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Chicago, IL: "As the President for AAPI USA, I am very pleased to inform you that AAPI USA will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Global Health Summit from January 1 – 3, 2016 at the prestigious ITC Maurya Hotel, New Delhi," Dr. Seema Jain, President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) said here today. "GHS 2016 will focus on Women's Health and Key areas of non-communicable diseases that are extremely important for India. In addition, a ground breaking launch of the first Trauma and Brain Injury Guidelines for India is planned for Jan 2, 2016 and the Hon'able Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi along with the Hon'ableUnion Health Minister, Shri J.P.Nadda will be invited to launch these guidelines."
The 10th anniversary Summit, promises to be one with the greatest impact and significant contributions towards harnessing the power of international Indian diaspora to bring the most innovative, efficient, cost effective healthcare solutions to India, Dr. Jain added. With the changing trends and statistics in healthcare, both in India and US, AAPI is refocusing our mission and vision of GHS 2016, AAPI would like to collaborate with local partners in India towards making a positive meaningful impact on the healthcare in India. The mission of AAPI is to share best practice and experiences from leading experts in the world and develop actionable plans for launching demonstration projects that enable access to affordable and quality healthcare for all people.
According to Dr. Jain, in order to accomplish this mission, AAPI is backed by leading healthcare experts and professional associations, including Ministries of Indian Affairs and Health and Family Welfare, both from a Central and State level. "The announcement for this conference has also already attracted several India based professional associations including IMA,MCI,ASI,IPS,APA,API,ICON , to name a few. In addition, several international healthcare industry partners are looking for opportunities to participate in these events for greater collaboration on Research & Development and philanthropic engagements," she said.
AAPI has organized nine Indo – US/Global Healthcare Submits and developed strategic alliances with various organizations. It is these learnings and relationships that have now enabled us to plan ahead and prepare for an outstanding event that has already received confirmation and endorsement from over 300 very prominent and talented physicians and surgeons that are very passionate, about serving their homeland, Mother India. The final attendance is anticipated to exceed over 800-1000 delegates.
AAPI's Chief Patron the Minster of External Affairs of India, Smt. Sushma Swaraj has confirmed to be the Chief Guest for AAPI's FIRST Women's Leadership Forum scheduled for January 2, 2016 from 1.30PM, Dr. Jain said. Several prominent women leaders will be invited to the forum to discuss the future of women leaders in India, share personal examples of their challenges, struggles and successes. More details are being developed.
Among the many partners who will be joining and working together during and after the GHS 2016 alongside of AAPI are the leadership of Indian Medical Association, the Delhi Medical Association, Medical Council of India, National Board of Examinations, Apollo Group of Hospitals, MAX Hospitals, Antara Senior Living, Abbott Health Systems, Glaxo Smith Kline, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance.
"The love for our motherland, which has made us come back to make a positive difference in the healthcare delivery system in India," Dr. Ajay Lodha, President-Elect of AAPI, said. "GHS has come to be recognized for the many initiatives it has given birth to and the numerous joint recommendations of the standard of care for major diseases affecting the people of India."
"The scientific program developed by leading experts with the contributions of a Scientific Advisory Board and International Scientific Committee, had for the very first time, live streaming of sessions, which were viewed live by physicians from around the world," Dr. Gautam Sammader, Vice President of AAPI, said. The Conference in collaboration with over 10 professional associations from all over the world, accredited from Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for 14 hours of credits will be applied to participants. Scientific sessions, including high priority areas such as Cardiology, Maternal & Child Health, Diabetes, Oncology, Surgery, Mental Health, HIT, Allergy, Immunology & Lung Health and Gastroenterology, Transplant and impact of comorbidities, will be part of the presentations held during the Summit.
After years of persistence and effort of several people, the upgraded and enhanced www.swaasthIndia.gov.in is now up and running. The purpose of this web site to enable physician volunteers from all over the world enlist in various healthcare camps, screening and other philanthropic activities being conducted in India. This website is now being promoted with all the state Ministers of Health and NGO's to post information about such activities, once that is updated the international Indian medical diaspora will be able to volunteer for activities most relevant to their expertise and in their respective geographies, Dr. Jain informed.
The GHS will continue to offer educational and training programs on areas that need special attention, including high priority areas such as Cardiology, Maternal & Child Health, Diabetes, Oncology, Surgery, Mental Health, HIT, Allergy, Immunology & Lung Health and Gastroenterology, Transplant and impact of comorbidities by world leaders in the field of medicine.
"AAPI has successfully collaborated with past Governments and with the new Government at the Center, we are looking forward to have renewed participation and engagement in areas related to health seeking to make a positive impact on," Dr. Jain pointed out. Healthcare in India. AAPI would like to make a positive meaningful impact on the healthcare in India. Dr. Seema Jain appealed to "all of you, AAPI members, well-wishers, friends and colleagues to join this effort and help ensure that we are putting in solid effort towards making quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all people of India." For additional information on AAPI and its Global Healthcare Summit, please visit: www.aapiusa.org; www.aapighsindia.org


