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Why This Recipe Works
- Short-grain Asian rice (such as sushi rice) produces rice balls with tender rice grains that hold their shape, retain a pleasantly chewy texture, and don't become mushy, even after deep-frying.
- A bechamel sauce made with both chicken stock and milk guarantees rice balls that are molten, not dry, inside.
- Gelatin-rich chicken stock helps the rice filling set when chilled, but melts again when heated.
- A quick dip in a flour-and-water slurry before rolling in bread crumbs creates a crust that's shatteringly crisp.
- A pressure cooker option can cut the rice cooking time in half.
Food writers spend a lot of time waxing poetic about magical childhood food memories, and attempts at recreating—but never quite capturing—that original ideal experience. But sometimes the opposite happens. Sometimes we eat bad versions of dishes in our childhood and we somehow end up accepting it, as if the bad version is all that dish can ever hope to be. I had that problem with arancini, the deep-fried Sicilian rice balls.
I grew up in an Italian-American neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 1980s, and I remember eating arancini there as a kid. They were huge, the size of softballs, and dry and bland to the core. Ragù, mushy peas, and bits of cheese studded throughout couldn't save them. I remember eating them, hoping that the next bite would break through and reveal the good part, like an oil prospector drilling into a parched landscape, just waiting for liquid black to come surging up from below. It was an exercise in perpetual disappointment, but it's also all I ever knew.
When I started testing this recipe, I had moments of self-doubt. A rice ball would come out starchy and dry, and for a moment, I'd think, Maybe this is right, maybe this is exactly what it's supposed to be. I finally snapped myself out of the haze by reaching out on Twitter, seeking outside voices to set me straight. It worked! The chorus of responses made clear the obvious: Arancini should have a thin, crackling-crisp coating, like a potato chip, just barely containing the flow of rice suspended in a rich, creamy sauce. And in the very middle, a pocket of juicy melted cheese that stretches from our hands to our mouths in thin gauzy strands.
The hive mind spoke, and I responded. This is the result.
First Run: the Rice and the Riches
Which rice to use for arancini at first seems obvious: it's an Italian rice ball, so the rice should be some kind of risotto rice like arborio, carnaroli, or vialone nano. But I did some poking around on Italian recipe sites, and stumbled across mentions of another type of rice for arancini: riso originario. I didn't know what it was, but after some research it started to look like orginario was an even shorter grain rice than the traditional risotto rice varieties, with some sources describing it as being similar to short-grain Japanese sushi rice.
Intrigued, I picked up a bag of sushi rice to try alongside risotto rice.
During my initial run of tests, I also wanted to settle on a basic approach for the recipe. Most that I saw online have you make something like a dry risotto, then cool it down, roll it into balls, bread them and then deep fry them. This is, more or less, how the ones of my childhood were likely made, and the results aren't good. If any of you have ever had leftover risotto and tried to reheat it later, you'll immediately understand why. Risotto thickens as it cools, and it doesn't flow again if you just warm it up. You have to add more liquid to loosen it during reheating.
The problem with arancini is that, once cooled and formed into balls, there's no opportunity to rehydrate the rice inside before cooking. So the question becomes: How can we guarantee a flowing, saucy center when we deep fry the rice balls? I did some more digging and found some recipes that call for mixing eggs into the cooled risotto. I figured I'd try it, but I wasn't convinced that would solve the problem, so I came up with another idea inspired by croquettes, a related deep-fried snack that uses bechamel sauce. The beauty of bechamel is that it thickens when cold, but then, when subjected to the heat of deep frying, it becomes molten again.
The above photo shows four side-by-side tests, comparing risotto rice and sushi rice, and also egg versus bechamel sauce. I found that sushi rice produced the best results; the grains retained their shape and a pleasantly chewy texture, whereas the risotto rice blew out and became slightly mushy. The differences weren't drastic enough to say that you should never use risotto rice, but if you have the choice, reach for that Japanese short-grain rice if you can.
The samples with the egg, meanwhile, had a good, rich flavor, but the high heat of deep frying overcooked it, resulting in dry sections of firm egg—not what I was looking for. The bechamel, on the other hand, produced exactly the results I wanted: grains of rice suspended in a rich, creamy sauce.
In another test run, I tried going for gold by combining the bechamel with egg, and that was the best of all, creating a sauce that was incredibly rich, but without the hard-cooked bits of egg like before.
Improving the Flavor
Once I'd settled on the sushi rice and bechamel-and-egg sauce, I started working on a more precise recipe for the filling itself. I settled on a Milanese-style risotto, which is made with saffron. It's a pretty common flavor for arancini, plus it gives them a golden hue, an appropriate quality given that the name means "little oranges" in Italian.
I also decided to tweak the bechamel portion of the recipe, since I wanted more than just the mild flavor of milk. Instead, I pushed the bechamel in the direction of a velouté by cutting back on the milk and adding some rich chicken stock in its place. Plus, by using a gelatin-rich chicken stock (or by adding unflavored gelatin to store-bought stock), the bechamel would thicken even more once chilled, which would aid in the formation of the balls.
To make the rice, I start with a classic risotto method, sweating onion in oil, then adding the rice and toasting it. Then I add white wine followed by chicken stock and saffron. I used a pressure cooker during my testing, which cuts the risotto cooking time drastically and produces great results, but you can also use the more traditional method of adding the broth in ladlefuls and stirring frequently. You want the rice to get tighter and drier than if you were going to serve it as a risotto, since too much water will make it very hard to form into balls.
While the risotto is cooking, I prepare the bechamel sauce, then stir them together. I pour the whole thing onto parchment-lined baking sheets and transfer it to the refrigerator to chill completely, which sets it enough to form into balls.
A Question of Construction
I walked a fine line with my recipe here: too wet and you won't be able to make rice balls, but any drier than it needs to be and the arancini won't be as moist as they could be—and we want moist! I pushed my rice filling about as far as I could, while still making it possible to form into balls. You may be tempted to dip your hands in water to keep the filling from sticking to them as you work, but I don't recommend it since the extra water will thin the filling and make it less able to hold its shape.
To form the balls, I scoop up a small handful of the rice filling and pat it into a flat disk in my palm, then set some diced mozzarella in the center and fold the rice filling around it to form a sphere with the cheese in the center—mine were just a little smaller than the size of a handball. At first you may not get perfect spheres, but that's okay because you'll be able to fix them later.
One other question I had was whether I could simplify the ball-forming process by just folding diced mozzarella into the rice filling, instead of planting it perfectly in the center of each one.
This didn't work: with the cheese too close to the surface, it ruptured and burnt, so you really do need to put the cheese in the center of each one.
In the end, I found that while the balls are at first hard to form into perfect spheres, once you get the breading on them and let them sit as you form the remaining balls, they become much easier to handle. Right before dropping them in the hot oil, all you need to do is pat each one in your hands just a little more and it will turn into a perfect ball.
Crumb Luck
With my rice balls formed, the next step was to figure out the breading. I did a few tests: homemade breadcrumbs made from a rustic loaf, regular panko breadcrumbs, and panko that's been more finely ground in a food processor.
The homemade crumbs produced the best result, creating a thin, incredibly crisp crust. The ground panko came in a close second, and definitely scores some convenience points. The larger panko crumbs, on the other hand, create a thicker exterior with a craggy texture that I found less appealing here; the goal is little oranges, not little fuzzy tennis balls.
A breaded crust, though, is about more than just the bread crumbs themselves—it's also about the dredging layers underneath the crumbs that help the breading adhere. I tried it out a couple ways: First, I did a very traditional flour and egg-wash dredging, in which I first dusted the rice balls in flour, then dipped them in egg, and finally rolled them in the bread crumbs.
I also tried dipping the balls in a flour-and-water slurry followed immediately by the bread crumbs, which is a method I saw in some Italian recipes online. Both methods worked well, but I ever so slightly preferred the extra-crisp crust on the flour slurry ones, and since it's simpler to do than the 3-step flour-egg-breading method, it's the one I'm recommending here.
Because the rice balls are pretty damp and sticky, I also wanted to see what would happen if I skipped the slurry altogether and just rolled them directly in the breadcrumbs, but as you can see in the photo above, it resulted in rice balls with a less crisp crust that didn't brown as deeply, even after lengthy frying.
Some Gratuitous Photos
Let's take one last look.
Fried crisp, but not greasy!
So juicy...you don't even need marinara sauce with these.
Strands of cheese, just the way it should be (and in case you're wondering, this photo is blurry because those cheese strands are running straight into my mouth, which made taking a photo really hard!)
These arancini hit all the marks: a shattering crisp crust outside and a creamy, gooey rice filling inside. Once I arrived at these, all those childhood memories of massive, throat-clogging balls of dry rice were replaced with this new, improved vision of what arancini are supposed to be.
October 2014
Recipe Details
Rich and Creamy Saffron Arancini With Mozzarella Recipe
A crispy crust, tender, creamy rice, and a core of molten mozzarella.
