enhance handling and prevent accidents. On the other hand, when you don’t maintain correct air pressure you get poor petrol mileage, a limited tyre life, poor handling (perhaps even a loss of control), and potential vehicle overloading.
Slowly but surely, our tyres lose pressure every single day. This happens through the process of permeation where a tyre just loses air naturally. As a rule of thumb, you can expect a tyre to lose up to two kilopascals of air per month in cool weather – and this is accelerated in warmer weather over summer. Tyres are also subjected to flexing and impacts that will diminish air pressure. That’s why you should refill your tyre more often than you probably do. Think of it as refilling your tyre just like you do with your petrol tank; with this in mind, it’s a smart move to refill your tyres every other time you fill up at the service station. That will keep the pressure at just the right level.
Another good time to monitor your air pressure is when the tyres are rotated – and that should be done regularly as well. Most vehicles have different tyre pressures on the front and rear axle, so it’s important to have this adjustment made. And don’t forget to have the pressure in your spare checked. Permeation happens all the time, even to spares in the boot. Meanwhile, the space-saver type spare requires a higher air pressure level than other tyres and is basically rendered useless (due to overloading) at lower air pressure levels.
We’ll happily set you right when it comes to getting it right on the tyre pressure front. It’s something you might pay attention to occasionally – but not often enough. Let’s change that. By maintaining the correct pressure all the time, you’ll benefit in so many ways so contact us and let’s discuss proper pressure.


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This week there is a great sketch at The Sugar Bowl by Gayle. The please include potion is ribbons and bows, I have wrapped ribbon around the embossed pannel and tied a bow to the charm.
I have stamped this cute Maggie from Funky Kits and coloured her with promarkers, glossy accents on her boots, stickles glitter glue, DCWV cardstock, silver mirror card, cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, nestabilities, gems, snowflake charm.
There is the most fantastic prize on offer this week, a set of 4 "Manga" kids stamps, I would so love a set of these, unfortunately I missed the release of these gorgeous stamps, so will have to wait for more stock to arrive!!
I'm off to do some more crafting, the ironing can wait!!

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Actor Mukesh Khanna
was overwhelmed to know that the aam junta on social media has been demanding a rerun of his superhero series Shaktimaan
. The demand surfaced on social media after Prakash Javadekar
, the minister for information and broadcasting, announced that Ramayan will be rerun on Doordarshan
from today. Over the day, a decision on shows like Byomkesh Bakshi
, Mahabharat and Circus were also made and the shows have begun to air, all over again, from today.
While talking to Bombay Times
, Mukesh Khanna also spilled the beans on a possible sequel to his hit show, which ran for several years on the national broadcaster and was popular for doling out messages about hygiene, public welfare and attacking social malpractices. Mukesh, who played the central character of the show and also co-curated it, said, “For the last three years, we have been working towards bringing out the second edition of Shaktimaan, which is contemporary, but rooted in our values. We were working on the sequel because people wanted to know, aage kya hua. I feel whenever we return to work after this crisis, I will be in a better position to bring out the second part because the demand for it is higher than ever before.”


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An important area of the consequences of noise relates to task performance. Laboratory studies have shown that noise exposure increases arousal and can improve cognitive performance on simple tasks that require vigilance. On the other hand, noise can interfere with more complex tasks, decreasing attention as well as altering choice of task strategy.9
In the so-called irrelevant speech effect, cognitive performance can be disturbed when the individual hears background speech that is irrelevant to the task; it is believed that this may interfere with memory processes.10 This phenomenon has obvious implications for people working in open-plan offices.
Recent epidemiologic studies of schoolchildren have found that aircraft noise exposure at school was associated in a linear exposure-effect relationship with impairment of reading and memory recognition,11 which confirmed earlier studies.12 The mechanism for this is uncertain; it may relate to disturbances in communication between teachers and pupils or maladaptive attentional strategies.Mental health and noise
Because of its effects on annoyance, sleep, and cognitive performance, noise might be expected to affect mental health. Although there is some evidence of this effect, the data are by no means clear-cut.