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The industrial archaeology of Dartmoor covers a number of the dartmoor guesthouse industries which have, over the ages, occurred on Dartmoor, and the remaining evidence surrounding them. Currently only a few industries are economically significant, yet all three will inevitably leave their own traces on the moor: dartmoor guesthouse china clay mining, farming and tourism. A good general guide to the commercial activities on Dartmoor at the end of the 19th century is William Crossing's The Dartmoor Worker.
In former times, lead, silver, tin and copper were mined dartmoor guesthouse extensively on Dartmoor. The most obvious evidence of mining to the casual visitor to Dartmoor are the remains of the old engine-house at Wheal Betsy which is alongside the A386 road between Tavistock and Okehampton. The word Wheal has a particular meaning in Devon and Cornwall being either a tin or a copper mine, however in the case of Wheal Betsy it was principally lead and silver which were mined.
Once widely practised by many miners across the moor, by the early 1900s only a few tinners remained, and mining had almost completely ceased twenty years later. Some of the more significant mines were Eylesbarrow, Knock Mine, Vitifer Mine and Hexworthy Mine. The last active mine in the Dartmoor area was Great Rock Mine, which shut down in 1969.
Dartmoor granite has been used in many Devon and Cornish buildings. The prison at Princetown was built from granite taken from Walkhampton Common. When the horse tramroad from Plymouth to Princetown was completed in 1823, large quantities of granite were more easily transported.
The granite quarries around Haytor were the source of the stone used in several famous structures, including the New London Bridge, completed in 1831. This granite was transported from the moor via the Haytor Granite Tramway, stretches of which are still visible.
Peat-cutting for fuel occurred at some locations on Dartmoor until certainly the 1970s, usually for personal consumption. The right of Dartmoor commoners to cut peat for fuel is known as turbary. These rights were conferred a long time ago, predating most written records. The area once known as the Turbary of Alberysheved between the River Teign and the headwaters of the River Bovey is mentioned in the Perambulation of the Forest of Dartmoor of 1240 (by 1609 the name of the area had changed to Turf Hill).
An attempt was made to commercialise the cutting of peat in 1901 at Rattle Brook Head, however this quickly failed.
The significance of the term warren nowadays is not what it once was. In the Middle Ages it was a privileged place, and the creatures of the warren were protected by the king 'for his princely delight and pleasure'.
Until early in the 20th century, rabbits were kept on a commercial scale, both for their flesh and their fur. The evidence for this is plentiful as there are still extant a number of warrens which are manifestly man-made, and in place names such as Ditsworthy Warren and Warren House Inn. Also, whilst walking on Dartmoor near one of the many warrens, it is entirely possible that you might accidentally stumble into a weasel-trap, placed there originally to capture weasels and stoats attempting to get at the rabbits.
The subject of warrening on Dartmoor is addressed in Eden Phillpotts' story The River.
Farming has been practised on Dartmoor since time immemorial. The dry-stone walls which separate fields and mark boundaries give an idea of the extent to which the landscape has been shaped by farming. There is little or no arable farming within the moor, mostly being given over to livestock farming on account of the thin and rocky soil. Some Dartmoor farms are remote in the extreme.
The Dartmoor tin mining industry is thought to have originated in pre-Roman times, and continued right through to the 20th century. From the 12th century onwards tin mining was regulated by a Stannary Parliament which had its own laws.
Tin is smelted from cassiterite, a mineral found in hydrothermal veins in granite, and the uplands of Dartmoor, in Devon, England, were a particularly productive area. The techniques used for the extraction of tin from Dartmoor followed a progression from streaming through open cast mining to underground mining. Today, there are extensive archaeological remains of these three phases of the industry, as well as of the several stages of processing that were necessary to convert the ore to tin metal.
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Google has acquired mDialog, a company that helps media companies deliver, analyze and ultimately monetize advertising against their content across multiple streaming platforms such as iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Google TV and Xbox.
The team will be joining DoubleClick, a subsidiary of Google that helps publishers monetize their sites, services and content. At the same time, it also gives advertisers the ability to manage, serve and review campaigns across multiple platforms. On its site, mDialog said it would continue to offer its services to programmers and distributors. "There are no immediate changes for our existing customers," the company emphasized.
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Reduction Strategies—What Works?
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Reduction Strategies and Their Effectiveness
- Adoption of reusable bags
- Voluntary reduction programs
- Bag fees at check out
- Bag taxes legislated by governments at retail or at the manufacturing and import level
- Bag bans – outright bans, material substitution, minimum gauge requirements
- Retail bag product stewardship initiatives
- The adoption of reusable bags, as an alternative to conventional plastic shopping bags, has been effective in many jurisdictions to change consumer behaviour and reduce the use of conventional plastic bags to carry groceries. Adoption is voluntary and at the discretion of the consumer. Conventional plastic bags are usually offered as an option and consumers make a choice. This helps build trial and experience with reusables.
- Reusable bags are widely promoted as a "green" choice and in Canada, are often distributed free of charge as a promotional item by organizations of all types. Retailers in Canada have been very effective in offering consumers reusable bag options.
- In Canada, reusable bags have been widely embraced. In a survey conducted in July 2011, by the Silverhill Institute of Environmental Research and Conservation, Toronto residents indicated that 58% had adopted reusable bags.1
- Recyc-Quebec, a Quebec government environment agency, reports that 13.5 million reusable bags had been purchased in the Province of Quebec as of January, 2011 (source: Le Journal de Montreal).
- This reduction strategy has been led by private sector retailers. It is a highly effective tool to help change consumer behaviour.? It helps build awareness of reuse and educates consumers on the 3 Rs.
Limitations on Use of Reusable Bags
- If reusable bags are to be effective in reducing the number of conventional plastic bags in the stream, they must be reused multiple times to deliver the same environmental benefit as a conventional plastic shopping bag, used just once.
- A 2011 UK Environment Agency Life Cycle Assessment showed that a reusable cotton or canvas bag had to be used 131 times to match the environmental impact of a plastic shopping bag, used just once. A plastic bag-for-life (LDPE) had to be reused five times. A non-woven polypropylene bag had to be reused 14 times to match the environmental benefit a conventional plastic bag, used once.
Changing consumer behaviour takes time
- While reusable bags are popular, many users ?do not use a reusable bag every time they shop because they forget the bag. Also reusable bags are not an option for consumers to manage household and pet waste. Here plastic bags remain a necessity. (Source: Wall Street Journal, "An Inconvenient Bag" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122238422541876879.html)
Reusable bags will not eliminate the need for conventional plastic bags for household waste and unexpected purchases
- A reusable bag would never be used as a bin liner. Reusables are designed for one purpose: as a carry bag. Conventional plastic shopping bags, on the other hand, are multi-purpose, multi-use bags. They are used both as a carry bag and to manage household waste, organics and pet waste. Conventional plastic shopping bags have a very high reuse rate in Canada. Ontario Ministry of the Environment data shows a 59% reuse rate of the bags.
Reusable bags are not recyclable in Canada
- There is a wide range of reusable bag options on the market. They are heavier and more durable bags, constructed for longer life and often use different materials to give the bag added strength.
- Although advertised in many cases as recyclable, reusable bags are not being recycled in Canada. Because they are made from different materials to make them stronger and more durable, the recycling of reusable bags is complicated, time intensive, and costly. The bags have to be deconstructed in the recycling process to separate the different materials.
- As a consequence, Canada does not recycle reusable bags. This means that millions of reusable bags, currently displacing conventional plastic shopping bags, will end up in landfill at the end of their useful life. (Le Journal de Montreal)
2. Voluntary Bag Reduction Strategies have Mixed Success
- A review of voluntary reduction approaches to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags being distributed in different jurisdictions suggests that voluntary strategies can work when there is consumer buy-in, an acceptable bag alternative that meets local needs, and collective commitment to product stewardship.?
- These voluntary initiatives are usually led by governments in the form of sustained programs or short-term activities. For example, in 2006, China ran a voluntary No Plastic Bag Day, which led to a 40% reduction in plastic bag use.
- In most instances, success is predicated on retailer leadership and commitment.
In Canada, Voluntary Approaches are Very Successful
- From a public policy perspective, the trend in Canada has been toward collaborative, voluntary, non-legislated approaches with private sector involvement (working with retailers and the plastics industry). At the municipal level, efforts have focused on reduction, reuse and recycling. At the provincial level, 50% reduction targets have been put in place. ?
- Voluntary approaches to manage and reduce plastic shopping bag usage in Canada have been highly effective, driven by a deep commitment by Canadians (citizens, retailers, municipalities, and industry) to product stewardship (the 3Rs) and individual responsibility. Consumer behaviour in Canada is strongly supportive of reduction, reuse and recycling and freedom of choice.
- Most voluntary collaborations between government and private sector have been driven by memoranda of understanding (MOUs), with all parties agreeing to goals.
Provincial 50% Reduction Programs are Highly Successful
- Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba have identified reduction targets on bag usage. In BC, retailers initiated their own province-wide program. The call has been for voluntary reduction in bag usage by 50%, typically over a five year period.
- The 50% reduction programs have been highly successful. Central to success has been:
- Public education and awareness-building of responsible use
- Consumer adoption and conversion in large numbers to reusable bags, which displaces demand for conventional plastic shopping bags as carry bags
- Retailer commitment to staff training, in-store promotion and at-check-out programs to educate consumers
- Retailer diversion programs, including in-store take-back and bag-to-bag recycling programs.
- Ontario's 50% Reduction Program: In May 2007, the Ontario Plastic Bag Reduction Task Group was formed to respond to a provincial government initiative to reduce the number of carry-out plastic bags distributed in Ontario by 50% by 2012.
- The 2008/2009 Progress Report shows that the program achieved a 58% reduction in the number of bags distributed, exceeding its 50% target. A year later, Ontario reported a province-wide reduction in per-capita consumption of 69.6%, together with a reduction of 68.4% in gross generation1 (Ontario Plastic Bag Reduction Task Force).
- Quebec's 50% Reduction Program2 3: This program achieved a 52% reduction across the entire retail sector, two years ahead of the 2012 expiry. In 2008, retailers and the plastics industry established the Voluntary Code of Best Practices for the Use of Shopping Bag with the government of Quebec. It set a goal of reducing by 50% the use of plastic bags in the province by 2012.
- A new study by the Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs (MDDEP) shows that, by 2010, the 50% target had already been exceeded with a 52% reduction of bags across the entire retail sector. This was due to voluntary participation by retailers who encouraged their customers to use reusable canvas bags by charging $0.05 per plastic bag.
The United Kingdom has seen Mixed Success
- As in Canada, retailers in the United Kingdom have shown a strong commitment to supporting their customers in reducing the use of carrier bags as part of broader policies on reducing packaging and waste.?
- In 2009, the UK Government and British Retail Consortium (BRC) announced a public education campaign to encourage consumers to reuse carrier bags. One such was called 'Get a Bag Habit'. Major retailer, Tesco, reported in 2009 that it had halved plastic bag distribution using a green loyalty point program which rewarded customers who bring a reusable.
- The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and its supermarket members also had a voluntary agreement with the Scottish Government, the UK Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government, and the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment. The target was set in 2006 to reduce thin-gauge carrier bags by 50%, by Spring 2009.
- The target was narrowly missed with a 48% reduction in numbers of bags for the UK, and a?51% reduction in the amount of virgin polymer consumed between 2006 and 2011.
- In markets where the target was not met, the local government introduced legislation for a per-bag charge. Wales introduced their fee in late 2011 and saw an immediate decrease in bag consumption. However, in Wales, there was a sharp increase in the number of bags-for-life purchased (+142%). Considering the weight of bags, the increase in bags for life in Wales was two-thirds of the reduction in weight of the thinner-gauge bags.
Australia has Reported Limited Success
- Between 2003-2005, the Government of Australia Environment Protection and Heritage Council adopted a voluntary approach to reduce plastic bags with a Code of Practice for the Management of Plastic Bags with the Australian Retailers Association.
- Major retailers spent millions on the program and made considerable progress, but ultimately fell short of their target reductions and recycling rates. The Code required 90% and 25% participation rates for supermarkets and non-supermarkets, respectively, and set out a 50% reduction target and 50% recycling rate, to be achieved by the end of 2005.
- A reduction of 45% in the number of bags distributed was achieved, but a recycling rate of 14% fell short of the 50% target. And only 19% of non-supermarket stores signed onto the Code versus a target of 25%. The program was abandoned.
?3. Retailer Stewardship Strategies Focus on Public Education and Choice
- Retailers and grocers in Canada have shown considerable leadership and product stewardship responsibility on the issue of plastic shopping bags. They have implemented a number of awareness and conversion programs to reduce the number of non-essential bags being distributed at check out.
- Retailers have been highly proactive at promoting the sale of reusable bags at check out. Many have their own branded bags. These are mainly plastic reusables, woven and non-woven polypropylene, polyester (recycled PET), and some cotton bags. The only limitations have been that the reusables are not recyclable in Canada and there are concerns about proper use to prevent bacterial cross-contamination of food if the reusables are not washed regularly.
- Retailers have also implemented their own staff training programs on carry bag advice, proper bagging techniques at check out (packing bags to their full capacity); take a bag when you need a bag, and no double bagging.
- Retail chains have been proactive on recycling and waste diversion with many stores offering take-back-to-retail and bag-to-bag programs for plastic shopping bags. This latter program has been very effective in B.C. and Atlantic Canada.
1. Promotion of Reusable Bags
2. In-store Programs to Reduce Bag Usage at Checkout
3. Diversion from the Municipal Waste Stream
4. Bag Taxes are not as Effective in Promoting Wise Use
- Taxes are always unpopular. Dependent on the size of the tax, bag taxes can act as de facto bans (Ireland). Countries with bag taxes include Belgium, Malta, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, and South Africa. In some countries, consumers are charged directly at check out, as in Ireland. In other jurisdictions, like Denmark and Finland, retailers pay the government a levy on the amount of bags (paper and plastic) used either at the manufacturing level or import stage.
- As a strategy, taxes attempt to force consumers to suddenly modify their behaviour to stop using plastic shopping bags. They ignore their necessity and how and why consumers use the bags. While taxes can be effective in reducing usage at checkout, they force consumers to use alternatives for household waste, which can lead to higher resource use, more material in the waste stream, and result in negative environmental impacts. In Ireland, the bag tax led to a 94% reduction in bags at checkout, but resulted in a 77% increase in the purchase of heavier plastic kitchen catchers.
- Taxes are a top-down approach that undermines product stewardship and individual responsibility. Non-compliance is a common result. This has proven to be a serious problem in South Africa, leading to serious job loss impacts and avoidance strategies like bootleg bags.
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- In some cases, taxes are used as fundraisers for environmental initiatives. For example, in 2010, Washington, D.C. implemented a $0.05 tax on paper or plastic carryout bags taken at the time of checkout. $0.04 of the tax goes to the city, while the retailer retains one cent to cover costs. It is a dedicated tax with funds being used for clean-up of the local Anacostia River. While bag usage declined by close to 50%, and was deemed a success, the diminished revenue from fewer bags consumed undermined the river clean-up.
- The most high profile bag tax is found in Ireland and it is often used by the City of Toronto as the best example of the effectiveness of a reduction strategy for plastic shopping bags.
- The objective was to use the tax to discourage bag use and ultimately litter, thus it targeted consumers at check out rather than retailers. In 2007, the tax was increased from 17 to 22 Euro cents and it keeps increasing because of consumer non-compliance.
- While there was a 94% decline in plastic shopping bags in Ireland, the tax had a number of other unintended consequences. One was a 77% increase in the sales of bin-liners (kitchen catchers) which contain up to 76% more plastic and there was an increase in the amount of paper bags used (+400%).
- The result was a massively increased amount of plastic consumed, and in the waste stream, in Ireland. Import data showed a 21% increase in the amount of plastic bags entering the country following imposition of the tax (Source: Her Majesty's Customs Department Importation Statistics on all bags imported in Ireland) Irish Examiner – 2003/01/29: Shoppers still bagging plastic sales.
- The reduction in plastic bag litter was negligible, ranging from one quarter to three quarters of 1%.
- Click here for Litter Section; Ireland.
5. Bag Fees are Very Effective
- Bag fees can be very effective in eliminating consumption of non-essential bags. Consumers purchase only the bags they need.
- Bag fees build awareness, educate, and promote wise use of bags at the consumer level. They also acknowledge the necessity for bags in everyday life by allowing consumer choice.
- Fee regimes on plastic shopping bags are usually voluntary and initiated by retailers, dependent on the type of relationship the retailer has with customers. Retailer-led fee strategies are evident in many countries around the world, including Germany, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Hungary, Portugal, The Netherlands, Norway, Wales, and Canada. From the retailer perspective, they make environmental and business sense.
- In Canada, when the City of Toronto rescinded its bag fee by-law, major grocery retailers and drug stores voluntarily chose to keep the bag fee in place, even though they were no longer mandated to do so.
- In some cases, bag fees are mandated by governments. Although this is a legislated approach, retailers are still allowed to keep the revenue from the fee. Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Bulgaria, and China, for example, mandate bag fees.?In October 2011, Wales introduced a legal minimum charge of (EU) €0.05 for paper, biodegradable and plastic bags. Wales is encouraging fee donations to charitable causes.
- Bag fees appear to cut usage at least in half to only essential bags. When China introduced a bag fee in 2008, it reduced the number of bags used by 49%. The Cities of Toronto and Orillia, ON, passed by-laws to force retailers to charge for bags. In the case of Toronto, the fee led to a 53% reduction in bag usage. Click here for Toronto Report.
6. Bag Bans are Not Effective (Bans Don't Work)
- There are few bans around the world that call for the total elimination of plastic shopping bags and where they are legislated, they usually fail. Rwanda may be the sole exception.
- Most bans aren't bans at all, but government mandated changes to how the bag is made -- ?changes to the type of plastic or thickness of the bag. Plastic bags are still on the market being used by retailers and consumers, but changed in some way. (Italy, France, Mexico City, China, India).
- The main reason for the failure of bans is that bans are top-down directives that try to force sudden and abrupt change in consumer behaviour by eliminating choice. This, in turn, undermines support for the ban by the local population who work to avoid the ban. In many cases, bans fail because the locals cannot afford the reusable or the alternative does not meet local needs. In these cases, avoidance strategies are employed by residents, even when there is a strong enforcement regime.
- From an environmental perspective, limiting consumer choice on bags not only does not work, but it has a number of unintended negative consequences, or "disbenefits", according a former UK Minister of the Environment, Ben Bradshaw. This is because bag alternatives like paper carry greater and many more negative environmental impacts.
- Bag bans result in higher resource use, more waste, more greenhouse gases, and higher waste costs. A good
example is Taiwan which, in 2006, rescinded a ban on bags in their quick service food sector because it had the unintended consequence of causing a massive increase in the amount of waste generated after the switch to paper.
- Bans to reduce litter have little impact because plastic shopping bags are usually a fraction of the litter and waste streams at less than 1%. Their total elimination will have no impact at all on overall litter, 99% of which will remain.
1 The Grocery Bag Controversy, Silverhill Institute for Environmental Research and Conservation, July 2011 (page 2)
2 http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/plastic-bag-use-cut-more-half-2-years-ahead-schedule-quebec.html3 http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQE/Juillet2012/23/c9948.html