1 (1-pound) loaf crusty Italian bread, crusts removed and bread cut into 1-inch cubes, or 2 cups panko bread crumbs, finely ground in a food processor
3 3/4 cups homemade chicken stock or store-bought low-sodium chicken broth, divided (see notes)
2 packets (1/2 ounce) unflavored gelatin (only if using store-bought chicken broth or homemade broth that remains watery when chilled; see notes)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced (about 1 cup)
2 cups short-grain Asian rice (see notes)
1 cup dry white wine
2 pinches saffron, divided
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
1/4 cup milk
2 large eggs, beaten
1 pound low-moisture mozzarella, diced
Vegetable, canola, or other neutral oil, for frying
Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C). Place bread cubes on a rack set in a rimmed baking sheet and bake in oven until completely dried out, about 30 minutes.
If using store-bought chicken broth or homemade broth that remains watery when chilled, place stock in a large liquid measuring cup and sprinkle gelatin over the top. Set aside.
If Making Rice in a Pressure Cooker: Heat oil in pressure cooker over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and translucent, about 4 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, until rice is evenly coated in oil and toasted but not browned, 3-4 minutes (rice grains should start to look like tiny ice cubes—translucent around the edges and cloudy in the center). Add wine and cook, stirring, until raw alcohol smell has cooked off and wine is almost fully evaporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in 3 cups broth and 1 pinch saffron, scrape any grains of rice or pieces of onion from side of pressure cooker so that they are fully submerged; season with salt. Close pressure cooker and bring up to low pressure (10 psi on most units). Cook at low pressure for 6 minutes, then depressurize cooker either by running it under cold water if it is not electric, or using the steam-release valve if it is electric. Return to heat and stir rice until it forms the texture of a thick porridge. Season with salt and pepper.
If Making Rice on Stovetop: Heat oil in large saucier pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened and translucent, about 4 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, until rice is evenly coated in oil and toasted but not browned, 3-4 minutes (rice grains should start to look like tiny ice cubes—translucent around the edges and cloudy in the center). Add wine and cook, stirring, until raw alcohol smell has cooked off and wine is almost fully evaporated, about 2 minutes. Stir in 2 cups stock and 1 pinch saffron, scrape any grains of rice or pieces of onion from side of pressure cooker so that they are fully submerged; season with salt. When liquid has mostly evaporated, stir in 1 more cup stock and cook, stirring frequently, until liquid has mostly evaporated. Stir in water 1/4 cup at a time until rice is just tender and has formed the texture of a thick porridge. Season with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, in a small saucier or saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat until foaming. Stir in 2 tablespoons flour to form a paste, lower heat to medium, and cook, stirring constantly, until raw-flour smell is gone but flour has not browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in milk and remaining 3/4 cup stock until smooth, and add remaining 1 pinch saffron. Bring to a simmer, and continue to cook, stirring, until bechamel sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool slightly, then whisk in eggs.
Scrape rice into large mixing bowl along with bechamel sauce and stir until thoroughly incorporated. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment and scrape rice filling onto each one, spreading it in a thin, even layer. Refrigerate rice filling until thoroughly chilled and thickened, at least 1 hour.
Meanwhile, if making homemade bread crumbs, transfer dried bread cubes to a food processor and process until finely ground. Transfer homemade breadcrumbs or ground panko to a plate.
In a shallow bowl, whisk remaining 1/4 cup flour with 1/4 cup water to form a smooth paste, then whisk in an additional 1/4 cup water to form a slurry.
Transfer chilled rice filling to a large mixing bowl and re-line rimmed sheets with fresh parchment paper. Scoop a small handful (about 1/4 cup) of rice filling in one hand (avoid wetting hands with water even though filling is sticky) and form it into a flat disk. Place a few small pieces of mozzarella in center of disk and fold rice filling around it to form a sphere with the cheese in the center. It may be difficult to form a perfect sphere at this point, but that's okay.
Roll rice ball in flour slurry, then transfer to breadcrumbs and roll to coat. The rice ball may feel a little soft at this point, but you should be able to coat it in the crumbs and just manage to maintain a roughly spherical shape. Transfer to parchment and repeat with remaining rice filling, cheese, and coatings.
Fill a saucepan at least 4 inches deep with vegetable oil and heat to 375°F (190°C). Pick up one breaded rice ball and re-form it into a sphere (it should now more easily take that shape). Gently set it on a slotted spoon and lower it into the oil. Repeat with remaining rice balls, working in batches and topping up oil as needed. Fry rice balls until golden brown, then, using a slotted spoon or spider, lift them one by one from the oil, allowing excess oil to drip off, then transfer to paper towel-lined baking sheets or plates. Let cool slightly, then serve. Rice balls can be allowed to cool, then stored in the refrigerator. Reheat in a 350°F (180°C) oven.
Special Equipment
pressure cooker, Dutch oven, or large saucier pan; slotted spoon; instant-read thermometer; rimmed baking sheets
If your homemade chicken stock remains watery even when chilled, or if you are using store-bought chicken broth, be sure to add the unflavored gelatin for best results; if your homemade stock is gelatin-rich and solidifies when chilled, you do not need to add additional gelatin.
Short-grain Asian rice, such as sushi rice, produced the best results in our tests; however, you can use risotto rice such as arborio or carnaroli and still get good results.
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|Nutrition Facts (per serving)
|Nutrition Facts
|Servings: 12 to 15
|Amount per serving
|% Daily Value*
|Total Fat 14g
|Saturated Fat 3g
|Cholesterol 34mg
|Sodium 220mg
|Total Carbohydrate 19g
|Dietary Fiber 1g
|Total Sugars 3g
|Protein 7g
|Vitamin C 0mg
|Calcium 80mg
|Iron 1mg
|Potassium 155mg
|*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.


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Microsoft is announcing a new Azure and cloud-focused partnership with one of India's biggest companies, Reliance Jio. Microsoft's partnership with Jio is one of the latest additions to the list of large companies joining Azure.
The 10-year-long partnership between Microsoft and Jio will see Jio moving all of its non-networking applications and services to the Microsoft cloud. It will also be moving its internal and workforce to Microsoft 365.
Microsoft wants to reach all the small businesses in India and make its cloud offerings more accessible via Jio as part of the partnership. Microsoft says the company will offer a comprehensive technology solution for small to medium-sized businesses in India, ranging from connectivity to compute and storage offerings. The cloud services will be offered to these businesses for as little as $21 (Rs 1,500), reports TechCrunch.
Jio will also be building new custom solutions on Microsoft Azure for larger enterprises in the country. The company will also be leveraging Microsoft's speech and language cognitive services for its device ecosystem, providing support for 13 different Indian languages.
The partnership is another big win for Redmond, providing the cloud for one of India's biggest companies is a big deal, and it's only one of the few large partnerships Microsoft has struck in the last year or so.

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Earn money from home without any investment.
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A liver transplant is a surgical procedure consisting of irreversibly replacing a diseased liver with a healthy liver. A liver transplant is a long and complex operation that takes place in several distinct stages: removal of the diseased liver, removal of the liver from the donor and then grafting it to the recipient, and finally ensuring that it functions normally.
Liver transplantation is a two-step operation. The surgeon first removes the diseased liver before transplanting the healthy liver from the donor. These two steps require perfect synchronization. The donated liver also called a graft, must not remain too long deprived of blood to be able to function normally again.
Liver Transplant surgery takes 4-8 hours
Patients need 6 months on average to return to their daily activities after liver transplant surgery. But it can take up to a year to fully recover.
Liver Transplant has a success rate of 80%. The life expectancy of a liver transplant following 15 years is 58%.
If you are chosen as a recipient, you are contacted by the transplant team who takes care of you to find out if you still agree to be transplanted and if there are no last-minute contraindications. You are then invited to go to the transplant center which takes care of you.
You must stay on an empty stomach. Meanwhile, a transplant team surgeon takes the donor's liver. You will not be operated on until the donor surgeon has examined the liver transplant donor and verified that it can be transplanted.
Your treatment process begins with an online consultation. Our experts listen to your health story, your liver condition's progression status, and your expectations. They will inform you about whether you need a liver transplant or other treatments.
It is important to share all your health information that may be useful at this stage. If available, please share your diagnosis and treatment process documents, imaging results, and information about your current health status with the health providers during this online consultation.
After your first evaluation, we offer a list of liver transplant clinics that meet the criteria you provide us. You will then examine all and decide on one of them. Depending on your choice, we move on to planning the entire treatment process.
When you arrive at the clinic, you will have a face-to-face consultation with your doctor. Everything about your liver transplant surgery will be discussed and decided during this consultation.
The doctor will ask you some questions to try to understand your expectations and concerns better and also make you understand what you should expect from your treatment with its potential risks or complications. Your doctor will explain the whole process clearly in order for you to feel enlightened and ready.
Before the liver transplant surgery begins, your surgeon will perform a series of tests to ensure that there are no contraindications. He or she will conduct physical and blood tests to make sure that you are in acceptable health status for the surgery and to eliminate the risks that can hinder the success of the procedure.
