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Wrinkle Treatment
Silhouette Soft Threads
Mid Face (Eyes & Cheeks)
Chin & Jaw
Menopause Health
Masculinisation
Tired Eyes
Chin & Jawline
Common Skin Concerns
Eyelid Tightening
Dr Nestor
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Dr Nestor is regarded amongst his peers and patients as one of Scotland's most experienced and respected Cosmetic Doctors.
Specialising in Non-Surgical Facial Rejuvenation and Skin Health procedures
Dr Nestor Demosthenous
MBChB, MSc Aesth Med, BSc Hons Neuro Edin
Member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine
Dr Nestor is one of Scotland's most experienced aesthetic doctors. He is an international speaker and published author in Aesthetic Medicine. Having dedicated most of his medical career to Aesthetic Medicine, as well as a passion for this specialty, Dr Nestor opened The Medical & Cosmetic Centre in Edinburgh's city centre in 2016. It has since grown to be one of the largest aesthetic clinics in Scotland and has won several awards including 'Best New Clinic 2016' and 'Most Innovative Clinic 2017', and 'Best Clinic Scotland 2019', with Dr Nestor himself winning "Cosmetic Doctor of the Year 2018". Dr Nestor also holds regular fortnightly clinics at London's multi-award winning PHI Clinic on Harley St.
Dr Nestor obtained his Medical Degree and Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. Upon completing his junior doctor years he pursued a surgical career, gaining experience from several surgical specialties predominantly Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery. Alongside this he entered Aesthetic Medicine which became his passion and ambition. Dr Nestor has been an advisory board member for Allergan's complications group 2015, and Healthcare Improvement Scotland Phase I (2016-7) & II (2017-8), helping to safeguard patients. He has previously been a Key Opinion Leader for Sinclair Pharma (2014-2018).
Dr Nestor holds an MSc in Aesthetic Medicine from Bart's & Queen Mary University London. Dr Nestor is a key opinion leader for Allergan and part of their Medical Institute's Global Mentorship program, under the guidance and direction of world renowned plastic surgeon Dr Mauricio De Maio. Dr Nestor is also a Key Opinion Leader for the non surgical body contouring device TruSculpt by Cutera Technologies.
MBChB, BSc Hons Neuro, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Doctor
ribbon icon Member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine,
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ribbon icon 2015-2017 Advisory Board Member of HealthCare Improvement Scotland.
ribbon icon Cosmetic & Reconstructive Doctor.
ribbon icon Winner of Best New Clinic Scotland 2016.
ribbon icon Highly Commended Best Doctor Scotland 2017
ribbon icon Winner Best Doctor Scotland 2018
ribbon icon Finalist for Best Doctor in the UK & Ireland
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Feel youthful for longer
Maximising your potential
Without healthy skin, we simply cannot look our best
Dr Nestor has been recognised as one of the UK's leading cosmetic's doctors
Aesthetic Medicine is a wonderfully exciting new specialty within medicine. It's origins are found within in the concepts of plastic and reconstructive surgery, minus the surgery. It pays homage to beauty and proportions. Aesthetic Medicine is there to help you age well and fulfil your potential. My passion and drive is to deliver incredibly natural restorative and regenerative results with little to no down time, with minimal risk using a wide range of treatment options which I have personally research, trained in and stand by.
At its purest, Aesthetic Medicine serves to beautify. Why? There is youth in beauty. We do not want to make anyone look 20 years younger. That would be insulting. That is to suggest the last 20 years didn't count. It truly is a privilege to get older. We do however want to restore youthful features. For example, a youthful cheek is higher, fuller and more defined than one past our forties. A youthful brow frames the face better, opens the eyes and is inviting. Combing the two restores youth and beauty, lifting the appearance of the face, helping us to look less tired and more alert, energised and happy.
Understanding these differences between men and women, as well as the ageing process, allows us to refine, improve and develop our features, always aiming for a natural, healthy result. Quietly enhanced. When understood, features of a male and female face can be addressed in a subtle way to achieve a natural, discreet result with very little to no downtime.
The treatments we offer ((BOTOX®), fillers, Silhouette Soft Thread Lift, lasers etc) are merely tools to help us achieve your goals. All new patients receive a 40 minute consultation with myself. I want to understand you. What brought you to this site? What made you pick up the phone and make a consultation? If I can understand this, then together we can make a treatment plan to address your concerns and ultimately get you at your best.
My vision for The Medical Cosmetic Centre is to build a centre with doctors equally as passionate about their specialty. We have already established a thriving Skin Health Department (addressing ageing skin, scars, acne, rosacea, pigmentation). We were the first clinic to open a Women's Health Department focused on treating both Hormonal (Menopause) Health, and Intimate Health (treating stress urinary incontinence and intimate rejuvenation).
This year, we are are the first clinic in Scotland to offer TruSculpt Flex, the latest technology in body contouring and muscle building (up to 30% increase in muscle bulk). This complements our Lifestyle Medicine department which focuses on helping you achieve your healthiest self.
I thank you for you time visiting the site. I look forward to meeting you, getting to know you, and understanding how we can help you.
Find out more: contact@drnestor.co.uk
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Edinburgh EH3 6RS
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We look forward to welcoming you to clinic. If you develop any of the COVID-19 symptoms listed below, a week before your appointment, please call to reschedule your appointment.
A high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature) a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
A loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.
Our policy is to avoid fillers a month after your COVID-19 vaccine/booster, and avoid BOTOX (R) treatments a week after your COVID-19 vaccine.
Should your appointment fall within this timeframe, please call and reschedule. Please DO NOT attend with make-up to a filler appointment as this increases your risk of infection. If you are unable to attend your appointment for any reason we ask you to give us 48 hours notice, otherwise a cancelation or re-booking fee of £50 will apply. Any deposit paid will be lost.