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In Matthias Weischer's Untitled, the artist constructs a claustrophobic room with fraudulent perspective. The airy turquoise space is squashed between the heavy mauve planes of ceiling and floor; only a too-tall standing lamp keeps them prised apart. The precariousness of the scene is repeated throughout: a dwarfed table teeters on matchstick legs under the weight of a classical urn and striped sticks appear to stand on end, placed at deceptive angles to the ground. Matthias Weischer emphasises the 'askance' effect through the patterning of the carpets, tablecloth and wall hanging, each appearing out of turn in their layered spatial order.
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The world we live in is constantly mutating. It's relentless. And thanks to man's accidental invention - global warming – there'll soon be no need to drive to the coast on bank holiday Friday. If Mohammed won't go to the mountain, then the beach will come and replace his back garden instead.
Clearly, sand dunes suddenly appearing in your driveway is not an altogether great idea but if change is inevitable, surely we cannot avoid it (that's the excuse Leslie Ash uses anyway)?
The Dovedale pub in Battersea was as cool as the polar ice caps and appeared immune to such unforeseen forces. But then 'change' finally caught up with it and melted the cool away.
The recent refurbishments have removed the curvaceous centre-piece bar as well as the cozy diner-style booths. Uninspiring lagers are now served where 14th century Trapist wheat ales brewed by badgers once stood. Even the name has been inexplicably displaced by something that would be more suitable on the Maplin Sands in the Thames Estuary. The Gutted would be more appropriate.
In its favour the delightful Ibiza beer garden should keep the smokers coming back after July, if the free wifi isn't a big enough draw.
Whoever decided to kill the Dovedale probably grew up as one of those kids who sabotaged everyone else's perfect sandcastles just so they could build a leaky dam.
Kneel to the floor, stretch arms upwards, ask of the heavens "Whhhhyyyyyy??" Otherwise 6 out of 10...read more
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"Unfortunately, the inept staff just could not get my booking right for 14 people. I booked about 3 weeks in advance, checked the booking IN PERSON 2 days beforehand, a friend checked the booking IN PERSON also a couple of hours before my party were due to arrive. But would you believe it when we did get there (and 15mins early!!) our table had been allocated to another group. So not on therefore I don't recommend and won't be returning."
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Louisa, London (12 years 1 months 17 days ago)
"I thought the Dove dale, now Lighthouse has undergone a fantastic refurb, it is was dull and it ws boring - now it is full of life with quite a serious vibe, at times. The food is much better. Go on the Lighthouse. This pub is wicked and would recommend to all my friends!"
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James, London (13 years 1 months 13 days ago)
"Went there for a Bank Holiday lunchtime beer and had a pleasant hour or so nibbling on cheese and olives and watching all the 'lovely people'.
Deserves better than 6/10."
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"This pub is totally awesome, the refurb has given what was a pretty dreary pub a new lease of life.
The food is gorgeous, the staff delightful, and a steamy garden to enjoy the summer in. Have definitely had many great nights here."
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Mojo, London (13 years 4 months 26 days ago)
"What a great and welcome to change to the Battersea scene. The refurb has given the old dovedale / new lighthouse and fantastic fresh new edge. With importing the fancy canadian chef, the food quality and service have rocketed in the right direction, deliciouse welsh rarebit... Who needs trappist when you have organic cider? I wish this pub was on my doorstep.
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james, London (13 years 5 months 11 days ago)
"Stuningly good place if you like homely venues where you can quietly drink good hot chocolate... (and read a book in a corner of the garden)."
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natalie, [ Unknown ] (15 years 10 months 19 days ago)
"Two friends and I hired the bar for our birthday party with a fancy dress theme of Superheroes and Cartoon Characters. Lucy, the bar manageress was a legend and organised the decoration, Roger the Doorman (manners and a good bloke- these qualities do exist in door staff!), DJ, food (delicious and the chef turned his hand to serving drinks as well) and pretty much everything else. We had about 140 people there and it was a fantastic night- the staff were brilliant and everyone agreed it was a great venue. I would highly reccommend the Dovedale as a party venue or just for a few drinks or for a bite to eat. Shame I live too far away to make it a regular!"
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"Why order cocktails in a pub?? There are plently of descent cocktail bars in Battersea to choose from."
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"I realise I'm in the minority here but I was gutted when Bar Room Bar became yet another beige jazz bar serving extremely expensive belgian beer. It does what it says on the packet, I just don't like it. That said, the bar staff did follow my pedantic instructions on how to make a proper white russian without throwing it at me, so there is hope."
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"I went here for a long lunch. The food was lovely. It's a very chilled place during the day, friendly staff. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the area."
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WNC blanks SLCC 5-0 to reach SWAC finals
SALT LAKE CITY — The Western Nevada College Wildcats moved into the Scenic West Athletic Conference fnals with a 5-0 win over host Salt Lake Friday afternoon at Cate Field.
Christian Stolo and Max Karnos combined for the shutout. The game was delayed by three hours because of thunder.
The game was scoreless through five innings.
WNC's Jake Bennett led off the sixth inning with a single. He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Klein. Stolo followed with a two-run homer, putting the Wildcats on the board, 2-0. Joey Crunkilton kept the momentum going with a single. Alex Fife reached on a fielder's choice, forcing Crunkilton out at second. Spenser Dorsey flied out to bring the top of the inning to a close.
After a scoreless seventh, WNC got on the board in the eighth.
Bennett led off the eighth with a walk, and Connor Klein drew a walk. Stolo sacrificed both runners up a base. Fife was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Spencer Dorsey followed with a two-run single to make it 4-0.
In the final inning, Bennett added to the Wildcats lead with a solo homerun.
Karnos came in to close for the first time in the season for the final inning. He made quick work of the Bruins, facing three batters. He struck out two and gave up no hits. Stolo picked up the win, striking out 10 and allowing three hits.
"Max did a good job of putting up two goose eggs in his first closing appearance," said D.J. Whittemore. "We came out focused after the long delay. Stolo pitched us out of some early jams and gave our offense a chance to get the lead. The offense did a good job extending the lead with Dorsey coming through with a big hit."
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The third time wasn't for the Wildcats.
After staving off elimination with two straight victories on Thursday, WNC's season ended Friday with a 5-4 loss to in-state rival College of Southern Nevada at College of Southern Idaho.
The Coyotes, who used the longball all year against WNC, got a walk-off homer from Tiani Hensley off Carlee Beck in the bottom of the seventh. It was the only run Beck allowed in her 2.2 innings of work.
Katilyn Covione went 3-for-3 at the plate and drove in three of the Wildcats' four runs. She homered in the first inning and had a sarifice fly in the fifth.
The top of the first saw the Western Nevada College Wildcats take an early lead, 2-0. A two-run home run by Covione scored Katelyn Bomar, who walked with one out.
College of Southern Nevada pushed across one run in both the first inning and the seventh. In the first, College of Southern Nevada scored on a fielder's choice, scoring Ariel Frantz.
Megan Mello got the win for College of Southern Nevada. She allowed four runs over seven innings, striking out two and walking three.
College of Southern Nevada was sparked by Hensley and Mikela Manewa, who teamed up for two hits and five RBIs.