As soon as to be a candidate for a liver transplant, the patient is regularly followed up at the hospital to carry out various examinations (blood tests, medical imaging examinations). The patient must also be up to date with his vaccinations (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio, pertussis Hemophilus influenza b).
Vaccination against influenza, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, pneumococcus, MMR, chickenpox) is highly recommended.
While waiting for a donor, the patient can wait several months before being transplanted, this time varies depending on the indication for the transplant but also the severity of his condition.
A liver transplant takes place under general anesthesia. A venous line, a urinary catheter, a gastric tube, and tracheal intubation are placed.
The procedure takes place in two stages:
These two stages must be perfectly synchronized because the graft must remain as short as possible deprived of blood circulation. Anti-rejection treatment is started in the operating room.
Liver Transplant
4 - 8 hours
Cost in Turkey
€48,000 - €56,000
General anesthesia
6 months
Final Results
One year
Side Effects
Infection, mental confusion or seizures
Infections, blood clots, failure or rejection of donated liver
Success Rate
After 8 weeks (moderate)
Back To Work
After 3 -6 months
Related Procedures
Hepatocyte transplantation
When Do You Need A Liver Transplant?
Liver transplants are used in cases of end-stage liver failure; when the liver is no longer able to perform its functions.
What Are the Side Effects of Immunosuppressants?
Possible side effects of immunosuppressants include:
What Happens If You Drink Alcohol After A Liver Transplant?
Alcoholic beverage consumption after transplant is not recommended, even for people who have not had alcohol-related liver disease. Alcohol is broken down by the liver and drinking alcohol forces the liver to do extra effort.
Is Liver Transplant Treatment Cost Abroad Affordable?
Yes, the procedure will be more affordable abroad and cost less in popular medical tourism locations like Turkey. But some factors affect the liver transplant treatment cost, like the clinics' location, the surgeon's experience, and the technique used.
Learn more about Liver Transplant in Turkey by comparing costs and reviewing the clinics and doctors.
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Moody's Investors Service has downgraded its outlook on the country's gaming industry from stable to negative as New York prepares to establish full-scale casinos upstate.
According to a report by Moody's last week, the industry was marked with a negative outlook due to recent declines in monthly gaming revenue outside Nevada.
"The fact regional gaming revenues excluding Nevada remained flat, despite further improvement in the economy and additional regional casinos throughout the U.S., is a strong indication that U.S. consumers will continue to limit their spending to items more essential than gaming," Moody's Vice President Keith Foley said in a statement.
The outlook comes as the Capital Region, Catskills and Southern Tier are vying for four casino licenses. Each region will get at least one casino, with one region getting two.
In all, 17 applications were submitted to the state Gaming Commission on Monday. Five sites in the Capital Region are being pitched for a casino project — Amsterdam, Cobleskill, East Greenbush, Rensselaer and Schenectady.
Moody's estimates that gaming revenue will decrease at a rate of between 3 percent and 5 percent over the next year.
At the same time, Moody's reports that gaming facilities in Las Vegas continue to perform "relatively well" with total revenue over the past year totaling $6.4 billion, which accounted for less than 20 percent of total gaming revenue in the country.
Last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Upstate NY Gaming Economic Development Act to build seven casinos statewide, with four in upstate New York and three in New York City.
The expansion of gaming in the state is an effort by Cuomo to boost economic development and generate additional revenue, mostly toward property taxes and school aid, for upstate New York.
Save East Greenbush, a group of local residents against a casino in the town, is calling on Cuomo to respond to the Moody's downgrade of the gaming industry.
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan heartily congratulates You on the International Spring Holiday Navruz!
Please accept my sincere wishes for Your professional success, good health, joy and happiness, peace and prosperity, spring mood and flourishing of friendship between our people.
I express my sincere hope for the continuation of good mutually beneficial economic cooperation.
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Our beautiful church has many spaces suitable for a variety functions: weddings, receptions, group meals, family gatherings, and meetings. We encourage you to come see the space!
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-Sanctuary (seats 350; grand piano)
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Planning a church wedding? We are a welcoming and affirming congregation. Not only do we have a beautiful space inside which can accommodate a reception, our church faces Taylor Park and its pavilion, fountain, and gardens. Booking fees vary, as it depends on the demand of lighting and heat. You are required to provide your own set up and clean up, and maintain building security for the members of your group. The building and grounds are smoke free and alcohol free. You are welcome to stop by during office hours and view our building and grounds with either our Minister or the Church Secretary. Availability or additional requirements will vary during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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I took my first yoga class when I was a teenager. I found it boring, pretentious, obnoxious. So I gave up. Ever since I stopped taking dance classes at the age of 18 I've struggled to get into a steady fitness routine. I like working out, I like sweating, I like stretching and I like hurting … Continue reading What makes for a good yoga studio?
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The Full Sun Salutation
If you've just landed here - head on back to this post for a breakdown of the standing sun salutation series. The rest of the sun salutation involves getting on the floor and adding some different levels to your practice. Add the sequence below to your standing sun salutation and you get the full sequence, … Continue reading The Full Sun Salutation
Standing Sun Salutation
Here is where the fun begins as I begin to break down the sun salutation for you. The great thing about the sequence below, is that it can be done any time as its own 'half sun salutation' to warm up the body, get some blood flowing, stretch some muscles and relieve stress. I never … Continue reading Standing Sun Salutation
Sun Salutation Series – Introduction
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How to Overcome the Agony of the Plank
I can't do that. At all. But maybe one day I will be able to… In order to train for it I have to practice my planks first though, which have proven to be the part of my practice where I see the slowest progress. Front and side plans are an amazing work out. They … Continue reading How to Overcome the Agony of the Plank


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IEX Group Inc., the year-old dark- pool operator that plans to become a stock exchange, has seen its share of U.S. equity trading hit 1 percent for the first time.
Just over 61 million shares changed hands on the venue yesterday. While that was less than its record of 88 million securities on Oct. 15, yesterday's overall market volume was 6.1 billion. On IEX's record day of trading, the wider market had volume of 12 billion shares.
Snagging a full percent of total U.S. trading caps a dramatic year for IEX, which only opened for business on Oct. 25, 2013. The firm was made famous by Michael Lewis's "Flash Boys" book and an appearance on CBS's "60 Minutes." Both portrayed the startup as a bulwark against Wall Street banks and high-frequency traders.
"The next milestone for us is 2 percent," Brad Katsuyama, IEX's chief executive officer, said by e-mail. "And given that liquidity begets liquidity, we are hoping it's a smoother climb than starting from nothing."
IEX recently raised $75 million from investors including billionaire Steve Wynn and Bain Capital Ventures. The company last month began the process of applying to the Securities and Exchange Commission to gain the status of a stock exchange.
"Our real target for the next 12 months is to get exchange status," Ronan Ryan, chief strategy officer atIEX, said by phone.


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No seguimento do que disse num post anterior, AQUI o Benfica pode e deve dizer adeus ao maior braço da corrupção do futebol em Portugal! Espero bem que estes contactos sejam prósperos e tragam não só um novo patrocinador principal para o equipamento do Glorioso, mas também um parceiro para as transmissões televisivas.
"Portuguese giants Benfica have held discussions in the UAE this week over possible partnerships with both the Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) and Al Jazira.
Benfica president Rui Gomes Da Silva, CEO Domingos Soares De Oliveira, and director of international sales Bernardo Faria De Carvalho, met Mohamed Ebraheem Al Mahmood, ADSC general secretary and Talal Al Hashemi, director of technical affairs.
The delegates discussed the role of the ADSC and its "strategic plans and priorities, and efforts taken to develop football and to develop the sport sector in the emirate of Abu Dhabi".
The exact details of a potential tie-up with Benfica were not revealed, but if a deal were to be agreed, Benfica would be the latest European power to join forces with the ADSC. Already, the ADSC has partnerships with Internazionale, Valencia and Manchester City aimed at improving the standard of football in the capital.
The Eagles' delegation were the guests of Jazira president Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday during the club's 3-2 defeat by Al Wasl.
The two parties discussed the possibility of working together in the future and exchanged gifts – including a Benfica shirt bearing the name of the Jazira president and the No10."
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How India's GST could clear inter-state bottlenecks
Key takeaways
- India's proposed GST reforms will help streamline the country's notoriously bottlenecked inter-state customs procedures
- GST reforms create an opportunity to compress logistics documentation into one standard online form, allowing all transportation records to be accessed and checked online
- To make customs more efficient, the GST needs to be supported by new laws, processes and maintenance procedures for a standardized approach to customs
India's GST could bring major improvements to the country's notoriously inefficient logistics, and radically improve supply chain management and transportation. We asked Pritam Banerjee, Senior Director, Corporate Public Policy for Deutsche Post DHL Group in South Asia, about why the GST might transform the way India trades within itself.
The announcement of the recent GST reforms is expected to rejuvenate the economy. How does India's logistics sector benefit from these reforms?
Currently, transporters moving cargo across India have to stop at state border checkposts and provide a number of consignment forms to officers for verification.