At the simplest level, noise exposure in the community has been related to an increased incidence of psychological symptoms, including headaches, anxiety, fatigue, and depression.13,14 Early studies of mental hospital admissions and aircraft noise exposure showed a mixed picture,15 and community surveys, which are a more appropriate design for detecting the effects of environmental noise, have only shown effects in certain subgroups.16
Two epidemiologic studies of road traffic noise have found associations between noise exposure and symptoms of mental distress17 and anxiety scores.18 A more recent Sardinian study19 examined persons living close to an airport and matched them with controls. Researchers found a higher prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder, as diagnosed by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, among those exposed to high levels of aircraft noise than among people living in quieter areas.
Relationships between military aircraft noise exposure and psychological distress have been found in a range of Japanese studies, suggesting there may be more evidence for effects on mental health at higher noise levels. Increased levels of prescriptions of hypnotics and nonprescription sedatives in areas exposed to aircraft noise (compared with those in quieter areas) can be considered indirect evidence of the mental health effects of noise.20,21
Thus, there is a need for more research to provide additional insight and perhaps stronger evidence for the link between noise and psychological distress. It should be noted that noisy environments are often socioeconomically disadvantaged environments, and it is difficult to disentangle the effect of noise on mental health from the effects of other stressors, both social and environmental, that may be present.Mental illness, neighbors, and noise
Noise from neighbors has received little research investigation but may come to the attention of psychiatrists. In the United Kingdom, this is the most common source of noise complaints to local government authorities.22
Noise that is continuous, apparently indefinite, of uncertain cause or source, emotive or frightening, or apparently due to thoughtlessness or lack of consideration is most likely to elicit an adverse reaction.23
In some cases, on further inquiry, it becomes apparent that complaints of noise disturbance are related to persecutory delusions and may be a symptom of psychosis. In these cases, which often come to the attention of psychiatrists, the disturbances are typically part of a wider system of persecutory ideas about neighbors, in which noise is only one of many afflictions that the patient believes the neighbors are causing him or her. Here, the management relates to the primary underlying illness, for which risk assessment (including assessment of the risk of aggression against neighbors) will be important. On the other hand, the clinician should not be too ready to dismiss the reality of the noise complaints.
Prolonged exposure to noise can be very upsetting and intrusive and can interfere with sleep and everyday activities, especially in poorly built dwellings, where even low-intensity noises from neighbors may be clearly audible. This may be a problem particularly among people who are chronically anxious and who complain of sensitivity to noise (ie, prolonged noise exposure may make them more anxious and unhappy).
There may be a phobic reaction to noise in some people with noise sensitivity that might respond to a cognitivebehavioral approach.24 There is evidence that people with existing depression and anxiety are more likely to be sensitive to the effects of noise.24
Perceptions of lack of control over the noise, unpleasant meanings associated with the noise, or a feeling that others don't care may exacerbate negative responses. Active coping strategies, such as shutting windows, spending more time in the most quiet areas of their residence, and complaining to the relevant authorities, may reduce negative responses to noise. Conversely, passive coping is likely to aggravate noise effects.Concluding thoughts
Current evidence suggests that environmental noise exposure, especially at higher levels, is related to mental health symptoms and possibly to increased anxiety and consumption of sedative medication. Although noise exposure may be responsible for only relatively mild psychiatric disorders, it does involve large numbers of people whose quality of life may be impaired significantly. For the fifth of the population who are sensitive to noise, chronic noise exposure can cause considerable disturbance and misery.16
Dr Stansfeld is professor of psychiatry at the Centre for Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts, and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London. He is also secretary of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise and has a long-standing interest in research on noise and health.
Dr Stansfeld is a consultant on a project on noise and vibration impact assessment sponsored by the United Kingdom Department of Environment.

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We’ve spent the last couple days out of pocket; taking a bit of a respite. First, The Pete Seeger exhibit at the Woody Guthrie Center, then Kristofferson in Tulsa, then we jetted across to Dyess, Arkansas and onto Memphis.