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Christine Chubbuck was a television news reporter whose sole claim to fame was her unprecedented 1974 suicide live on air. The video of her suicide was scraped off the face of the Earth and for the next few decades, it has been completely unavailable. Christine Chubbuck has slipped out of knowledge, and the fact that she committed suicide on live TV, has almost become forgotten. Until now, it would seem.
The day was July 15, 1974. Christine Chubbuck, who was only a few weeks shy of being 30, was on the news station WXLT-TV's Channel 40 talk program in Sarasota, Florida, and just reported on a shooting at Beef & Bottle restaurant at the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport. She then said:
In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in 'blood and guts', and in living color, you are going to see another first—attempted suicide.
Afterward, without much hesitation, Christine Chubbuck pulled out a revolver Budd Dwyer style, and committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. Her suicide preceded Budd's by more than a decade.
After she shot herself in the head, the Chanel 40 production team faded the picture to black and displayed a message suggesting technical difficulties.
The footage of her suicide has been seized by the station owner Robert Nelson, who kept it until his death. His widowed wife the handed it over to a law firm. It has not been seen since the day it was broadcast live, and back in 1974, video recording devices for home use were extremely rare. But in February 2017, the video apparently reappeared, and I have the feeling it will never be secret again. The footage below alleges to be it.
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Organ transplants, cancer treatments, and therapies for chronic diseases all require repeated blood tests to monitor levels of drugs and organ function. Frequently drawing blood from a vein becomes increasingly painful, technically difficult, and potentially traumatizing—especially for children. It is also expensive.
In 2016, a record-breaking 33 thousand organ transplants were performed in the United States. An estimated 250,000 recipients of organ transplants performed since 1987 are still living. These individuals will have about 48 tests done in the year following the transplant and about twice a year from then on. These clinic visits total more than 1.3 million each year.
Costs associated with these visits are significant, and not only from a clinical standpoint. Caretakers miss time from work and children accumulate absences at school. A method for collecting blood samples at home could dramatically reduce costs, time, and associated stress. It also could lead to better compliance with drug regimens and reduced rates of rejections of organs. A team of OHSU researchers has developed, tested, and modified a prototype of such a device. The team is preparing for a study on the modified prototype
Amira Al-Uzri, M.D., a pediatric nephrologist in the Doernbecher Children's Hospital, was part of a team that, three years ago, began developing the prototype of a device that could change the landscape of post-transplant blood testing. A number of devices have been introduced to the market, but none have proven to be practical for wide-scale use in children. The goal is a device that is accurate enough to substitute for about 60 percent of clinic visits each year. That's more than 800,000 clinic visits. The prototype has now been tested, modified, and the team is preparing for a study on the modified prototype.
The team included co-investigator Al-Uzri, principal investigator Dennis Koop, Ph.D., professor of physiology and pharmacology at the School of Medicine, and co-investigator Andrew Chitty, program director of University Shared Resources.
The device, called TouchSpot, uses dried blood spot sampling, a technique in which a small amount of blood from the finger or heel is drawn and then dried before analysis. In order to serve as an alternative to venipuncture, a precise amount of blood must be delivered to filter paper. Collecting a precise quantity of blood and preventing damage to the filter paper are primary challenges to developing a dried blood spot sampling device that can stand in for intravenously collected samples.
The TouchSpot prototype was tested with pediatric oncology patients attending the Survivorship clinic at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Al-Uzri's team worked with children and their families to collect dried blood spots to be used in tests of kidney function. Based on the preliminary results of the study, the team is introducing modifications to the TouchSpot design, including improvements to the structure that will make the filter paper easier to dry and to remove from the device for lab analysis. The modifications also will make the device easier for use in children.
The research team's concept for a device that could change the lives of pediatric patients—and their parents—has moved from prototype to a more advanced design. The next step is to evaluate the improved design. Al-Uzri expects to then have the data for a strong grant application to the National Science Foundation.
The Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute's Biomedical Innovation Program funded development of the prototype. Evaluation of the device was funded by a pilot grant program through University Shared Resources and the Office of the Vice President for Research. The Bioanalytical Shared Resource Pharmacokinetics Core analyzed the samples and the revisions to the prototype were made possible by funding from The Friends of Doernbecher. Other members of the OHSU infrastructure are helping move the device from prototype to commercial use. The collaborative OHSU and industry effort has included the Office of Proposals & Award Management, Technology Transfer & Business Development patent team and industry partners Simplexity Product Development and Allegory Venture Partners.