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Événements majeurs

Tournois et opens

Matchs amicaux

Championnats nationaux
  : Herman Pilnik remporte le championnat. Chez les femmes, pas de championnat.
  : Pas de championnat national pour cause d'Anschluss, ni de tournoi féminin.
  : Paul Devos remporte le championnat. Chez les femmes, c'est Elisabeth Cuypers qui s'impose.
  : Orlando Roças remporte le championnat.
  : Daniel Yanofsky et Frank Yerhoff remportent le championnat.
  : Pas de championnat pour cause de Seconde Guerre mondiale.
  : Antonio Medina remporte le championnat .
  : Pas de championnat masculin, ni féminin .
 : Hugo Ilmari Solin remporte le championnat.
  : César Boutteville remporte le championnat . Chez les femmes, pas de championnat.
  : Pas de championnat.
  : Pas de championnat.

  : Martin Christoffel remporte le championnat .
  : Anatoli Bannik remporte le championnat, dans le cadre de l'U.R.S.S.. Chez les femmes, pas de championnat.
 : Petar Trifunović remporte la première édition du championnat de la nouvelle république.

Divers

Naissances
 Lev Alburt
 Iouri Razouvaïev

Nécrologie

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Références

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"The furniture we previously bought from you is really good quality and still looks like new, and we love our new pictures which are now proudly displayed on our living room walls!"
Home Decor | 11/27/2012
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"Great quality and plenty of room for all my files. This is our third purchase from you and it won?t be the last!!"
Home Office | 11/27/2012
Helene from Hamden, CT:
"Two delightful guys showed up at our vacation house in Vermont on a gorgeous fall day and did a beautiful job setting up our playscape."
Playscape | 11/27/2012
Michael & Linda from Pittsfield, MA:
"I wanted to let you know that the service was wonderful, the store beautiful and I couldn't ask for anything more."
Occasional Furniture | 11/27/2012
Sally from Cromwell, CT:
"The driver was courteous and professional and placed the shed in the exact spot we wanted. He would not leave until we were perfectly satisfied with the placement."
Storage Building | 11/27/2012
Norma from Bethany, CT:
"We are delighted to have it, and have already begun to store things in it. It is our intent to mount strips from which we can hang tools so as to maximize storage space."
Dale & Randi from Somers, CT:
"We had the table modified from the standard size, and it turned out as well as we imagined it would."
Dining Room | 11/13/2012
Paul from Manchester, CT:
"Equally impressive have been the delivery personnel; they are very careful and professional- they don't just dump the furniture and run!"
Phil & Beth from Southington, CT:
"We are repeat customers, and have been very pleased with the service provided, the quality of your products, and the value of the products."
Entertainment | 11/13/2012
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"We have recommended Kloter Farms to all of our friends. You may have a larger sales radius than you think!"
Regina & Richard from Southbury, CT:
"The store was busy and we were overwhelmed with the size of the crowd. We couldn't have been more wrong. As usual, we were greeted warmly and immediately taken to the area where we were able to find the hutch that matched our new dining room table."
Tom from Marlborough, CT:
"The quality and craftsmanship are excellent and the piece is perfect for my home office. It was an excellent experience shopping at Kloter Farms."
Scott from East Haddam, CT:
"It came in very handy during Hurricane Sandy and held up very well to the high winds. The quality of the construction and materials used are great."
Linda from Thomaston, CT:
"I couldn?t believe how wonderful it was doing business with you. This was one of the best shopping experiences I have ever had."
Storage Building | 11/9/2012
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"They inched to shed back using the hydraulics and though it took longer than I am sure they had planned, they patiently got it in place, then proceeded to install the loft, roof, cupola and do the touch-up painting."
Nicholas from Turners Falls, MA:
"It is more than I could of dreamed of, well constructed and I have received many comments on the good looking shed."
Garage | 11/4/2012
Erin & Martin from West Hartford, CT:
"Since we are from Europe, we wanted a platform bed and had difficulties finding a store here which would custom-make a mission style bed without an exhorbant additional charge. We were pleasantly surprised that Kloter Farms were so accomodating."
Bedroom | 11/1/2012
Ceil from Enfield, CT:
"Thank you for the opportunity to share my feelings about one of America's finest family owned businesses!"
Jim from Windsor, CT:
"We also appreciate that Emily and Michael recognize us when we come to visit the store. This level of service is why we will come to Kloter Farms again and again for our furniture needs."
Keith & Bobbi from Coventry, CT:
"We currently have a whole house full of Kloter furniture. 2 BR sets for the kids, formal dining room set in cherry and a dinette set along with our Kloter shed."
Bedroom | 10/24/2012
Steve & Louise from Branford, CT:
"We visited your store numerous times and were very impressed with the quality of your products and your friendly staff members."
Donna from Ellington, CT:
"I purchased the first piece of a mission style bedroom set that I have had my eye on for many years. The craftsmanship is beautiful and flawless."
Paul from Wallingford, CT:
"I love the 12x24 vinyl Dutch Colonial Garage! I love barns and farms, and to me, the Dutch Colonial is a barn!"
Garage | 10/24/2012
Doug & Connie from Ledyard, CT:
"We've shopped your store on several occasions and always enjoyed the relaxed and friendly atmosphere."
Janice from Manchester, CT:
"We have had a wonderful experience each time we have made a purchase from Kloter Farms, (dining room, living room, outdoor swing)."
Upholstery | 10/23/2012
Kathleen from Westerly, RI:
"The sales person was informative and helpful. She gave us ample time to look at all our options and showed up sheds that would fit our needs."
Ron from Greenfield, MA:
"His behavior is a credit to your company in that he resolves minor issues before they become problems."
Val & Andy from Guilford, CT:
"Its always enjoyable walking around your entire "park-like" facility. It really becomes a sort of "idea factory.""
Outdoor Furniture | 10/23/2012
Don & Barb from Claremont, NH:
"As usual we enjoyed the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of your wonderful establishment. What a feast for our senses!"
"Now I am able to store my grill, garden implements, bicycle, small wheelbarrow, snow blower, and various other items."