This paper-based infrastructure creates stoppages with waiting times that stretch as long as the line of trucks at these checkposts. What doesn't help is that these goods are also subjected to individual state tax and levies every time they are examined at every state border checkpost. Based on a recent report published by the Transport Corporation of India (TCI) and the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata (IIM-K), this archaic system costs India's businesses an astounding $21 billion in transaction costs annually.
These checkposts impede progress both physically and economically. For businesses hampered by the current infrastructure, the proposed GST reforms promises a more seamless movement of goods across India. The economics make perfect sense!
Can you explain the role GST plays in changing India's current logistics infrastructure?
The long wait lines at state border checkposts point to the real problem: an over-reliance on numerous manual checks and verification of goods.
Currently, businesses (consignors) and the receiving parties (consignees) must fill in forms provided by state governments to track the movement of goods across their borders. Transporters need to carry physical copies of these forms and invoices with them for verification at state border checkposts. Replicate this procedure across multiple states and transportation lines – it is no wonder the process gets bogged down.
"(With the GST) there would be no need to physically stop trucks when transportation details can be quickly checked online - making the process far more efficient."
The solution? Compress and streamline the process.
The introduction of GST seeks to consolidate or dissolve existing taxes and trade boundaries between states that contribute to the holdup of India's supply chain. Without having to strictly monitor the movement of goods between state borders for taxation purposes, all forms can be compressed into one national standardised system that can be accessed online by all relevant parties. This is an IT-based solution that should be easy to use and acceptable to all parties, especially State administrators.
What are the benefits of this national online system and how would it free up India's clogged logistics network?
The current GST model law states that transportation can only start once the invoicing of goods is completed and all dues have been paid. Following which, the consignor and consignee can simply enter the transaction's invoice number into this online system, which generates a transaction ID. This transaction ID lets both parties track the movement of goods, should any problems arise or if checks need to be performed.
By taking the transaction ID and combining it with the registration number of a transporting vehicle, transporters can create an electronic waybill (e-waybill) and assign it a unique ID. This unique ID can then be carried by the transporter in-transit and be given to any official that wishes to verify the details and legitimacy of the carried goods when crossing state borders.
This system does away with the need for state officials to verify stacks of documentation with other states should discrepancies occur. There would be no need to physically stop trucks when transportation details can be quickly checked online - making the process far more efficient.
Speaking of officials, their presence at border checkposts have long been the means for the authorities to monitor the movement of goods. With checkposts being made redundant, how would these checks be conducted?
Of course, checks always need to be conducted by the authorities to ensure all tax laws are being followed. The solution we as an industry advocate are mobile flying squads which can conduct randomised checks at a variety of locations, therefore circumventing "chokepoints" that are usually created by static border checks.
We also need a system of check and balances to prevent this solution from being abused by officials and transporters.
For example, all stoppages by mobile squads must be logged online with valid reason from an official list of rules on why a vehicle can be stopped. Any stop that exceeds 15 minutes, that asks for information other than information present online, or that requires a physical examination of goods should also be logged, as an exception with an accompanying reason.
On top of that, any physical examination of goods should only be done under digital camera surveillance, and no more than five kilometres from where a truck was stopped. A record of this examination should be stored in a server for a maximum period of 24 hours.
This is an exciting time of change for the logistics industry. How do we go from here, and what needs to be done to ensure progress is made in the future?
Ensure that the necessary tracking platforms remain accessible anywhere and at all times. Adequate server capacity, sufficient security and a solid IT architecture are crucial to prevent a nationwide collapse of our supply lines. If we are successful in this, the GST Network will result in documentation that is simple, transparent and accessible.
We also need to consider rewarding registered transporters with a good track record. Those that have a good record of compliance could be given more trust by the authorities, motivating others to do the same. This also allows authorities to focus more on industry players who do not adhere to the rules.


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Check out PART THREE of my exclusive investigation with The Guardian's Ben Doherty on the continued detention of Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdellatif, with added behind the scenes information.
PART TWO 'Morrison's last stand' and PART ONE 'Who's afraid of Sayed Abdellatif?' published earlier this week, can be found here and here.
Over the last few weeks I have been making the journey to Villawood detention centre, in Sydney's south-west. After navigating forms and metal detectors I am tagged with a bright wristband and invisible ink and ushered inside.
Once inside, I have spent hours talking to Abdellatif, his wife and six children inside the secure facility. For the first time ever, they speak candidly in person, about their experiences in detention and their journey to Australia.
Sayed Abdellatif and his extraordinary detention in Australian immigration
Exclusive: Considered a 'dangerous terrorist' because of previous convictions that have now been found to be false and revoked, Abdellatif, his wife and six children remain in limbo in the confused haze of the detention system
Sayed Abdellatif's son is celebrating his 12th birthday. On a low table, plates are piled with homemade cake and colourful chunks of pomegranate, mango and kiwifruit.
The birthday boy wears sneakers and jeans. He talks loudly to his sisters and brother and mum in a broad Australian accent. The treats are offered around, and happily accepted.
It could be any party, anywhere, save for the fluorescent bands on everybody's wrists.
The Abdellatif children are visiting their dad in a separate room just off the central visitors' section of Sydney's Villawood detention centre.
The whole family are detainees, and their father is considered by Australian authorities to be an extreme security risk, "plainly a dangerous terrorist" in the words of the attorney general George Brandis. Abdellatif denies the charges, which Interpol have found not to be true.
Outside the small room used by families like the Abdellatifs, the visitors' area is packed, as it is every Sunday.
Reunited couples nuzzle in corners. Family members, friends and refugee advocates greet inmates with hugs and precious supplies from the outside. Coffee, chocolate biscuits, and food in plastic containers that have survived the metal detectors line the tables. There are no phones or cameras allowed.
Outside, Villawood is being renovated – the byzantine centre is a maze of gravel paths and patches of barren land cordoned off for expansion. Beyond that is the wire – the imposing metal fence that surrounds Villawood, the boundary that separates it from the outside world. Further still there is Sydney.
And at the centre of these concentric circles, behind the unknowable rings of security, sits Sayed Abdellatif.
Weary from 18 years in exile, two and a half of those in the confused haze of the Australian immigration detention system, he explains why he has chosen to talk.
"We were being badly treated by the immigration department," he says. "We were silent … but that wasn't because we were doing anything wrong. But this way didn't work. We have to change plan."
A life of exile
Abdellatif's story is that of a lifetime in exile.
The 44-year-old Egyptian has not lived in his home country since 1992. His children have known only lives in the shadows of societies all over the world, or trapped in detention.
Abdellatif left Egypt for Albania in 1992. There he worked for a civil society organisation called the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS).
He met and married his wife in Albania. His eldest daughter was born there in 1995. But the family was forced to flee in 1997, after a civil uprising toppled the government and plunged the country into an economic crisis.
"We were forced to leave," Abdellatif says. "The only way we had at that time was UK."
Three more children were born in the UK – in 1997, 1998 and 2000 – before the Abdellatifs were forced out to Iran in 2001. Their son, the boy who celebrates his birthday in detention today, was born in Iran in 2003.
In Iran the family were arrested as illegal immigrants. They lived for a time in an Iraqi refugee camp before spending years under house arrest.
In May 2010, an Iraqi people smuggler moved the family through Malaysia and Indonesia, in the hope of taking them back to the UK. They were stopped in Singapore and deported back to Indonesia.
"When we came back to Indonesia we were arrested by Indonesian immigration," Abdellatif says. "Once we were arrested we applied for asylum at the UNHCR in Jakarta."
The family spent four months in detention and had two interviews with UNHCR officers, before spending two years in the refugee "queue" waiting for a determination on their status. The family's youngest child, a boy, was born in Indonesia in 2010.
The family spent long months, as thousands across the Indonesian archipelago do, waiting for a refugee determination. "Then we lost hope," says Abdellatif. Running out of money, he says, with no answer forthcoming from the overrun refugee agency, the family made a decision to find a boat bound for Australia.
"We always had a hope to arrive in a safe place."
As Abdellatif speaks, his four daughters sit, wearing neat hijabs, next to their bespectacled mother. His two boys, 12 and four, stomp noisily in and out of the glass-panelled room.
The children are allowed to leave the Villawood compound to attend school. The girls go to the local high school nearby. The two eldest, 19 and 17, will sit the HSC this year. They walk to school under guard each day.
One daughter says it is difficult to explain the toll detention has had on her family during the many years in the UK, Iran and Indonesia.
"We already lost so many years of our life … it just feels like it's going on forever. I've lived more than half my life in detention," she says.
The demands of school make regular visits difficult.
"We don't see Dad except on weekends," she says, "we don't sit as a family. I don't remember the last time we had a proper meal together."
Interpol and quashed convictions
The Abdellatif family's detention in Australia began unexceptionally.
Housed in the low-security Inverbrackie detention centre in South Australia, they awaited release into the community after an Asio recommendation they be allowed to leave detention (a decision the spy agency has since recanted as a "processing error", the first in a litany of government mistakes in the case).