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Mobile TV for Nokia Eseries devices
12 July 2007 by axxxr
ROK TV today announced that it is offering live and on-demand mobile TV streamed over existing 2.5G and 3G and networks as a subscription service aimed specifically at the users of Nokia Eseries devices.
OK Entertainment Group, a leading mobile technology and applications development company and a specialist in the provision of mobile TV, has been appointed by Nokia to provide the service which is available via the Downloads! Service on selected Nokia Eseries devices.
ROK TV is available in the UK now and will subsequently deploy into mainland Europe from August onwards
Commenting on the plans, David King, business development manager, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia said "Nokia Eseries customers tend to be professional people who seek instant information and entertainment, on-demand, so it is a logical and practicle step to offer our customers a business-orientated mobile TV service."
"We're absolutely delighted to be working with Nokia on this exciting deployment of mobile TV" said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman of ROK. "As we know there is a huge and as-yet untapped market for live and instantly-available business and financial news amongst mobile TV customers."
ROK TV is available via the Downloads! Service on such devices as Nokia E61i and Nokia E65, initially, which the owner simply needs to activate to begin watching the services. Two channel packages will be offered - a 5 channel 'Strictly Business' package, to be charged in the UK at £5.00 a month, with a heavy emphasis on business news and information channels such as Bloomberg, CNBC Europe and regional news channels, and a 10 channel 'ROK All' TV package, to be charged at £10.00 a month containing all the live business news channels as well as additional sports news, music videos and comedy channels. As a trial, both TV packages will be free to view for the first 2 weeks.
"We are only targetting this service directly to those Nokia Eseries customers who have a data package in their mobile tariff to ensure subscribers do not pay additional data charges to their network operators." added Kendrick.
ROK TV requires 10mb of GPRS data per hour of streaming and, with mobile TV viewing patterns being for a few minutes at a time, once or twice a day, the typical monthly viewing duration is between two to three hours.
"We know what the consumers want from mobile TV and we will provide it for them," added Kendrick."We are finalising the last of the content agreements now, to include news channels in all the major European languages." www.rok.tv
On 21 Jul 20:36 raj wrote
its good
On 13 Jul 19:35 rafa wrote
NOKIA PHONES ARE CRAB ALL MY nokia PHONES ARE RUBISH EQUAL THAN MY IPHONE
On 13 Jul 15:44 sabin wrote
nokia is the best


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I've written before about ways to leverage the OPEN Savings program that comes with American Express business credit cards. For example, see Maximize points per dollar at Amazon.com and Triple dip shopping at Barnes & Noble. Did you know, though, that MasterCard has a similar program? If you have a MasterCard credit card for business (such as the Ink Bold), then you qualify for this program.
Easy Savings
Details about the MasterCard Easy Savings program can be found here. Just like the American Express OPEN program, with Easy Savings you get cash back automatically when using your credit card at certain merchants.
For frequent travelers, it is notable that you get 1% back at many gas stations (through the Fuelman network), 5% back for car rentals at Budget and Avis, 5% back for Frontier Airlines purchases, 5% back at Wyndham hotels, and 4% back from any hotel in the Easy Savings hotel network. For the latter, I checked my local area and found that the hotel list is quite broad and includes both Hilton and Marriott hotels among many others.
The Easy Savings website has a button for registering for the program. I somehow received cash back from a post office purchase without registering my Ink Bold, but I'd recommend registering just in case.
Double, triple, quadruple dipping
One of the things that I love about this program and the Amex OPEN Savings program is that the savings stack automatically with any other discounts or rebates you can find. For example,
FatWallet offers 1.5% Mr Rebates offers 2% cash back for booking Wingate Hotels by Wyndham through their site. And, the Ink Bold offers 2 points per dollar for hotel expenses. So, you can easily triple dip by using your Ink Bold through the FatWallet Mr Rebates website! You will get 5% cash back from Easy Savings, 2% cash back from Mr Rebates, and 2 points per dollar from your Ink Bold! Quadruple dip opportunities come when you have a special promo code, corporate code, or other discount that you can apply as well.
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Reminder: Until Feb 14th, you can win a Barnes & Noble Nook Color simply by adding a comment to our ever growing story. Visit this page to participate!


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USB Pixie Speaker
Recharged by USB
Built-in rechargeable Lithium Ion battery
Simple, just plug-in, no driver install
On/Off switch with Red LED indicator
Apply to any audio devices with 3.5mm headjack, e.g. PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, PDA, MP3 player, CD player ... etc.
Speaker: 30mm
Dimension: 77mm tall (approx.)
Weight: 40g
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Sat 19 to Sat 26 January 2019
Performance Schedule
Sat 19 at 2.30pm
Sat 19 at 8pm. In aid of Kilmacrennan N.S.
Sun 20 at 5pm
Mon 21 at 8pm. In aid of Milford N.S.
Tues 22 at 8pm. In aid of Ilistrin N.S
Wed 23 at 8pm. In aid of the Community Creche
Thur 24 at 8pm. In aid of Drumoghill F.C
Fri 25 at 8pm. In aid of Bonagee Utd F.C.
Sat 26 at 2.30pm
Sat 26 at 8pm. In aid of Scoil Colmcille, Letterkenny
Tickets: €15, family of four €50, matinees all tickets €10.
Tickets can be purchased at An Grianán Theatre's box office or from committee members of the various organisations hosting individual performances. A €1 booking fee applies to all tickets purchased at our box office.
The adventurous Alice follows a cheeky White Rabbit (with terrible timekeeping) down a rabbit hole and into a place like no other place on Earth where everyone is raving mad …Wonderland. There she finds a world beyond her wildest dreams. With the maddest of Hatters, a bad tempered Queen of hearts and a host of raving mad characters this is one zany but extremely funny pantomime that you'd be mad to miss.