The trip to, and from Dyess, was an adventure After driving up Interstate 55 for too long, I decided to break my normal rule and consult Google. They directed me off on exit 36, and I was a little worried when I saw a gravel road laid out before me. We proceeded, though, and turned where they told us, to find ourselves staring down a combine. I didn’t think the trip worth ticking off a farmer, so I went on back to the frontage road and rerouted. About 8 miles and 20 minutes later on rough gravel roads, we found ourselves by the site oof the old Dyess cannery, now the only store in town. We headed to the visitor and decided to take the official tour since we didn’t come all this way to miss any of it. We noticed as we were coming in that there was a paved road to the north; Goggle just hadn’t considered it.
So I played my version of “I Still Miss Someone” on the porch of Johnny’s boyhood home, but the wind cut the audio something fierce so I couldn’t use it. I did manage, though, to get a video of my own tune “Ballad of a Dime”, which is on my new CD, recorded on the steps of the main building from Dyess Colony. Here it is, for your viewing enjoyment:
We headed out of Dyess and I tried to take the backroads, which took me up over the levee and to a road that ended before a heavily wooded area that most likely came out to the Mississippi on the other side. We saw some pretty severe poverty, especially in Dyess, where the community has nothing left. No retail outside of the aforementioned store, no industry, just the tourist draw of being Johnny Cash’s boyhood home.
As I was snapping pictures, I headed over to a building marked “Recreation Center”, and had a great conversation wiith a 73 year old man who had moved to Dyess when he was 5. His name was JR, which I found pretty cool, because that was Johnny Cash’s name as well. He told me that Johnny Cash had played there in ’67 when he was shipping off to Nam, where his knee was shot off and replaced with an artificial joint. The kind of story you look for your whole life and sometimes never find. I resolved that when we come back in October I am going to take JR for a burger at the little store and talk with him a bit longer, maybe even see if he’ll let me turn the voice recorder on.
I loved Dyess, and couldn’t help think this is what we are all about. When I expressed appreciation for the town to the lady at the store (I have a hard and fast rule at spending money at businesses in the small towns I visit because I know how important outside money is to them), she laughed somewhat cynically. I would love to help her and others see hope in that little town.
I’ll give more about the history of Dyess later on.

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While it may not seem like it, 2018 was much more than a year of political division, natural disasters and celebrity deaths. It was also a year filled with heartwarming animal stories.
Here’s 21 of the best, most jovial animal tales to come out of 2018.
After being stolen from her front yard in Denver, good dog Zoe, a then-7-month-old Shih Tzu, was returned safely after five days. The thief had been caught on camera and the video gained a lot of traction on social media.
Katherine Heigl rescues puppy mill dogs
Perhaps there is no better puppy comeback story than the Pomeranians who were rescued from a truck in Nevada . They had previously been at a puppy mill but were rescued and nursed back to health. A dozen of them, actually, were aided by actress Katherine Heigl’s nonprofit , The Jason Debus Heigl Foundation. And one even went home with her personally.
One of them found his home with me...meet the newest member of the Kelley family Sergeant General Major Sir. Named for his commanding and in charge personality. We like to call him Sergeant Snuggles...he is not amused by this nickname. 😏❤❤❤❤ pic.twitter.com/CWMGID0sQX
— Katherine Heigl (@KatieHeigl) February 10, 2018
Jolene protects family from dangerous dog who looks a lot like Jolene
In 2018, a lot of videos went viral for terrible reasons. But Jolene broke the mold by going viral for all the right reasons. The adorable Labradoodle was flustered when she saw another dog in her home, and quickly tried to protect her family from the fluffy intruder. And she did a great job — never mind the fact that it was her own reflection .
Angus Woolley 2020
A dog tried to run for governor in Kansas . It didn’t pan out, but Angus Woolley sure did run a great campaign, even if it didn’t end with him being top dog.
