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2011 Latour, Pauillac (3L) (Pre-Arrival)
** Cellar Selection ** Big tannins and impressive fruits are the hallmarks of this impressive wine. It is also subtle, not showing all its flavors at once, hiding beneath tannins and structure. For this fruity vintage, it shows a strong sense of direct, solid structure, only allowing the strong black plum and berry flavors to come through slowly. It is for the long haul, so don’t drink before 2022, even better later.
A Latour with a steely backbone and a savory character. Blueberries and currants with hints of violets. Full body, with a long and racy finish. The texture is very tight and racy. Classy for the vintage.
This has a gorgeous core of steeped plum, boysenberry and black currant coulis flavors, backed by a prominent graphite note that drives through the lengthy finish, where extra hints of anise and sweet tobacco flitter in the background. Regal. Best from 2018 through 2035.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A blend of 84.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 0.5% Petit Verdot, the 2011 Latour represents only 34% of the crop. It hit 13.1% natural alcohol. One of the vintage-s most compelling wines, it possesses a dense ruby/purple color as well as a sweet, open-knit personality with ripe tannin, superb intensity, good purity and harmony, a medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, and lots of crushed rock, floral and black as well as blue fruit notes in addition to hints of ink and forest floor. This beautifully rich, savory Latour will be surprisingly drinkable in 4-5 years, and should age easily for two decades or more.
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
(84.5% cabernet sauvignon, 15% merlot and 0.5% petit verdot; IPT 87; a 34% selection; 13.1% alcohol): Deep ruby. Pure, refined aromas of red fruits, dark plum, cedar and delicate spices. Enters the mouth dense, suave and juicy, offering blackcurrant, mineral and graphite flavors enlivened by strong but harmonious acidity. Very graceful on the long finish, showing extremely fine tannins. A comparatively light style of Latour, but looks to be another very successful wine from an estate that has been on a roll of late. I think it will pick up more flesh and fill out nicely with bottle aging.
84.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 0.5% Petit Verdot. Elderberry juice in colour. Black core. Reticent cassis perfume, not very forthcoming. Intense, deep, dry and long. Very refined and it feels as if it is all texture at the moment, no spare flesh but it’s more a question of no fat not leanness. It opens up to very pure cassis fruit but remains restrained. A slight dustiness increases the freshness. Dry purity and refinement. It's not even reined in, the constraint is built in. 'Super-bon élégant', opines Frédéric Engerer in an isolated burst of enthusiasm, the tannins remind him of those in 2000. Classical lines. Absolutely no generosity but Engerer reckons it will take on flesh. Very very long. Drink 2022-2045. (18/20 points)
**½ 84.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, .5% Petit Verdot. Only 6,000 cases produced. Black color. Asian spice, cinnamon and black pepper aromas. Sweet mid-palate with layers of fruit. A very complex, lovely wine. This may be the last year to buy this property on futures.
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This book is a compilation of amusing short stories about different people’s adventures. Some are funny, some are scary, but all are entertaining. The characters are all very different, but each one is memorable in their own way. Whether you’re a fan of horror, comedy, or simply enjoy a good story, Oh, That Munchausen! is sure to entertain.
Our goal is to help you get the Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian for PC and install it on Windows. Before we do that, don’t you want to know its technical specifications? They go like this:
The developer of the Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian is FingerTipsAndCompany and they’ve done a great job at keeping Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian simple yet highly interactive. You can find the Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian under Adventure of Play Store. Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian’s latest version is 3.1.5 with an impressive user base of over 5301. Besides, the overall user rating of 0.0 shows how people love Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian.
If you’re wondering if it’s updated or not, the latest update date of the Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian is Dec 23, 2020 with all the latest features you need. Using it on your PC will require using an Android Emulator like BlueStacks, Nox player, or Memu.
We’ll include the guides that you can follow to install the Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian on your computer using the best emulator in this article. Follow along:
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Let’s download and install the “Oh, that Munchausen! – book game, tales in Russian” app on PC using the Nox Player android emulator. There are a few steps to get this done as mentioned below:
Here comes “Oh, that Munchausen!”- new amazing interactive audiobook-game for kids and adults in which you play the role of the Baron Munchausen’s granddaughter and help your grandfather remember all his stories.
“Do you remember the tale about the cherry bone? Yes? About the swamp and my pigtail? Also yes? And about the hatchet on the Moon? Do you really remember everything?.. Oh, good for you! But you know what?.. Even if you remember everything, I am going to tell you the whole story again anyway! ”
Listen, smile and be surprised, ladies and gentlemen, because absolutely all the original adventures of Baron Munchausen (and even those that you have not heard about yet) are now collected in the one app!
• The world classic comedy is narrated by the inimitable actor Peter Hayden!
• Over 250 beautiful illustrations are made by professional artist Andrey Kulagin!
• More than 7 hours of the audiobook! Altogether 70 chapters!
• Interactive elements, surprises and bonus twists!
• Collection of funny goofs!
An amiable humor, secrets, quests and acting skills of the professional narrator will put you in a good mood and make you smile! All that in Munchausen’s fairy tales for both kids and adults!
Download the audiobook for free and listen to the extraordinary adventures of Baron Munchausen anywhere and anytime!
Listen, play and laugh!
Your most truthful storyteller,
Baron von Munchausen
P.S. This audiobook is a quest game in English where the story and scenario is built depending on your decisions.
P.P.S. Our app requires space from 140 to 450 mb on your device. Sounds bad? No! That’s due to a large amount of pictures and audio that present in our book! Now we are working on creation of the online mode of our app!
1. The audiobook is narrated by the inimitable actor Peter Hayden.
2. There are over 250 beautiful illustrations by professional artist Andrey Kulagin.
3. The audiobook is over 7 hours long and is divided into 70 chapters.
4. There are interactive elements and bonus twists in the audiobook.
5. There is a collection of funny goofs in the audiobook.
6. The audiobook is a quest game in English that is dependent on the player’s decisions.
7. The app requires between 140 and 450 mb of space on the device.
8. The audiobook is for both kids and adults.
9. The audiobook is a collection of the Baron Munchausen’s fairy tales.
10. The audiobook is the world’s classic comedy.
Fixed the error of no internet after the first chapter in the online version! also fixed a couple of interactions’ crashes! Thank you!
Munchausen by proxy is a disorder that is characterized by a caregiver, usually a mother, who fabricates or induces symptoms in her child in order to garner attention. This disorder can be fatal to the child and can result in a lifelong battle with mental illness.
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Re: Annoyed at church member regarding her statement to me on BFing....Advice?
Our church had a room off the nursery that had the service piped in so you could watch it. It had super comfy glider chairs and nice soft lighting. I often went there to nurse during the service but stayed the in ther service as well at times. It kinda depended on the age of the baby and how "busy" he or she was, popping off and on to look at people. I didn't use a cover (gasp!) either. Neither I nor my babies ever got used to them so was no point to try it out in public. Just doubled up on shirts and had a burb cloth handy. There is NO WAY I would nurse my baby in a public restroom and I think it's ridiculous to even ask you to do that. You did nothing wrong, mama..be proud of your baby (and your b**bies)!!
Heidi~RN mama to Maddy (20), Caroline (17), Sarah Jane (14), Joseph (10), Daniel (8), Will & Tate (6)
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Spic And Span® Multi-Surface And Floor Cleaner, 1 Gallon Item # 293172
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The DC Killer is hiding - in the White House. Jerold Robbins is the handsome, rich president of the United States, and a serial killer. Eighteen women have been found floating in the Potomac, their bodies slashed and weighted down with concrete blocks. Then the killing stops. Law enforcement speculates the killer is dead or incarcerated. The secret service has no idea they are protecting a monster.
In office, Robbins establishes a network of assassins killing individuals across America. Pressured to investigate, FBI director Tony Steel assigns Alison Stevens to the case. Alison is fleeing her own demons, dogged by the memories of her murdered family. Too close to the truth, Alison is framed for murder. Now she must elude the law and the assassins. She fights to survive, clear her name, and bring Robbins to justice.
©2015 Darrell Case (P)2015 Darrell Case
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Martian Games interestingly came up with another action packed and fun-filled sequel to their massively successful Motor Wars game. Motor Wars 2 is a highly interactive multiplayer vehicular battle game that will take you to an intense and breathtaking adventure. The game offers a bunch of impressive features that are probably way far beyond your expectations.
The game’s stunning 3D graphics and animations is one of its highly commendable features that will remind you of those critically acclaimed 3D racing games in higher gaming platforms. The game really changes the landscape of browser gaming and brought it to a higher level of enjoyment which you can confidently include on top of your game list. The game actually reminds me of Twisted Metal games at some point except for the fact that Motor Wars 2 is more like a Tag Battle rather than being a Survival challenge.
Motor Wars 2 is a browser game which encouraged the players to create their own accounts in order to save their progress online and also to save the money you earned from each battle and use it later for upgrades or to unlock other vehicles. You can however play the game as a guest but with limited features.
Generally, your main objective in this game is nothing more but to help your team (Red or Blue) to win the battle. This can be done by having the most number of kills within the given time frame. This is a tag battle and you must help your team as much as you can by killing enemies and by preventing your vehicle from sustaining too much damage.
Before you enter the battle, you will be prompted first in a highly interactive dashboard or simply referred here as lobby. This will give you access to various pages including the game rooms, the global rankings and a chatboard that allows you to interact with real online players.
Motor Wars 2 uses Unity Web Player and is somehow a CPU Intensive game and it is not really surprising considering how impressive the details of this game are. Motor Wars 2 is an absolutely lavish and superb game that you don’t really want to miss. According to Martian Games, they are currently working on the third installment with additional features including air battles and more. That’s definitely something to watch out for!
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These are pictures of my Ork army for Warhammer 40000. I've fielded this army in several competitions in the Kansas City metro area. I don't make any claim to being any kind of painting expert, but I feel like I can knock out a reasonably good tabletop standard when I put my mind to it.
I converted my warboss from the Black reach set.
Here is the greenstuff cape detail. It looks a little shiny in this picture.
This is my converted Magaboss/Ghaz. The hat is greenstuff and I added a bosspole and exhausts on top.
Here are my meks. One with Shokk Attack gun and one with Kustom Forcefield.
I've only used the Warphead once, but it was a fun model to paint.
My nobz are a recent addition to my collection.
This mob is the pride of my army. I converted my kommandos with greenstuff berets and Kromlech backpacks. I also repositioned choppas to be more stabby. Note the git finda I put on the rightmost boy.
I like to field meganobz in almost every list. I just acquired three more to bulk out this mob. Those combi skorchas have been invaluable.
I don't field lootas as much as some ork players I know. They just don't seem to work for me. I have been experimenting with taking two minimum sized mobz to see if that helps.
I've fielded these tankbustas a couple of times with varying degrees of success. They see to be a little too unpredictable for competitive play though.
I've tried several times to get burna boyz to work with little success. I do like the models though.
My Grots usually end up in a battlewagon to make it a scoring unit.
I've got one mob of thirty slugga boyz which typically end up being fielded in trukks.
I've got two mobz of thirty shoota boyz to round out my troops.
Trukk one has a canvas topper I modelled out of white glue and coffee filters.
Trukk two has treads that I bashed out of a sherman tank kit.
Trukk three is mostly stock with the exception of the third edition parts on the front.
I converted these rokkit buggies with a pile of parts from dreads and koptas.
My warbikes rarely make it to the table. I'm still trying to figure out how to use them.
I've painted up five koptas total. Two of them have buzzsaws like this one.
I changed out the GW flight stands with piano wire as I got fed up with the stands snapping of at inconvenient times.
Wagon number one is typically filled with grots and a mek with KFF. I can swap out the turret with another with a normal kannon rather than killkannon.
Battlewagon two is my assault wagon. It has a grabbin klaw and deffrolla.
I converted two of the grotzookas out of bitz as each box of kans only comes with one.
I really like to field my deff dread with skorcha. I prefer to run this guy with grot riggers to keep him mobile.
These kannons have saved my bacon on multiple occasions by taking out vendettas and stormravens.
I modelled these to use as objective markers. See if you can tell where all the pieces come from...
That's all folks (until my next trip to the hobby store)...
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The United States Government especially under president Trump has its flaws,dramas,thrills and spills. Never before has the president of the United States of America being so erratic and unpredictable in his notion of diplomacy and foreign policies. Trump denies climate change and sometimes ago called Nigeria and their president “Shithole ” and “lifeless ” respectively.It is a never ending drama in which the weapons of attack includes an IPhone 11 and the popular social media platform, twitter application. The United States are arguably the World Police.
President Trump was elected to ‘Make America Great Again’ and he has not entirely disappointed. He has albeit his isolationist tendencies managed to retain the United States of America as the World’s police.
The United States of America has arguably successfully been policing the world since its founding days. Dictators everywhere may disagree but their actions and inactions are mostly shaped by ‘how the world’s police-the United United States would react’. Human right abuses are curtailed and dictators are whipped into line because of the fear of ‘big brother’.
The United States has mostly responded to all forms of aggressions by State and non-state entities against their citizens and against the citizens of other countries. Homo sapiens watch in fear as to what American response would be whenever ”the little rocket man” starts playing with his toys. They also fearfully wants to know how America would deal with a regime that allegedly uses chemical weapons on its citizens or how America would confront an ally that allegedly killed a top critic in its embassy.
The United States government as per premiumtimesng report has added Nigeria to a “Special Watch List (SWL)” of countries that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom.”
Part of the U.S Department of Justice report read “The Department renewed the placement of Comoros, Russia, and Uzbekistan on a Special Watch List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated “severe violations of religious freedom,” and added Cuba, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Sudan to this list,”.
Nigeria is becoming increasingly unsafe for the religious minority and members of the opposition political parties. A leader of a factious muslim group, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria otherwise known as Shia Muslim group has been in detention against the country’s court rulings since 2015. Same applies to the former National Security adviser of the country,Dasuki. Sowore,the publisher of Sahara reporters has also been detained against the country’s court order just for calling for a protest to challenge the worsening state of affairs and widespread government corruption and impunity.
“We have acted”,the U.S secretary of State,Pompeo said,”and “we will continue to do so” in Justifying their role as the World’s police. Strength.
It is therefore incumbent on the Nigerian government to prove the U.S wrong by giving the watching world enough reasons why they should not be on the SWL instead of engaging in mudslinging and questioning ‘who made the United State World’s police’ .Follow Us Today
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Deliveroo, the British food delivery startup, lowered its full-year sales forecast on Monday, as consumers cut back on spending amid a deteriorating cost-of-living problem.
Deliveroo shares were down 3 per cent at 82.4 pence at 0733 GMT, having lost more than three-quarters of company value since listing at 390 pence in March 2021.
The company, which competes with Just Eat Takeaway.com and Uber Eats, stated that its full-year 2022 gross transaction value (GTV) growth is now forecast to be in the range of 4 per cent to 12 per cent in constant currency, down from 15 per cent to 25 per cent previously.
Deliveroo reported that second-quarter GTV growth dropped to 2 per cent from 12 per cent in the first quarter, falling short of analysts’ estimates.
It attributed this to “the impact of heightened consumer headwinds” in the second quarter.
When COVID-19 lockdowns stimulated demand, GTV increased by 70 per cent in 2021.
Consumer confidence in the United Kingdom fell to a record low last month as the cost of living continues to rise. Wages are failing to keep up with inflation, which reached a more than 40-year high of 9.1 per cent in May and is expected to reach double digits.
Britons are trading down in both stores and items in response to the crisis, shifting from mainstream supermarkets to discounters and from branded to lower-cost private label products.
They are also cutting back on fuel costs as they lower the number of car trips they take, cancelling streaming services, and cancelling household appliance maintenance warranties.
Deliveroo reported a 3 per cent increase in orders year on year in the second quarter, while GTV per order declined slightly due to bigger basket sizes during lockdowns in the same time last year.
The company did, however, maintain its year-end margin target.
It expects the adjusted profits before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) margin to shrink by 1.5 per cent to 1.8 per cent in 2022, down from 2.0 per cent in 2021.
According to Jefferies analysts, the projection meant a loss of 118 million pounds ($140 million) for the full year.
“Management is confident in the company’s ability to adapt financially to a rapidly changing macroeconomic environment, through gross margin improvements, more efficient marketing expenditure and tight cost control,” Deliveroo said.
In March, it stated that it would break even in around two years as the proportion of revenue spent on marketing in the competitive meal delivery sector decreased.
(Adapted from Reuters.com)
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This post is a part of a series on Clean Energy Momentum
The Trump administration’s quiet embrace of offshore wind became a shout heard around the industry last week. At an offshore wind conference, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said, “We think there’s an enormous opportunity for wind because of our God-given resources off the coast. We’re pretty good at innovating. I’m pretty confident that the wind industry is going to have that kind of enthusiasm.”
Sec. Zinke stoked that enthusiasm by announcing the opening of the bidding process for the final 390,000 acres of federal waters far south of Martha’s Vineyard. Those parcels went unclaimed in a 2015 auction held in the despairing wake of the collapse of Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound, leaving many advocates wondering if offshore wind, which has become an important source of energy in northern Europe, would ever take off in the United States. The prospects came even more into question with the 2016 election of President Trump, who routinely claimed that offshore wind was too expensive.
But the dramatically dropping costs of offshore wind, which is now cheaper than nuclear power and closing in on parity with fossil fuels in Europe, have sparked an explosion of renewed interest in the US. The bidding for those once-orphaned waters off Massachusetts likely will be fierce as they have already received unsolicited bids from the German wind company PNE and the Norwegian energy giant Equinor, the former Statoil.
The Interior Department made two other significant announcements last week to further brighten offshore wind’s prospects. It announced that it was soliciting industry interest and public input on the possibility of establishing offshore wind farms in 1.7 million acres of waters off the New York Bight that curls up from New Jersey to Long Island. It also is soliciting input on an assessment of all Atlantic offshore waters for wind farm development. Zinke’s energy policy counselor, Vincent DeVito, said in a press release, “We are taking the next step to ensure a domestic offshore wind industry.”
This is the surest sign yet that an administration that has pulled out of global climate change agreements and is rolling back environmental protections at the behest of the fossil fuel industry, nonetheless does not want to miss out on the economic potential of a renewable energy industry that has revived many ailing port cities in northern Europe.
It surely must help politically that onshore wind is now a bedrock of American energy, with rock-solid bipartisan support in an oft-divided America. Rural turbines have dramatically changed the energy landscape in the Republican-dominated states of the Midwest and Great Plains, with Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas being the top wind electricity generating states and with the nation’s fastest growing occupation paying more than $50,000 a year being wind turbine service technician.
A similar bipartisan picture is rapidly developing for offshore wind along the Eastern Seaboard. Democratic and Republican governors alike are staking claims in the offshore industry, from Massachusetts’s game-changing 1,600 megawatt mandate to Clemson University in South Carolina being chosen to test the world’s most powerful turbine to date, a 9.5 megawatt machine from Mitsubishi/Vestas.
Both states happen to have Republican governors who have joined their Democratic counterparts in opposing Zinke’s proposal to also exploit the Atlantic continental shelf for oil and gas. In the same Princeton speech that he praised the possibilities of offshore wind, Zinke acknowledged that offshore fossil-fuel drilling was opposed by governors in every East Coast and West Coast state except Maine and Georgia. “If the state doesn’t want it, the state has a lot of leverage,” he said.
In contrast, offshore wind’s leverage has become almost undeniable. The last two offshore wind lease auctions in New York and North Carolina added a respective $42 million and $9 million to federal coffers. With Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey leading the way, there are now more than 8,000 megawatts of legislative mandates and pledges by current governors. That could meet the needs of between 4.5 million and 5 million homes, based on the proposals made for 800 MW farms in Massachusetts.
An 8,000 megawatt, or 8 gigawatt (GW) market could alone create between 16,700 and 36,300 jobs by 2030, depending on how much of the industry, currently centered in Europe, is enticed to come here, according to a joint report by the clean energy agencies of Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. But the potential is much greater.
A 2016 report from the US Departments of Energy and Interior estimated that there was enough technical potential in US offshore wind to power the nation twice over. The US, despite being two and a half decades behind Europe in constructing its first offshore wind farm, a five-turbine project off Block Island, Rhode Island, is still in a position to ultimately catch up to Europe, where there are currently nearly 16 gigawatts installed, supporting 75,000 jobs. The 2016 DOE/DOI report said that a robust offshore wind industry that hits 86 GW by 2050 could generate 160,000 jobs.
One can hope that it is this picture that Sec. Zinke and the Trump administration are looking at in their support of offshore wind. Sec. Zinke continues to say that offshore wind is part of the White House’s “all-of-the-above” strategy for “American energy dominance.” Given how little interest there is for any new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of America, offshore wind is becoming the new source of energy that stands above all.
Support from UCS members make work like this possible. Will you join us? Help UCS advance independent science for a healthy environment and a safer world.
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What better way to start the evening than with a little fabric porn. I got a yummy box from FatQuarters.com. From left to right we have Prayer Flag by Moda, (it was all on sale), a neutral Moda jelly roll, a Kona snow jelly roll and some random stripes and patterns. I can't resist a fabric sale, especially Moda. Anyway, I got a prayer flag jelly roll, a layer cake and some yardage cuts of whatever they had left that looked good. I'm rather tempted to try the postage stamp quilt from p.s. i quilt. I know the quilt along is over, but whatever.
Once a month my M.O.M.S. Club has a craft group that meets. Today was craft group and the project was a pillow case using the magic, hot dog or burrito pattern. I'm slowly collecting fabric for Baby Girl's quilt and thought I'd do some pillow cases to coordinate. That's the great thing about shabby chic, mo' patterns, mo' better.
Finally, I finished up a name tag for myself. When I went to my first quilt guild meeting, everyone had the most beautiful handmade name tags. It's a name tag, so it can't be very big and it has to be legible. Those are hard parameters to work with. I finally decided on something simple and used my embroidery machine to whip something up. The pattern is from Urban Threads. I got to use some truly tiny scraps for the applique. I've been in a neutrals mood recently, so this fit the bill to a T. The binding was another too thin to use scrap that I had saved. There was just enough to turn under on both sides and catch with a needle. The purple ribbon in the bottom left corner is for bringing a completed quilt for show and tell. You get a ribbon for every quilt you bring in, but it has to be completely finished, binding and everything.