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A fàntǒng is a wooden bucket that cooked rice is served from. Traditionally, good quality ones made by artisans were watertight, but poorer quality ones were not. The word later morphed to describe a good-for-nothing person useful only for eating rice. In a positive sense it can also be employed to mean come and eat, and that's just what local residents Chris Shearman and Autumn Qiu are hoping you'll do at their new restaurant: Fàntǒng.
Up until three months ago, Leichhardt residents generally had to make the trip east or west - to Haymarket or Ashfield - for their closest dumpling fix. Shearman and Qiu decided that it was time for that to change. Building upon their experience at Brewery Espresso in Erskine Street – a popular café that morphed into a hybrid dumpling joint under their stewardship – they've opened in a two-level terrace on Norton Street.
At the moment it's only operating on the ground level, but plans for change are afoot once the weather warms up.
The dumplings are handmade on the premises by Qui, who hails from Beijing. They come in six different varieties (including vegetarian) and can be served up either pan fried or boiled. We opted for Chicken, Black Fungus and Bok Choy ($9.80/8) crisped in a pan. They're lean and gently flavoursome. With wheat being the staple crop of Northern China, rather than rice, you should expect an abundance of wheat-flour products on this menu. Beyond the dumplings you'll also find stuffed buns, noodles and pancakes. The Pork and Egg Bun ($7) is stuffed with a clever blend of juicy pork, fried egg, coriander, chilli and spring onion. The bun itself was a bit more like a flat bread roll than I was expecting, but overall it was a tasty dish that went down well with a large bottle of Tsingtao ($13/640ml) beer.
Stuffed Shallot Pancakes ($7.50) are a bit of a revelation, cut into two sandwich style pieces and filled with tasty beef.
With Peking roast duck being a Beijing speciality, Peking Duck Rolls ($8.80/2) were another must-order. The pancakes are nicely pliable and wafer thin, while the duck inside is crisp skinned and moist against hoisin, coriander and thinly sliced spring onion.
Northern Chinese is generally a bit heavier on meat and lighter on vegetables, so I appreciated the list of inexpensive vegetable sides. Shredded Potato and Carrot Salad ($6.80) with Sichuan oil is a great way to break up all the wheat-based stodge.
The thin slivers of carrot and potato are only mildly spicy - something that sadly followed through to our main of Kung Pao Chicken ($16.80). Expecting a good chilli kick, I dived into this stir-fried bowl of chicken, peanuts, capsicum and Sichuan chilli and pepper, only to find it mild and over-sweet. As this dish was the only disappointment in my first adventure under the traditional hanging lanterns in this simply decorated, wood-dominated space, I'm likely to give Leichhardt's first dumpling joint another whirl.
31 Norton Street, Leichhardt
Ph: (02) 8056 8588


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Child expelled from school for mom's Facebook post
A four year-old has been expelled from school because of his mom's Facebook post.
Preschooler, Will Habat is no longer welcome at his private Christian school, Sonshine Christian Academy in Callahan, Florida. It all started after his mother, Ashley posted a critical comment on her personal Facebook page.
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After feeling that she didn't have sufficient notice before school pictures day, Ashley posted, "Why is it that every single day there is something new I dislike about Will's school? Are my standards really too high or are people working in the education field really just that ignorant."
While she posted it on her private page, she tagged the Sonshine Christian Academy, which allowed the school to see it.
The next morning, both Will and his mother were called into the principal's office -- where they were handed an official letter of dismissal.
It read: "Your relationship with Sonshine did not get off to a very good start the first day of school. You utilized social media to call into question not only the integrity but the intelligence of our staff. These actions are also consistent with sowing discord which is spoken of in the handbook you signed."
It looks like students aren't the only people that can be forced to leave a school after a Facebook rant. Earlier this month, an Australian school chaplain was fired after posting a comment where he said homosexuality was not normal. He claimed "no-one is born gay."


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|S135-E-006361 (9 July 2011) --- One of the four STS-135 crewmembers took this photo from space shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck during the mission's second day of activities in Earth orbit. Earth's horizon and aft sections of the shuttle frame the orbiter boom sensor system (OBSS) on the starboard side of the spacecraft shortly before it was remotely maneuvered into position to start survey of the spacecraft's thermal protection system (TPS). The various sensor packages on the OBSS, which include a high-resolution still camera, a laser range imager and a video camera, later swept over the critical surfaces of the TPS, looking for signs of any damage that might have been caused by ascent debris or anything that might endanger the shuttle's ability to return to Earth safely. Photo credit: NASA
Curator: JSC PAO Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 11/13/2012


text: Another milestone for the Ghana National TB Control Programme (NTP) was achieved yesterday with the official signing and Kick Off of the ORIO Project by the Minister of Health Hon. Alex Segbefia in the presence of The Dutch government and Delft officials. The current TB case detection rate in Ghana is estimated at 33% so in order to support the "Systematic Screening", 52 Digital X-Ray machines will be installed nationwide for the Accelerating TB case finding intervention.


text: Montoyis & Scarfinger talk about the strengths and weaknesses(if any) of Virgos and how they navigate day to day life. The show is @FromThe_Hip, Montoyis is @Montoyisk and Scarfinger is @Scarfinger on Twitter. The voicemail line is (559)825-SHOT! The email address is firstname.lastname@example.com! Thanks for listening and holler at us!


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Physical Therapy Services provide physician-ordered treatment after an accident or injury for back pain, vertigo/balance disorders, carpal tunnel, gait disorders, tendonitis, arthritis, headaches and sciatica. Services include evaluation, health promotion, education and individualized treatment programs.
In addition to the Farragut location, Summit Physical Therapy is also located in North Knoxville, Powell, Downtown Knoxville, Cedar Bluff, Oak Ridge and Greeneville.
Patients are seen on a primary care physician referral basis. For information or to schedule an appointment, call 865-470-2696.


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Kia Officials Hint at New Premium RWD K9 Sedan Based on the Genesis
South Korea's largest automaker, Hyundai Motor Co. is leaving no stone unturned in its quest for world domination. Having already pushed its Hyundai brand into new territories with the Genesis and Equus premium sedans as well as the sporty, rear-wheel drive Genesis Coupe, the Koreans now appear to be focusing on the company's second brand, Kia.We first heard rumors about a range topping Kia sedan referred to by most as the K9 in late 2009, but now, the word is coming from two company officials.
"We have an interest in all new models under development. A rear-wheel-drive premium sedan could be seen as a logical step from the Optima to the next level of Kia development," Kia Motors Australia COO Tony Barlow told Drive, an Australian car site. "It is far too early at this stage to be any more precise about the car but we will definitely maintain a watching brief," he added.


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Some six million Texans are one health emergency away from financial ruin, and the state of affairs in Dallas County isn't any better. Nearly 30 percent of its residents are uninsured.
That's 672,681 of our neighbors whom the health insurance markets have excluded, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau numbers.
That number could be cut drastically with the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, derisively known as Obamacare to its opponents, according to a recent report from a couple of demographers out of Rice University. In fact, in Texas the ranks of uninsured would be halved by 2014, even while allowing for undocumented immigrants, who aren't eligible, and for moderate enrollment. In Dallas County, the uninsured would shrink from 28 percent to 14 percent. That means more than 300,000 previously uninsured neighbors of ours could get health insurance. But Governor Rick Perry says that won't happen on his watch.
"Neither a 'state' exchange nor the expansion of Medicaid under this program would result in better 'patient protection' or in more 'affordable care,'" he wrote in a statement. "They would only make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care."
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This comes from the governor of a state with the highest percentage of uninsured people, and the decision has been left to him. One of the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion on ACA is that it leaves the expansion of Medicaid for adults to the state's discretion. Since Perry has decided to opt out, you might as well cut the potential gains in Texas and in Dallas County by half, the researchers say, excluding the poor adults who are among those who need coverage the most. Meanwhile, higher income families would continue to have their private insurance subsidized.
"...the number and the socio-economic profile of the Texans who will gain coverage could vary dramatically depending on the decision made by Texas elected officials on Medicaid expansion," they write.
Either way, we pay for the uninsured. We pay when they show up in the emergency room with an untreated and out-of-control ailment. We pay when the hospital writes off what they can as bad debt. And we pay when our insurance rates go up because the hospital needs the extra revenue from the insurer or from the county in the form of local taxes. So the cycle continues, pushing health insurance further and further from the grasp of those who could not afford it to begin with.
Without the Medicaid expansion, the entire purpose of the ACA is defeated. Which, let's face it, must make Perry very, very happy.