Chimpanzee flies to better future
Rescued from poachers by Lwiro Primates, this chimpanzee was so eager to start the rest of his life, he helped the pilot fly home .
Bodhi: The dog with nine lives
Bodhi, a then 9-week-old Saint Bernard, was rescued after some quick thinking emergency responders helped the poor choking puppy .
Penguins ready their close-up
It’s not every day there’s a selfie that changes the world. But t hese emperor penguins totally nailed it . The curious birds in Antarctica stumbled across a camera and the video went viral (and also resulted in the most flipping cute selfie of 2018).
The cat who found his way home — 14 years later
If you’re looking for a reason to bawl, here it is: An orange tabby cat that got lost following Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 found his way home to his owner — 14 years later . Thomas Jr, or T2, may have been gone a long time, but he was warmly welcomed home by his owner. Maybe 2018 wasn’t the year of happy endings, but it at least gave people this one.
The steer who took a joy ride
Sometimes things happen that make you say “classic (insert state name here)” and that’s exactly what happened when a video of a steer taking a joy ride in Nebraska went viral.This video has so many layers of greatness: the steer, the cattle guard for a car door, the missing car roof. Well, just watch for yourself:
The goats who went a bridge too far
When two goats got stuck on a section of a Pennsylvania overpass , it really hammered home the insanity that was 2018. The goats were rescued and returned back to their owner, who probably gave them a stern lecture about not being such mischievous kids.
Stars and Stripes forever
A pair of eagles, named Stars and Stripes who take residence outside an Ohio elementary school, welcomed adorable little eaglets this year. It was both patriotic and fuzzy.
Honey goes from being a ham to being a svelte beagle
2018 was a great year for weight loss success stories, but the one that really warmed people’s hearts was the story of Honey, the severely overweight beagle who was in danger of being put down until her then foster mom (now her permanent dog mom) got her back to a healthy size. Honey baked ham of a beagle? Not so much anymore. Check out the before and after photos .
Come back, Jack
A 10-year-old Great Pyrenees in Tennessee found himself in a tight situation after he somehow found his way into a culvert near his home. But with the help of firefighters, animal control and construction workers from across the street, Jack was safely rescued.
Emotional support dog gets some new wheels
When a Las Vegas woman noticed her 10-year-old German shepherd, an emotional support dog, was having trouble walking, she turned to where most people do for help — social media. Within hours of posting to a nonprofit’s Facebook page, she secured a doggy wheelchair for her beloved Luna , finally being able to give back to the dog who had saved her so many times.
"I would walk 500 miles” - this dog, probably
Jake, a coonhound, wandered a long way from his Arizona home — more than 2,000 miles to be exact. If that isn’t impressive enough, the pup was then transported home by some kind strangers . Yep, 20 drivers took to the road for three nights (with lots of stops) and handed Jake off until he eventually got home. It was a classic “Homeward Bound”-esque tale with that special 2018 twist.
Service dog adds some paw-sengers to a flight
Travelers at Tampa International Airport were treated to some serious puppy love when a two-year-old labrador retriever went into labor. The service dog gave birth to eight glorious little paw-sengers with the help of Tampa Fire Rescue.
Talk about good Karma
Good boy? Nope, good Karma. When a dog named Karma took a dive over a cliff in Ohio , it was more than just luck that saved him. Firefighters rappelled down the cliff to rescue Karma, who luckily wasn’t injured. The good boy even smiled during the whole ordeal.
Puppies — what can’t they fix?
When an airline employee stole an airplane at a Seattle airport, it sent weary travelers into a panic. That’s when nine Spanish greyhound puppies on their way to Detroit stepped up and did what they do best — be cute. The dogs came out of their crate and offered some solace to worried travelers, turning a chaotic scene into one of comfort and fluff.
Bentley came home
After a car crash in the Colorado mountains killed a mother and severely injured her daughter, having their beloved golden-doodle run away made the tragedy all the more sad. But thanks to social media and lots of persistence, Bentley the dog found her way back to her family after 19 days. The video of the reunion got a lot of attention of Facebook.