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ISLAMABAD: Bodies of 47 ill-fated victims of PIA plane crash have been shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for DNA test. So far DNA tests of 26 bodies have been carried out while sampling process of the remaining bodies is likely to be completed soon. The flight crashed on Wednesday after one of its two engines failed on its way to the capital from Chitral. Non-availability of information about the passengers at information centre set up outside PIMS kept the grieving families in a state of perpetual agony. PIA has booked 50 rooms in Shalimar hotel for the families of the victims. The Interior Ministry sources said Chaudhry Nisar has directed district administration and police to be present in PIMS to keep the grieving families updated about facilities and development in terms of the body identification. Talking to Daily Times, PIMS Vice Chancellor Dr Javed Akram, DNA tests of the family members of the victims are underway. He added that DNA tests of the victims were carried out in Abbottabad and time is required for completion of this process. A list of bodies will be displayed as soon as report is received, he added. State minister for Capital Administration and Development Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said efforts were being made to identify the bodies and a helpline has also been set up in this regard. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered an inquiry into the air crash, Radio Pakistan reported. The PIA chairman, CEO, the Aviation Division secretary and the Civil Aviation Authority director general briefed him on the accident. Rescuers, including hundreds of villagers, had overnight pulled charred and smoking remains from the wreckage of the aircraft, parts of which were found hundreds of metres away from the main site in Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to media reports, remains of victims are being handed over to surviving relatives after identification. Meanwhile, PIA spokesman Daniyal Gilani issued a statement saying that “on the directions of Chairman and CEO PIA, an amount of Rs 500,000 cash is being given to the next of kin of each of the 47 persons who lost their lives in the tragic ATR crash, to meet with funeral expenses”. PPP Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has called for a high-level inquiry into the crash. “High level investigation into plane crash should be conducted and inquiry report should also be made public. The report should not be dumped in almirahs like the inquiry reports in the past. Inquiry should be conducted to ascertain if the crash took place due to mistake of pilot or technical fault,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, the United States has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the plane crash. Addressing media briefing in Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the US Embassy in Islamabad is in touch with Pakistani authorities regarding any assistance in connection with the tragic crash.
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The word "hiders" uses 6 letters: D E H I R S.
No direct anagrams for hiders found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after hiders (in bold), or to dehirs in any order:
a - airshed dashier hardies shadier c - chiders herdics d - reddish f - redfish i - dishier k - shirked l - hirsled n - hinders nerdish shrined r - shirred t - dithers u - hurdies v - dervish shrived
Shorter words found within hiders:
de die dies dire dis dish dries ed edh edhs eds eh er ers es he heir heirs her herd herds hers hes hi hid hide hider hides hie hied hies hire hired hires his id ides ids ire ired ires is re red reds rei reis res resh resid rid ride rides rids rise sei ser sh she shed sherd shied shier shire shred shri si side sir sire sired sri
List shorter words within hiders, sorted by length
All words formed from hiders by changing one letter
Browse words starting with hiders by next letter
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French Style Tall Bookcase
Out of stock
This wonderful bookcase can be used for displaying your favourite sets. Featuring three shelves and a sumptuous curved design with ornate carved details.Whether you’re displaying books, ornaments or even using it for bathroom storage, this piece provides ample storage space and looks simply stunning.
Refinished in a custom mix of a putty colour on the outside and Farrow and Balls ‘Moles Breath’, a moody grey on the inside.
Measurements:(H)207cm (W)71cm (D)57.5cm
Happy clients measure and measure again! To avoid disappointment please do measure and measure again the space you are planning to house your piece of furniture. Also look at doorframes, any awkward corners the piece has to pass through or low ceilings etc so that when it arrives, it fits perfectly into your home.
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Photo - event Model-Sharing with 3 Models
and 3 historical cars
make stunning images with 3 Top female Models on 3 different sets with 3 historical cars and realize at the end your own photo with the 3 models together
on Saturday May 30th, 2020 from 10:00 AM ° Shooting Event-Model-Sharing
3 Models, 3 different sets and sexy styling with 3 historical cars.
Yves Kortum will set up 3 different stages with always 1 Model and will guide you through this event, gives you tips, guides the models aso.. There will be different groups of photographers.
Each photographer will be able to shoot with each Models and the group. Professional Makeup and styling provided, sexy fashion, latex...
From 10:00 til 12:30 you shoot the Models and then again from 13:30-16:00 you shoot single models, from 16-17:00 we will set up a photo with the 3 models together.
3 female Models, sexy fashion clothes, 3 historical cars
Price for the day 355.-€
maximum 9 places, groups of 3 per set up and per Model
Adress of the day Fond de Gras
Make-up, styling, 3 Models, minimum 3 historical cars, food, sexy fashion combined with hot Latex.. Rights to publish the photos on a non commercial basis included in the price.
Masterclass held in 4 languages, french, english, german or luxemburgish
Please note that in the next days we will know the models who are gonna be selected for this shoot!
In times of Corona Virus Pandemic we have some restrictions as well as some new rules. We can allow maximum 20 people on set, photographers and models have to come alone, no guests allowed and everybody has to wear a mask covering mouth and nose. While models will pose they will take them off but then everybody has to keep distance to them. We are not allowed to serve drinks or snacks, so this time you have to provide it yourself. At midday we will order pizza. We will provide gel for disinfecting hands.
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Courtesy NBC News/KARE
(KARE) Surveillance video captured a man punching an 8-year-old Minneapolis boy and running off with his iPad.
The surveillance video shows the man, identified as Aaron Stillday, dropping the tablet after punching the boy. The 8-year-old fell to the ground. Seconds after falling, he got up and ran back into the day care he was leaving to get help.
Mohammad Armeli witnessed the attack and tried to help.
"You just don't hit a child. You don't hit a child," he said. "He punched a child so hard his nose might have broken. There was blood all over his face."
"I kept running after him. He tried to get into the apartment buildings. He tried to throw stuff away from himself," Armeli said. "I stopped him right here and said 'Hey, where are you going? He said 'I didn't do anything. I didn't' do anything.'"
Stillday has been charged with first-degree aggravated robbery.
The stolen iPad was recovered but it was broken in the fall.
Minneapolis Police Department spokesman Scott Seroka said investigators have seen an increase in theft in smart devices.
"The reason we are seeing an increase is because of the resale value of these items," Seroka said. "When people are walking around with them they are almost like a target for thieves to kind of go after."
Meanwhile, the 8-year-old is recovering and expected to be OK.
Armeli, who called 911 and helped police capture the suspect, is still angry, but he doesn't regret jumping to help.
"I couldn't believe I ran so far. I would do it over and over again," he said. "I would just not allow anybody to hit a child like that for his iPad."
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U.S. seeks $5.4 million from Russian businessman Malofeyev’s account
By Luc Cohen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Wednesday moved to confiscate $5.4 million from a U.S. bank account belonging to Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, who Washington has accused of financing separatists in eastern Ukraine and Crimea and imposed sanctions on him.
Federal prosecutors in New York said in court papers they were entitled to the money because Malofeyev sought to transfer it to a business partner, in violation of U.S. sanctions.
The civil forfeiture complaint marks the latest push by the U.S. government to seize control of wealthy Russians’ assets, as it pressures Moscow to halt its invasion of Ukraine.
It also illustrates the tactics that U.S. authorities say individuals sometimes use to try to move funds out of reach.
Malofeyev could not be reached for comment, and is believed to be at large in Russia. He has denied funding separatists. Moscow calls its activities in Ukraine a “special military operation.”
According to Wednesday’s complaint, Malofeyev in March 2014 used a Seychelles shell company to invest $10 million in shares in a Texas bank, Strategic Growth Bancorp.
Prosecutors said he sold the shell company the next year for $1 to an unnamed Greek business partner but that the sale agreement was backdated to July 2014, before sanctions were imposed.
According to the complaint, the Texas bank continued to recognize Malofeyev as the owner of the shares and flagged the attempted transfer to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Prosecutors said Malofeyev’s shares were converted into cash and deposited into a blocked account when Strategic merged with Denver-based Sunflower Bank in 2016.
Sunflower Bank said in a June statement related to the case that it is “proud to partner with law enforcement.” Neither Strategic Growth Bancorp nor Sunflower Bank have been accused of wrongdoing.
Since launching its KleptoCapture task force in March, the U.S. Department of Justice has won warrants to seize yachts and planes owned by people it suspects of enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
Prosecutors have also charged several Russians and various U.S. and Europe-based associates with sanctions violations.
Malofeyev himself was charged in March with evading sanctions and using co-conspirators to secretly acquire media organizations across Europe.
(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; editing by Grant McCool)
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Earlier this week a couple of the boys had dental appointments to get small cavities filled. It’s nice for us to be able to schedule appointments during the day when most other children are at school. We can get appointments more quickly and offices are usually just less busy. It doesn’t take long for the office staff to get to know our family and know that we homeschool.
Generally we don’t get many negative comments about homeschooling. Most often when I tell someone we homeschool, I get the raised eyebrow and the “oh”. I don’t usually offer more information unless someone asks or makes a further comment.
At this particular appointment the dental hygienist made a point to “quiz” my 7-year-old.
My husband was out of ear shot at that point (he took them to the appointment). I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but I suspect that the hygienist would not have quizzed a public school child and she definitely wouldn’t have done it if my husband or myself would have been standing there!
Now some kids are “performers” and like to spout off information, my 7 year old is not. At all. He is generally pretty shy around strangers and wouldn’t have answered the questions even if he did know the answers.
Apparently she whispered an unkind comment to the other hygienist. Something along the lines of “shouldn’t a 7 year old know that?!” THAT was overheard by my 11 year old. Perhaps she needs a refresher course in manners, or customer service, or both.
I’m not sure why she feels responsible for my child’s education!
It was a good reminder for me that I need to talk to my kids again about why we homeschool.
Now, on to the rest of our week!
Paths of Progress
Several weeks ago I shared that we were switching from Tapestry of Grace to Paths of Progress. So far so good with our move. The copywork and dictation have been great for the kids and the middle school supplement has been an excellent challenge for my 8th grader.
We love the books and everyday the kids ask to read more. THIS is exactly what we had been missing with Tapestry of Grace.
I’m not thrilled with the science component of Paths of Progress, but its been okay as we are more than happy with our Nancy Larson Science program. Right now I’m just trying to figure out where to fit it into our new schedule. Some of the topics that we see in Paths of Progress science are topics that we have already covered so we can do a quick little review.
I do like the music component of Paths of Progress. It’s easy to do and we really like the book The Story of the Orchestra. We have also been using volume 1 of SQUILT which also covers the Baroque Period. Music can be an easy subject to leave out. Both of these resources make it easy to fit it into our week.
Recently, after we watch CNN Student News, we have been watching the short videos The Compass Classroom – Word Up! The Vocab Show.
This week our Paths of Progress vocabulary word study lined up perfectly with an episode of The Vocab Show. Love it when that happens!
Around the House
Last week we got started on our master bathroom remodel. And by “we” I mean skilled workers, not me and my husband!
It has been interesting having other people in our home throughout the day. I’m sure they are used to working in a little bit quieter conditions. The work should only take a couple of more weeks, we had a leaking shower that needed to be repaired.
It’s hard to visualize how all the pieces will come together, but we like it so far.
Preparing for Thanksgiving
We are spending Thanksgiving day with our next door neighbors. We opted not to go to Michigan and my parents are heading to Vermont to visit my sister for the week. We are looking forward to a quiet weekend.
On the Blog this Week
Homeschooling a Special Needs Child in a Large Family – A Challenging but worthwhile endeavor. I’m also heading the FPEA Special Needs Struggling Learner Homeschool Conference this weekend.
Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!
Linking up with Mary @ Homegrown Learners
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Halloumi cheese is a Greek grilling cheese and it is unique in nature in that it maintains its shape during the frying or grilling process and doesn’t melt as regular types of cheeses do. It normally is made with a mix of sheep and goat’s milk, but sometimes you can find a brand that has cow’s milk added. The texture is firm and the taste is quite salty. Another type of Greek grilling cheese that is not as salty taht I love is Kasseri. See our recipe Brushetta with Kasseri Cheese. The reason for using Spicewood Food Company Balsamic Vinegar Aged 18 Years is that it is like a balsamic reduction which is sweet and smooth and can be purchased on-line at Spicewood Food Company Balsamic Vinegar Aged 18 Years .
1 – 8 oz. piece of Halloumi cheese – size varies among brands
Juice of half of a lemon
1 tomato diced
2 tablespoons of Spicewood Food Company Balsamic Vinegar Aged 18 Years
1 bag of pita bread
Garnish with basil sprigs (optional)
Slice pita into 6 or 8 pie shaped pieces and place onto a cookie sheet coated with non-stick cooking spray. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. Set aside. Dice tomato into small pieces and set aside. Slice cheese into 1/4 inch slices. Place them into as large skillet over medium high heat. Once brown turn them and let brown on the other side. Once both side are brown, squeeze the lemon juice over all of the cheese pieces. Remove and place onto a serving tray. Top with diced tomatoes and drizzle the balsamic vinegar over the top of each piece. Serve with the baked pita chips and garnish with basil sprigs.
Try Sincerity Chardonnay Organic Wine (Chile), Chateau de Fontenille Grand Vin de Bordeaux Vintage (France), Chateau Ste. Michelle® Indian Wells Chardonnay (Columbia Valley, Washington), Skinny Dip New Belgium Brewing (Ft. Collins, CO) or Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower (Houston, TX).
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The second wave of seemingly severe infectious Covid-19 mutations demands adhering to social distancing rules more strictly than before. Here, automating material handling with vacuum conveying can play a significant role in reducing contact between employees, minimising contagion risk while maintaining high-level productivity, which is particularly important in system-relevant industries such as pharmaceuticals or food.
Pharmaceutical and food products are life essential and independent of lockdowns or mutating viruses. They must keep coming off the line and delivered to consumers. At the same time companies need to avoid contagion between employees as much as possible to prevent personal related down-times. Therefore, many companies have already established shift work and determined the necessary distances between operators. However, manual handling of ingredients is still widely spread, particularly concerning feeding mixers or tablet presses. As several employees are needed to keep the processes running, it increases the risk or forces companies to reduce productivity if left with just a few operators to ensure social distancing.
Vacuum conveyors to ensure social distancing
Automating powder and bulk handling processes by vacuum conveyors enables social distancing while maintaining high productivity by reducing the need for numerous operators and movement across the whole factory floor. At the same time, it also improves ergonomics as operators no longer need to carry heavy buckets or bags up the stairs to feed funnels or hoppers. The vacuum conveyor can easily do so from a central material storage area. With Piab’s piFLOW® series easily cleanable conveyors, using the same conveyor is even an option for several ingredients.
In nutraceutical tablet production, the manual feeding process often does not end at filling powdered ingredients but continues at the tablet press. From here, the tablets need to be fed for instance to a coating machine and ultimately to a packaging station, be it for individual blister or bulk packaging. In the worst case, an operator needs to continue picking up the tablets ejected from the press and manually bring them over to the next line and fill them into another funnel or hopper for further processing and packaging, implying that they continue walking the floor and might meet other operators risking contagion, in addition to the unergonomic work conditions that can lead to back injuries.
Case study: Automated powder handling with Piab’s vacuum conveyors ensures social distancingBy
Vacuum conveyors to automate each end of filling processes
Adding vacuum conveyors to automate each of the filling processes by connecting the separate steps, production can run more smoothly or become operator-independent with Piab’s piFLOW®p SMART system further reducing the risk of lower production productivity or even downtimes caused by social distancing or missing operators due to coronavirus sick leave.
The SMART version of Piab’s renowned vacuum conveyor is pre-programmed with advanced algorithms to eliminate intricate manual timer settings and allows continuous adaptive automatic fine-tuning of the conveying process and recipe handling.
The self-optimising conveyor system adjusts to product conveying in just ten minutes. Based on machine learning, the operator can guarantee a smooth material flow under all conditions, and at speeds precisely matched to the specific substances. Parameters can be adjusted regardless of the pipe diameter or delivery length, and automatically checked every four seconds. The changeover is fast and reliable, made possible by sensors, an electrical control unit and intelligent software.
Vacuum conveyors to fulfil associated requirements and guidelines
For usage in the pharmaceutical and food industries, all material in contact with the conveyed product fulfils the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Commission (EC) No 1935 / 2004 requirements, designed according to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines.
Making the best of challenging times can mean taking the Covid-19 implied shift towards digitalisation and increased technology usage that happened already in both our work and personal life one step further. By seizing the opportunity to innovate, we are trying out new ways of doing things and looking for the most productive solution of each process step to come out of the crisis with a more robust and competitive operational set-up. Evolving powder handling to increase productivity, free operators from straining tasks and reduce contagion and contamination risk for an ultimately safer operation can be an easy and effective starting point.
Piab is evolving automation through progressive gripping, lifting, and moving solutions and has done so since 1951. We believe in an automated world, where no resources are wasted, and no humans are injured. With annual sales of ~ 1.5 billion SEK, 650 employees and a global presence in more than 100 countries, we help our customers improve their operations for the better daily. Since 2018, Piab is owned by Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB.
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CE: Legends is a total conversion mod that pays tribute to Codename Eagle, a game released in 1999. The timeline is around WWI including biplanes, early tanks, a motorcycle, even a giant zeppelin blimp. Gameplay is geared for action and each player starts out with an array of weapons to choose from. The level “No Man’s Land” is included in this build of the mod along with support for several original BF2 levels that use new gamemodes. Version 0.3 server files.
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The Club AGM will take place on Sunday December 10 in the clubhouse at 2pm.
The Friday Night Cards continues this week in the clubhouse at 9pm sharp with the weekly prize of a Christmas turkey up for grabs.
Indoor Hurling is ongoing on Wednesday nights in St. Michael’s College Sports Hall from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. This is for P3 upwards with both boys and girls welcome. The cost is £2 per child.
Football coaching for P1-P4 continues on Friday night in St. Fanchea’s College Sports Hall. P1&P2 – 6.30pm -7.15pm; P3&P4 – 7.30pm-8.30pm. The cost will be £2 to cover the hire of the hall.
Commiserations to St. Michael’s and especially the Enniskillen players in the squad; Feidhlim O’Connor, Jack Tierney, James O’Donnell, Josh Horan, Conor Murphy, Fergal Quinn and Oliver Hughes Jordan who lost out narrowly in the Rannafast Cup final to St. Pat’s Cavan on Saturday.
The U21 Championship match against Lisnaskea last Sunday was called off due to Lisnaskea being unable to field.
The next Traditional Irish Music Session in the clubhouse will be on Sunday December 3 from 5pm-7pm. Come along and enjoy these talented young artists.
The Kids Christmas Party will take place on Saturday December 16th in the clubhouse. Keep an eye on social media for more details.
The lotto numbers for last week were 8, 10, 20, 22. There was no jackpot winner. The three £20 consolation winners were Teresa Foy, Anne Finnegan and Armagh Pat. The jackpot now sits at £4400.
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Official language: Italian
Time zone: UTC+2 (summer), UTC+1 (winter)
Currency: Euro (EUR)
If you are a fan of spending time by the sea, Cagliar of course have something to offer. Among many places, locals and tourists especially have a liking to the beach Poetto.
You will want to try there everything! It is especially worth to tempt for sardines, pane carasau, which is bread in form of flat pie or mirto – local liquor made out of myrtle.
Around an hour drive from the city there is Giara di Gesturi. It is a plateau, on which the last wild horses in Europe are living – it is definitely worth to see them!
Cagliari – the capital of Sardinia, located on the southern shore of the island and its biggest city. The area, on which Cagliari is situated was inhabited already in the Neolithic era. The city itself was founded around 8th century B.C.
Cagliari has to offer everything you need, if you are a fan of historic places. Fantastic architecture and lovely old town, book some time for a casual walk among these magnificent views. The oldest district is Castello, rightly regarded as the most charming part of Cagliari. Find there a cosy café and take delight in a view, in a company of a great espresso.
Among places, that are worth your attention, we can name, for instance, monumental and impressive church of St. Micheal, located at Via Ospedale 2. In close distance from it, at Via Domenico Alberto Azuni, you can also find the church of St. Anna - which is beautifully towering over other buildings, as it is located on a small hill.
Do you want to feel the vibe of the city? Go to Piazza Yenne, where you can find many small eateries and restaurant, where you can try antipasti – Italian snacks – and drink tasty wine. Citizens of the city very much like to spend there time, so you can experience real, Italian burble, especially on summer nights. The square is situated near main boardwalk of the city – Via Giuseppe Manno. Heading towards south from the square, you can reach an urban port.
Are you interested in specific places, recommended by locals and tourists, where you can eat delicious, Italian dinner? Among a vast choice, it is worth to name for instance INU Sardinian Wine Bar at Via Sassari 50 or Sabores at Via Baylle 6. In both restaurants you can try great, local wines and dishes composed from regional products. For exquisite pizza go to pizza place Federico Nansen by Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 269.
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Earning the choice to possess a little one is momentous. It's to decide forever to obtain your coronary heart go strolling all around outside the house One's body. – Prices about fathers – Estimates on father — Elizabeth Stone
A little while again, I had been brainstorming Father’s Working day craft ideas, And that i experienced a kind of “a-ha” times. Don’t you merely enjoy People? These Father’s Day Shirt & Tie Gift Packing containers actually utilize the favor box template which i made for my attribute in the initial issue of Nonpareil, with an alteration designed so as to add a “collar”.
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This classic cow leather-based dopp package is perfect for Keeping his shaving provides and other toiletries.
Upcycled Handlebar Bag: Make this clever bicycle accent for Father so he features a useful place carrying keys, maps, a granola bar, or if he’s definitely Blessed, a pocket GPS unit.
Oh shit. Now what? This is where my ex might have been handy. I've tried to assistance my daughter understand as much about her entire body as I'm able to. I had been alright with the basic birds-and-bees talk. Decades in the past, I had defined to her about menstruation as well as the Actual physical variations her entire body was dealing with as she changed from a woman to a lady.
But there’s no explanation you'll be able to’t mow lawns and wash vehicles Along with the best of them. This Father’s Working day, help you save him the trouble of cleansing the garage -- and learn to do it better than he can.
Father’s Working day falls on Sunday, June 18th this year and we’re listed here to help you obtain the best gift.
14. Listed here’s A further wonderful thought to get a Males’s apron from I Coronary heart Naptime. Allow everyone know what a capture you have!
I’ve supplied a necktie template (and a bow tie template, in the event your dad or partner is actually a bow tie form of person) which you could use with any patterned or reliable coloured paper To place the finishing contact on your own box(es). And now I’m thinking of most of the other holiday seasons for which I can personalize the template, so don’t be amazed if you see additional projects that website utilize it Sooner or later!
21. Right here’s Yet another elegant bracelet tutorial: Make carved leather bracelets from Lil Blue Boo and he’ll be the discuss from the Place of work!
It is simpler for your father to obtain little ones than for children to have a authentic father.” – Pope John XXIII
We chatted about mindless points as we ate, after which Jamie And that i washed the dishes with each other. She managed to splash a good amount of drinking water on her shirt.
We cut out the pocket as well as the collars in the identical blue striped paper, but made positive the stripes were at an angle so they might get noticed. They were also then bordered in blue construction paper. get redirected here The tie was eliminate of our other scrapbook paper, also Together with the stripes at an angle.
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Explore Undiscovered Food, Fashion & Fun.
These at-home beauty treatments will blow you away, thanks to a top-secret ingredient (hint: It’s sweet and sticky).
Looking good can come at a cost — which is why these six local services are a steal.
Want the cat eye look minus the intensity? Take it down a notch with a softer version.
Without booze and bloody steak, pregnancy feels like an epic cleanse. Make it holistic with beauty products designed for moms-to-be.
With coral and tangerine lip colors popping up at beauty counters, it’s clear that orange is a tasty choice for spring. Before you try this tricky trend, follow our pointers for finding the right shade for your skin tone — with products plucked directly from the runway.