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James Franco :: On Oscars, Mapplethorpe & those pesky gay rumors
A checked-out, distant, but not aloof demeanor: it's what people mean when they say dreamy, but when James Franco enters the room -- or anything, for that matter -- it's with this detached, dreamy sexiness that hangs in the room like cheap cologne.
As he makes his way down the left aisle of the brand-spanking-new basement screening room at that boutique hotel old reliable 60 Thompson, the first thing one notices are the shoes: dirty white sneakers that could have survived Franco's trapped in a cave ordeal chronicled in -- and lasting for -- 127 Hours.
James Franco's footwear was certainly not pulled by Rachel Zoe, or any other stylist, for that matter. They are not the shoes of a movie star, let alone one of this season's best actor Oscar nominees, not to mention the evening's co-master of ceremonies.
Miles to go
They are about nothing if not mileage, and Franco, between lazy cat-like stretches from a high director's chair in the front of the room, gives the impression of a 32-year-old performance artist with miles to go -- however manically -- before he sleeps. And if this matinee idol has clay feet, the rest of him is solid gold shining in the sun.
Before he even answers the first question on a panel, which includes his 127 Hours director Danny Boyle, writer Simon Beaufoy, producer Christian Colson and the man himself, real life caver and author of 127 Hours source material Aron Ralston, Franco demonstrates that his reserves are encyclopedic.
"By the way," Franco tells a beloved junketeer from Boston nicknamed "Clickety-Clacks" because of his penchant for inputing the proceedings directly into his laptop as they are happening, "you were great in Joaquin's documentary."
But before the actor can even get around to answering Clickety-Clack's question about last fall's one-man survey of Franco's highly conceptual, mixed-media fine art at a way off the beaten path gallery in the clock tower of a city-owner building in Lower Manhattan, he pauses for a brief tango with the inquisitor.
Memories of his fever-dream retrospective entitled The Dangerous Book Four Boys include bags passing through an x-ray machine in the lobby to a piece chronicling a love affair between Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Spock.
That gallery floor is, of course, also the scene of last summer's New York Magazine profile of Franco wherein the writer develops a painful crush and uses it to extrapolate the case for James Franco being one of us ("gobble-gobble").
The exhibits for Franco's alleged burgeoning homosexuality are mostly explicated through the work: high profile turns as the titular, young gigolo in Sonny, Harvey's lover in Milk, his career-making, Golden Globe-winning turn in the James Dean television bio-pic.
Then there's last year's portrayal as Allen Ginsberg in Howl as well as his just-wrapped turn as Hart Crane and a rumored, upcoming turn as Robert Mapplethorpe, not to mention his any number of student films -- the UCLA dropout is now an obsessive grad student pursuing multiple degrees at multiple universities simultaneously -- wherein homosexuality figures prominently.
Let's not even get into his Terry Richardson-lensed Candy magazine cover wherein the young actor appears hair slicked back and a face full of blue eye-shadowed makeup that evokes Warhol's garish silk screens of Elizabeth Taylor. "He's got real range, hasn't he? his Academy Award-winning director Boyle asks rhetorically, but it seems to motor well beyond actorly versatility and drill down on a certain topic on which Franco clearly has a lot to say.
Playing Mapplethorpe?
It is a world away -- an almost tectonic career shift -- from the young man who almost choked on his coffee when I asked him back in 2006 if his WWI fighter pilot opus Flyboys was really just a gay love story in Mission Accomplished-drag.
"it seems like that kind of element can be read into any male/male relationship," he finally replied when confronted with whether or not his character and the squadron leader were kicking' it Top Gun style, before rhetorically asking, "are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid homoerotic?"
Well, okay, no. But Milk's beau Scott Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Hart Crane and Robert Mapplethorpe certainly were. A more recent defense of his gay fantasias in Entertainment Weekly is a bit more laid back, but essentially his Butch and Sundance argument redux: "There are lots of other reasons to be interested in gay characters than wanting myself to go out and have sex with guys."
But today, Franco lets his past homo-accolades slide, while addressing the Mapplethorpe rumor directly, packaging it up with more recent gossip that has him cast in Ridley Scott's Alien prequel. "That's weird news, huh?" he asks, "I just heard about it on the internet like yesterday."
Franco, an expert multi-tasker, takes a beat and adds, "Maybe I'll do Mapplethorpe in the Alien movie." It gets a laugh, but then again, so does his saying hello to this rapt audience. The comment suggests that if Franco is our brother, he's one from another planet.
On 127 Hours
Perhaps the peripatetic work ethic is to be admired? Franco describes the 127 Hours script as "like Beckett on speed," but he could just was well be describing himself. When the subject turns to Oscar, that show's longtime, behind-the-scenes scribe Bruce Vilanch remembers Johnny Carson's gag about the "national holiday in Los Angeles." Carson, who hosted the Oscars five times beginning in 1979, was also considered a controversial choice.
Vilanch remembers Carsons' inaugural opening, "Welcome to two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show" as a half hour spread out of three hours, but on this year's new co-hosts, Franco and Ann Hathway, Vilanch is crystal clear. "The new hosts are movie stars, " he says, "they don't have to come out and kill."
Perhaps, or maybe they just won't be licensed. Franco has already gone public about the Academy nixing his hysterical, tone-deaf rendition of Cher's "You Haven't Seen The Last of Me" from the year's biggest snub: Burlesque.
"You know what?" Franco asked in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, "if it's the worst Oscars show ever, who cares? It's fine, it's like one night. So, it doesn't matter. If I host the worst Oscars show in the history of the Oscars, why do I care? I'll try my best, but I don't see any shame."
This new, shame-free Franco, with all its train wreck possibility, is also unleashing some of the actor's finest work. Take his double-duty, Best Actor nod at this year's Academy Awards. It could be the actor's just tapping into better source material. He recounts first meeting Ralston at the Four Season's in Los Angeles where Ralston tromped in with "this ratty VHS tape that had the original videos on it. We all sat there and watched it."
A man facing death
Those videos, shot while Ralston's arm was pinned by a boulder at the bottom of an isolated ravine in Utah for the titular time-frame 127 hours, form the basis for Ralston's book about the ordeal entitled Between a Rock and Hard Place. Ralston has never made the videos public, but they are recreated in the film. Franco elucidates their power thusly, "Here's a guy that thinks he's gonna die, and in some ways, he's accepted it."
"Every other iteration of the story that you hear from now on," Franco continues, "you know that Aron made it out. And Aron can tell the story and we can tell the story, but you know, kind of, what happens. On the video, it's Aron in the middle of the situation, not knowing that he's gonna get out." And so while Franco may not be licensed to kill, he is perhaps unafraid to die?
The actor stops short of that type of extrapolation. When asked if he has his own, personal 127 Hours-like ordeal, he just shakes his head. Finally, he says, "I've been lost. I got lost in Paris. I had to find a taxi and there aren't taxis at a certain hour, and it was really hard."
When pressed for his take-away from the film, he says simply, "If I hike, I'll be sure to tell people where I go." When the laughter subsides, he continues, "It's given me an appreciation for my life, for the people in my life, certainly."
"I always saw this," he continues, "and we had a discussion in that first meeting. Aron asked me why I wanted to play this role, and I still believe this, I love the way that it strips down this character and this person. Everything that is familiar in our day to day lives with other people, that we can get food from a restaurant or a store--just emotional dependence--everything that is familiar to us.
"And also," he adds, "just the daily activities that keep us from looking at ourselves, you know, in a very intimate way, all of that is taken away and it's a man alone. And it's a man facing death. And so, I imagined that what we had was a real way to just study what it is to be human, what's important in our lives, what we hold onto from our outside life. And then, what pulls us out, and what really gives us strength."
His own book
Franco again stops short of comparing his own book -- yes, the actor is also a published author with last year's collection of short stories which takes its title from the place he's from: Palo Alto -- to Ralston's own book.
In a surprised, but favorable review of Palo Alto, Joshua Mohr writes in the New York Times, "Many of the stories end in nihilistic violence and gratuitous gore, which, let's admit, can be entertaining. Oscillating angst is acted out in car accidents, fistfights, petty felonies and empty threats lobbed at drug dealers."
"My book is very different than Aron's," Franco says. "His is based on Aron's experience, and then, I guess research that he did about the area and everything else. And it's non-fiction. It's, in a lotta ways, a very different animal and it had different intentions than I have with my books." He pulls his beat-up motorcycle forward and you can hear the leather creaking in the silence that follows.
"But I do think there's some similarities," Ralston pipes up. "Something between us, perhaps from a personality standpoint, did lend something beyond just an actor portraying a person. We haven't talked about this, but there are some similarities between us. I think both our tendencies for ambitious, multi-faceted endeavors, projects and experience is very stimulating. I mean, just kind of being overextended."
He takes a pause, and then continues, "Or, well, for me it was being overextended. James seems to have some sense--some resources internally -- that... I'm impressed. Like all these master's programs that he was studying for, and even reading scripts on the set and doing this work that I was like, 'Wow, so you like to be busy, huh?'"
"And he's like, 'Yeah, I like to be busy,'" Ralston continues. "And I was like, 'Me too!' So there's some connection, I think, in a sense of personality. Maybe it gave James a little bit more access to me to put on the screen so that when my family and my friends see this film, as they have, every single one of them sees something at some point in the film where they're like, 'That's so you, Aron.'"
"Yeah," Franco agrees, "I would say that we thought we could serve the story best with like an inside-out approach. And I always had faith, you know, as an actor, that if you do a lot of work beforehand, and then proceed in a certain way so that you're generating the performance from inside out, that actually, you will hit the right beats on the outside."