But the family's situation was cast into sudden national prominence in April 2013, when it was discovered Sayed Abdellatif was the subject of an Interpol "red notice" for murder and firearms charges in his home country.
The Abbott-led Coalition, then in opposition, used the case to lambast the Gillard government's handling of border security. Labelling Abdellatif a "pool fence terrorist", Abbott said the government had failed to notice that a "convicted jihadist terrorist was kept for almost 12 months behind a pool fence".
Abdellatif says he first became aware of the firearm and murder convictions against him through the media.
"My name become in the media … (it was) huge, huge propaganda. I was shocked at that time," he says, adding that he was given little information about why he was transferred to Villawood's high-security Blaxland compound.
Although he was later transferred to a medium-security area within Villawood, he remains separated from his family, who live in the family compound. They have declined an offer from immigration to be removed into the community because they don't want to be separated from their father.
The Abdellatifs live divided. Half-lives, neither in Australia nor out. They cannot be deported because of the real risk of persecution in Egypt, but by ministerial decree they are unable to apply for a visa.
Their detention is indefinite.
The Abdellatif case took a dramatic turn in June 2013 after an investigation by the Guardian, in both Egypt and Australia, resulted in the violence-related convictions against Abdellatif being quashed.
Abdellatif had been convicted in an Egyptian military court, in a 1999 mass trial of 107 men, of premeditated murder, destruction of property and possession of firearms and explosives.
The Guardian contacted the Egyptian authorities following interviews with Abdellatif's lawyers and verified court documents that showed his convictions made no mention of murder or explosives possession.
As a result, Interpol took the extremely rare step of removing all charges relating to violence from their red notice list.
A red notice on Abdellatif's name still exists. It now lists convictions for "membership in a terrorist group" and "providing forged travel documents", charges Abdellatif strenuously denies.
The terror conviction relates to allegations that Abdellatif was an operative of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, but he told Guardian Australia: "I have never been a member of any group. The Egyptian government [under President Mubarak] used to falsely paste this charge to any person they want to punish or to get rid of."
Abdellatif's only other purported "link" with terrorism was his employment by the Albanian branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society. This was mentioned at his 1999 trial, but was not part of his conviction.
Abdellatif worked for RIHS, a multi-national Islamic civil society organisation, between 1992 and 1996. It was later infiltrated by al-Qaida and outlawed by the UN.
Abdellatif claims the Albanian branch was "clear" when he worked there and he never had any involvement in organising or funding terrorism.
"It was a charity organisation. We were building mosques, supporting adoption."
Abdellatif also denies ever forging documents.
Now new documents, subsequently submitted to Egypt's supreme military court, and provided to the Australian government more than 12 months ago, state that the evidence used to convict Abdellatif was obtained under torture.
Abdellatif's father, Ahmed, who gave evidence against his son in the original trial, signed a statutory declaration in 2013, stating: "All of what has been said as my words regarding my son … are incorrect and were said due [to] compulsion and torture by the interrogating authority."
Abdellatif's brother-in-law, who similarly testified against his relative, signed an affidavit: "all the statements that were attributed to me in the public prosecution investigation, especially the statements that mention Sayed Abdellatif, were written from the security book and dictated by the Deputy Public Prosecutor. I objected to the statements and I denied them. I was subjected to torture and electrocution in order to sign the paper."
The State Security Investigations Service, the principal domestic security and intelligence agency of the Mubarak regime, which conducted the investigation, was dissolved in 2011, after evidence emerged it was involved in "extraordinary rendition", and tools of torture and secret cells were uncovered at its headquarters.
In 2012, the court re-tried seven of the original 107 convicted men. All seven were acquitted, the court finding the evidence used in the original convictions was obtained under torture.
"The court, having verified the claim documents, hearing witnesses for and against the prosecution, and comparing the crime and innocence evidence … it seems that the claim and accusations against those accused are surrounded by thick layers of doubt and suspicion that weakens the evidence derived therefrom," the court ruling says.
Abdellatif says these documents were passed to the immigration department, the AFP and Asio in December 2013.
"Every government will understand this trial is a political trial. This trial had 107 accused. We don't know each other. We never met with each other." He says confessions were extracted under torture and played off against each other. But the new evidence, he says, has not moved his case forward.
"Every time we give them [Australian authorities] new evidence the reaction is punishment.
"We received very bad treatment, unjust treatment, and still [we are] receiving this treatment."
The Australian Federal Police told Guardian Australia it did not make recommendations on immigration matters, and that the extent of its inquiries into Abdellatif were to establish his identity.
"The information contained in the Interpol Red Notice and any investigation into these allegations is a matter for the Egyptian authorities," the AFP said.
The AFP said other inquiries regarding Abdellatif's status should be directed to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Asio refused to answer questions about Abdellatif.
The immigration minister Peter Dutton has refused to comment on Abdellatif's case. His department would say only that security issues were a matter for Asio and, "the department has offered Mr Abdullatif's [sic] family placement in the community. They declined this offer."
The Abdellatifs say they declined because they do not want to be separated from their husband and father. And regardless of where they are housed, Abdellatif's family cannot – and unless the minister's decision is overturned, can never – apply for a visa.
Life in Australia
Abdellatif looks tired.
"When we decided to come to Australia we had a big hope to come and start a new life."
One of his older daughters translates the difficult English phrases into Arabic for him. She breaks down in tears as she talks about the difficulties of being separated from her dad.
Abdellatif watches on silently. The breakdown in composure and the language difficulties compound his powerlessness. His daughters are teenagers still, but burdened with adult realities.
"After what happened to us in Australia we are very disappointed," he says.
Abdellatif suffers Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition, and he has twice gone on hunger strike in detention.
"When I become frustrated or angry my Crohn's disease becomes very active and painful," he says. "I can't sleep. I can't sit on the chair." He says he has suffered bleeding and weight loss in detention, and his family worries for his health.
One of his daughters speaks. She says the effect of the family's experiences in detention has been compounded by the expectation that life in Australia would be different.
"We have seen all detention in all countries. What happened in other countries we expected it. But in Australia I expected they would follow the rules and respect human rights."
From Villawood's less-regimented family compound, his wife and children make regular visits to see their father and husband. They all feel trapped by their father's legal limbo.
"We are completely frozen," one daughter says. "We need the minister to lift the bar and allow us to apply for permanent visa."
For the Abdellatif children, a future of apparently-endless detention is a bleak uncertainty. They struggle for the smallest normalities. At school, the girls are often invited out to parties. They can never go, or even explain why.
"They [my friends] think I'm rude," one daughter says. "It kills. Every day you wake up, you don't know what's going to happen."
The girls studying for their HSC have to compete with 40 other detainees for access to three computers for their one hour of daily internet time. It makes studying and finishing assignments difficult. A younger sister says detention is "like being trapped in a place where you can't see anything … like a blank page".
And another says the impact of being separated from their father is fraying their own relationships. Sometimes her siblings will sullenly withdraw, retreating to rooms and refusing to talk. Or they'll fight with each other and scream.
"If I knew I had done something wrong and was being punished for it, I'd accept it," she says. "What makes it harder is that I know none of us has done anything wrong."
Her life is a carefully-circumscribed existence, of wristbands and metal detectors, of visiting hours and security details following her to school.
Her dream is simple: "To go to the mall with my friends."
This article originally appeared in the Guardian on 18/2/15.


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Halloween happenings
From a giant pumpkin weigh-in and a scarecrow contest, to zip lining over the Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular, there's no shortage of ways to celebrate Halloween this year. Here's a some ideas to get you on your ghoulish way.
Oct. 6: The Gravestone Girls, a trio of artists, will offer "Welcome to the Graveyard: A Virtual Tour of Swansea Cemetery Art, History & Symbolism," on Friday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at Christ Church Hall, 57 Main St. A program of the Friends of the Swansea Public Libary, The Gravestone Girls — with a mission to "keep our dead alive!" — will show photographs of local cemeteries from the colonial era into the 21st century. Their work aims to entertain and educate on the historical perspective of old cemeteries by documenting and preserving the beautiful art they contain. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Oct. 7: Southern New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh Off will be held at Frerich's Farm, 43 Kinnicutt Ave., Warren, Rhode Island. Last year, the farm hosted the largest pumpkin ever grown in North America. Stop by this year for a day full of giant pumpkins and gourds at the family oriented event. Kids can play for free in the corn maze, pirate ship and western town. There's also pumpkin painting and build-your-own scarecow for a small fee. Food vendors and art vendors will also be on hand. The event runs from at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free but there is a $5 parking fee. For more information, visit www.frerichsfarm.com. Rain date is Sunday Oct. 8, and if it rains on Sunday, it will be held rain or shine on Monday, Oct. 9
Oct. 7: Join in Bridging Lanterns with an Oh, My Gourd pumpkin contest and Sand S'mores on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 6-9:30 p.m. at Grinnell's Beach. Rain date Oct. 8. Bring the family and display your carved pumpkin on the sea wall and enjoy s'mores on the beach. This is a free community event.