Good ol’ science
When Patches, a very good 9-year-old dachshund, lost part of her skull to cancer, a team of Canadian university researchers stepped up to help. They removed a tumor growing on Patches’ skull and used 3D printing to replace the removed portion . Science is amazing.
Just some animals taking a bubble bath
And, of course, what better way to close out 2018 than a nice relaxing bubble bath? These hyenas sure had the time of their furry lives taking at a Milwaukee zoo .


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Manchester United take a commanding 2-0 lead into their EFL Cup semi-final second leg at the KCOM Stadium on Thursday night.
Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini were the second-half goalscorers at Old Trafford two weeks ago where it took 56 minutes to break down a resolute Tigers side.
The appointment of Marco Silva has gone some way to reinvigorating the club, and despite losing to the Red Devils, there was a definite improvement in their performance.
The Portuguese boss had only been in the job a few weeks but has already overseen victories over Swansea and Bournemouth, while losing to Chelsea, and United in this competition.
His belief and charisma has gone some way to installing some much-needed confidence in his side, with midfielder Tom Huddlestone eyeing a place in EFL history when they face Jose Mourinho's charges – by reaching the final.
He told the club's official website: "We have made history quite a few times at Hull in recent years. Hopefully, we can do it again on Thursday evening.
"It will be difficult, but if we can get ahead and go into the last 10-15 minutes with a lead then all the pressure will be on them.
"They could get a bit nervy because they are the team expected to coast through to the final.
"Everyone has written us off, so the pressure is very much on them as well as ourselves.
"One goal can change a cup tie. Two-nil isn’t a secure lead even in a 90-minute match."
United keeper David De Gea clearly has other ideas, and has challenged his side to secure their place in the final to give him the chance of landing the League Cup trophy, the only piece of silverware that has alluded him at Man Utd.
He told the club's website: "It’s a special game as, if you win, you’re at Wembley and in another final.
"It is one where we want to be there, of course. We played well at Old Trafford and scored two goals and they didn’t score. That was the most important thing, we are two goals in front, but we know we are going to be in a war in Hull. We’ll need to play good football."
He added: "I really want to win that competition. I don’t have a League Cup winner’s medal and I am going to be really happy if we win it. We are always hungry. We are Manchester United. We’re always trying to be in the finals at Wembley because we always want to win."
In team news Robert Snodgrass is expected to return for Hull after missing the Chelsea game with a knee injury.
Curtis Davies, who was withdrawn against the Blues with a tight hamstring, will not play, while Ryan Mason's season is over after he suffered a clash of heads with Gary Cahill.
For United, Marcos Rojo returned to training this week after a short illness, while Eric Bailly may be available after returning from Africa Cup of Nations duty.

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Worker burned in Gulf oil platform fire dies
Avelino Tajonera died Friday
The Philippine ambassador says one of the men critically burned in an offshore fire has died in a Baton Rouge hospital.
The ambassador says in a news release that 49-year-old Avelino Tajonera died Friday, shortly after his wife and three children arrived from Manila.
Three other men remain hospitalized. The ambassador says their families are in Baton Rouge.
The explosion and fire Nov. 16 killed 42-year-old Ellroy Corporal. The search for 28-year-old Jerome Malagapo was called off this week.
The embassy quotes Consul General Herrera-Lim as saying three Filipino workers who survived the fire are back in Manila after giving statements to federal authorities investigating the fire. The ambassador said Corporal's body will be returned to the Philippines on Tuesday.


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Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis claimed that the famous band is "155% Irish" during a recent concert in Dublin's Marlay Park.
RHCP took the crowd on a journey through their back catalog during their June 29 concert in South Dublin, delighting their fans with what the Irish Times described as a "big jam session between friends".
Kiedis gave a nod to the band's Irish heritage during a break between songs during Wednesday's show.
"This band is, like, 155 percent Irish," Kiedis told the crowd.
"I love the quarter of Flea that’s Irish — the rest can f**k off," he added.