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Rome and Assisi with Fr. Roderick in September 2017
SQPN organized its first community pilgrimage to Rome and to Assisi in September 2017. In celebration of the 1,000th episode of The Break, Fr. Roderick led a pilgrimage to some of his favorite spots in Rome and Assisi, including St. Peter's Square, where twice you heard him hear the news of a new pope's election, and other sites in the Eternal City from his podcasts and videos.
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This was truly an exceptional opportunity to get a personal tour of Rome and Assisi like no other. The trip included 8 nights hotel, ground transportation, many of the meals, and more. Our pilgrimage leader was Mountain Butorac, a longtime friend of Fr. Roderick and SQPN, who now lives in Rome with his family and has been leading pilgrimages for many years.
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Laetitia Mespouille obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Mons-Hainaut in 2007, under the guidance of Professor Philippe Dubois. Her thesis work was focused on the controlled synthesis and characterization of adaptative amphiphilic polymer conetworks combining controlled polymerization techniques (ROP and ATRP) as well as Click coupling processes as the Huisgen-1,3-cycloaddition. During her PhD, she performed a first 6 months stay at IBM Almaden Research Center in California where she worked under the supervision of James L. Hedrick and Craig J. Hawker on the preparation of PEO networks by Click chemistry. She performed then a second stay at Stanford University where she worked on the synthesis and mechanical characterization of the amphiphilic polymer conetworks under the guidance of Curtis W. Franck. In 2008, she undertook a post-doctoral stay at IBM research Center supported by the Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA). She worked in collaboration with J. Hedrick on the preparation of functional cyclic carbonates and their controlled ring-opening polymerization by the mean of metal-free catalysts. End of 2008 she was appointed junior lecturer at the University of Mons (UMONS), a permanent position in the laboratory of Prof. Philippe Dubois. She was then appointed senior lecturer in 2013. Since then, she is supervising research activities in the thematic of Controlled Synthesis and Biomedical applications. She is managing a group of c.a. 5-8 researchers (Master thesis, PhDs and post-docs)
Her research activities are focused on the synthesis/preparation of polymer materials for biomedical applications as drug delivery, gene therapy and tissue engineering, by taking advantage of macromolecular engineering synthetic toolbox and Click chemistry reactions as well as self-assembling properties. Recent research focus points are devoted to macromolecular design for tailored biomedical vectors in targeted drug delivery, polymer coating of biocompatible metal surface, smart coating for cell culture, photosensitive nanogels and injectable doubly-crosslinked hydrogels. More recently, she started a new research field focused on biomaterials for tissue reconstruction. She is particularly skilled in the ROP of functional cyclic carbonates, ATRP and RAFT polymerization of methacrylates and acrylamide and click coupling process.


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Millennial parents haven't had it easy, as they're raising children as the cost of living continues to surge and wages stay stagnant. In order make ends meet, they're getting much-needed financial aid from their parents, who tend to be Baby Boomers.
This phenomenon was confirmed by the TD Ameritrade Millennial Parents Survey released this year. That survey found "on average, each millennial parent with a living parent receives approximately $11,011 per year in combined financial support and unpaid labor from their parents, including those who receive zero support."
The survey pointed out something that many of us already suspect: Grandparents are eager to offer financial support and childcare when millennials have children. This help is sorely needed as raising a child in today's world easily exceeds a quarter million dollars.
Rich dad, poor son
This should come as no surprise to anyone because Baby Boomers typically have a much higher net worth than their children. Of course, some of this has to do with age, and people tend to grow their nest eggs as they get older.
On the other hand, Baby Boomers didn't come of age with oppressive student-debt loads, definitely encountered a better job market and had access to cheaper housing and more affordable healthcare and childcare. Boomers had it easier in many ways, and their financial success is now trickling down to their children.
Mommy and daddy's money is helping big time
TD Ameritrade estimates that more than $250 billion are exchanging hands between these two generations so millennials are able to raise children "without risking their own financial future."
Interestingly, the survey highlighted that most millennials are "not too proud to accept help from their own parents." Over time, this intergenerational transfer of wealth could translate into significant financial gains for millennials, as they're "more likely to stay on-track with their long-term financial goals like retirement and college savings."
Unearthing the millennial reality
This survey, which polled a 1,000 U.S. millennial parents, also confirmed many of other realities that younger generations face in today's difficult economic environment. For instance, nearly half of millennials admitted to delaying "parenthood until they were financially secure." Millennial parents also fessed up that if money weren't an issue, they would have additional children (in many cases a third child).
These findings wouldn't shock anyone who's been following our declining birthrate in the United States. As having large families becomes a luxury that's limited to the affluent, people are having smaller families, or even having no children at all.
Simply, it's become too hard for millennials to have as many children as they want. Unless the government makes meaningful contributions in the way of subsidies to would-be parents, birth rates likely will continue to decline.
The cumulative effect of declining birth rates is economically devastating in the long run, as declining demographics lead to less economic growth, and a skewed ratio of workers to retirees.
Luckily, Baby Boomer's financial contributions are lessening the strain on millennial parents, and helping our nation avoid a demographic downward spiral.
Takeaway: This is the new normal
Baby Boomers subsidizing everyone else is the new normal. Because millennials have had it so difficult and many boomers have more cash on hand, it's only natural for them to fork over dough to their own offspring.
Baby Boomers giving their kids help while they're still alive is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, as Boomers die and pass on their wealth to their children and other family, it will go down as the largest wealth transfer in history. Estimates of the coming intergenerational transfer of wealth exceed $30 trillion dollars. Consider the U.S. GDP (the largest economy in the world) is $18 trillion.
In today's world, your parents' socioeconomic position largely determines your ultimate financial fate. This is a radical departure from notions of a meritocratic America where class mobility is freely accessible to those who work hard. Look for some serious policy debates in coming years as a larger percentage of wealth becomes inherited from previous generations, especially Baby Boomers.
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Lot Of (8) Troll Dolls
4 pairs of vintage russ and treasure troll brand troll dolls from 1970s-90s. Each set of 2 features a boy and a girl, sizes are 12" tall, 8" tall, 4. 5" tall and 3" tall....more
Vintage Shirley Temple Doll
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Vintage Mini Alexander-kins
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Vintage 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids
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2000 Elizabeth Taylor Special Edition White Diamonds Doll
2000 special edition barbie like doll of elizabeth taylor, a commemorative dedication to her youthful beauty, elegance, romance, sophistication, and tireless commitment t...more
American Girl "girls Of Many Lands Turkey"
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Michael Jackson Superstar Of The 80s Doll
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American Girl "girls Of Many Lands England"
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Early Vintage 10" Highly Decorated Cloth/felt Lenci Style Argentina Doll
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Vintage Rare Tagged Lala Made In Portugal Plastic Doll With Basket Of Chickens Atop Head!
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A Rare & Miniature 5" Vintage Hand Made Celluloid Jamaican Doll
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Very Rare & Cuddly Cute! 1990 Galoob Doll #9 Inlcudes Pjs, Outfit, Blanket & Comb!
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Amazing Vintage 10" Spanish Dancing & Matador Cloth Doll Pair By Roldan Klumpe
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Drokk..! The Law Goes Urban…!
Via Twitter, comic book artist Jock (The Losers, Green Arrow: Year One) posted up the first image of actor Karl Urban (The Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Star Trek) as Judge Dredd:
Now, this is just a costume test, so there will doubtless be plenty of refinements, but as a glimpse of the visual direction they're pursuing, there's lots to be encouraged (and relieved) by in this shot. Clearly, they're being loyal to the general Dredd look, while infusing a bit of realism in there, judging by the dual body armour plates that are strapped to Dredd's chest. Notably, Dredd's oversized, yellow/gold left shoulder pad has been considerably scaled down and the right-hand eagle-shaped one is not there (which is not to say it won't be…). However, The Lawgiver is pretty much dead on – imposingly bulky, as it should be – as are the knuckleduster-studded gloves and the helmet (which may be a teensy bit big…).
Speaking of the helmet: the one thing we do know is that Urban will not be removing Dredd's throughout the film – a major complaint of the much-maligned Sly Stallone version from fifteen years go – so the other pleasing element of this shot is that Urban's jawline and mouth certainly fit the bill…! I'm looking forward to Urban growling "I AM THE LAW" before ruthlessly blowing some perp away with a little "Hi-Ex"…