Oct. 10: Local writer L.S. Gagnon, author of the Witch Series of supernatural thrillers, will share her work and sign copies of her books on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m., at the Fall River Public Library, 104 North Main St., in the Meeting Room. Gagnon is also the author of the Little Witch series for middle-grade readers. Copies of both series will be available for purchase from the Friends of the Fall River Public Library. Call the library at 508-324-2700 or visit fallriverlibrary.org for more information.
Oct. 12: In AHA Night Free Ghost Tour, 5 to 9 p.m., William Street, New Bedford, join the Whaling City Ghosts Pirate Gals for an evening of spooky fun! After a presentation on the history, documentation and recordings of the voices (EVP) of the spirits of downtown New Bedford, take a walk with the Pirate Gals up William Street to admire the beautiful buildings where the spirits dwell.
Oct. 14: At the Pumpkin Smash Spooktactular at Seekonk Speedway, 1782 Fall River Ave, Seekonk, come dressed up in a costume for an afternoon of Halloween fun that includes spectator drags, car and truck enduros, powder puff paces, fan and car costume contests and a figure-eight pumpkin smash. Rain date Oct. 15.
Oct. 14: Hosted by The Children's Workshop, the family friendly Halloween Party at Stony Creek Farm, 1210 Wilbur Ave, Swansea runs from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with hayrides, a petting zoo, a potluck dinner and a photo booth. The children are encouraged to wear their costumes, though it is not required. This event is free and open to the community. Please bring your favorite dish for the potluck dinner. For more information, contact Miss Abbie-Jo or Miss Tracy at 401-247-2503 or email@example.com.
Oct. 14: The play "The Worst Witch" will be at the Congregational Christian Church of Somerset, 1411 County St., on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6. Admission is a freewill donation towards hurricane relief efforts and to the church. The church is located across from the Town Hall and is handicapped-accessible.
Oct. 17: The Fall River Public Library will host illustrator Jason C. Eckhardt and author Sam Gafford to discuss their new book, "Some Notes on a Non-Entity: The Life of H. P. Lovecraft," a graphic novel based on the life of this master of the fantastic and macabre. Autographed copies of the book will be available for purchase through the Friends of the Fall River Public Library. This event will take place at the Main Library, 104 North Main Street, in the Meeting Room at 6:30 p.m. Call the library at 508-324-2700 or visit fallriverlibrary.org for more information.
Oct. 18: Lion's Club of Fall River Halloween fundraiser will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at St James Irish Pub, 91 Purchase St., Fall River. Join the Lion's Club for an evening of wings, delicious drinks served by guest bartenders, and lots of fun. Costumes are optional but certainly encouraged. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes.
Oct. 20: Get ready for a blood curdling evening of "old-school" horror fun at the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society's second annual Halloween event, Howl, An Old School Horror Bash, on Friday, Oct. 20 from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Buttonwood Park Zoo. The age 21 and up evening will include live music by the Nebulas, killer brew tasting room, wicked cocktails, animal encounters and frightfully good food truck offerings. Costumes are not required, but guests are encouraged to wear throwback costumes to classic horror films. Tickets are $25 for members, $35 for non-members. For tickets, visit www.bpzoo.org/howl.
Oct. 25: Trunk N Treat will be hosted by Stoico/FIRSTFED YMCA, 271 Sharps Lot Road, Swansea, from 6 to 8 p.m. For ticket information, visit www.ymcasouthcoast.org/locations/swansea.
Oct. 25: The Creative Arts Network, in cooperation with The Herald News, will present the inaugural Scarecrow Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Colorful scarecrows will be on display along Old Second Street and around Government Center in Fall River's down during C.A.N. Festival Night, which is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. For $20, sponsors can create a scarecrow to help the Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County. Sponsors will receive a stake on which to build their scarecrow, which can be decorated however the sponsor chooses. Winners will be awarded in several categories. For more information, call Lynne Sullivan at 508-676-2534, C.A.N. at 508-673-2939, or visit Creativeartsnetwork.org.
Oct. 26: At Battleship Cove presents Boo Bash on Thursday, Oct. 26, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., meet costumed historic figures highlighting a sailor's life as you trick-or-treat around the ships, participate in fun educational activities and enter a costume contest to win great prizes. Plus, take a ride on the spooky carousel. The fee, $9 per person, includes candy, activities and admission to the museum. Reservations are required. Tickets can be purchased online at www.battleshipcove.org/programs-and-events. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit www.battleshipcove.org.
Oct. 27: Bristol Community College's Culinary Arts program, working with the Children's Museum of Greater Fall River, will hold its annual Family Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 27. The reception will begin at 5 p.m. with a buffet dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the Commonwealth College Center (G-Building) at the BCC Fall River Campus, 777 Elsbree St. The reception menu includes fruit and cheese with crackers, vegetable crudité with onion dip, hot popcorn, and cotton candy. The buffet dinner menu includes barbecue chicken, baked shells marinara, meatballs marinara, baked shells macaroni and cheese, tossed garden salad with Italian dressing, French fries, and more. Finish off your meal with an assortment of delicious desserts. Tickets should be reserved no later than Friday, Oct. 20. $12 for adults and $8 for children 3 to 12 years old. There is no charge for children under the age of 3. For more information or to reserve your tickets, call 508-678-2811, Ext. 2111.
Oct. 27: Fun 107's annual Monster Mash Halloween Party is Friday, Oct. 27 at White's of Westport, 66 State Road, Westport. The age 18 and up event runs from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Oct. 29: It's double the trouble when the Zeiterion Center for the Arts presents a pair of spooky movies back-to-back for its Halloween Movie Spook-A-Thon. First "The Addams Family" followed by Tim Burton's "Coraline" (2009). Purchase tickets ($10) at zeiterion.org
Nov. 1: Author Luann Joly, founder of Whaling City Ghosts, will offer a paranormal talk at the Fall River Public Library, 104 N. Main St., at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The lecture with EVP, videos, and images will showcase historical evidence of the ghosts Joly and her team have "met" during their 13 years together. "Our ghosts speak for themselves," Joly said. The event is free and open to the public.
SWANSEA — Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch and corn maze at Simcock Farm Simcock Farm, 293 Marvel St., Swansea, on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 5pm. Tickets $5 per person (children 3 & under free) (pumpkin not included) through Oct. 29. Or make it even sweeter with the farm's Spooky Sundae on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Bring a flashlight, go on a dark ride then walk through the corn maze and finish by making your own sundae through Oct. 31. $8 per person (children 3 & under free). Ticket includes hayride, corn maze & sundae.
PROVIDENCE — The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park and Zoo is back through Nov. 5. Travel through time and visit with dinosaurs, explore the ice age, and peek into the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Rome. Wander the Feinstein Junior Scholar Wetlands Trail and delight in the history of the Middle Ages, discover the New World, and be fascinated by major inventions like cars, planes, space travel, and the computer. Infused throughout will be the art and music associated with each era. Imagine our planet's history reflected on more than 5,000 intricately carved pumpkins. NEW IN 2017: Experience the Soaring Eagle Zip Ride and see the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular from 115 feet above the earth. Riders will see out over Providence and into Narragansett Bay in comfortable side-by-side seats. The Soaring Eagle Zip Ride is open every night during the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular weather permitting. Some restrictions apply. Please note: Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular is open rain or shine. In the case of light to moderate rain, the show will be open. There will be no refunds or rescheduling. www.rwpzoo.org
PORTSMOUTH— Escobar Farm Corn Maze in Portsmouth, Rhode Island is an eight-acre cornfield celebrating the wonderful world of wizardry. Visitors are invited to get lost in the maze on Fridays, 4 p.m. to dusk, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to dusk, and Sundays, 11 a.m. to dusk. Group reservations are available during the week. Admission to the maze is $8 for ages 12 and up, $6 for ages 5 to 11 and free for ages 4 and under. Call 401-683-1444/401-864-1064 for more information. The maze runs through Nov. 5.
NEW BEDFORD — Boo At The Zoo at Buttonwood Park Zoo runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Oct 14 , Oct., 15, Oct., 21, Oct. 22 and Friday through Monday Oct. 27 to Oct. 30. Grab your favorite costume and join the zoo for an evening of Halloween fun: climb aboard a spooky train ride, stroll down the Trick or Treat trail and take a spin on the wild carousel. Plus, enjoy Halloween-themed activities and animal encounters along the way. Boo At The Zoo admission is $11/adult and $7/child for Zoo Members and $16/adult and $12/child for non-members. Rides are included in the price of admission. Children under 3 are admitted free. For details, visit www.bpzoo.org/baby-boo
FALL RIVER — The Factory of Terror, 33 Pearl St., is open each weekend for the spooky season through Halloween. Visitors will delight in the terror of five attractions: Bloodworth Dungeon, Phobia Mayhem, 4-D Blackout, Zombie Alley, and Dracula's Hideway, all in one location. General admission is $19.99 for those 11 and up, and $17.99 for kids 10 and under. Visit http://www.factoryofterror.com/fall-river for hours, special admission, and advance tickets.