At the end of the show, Kiedis told the Irish crowd: “This is a magical country and a magical place.”
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US bass guitarist Thundercat and R&B artist Anderson .Paak were the support acts on Wednesday night, but the crowd went wild when Frusciante, Flea, and drummer Chad Smith walked out on stage followed by Kiedis as RHCP opened with their iconic hit "Can't Stop".
The Red Hot Chili Peppers were playing in Marlay Park as part of the European leg of their world tour, which started in Seville earlier in June. The band was set to play Glasgow on July 1, but had to scrap the gig due to "illness."
Earlier in the year, Kiedis showed off an apparent Irish accent in the band's song "Black Summer", which marked the band's first song with guitarist John Frusciante in 16 years.
Entertainment site Vulture described Kiedis's voice as "hot and confusing" on the new track, stating that it was "part leprechaun-Irish, part pirate, and part ShantyTok".


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The fortunes of Brian Souter’s firm seem to have closely followed those of privatised public transport in the UK
It is testament to their dwindling empires that the proposed merger of Stagecoach and National Express, the UK’s biggest rail and bus operators not so long ago, will not unduly trouble the competition authority.
Stagecoach, which a decade back looked to swallow up National Express, now is set to be subsumed by its rival. The turnaround in its fortunes has been influenced by foreign ventures, and the pandemic has magnified all of its problems. But the firm’s journey has notably followed the arc of privatised public transport in Britain.


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Today we are going to discuss how to prepare and prevail in a personal injury case in St. Louis.
Accidents and unfortunate incidents are common in today’s busy, fast-paced world. If you have experienced an injury from an accident through no fault of your own, you may be able to file a personal injury claim against the liable party. If the liable party carries liability insurance, whether it be an automobile policy, homeowner’s policy, or other type of general liability policy, you may be able to settle the case without the need of filing a lawsuit. Most personal injury cases are resolved in this fashion. An experienced personal injury attorney can help you successfully navigate the issues surrounding such a claim and deal with the insurance company on your behalf.
In some instances, it may be necessary to file a lawsuit in a court of law. If you prevail, such a lawsuit can compensate you for your injuries and award you damages associated with your case.
To effectively represent you in a personal injury lawsuit, first, seek out a law firm that has attorneys licensed to practice law in your location and experience in the local courts. This law office should have experience litigating motor vehicle accidents, workplace accidents, medical negligence claims, and other personal injury claims.
The choice of an attorney is an important one. You want to select one who you feel is competent, understands you, and with whom you have a good rapport. Here are some things you and your attorney can do to prepare your case for trial.
Consult With Your Attorney
Meet with your attorney and explain the circumstances of how you were personally injured and get his or her professional opinion on the merits of your case. Be sure to bring the necessary documents to your first lawyer consultation. Take notes on the incident, photographs of your injuries and/or property damage, and the physical location where it happened, and bring them with you to the meeting.
If your attorney thinks you have a good case, he or she will ultimately give you an honest assessment concerning the value of your case. While that value is not binding and only an estimate, it represents the opinion of what the attorney believes you could be awarded in damages if you prevail at trial. These damage awards could pay your medical bills, property damages, loss of income damages, and out-of-pocket expenses, as well as compensate you for your emotional suffering. Always keep in mind, however, that going to trial is a risk and it may be worth settling the matter instead. Each case is different and the facts and circumstances surrounding your case will help you and your attorney make the right decision for you.
Discuss Attorney Fees
During your initial legal consultation, discuss the fee that your attorney will charge to represent you. Ask if this fee is hourly or if it is contingent on whether or not you prevail at trial.
If you and your attorney decide to go forward with your lawsuit, request an estimate of the time it will take to prepare and litigate your case. Be advised, that once most cases enter the litigation phase, that they will take some time to resolve.
Discuss Court Costs And Ongoing Fees
Request an estimate of court costs in your case from your attorney and how those costs can differ if you settle your lawsuit or take it all the way to a trial.