“Until I can get back to the forest-filled Pacific Northwest (Sasquatch festival in July?), these Seattle Instagrammers will satisfy my wanderlust.” — Stephanie Almazan, editor
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FRANKINCENSE OIL - 10ml
ArtNatural pure, therapeutic-grade Frankincense Essential Oil helps fight fatigue, and quiets and focuses the mind. Its incense-like aroma displays hints of lemon and pine. This steam-distilled and premium-quality Oil helps enhance health and supports the immune system. Frankincense Oil (Boswellia serrata) assists in reducing inflammation and can be extremely helpful for joint and muscle pain. It also promotes the regeneration of cells, keeping existing cells and tissue healthy. This oil assists in the reduction of dark spots, tones the skin, and can aid in reducing the appearance of scars. Used with a carrier oil, it’s a popular choice for massage. Frankincense Oil has the following therapeutic properties: Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cicatrisant, immunostimulant, and tonic. For many centuries, the scent of Frankincense represented purification, as it was burned to ward off evil spirits. It was offered as gifts to kings and other nobility. Through its fragrance and unique molecular structure, Frankincense Essential Oil can aid in directly stimulating the limbic system and the hypothalamus through inhalation and topical use. A few drops used in a diffuser or humidifier provides both stress-reducing scented mist and helps relieve headaches.
|Ingredients||Common Name: Frankincense Latin. Name: Boswellia serrate. Botanical Family: Burseraceae. Country of Origin: India Extraction. Method: Steam Distilled. Plant Part Used: Resin. Note: Base but sometimes identified as a middle-top. Chemical Components: Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, Monoterpenols, Sesquiterpenols.|
|How to use||Always dilute in an aromatherapy carrier oil prior to using. Frankincense Oil blends well with most oils. Combine with citrus oils and massage on abdomen to help with digestion. Blend with peppermint oil to help with pain or combine with eucalyptus oil to assist with chest congestion. Use in a standard or Bluetooth oil diffuser, or place one-to-two drops in the palm of your hand and inhale deeply. Shelf Life: When stored in a dark cool environment, Frankincense will have a shelf life of approximately two years upon opening. Safety Information: Topical and aromatic use only. Non-toxic, generally non-irritating. Older, oxidized oil can increase the potential for skin irritation. Always test for skin sensitivity prior to use. Do not ingest orally and keep out of eyes, ears and nose. Excessive use of any oil can lead to sensitization.|
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PlatinumWydawnictwo: Bantam Books
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The Maid &–, Frankis Willis is a twenty-five-year-old blonde computer whizzkid, searching for adventure as a stewardess on board mega-yacht Pushkin. The Hooker &–, Peaches Gold is a risk-taking, tough-talking, knockout brunette who&’,s LA&’,s most influential madam. At nearly forty, she&’,s got a little black book that could bring Hollywood&’,s A-list to its knees. The Lady &–, Emma Harvey is...
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So, my new blog friend Mizfit
, who is into all things fitness (and looks it), turned me on to Chia. Do check her out for exercise tips and general comraderie of the fit or wanna be fit. She is normally all into flax, but has lately been singing the praises of Chia. Yes, it is the same stuff that sprouts into a Chia pet, but no, you cannot just eat yours.
It's an awesome way to get omega-3, but I won't bore you with the wonders of this newly resdiscovered grain...you can check it out at Fit Tip Daily if you missed it on Oprah.
I got mine from the nice people at nutsonline.com, a family owned business with lots of other goodies like chocolate and dried fruit.
Now, before you get all excited, let me warn you that no matter what anyone says, this is NOT something you can just chew and be done with. They get gooey in your mouth, think mucilage. I read lots of articles that say that soaking the seeds will form a gel. I soaked some for 24 hours and you can see that they did not dissolve. So I took the stick blender to them. Still not my idea of edible.
Maybe I'll sprinkle them on things and grind them for flour. This gooey batch will go into oatmeal. Or the disposal...
I'm still going to give it a try. How long can it take to go through a one pound bag one tablespoon at a time???
Please note that chia pet seeds are not grown as food and not safe to eat!
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Cedar & Sage Pre-Shave Oil
For a smoother more comfortable shave, this Cedar and Sage Pre-shave is a must have item.
Prepare stubble and skin for the perfect close wet shave experience. Lightly scented with cedar + sage essential oil. Made by Buck Naked Soap Co. in Ontario.
Made in Ontario by Buck Naked.
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What of days ahead?
Will they be filled with fear and tears again,
Do I travel with hurt and find comfort in pain,
Will it be familiar places and oh so familiar feelings,
Repeating it is not the same, not the same,
New wounds and new scars, humiliation and shame
The future no assurance of sanctuary or rest,
Time like my past does not care,
Left with the ache of wounds no longer there.
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A dedicated ESPNHS team managed the Gatorade State Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year selection process, resulting in winners based on the program's three pillars: athletic production and impact in the 2011 season, high academic achievement and exemplary personal character.
THE WINNER: Ashley Erba
School: Warsaw Community (Ind.)
Athletic achievement: Erba raced to the individual state championship this past season, clocking a meet-record time of 18:05.6. She also won her sectional, regional and semi-state championships, and finished first at the New Prairie Invitational, the New Haven Classic, the Warsaw Tiger Invitational, the Huntington North Invitational and the Baron Classic.
Academic excellence: Erba has maintained an A average in the classroom.
Exemplary character: A member of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, she has volunteered locally on behalf of youth sports programs.
“She’s a very disciplined runner and her progress this year was wonderful,” said Culver Academies head coach Mike Chastain. “She is coached well, she has the attitude of a winner and she keeps everything on target. She was consistent the entire year.”
THE FUTURE: Erba will begin her senior year of high school this fall.
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- Product Information
Roll out the party tape for a Mardi Gras Celebration. If purple, green and yellow are your party colors then add our 50' purple, green and yellow poly party tape to your Mardi Gras party decorations. Our Mardi Gras party tape is 3" wide and 50' long and sold by the roll. Please order in increments of 1 roll.
- Questions & Answers
An Under the Sea theme goes well with any type of occasion! Use these party tips to put together your very own Under the Sea bash!
Do something different for your weekly movie night by watching it in your backyard on a big screen, and inviting friends and family to join in on the fun! Follow these party ideas to assist you in putting together a successful summer movie night.
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Hey GOP, now the hard part
The GOP victory Election Night was the easy part. Now comes the real work: forging an agenda that will solidify Republican gains over the next two years. Exit polls make clear that dissatisfaction with President Obama drove this election. As the president famously said in October, “I am not on the ballot this fall. … But make no mistake: These policies are on the ballot. Every single one of them.”
The president’s words came true, but not quite in the way he intended. Come 2016, however, Republicans will have to run on what they’ve accomplished legislatively and what a different agenda a Republican would bring to the White House. But the electorate will be significantly broader than the one that went to the polls on Tuesday.
Only about 37 percent of eligible voters turned out this election, according to early analyses – which redounded to the GOP’s advantage. Democrats weren’t able to energize their base. Black turnout was down, resulting in a 2 percent decline in their proportion of the overall vote compared to 2012, a presidential year, and 1 percent less than in 2010, another midterm election.
Hispanic turnout was down, as well. Despite gains in population, Hispanics made up only 8 percent of voters in 2014 compared to 10 percent in 2012. Single women represented 2 percent fewer voters than in 2012. As a result, whites, especially white males, who overwhelmingly vote Republican, had greater impact on the final results. Republican candidates received a whopping 64 percent of white male votes in 2014.
Republicans can’t count on Democrats’ apathy next time out. But the results in this year’s returns point to some opportunities for the GOP to expand support among traditionally Democratic groups – provided the party doesn’t blow it with a legislative agenda that rekindles disaffection.
The two groups who are most critical to winning the White House and retaining control of Congress are women and Hispanics. If the GOP alienates these groups, their path to victory will be virtually nonexistent.
Republicans did better among women overall this time than in 2012, but not quite as well as they did in 2010, when dissatisfaction with Obamacare drove a GOP takeover of the House. In 2010, GOP candidates overall won 51 percent of the female vote, which slipped to 47 percent in 2014. Congressional Republicans will have to keep women in the fold in 2016, which will depend on looking like leaders not obstructionists.
Among Hispanics, the GOP also did much better than in 2012, winning more than a third of Hispanic votes nationwide, compared to only 27 percent in 2012. The key may well be that, for the most part, Republican candidates didn’t shoot themselves in the foot with nasty rhetoric as Republican presidential hopefuls did in 2012. Mitt Romney’s invitation for illegal immigrants to self-deport turned off many Hispanic voters, who viewed the proposal as not only unrealistic, but also cruel, dividing families and devastating immigrant communities.
In Colorado, for example, U.S. Sen.-elect Cory Gardner largely stayed away from illegal immigrant bashing, and it paid off. Exit poll data analyzed by The Wall Street Journal showed Republicans doing much better than they did in the 2010 midterms in counties where Hispanic voters make up more than 20 percent of the vote. Gardner did better in 20 of the 21 heavily Hispanic counties than the 2010 GOP Senate candidate did.
A critical test for Republicans may come before they assume actual leadership of the Senate in January. The president has promised executive action before the end of the year to give legal status to as many as half of the 11 million illegal immigrants present in the U.S. now. Doing so will infuriate many in the GOP and could prove a Pyrrhic victory even for illegal immigrants. If the president acts unilaterally, he will invite a legal challenge to his authority and virtually guarantee that the new GOP Congress will try to cut off funds for implementation of his executive order when they return in January.
But Republicans would be smart not to overreact. They should, instead, move their own immigration bills forward, expanding the number of legal immigrants admitted and creating a temporary worker program that could accommodate some of those undocumented workers already doing jobs Americans won’t take. How they handle this tough situation could open an easier path to the White House in 2016 – or derail the stunning victory they achieved this week.
Editor’s note: Linda Chavez is the author of, “An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal.”
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AceCad Software Talks About Upcoming Product, BIMProjectJanuary 16, 2013
Richard Brotherton, Managing Director of AceCad Software, recently spoke with BIM Journal about AceCad’s latest product, BIMProject.
BIMProject uses model-based management to import BIM models and extract data for supply management information. The product enables increased collaboration among project shareholders with features such as BIM project review and real-time project status.
“BIMProject allows users to extract BIM model data, apply it efficiently in the real world and track it, whilst updating the model, to help reduce RFI/variation costs which plague the industry,” Brotherton said.
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May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Speculators raised bullish bets on commodities before signs of Europe’s deepening debt crisis and slowing Chinese growth drove prices lower for a fourth consecutive week, the longest slump since September.
Money managers boosted net-long positions across 18 U.S. futures and options by 9.5 percent to 675,362 contracts in the week ended May 22, government data show. The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials reached a five-month low on May 23. A gauge of net positions for 11 U.S. farm goods surged 21 percent, the most since February, before agriculture prices tracked by S&P posted the biggest weekly loss in eight months.
The euro dropped to the lowest since July 2010 on May 25 after Catalonia’s president repeated his call for Spain’s central government to help regions access funding and S&P cut the credit ratings for five of the country’s banks. China’s biggest lenders may fall short of loan targets for the first time in at least seven years, three bank officials said, and the nation’s State Council refrained from backing Premier Wen Jiabao’s push to expand credit.
“It’s bit a surprising to see so much on the long side, because the trend is down in commodities,” said Walter ‘Bucky’ Hellwig, who helps manage $17 billion of assets at BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama. “We’re probably not going to see an extended rally until we get some type of monetary easing. Buying now is an aggressive move. You’re betting on a short-term pop from some sort of resolution in Europe.”
The S&P GSCI index fell 1.4 percent last week and is down 9.4 percent in May, heading for the biggest monthly loss since September. The S&P agriculture gauge tumbled 4.8 percent last week. The MSCI All-Country World Index of equities rose 0.7 percent, and Treasures slid 0.2 percent, a Bank of America Corp. index shows. The dollar rose 1.4 percent against a basket of six currencies, rallying for a fourth week.
Twenty of the 24 raw materials tracked by S&P dropped last week. Corn tumbled 9 percent, the most in a year, and cocoa slumped 7.2 percent, the biggest loss in 2012. Natural gas fell 3 percent today.
A political impasse in Greece, where voters rejected austerity measures in elections on May 6, has raised concern that country may leave the euro. Spain’s government is analyzing “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said May 25. Catalonia is one of 17 semi-autonomous regions in the country.
Europe’s crisis risks deepening, damaging the world economy, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report May 22.
China’s Wen, in comments posted on the government’s website May 20, said the nation should put “stabilizing growth in a more important position” and increase lending to support construction. More “aggressive” stimulus measures will spur Chinese economic expansion and boost copper prices in the second half of the year, Morgan Stanley analysts led by New York-based Hussein Allidina said in a report May 21.
Copper inventories monitored by Shanghai’s exchange fell for a seventh straight week to the lowest since January. China is the world’s biggest consumer of industrial metals. Novelis Inc., the top global producer of rolled aluminum, said last week that doubling its output capacity may not be enough to meet rising demand from car makers.
“Where investors struggle at the moment is that they can see in the medium- to long-term it’s still a bull story,” said Jonathan Whitehead, the global head of commodities markets at Societe Generale SA. “Most of the reasons why commodities spent the 2000s going up are still there -- growing demand and increasing supply issues.”
Investors pulled $1.18 billion from commodity funds in the week ended May 23, the fifth consecutive drop and the most this year, according to Brad Durham, a managing director at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based EPFR Global, which tracks money flows. Gold and precious metals outflows totaled $631.7 million, also the biggest exit this year, he said.
Money managers boosted corn wagers by 30 percent to 109,022 futures and options contracts, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said. That’s the biggest jump since July 2010. Last week’s 9 percent tumble in Chicago prices extended this year’s decline to 11 percent.
Speculators are bullish on wheat for the first time since September. Funds went from a short position, or betting on price declines, of 50,057 futures and options to a long holding of 7,026 in the week ended May 22, the CFTC data show. The gain of 57,083 contracts was larger than for any of the 18 raw materials tracked by Bloomberg. Prices fell 2.2 percent last week.
Slowing growth in China, the world’s biggest pork consumer, is eroding demand for grains used in livestock feed. In the week ended May 17, U.S. corn export-sales for delivery before Aug. 31, 2013, plunged 44 percent from a week earlier, the Department of Agriculture said May 24.
Gold wagers dropped for a third week to 77,318 contracts, extending a slump to the lowest since December 2008. Funds are bearish on copper prices for the first time since January, going to a net-short position of 2,808 contracts as of May 22, from net-long holdings of 4,833 a week earlier.
Nine of 18 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expect the metal to drop this week and three were neutral. Traders were bearish for a second week, the first consecutive negative outlook since early April.
“There’s been a down shift in demand for a lot of commodities with the concerns over growth in China and Europe,” said Jack Ablin, the Chicago-based chief investment officer of BMO Harris Private Bank, which oversees about $60 billion of assets. “There are generally a lot of headwinds. We’re underweight in commodities and may go to zero.”
--With assistance from Maria Kolesnikova in London. Editors: Millie Munshi, Steve Stroth
Copyright 2014 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Improving the Care of People in Substance Misuse Services: Clinical Audit Project Examples
Kirsty MacLean Steel and Claire Palmer
Clinical audit is an essential part
of modern health care delivery. This book developed by the Royal
College of Psychiatrists' Research Unit, contains a selection of
clinical audit projects within substance misuse services, all of
which have been carried out in practice, with some still in
progress. The projects have been divided into topic areas and
formatted into structured abstracts for ease of use.
" A significant proportion of the
audit presentations in this book are focused on organisational and
management processes: speedy assessment and recording of
informtion, initiation of treatment, monitoring and reviewing, as
well as communications with other professionals and agencies about
The findings indicate that
interagency liaison is essential to mobilise the range of resources
required to further improve services. The need for effective
working relationships with accident and emergency units and
psychiatric liaison services, especially in cases of deliberate
self-harm, was highlighted.
It is well worth hearing what the
contributors have to say, to take account of the lessons that they
learned from their experiences, and to attempt to remedy the causes
of frustrations and distress, while also acknowledging
- Ilana B.
Crome, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Substance Misuse
- 'Live' examples of clinical audit projects and advice from the
people who carried out the clinical audits.
- Quality & effectiveness staff
- Clinical audit co-ordinators
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Catalina Island for me has become my home away from home.
I love the fact that I can take a ferry and in 1 hour I am on an Island. Not just any Island, Catalina Island, the Island of peace of mind & tranquility.
My life is always on the GO so when I have writing assignments or projects that require a lot of attention I flock to Catalina Island to feel at peace and to truly experience mental clarity.
The Island is also a great place to visit with your close friends and family. They have tons of great restaurants, my favorite would have to be the Avalon Grille because the chef there is the greatest. You can tell he adds love to all his dishes. Make sure you ask for Chef Edwin Robles when you are there.
Another thing I absolutely loved about my last few trips was my Zip Lining experience. It was so fun, I literally felt like Tarzan as I threw myself off those zip line ropes oh and lets not forget the Spa at Catalina Island. Besides the massages & facilities being on point the staff is professional and the food at the spa is delicious. The quinoa salad is a must have.
There’s no way to have a bad day when visiting Catalina Island!
This was my 1st time traveling to London, a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. I had seen pictures of London and would try to imagine the vibe and feel of the city but it’s not until you are actually there that you truly FEEL the energy of this BIG city.
The red double decker busses, the people walking on the street, the fancy shops & boutiques and of course the coffee shops were to die for. Buckingham palace is a must see especially the changing of the guards ceremony. Many times you see the changing of the guards in movies but when you are actually seeing it live it gives you the chills.
Another MUST SEE place is the Big Ben clock & of course the Westmister Abbey, the place princess Diana got married.
If there is one word to describe Copenhagen it would have to be “dreamy.” Very 18th century inspired you are surrounded by colorful buildings, palaces and a very Renaissance vibe.
Walking through the streets of Copenhagen felt like a fairy tale. The buildings look straight out of a story book. The architecture of the buildings make you want to constantly take pictures. You are surrounded by constant BEAUTY.
My trip to Copenhagen was very last minute & spontaeous and I dont regret going one bit, in fact I will be going back soon.
Thank you Copenhagen for being so beautiful & HAPPY!
Poland is known for its medieval architecture, Jewish heritage and hearty cuisine. One of my favorite places I have traveled to thus far.
This place is ENCHANTED. Everything from the streets, to the buildings, to the people were so amazing. I got to visit Krakow, Poland known for its well-preserved medieval core and Jewish quarter. The food at the Jewish Quarter was so DELISH! We ate until we were super stuffed, but the cool part about POLAND is you can always walk it off walking those BEAUTIFUL streets.
The other amazing experience I got to have was visiting the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. This experience is hard to explain in words. It’s an EXPERIENCE you must experience for yourself.
Poland, I will see you SOON again. Thank you for all the good memories!
A city I love to travel to because of the Beaches & Cuban Cafes where I can get my Café con Leche Fix.
The energy of Miami is one of a kind. I love the Sazon that you feel in the city. It feels like everyone is ALIVE. While in South Beach I love to hear the cars passing by bumping reggaeton. The Latin vibe is real and it feels so good, I feel as though I belong.
This time we stayed in the Miami Arts District & I loved it. There was a Cuban Café on the 1st floor of the Condo’s we were staying at. I was in heaven.
The gym we had access to for 5 days was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! State of the Art type of gym. The View from Biscayne Blvd was BREATHTAKING every time I looked at it.
I love to get lost in the Miami water, I feel it hugs me everytime!
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I don't know about you, but I believe in a loving God.
I believe He knows that in the middle of a hard day, you just need a tender mercy.
I've found that for me, those mercies usually come in the form of other people.
maybe you call it karma.
I call it a blessing.
Yesterday, we drove eight hours straight, that Lucas and I.
It was supposed to be four.
So thanks, to the McDonald's lady who upgraded my coke to a large, free of charge.
(I guess I looked like I needed it?)
Thanks to the kind man who, seeing I had my hands full, asked if I needed help, and then graciously carried my tray to a table.
Thanks to the three separate individuals who came to the table and complimented me on how well behaved my son was.
(thanks small son, for being SO GOOD for eight hours with a fever + teething)
And thanks to my husband who sat on the phone with me and helped me around all the detours and construction when my GPS wouldn't.
And thank YOU for your sweet comments on other posts. I love seeing your kind words pop up in my email.
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- This event has passed.
Business Building Brainstorming Session
June 28 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Join us for Coffee and conversation. We are offering the space to bring forward ideas, challenges and opportunities with like-minded people. This community of practice is a space that allows people to engage and support each other as they open, build and grow their business. Everyone is welcome, our strength is in collaboration.
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In case you have been an organization advertiser for any measure of time, you presumably know that it is so difficult to isolate the genuine chance searchers from the time killers. Yet, in all actuality, network advertising enlisting truly does not need to be so troublesome. When you know about these 4 significant enrolling botches that each organization advertiser is at real fault for, you will actually want to keep away from them and organization showcasing selecting will turn into a ton simpler. The principal network promoting selecting botch is zeroing in on individuals who say No to your business. You will be told no constantly so it is most certainly something you must get use to Simply continue on to the following possibility and do not let individuals who let you know no suck up your energy.
You will get those individuals who Are not sure or need to ask their companion or simply need more cash. It is a piece of the game, yet you are additionally going to get those individuals who are radiating with fervour and can hardly wait to begin. Those are the main individuals you need to stress over. The subsequent network marketing recruitment organization showcasing selecting botch individuals make is attempting to drive individuals into their business. On the off chance that you have attempted at any point ever to persuade somebody to join your business or attempt to cause them to understand that your little one time speculation could completely change them, you presumably realize how futile this is. Truly, there is no utilization in attempting to convince somebody into joining your business in case they are not intrigued, in light of the fact that they are just not worth your time.
The third organization promoting enlisting individuals making is attempting to enlist with a powerless mentality. Your possibility is searching for a pioneer who can really show them how to fabricate a beneficial business. On the off chance that they sense even a trace of shortcoming in you, they would not join your business that is except if they have a significantly more fragile mentality. At long last, likely the most well-known organization promoting enrolling botch is attempting to enlist anything that moves. You might have been told by your organization or up-line that you need to attempt to pitch your business to anybody you comes into contact with, however this is by no means evident.
Not every person needs to claim their own business or has even understood the possibility of being an entrepreneur. You truly do not have any desire to burn through your experience with these individuals. It is a superior plan to pitch your business to individuals who are effectively hoping to fabricate an organization advertising business and leave the other non intrigued individuals alone. Regardless of how great your business opportunity and items are, regardless of how much certain individuals disdain their positions, regardless of the amount you need to help individuals, your business opportunity is and never will be intended for everybody.
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|– differences due to different tax rates||(16)||(4)|
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The PZU Group is comprised of units operating in different countries and subject to different tax regulations. Regulations governing value added tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax or contributions to social security undergo frequent changes. The regulations in effect in the countries where the PZU Group operates also contain confusing provisions, which result in differences of opinion concerning their legal interpretation between various state authorities and enterprises. Tax and other settlements (e.g. regarding customs or foreign currencies) may be inspected by authorities (in Poland – for a period of five years), which may levy high fines and any additional liabilities assessed during the inspection bear interest. These phenomena generate tax risk, as a result of which the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements may change at a later date after the final amounts are determined by tax authorities.