Get ready to swing with the Purchase Jazz Orchestra and special guest artists as we close out the Jazz at The Center series with a night of big band jazz favorites.
This promises to be an unforgettable evening celebrating not only The PAC's 40th anniversary, but also the 25th anniversary of Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College.
Specially-commissioned charts from the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra of New York's library will be given their inaugural PAC performance by the PJO; listen for some classic Glenn Miller and Count Basie charts as well.


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Q: How can I post Facebook fan page status updates to my WordPress blog? Is it possible to get an RSS feed of Facebook status updates from a Page rather than a Profile? I want to use the feed in WP's RSS feed widget.
It's easy to pull statuses from a profile page. I did this using an RSS feed widget. I tried doing the same thing for a fan page, but Facebook forces me to switch contexts (from viewing as the a page to viewing as myself), after which I'm redirected to my own status feed.
There is an RSS for notifications, but I want it for statuses, not notifications.

A: Pretty sure the Facebook fan page RSS feed URL is like this:
http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?format=atom10&id=YOURFBFANPAGEID

The fan page ID is the string of numbers at the end of the URL when viewing the page, for example, Jon Stewart's fan page id is 193859733506:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-Stewart-for-President/193859733506

So you can do your normal RSS feed solution which takes entries and uses them in your Wordpress site, and use that URL format above for the fan page you are after.