Request a list of other ongoing expenses such as expert witness fees and deposition costs in your case. Depending on the details of your case, these costs could be considerable and must be weighed against the odds that you can win your case in court.
Prepare Yourself For Trial
Get copies of all your case documents, including your own and other witness statements and depositions. Study these documents carefully to prepare for trial.
Visit the courtroom where your trial will be. This will give you an idea of what it will be like to take the witness stand and testify. If this court is not in session when you visit, request a schedule of upcoming trials from the court clerk and make another visit again at a later time.
Your attorney will advise you on how you can present yourself properly in court. Find out what attire would be appropriate to wear, how you should speak, and where you should look when you are on the witness stand.
Decide To Settle Or Go To Trial
Work closely with your attorney and keep apprised of all document filings, appearances, depositions, and other matters concerning your case. At some point, you must decide whether you should settle your case or take it to trial.
Your attorney will take all aspects of your case into consideration and guide you to make the right decision.
To have your personal injury case successfully prepared and litigated in a court of law, contact Cantor Injury Law. We are an experienced law office and can help you prevail in court.

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So, this week, we had our first visit to a local school, to present a session on "Canadian Thanksgiving" in a Grade 3 classroom.
The building was huge, an old historic teachers' college turned into a high school, with a newer, equally enormous building attached to the back, which is the "primary" or "elementary" school.
The classroom that was hosting us was in one of the upstairs halls. An English-speaking mother of one of the students met us, and took us up to our host classroom, where we were welcomed by the teacher and her class.
The boys were pretty freaked out at first: They kind of tend to be treated a bit like celebrities at the best of times, being monozygotic twins and all; being the only blond kids and the only kids not wearing school uniforms made them stand out even more, and you could see the pressure in their faces as they began their presentation!
But the teacher in our host class was super friendly and accommodating, and the students were engaging and interested; Alex and Simon soon relaxed somewhat, and did a great job sharing a little bit about our Thanksgiving traditions with their new BA peers.
It was funny to see the kids taking as many photos of us as we were of them!
After our presentation was over, and we were on our way back downstairs and out to the subway, we passed a cupcake sale in the hall -- some of the older students were holding a fundraiser. Just like in Canadian schools, I thought!
In some sense, the classroom we saw today is very similar to classrooms I have taught in in Canada: A little bit run-down, kids working in groups, instructional posters on the wall, not enough space for all the great things I want to set up… :-D
Something interesting about the schools here is that recess snack and a healthy lunch is apparently provided to all public school students, regardless of socio-economic level. For most public schools, students also get a state-funded netbook to use as a learning tool and take home, which they bring twice a week to work with at school.
I'm looking forward to future visits to this and other schools to learn more about the education system here.

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Bwogger Andrew Chee is live on the scene in Futter Field, where extreme wind speeds are dismantling the Big Sub. Details of this story may change as it develops.
Bwogger Chloe Gong attended Women in Podcasting, the second of the three-part series, The Podcasting Revolution, happening at Barnard.
Staff Writer Victoria Borlando reports on a speech delivered by the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education.
Intrepid bwoggers and swing enthusiasts Josh Tate and Sam Losee venture out into the wilderness dodging a sea of hyperactive children, shady raccoons, and Columbia students totally not doing anything suspicious in the park with
After attending a panel discussion, Staff Writers Solomia Dzhaman and Victoria Borlando created a guide to the developments of the recent impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise will touch down at the Intrepid! Cue NSOP 2011. A nugget of history for you: the Enterprise was the first shuttle orbiter, but never actually flew in space. Geek out. (Intrepid Museum) A Columbia Comp Sci study found that people can’t quite handle social networking privacy settings—they’re either “sharing something they wished to […]
It’s the first weekend back at school—time to say goodbye to spring break, meet up with your friends and try to forget about the next round of papers already due next week. Below, one of Bwog’s drinking companions, Eva Suarez, CC ’13, offers a decidedly uncomplicated drink recipe—The Sidewalk Slam—with all of its ingredients available […]


EPS rewards Italian physics
Two recent announcements have been made by the Boards of the HEPPD (High Energy Particle Physics Division) and QEOD / AMOPD (Quantum Electronics and Optics Division / Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division) of the EPS (European Physical Society). They both concern Italian physicists!