PZU Finance AB (publ.), a PZU subsidiary, issued 5-year bonds in the period from 2014 to 2015, with the par value of EUR 850 million, which matured in July 2019. Proceeds from the issue were forwarded to PZU in the form of two loans for the total amount of EUR 850 million. Payments under the loans matched the payments under bonds in terms of the payment date and amount. PZU repaid loans to PZU Finance AB on 28 June 2019.
In 2018, in connection with concerns regarding taxation under the Swedish Conversion Act (2000:46) of the FX differences in the situation where Euro is a reporting currency, PZU Finance AB (publ.) applied for an individual tax ruling to the Swedish Tax Interpretation Board (Skatterättsnämnden). On 13 March 2019, PZU Finance AB (publ.) received a ruling under which the FX differences arising on repayment of the loan should be subject to taxation, while the FX differences arising on repayment of the bonds are not subject to taxation. On 3 April 2019, PZU Finance AB (publ.) appealed to the Supreme Court of Administration (Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen). The Board’s interpretation, if it is upheld by the Swedish Supreme Court of Administration (Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen) would mean that a different approach is applied in Sweden to companies reporting in the Euro than to companies reporting in Swedish kronor, which would be inconsistent with the assumptions of the Act. The PZU Group believes that such an approach would stand in contradiction with Article 63 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) concerning the necessity to ensure unrestricted movement of capital in the EU, or Articles 49 and 54 of TFEU concerning the freedom of business activity.
In connection with the uncertainty regarding the outcome of the appeal proceedings, as at 31 December 2019, the PZU Group posted a liability of PLN 79 million.
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! We had a nice Thanksgiving at my mother's house with my family and also my Mother-in-law's family. It was nice to have everyone together this year. Because food has still been grossing me out, K and I made candles to contribute to dinner. I found the idea in LivingCraft magazine.
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Performers from 15 countries will dazzle circus fans with new, amazing feats in the biggest and best Shrine Circus ever.
The Shriners offer affordable family entertainment, and “BOGO” (buy one, get one) coupons are available at www.2011circus.com in publications and locations throughout the community. Tickets are $14 (for children 12 and under) and $16 for adults. More details on show times and tickets are available at the website. Tickets may be purchased at the venue one hour prior to show time. Shows begin at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
The only interactive circus in the world, this year’s show includes the opportunity of a lifetime, as audience members are welcomed into the circus rings before, during intermission and after the circus to meet the stars, ride ponies and elephants, and take photographs.
The Shrine Circus is a fundraising event for the Al Amin Shriners, and helps to promote philanthropy and civic service in the community. For more information on Al Amin Shrine, visit www.alamintemple.org. Net proceeds from the Shrine Circus benefit the Al Amin Shrine, and are not tax deductible as charitable contributions.
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This server Behaviors lets you add a visual HTML editor ( the Open Source TinyMCe
) to your page and the user can create formatted content pages without having to know any HTML code. It Works like a Word Processor
This HTML text editor brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of known desktop editors like Word. It's really lightweight and doesn't require any kind of installation on the client computer.
You can be sure the editor will behave in the same way in all browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. All browsers will manage and provide the same content.
New important feature in the last release.
We add a Pdf-Converter to this Asp WYSIWYG Editor that can create a pdf file from the editor HTML content on-the-fly. To use this feature you must have our extension "Asp Html To Pdf
" installed on your developement computer because the editor use the "Asp Html To Pdf
" extesnion to create the pdf.
* You can use the default insert/update record behaviors with this extension
* Open the editor in full window
* Css style support
* Font formatting: type, size, color, bold, italic, etc
* Text formatting: alignment, indentation, bullets list, etc
* Cut, Paste and Paste as Plain Text, Undo and Redo
* Paste from Word cleanup with auto detection
* Link creation
* Anchors support
* Image insertion, with upload and server browsing support
* Table creation and editing (add, delete rows, etc) - one of the best systems in the market.
* Table cells editing (size, colors, etc)
* Form fields
* Right click context menus support
* Complete toolbar customization
* Skins support
* Spell checker
* Image and file links upload and server repository browser.
* Images resize:
The supported component for resizing images are: AspImage - AspSmartImage - AspJpeg - AspThumb - Vije Resize Image (Free component) - ImgWriter - Aurigma Graphics Processor 2002 - Aurigma Graphics Mill 2.0 - Chestysoft csImage - Chestysoft csXImage - XnView - ASP.NET ( I use the .NET Framework to resize the images from an asp page)
* For web users it's simply easy to use!
* Convert Html to Pdf (require Asp.Net 2.0 installed on the server and require DwZone "Asp Html to Pdf" extension installed)
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Every behind the scenes photo/video I see shows a fixed setup for both cameras. Is this how it should be or it is like this because of the technical difficulties? For example, assume that we are ...
I'm trying to help a friend of mine sell his house. I'm hoping to be able to use Photoshop to insert a table and chairs into one of his empty rooms, to help people visualize what the room could look ...
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Mid-level health professionals for SA
20 August 2008
South Africa's Department of Health has launched a three-year clinical associate programme designed to produce a new category of mid-level health professionals in the country.
Qualified clinical associates are able to assess patients, make diagnoses, prescribe appropriate treatments, and undertake minor surgical procedures under the supervision of medical officers.
Registration of qualified clinical associates will rest with the Medical and Dental Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, while their training will be conducted in district hospitals and their affiliate facilities, which will serve to strengthen primary health care services in the country.
Speaking at the launch of the programme in Umtata in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday, Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang said community health centres and district hospitals would benefit from the programme by receiving more health workers.
The Walter Sisulu
University in Mthatha has selected 23 clinical associate students for the three-year Bachelor's Degree in Medical Clinical Practice.
The programme does not replace any existing medical training offered at South Africa's universities, but aims to enable universities to increase the number of health workers they produce and thus add to the pool and diversity of the country's health workforce.
The programme was conceived after a long process of consultation and extensive international studies.
It started in January 2008 and is currently offered at the Walter Sisulu University (former the University of Transkei) and University of Pretoria. It will commence at the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) in 2009.
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"When dawn spreads its paintbrush on the plain, spilling purple... ," Songs of the Pioneers song from TV show "Wagon Train." Dawn on the mythic Santa Fe Trail, New Mexico, looking toward Raton from Cimarron. -- Clarkphoto. A curmudgeon's old-fashioned newspaper column, cross-breeding metaphors and journalism and art, for readers in 150 countries.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Me on my tricycle...lookit those metal wheel spokes. In Fort Worth. After my three uncles came home to visit after The War, my parents found me outside, riding up and down the street, saying loudly "G-D," "G-D" over and over--(not the initials), but what I'd heard the two Army and one Navy vet saying often. Great training to be a journalist!
Bottom photo, in Dallas...you can tell I am used to being in charge!
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Jayes Gallery, Sculpture Garden, Gift Shop and Picture Framing is located in the historic town of Molong nestled in the Orange Wine Region just 20 minutes drive from the city of Orange in Central West NSW.
Jayes features a wide range of contemporary art, it’s a must see destination in the region.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
"SEED AND DRIFT" update
Just confirming that the exhibition is opening on FRIDAY night 22nd March at 6pm. Meet Nina and listen to her artist talk while enjoying some Twisted River wines.
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Quotations: Economists' Judgments about the FDA
Judgment Tabulations. Table 1 shows the result of an extensive search for economists’ judgments about FDA permitting of new drugs and medical devices. Every cell in Table 1 is pro-liberalization. The cells vary by degree of liberalization and definiteness of the judgment. Every economist in Tables 1, 2, or 3 is quoted in the quotations compendia below. For each cell, there is a corresponding set of quotations. For each listed economist the relevant compendium of quotations contains samples that are sufficient to establish judgment, but does not aim to cover all expressions of that judgment.
Table 1 shows 35 economists favoring liberalization. Surely, the table is quite incomplete. But the argument is one of sufficiency. Omissions that would matter would be ones that oppose liberalization. The few confounding judgments that we have found number just three, passages by Paul Krugman, Patricia Danzon (writing with non-economist Eric Keuffel), and Jerome Rothenberg. Those three exceptions are discussed in Klein (2008).
FDA Permitting of New Drugs and/or Devices: Economists’ judgments about liberalizing,
Permitting 1: Significant Liberalization Supported, Definite Judgment
Gary Becker argues for eliminating the efficacy requirements, to improve health and to encourage lower-priced pharmaceuticals:
“[T]he prices faced by Americans can be lowered without price controls while drug development is encouraged, rather than stifled. A major step would be to eliminate FDA regulations introduced in 1962 that raise the cost of bringing drugs to market and artificially slow the process . . . Eliminating all requirements except a reasonable safety standard would vastly reduce drug prices in the U.S., as companies would be encouraged to develop additional compounds to compete for customers.” (Becker 2002)
“[To] return to a safety standard alone would lower costs and raise the number of therapeutic compounds available. In particular, this would include more drugs from small biotech firms that do not have the deep pockets to invest in extended efficacy trials. And the resulting increase in competition would mean lower priceswithout the bureaucratic burden of price controls. In turn, cheaper and more diverse drugs would induce insurance companies and public providers to cover many more new drugs, even when their efficacy was uncertain . . .” (Becker 2004, 94)
“To be sure, some sick individuals would try ineffective treatments that would otherwise have been prevented from reaching market under present FDA regulations. But the quantity of reliable health information now available with only a little initiative is many times greater than when the efficacy standard was introduced four decades ago . . .” (Becker 2004, 94)
“As part of any relaxation of the efficacy standard, the FDA could further facilitate public access to relevant information. For example, it could allow drug labels to list separately claims that are supported by clinical evidence and those that are not. And it could be proactive in reporting what is known about the value of drugs in treating diseases, making data available through the Internet and other consumer-friendly media.” (Becker 2004, 94)
Noel D. Campbell: “There is an alternative to reform: abandon the current regulatory process and embrace the free market that has worked so well for so long in other fields. Free-market third-party certification promises safe and effective devicesquickly and efficientlyand gives consumers the freedom to choose the amount of risk that best suits them. The market provides consumers with the full remedies and protections of our legal system, and it frees businesses from the crippling costs of undue regulation.” (Campbell 2000, 342)
Milton Friedman: “By now, considerable evidence has accumulated that indicates that FDA regulation is counterproductive, that it has done more harm by retarding progress in the production and distribution of valuable drugs than it has done good by preventing the distribution of harmful or ineffective drugs.” (Friedman and Friedman 1990, 2056)
“The way the FDA now behaves, and the adverse consequences, are not an accident, not a result of some easily corrected human mistake, but a consequence of its constitution in precisely the same way that a meow is related to the constitution of a cat.” (Friedman and Friedman 1990, 209)
“The FDA did far less harm than it does now before the Kefauver amendments altered the pressures and incentives of the civil servants.” (Friedman and Friedman 1990, 210)
“‘The FDA has already done enormous harm to the health of the American public by greatly increasing the costs of pharmaceutical research, thereby reducing the supply of new and effective drugs, and by delaying the approval of such drugs as survive the tortuous FDA process.’ When asked, if you could do anything to improve health in America, what would you do? Friedman replied: ‘No more licensing of doctors. No more regulation of drugs. Not of any kind. Period.’” (Pearson and Shaw 1993, 39, quoting their correspondence with Milton Friedman)
Dale H. Gieringer: “[T]he benefits of FDA regulation relative to that in foreign countries could reasonably be put at some 5,000 casualties [not lives] per decade or 10,000 per decade for worst-case scenarios. In comparison, it has been argued above that the cost of FDA delay can be estimated at anywhere from 21,000 to 120,000 lives per decade. . . . Given the uncertainties of the data, these results must be interpreted with caution, although it seems clear that the costs of regulation are substantial when compared to benefits. However, one conclusion that can be drawn with certainty is that the FDA fails its own criterion for public health: the FDA’s new drug approval system is in no way proven ‘safe and effective.’ ” (Gieringer 1985, 196)
David Henderson: “The tragedy is that these regulations are not necessary. The FDA may have some expertise when it comes to drug safety and efficacy, but on the only issue that mattersyour trade-offs between various risksyou are the expert, and the FDA’s scientists are rank amateurs.” (Henderson 2002, 277)
Robert Higgs: “It [the FDA] could issue to products that meet its standards a seal of approval. Consumers would then know that a certified product had passed whatever tests the FDA considered appropriate to demonstrate its safety and efficacy. Consumers would be free, however, to disregard this information if they did not value it. They would be free to purchase products lacking FDA certification, and sellers would be free to sell uncertified products without government obstruction or penalty. Note that no one would be forced to use products lacking FDA certification. Sellers also seek product certification from private testing organizations, whose seals of approval might become more sought after than those of the FDA.” (Higgs 1995c, 99100)
“The lack of demonstrable benefits from FDA device regulation is hardly surprising. Even if the FDA did not exist, normal market incentives combined with the terrors of product liability litigation are more than sufficient to encourage manufacturers to produce reasonably safe and effective products . . . The emergency care providers, hospital administrators, and medical practitioners who purchase the bulk of the devices have experience and knowledge and access to ample expert information about products from reliable sources such as ECRI, TUV Product Service, and a variety of trade and professional publications. They fervently desire to help, not hurt, the patients they serve, and their reputations depend on their success in doing so. In short, neither device purchasers nor patients need the FDA’s ‘help.’ The agency’s intrusion has clearly created far more cost than benefit . . .” (Higgs 1995b, 81)
Randall Holcombe: “[G]overnment regulation of medical drugs has several negative consequences: it raises the cost of all drugs, it delays the introduction and use of beneficial drugs, it reduces the amount of innovation in the drug industry, and it prevents certain types of drugs from ever being introduced. In exchange for these costs, the government certifies that medical drugs are safe and effective. The policy experts who have evaluated the costs and benefits of drug regulation have almost uniformly concluded that the costs of the regulations are not worth their benefits.” (Holcombe 1995, 116)
Daniel B. Klein: “Even without the government approval systems, voluntary institutions and the tort system would utilize testing and professional certification to screen out unsafe drugs. The government approval process here and abroad is a set of bureaucratic hoops and hurdles often inappropriate or unnecessary for the drug in question. . . . [T]he harms of the FDA are unredeemed.” (Klein 2000b, 956)
Sam Peltzman: “[T]he tests required to prove efficacy to the FDA take time, whether the drug ultimately passes those tests or not. In fact, this extra time cost is measured in years, rather than months or weeks. In some cases, it is a cost well spent. Some ineffective drugs are screened out, and the extra testing catches some that are dangerous as well. But every effective drug that ultimately makes it to market also incurs the time cost, including some that can save lives or relieve the suffering of illness. In these cases, the extra time means that some potential beneficiaries of the drug will die or suffer while the FDA sifts the test results.
"My reading of the available evidence was that this latter cost far outweighs any benefit. Indeed, the death toll from this regulatory delay can easily number in the thousands per year. By contrast, the benefits were small.
"I found that the unregulated market was very quickly weeding out ineffective drugs prior to 1962. Their sales declined rapidly within a few months of introduction, and there was thus little room for the regulation to improve on market forces . . . most of the subsequent academic research reached conclusions similar to mine . . .
"The carnage from this regulation, I regret to assure you, will continue for a long time . . . the deaths of which I speak are counterfactual deaths, not deaths that can be directly connected to any regulatory malfeasance . . . the actual victims of the regulation did not swallow a bad FDA-approved pill. They merely failed to swallow a good one in time and never knew what they had missed.” (Peltzman 2005, 156)
“I concluded that the proof-of-efficacy requirement was a public health disaster, promoting much more sickness and death than it prevented. Nothing I have seen since has moved me to change that conclusionthe disaster is ongoing.” (Peltzman 2005, 15)
“[T]he estimates imply that the magnitude of the problem of ineffective new drugs prior to 1962 was trivial or that the ability of FDA regulation to reduce the problem is small. At the same time, the reduced flow of new drugs due to the amendments is imposing net losses on consumers which are the rough equivalent of a 510 percent excise tax on all prescriptions sold.” (Peltzman 1973, 1079)
“The 1962 drug amendments sought to reduce consumer waste on ineffective drugs. This goal appears to have been attained, but the costs in the process seem clearly to have outweighed the benefits. It was shown that the amendments have produced a substantial decline in drug innovation since 1962. This could have produced net benefits if the impact of the decline had been highly selective against ineffective drugs and preamendment expenditures on ineffective drugs had been substantial. Neither condition is consistent with the data. In the context of this study, the decline in innovation translates into a decline in demand for, and hence in the measured consumer surplus from, new drugs . . . An estimate of the waste saved by post-1962 consumers on ineffective new drugs which the amendments keep from the market . . . proved to be a fraction of the consumer surplus forgone on effective new drugs which otherwise would have been marketed. This waste saving is then simply a by-product of reduced innovation, but it is small enough so that even much more selective regulation would not provide net benefit for consumers. Finally, it was shown that the new competition preempted by the amendments has led to slightly higher prices for all drugs.” (Peltzman 1973, 108990)
“The incidence of ineffective new drugs does not appear to have been materially reduced.” (Peltzman 1974, 48)
“If our estimates of the gains and losses from exceptionally beneficial and unsafe drugs, respectively, are at all reasonable, there was already a costly bias in the pre-1962 proof-of-safety requirement . . . The risk-return tradeoff was already biased against drug consumers in 1962. The amendments have simply exaggerated the bias.” (Peltzman 1974, 82)
Paul Rubin: “When we think of the FDA and overregulation, we tend to think of the inexcusable delays in approval of new drugs. Scholars have long been aware that the agency causes unnecessary deaths and suffering by this policy. Nothing in this chapter is to be interpreted as minimizing this cause of needless suffering. But this is only part of the problem with the FDA. . . .” (Rubin 2000, 306)
Russell S. Sobel: Russell Sobel (2002) identifies a further potential source of harm stemming from the FDA’s efficacy standard. While European officials require drugs to be proven effective relative to existing therapies, “the FDA more often uses a placebo comparator, except where placebo would imply unethical treatment of patients” (9). Sobel concludes that, due to the existence of a real placebo effect in clinical trials: “the FDA definition of effectiveness as ‘effective beyond a placebo’ is an improper policy that is detrimental to public health. The effectiveness standards deny consumers the benefit of a proven placebo treatment that would improve their condition, even when this may be the only, or at least the safest treatment available” (Sobel 2002, 478). Sobel writes: “A free market in over-the-counter medicines, with laws regarding only the factual content of statements would result in an improvement in public health.” (Sobel 2002, 478) At pp. 46465, Sobel challenges the presupposition that there is any market-failure rationale for pre-market approval.
Alexander Tabarrok: “I find that the largely unregulated system of off-label prescribing has large benefits and few costs. Off-label prescribing speeds medical innovations to patients, it increases the number of drugs available to doctors, and it lowers the costs of medical innovation. Consistent with these benefits, off-label prescribing is widespread and common in the United States today. The largely unregulated system of off-label prescribing is thus working well and should be extended. . . . [A]n analysis of off-label prescribing strongly suggests that the FDA’s authority over new drugs, particularly the requirement that new drugs be tested for efficacy[,] appears to be detrimental to the health and welfare of U.S. health consumers and thus should be ended.” (Tabarrok 2000, 48)
Robert D. Tollison: “The model of government oversight with private certifiers has several advantages. It would bring state of the art scientists and scientific methods into the process of drug and device certification. It would foster innovation in drug and device evolution, oversight, and certification procedures, leading to lower costs, faster approval rates, and enhanced safety and effectiveness. It would cut down on bureaucratic red tape and delay. It would not require any changes in the existing legal standards applied by the FDA. For these and various other reasons, movement to a system of competitive certification performed by private laboratories and testing groups commends itself for the consideration of policymakers.” (Tollison 1996, 37)
W. Kip Viscusi: “There is a widespread consensus in the literature that the current FDA drug approval process establishes safety incentives that are excessive. The stringency of the process and the meticulous review of new pharmaceutical drugs are reflected in the substantial delays that U.S. consumers have experienced with respect to the introduction of new pharmaceutical products. . . . Studies have also shown that because of these delays Americans have been prevented from having access to new drugs with beneficial effects, as the agency places a greater weight on errors of commission rather than errors of omission. This imbalance in the emphasis for these two types of errors has led to excessive deterrence of new risks that may be created by pharmaceutical products and inadequate weight on reducing existing risks that patients now experience.” (Viscusi 1996, 90)
Michael R. Ward (1992): “The proposed drug approval reforms will better align the FDA’s incentives with social objectives. The use of surrogate endpoints and approval after the second testing phase for treatments for serious diseases will constrain the FDA from imposing unnecessary delay. Outside review of new drug applications, expanded use of institutional review boards and advisory committees, and international drug approval reciprocity place the decision to approve a drug in the hands of agents with a less pronounced incentive to minimize political risks and thus provide the best hope for lasting reform. Taken together, those reform measures will shorten the drug approval process, increase the number of drugs available while reducing their cost, and improve the quality of life for Americans.” (Ward 1992, 53)
Walter E. Williams: “Here’s the modus operandi: If FDA officials mistakenly approve a device that has unanticipated harmful effects, their necks are on the chopping block because the victims are highly visible. Career-minded FDA officials don’t like that kind of exposure. They prefer the hidden mistake, erring on the side of overcaution by needlessly delaying approval. When FDA officials err on the side of overcaution, their victims are invisible. After all, you didn’t know there was a device available that could have saved a loved one’s life, as would have been the case had the angioplasty procedure occurred in Belgium or some other European country. . . . The FDA is long overdue for overhauling. In the process, Congress should allow for private medical-device certification.” (Williams 1996)
Permitting 2: Significant Liberalization Supported, Fairly Definite Judgment
Henry G. Grabowski and John M. Vernon: “Our results indicate that FDA regulation of ethical drugs has had some significant adverse effects on the structure of pharmaceutical innovation. In effect, the higher costs and risks of drug innovation in the more stringent post-1962 regulatory environment have operated as a barrier to competition through new product introduction. Consequently, the supply of new drugs has not only declined, but it has also become more concentrated over time in the larger multinational firms better able to deal with this more stringent environment. Given the rapid spread of health and safety regulation controls throughout all sectors of the economy, further attention to all the adverse effects of regulation on industry competitive structure would seem highly desirable. They constitute a potentially important source of long-run indirect costs to society that must be weighed against the benefits of these new regulatory controls.” (Grabowski and Vernon 1977, 3634)
“A more fundamental kind of regulatory reform could be accomplished through congressional change in the FDA’s regulatory mandate. It is possible to envision an FDA regulatory structure that would operate more as a certifier and disseminator of information for the vast majority of new products introduced. . . . Manufacturers would have the option to market a new drug even if it failed to be certified by the FDA.” (Grabowski and Vernon 1983, 71)
Charles L. Hooper: “The available medicines are what the FDA experts think we should have, not what we think we should have. . . . Of course, not all patients make competent decisions at all times, but FDA regulation treats all patients as incompetent. . . . Some economists have proposed that the FDA continue to evaluate and approve new drugs, but that the drugs be made availableif the manufacturer wishesduring the approval process. The FDA could rate or grade drugs and put stern warning on unapproved drugs and drugs that appear to be riskier. Economists expect that cautious drug companies and patients would simply wait for FDA approval, while some patients would take their chances. . . . Cautious patients get the safety of FDA approval while patients who do not want to wait don’t have to.” (Hooper 2008, 390)
F. M. Scherer: “If uncertainty is high but the possibility of life-saving benefits is also substantial, shouldn’t a regulatory agency illuminate the problematic tradeoff and let individual physicians and/or patients make their own risk-taking decisions, rather than being restrained by the choice of a bureaucracy? . . . Recognizing such exceptions [as terminally ill patients], one must ask the further question, why should a regulatory agency be the ultimate decision-maker on whether any new drug can be used? To be sure, absent regulatory requirements, drug manufacturers might perform too little clinical testing to ascertain whether a drug is superior to existing alternatives. Meager testing was the norm in the pre-thalidomide era. An information market failure may need correction. But why doesn’t the regulator merely require appropriate testing and disclosure of test data, letting physicians decide from the data whether the drug is safe and efficacious? If there is an argument for regulation of whether new drugs may be marketed, it must lie in a further information market failuree.g., from the possibility that most physicians are too busy to make well-informed independent decisions.” (Scherer 2000, 1315)
Permitting 4: Some Liberalization Supported, Definite Judgment
J. Howard Beales III: “[My study] suggests that there is considerable room for improvement in the existing process. Changes to accelerate approval of new drugs would offer significant health benefits to patients.” (Beales 1997, 15)
Philipson, Tomas J. and Ernst R. Berndt: “By the most plausible measure, the [1992 PDUFA] act did not, in fact, have any effect on drug safety: neither the proportion of drugs eventually withdrawn (2 to 3 percent), nor the speed with which they were withdrawn, changed in any statistically significant way since the law’s passage.” (Philipson et al 2006b, 44)
“[Nonetheless,] we compute an extreme upper bound on the adverse safety effects induced by PDUFA by assuming that all NME withdrawals after 1992 were due to PDUFA and that there were no benefits associated with the drugs.” (Philipson et al 2005, 7)
“Using this extreme upper bound on the adverse safety effects of PDUFA, we find that the drugs approved and withdrawn during PDUFA cost about 56 thousand life years as compared to the gains in health implicit in the greater speed generated by PDUFA, which are estimated at the equivalent of 180 to 310 thousand life years. . . . Note that these calculations include Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Bextra (valdecoxib), which were both recently withdrawn, and whether any of them will eventually return to the market is as yet unclear. Additionally, we include Alosetron in our calculations; this drug has been returned to market with a more restrictive label.” (Philipson et al 2005, 30)
“If earlier U.S. approval encouraged more rapid approval abroad, then the NPV social surplus benefit of PDUFA would be greater than we have calculated.” (Philipson et al 2005, 32)
“Since the clinical development time between filing of the Investigational New Drug application and submission of the NDA/BLA is two to four times larger than review time of the NDA/FDA at the FDA, the framework developed here might be useful in examining potential costs and benefits of various other policies that could affect the critical pathway from pre-clinical discovery through submission of an NDA/BLA. More generally, in our judgment much more work is warranted providing more evidence-based and quantitative assessment on the many types of FDA policies that affect the US and other populations.” (Philipson et al 2005, 33)
Finally, the authors place their findings within the broader context of FDA regulation of new drugs:
“By one interpretation, the analysis suggests there was no trade-off between safety and speed: the increased speed in reviewing applications had no measurable impact on the quality of the review process. But even if there was a price—that is, if hanging on to review procedures before 1992 would have reduced errors that led to deaths—there are very good reasons to believe that the price was worth paying. Faster access to new drugs saved more lives than the release of dangerous drugs could possibly have claimed.