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CARVED WOOD / Borneo panel of an Aso Naga. Circa 1940, due to aging the carved wood panel has split lines as shown, but otherwise it is a lovely Borneo piece to add to your wall collection. A prowess mythical object for the Dayak Kayan warriors.
Size: 29 x 67 cm / 11.4 x 26.4 inches
Thickness: 2.5 cm / 1 inch
Weight: 4.2 kg / 9.2 lb
After packing: 5.5 kg / 12 lb
Wikipedia: The Dayak or Dyak or Dayuh are the native people of Borneo. It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic subgroups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo. The Dayak were animist in belief such as the mythical creature Aso; however, many converted to Islam and since the 19th century there has been mass conversion to Christianity.
Shipping by Aramex courier. Therefore, delivery and handling duration 8 to 10 working days.


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I started today close to death. The onset of my cold last night had incubated nicely during the night into what I assumed was the onset of the Zombie apocalypse, as clearly no human could feel this rough and live to see next week. As I was due back at work at that time, I figured this wasn't a bad way to go and resolved to make the best I could of my remaining time. If the cold was going to get me I figured I may as well eat myself to death and go out in style.
Luckily, today had become a non-park day. What should have been happening on day two, didn't as we moved a theme park up due to Dorian, and so here we are on day nine, doing day two of the plan. I'm glad that's clear.
Typhoon Lagoon was the plan and it opened at 10am, so leaving at 9.40 was just late enough to have me silently tutting that we probably would arrive a few minutes after opening, seeing every sliver of shade already taken and us crisping nicely in the scorching sun for eight hours.
Upon arrival, the car park was empty, or at least close to it and me and my budgie smugglers made our way into the park ignoring my chaffing flabby white thighs as they attempted to start a fire between my legs. Not for the first time baby!
It did take us a good few minutes of wandering to find somewhere that would allow Louise unfettered access to eight hours of blistering direct sunlight and the rest of us some cooling shade. All of the umbrella spots had gone to the people who hadn't left their villas too late so we had to try and find a spot covered with some natural shade. As we began to set up camp, Tom, Rebecca and Freddie were already off into the water.
I sat, making good use of the toilet roll I had brought from the villa, depositing it once used into the supermarket plastic bag I had brought for that very purpose. I mean, who wants to be walking all the way to the restrooms! Fear not, I was depositing nasal secretions rather than anal, which is a sentence I didn't imagine using in this, or any report.
I read for a while between sniffs and blows and after some time doing that I wandered off to get some bottles of water for everyone. See how everyone rallies round when I'm ill so I don't need to do anything? No, me neither.
Eventually, the heat got the better of me and it was time to go and infect the wave pool with my germs. With every battering from the waves, I was no doubt launching ever so tiny molecules of germ-ridden snot in all directions. Caring is sharing. Hopefully, the coughing woman from the plane was in there and she caught it again.
Soon, that was very much enough of that and I had to retire back to my sun lounger, resting there like some oversized snot dispenser. Louise and Emily left me to it and went to do the lazy river.
By the time they returned it was 12.30 and I was so hungry I was about to call Bob Geldof to launch an appeal. Louise, Emily and I went off first for lunch leaving the rest to guard our possessions. My large plastic bag of snot ridden toilet roll was clearly going to be catnip for any potential thief.
Louise bagged a table and far too many condiments and napkins whilst Emily and I ordered. We had…..
Me – Chicken Burger
Emily – The Impossible Burger
Louise – A "Chicken and Rice Thing".
Emily's was pretty good but other than that the food was at best average. We returned to camp and released Tom, Rebecca and Freddie for their eats.
The rest of the afternoon was spent resting, for me anyway. Tom wasn't seen again until closing, as he spent every moment sliding down stuff. Imagine our surprise at the end of the day when he returned looking like a very red thing.
Late in the afternoon, I took Freddie into the wave pool for a bit, obviously away from the major action.
We had a lovely time and he wasn't keen on leaving at all, but we did around 4.30, having avoided a rainstorm at Typhoon Lagoon, which is incredibly unusual for us. I loved that time with him playing in the shallow end. I've banked that as a another one of those times to remember.
We made our sandy footed, damp bottomed way out of the park and back to the car which had attained the temperature of the sun whilst we had been away. That was handy as it would need to dry out my seat after I had made it all wet. Incontinence is a curse of the middle-aged.
We were soon back at the villa for welcome showers and changing. Our plan was to head over to Magic Kingdom tonight to watch Happily Ever After. Like some overconfident, detail averse idiot, I assumed that tonight's fireworks would be at 10pm, so I had booked the Plaza restaurant for an 8.15 ADR. See how I subtly hint at some upcoming planning woe?
We parked in Scar, drinking in another spectacular Floridian dusk.
There are few places on earth that make me happier than a tram heading into Magic Kingdom. Freddie seemed to concur. We were again dumped and forced to walk to the TTC.
I apologise but there's something about a WDW sunset that means I get a form of photographic Tourette's and can't stop myself.
It was right about now that I actually looked at the app to discover the time of Happily Ever After tonight and realised that I had once again dropped a huge ricket, as tonight for reasons that were never clear to me, it would be on at 9.15.
Still, the view was nice.
Fearing now that we wouldn't be done eating by 9.15 I was very annoyed with myself. I haven't been keeping count of all the absolute howlers I have committed this trip, but it's a lot. Clearly, I need many more trips so that I can improve my planning skills. I put this one down to illness, which I'm not sure I have yet mentioned.
With the new time table in mind, I upped the pace a little as we entered the park trying to get us to the Plaza those crucial few minutes early.
I hoped that we may be seated immediately, as we arrived at around 7.55 but alas no, we waited until just after 8.15 before getting shown to our table.
Freddie had been in charge of the buzzer and was convinced it was actually a phone. I have no idea who he thought he was chatting to.
Here, you can see Tom and his radioactive complexion. He's doing well to hide the incredible pain caused by his T-shirt touching his skin.
I look like someone who has been expelling snot from most orifices for several hours. See how I manfully suck it up, flash a winning smile and don't mention that I'm ill at all.
Service was a little slow, or maybe that was just my perception. We ordered as today's water park exertions started to hit Freddie like a ton of bricks. He hits the same brick wall that Rebecca used to all those years ago. As soon as the incoming food would hit his stomach we all knew it would be game over. To be honest the same would still be true for Rebecca!
Rebecca and Tom had one of the Plaza's special milkshakes each.
Upon its arrival, Freddie suddenly perked up a little!
Louise and I had the steak….
Emily, the Fried Tomato Sandwich,
Tom and Rebecca, a Turkey Sandwich
and Freddie the PB & J
The bad news was that, as feared, we missed the first few minutes of the fireworks and I had another enormous man baby sulk.
The slightly better news was that we had a window seat and had a decent view of the stuff we were missing.
I hastily paid the bill and we made our way outside to watch the rest.
At this point, as predicted, everything had caught up with Freddie and he immediately fell asleep in his pram. Rebecca and Tom decided to set off for the car with him before the crowds all did the same. The rest of us stayed to watch the end of the fireworks and whilst doing so got a message from Rebecca telling us that the monorail was down and the exit was like a scene from a disaster movie where thousands of people try to get on a ferry boat. We immediately left, just ahead of most of the crowds but still got caught in the carnage.
The ferry still seemed like the best option and we waited fifteen minutes to board one. It was packed and not one of the more enjoyable journeys on it, but it got us where we wanted to be.
We walked to the tram pick up and were soon back at the car where Tom, Rebecca and a very much asleep Freddie were waiting. I drove us home still feeling more ill than anybody ever in the history of the world, but I don't like to talk about it.
Till the next time…….


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Basements are great bonus rooms and storage spaces, but high moisture levels can make them uncomfortably humid.
A basement dehumidifier offsets the unique moisture challenges of this often damp space. Learn about the benefits of using one and read reviews our favorite models.
The best dehumidifiers for basements
- Drain attachment
- Washable filter
- Durable
- Quiet
- Auto-defrost
- Auto-restart
- High-performance
- Remote control
- 5-year warranty
- Low-maintenance
- Extra long hose
- Sleek design
- App control
- Voice commands
- Spill guard
What is a basement dehumidifier?
A basement dehumidifier is an air treatment device. The tool sucks excess humidity from your basement, making the air more comfortable and less muggy.
Basements are breeding grounds for moisture buildup. Water vapor often creeps in through the foundation of the home, impacting the basement first.
A basement dehumidifier keeps basement moisture under control. Before choosing the best basement dehumidifier for you, make sure you understand the different sizes and types offered.
Reviewing the best dehumidifiers for basements
Best dehumidifier for small basements
Frigidaire FFAD223W1 | $227.00
Don't feel like emptying out a water bucket every day? Meet your perfect match. The 35-pint Frigidaire FFAD223W1 makes for low-maintenance use, thanks to the continuous drain attachment option.
This Frigidaire basement dehumidifier is easy to clean, with a washable air filter. To move this model to another room, simply grab the handles and roll it.
At 35-pint capacity with a 0.8-gallon water tank, this model is best for small basements on the less humid side. For moderate to extreme humidity, check out the 50-pint model.