The EPS HEPP Division has awarded the 2021 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize for an outstanding contribution to particle astrophysics and cosmology to the Borexino Collaboration for their ground-breaking observation of solar neutrinos from the pp chain and CNO cycle that provided unique and comprehensive tests of the Sun as a nuclear fusion engine. This important international recognition was established in 2011 to honor the memory of Giuseppe Cocconi (1914-2008), CERN Research Director (1967-1969), and of his colleague and wife Vanna Tongiorgi Cocconi. The prize is awarded every two years.
The Borexino underground experiment is installed at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories (LNGS) of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). Since 2007, due to its extreme level of radiopurity which was achieved by accurate R&D and selection of all its components and by the use of innovative methods for radio purification, Borexino has been able to harvest outstanding results in solar neutrino physics. The Borexino Collaboration stems from a strong cooperation among Italy, Germany, France, Poland, the United States and Russia.
"The results we obtained with Borexino went well beyond the most optimistic initial predictions", commented Gianpaolo Bellini, scientist emeritus of INFN and professor emeritus of the University of Milan, one of the founding fathers of the experiment, who led it for 22 years, "and the Cocconi Prize awarded to us by EPS is a recognition of more than thirty year of work, beginning in the late 1980s, when the experiment was conceived in the context of the scientific debate triggered by the then unsolved solar neutrino problem, and by the need to study solar neutrinos from very low energies".
The EPS QEOD / AMOPD 2021 Vladilen Letokhov Medal was awarded to Massimo Inguscio for world class experiments in atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics, from spectroscopy of metastable helium to pioneering work with degenerate bosonic or fermionic quantum gases, and for many services to the international AMO community.
Professor emeritus at the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome and member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Massimo Inguscio is engaged in research that includes atomic physics at extremely low temperatures and quantum science and technology. Former President of the National Research Council (CNR) since 2016, he was Director of the European Laboratory of Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS) in Florence from 1998 to 2004, and President of the National Institute of Metrological Research (INRIM), in Turin, from 2014 to 2016.
The Vladilen Letokhov Medal was established in 2018 as a joint effort by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the European Physical Society in memory of Vladilen Letokhov (1939-2009), former Vice-Director of the Institute of Spectroscopy at the Russian Academy of Sciences and pioneer in several fields of laser physics. The prestigious prize aims to recognize outstanding contributions in laser-matter interaction, in particular spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, laser manipulation of atoms, and strong field processes.
Elisabetta Baldanzi – Graduated in Physics at the University of Pisa, now staff technologist of the National Research Council (CNR), she carries out her research activity at the ViOLa Laboratory (Vision Optics Lab) of the CNR National Institute of Optics (INO) in Florence. She is a lecturer at the University of Florence (Course in Optics and Optometry - Optics for Vision). She is the coordinator of the editorial committee of CNR Outreach, of the institutional communication activities of the CNR INO and follows on behalf of the CNR its many projects and activities with the aim to disseminate scientific culture and research results at national and international level.
Luisa Cifarelli – Professor of experimental physics at the University of Bologna. She has carried out research in subnuclear physics and astroparticle physics at the major European laboratories. Member of the Academia Europaea and the Academy of Sciences of Bologna, honorary president of the Italian Physical Society, she has been president of the European Physical Society and of the "Enrico Fermi" Historical Museum of Physics and Research and Study Center in Italy.


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Currently with six dates remaining, and an album like this to show off, if you are fortunate enough to have them coming to a stage near you…
In March 2018, NIGHTWISH will begin their 9-month-long ‘DECADES: WORLD TOUR 2018’ starting with 34 shows in North America.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey as early as his secondary school days, leading him to a membership twice with the Irish rock band THIN LIZZY.
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