“More to the point, in a world of finite resources, people are effectively forced to place a finite value on their own lives. And the value they placed on accelerated access to new lifesaving and life-enhancing drugs far exceeded the highest estimate of the cost in terms of greater risk of premature death and morbidity. Indeed, the value of accelerated review was so great that one must ask whether additional measures—measures that actually did allow more bad drugs to make the cut—would be justified.
“The catch, of course, is that neither the public nor the politicians who represent them have openly acknowledged the relevance of cost-benefit analysis in the context of life-and-death medical-policy decisions. Are Americans willing to sacrifice statistical lives in order to maximize an abstraction like social welfare? Perhaps not. But until the debate over prescription drug regulation is put in cost-benefit terms, drug policy is bound to fail society’s most basic needs.” (Philipson et al 2006b, 45)
John Calfee: “Economists have long argued that this one-sided situation creates a fundamental bias toward excessive drug safety. FDA staff knows that if it errs on the side of approving a drug that turns out badly, the effects will be obvious to all, whereas the effects of the opposite error of retarding new approvals will be seen only by a few insiders at the agency and among a few pharmaceutical firms and their friends (Peltzman 1973, 1974). In fact, highly public drug safety “crises” are a fixture in the modern history of the FDA, an example being events of the late 1990s. Crises over slow drug approvals, on the other hand, are rare. Recent events have reinforced these pressures. The Vioxx episode makes clear that the incentives for FDA staff to maintain drug safety standards at reasonable or higher-than-reasonable levels remain largely undisturbed. Events have made clear that the FDA did not slight safety when it approved Vioxx . . . Nonetheless, the fusillade of criticism directed at the agency over Vioxx and Cox-2 inhibitorsespecially criticism from its most reliable bases of support, the academic medical community and the most prestigious medical journalsvastly exceeds any criticism it has received in recent years for being too slow to approve new drugs or too quick to remove them. The Vioxx episode has made it even more difficult for the FDA to do its job without tilting toward excessive caution in drug regulation.” (Calfee 2006, 5)
Murray Weidenbaum: “The first [lesson of this article] is that while some drugs are very profitable, many more are not. The second is that price controls would be a mistake. The third is that what’s needed is more competition. Warts and all, the competitive marketplace is the best protector of consumers.” (Weidenbaum 1993, 89)
Permitting 5: Some Liberalization Supported, Fairly Definite Judgment
Ronald Hansen: “There does not appear to be room for a product that is almost as safe as or almost as effective as existing products but cheaper. If there are Cadillacs on the market, then Chevrolets are not approvable . . . The purchasers of pharmaceuticals may be willing to trade away some medical effectiveness to obtain cost savings. In markets where the existing technologies are relatively expensive, market forces could encourage firms to devote R&D to developing less expensive technology even if it were slightly inferior in terms of safety or efficacy. However, these technologies may not be approvable by the FDA using past criteria.” (Hansen 2000, 282)
Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.: “Although a few critics have charged that the FDA has been too lax, the consensus in the economics literature is that the FDA has placed too great an emphasis on Type II errors.” (Viscusi, Harrington, and Vernon 2005, 795)
David Schwartzman: “It is also disturbing that public policy changes have increased the cost of pharmaceutical R&D. . . . I am suggesting that the increase in R&D expenditures would have been larger had it not been for the increased restrictiveness of Food and Drug Administration regulatory policy. There is no doubt that the discovery component of R&D spending would have been larger.” (Schwartzman 1975, 4849)
“Current public policy proposals threaten further reduction in the industry’s expected rate of return from R&D investment and therefore threaten to reduce the industry’s spending and its overall rate of innovation.” (49)
“[T]he social and economic benefits from mobilizing the industry’s resources in the war against disease and in reducing the costs of medical care are potentially enormous. The development of new drugs in the last three decades has already resulted in great social benefits. The potential gains from further advances remain large. To risk such gains is unwise. Our major objective should be to encourage a continued high level of industry investment in pharmaceutical R&D.” (54)
Meir Statman: “A number of alternatives have been suggested to counter the trend of decreasing incentives for pharmaceutical R&D caused by FDA regulations. The more modest of these alternatives involve increasing the efficiency of the regulatory process, thereby reducing some of the regulatory costs. More radical alternatives involve the abandonment of the requirement for FDA approval of drugs in favor of a new role for the FDA as a provider of information on drugs. Since consumers can sue for damages the manufacturers of drugs that are not safe or effective, there may be sufficient incentives for drug firms to introduce only safe and effective drugs even without FDA regulations.” (Statman 1983, 62)
Peter Temin: “Current drug policy ignores [the trade-off between a therapy’s effectiveness and its painfulness]. By denying this choice [a less-effective but less-painful therapy], the policy restricts people more than it should. I would favor allowing people to choose this intermediate treatment position, although I would try to make sure that their choice was an informed one. But whether or not people are capable of understanding the relevant information, I still would favor giving people more choice for their own well-being than the current system allows. . . . The [program] I have in mind combines less surveillance at the premarket level and more surveillance, of a particular kind, at the prescription level.” (Temin 1980, 206, 213)
Steven N. Wiggins: “The results [of this paper] indicate that regulation has had a major direct impact on [drug] introductions as well as a significant indirect effect through a reduction in research spending. These estimates indicate that regulation has reduced introduction rates by approximately 60% . . . The results indicate a steep trade-off between greater certainty about drugs’ effectiveness and the rate of drug introductions . . . This trade-off needs to be taken into account by regulators in their attempts to set appropriate standards for the marketing of new products.” (Wiggins 1981, 619)
Moreover, Wiggins found “that this effect has not been smaller for the more important new drugs” (Wiggins 1981, 615).
Permitting 6: Some Liberalization Supported, Mild Judgment
Dranove and Meltzer: “Our results indicate that, beginning in the 1950s, more important drugsespecially drugs that proved to be successful in the marketplacehave been developed and approved more rapidly than less important drugs. Despite this, the overall trend of increasing average development and approval times implies that even drugs two standard deviations above the mean level of importance are taking longer and longer to reach the market.” (Dranove and Meltzer 1994, 403)
After suggesting that Gieringer overstated costs of FDA restrictions and that factors besides FDA reform may better explain recent accelerations of important drugs, they write: “This is not to say that changes in FDA policy could not significantly alter the approval rate of important new drugs. For example, recent FDA reforms allowing more widespread access to drugs treating fatal illnesses such as AIDS before the completion of clinical trials may succeed in expanding the availability of new treatments for these conditions. Likewise, the decisions by the FDA to accept data from clinical trials performed overseas and to contract with outside reviewers should further reduce development and review times” (421).
Charles Phelps: “It seems worth noting at this point the considerably different treatment of drugs (under the FDA law) and ‘medical interventions’ in general . . . Drug regulation in general . . . inhibits market entry. Nothing inhibits entry of a new surgical technique, however. This distorts the economic incentives regarding these alternative forms of therapy, probably tipping us toward ‘too much surgery’ and not enough pharmaceutical treatment. This is a highly relevant comparison for many diseases, ranging across a wide spectrum of illnesses for which both surgical and nonsurgical approaches are feasible.” (Phelps 2003, 543)
Eric Sun: “If, on net, these acts [PDUFA] improved patient welfare, this would suggest that prior to the acts, the FDA erred too heavily on the ‘safety’ side of the speed-safety balance, and that there may be potential gains to moving towards the ‘speed’ side of the balance. Our research suggests that this is the case.” (Philipson and Sun 2008a)
The next two tables follow the same scheme. Table 2 shows the results for FDA permitting of manufacturer speech about their products, in advertising, labeling, packaging, or promotion. It shows 12 economists favoring liberalization.
FDA Speech Restrictions: Economists’ judgments about liberalizing,
Speech 1: Significant Liberalization Supported, Definite Judgment
John E. Calfee: “[Where an examination of the effects of the FDA’s pharmaceutical advertising policies is possible,] the evidence is very strong that the FDA suppresses a great deal of useful information. Experience from related markets in this nation and abroad also strongly indicates that informational competition involving drugs and devices is likely to work well, and that the pharmaceutical market does not pose unique problems that make it unsuitable for traditional competitive dynamics.” (Calfee 1996, 318)
“The FDA consistently misunderstands the workings of competitive markets, especially their informational aspects . . . The FDA has never sought to accumulate experience in economics (except perhaps the economics of pharmaceutical research and development). One result has been a persistent tendency to over-regulate the use of information in advertising and promotion. That tendency has greater consequences in the pharmaceutical market than it would in nearly any other market.” (Calfee 1996, 317)
“[P]harmaceutical firms are unwilling to challenge the FDA on matters pertaining to speech, because the FDA wields highly discretionary power over the introduction and manufacture of drugs and devices . . . Because the FDA’s regulatory regime for information has been constructed more or less without constraint, there is little reason to think that the result is close to a reasonable balance of costs and benefits . . .” (Calfee 1996, 309, 311)
“Like the widely noted drug approval lag, the information lag tends to be hidden from view because outside observers cannot easily appreciate what is suppressed from the marketplace.” (Calfee 1996, 318)
“Neither theory nor history provides reason to think that the pharmaceutical market would work badly if information could be used more freely in advertising and promotion. The problems of information in the markets for, say, automobiles, ski boots, or executive aircraft are probably just as difficult to deal with as the analogous problems of the drug market. What makes those diverse consumer markets workand little evidence has ever emerged indicating that the information aspects of most consumer markets do not work wellis a combination of third-party informational sources and vigorous competition among product sellers, augment (perhaps necessarily, perhaps unnecessarily) by an FTC advertising regulation process characterized by an absence of prior restraint and a substantial amount of litigation (all the way to final judgments) on the merits of the advertising and the regulation under review . . . Even in markets for risky products, competitive advertising spontaneously devises mechanisms to overcome the most essential informational problems.” (Calfee 1996, 312)
“The documented benefits of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs indicate that consumers have probably suffered from the FDA’s historic reluctance to allow such advertising and from the agency’s insistence on burdensome disclosures.” (Calfee 1996, 315)
Milton Friedman: See quotations listed at Pemitting 1.
David R. Henderson: “The solution, both for safety and for lower-cost, more available drugs, is to strip the FDA of its monopoly power over drugs and let any patient use any drug that a doctor is willing to prescribe. The FDA would then be a certifier of drugs, but not a regulator. Any drug not certified by the FDA would have to carry a warning label, similar to that on a cigarette package, saying: “WARNING: This drug has not been certified by the FDA.” (Henderson 2002, 27879)
“When I testified at FDA hearings on its marketing restrictions in 1995, much of my testimony consisted of quotes from the FDA’s own warning letters. Predictably, my testimony was much harder on the FDA than that of various drug companies, because I had so much less to lose.
"After my testimony, a number of drug-company employees came up and thanked me for saying what they couldn’t say. Some told me that they wanted to applaud but didn’t dare. However, one drug-company employee approached me, looking pale and drawn, with his company’s chief lawyer beside him. He expressed his anger at me for quoting his criticisms of the FDA in my testimony. . . . He explained that their company had a major new drug up for approval with the FDA and that the agency could delay its approval and cost his company a lot of money.” (280)
Alison Keith: “The benefits of direct consumer advertising of prescription drugs have been overlooked or understated. Because consumers have knowledge about themselves that prescribers do not have and cannot easily obtain, providing consumers with information about drugs can serve to improve the match between drugs and patients; sellers with an incentive to advertise are practiced in communicating effectively with potential buyers. In addition, advertising is likely to cause drug prices to fall. Evidence from other markets predicts this result, and several price-reducing channels in the pharmaceutical industry itself can be identified. The combination of probable health benefits and reductions in price suggest that the net benefits of direct consumer advertising of prescription drugs may well exceed the costs.” (Masson [Keith] and Rubin 1985, 515)
“Under the current regulatory regime, where there is almost no direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, consumers forgo valuable information on drugs and drug prices, and on disease symptoms, treatments and preventatives. The prescription drug market, in turn, is spared the competitive pressures that would result were consumers better informed. And drug manufacturers and retailers, deprived of an important medium of communication, are restricted to other, possibly more costly marketing strategies. By eliminating excessive disclosure requirements, the advertising of prescription drugs would be encouraged. This would increase the amount of information made available to consumers, improve the match between patients and drugs, and lower drug prices. The gains to consumersboth financially and in terms of their healthcould be substantial.” (Masson [Keith] and Rubin 1986, 44).*
“A more widespread consumer understanding of the benefits and risks of routine aspirin use could produce substantial medical benefits. Suppose that most of the 1.5 million Americans expected to have heart attacks in 1994and the one-third of those who were expected to diehad taken aspirin routinely. Surely the number of people avoiding heart attacks and staying alive would have been large. On the other side, the medical risk associated with a less restrictive information policy toward consumers is an increase in serious side effects, but for a substantially smaller number of people, since both baseline and aspirin-caused increase[s] in risk of serious side effects are apparently small. The current policy appears to put a much greater weight on the side-effect risk of allowing more information to consumers, relative to the expected benefits.” (Keith 1995, 99)
Daniel Klein and Alex Tabarrok: “In addition to permitting drugs on the market, the FDA controls advertising and promotion. The costs of such control parallel the costs of restricting drugs. They include (1) reducing the speed at which consumers learn of and adopt important new therapies; (2) reducing the size of the market for drugs, thereby reducing the incentive to research and develop new drugs; and (3) reducing the number of treatment options, making it more difficult for physicians to provide therapies tailored to each individual patient. . . . In numerous instances, the FDA has reduced the speed at which patients and their agents have learned of and adopted new drugs or new uses of old drugs.” (Klein and Tabarrok 2002)
“In these matters, we favor adult freedom and hence the repeal of all forms of premarket approval. We believe that nongovernmental parties and tort law should generate and administer all of the rules, standards, institutions, and practices that make up drug affairs.” (Klein and Tabarrok 2002)
Keith B. Leffler: “The empirical results presented here show that product promotion has a significant positive effect on the entry success of therapeutically important new drugs. Given the large potential social benefits from the more rapid adoption of superior drug therapies, restrictions on pharmaceutical promotion appear to risk large losses in consumer welfare for the promise of unproven and perhaps nonexistent gains.” (Leffler 1981, 74)
Paul Rubin: “[The] FDA’s policies greatly retard the spread of [drug] information. . . . The FDA should allow manufacturers to advertise any claim for which reliable scientific evidence exists, whether or not this claim has been approved for the label, and this advertising should be allowed for both consumers and physicians. No policy requiring prior approval of advertisements should be mandated, by Congress or by the FDA. With respect to ads to consumers, the requirement of the ‘brief summary’ should be abolished for print as well as TV advertising. The FDA should allow free and unrestricted advertising of pharmaceuticals on TV and in print, subject only to regulation for ‘falsity,’ but not for ‘deception’ as currently defined. The results will be greatly improved health of consumers, and reduced prices of pharmaceuticals.” (Rubin 2000, 307)
“There is no evidence in the literature of harm to patients from pharmaceutical marketing and promotion. There is weak and ambiguous evidence of improper prescribing based on one uncontrolled study in the Netherlands in 1982, but that study’s age and circumstances raise questions about its use in meaningful policy decisions. Indeed, it seems ironic that researchers who are skeptical of information provided by pharmaceutical companies are willing to advocate major policy changes based on much weaker evidence of harm from promotional activities.” (Rubin 2005, 38)
“There currently is no objective basis for any belief that pharmaceutical marketing is always or even mostly harmful. Of course, drug companies undertake such activities for the purpose of selling drugs and making money; they do not provide information to physicians in order to advance the public interest. But one of the major bases for a market economy is the understanding that activities undertaken for private profit often lead to public benefits. There is no evidence that this is not true in the pharmaceutical industry, and no reason to believe that it is not.” (Rubin 2005, 38)
Russell Sobel: See quotations listed at Pemitting 1.
Speech 6: Some Liberalization Supported, Mild Judgment
Davina C. Ling, Ernst Berndt, and Margaret K. Kyle: “Finally, a very important set of issues, likely involving even more challenging modeling and measurement problems, involves examining the effects of [direct to consumer] marketing not only on consumption patterns, but also on the health status of individuals. To the extent DTC marketing provides information of value to individuals concerning the prevalence of ailments and the availability of medications to treat these ailments effectively, the benefits to consumers from deregulation of DTC marketing could be very substantial.” (Ling, Berndt, and Kyle 2002, 71920)
Suppose a drug has been permitted by the FDA. Prescription requirements say that retailers cannot sell the drug without the buyer presenting a doctor’s prescription. The FDA decides whether the drug will be prescription-only or “over the counter.” Table 3 shows the results about FDA imposition of prescription requirements. It shows eight economists favoring liberalization.
FDA Prescription Requirements: Economists’ judgments about liberalizing,
Prescription Requirements 1: Significant Liberalization Supported, Definite Judgment
Milton Friedman: See quotations listed at Pemitting 1.
Daniel Klein and Alex Tabarrok: “The main effect of a prescription requirement is to make it more difficult to obtain the drugs that consumers would otherwise obtain without a prescription. Consumers do not have the scientific knowledge that doctors have, but they do have the best knowledge of their own personal situation, history, and costs of going to see the doctor. Moreover, they are the ones who taste the consequences of properly or improperly treating their sickness. So, in a world without prescription requirements, they would still have motivation to improve their practical knowledge of whether it is necessary to see a doctor and get a prescription (Peltzman 1987). Drugs they would buy without a prescription, if permitted, would tend to be drugs for which the doctor’s advice is not particularly necessary. But prescription requirement often prevent consumers from obtaining simple remedies. By raising the costs of obtaining drugs, prescription requirements raise the cost of health care and thereby reduce treatment and injure health. . . . Peltzman’s and Temin’s results suggest that, with the exception perhaps of antibiotics, prescription requirements should be abandoned or at least loosened.”
“In these matters, we favor adult freedom and hence the repeal of all forms of premarket approval. We believe that nongovernmental parties and tort law should generate and administer all of the rules, standards, institutions, and practices that make up drug affairs.” (Klein and Tabarrok 2002)
Russell Sobel: See quotations listed at Pemitting 1.
Prescription Requirements 2: Significant Liberalization Supported, Fairly Definite Judgment
F.M. Scherer: “Carrying the debate one step further, why should prescriptions be required to obtain drugs? They are not required for over-the-counter drugs or, in many less-developed nations, for any available drug. The prescription system implies that patients are unable to make well-informed decisions about their own welfare, so physicians must act in loco parentis. That may be true, but obtaining prescriptions imposes costs, and Sam Peltzman’s (1987) statistical analysis suggests that there is no clear indication of higher poisoning or mortality rates in middle-income nations where prescriptions are not required.” (Scherer 2000, 1316)
Prescription Requirements 4: Some Liberalization Supported, Definite Judgment
Kathleen Johnson and Shirley Svorny: “Allow pharmacists to dispense certain drugs without a prescription from a physician? The Food and Drug Administration is inviting comment on just such a proposal. The idea is to add a new class of ‘behind the counter’ drugs that consumers could buy after consultation with a pharmacist. . . .
"Adding pharmacists to the list of individuals who may prescribe medicine independently makes sense. We have already taken some steps to liberalize prescriptive powers of so-called non-physician clinicians. To improve access to healthcare in underserved rural areas, many states passed laws to allow nurse practitioners (nurses with special training) and physician assistants to prescribe drugs in specified areas. . . .
"Expanding responsibility for pharmacists, as proposed by the FDA, would lower the cost of healthcare. Costs fall when individuals take on specialized functions. In this case, by shifting some tasks to pharmacists, physicians are freed to focus on tasks that require more specialized skills (diagnosis, for example).