A versatile and affordable pick from a reputable brand, the Frigidaire FFAD223W1 is built to last.
Best dehumidifier for medium to large basements
Midea Easy Dry | $229.00
This powerful Midea basement dehumidifier is great for chillier climates. The Midea Easy Dry auto-defrosts, so the 1.6-gallon water bucket won't freeze before you can empty it.
If you lose power often, this Midea is a smart option. The auto-restart feature keeps your customized settings intact when the dehumidifier reboots.
You can keep the Easy Dry running while watching a movie or hosting friends. The quiet operation makes this model great for finished basements.
The 50-pint capacity model is great for large basements or smaller spaces with severe moisture issues. At less than $250, the Easy Dry is a cost-effective pick.
Best dehumidifier for crawl spaces and cellars
Alorair Sentinel HD55 | $594.71
Alorair makes the best dehumidifier for basement crawl spaces. The Sentinel HD55 gets its name from removing 55 pints of moisture per day.
The compact design performs well in unfinished basements and other spaces with temperature swings. The Sentinel HD55 basement dehumidifier operates in 33.8-104℉
We love the functional design of the Sentinel HD55. With two carrying handles and an easy-access slideout filter, this basement dehumidifier is low-maintenance and easy to use.
The Sentinel HD55 lets you change the humidity level without going downstairs. With the optional wall-mounted remote control, you can adjust the settings and turn the dehumidifier on or off.
While the Sentinel HD55 is costly, the 5-year warranty is the longest we've seen for a basement dehumidifier with a hose. No matter how humid your basement or crawl space may be, this compact model does the trick.
Best dehumidifier for basements with a hose
GE Portable Dehumidifier | $275.00
Emptying a bucket every few hours is no fun. The largest capacity dehumidifier for basements on our list is a game changer for low-maintenance use.
With the GE Portable Dehumidifier's lengthy 16-foot hose, you'll have some flexibility in its placement. Most basement dehumidifiers come with hoses that are 6 feet or shorter, so this model stands out.
This GE dehumidifier is also aesthetically pleasing. The gray color and sleek LED display make it a modern-looking addition to your basement.
This basement dehumidifier helps you stay on top of your indoor air quality. The filter change alert takes out the guesswork, so you'll always know when it's time to replace.
It's rare to see a dehumidifier that strays from the bulky, white look. With a refined, sleek appearance, we think this GE dehumidifier is well worth the price.
Best smart dehumidifier for basements
Honeywell TP70AWKN | $349.99
The Honeywell TP70AWKN dehumidifier is great if you're often on-the-go. Your cell phone becomes a bonafide remote control with the Honeywell Air Comfort app.
Amazon Alexa takes in voice commands to change the settings on this 70-pint dehumidifier. The 0.875-gallon tank has a splash guard for easy, spill-free emptying.
Fans of Honeywell technology should flock to this versatile dehumidifier. You can sync multiple Honeywell dehumidifiers to the same app for seamless whole-house air control.
Its 5-year warranty is impressive. This Honeywell Wi-Fi-compatible model may be expensive, but its functionality and Honeywell's top-notch customer service justify the price.
What size dehumidifier is best for basements?
The right dehumidifier size depends on the square footage and humidity level of your basement. You don't always need the largest capacity dehumidifier or the highest-priced.
For the chart below, here's what we consider low, medium, and high humidity:
- Low: The air feels muggy and may smell foul, but there's no visible moisture buildup.
- Medium: Moisture buildup occasionally shows on ceilings and walls.
- High: Moisture buildup constantly shows on ceilings and walls.
|Dehumidifier size
|Basement size and humidity level
|35 pints
|Low humidity: 1,000-1,500 sq. ft.
Medium humidity: 500-1,000 sq. ft.
High humidity: <500 sq. ft.
|50 pints
|Low humidity: 2,000-2,500 sq. ft.
Medium humidity: 1,500-2,000 sq. ft.
High humidity: 1,000-1,500 sq. ft
|70 pints
|Low humidity: 2,500+ sq. ft.
Medium humidity: 2,000-2,500 sq. ft.
High humidity: 1,500-2,000 sq. ft.
Which dehumidifier type is best for basements?
All three dehumidifier styles collect moisture in a tank or remove the moisture through an attached hose. One variety stands out as the best dehumidifier for basement use.
A compressor dehumidifier draws in air with a compressor-fueled fan. Internal coils cool the air until the air's moisture condenses and forms water droplets.
Most basement dehumidifier models are compressor-based. Desiccant and thermoelectric models don't perform as well in spaces with extreme moisture, such as most basements.
Desiccant dehumidifiers use a filter coated in a chemical drying agent. The filter separates moisture droplets from the air.
Residential desiccant dehumidifiers are not powerful enough for use in basements. They perform better in small and medium rooms such as kitchens.
Thermoelectric dehumidifiers are made of small, hot surfaces called sinks. The air is drawn in and pulled over the sinks, where the moisture separates.
We don't recommend thermoelectric dehumidifiers for use in basements, as they're too small to effectively remove moisture. Thermoelectric models are better suited for small spaces, such as bathrooms and closets.
Whole-house humidifiers are another option to consider for your basement. For more information, check out our article on whole-house vs. portable humidifiers.
Basement dehumidifier care
Many of the basement dehumidifiers on our list have washable air filters. Here's our step-by-step guide to cleaning your basement dehumidifier's filter.
- Unplug the unit.
- Remove the filter from the unit.
- For 2-3 minutes, soak the filter in warm, soapy water or a 1:10 bleach to water mixture.
- Allow the filter to dry completely before reinserting it in the unit.
Even washable filters need to be replaced every few months. Check your dehumidifier's owner's manual to see when yours needs a swap.
For more care tips, check out our dehumidifier DIY care and repair guide.
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- Song of the Day, sing along with Pastor Greg: Thank you, Thank you Lord
- Bible Reading & Video Lesson with Pastor Greg: Colossians 1: 11-13
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Pastor Greg reading Chapter 1: Little Christian Hears of the Celestial City —
October 2020 Book:
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
For children, Little Pilgrim's Progress, https://www.moodypublishers.com/little-pilgrims-progress/
For teens, Pilgrim's Progress, https://www.moodypublishers.com/pilgrims-progress-in-todays-english/


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Scripture: By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus' name and the faith that comes through him that has given this complete healing to him, as you can all see. Acts 3:16 NIV
Observation: Jesus healed a man yet many people didn't recognize or were unable to see that Jesus was responsible for his new found health. True healing, either mental, physical, or spiritual only comes from the Lord. When we become Christians we are spiritually healed but we still have memories of our former selves. Those memories can interfere with our ability to be a force for Christ.
Application: It's so difficult for people to recognize Christ in your life when they have known you before he changed you . Knowing that doesn't make it any easier to "die to our old self." Still, people need to see Christ in us not just that we know catchy Christian clichés. With the healing help of the Holy Spirit we must fight the old Pharisees in our lives, "die to our old selves," and let Christ shine through.
Prayer: Wow! Lord, I want everyone to see the healing that has come with you in my life. I need your help to be consistent. You have given me this wonderful gift of forgiveness and my life eternal is yours. I fall so short of helping you grow your kingdom, I don't want "me" to get in the way! I am willing, please help me serve you. I love you Lord and my hope is found in you. Amen


text: Apr 30, 2018 EMS upgrades ambulance equipment and technology (?) (?) (?) Columbus Regional Health is pleased to announce equipment and technological upgrades within the Ambulance Services department. Throughout 2018 and beyond, Ambulance Services will be upgrading its ambulance fleet to 4-wheel-drive diesel trucks with liquid hydraulic suspension. This type of truck has more terrain versatility, and provides a smoother ride for patients. Each ambulance is also equipped with an electronic coaching system, which monitors speeds, as well as turning and breaking patterns. The technology also allows drivers to anticipate traffic patterns and communicates with the ambulance drivers in real time. "This system has already been such an asset to the quality and cost-efficiency of Ambulance Services at CRH," said Adam Hoskins, manager of Emergency Medical Services. "It has provided cost-savings on general maintenance associated with the trucks, and affords for a safer ride for our drivers, and most importantly, our patients." Additionally, Columbus Regional Health has invested in power-lift systems for the cots housed on each ambulance. The power cots allow for the fully automated lift of all patients being transported by the trucks, which reduces the risk of strain to emergency personnel, and the fall risk for the patient. "We are constantly evaluating best practices when it comes to providing our patients the safest ride when emergency transport is necessary, and we're pleased to be able to incorporate the latest technology and innovations into our service to the community," Hoskins said. Show oldest on top Show newest on top Leave a comment Load more comments Thank you for the comment! Your comment must be approved first You've already submitted a review for this item Thank you! Your review has been submitted successfully Login to be able to comment Leave a comment Comment cannot be empty Rating is required Click to add (?) Click to add (?) New code Please type the code above You typed the code incorrectly. Please try again Home Want more stories like this? Subscribe to our E-newsletter Share this news item: Go to news and media home