"Despite what the American Medical Assn. and state medical associations will say, highly paid physicians don’t need to be called on for every task. By moving certain drugs to the proposed behind-the-counter status, we can take one more step away from the restrictive rules that have limited the contributions of non-physician clinicians and hamstrung efforts to improve efficiency and access in the healthcare system.” (Johnson and Svorny 2007)
Prescription Requirements 5: Some Liberalization Supported, Fairly Definite Judgment
Sam Peltzman: “The main conclusion that emerges from my analyses of American and international data is that enforcement of prescription only regulation does not significantly improve the health of drug consumers. This shows most clearly in poisoning mortality. Accidents (and suicides) related to drug consumption have been an important source of poisoning deaths in the United States both before and after the adoption of prescription-only regulation in the late 1930s. However, my analysis of American time series suggests that regulation did not reduceindeed, may have increasedpoisoning mortality from drug consumption.” (Peltzman 1987b, 235)
“In countries enforcing the [mandatory prescription] requirement, infectious disease mortality is no lower and poisoning mortality is higher than in those not enforcing the requirement.” (Peltzman 1987a, 41)
“The investigation [in this paper] reveals, with some twists, that there is little effect of these [mandatory prescription] requirements on health. Specifically, the life-saving benefits of modern drugs do not seem to be enhanced by the prescription requirements, and the life-threatening risks from improper use of these drugs are not reduced and may even be increased by this requirement.” (Peltzman 1987b, 207)
“When left to decide on their own how much professional advice to seek, consumers seem sufficiently responsive to the risks of both overconsumption and underconsumption of drugs. Accordingly, they surely do not seem either to poison themselves more frequently nor do they appear to die more frequently from treatable infectious diseases than consumers who must seek the advice and consent of a doctor to get access to many drugs.” (Peltzman 1987a, 44)
“[T]here appears to be a moral hazard in this form of regulation much like that found in other forms of safety regulation: the regulation may lower the risk-cost per-pill, but this shifts consumption toward riskier pills.” (Peltzman 1987b, 235)
“I did, however, find a potential indirect benefit of this regulation. Making prescriptions compulsory appears to raise the demand for (and equilibrium supply of) doctors’ services, and I found that more doctors are associated with lower infectious disease mortality. Now, if doctors help cure infectious diseases by prescribing the appropriate antibiotic, how can a legal requirement for antibiotic prescriptions fail to help in the cure of these diseases? The implicit answer would be that a patient with such a disease and with a given income and price of a doctor’s services is no less likely to seek a doctor’s advice if he can get antibiotics without a prescription. Apparently, consumers are able to understand the value of a doctor’s advice even if they are not required to seek it.” (Peltzman 1987b, 2356)
Peltzman (1987b) cautioned that “The usual caveat about the tentative character of results applies with special force here” (235).
The works cited in this appendix are referenced in the Reference of the main article, “Where Is the Market Failure? Economists on the FDA.
© 2016 Independent Institute
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LONDON (REUTERS) - Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna will be out for three weeks with a hamstring injury, the Premier League leaders' manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday.
The France international picked up the problem during Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Napoli in the Champions League.
He will miss Sunday's trip to West Bromwich Albion in the league and against Norwich City on Oct 19, as well as France's final World Cup qualifier against Finland on Oct 15 and an international friendly against Australia four days earlier.
The injury will also keep him out of Arsenal's Champions League match against Borussia Dortmund on Oct 22.
"Sagna will be not be available, he has a hamstring injury and will be out for three weeks," Wenger told a news conference.
Carl Jenkinson is most likely to take his place this weekend.
Arsenal have enjoyed a flying start to the season and have a two-point lead over Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at the top of the Premier League table with 15 points from six matches.
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The European economic crisis won’t break the European project !
The crisis has revealed fundamental problems that existed before it. Thus, it was a trigger awarenessess’ of Europe intergovernmental too. We are at a critical moment but when people were asked , Europe seems ensured despite distrust. Equally, they even expect more, especially in education, the environment, and immigration.
Today we are 28 members in the European Union in a crisis while for 6 years. Among these 28 countries, the United Kingdom, one of the largest , have increasingly apart. If by probable hypothesis, this sailor leaves the ship, the ship will take a federalist direction.
In the 90s , the transition to the European Union and the fall of the USSR was a major upheaval. European citizens now feel more involved and more in Europe infiltrates policy discussions.
Moreover, Europe was partly built by a fear against the Soviet Union. During the 90s, it is also the time where the enemy disappears. An engine of European integration weakens.
In addition, the history of European integration is marked by crises, without holding the same impact. The crisis of 2005 with the rejection of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe was offset by the Lisbon Treaty. Going back further, we perceived a crisis in the European Defence Community. Military matters are interesting, they will be ignored until the Treaty of Maastricht. Europe was not ready. Today, it is more.
Why the economy of the European Union does not work ?
If Europe survives, it is a multi-speed Europe. The crisis isn’t well managed in Europe for two reasons. From the moment we have a single currency and 17 fiscal policies , it is very difficult to achieve coordination. A common monetary policy obligates to the states to don’t intervene drastically on the economic activity.
Thereby, we are in a kind of contradiction with a single currency and independent fiscal policies. The house has weak foundations, too weak.
However, we must meet the requirement to operate the Economic and Monetary Union. The United Kingdom has always been a great consistency. They do not want federalism, they rejected the euro. Destroy the euro, it’s a quick idea would lead in fact to undermine the entire European construction, to meet with all currency crises , and to confront all the bitterness and resentment between European states.
Beyond a poorly crafted European construction, if we do not go forward, it leads on extraordinary geopolitical dangers. Europeans are able to understand two things: there must be a form of political union when a currency is shared.
No European State may carry weight in the global construction.The company is feverish and is looking for a more cohesive society stronger calmer. If no European state alone can not answer, a federal Europe can do.
Remember that this is not the euro crisis factor is the fact that European integration is too intergovernmental.
Will we live better tomorrow with a return to an intergovernmental Europe with any old structures, or continuing to build in the acceptance of the changing world , and of the new challenges that are proposed environment, social balance or technology ?
To accept this new world, we must rely on the existing European mechanisms in order to increase them to establish a Europe more secured to itself and its citizens.
Why the European Union is not democratic and how to react ?
The idea of a European president can improve the democratic deficit of the EU and to revive the European commitment. It is an attractive picture, but we should substitute a guardian federalism for a federal democracy. Thus, there must be an elected government to make decisions on behalf of the Europeans.
Today, our default is to have the place for a European Council laying down any guidelines. From the moment the heads of state decided action they will forward it to the Council, their legislative arm We are fully into unstructured and Institutions as well, which are not democratic.
So we must change the Treaties for a European federal nature which nations will be subject in crucial issues such as currency and a European government budget.
All that’s left to do and I hope you will agree, is to elect heads of state Europeans will be able to measure today, the challenges of tomorrow.
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MICO POWER MONOGRADE ENGINE OIL SAE40/SAE50
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Trend Micro Goes Global to Find Entrepreneurs Set to Unlock the Smart Connected World
Cash prize increased to $20,000 for fourth annual Forward Thinker Award
Trend Micro Incorporated, the leader in cloud security, announced that it has upped the stakes for its annual tech start-up pitch-off competition, the Forward Thinker Award, doubling the first-place cash prize to $20,000.
The competition, currently in its 4th year, was designed as an opportunity for future entrepreneurs to showcase their abilities annually at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Unlike previous versions of the competition, which were held at the CES event in Las Vegas and open only to CES attendees, this year the competition will be open to everyone in a global search for the tech talent of tomorrow.
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The competition is designed and run by Trend Forward Capital, Trend Micro Inc.’s venture capital partner. The Forward Thinker Award serves as an opportunity for the entrepreneurial stars of tomorrow to shine and make a name for themselves and their nascent businesses.
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“As we look forward to a brighter 2021, technology innovation will be absolutely critical to helping the world rebound from the crisis over the coming years—driving productivity, growth and countless benefits for society and business,” said Trend Forward Capital Investment Partner Jonathan Chang. “Our Forward Thinker Award has never been more relevant, or important. We’ve seen some fantastic entries over the past four years, and we hope that the changes made this year will help attract an even wider range of participants.”
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Guest editorial: Wrong turn on equality
The July 28th supreme court decision to strike down voluntary school integration plans in Louisville and Seattle, will erode gains in racial equality won through landmark court cases and the struggle by Americans of all races in the Civil Rights Movement. The action by the conservative five-justice majority assaults both the spirit and intent of the Warren Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling, which had a domino effect of undoing legally sanctioned racial apartheid in all aspects of American life.
Although lower courts had upheld both Louisville's and Seattle's voluntary plans, which achieved diversity using race as one of the criteria for school placement, the high court ruled both plans unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito, said boards of education cannot take the race of an individual student into account to help foster racial integration of schools.
Writing for the majority, Roberts stated, "To achieve a system of determining admission to public schools on a nonracial basis is to stop assigning students on a racial basis." The practical implication of Robert's reasoning is that if Americans were only "colorblind" in implementing social, economic and political policies, the problem of racial bias would go away. This is na�ve at best. As a society, we are not at the point where we can rely on individuals to make colorblind decisions on a range of matters.
Justice Stephen Breyer was right in his dissent to call this ruling a radical step away from settled law. Writing on behalf of himself and Justices Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg, Justice Breyer asserted that race-conscious considerations can be valuable tools in "eradicating earlier school segregation, bringing about integration or preventing retrogression."
The court's ruling will now throw many school districts and local communities into confusion, stripping many of the tools used for decades to implement voluntary antidiscrimination measures. It also will open the door to re-litigation of other established integration plans.
The legacy of 250 years of slavery and a century of segregation laws are still with us. We simply have not come far enough that we can dispense with any remedies to end discrimination. In America, where nearly all of us are descended from people who came to these shores from other lands, many in desperation and many in chains, laws that protect minorities are as vital as our founding principles, however poorly honored in practice. Racial, ethnic and cultural diversity are essential elements of our national character as is the equal protection of the law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment�a more solid bedrock of America's quest for justice for all.
The idea that we no longer have to take affirmative measures to preserve civil rights is no more valid than the idea that we no longer have to take strong measures to uphold the First Amendment or any of our liberties. There have been numerous challenges to our rights of free speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press over the last 200 years. Just as those fundamental, charter freedoms require preservation, so do the protections of racial equality arising from the Fourteenth Amendment, the Brown decision and the Civil Rights Acts.
I am appalled that Chief Justice Roberts suggested his ruling was faithful to the heritage of Brown. Roberts got it wrong. Brown was crafted to eliminate racial separation. The Roberts court overturned school integration plans that sought to achieve racial diversity in the classroom. It is my hope that those who now sit on the supreme court will commit themselves to advancing justice and building bridges between those of different racial and income groups�not burning those bridges.
Marian Wright Edelman is president of the Children's Defense Fund and its Action Council.
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A man may fall many times, but he won’t be a failure until he says that someone pushed him. – Elmer G. Letterman
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About the hotel
KENZI CLUB AGDAL MEDINA, 4 star all inclusive in the new tourist area of Marrakech. 6 km from Jamaa El fna square and 7 km from the Marrakech airport. We offer free shuttle bus to downtown, free Hammam and free wifi access.
Nestling in the shade of the silver olive tree groves, overlooking the breath taking Atlas Mountains, the KENZI CLUB AGDAL MEDINA is encrusted like a precious jewel in a ten hectors’ setting, to combine a full range of leisure activities with the best in contemporary design, with the prestigious KENZI CLUB AGDAL MEDINA The brand new Club offers upscale ultra-modernity with the thrill of discovery, to share with family or friends, in an overall concept of “fully inclusive of everything”, even happiness and serendipity ! Just staying at the KENZI CLUB AGDAL MEDINA is, in itself, a discovery, eureka epiphany moment, Its plethora of attractions, ranging from sparkling lagoon with water slides, large, heated swimming pool, not to forget the sumptuous O SPA by KENZI, who tended his garden with love and free range countryside values, well worth a visit, all at your disposal to make your stay an unforgettable.
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- Air conditioning in rooms, Cots available, Tea/Coffee making facilities in each room, Hairdryer in each room, Minibar in each room, Telephone In Each Room, 24 Hour Room Service, Concierge, Currency Exchange, Childrens Facilities - Indoor, Childrens Facilities - Outdoor, Doctor on call, Porter
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
What a Waste
Florida authorities located an illegal gill net in the Indian River Lagoon that was over 200 feet long. When they pulled in the net they found it to contain over 100 dead Snook, Redfish, Trout, and Pompano.
"Moschella said neither a boat number or a commercial license number was marked on the net, so investigators are relying on witnesses to help them track down the owner.
"We have no idea who owns the net," she said. "It's very difficult to tie an unmarked net to a person or boat."
Anyone who may be able to help is asked to call the state's toll-free hotline at (888) 404-FWCC.
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This amazing man diagnosed and treated my daughter 12 years ago. She had systemic onset JIA and without the skill, dedication and determination of this man, I fear our hopes and the future my daughter has now, would all have been lost.
This Gentleman is an absolute genius. He diagnosed my son with Intestinal Lymphangiectasia 8 years ago, after many doctors had already told us we just had a 'sicky' son. He has successfully treated and managed my son's condition for the last 8 years, overseeing his treatment from over 100 miles away.
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Guns on movie sets: How does that work?
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died Thursday after Alec Baldwin fired a loaded weapon that was handed to him by an assistant director who mistakenly believed it was safe to use on the New Mexico set of “Rust.” Director Joel Souza was also hit and injured but has since been released from the hospital. While many things still aren’t known — police are investigating — the AP looks at the use of firearms on film and television productions and the safety protocols in place.
WHAT IS A “PROP FIREARM”?
It’s a loose definition and could apply to anything from a rubber toy to a real firearm that can fire a projectile. However, if it’s used for firing (even just blanks) it’s considered a real gun. Chris Burbank, a former police chief in Salt Lake City who has consulted on several TV productions, said firearms for simulations during police trainings or film productions are often made so that they can only be loaded with blanks.
WHAT ARE BLANKS AND CAN THEY KILL?
A blank is a type of gun cartridge that contains gunpowder but no bullet. Still, it can serious hurt or kill someone who is close by, according to the Actors’ Equity Association. Film firearms-safety coordinator Dave Brown wrote in a 2019 piece for American Cinematographer that, “Blanks expel gunpowder and hot gases out of the front of the barrel in a cone shape. This is harmless at longer ranges, but the explosion can seriously injure someone if it’s too close.”
IN THIS INSTANCE, WERE BLANKS FIRED?
The gun was loaded with live rounds, court records released Friday show. According to the records, the gun was one of three that the film’s armorer had set on a cart outside the wooden structure where a scene was being acted. Assistant director Dave Halls grabbed the gun from the cart and brought it inside to Baldwin, unaware that it was loaded with live rounds, a detective wrote in the search warrant application.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WEAPONS ON SET?
Generally, a weapons master or armorer oversees all weapons that are used on a production. This can mean anything from selecting the correct items for a certain period in history, to taking care of the weapons on set and making sure they are being used safely and properly by actors and stuntpeople. It’s a fairly new position in the history of film production, going back only to the 1980s. Before that, the prop master handled everything. Recently, it’s become more common to enlist specialists.
WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR FIREARMS ON SET?
The weapons master is required to be on set whenever a weapon is being used. The Actors’ Equity Association’s guidelines state that, “Before each use, make sure the gun has been test-fired off stage and then ask to test fire it yourself. Watch the prop master check the cylinders and barrel to be sure no foreign object or dummy bullet has become lodged inside.” Further, “All loading of firearms must be done by the property master, armorer or experienced persons working under their direct supervision.”
HOW DOES ONE BECOME A WEAPONS MASTER?
According to Backstage magazine, there’s no formal path but it is common to have internships and apprenticeships or a background in stunt work, the military, police or security. Weapons masters are required to abide by state and federal laws and hold proper operating permits.
WHY WOULD THE GUN HAVE BEEN POINTING AT THE CINEMATOGRAPHER?
We don’t know what happened on the set of “Rust,” but it is fairly common to have a gun pointed at the camera, and by extension the cinematographer, to get a certain angle.
“We’ve all seen the very famous shots in films where you get that dramatic effect of a gun being pointed at you, the audience, and of course, it’s being pointed towards the camera,” explained Steven Hall, a veteran second unit director and cinematographer who has worked on films like “Fury” and “Thor: The Dark World.” “To minimize that, one would put a remote camera in that place, or at least if someone does have to operate the camera, I’m normally protected by safety goggles, a safety visor and often a PERSPEX screen that withstands pretty much anything. Obviously, it wouldn’t withstand a real shot from a gun, but it would certainly withstand a blank.”
GIVEN THE MANY REGULATIONS, HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN?
While the specific circumstances of the “Rust” shooting are still unknown, professionals in the business say that sometimes the crew and production are encouraged to “speed things up” for any number of reasons which can sometimes lead to “relaxed” safety protocols.
DOES IT MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED WHEN IT’S A PERIOD PIECE?
“Rust” is set in the 1880s and according to Hall, when period weapons are used “you have to use actual historic period weapons and to check the safety of those weapons. I have known live rounds to be fired out of revolvers, certainly, to make sure that they do function in a way that when you put a blank in, it isn’t going to blow up or explode in the actor’s hands.”
WHY DO PRODUCTIONS EVEN USE REAL GUNFIRE WHEN SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE AVAILABLE?
It is becoming more common to add in gunfire in post-production when working on the visual effects. But visual effects can be expensive and it can be easier, and cheaper, to use props. Also, Dormer says that there can be advantages to using props and blanks, like getting an authentic reaction from an actor.
HOW IS HOLLYWOOD RESPONDING?
There has been an outpouring of dismay and anger from all levels of the industry that something like this could have happened. Director James Gunn tweeted that his greatest fear is that “someone will be fatally hurt on one of my sets.” Alex Winter tweeted that, “Crew should never be unsafe on set and when they are there is always a clearly definable reason why.”
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Hide and Seek
Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, Unframed
Composite Image Size: 27 X 20.75 in.
Individual Image Size: 10.25 X 5.25 in. each
Edition Size: 25,000
"I set myself the task of hiding pinto ponies in an environment of rocks and snow," explains Doolittle. "Then I defined and refined each image to create a unique composite work where all the separate pieces come together to spell out the words 'Hide And Seek'".
Each one of the twenty-four individual images is a delightful exercise in Bev Doolittle's art, blending the pony with its snowy environment brilliantly. But only when all twenty-four come together can you find the letters which are hiding among the rocks and horses.
The Suite Includes: The composite print and six individual prints
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Are you looking for the best Medigap insurance in Gheens, LA? We can help you find affordable and quality Medicare Supplemental Insurance in Louisiana. You can either call 888-602-5343 or enter your Zip Code above and fill out the form. We will help you find the best Gheens, LA Medigap insurance options.Buying Medigap, or Medicare Supplemental Insurance, is the key for many people over age 65 to be able to afford to use their Medicare coverage. Medigap is a separate policy that is sold by private insurance carriers that adhere to Louisiana laws.
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I often read insights and discussions on the topic of love and marriage, about power struggles between the sexes and traditional roles within the family which all seems to be an interrelated issue balanced on a precarious edge.
Love foremost is a great force, perhaps the greatest principle in nature. In the Hellenic tradition is of the eldest gods, at once both female and male, and is called by many names. He is Phanes, the illuminator. He is Eros the uniter. He is a warrior and peacemaker which is represented in the vision of Eros in a new form as the son of Ares and Aphrodite from his protogenus status. In this new form he is the one who possesses souls, represented by Psykhe his wife. By possessing Psykhe she is able to transform and is so represented in ancient art with the wings of a butterfly. Divine love, the union with the divine, brings metamorphosis to the soul.
But to know divine love, it is imperative to know mortal love. One cannot know how to love the gods if one does not know how to selflessly love another.
Plato, in his Phaedrus, describes that the soul is naturally attracted to the god which it follows but that the chariot of the soul is unbalanced and so cannot join with the god or goddess. So the chariot of the soul follows at a low level where it can become entangled or knocked about in the confusing mass of other souls. In ordered to rise above this the soul must become winged or feathered. Plato goes on to say that the purpose of Eros is the feathering of the soul and it is achieved in this manner: that when the soul finds itself attracted to another soul following the same god, that upon recognizing a spark of their god in each other they drink in the spiritual beauty through the eyes and the soul responds, and continues to do so as by loving each other and honoring each the god within each other and bringing the influenceof the god upon each other. They are positively influencing each other's progress so that the winged soul can raise towards the god which it follows. However at first even then the chariot will raise and plummet because the soul does not have control of its energies (the horses of the chariot). Only through harmony can the soul achieve union. So to achieve harmony of the soul and divine love, an important step rests in earthly love, though it is in itself miming divine love. However it is the immediate union of two mortals which paves the way to divine union.
So therein is the purpose of love, for the soul to develope and achieve divine love. Marriage is a different matter, since historically the person that one loved is not always the person one married. It is also not necessarily made on matches of love, or at least hasn't been always the case historically, but is more often the case that is formed on matches born from love than not in this day and age. Marriage is itself a vehicle of transformation in which the masculine and feminine creative principles are joined together to create the oikos (house). It's role is largely procreative, to continue the lineage of the oikos and in such also mimes on a smaller scale the marriage of Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of the gods, who, according to Phaedrus, are themselves extensions of the substances of Ouranos (aither/sky) and Ge (earth) via the titansKronos and Rhea, the parents of Zeus and Hera.
By this means it is only the married couples who have the capability to so honor them as they become a physical embodiment of this cosmic relationship. Therefore there are suggestions that the Theogamia can only be appropriately celebrated by a married couple in honor of the marriage of Zeus and Hera. Marriage itself becomes more than a social institution but rather a symbolic and literal vehicle of life, so much so that until recent history usually offspring sired outside of a marriage were not recognized at all as lawful children of their father. The father may take them in but they did not stand to inherit, nor did they typically have citizenship and were nearly completely at the mercy of their stepmother and the legitimate heirs. And among the gods there were those who were in protection of marriage, namely Zeus the god of husbands and Hera the goddess of wives but we also have an interesting depiction of Apollon from Krete, weilding an axe, who is said to bring retribution upon adulterers who disgraced their marriage-beds. This may seem strange from the standpoint of myths in which Zeus had many lovers, but there is a distinct difference between the cultus of the gods and the allegorical nature of the myths.
But marriage also teaches us things about love, in its more permanent state, than what most lovers will understand as it is presumably a lifelong bond and commitment, and even in the case where such commitments cannot last for whatever reason, exiting such contracts is not done without a great deal of thought and consequence. It teaches about the harmonic balance of power in the household for its peace and prosperity. It teaches us at greater lengths about patience, sacrifice, living outside of ourselves, selflessness, and compassion. It teaches us good things even as it gives us a companion in life with which to share our jobs and struggles. It also delivers hope. And it brings comfort, especially in old age. We are not meant to be alone, and indeed need the love another for our personal completion as well to honor the principles that bring life to our world.
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I'm not at all excited about the idea of cereal boxes turning into electronic billboards (hellllllo e-waste), but the underlying technology is pretty cool. It's called eCoupled and uses inductive coupling to wirelessly charge anything that's in contact with the charging surface (in this case the store shelf). The company that manufactures it says that the technology can be extended to laptops, cellphones, and even electric cars. Instead of plugging into a cord to recharge your car at night, you'd just pull onto the charging pad and walk away, the eCoupled technology would take it from there.
The opinions expressed by MNN Bloggers and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of MNN.com. While we have reviewed their content to make sure it complies with our Terms and Conditions, MNN is not responsible for the accuracy of any of their information.
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Casual Dining Room Set
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With a curved “X” base design topped with 40˝ square glass, the Cantor Collection is modern and sophisticated. Finished in warm cherry finish, this 5-piece dining set is available in both regular height and counter heigh
We guarantee your complete satisfaction - 100% of the time!
Everything listed on our site is unconditionally guaranteed. Is the item you received not what you expected? Did it not fit as well as you hoped in your home or match your decor? Whatever the reason, you won't be stuck with an item that you can't use or you don't want.
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Boris Taslitzky (1911-2005): Art in touch with its time
12 March —22 May 2022
After the retrospective devoted to André Fougeron in 2014, La Piscine is paying homage to Boris Taslitzky (1911-2005), showcasing his exemplary contribution to the narrative of the 20th century. Both witness and protagonist in the greatest upheavals of his time, Taslitzky would say that his whole life had been marked by war. Aware of his responsibilities as both a man and an artist, Taslitzky aligned himself with the great tradition of historic painters and espoused a ‘realism with a social content’ which he was duty-bound to narrate.
Comprising around fifty paintings, often monumental in size, and numerous drawings, along with a tapestry, this first major exhibition devoted exclusively to his work is above all a snapshot of a ‘committed’ or ‘concerned’ artist, through the lens not only of his huge compositions devoted to the political causes of his generation, in the tradition of Davidian history painting, but also portraits and self-portraits, landscapes and still lifes. The focus is on his works between 1930 and 1970 and is structured around a few key themed and chronological sequences, such as the drawings produced in Buchenwald in 1944-1945, the huge paintings inspired at Liberation by the hardships of war (especially La Pesée à Riom or Le Petit Camp), the representations of industrial labour and trade union struggles in the late 1940s (based around the famous portrait of the Les Délégués group), reactions to the Vietnam War in 1951, the reportage carried out in Algeria in 1952 or the series of 63 ink drawings depicting the radical change experienced in the working-class suburbs of north-east Paris between 1965 and 1972.
In the historical contextualisation room, based on an idea from Pierre Buraglio and with the approval of Claude Viallat, a contemporary counterpoint will bring together a number of works by artists that have some aesthetic or idealogical affinity with Boris Taslitzky.
Committee made up of Alice Massé
Catalogue published for the exhibition.
The design was made possible thanks to generous support from the Flanders Colours range of paints distributed by Tollens.
Key: Boris Taslitzky, Autoportrait au chevalet, 1925, oil on canvas, private collection.
Photo: Jean-François Cornuet for Évelyne Taslitzky
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David De Gea pulls a magnificent save for Spain against Sweden in the European qualifier match which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Spain played against Sweden in the European qualifier match last night. A tough away fixture for La Roja’s but they ended up drawing the match by 1-1 after Rodrigo scores in the injury time.
Although it would not have been possible if David De Gea had not made a magnificent save in the 31st minute to deny Robin Quaison powerful header from Mikael Lustig’s powerful header.
Manchester United’s goalkeeper has been subject to massive criticism by his fans after he became victim to his poor form resulting in high-profile errors. Therefore, it was nostalgic to see De Gea pull such a crucial save after so long.
David de Gea pulls off a stunning save to keep out Robin Quaison's header.
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) October 15, 2019
This was the first appearance of De Gea for Spain in a while, as Kepa Arrizabalaga has taken the spot ahead of him in the pecking order of the national team in recent matches.
So, the Red Devils’ fans would be hopeful to see de Gea making such splendid saves for them in the matches ahead in the Premier League as the international break is over.
Although, Manchester United fans will have to wait for a little longer as De Gea was taken off from the pitch after a suspected groin strain that could rule him out of the tie at Old Trafford.
Manchester United will play Liverpool in the next Premier League fixture at the Old Trafford, and with Alisson Becker being fit, it would be even tougher for Manchester United to penetrate the Reds in the current form.
On top of that, they would have to face the trio of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah without De Gea guarding the goal. Sergio Romero is expected to take the responsibility of the goal-posts for Manchester United in the absence of his superior.
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You have to go in and try one of their burrito's. Skip the Taco Bar and get a Texas Burrito. It's a ten inch burrito that is huge, and I've lied about inches before and this one is for real. I get mine with the beans and meat, or the beans and chicken with queso. The best around. Don't try a Super Burrito, it'll leave you cryin' for your Momma. Their hours are a head scratcher. The owner is kind of old and doesn't want to work a whole lot, so it's kind of a hit and miss deal. Not open on Sundays. I miss that because the burrito's are great hangover food. Their sign says they've been open for 40 years.
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Creamy Vanilla Delight
- CKD non-dialysis
3" x 2-1/2" piece
- 1 cup all-purpose white flour
- 1 stick unsalted margarine
- 8 ounces light cream cheese
- 8 ounces whipped dessert topping
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 cartons ready-to-eat vanilla pudding
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut, sweetened
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Set margarine, cream cheese and whipped topping to soften.
- Combine flour and margarine, and press into a 9" x 13"pan. (Do not grease or spray pan with nonstick spray.)
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until crust starts to brown. Cool for 10 minutes.
- Combine cream cheese, sugar and half of the whipped topping in a bowl and blend until smooth. Spread over cooled crust.
- In a small bowl combine pudding and vanilla extract. Spread pudding over cream cheese mixture.
- Top with remaining whipped topping. Sprinkle coconut on top. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving. Cut into 15 servings. Enjoy!
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We are privileged to work with some of the most exciting authors, chefs, illustrators and personalities in the world. Below you will find a sample of our clients which can be searched by first name, last name or title. For our full client list select, “Find by Name.”
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Susan Fowler is a writer, engineer, and startup advisor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She currently works at Stripe as the editor-in-chief of Increment (which Kara Swisher has dubbed “The New Yorker of Silicon Valley”).
As one of the “Silence Breakers”, Susan was TIME’s Person of the Year in 2017. She’s been profiled by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, and has appeared on the cover of Politico magazine, the cover of TIME magazine, as well as on lots of lists, including: The Recode 100, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment List, The Politico 50, Fortune’s 40 Under 40, Marie Claire’s New Guard List, the Upstart Top 50, and more.
She loves all things computer science, math, physics, and philosophy. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her amazing husband Chad (CEO and Founder of Rigetti Quantum Computing).
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Under the United States Constitution, the President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States. As chief of the executive branch and face of the federal government as a whole, the presidency is the highest political office in the United States by influence and recognition. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected to a four-year term by an Electoral College (or by the House of Representatives, should the Electoral College fail to award an absolute majority of votes to any person). Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of an incumbent president, the vice president assumes the office. The president must be at least 35 years of age, has to have lived in the United States for 14 years, and has to be a "natural born" citizen of the United States.
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Are you considering your different options when it comes to cosmetic dentistry? Have you learned that when you choose dental bonding, you can basically “add” tissue to your smile with the use of composite? If so, and this is what you think you need to make esthetic improvements, you may like what you’re hearing but still feel somewhat uncertain about how bonding applies in specific instances. How might it work for you? Let’s make our way through some reasons you just might want bonding for your needs.
You Have Small Spaces
Some patients don’t mind a gap between two teeth. Others feel extremely upset about spaces between teeth. If this is a strictly cosmetic problem that you are unhappy with (but that does not require braces), dental bonding can come to the rescue.
Some Of Your Teeth Are Short
If you have one tooth or multiple teeth in your smile that are shorter than their neighbors, bonding can help. By lengthening the appearance of the shorter offenders, we can even out the line of your smile for a beautiful, even finish.
You Need Some Coverage
Do you have a tooth with some serious staining? Do some of your teeth have an unsightly texture that you cannot do anything about on your own? Is there a little tiny chip that bothers you? When these problems occur, dental bonding can camouflage them. We will use a thin layer of composite to cover up problems (or we will rebuild minor chips)! Simple as that. Think bonding might be just what you need? Schedule a visit to find out.
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HOTEL BORA BORA PEARL BEACH : HOTEL BORA BORA
HOTEL BORA BORA PEARL BEACH : HOTELS IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN : SOUTH POINT HOTEL AND SPA
Hotel Bora Bora Pearl Beach
- Pearl Beach is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located south of Umina Beach, being separated from it by a ridge upon which sits Mount Ettalong at a height of . It is part of the City of Gosford local government area.
- Bora Bora is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. The island, located about 230 kilometres (140 mi) northwest of Papeete, is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef.
- Bora-Bora is the fourth studio album by Os Paralamas do Sucesso released in 1988. This album marked the soap stars. With its national hits O Beco, Uns Dias e Quase um Segundo. It sold 20,000 copies in Europe.
- Optimara variety. Large, standard African Violet (4-inch pot size) with single, bi-color flowers. Flowers are burgundy with a white edge. Leaves are medium green. Introduced 1998. More information.
- A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite
- A code word representing the letter H, used in radio communication
- An establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists
- a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
- In French contexts an hotel particulier is an urban "private house" of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hotel particulier was often free-standing, and by the eighteenth
French polynesia, society islands, bora bora, aerial view of pearl beach resort
Our first sight of Bora Bora's iconic overwater bungalows.
Our honeymoon in Bora Bora.
Taking a boat from the airport to our hotel.
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Print out the Program Budget.
In section B, click on link for Miscellaneous Campus Fees and add in applicable fees on line B.
If you are a Non-resident or Graduate UC student at your campus, click on link(s) and add applicable fees on line B.
Add A and B together and put the amount on line C. This is the amount you will pay to UCEAP.
Add Line C and line D, this is the total estimated cost of the program.
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How can we help you?
We matched that to:
Fees and Disclaimers
The following are the most frequently asked fees and disclaimers related questions:
Please note that the answers to the questions are for information purposes only for the products discussed. Individual circumstances may vary. In case of discrepancy, the documentation prevails.
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I am getting a bit of a reputation at work….:(
I am now known as the “social media guy”…still trying to figure out if I should take it as an insult?
Far beyond the title is the fact that social media continues to explode, evolve, morph and push the boundaries of possibilities. What appears to be mind blowing today will likely be extinct in a few years.
Some are excited (I am right now …after receiving my Google Wave invite – what’s a Google wave? click here) others are skeptical…and there continues to remain a camp that appear to have their heads in the sand.
To the latter group I give you this…(take this as a “wake up & smell the coffee” people…our world is changing every second.)
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As expected during this holiday season, Apple topped the charts with remarkable performance of its devices, including the Apple Watch. Fresh data from Argus Insights further reveals the popularity of the Apple Watch, showing impressive number of mentions it got on social media on this Christmas.
According to the data Apple Watch got more mentions than Fitbit and Jawbone through December 26. Though Apple Watch has got the plus point of Apple’s customers loyalty but with Fitbit’s emerging popularity it was expected to face some challenges during the holiday season. Following promotions Fitbit’s mentions touched the peak in November. But it was not enough for Fitbit to hinder Apple Watch’s popularity.
The data by Argus Insight also gives info about the customer loyalty to Apple Watch and Fitbit through Net Promoter Score. Using this metric consumers’ loyalty is measured as they answer a question, asking them about the chances that they will recommend the company or its products and service to their friends and colleagues.
As we mentioned the customer loyalty has been a key asset for Apple which also seems translating here in Net Promoter Score. According to the data Apple by December 19 surpassed Fitbit in Net Promoter Score. As the year comes to the end Apple tally reaches .75 which is impressive. The score above .5 is marked as outstanding.
Apple Watch has also been on the top on a number of other indicators including the Trend Score computed by IBM. The indicator goes through millions of data sets to determine the concentration of a trend. Here Apple Watch has been on the top with highest possible score of 100 since August. On the same indicator Apple iPhone 6S is listed with just 10. Though Apple Watch is not going to outnumber iPhone 6S practically but the data show the stronger performance by the Apple Watch during holiday season.
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Beware of The BLOG...it creeps, it leaps, it glides & slides all over the place.
We need to send an astronaut there. I suggest that we freeze Hillary, and send her there even if nobody is sure precisely where Planet 9 (which used to be Pluto) is.
Hillary would be a good choice, but I fear they don't have astronaut suits in her canckle size. Maybe Sean Penn would be willing to go to Planet 9? Or maybe Geraldo Rivera?BTW I thought Pluto got a raw deal.
I'm up for any of those suggestions and I'm still angry about Pluto.
Planet Nine i wouldn't mind learning more about. That movie, well, i've never known anyone who could watch for more than a few minutes without giving up in disgust, so i never tried.
"...they don't have astronaut suits in her canckle size."You're killin' me, cube! I am a little embarrassed to admit I had never heard of Plan 9. A quick search produced this rundown: Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop humanity... blah blah blah. If you swap 'aliens' for 'democrats' and turn 'zombies and vampires' to 'democrat voters', then I definitely already watched that movie.
Messymimi: I find the Planet Nine news fascinating. Re: Plan Nine From Outer Space, I've watched it several times and enjoyed it very much. It's a classic that is so bad, it's good. Plus, it was Bela Lugosi's last movie and I was always of fan of his movies.
DaBlade: Glad you liked the canckle bit. Now you're killing me with the democrats as aliens, zombies and vampires. That sounds like a Cher song.
Heck, I've known the Solar System had nine planet since I was in the 2nd grade. And that the Earth was closer to the sun during our winter months---took a while to grasp that. DaBlade---Zombies are a winning ticket in some urban centers.
Ron Russell: I hear you about Pluto's plight. No worries about the Earth's orbit... no matter how much research money they pour into that, they can't change our planet's orbit. Rest assured. I'm with you about the urban zombies... they're already here.
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Visual basic reference books - Japanese language lessons pdf
Visual basic reference books. Visual Basic is a third- generation event- driven programming language first released by Microsoft in 1991. Feb 15, · Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3. 0 includes a new DataRepeater control Line , updated versions of the three previously released Visual Basic Power Packs, the PrintForm Component , Shape controls the Printer Compatibility Library.
Providing programmers and developers of all skill levels with a comprehensive tutorial and reference to Visual Basic ( VB), Microsoft MVP Rod Stephens presents a broad, solid understanding of essential topics on the latest version of VB. Francesco Balena is a well- known and highly regarded developer and author. He has written numerous Microsoft Press books, including the widely acclaimed Programming Microsoft Visual Basic titles, and edits a popular Web site on. Preview the book. A Brief History of Visual Basic.
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"I agree that there is always change, and bleeding between cultures. The Empire of the future might very well be radically different from the Empire of today, as with the Federation. But at their core, they will be the same, faith in God against faith in Man."
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Presentation on theme: "A Regulatory Framework for Energy Intensive Industries within the EU Berlin 30 November 2012 Chris Lenon – Green Tax Group BE."— Presentation transcript:
A Regulatory Framework for Energy Intensive Industries within the EU Berlin 30 November 2012 Chris Lenon – Green Tax Group BE
A Regulatory Framework for Energy Intensive Industries within the EU The challenge of carbon pricing The lack of a global agreement and price and the impact on EU competitiveness What is the long term vision for Energy Intensive Industries in the EU? Where will we be in 2050? What is the holistic policy framework to achieve this? What is our current policy framework for electricity, energy tax and carbon pricing? Are they joined up?
Policy Challenges Carbon and energy taxation policy needs to be focused on the energy and environmental policy objectives while recognising the competitive position of European business globally – Europe is not an island. It also has to consider the impact of energy pricing. Energy intensive businesses have long investment profiles where decisions are based on the expected cost structure over the useful life of the investment. It is not only the price today which is important in these decisions but a series of forecast future prices.
Aluminium – An energy intensive sector Aluminium is an energy intensive process but Aluminium as a product is less energy intensive than other products Aluminium is a key input for European business Recycling
Aluminium Global aluminium production continues to rise But growth comes in regions with the highest carbon footprint +183 % -3 % -26 % +10 % +155 % 10 % +72 % -7 %+2 % 5 % Production increase 2004 to 2011* Source: CRU
CO2 emissions from the primary production have been reduced by 50% and PFCs emissions by 94% since 1990 From a life-cycle perspective, the use (e.g. transportation, building, packaging) and recycling of aluminium contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions Aluminium can be recycled with no intrinsic loss of properties and has high end-of-life recycling rates Recycling saves up to 95% of the energy required for the primary production Aluminium is an energy containing resource (energy bank) Aluminium Part of the solution to a sustainable future
Aluminium Keeping the value chain in Europe is crucial (1/2) Major impacts on the short and long-term: – Innovation needs a close supplier / customer dialogue and the vicinity of research and new alloys development; – Facilities benefit from top level technology both in terms of productivity and environmental performance developed in EU; – EU equipment suppliers are World leaders and need close collaboration and proximity with the entire value chain;
Aluminium Keeping the value chain in Europe is crucial (2/2) – SMEs avoid purchase of big quantities per alloy/ shape, reduce stocks and reduce financial issues; – Alumina refineries and aluminium smelters are essentially located in economically depressed areas – Many downstream industries (e.g. extruders) are SMEs
Aluminium Decline of primary production in EU 27 The end of historical contracts and sharp increase in power costs have already generated a drop of the EU27 Aluminium Primary Production compensated by imports and recycling Since 2009 consumption rose by 1 to 1,5% a year 1 MT of primary output has closed or is curtailed (1/3 of total output) Another 1 MT is under threat This can only be reversed by EU policy making Already closed No immediate threat Under threat (*) Not members (*) Under threat: Contracts expiry, partial curtailment, announced reductions
Aluminium Challenges for the downstream industry EU supply of primary metal is already <15% of the metal used in Europe – and declining EU demand for aluminium semis is growing at an average 1,4% per annum overall (last 10 years) (*) semi-fabricated products producers
Energy and Carbon Taxes and charges Policy Framework The impact of carbon and energy taxes has to be seen in the context of all taxes, charges and electricity/energy costs – are the EC and member states doing this? European Fiscal policy which moves emissions out of Europe contributes nothing to global goals and hurts Europe. Given the investment timelines in Energy Intensive sectors, a long term competitive framework is necessary. How is European policy being implemented in member states?
Energy and Carbon Taxes and charges Carbon Trade exposed sectors need protection until a global carbon price exists – carbon, energy tax and electricity All sectors – including households and buildings – must bear the cost of the transition to a low carbon economy. Industry alone cannot bear these costs. Member states will not achieve emission reduction targets at 2050 from Industry alone. ETS and non ETS emissions must be treated consistently. Different pricing mechanisms need to be justified in policy terms. A long term framework is needed to provide a roadmap for a competitive Europe and long term investment decisions in the transition to a low carbon economy for all players. Building stock has a 50 year + replacement cycle.
Energy and Carbon Taxes and charges Electricity Electricity policy is key for Energy Intensive sectors. Decisions this decade will determine the electricity source mix and pricing for the period to 2050 given power plant lives. Currently, renewables cannot meet base load requirements. What are alternative options.
Energy and Carbon Taxes and charges Energy Tax Energy tax is an important issue Exemptions do matter and should be consistent across business. Do high rates with exemptions make sense in terms of state aid issues as the mechanism? Fiscal cliffs don’t encourage efficiency, Germany 2MW difference in treatment of power plants. Interactions between carbon pricing, electricity pricing and energy taxes need to be assessed to produce a coherent policy.
A Regulatory Framework for Energy Intensive Industries within the EU Need for consistent policies which maintain the competitive position of European business. Is Energy tax policy integrated with energy policy? Energy tax, carbon pricing and energy policies need to be developed together not in silos. Need to decide which form of Energy Intensive Industry Europe needs in a low carbon economy and what are the power sources to support it in the Global economy.
A Regulatory Framework for Energy Intensive Industries within the EU Thankyou Chris Lenon email@example.com 44 7802283527 www.green-tax.co.uk
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Saturday, February 7, 2009
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Back to woodcut printing! I actually cut most of this in my fabulous woodcut printing class I took last fall at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Our excellent teacher, Jeff Dentz, was so good at listening to what I saw in my mind's eye and helping me develop a plan to accomplish it on wood.
This is the proof. Which means, sort of a test run. I see more areas I want to develop, so there's more cutting ahead today.
While I like the woodgrain to show, I don't like the darkest stripe of woodgrain that goes right through the center of this guy's eye, making it look like he has no iris.
The dark stripe is where the wood is harder, and therefore, the ink doesn't sink in as much. To compensate, I'm going to go back in and cut deeper. Of course, the eyes are scary to cut, one mistake and the piece is trash.
This piece is 19 x 10, my largest piece yet and virtually lifesize. I really like working larger.
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2010 Complete Election Coverage: Kendrick Meek to Sierra Club: No thanks
The Sierra Club tried to have it both ways in the Florida Senate race Thursday by endorsing Democratic nominee Kendrick Meek and independent candidate Charlie Crist.
Meek’s response? No thanks.Continue Reading
The Democratic congressman rejected the rare joint endorsement, calling it “an unacceptable choice.”
"I cannot, in good conscience, accept an endorsement from an organization that would stand with a governor who has consistently put developers, oil companies and the special interests first," Meek said in a statement. "I choose to stand with the environmental community and everyday Floridians who want clean energy jobs, clean water and clean beaches."
“It's an insult to Florida's environmental community and Sierra Club members that the organization would endorse a governor who, in the organization's own words, 'sold out to developers' by 'failing to veto even the worst bills,’” he added.
Meek has consistently been launching media attacks against Crist, trying to paint the Republican-turned-independent governor as more conservative than his campaign has been letting on as both candidates try to take down GOP primary winner and tea-party-backed Marco Rubio.
And the Democratic nominee wasn't shy in his rejection of the Sierra Club's support that both Crist and Rubio have been too far to the right on environmental issues.
“While I agree that Marco Rubio is an unacceptable choice for Florida's environment, Charlie Crist is also an unacceptable choice," Meek said. "We should all take a stand and, in doing so, I respectfully decline the Sierra Club's co-endorsement."
The Sierra Club said the joint endorsement was, in part, due to Crist’s recent opposition of offshore drilling in the wake of the BP oil spill and his work on climate change efforts. Meek, for his part, scored 100 percent on the most recent League of Conservation Voters scorecard.
Sierra Club press secretary Maggie Kao said the group won’t change its tune despite Meek’s objections.
“The Sierra Club stands by its endorsement of both Rep. Kendrick Meek and Gov. Charlie Crist in the 2010 Florida U.S. Senate race,” Kao said in a statement to POLITICO. “We believe that both Meek and Crist are accomplished leaders who are committed to fighting climate disruption and building a clean energy economy to create jobs. Our endorsements of both candidates serve to reflect that belief.”
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milia Grabarczyk was born via caesarean section at 25 weeks, and is believed to be the smallest ever baby to survive such an early delivery. At the time of her birth in the German city of Witten she measured 22 centimetres and weighed just eight ounces; at 25 weeks a healthy baby would typically weigh around three times that amount. Her foot was just an inch long. Now, nine months on, she weighs 7lb 2oz and is getting stronger with each passing day.
Dr Bahman Gharavi, Head of Children and Youth Clinic at St Mary’s hospital, described her birth as truly unique, saying: “Even children with a birth weight of 14 ounces rarely survive. We have to thank Emilia as well for her own survival. She is a little fighter. “For more than six months, it was unclear whether she would survive. Only in recent weeks she is getting more robust.” READ MORE
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Some movies are just meant to be viewed as DVD’s, and Director Tze Chun’s “Cold Comes the Night” fits the billing perfectly.
Chloe (Alice Eve) is a hardened young lady that supports her little girl by running a seedy, run-down hotel that is patronized mainly by hookers and drug dealers. When social services pays a visit, Chloe is warned that she has two weeks to get her child out of the sleazy living conditions that they call home. Chloe has an arrangement with a crooked cop (Logan Marshall-Green) who is supposed to provide protection, but now that social services are involved they have a real dilemma. To further complicate things a criminal with vision problems named Topo (Bryan Cranston), who speaks in a Russian dialect, and his driver, have checked into the hotel to get some rest. Topo apparently has a load of money to be delivered to his boss and he needs to deliver it ASAP. But when his knucklehead driver gets involved with a hooker in his hotel room and he ends up dead from a gunshot wound, their truck is towed into a police pound with the money inside of it.
In order to get the money back Topo threatens to kill Chloe’s little girl if she does not help him get into the truck to retrieve the stash. Chloe has no choice but to help, but she is under the mistaken impression that she is now a partner with Topo, and that she will receive half of the booty for her assistance. We all know the old maxim: Never trust a half blind Russian, who wears amber glasses and never smiles.
A series of violent clashes between Topo and the crooked cop who allegedly stole the money are forthcoming. Cranston’s role as a Russian Walter White is at times laughable (I kept waiting for a bag of blue meth to fall out his pocket), and Alice Eve does a good job as a survivor; but it is not good enough to save the movie. I suggest going back to the “Breaking Bad” reruns to fill some time.
My Rating: 2 of 5 Blind Heisenbergs.
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Hollywood director Tim Burton’s former five-bedroom London home in Primrose Hill is up for sale for £20m ($27.8m). It is also available to let for £15,000 per week.
The property, called Eglon House, has 13,000 square feet of accommodation and leisure facilities including a swimming pool, sauna and steam room.
It has “dramatic interiors" such as bronze windows and feature glass brick facades, as per estate agent Aston Chase, which has listed the property.
The agent described the home as “one of the most extraordinary new houses to be built in Primrose Hill in living memory” designed in collaboration with architectural practice Chassay Last Architects and design house Russell Sage Studio.
The home consists of two buildings which sit opposite one another across a private central garden courtyard. They are interlinked on the lower ground floor.
Burton, who dated British actor Helena Bonham Carter for many years, is best known for films including Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow. He rented Eglon House for a number of years starting in 2016.
Part of the accommodation, which has "spacious open plan interiors, generous ceiling heights and floor-to-ceiling glazing or glass bricks on all floors", was used as his creative studio where he worked on the 2019 film 'Dumbo' for Disney. The west wing of the property provided accommodation for executives and staff working on the film
The west wing has a more “intimate feel”, Aston Chase said. The ground floor contains a double height living room and kitchen, opening onto the courtyard. On the upper floors is a study, three bedrooms, a walk-in dressing room and a bathroom.
The wing has an upper galleried level which has a kitchen, breakfast room and dining room. On the lower level the salon leads into the leisure suite which includes the pool that doubles as a cinema room, with a mechanical floor and waterproof screen, alongside a leisure room and gym with a cocktail bar.
The first floor of the east wing has the principal bedroom suite.
Eglon House has a passenger lift connecting all floors and staircases in both wings.
“Eglon House could be used as both a home and business base for a business owner including a creative studio for a film director, advertising/media firm or private family office/financial entity,” said Aston Chase.
The site originally served as stables and barns used in World War I to manufacture shell casings. It was then used by Express Dairies to service the milk production from cows who grazed on Primrose Hill up until the 1950s.
In the 1970s it was converted into Mayfair Recording Studios where the likes of David Bowie, The Clash, Oasis, The Smiths, Tina Turner and Pink Floyd made and recorded hit records.
Mark Pollack, co-founding director at Aston Chase says: “Elgon House is a unique home without a parallel in London."
"The property is ideal for the growing number of super-prime buyers who favour maintaining a low profile in preference to the visibility afforded by some of London’s more obvious destinations for substantial homes.”
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The second round of this year’s European Le Mans Series takes place this Sunday (17th May) at Imola and this legendary circuit in northern Italy is where the Murphy Prototypes team intends to get its 2015 title challenge back on track.
The track – named the Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari – features a 4.909km (3.050-mile) lap and was the venue for the San Marino Grand Prix. It is one of the few major circuits to run in an anti-clockwise direction and is renowned for its high-speed straights and technical corners, including the infamous Tamburello Curve.
Last month’s round one – the 4-hours of Silverstone – saw all three of the team’s drivers: Michael Lyons, Mark Patterson and Natanaël Berthon, battle amongst the front-runners for overall positions. However, a small electrical issue with the team’s Oreca 03R Nissan LMP2 with just one hour to go whilst running in fifth place, meant the team was unable to fulfil its true potential.
“Of course, we were very disappointed with the outcome at Silverstone, but we have since discovered what caused the problem”, said Dublin-based Team Principal Greg Murphy. “The team have been working extremely hard behind the scenes to ensure everything that can be done has been done to achieve the best possible result at Imola. We have always performed well there and therefore, we’re targeting nothing less than a podium finish.”
Following an excellent double-stint at Silverstone, Anglo-Irishman Michael Lyons from Bishop’s Stortford has driven the most competitive mileage in the car so far this year. He says he took a lot of positives away from Silverstone and consequently, is now looking forward to this weekend:
“The Imola circuit layout, with its long straights and big braking zones, should suit our car well. Having competed there for the first time last year in a GTE car, I know it’s going to be a challenging race, especially as I know I’ll be overtaking more traffic this year driving an LMP2 car.
“This ‘old school’ style circuit leaves little margin for error and it means that you’re driving on the edge most of the time. I must admit that I can’t wait to be back behind the wheel of the Murphy Prototypes Oreca and get our championship chase going.”
Second in the car for round one was RSA-born, New York-based businessman Mark Patterson, who at 63 is proud to be the oldest driver on the ELMS grid as well as one of the most passionate about racing:
“Our electrical gremlins are now fixed, so this weekend we plan to score points and grab the podium place that escaped our grasp at Silverstone. I’ve raced at Imola just once before and loved it. The circuit has some very demanding corners, with the less technical hilltop chicane that comes before that enjoyable downhill straight. Bring it on!”
Third to drive at Silverstone – and therefore the driver who didn’t get to finish his stint – was Nathanaël Berthon. Also contesting a full GP2 campaign this year, the talented Frenchman from Romagnat is eager to get back to the business of challenging for ELMS race wins and subsequently, the title:
“It was a great shame not to finish at Silverstone, so our 2015 title challenge starts this weekend. With the car and team we have, I am confident we can do well at Imola and I see no reason what we shouldn’t be battling for a podium position.”
The ELMS action starts on Saturday, with two 90-minute Free Practice sessions at 10.30 and 15.00. The 20-minutes of qualifying takes place on Sunday from 10.30, with the four-hour race getting underway at 14.00. All times are CEST, one-hour ahead of BST.
For further details and to find the latest news about the Murphy Prototypes team, plus images and videos, visit the team’s Facebook page and website:www.murphyprototypes.com
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Police officer Laura Langley's objective was clear: pose as art appraiser Ruby O'Toole and infiltrate suspected drug kingpin Joseph Merrill's organization. Yet thoughts of another man consumed her day and night. Joseph's mysterious employee Michael Corsi had a sensual stare that made Laura forget her purpose, his magnetism threatening her guarded heart. With the undercover investigation at stake, Laura had to resist the desire Michael awakened in her.Because she knew how deadly falling for a man who might be on the wrong side of the law could be. Then she discovered that she wasn't the only one masquerading. But with their covers nearly blown, would their passion survive another night?
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A reader wrote in response to "A Real Marketplace For Healthcare." ,
"Or said simply, “find me one large government run entity that is both high quality and low cost”? There are zero of them."
I believe many people are thinking the same thing as Obamacare marches to its potential victory lap.
On the way to the full implimentation Obamacare has cost the American taxpayers many (unpublished) billions of dollars.
Everything tried by Obamacare has failed. These failures should not be lost in the flurry of President Obama's demogagory and distractions.
I fear the only thing that Obamacare will accomplish is creating government imposition of its bureaucratic will over Americans' freedom to choose. Obamacare will also destroy America's spirit of innovation.
A famous patient of mind told me many years ago,
"Americans' get what they deserve because they do not pay close attention to the facts."
It is difficult to obtain the facts. I believe Americans have been trained by the media to hear sound bites and not facts. Americans have no time to discover the facts.
The opinions expressed in the blog “Repairing The Healthcare System” are, mine and mine alone
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Last week in West By God Virginia it was 36 percent. Just 36 percent of Democrats who voted for Hillary Clinton said they would vote for Obama in a general election. This week in Kentucky it was 33 percent.
Two-thirds of Clinton’s supporters there said they would vote Republican or not vote at all rather than for Obama, according to the polls.
Forty-one percent of Clinton supporters said they’d cast their vote for John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and 23 percent said they would not vote at all.
This being the case all the while most […]Full Story... →
Glad to see Brave New thriving. They do good work. Latest on McCain already has almost a million views on YT! Outstanding. They skewer the guy. Straight talk’s ass!Full Story... →
The Guardian’s Michael Tomasky on Bush’s Knesset speech and the outcome leaving Obama up 1-0 in foreign policy clashes with John McCain:
Republicans used to beat Democrats on foreign policy every time. But now Obama is changing the nature of the fight
Changing the nature of the fight by doing what? FIGHTING! It used to be the GOP would smear a Dem. and they’d go all apoplectic about how awful it was and get on their heels. I’ve heard the Obama team refer to Kerry many times and how they won’t make those same mistakes. The kind of mistakes […]Full Story... →
I think it’s time for the online community to do so as well, including the Ohio blogosphere. Let’s show some leadership ourselves and form a tight circle around our nominee. Shall we?
Sen. Barack Obama’s 16-point lead over Clinton in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters comes from even higher support among groups that have been supporting him throughout the primary race, and from newfound support among several groups that have backed Clinton
Obama’s strengths have all been increased while pulling closer in demographics typical of Clinton […]Full Story... →
This kinda slipped under the radar this weekend, but Obama had an estimated 75,000 folks show up at a rally on Sunday in Oregon. Wow.
[Eric: I wanted to jump on here instead of make another post. This is the video from that rally. Simply amazing thing to see. Hopefully a harbinger.]
and another version including Obama’s “wow” comment:Full Story... →
On this day in 1992 the US Supreme Court struck down an amendment to the Colorado state constitution that would have prevented any locality from protecting its citizens against discrimination based on on their sexual orientation.
Of course, the decision in Romer v. Evans not unanimous.
Antonin Scalia wrote an “impassioned dissent” (joined by Rehnquist and Thomas) calling the Colorado law “a modest attempt by seemingly tolerant Coloradans to preserve traditional sexual mores against the efforts of a politically powerful minority to revise those mores through use of the laws”.
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Recruits ‘not fed on time’ during Sinulog-A A +A
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
THE Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) admitted that meals intended for new police recruits deployed during the Sinulog grand parade were delayed.
This, after some recruits complained that they were not able to eat while they were on streets.
“We didn’t get to eat until late in the afternoon. We didn’t bring any money because we thought we didn’t need it. They also did not give any allowance,” said one recruit who asked not to be named.
Chief Insp. Enrique Belciña, the CCPO’s police community relations officer, said the food was delayed because of the thick crowd and the wide scope of area covered by the recruits.
He said they didn’t provide the recruits any allowance because they were getting free meals.
Last Sunday, Belciña said a caterer provided the breakfast, lunch and dinner for the 503 recruits from the Regional Training School in Balamban and Consolacion.
The meals were delivered to the CCPO on Gorordo Ave. early that morning, he said. CCPO personnel were assigned to distribute the meals.
“There were just too many people and the recruits were spread far and wide,” he said in Cebuano.
He said the police personnel who were deployed that day did not get any meals since they received a cash allowance of P2,000.
Belciña said they learned a lesson from last Sunday’s experience, adding that they will make sure this will not happen again in next year’s Sinulog.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on January 21, 2014.
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Thread: Very moving letter today
#1 Very moving letter todaygatorGuest06-14-2008, 02:57 PM
As many of you know our younger son is the army now. Because we have a family member serving we have been involved in supporting our troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan by sending packages and mail.
A little bit ago we were given the name of a young man that had no family. He was in a Cav unit in Iraq. He was not receiving any mail at all from home. He was on his THRID tour of duty in Iraq. A fellow soldier gave his name to his mom who contacted us. We immediately sent out packages and mail.
We got a letter from the young man today and it was very moving. He said our first package was the first piece of mail he ever received from the US. Both Ms G and I had tears in our eyes when we read the letter. We have sent packages to other troops and we usually get a thank you note or letter but this young man open up his heart and we could tell the loneness. It must really be a lonely thing not to be in a combat zone and not have any support from anyone.
He will be well taken care of now, I can assure you.
God Bless our troops.
Support our troops if you can. Where everyone of you live there is some place that is collecting packages and gving out names. Get involved. Don't let a single soldier spend multiple tours in Iraq and never get one letter from the US. We owe them everything.
06-14-2008, 04:33 PM
Good on you and Mrs. Gator!
06-14-2008, 09:40 PM
You picked a winner to send a care package to. It feels so good to support these guys.
I have "adopted" a few service members. My first.. I sent a ton of things to, but never received replies, even though I knew that he had gotten them, and he had safely arrived home. That was okay.. he was busy. and my letter let him know that he needs to write home to his family... not me.. I am just sending support.
I received a nice thankful reply from another "adoptee", who is now home.
Another one never made it home. He sent a 3 page letter with pictures that I passed on to his family to use at his funeral service, and they did. He was buried in the Arlington Cemetery.
Edited to add... my daughter and I would be interested in sending a care package or 2 to someone who gets few of them. Maybe somebody could PM me with info. We prefer to be somewhat personal.. not "anonymous service member".
Last edited by Jumpy; 06-14-2008 at 10:14 PM.
JohnGuest06-15-2008, 07:52 AM
Start PMing me FPO address and I'll sending what I can. I guess I've been blessed with a job that hasn't been horribly effective by this recession, so I'd like to do what I can.
SLW, if you will excuse me, I am off to find a bucket.
Gators hypocrisy is making me ill.
SonnabendGuest06-15-2008, 07:57 AMSonna, if you haven't realized that one can be supportive of the men doing their jobs, but not the reason votors gave these men the job in the first place, I seriously recommend you get help at Charter. If you don't get help at Charter, please get help somewhere...otherwise try to at least develop lower cerberal function, because I'm not going to help you when you piss on yourself. Get some depends and for the love god try to stop drooling! It's offensive!
That is the hypocrisy I refer to.
SonnabendGuest06-15-2008, 08:06 AMAh, my bad. I was on a different page. You know, the not having been here for a while and all. Either way, you're still a sexy bitch who doesn't really need depends, but the drooling is a bit of a turnoff :)
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Welcome to Blessed Sacrament Church
Welcome to Blessed Sacrament Church. Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic parish located in the west end of Waterbury on Robbins Street. Bishop John J. Nilan established the parish on May 7, 1911. Since that time Blessed Sacrament has served the spiritual needs of the area and been a vibrant community of faith.
As a family of faith we strive to be a welcoming, joy-filled community of Christ that finds our meaning and purpose in the Eucharist and the Sacramental life of the Church. The Eucharistic Presence of Christ unites us together as one family of faith. It is the Eucharist that gives us our joy, our strength, and our purpose.
We invite you to join us for worship and to become an active member of the parish to help us carry on the mission of Jesus Christ and the Church in the west end of Waterbury. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us directly by phone or email. Thank you for visiting our site, and we hope you will be inspired to join us on this journey as we fulfill our call to be missionary disciples of the Lord!
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two minute review
shokz (formerly known as aftershokz) has long held the top spot in our guide to the best running headphones, and the openrun pro is the best sounding headphone yet.
the main difference between this new pair of headphones and the shokz openrun (originally called aeropex) is the addition of new bass drivers to the ear pads that channel vibrations towards the auditory nerve.
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The improvement is immediately noticeable when you press play, and means that opting for bone conduction over in-ear headphones no longer means a huge compromise in sound quality. it’s particularly impressive if you like heavy music, which is much richer than other bone conduction headphones.
The downside of the new transducers is that they vibrate more noticeably against the skin. it’s just a tingle, but if you prefer to run at high volume, it may become irritating over time. all bone conduction headphones suffer from this to some degree (it’s pretty much unavoidable due to the way they work), but the extra bass means it’s particularly noticeable here.
- shokz openrun pro at best buy for $179.95 (opens in a new tab)
The other updates here are small, but carefully designed. for example, the control buttons used to adjust power, volume, and tracks are now slightly larger, so they’re easier to press when you’re wearing headphones. shokz has also relocated the openrun pro’s charging connector so that it no longer occupies the same area as the buttons and is easier to use.
Like the recently updated OpenRun, the OpenRun Pro has a fast-charging feature that gives you an hour and a half of playback after just five minutes of charging; A game changer if you forgot to turn them on and it’s time to hit the gym. if you rely on melodies for exercise, they are highly recommended.
price and release date
- most expensive shokz to date
- available to order now
shokz openrun pro was announced at ces 2022 on January 5, 2022 and was available for pre-order from the company’s website (opens in a new tab) on the same day for $179.95 (about £ 130/au$250). that makes them the most expensive headphones in the shokz range.
for comparison, the shokz openrun (originally known as the aftershokz aeropex) was $159.95/£149.95 (around au$240) when it landed in October 2020. At the budget end of the range, the shokz openmove launched at $99.95/£79.95 (around AU$140),
- larger buttons than openrun
- repositioned magnetic charging port
- endurance rating waterproof ip55
shokz found a design that works, and the pros at openrun don’t deviate from that formula. Following the same open scheme as the company’s other headphones, they have a pair of pads that are placed on the cheekbones and transmit sound through vibrations to the auditory nerve, leaving the ear canals open. these pads are held together by a flexible yet elastic titanium band, which keeps them firmly in place while you run without ever pinching you (a problem we sometimes had with the cheap shokz openmove).
A large button on the left panel lets you take calls using the headset’s built-in microphone, and the right panel features multi-function controls for power, volume, tracking, and battery status.
openrun pro are currently available in black and blue.
At first glance, the new headset looks almost identical to its predecessor, the openrun, but there are some significant differences. First, the control buttons are larger, making it easy to adjust the volume, skip tracks, and turn the headphones on and off without seeing what you’re doing. holding down the volume down button during playback will tell you if the power level is high, medium, or low.
Secondly, the charging connector has been relocated. Like the OpenRun, the OpenRun Pro uses a proprietary magnetic charging cable, which is much easier to connect than the fiddly Micro-USB used by older models. however, for the newer model, shokz moved the charging port so that it is no longer in line with the control buttons, making it easier to connect the cable.
In all other respects, the two headsets are very similar. The OpenRun Pro is very light and comfortable, even for long runs, and its lightweight titanium construction means it never bounces as you move.
they have a water resistance rating of ip55, which means they’ll be fine when you’re sweating a lot or running in the rain, but they’re not suitable for swimming. for that, you’ll want a pair of waterproof headphones like the shokz openswim.
the sound quality of the shokz openrun pro is extremely impressive. the new bass drivers make a real difference, and the overall result far exceeds anything we’ve experienced with bone conduction headphones in the past. we particularly enjoy a rock and metal playlist while running, and the openrun pro is the first model that really does heavy music justice. It’s still not up to par with a top-tier conventional pair of headphones, but the gap is definitely closing.
The downside of extra bass is that you not only hear it, but you can feel it as a more noticeable buzz against your face that pulsates with each beat. All bone conduction headphones produce this effect to some degree at high volumes, but it’s particularly noticeable with the openrun pro.
The sensation isn’t uncomfortable, and unless you turn the volume all the way up, it’s little more than a tingle, but if you use your headphones while concentrating on work, you might find it distracting.
another common problem with bone conduction headphones is sound leakage; With no silicone seal between the transducers and the outside world, it can be easy for nearby people to hear your songs, audiobooks, and phone calls. You might annoy your co-workers in a quiet office if you turn up the volume on the openmove pro, but when kept at moderate levels, these are the least leaky shokz headphones we’ve tested to date.
Despite the enhanced bass, ambient noise remains clear thanks to the open-ear design. Many noise-cancelling headphones have a “transparency” mode that uses a microphone to transmit external sound into your ear, but this doesn’t provide the same directional awareness that you get with bone conduction headphones.
When aftershokz announced it would be changing its name to ‘shokz’ in December 2021, it also launched a new version of its fast-charging bone conduction aeropex headphones. this is a feature that carries over to the openrun pro, and a five-minute charge while changing into and lacing up your running shoes will provide 1.5 hours of playback.
When the openrun pro starts to run out of power, a voice will warn you that it’s time to charge it. you’ll get two warnings before the headphones turn off, so if you’re close to home or at your desk, you’ll have time to plug them in.
A full charge will keep your music playing for up to 10 hours (a figure that matches our tests), which is the most impressive battery life of any headphone we’ve tested to date. If you have turned off other bone conduction headphones due to their short playback time, OpenRun Pro is worth a look. you might be pleasantly surprised.
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Australian Dollar Cheers RBA Rate Cut Amid Coronavirus Fears
Australian Dollar, Reserve Bank of Australia Monetary Policy Decision, Talking Points:
- The RBA cut the Official Cash Rate to a new all-time low of 0.5%
- It did so in response to uncertainties generated by the coronavirus’ spread
- The Australian Dollar gained as markets look to a broad risk-asset boost
The Australian Dollar edged up Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut borrowing costs to yet another record low in response to the ravages of the coronavirus.
The Official Cash Rate now stands at 0.50%. The currency’s gains are perhaps surprising at first glance, as lower interest rate usually deter buyers. However, the broad foreign exchange market clearly senses here the initial stages of a broad, co-ordinated monetary response to the disease, an remains hopeful that this will offer support to risk-correlated assets such as the Aussie.
The RBA said that it was yet too early to assess the virus’ full impact, but that growth in the current calendar quarter was likely to be significantly weaker as a result. It also said that once the virus is contained the Australian economy’s ‘improving trend’ could be expected to continue.
The central bank also expects targeted fiscal support from Canberra for sectors most affected.
Before the fact markets had moved swiftly to price in just such a move in response to the obvious economic drag caused by the spread of coronavirus. As late as last week futures markets had suspected that the RBA might stand pat. However, news that Chinese manufacturing output collapsed in February saw a rapid change in expectations.
China is of course the destination for vast quantities of Australian raw-material exports and, although weaker Chinese demand is far from the only way in which the contagion could hurt Australia, it is one that the RBA is notably concerned about.
Futures markets believe that the OCR may yet go lower, and this complete lack of monetary-policy support is likely to weigh on the Aussie, at least until other central banks show their colors. The RBA has been an early actor in the monetary fight against coronavirus but it won’t be the only one.
AUD/USD has seen a modest bounce on its daily chart in the last couple of days. However, as perhaps the currency markets’ pre-eminent growth correlated bet, the currency will probably remain vulnerable and in the bears’ sights for as long as virus-related risk plays dominate financial markets.
Its’ important to remember though, that the currency has already taken a considerable hit this year. While the markets can look to global monetary easing it may take a significant worsening of the virus’ effects to push the currency much further down.
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