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Dr Anita Collins
Dr Anita Collins is an award-winning educator, researcher and writer in the field of brain development and music learning. She is internationally recognized for her unique work in translating the scientific research of neuroscientists and psychologists to the everyday parent, teacher and student. Over the last two years Anita has interviewing close to 100 researchers in labs across the US, Canada, Europe and Australia so she can share the most up to date research with educators. Increasingly Anita is being invited to provide expert opinion on education, creativity, strategic direction and innovation. Anita is founder of Bigger Better Brains, an education program for the global music education community about the application of neuromusical research.
Anita presents regularly on radio and television and in 2018 will take up the role of onscreen expert and campaigner for the three-part ABC documentary Don't Stop the Music. This documentary and campaign will focus national attention on the benefits of music education for all children in November. Anita is currently expert education advisor for the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Australian Independent School Association, BrandAnyonmous Productions in the UK, Artemis Productions in Australia, Music Education Research Counsellor for Music Australia, a Founding Director of the Rewire Foundation and Associate Fellow of Music, Mind and Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne.
Anita is a prolific and eclectic writer, including the "The Lullaby Effect", opinion columns for The Age and The Conversation, authored papers for international peer-reviewed journals, guest author on international sites and specialist technical writer for OECD Education Framework 2030. Anita is the author of one of the most watched TED Education films ever made, she a Churchill Fellow, a TEDx speaker and will soon release a book for expectant and new parents called The Lullaby Effect.
Anita brings a wealth of experience as an active educator to every presentation. She is an experienced classroom teachers and conductor (Canberra Grammar School) across the breadth of beginner to advanced musical performers. Anita has been musical director for three award winning productions and she has over a decade of experience as a teacher educator across all areas of tertiary education (University of Canberra and the Australian National University). Anita is also a creator, commissioning and conducting the world premiere of the The Goulburn Concertoby Sean O'Boyle, a work specifically written to bring professional musicians and disadvantaged children together as equal partners in performance.
www.anitacollinsmusic.com
"I must admit I didn't really know how to support my son with his music. After hearing her talk I now understand what is happening inside his brain and Anita has giving me some great ideas!"
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More than 90 per cent of Polish Internet users reach for their smartphones during commercial breaks while watching TV. One third of them browse social apps and every fifth user plays mobile games. What else do we know about the quality of ad contact when people use more than one screen simultaneously? Check out the unique results of the newest Gemius single-source study in Poland: gemiusAdReal.


On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am pleased to announce that the International Conference Advanced Materials (ICAM2015) will be held in the beautiful campus of Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, on April 27-29, 2015. I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to make this conference an unforgettable success.
The International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM2015) is mainly focused on advanced materials and structures and processing, including smart materials, composites, nanomaterials and nanostructures,biomaterials, polymeric materials as well as materials for specific applications in energy, water, environment and health.
ICAM2015 will provide a chance for academicians, researchers, industrialists, and engineers to meet and exchange innovative ideas and information on all aspects of materials. The main topics of this conference cover advanced and functional materials, composites and applications, green and biomaterials, smart and intelligent materials and structures, processing and engineering of materials, natural and synthetic composites and materials for specific applications. Major topics and new trends will be introduced through keynote and invited lectures, oral and poster presentations that will be given by internationally recognized experts.


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Situated within 2.9 km of Rovinj Aquarium in Rovinj, Apartments Buric provides accommodation with free WiFi. All units are equipped with a flat-screen TV and a fully equipped kitchen with a a microwave and kettle. There is a fully equipped private bathroom with shower and free toiletries. The apartment offers a terrace. Guests can also relax in the garden. Cathedral of St. Euphemia in Rovinj is 3.4 km from Apartments Buric, while Rovinj Old Town is 3.4 km away. The nearest airport is Pula Airport, 47 km from the property.
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Added on January 6, 2023 Press Trust of india
Govt will adhere to timelines on judicial appointments: AG tells SC
New Delhi: The government told the Supreme Court on Friday all efforts are being made to "conform" to the timelines laid down by the apex court for processing the names recommended by the Collegium for appointment as judges to constitutional courts and 44 names are likely to be processed within two-three days.
Amid the frosty Executive-Judiciary ties over the system of judges appointing judges, Attorney General R Venkataramani told the top court the government will adhere to timelines and the recent recommendations made by the Collegium of high courts have been processed with "utmost dispatch".
A bench of Justices S K Kaul and A S Oka observed the delay in dealing with the recommendations sent by the Collegium for transfer of high court judges not only affects the administration of justice but also creates an impression as if third party sources are "interfering".
The bench also asked Venkataramani about the five names recommended by the collegium last month for elevation as judges of the apex court.
"Would your lordships defer this for a little while? I have some inputs given to me but I may have some difference of opinion on that," the Attorney General told the bench.
He said out of the 104 recommendations made by the Collegium of high courts, which are pending with the government, 44 are likely to be processed and sent to the Supreme Court by this weekend.
"Attorney General submits that he has instructions that the government will adhere to the timelines as provided in the judgement. It is towards that objective that he submits that out of the 104 recommendations made by the collegium of the high courts pending with the government, 44 are likely to be processed and sent to the Supreme Court by the weekend," the bench said.
It further noted, "In so far as the pending five recommendations for elevation to this court are concerned, the Attorney General requests for a deferment as he says he is looking into the matter."
At the outset, Venkataramani told the bench that timelines laid down by the apex court should not be deviated from and "all efforts are being made to conform to those timelines".
The top court was hearing a matter related to the alleged delay by the Centre in clearing the names recommended by the Collegium for appointment as judges to the Supreme Court and high courts.
During the hearing, the bench flagged several issues ranging from recommendations made for appointment of chief justices of three different high courts to those of transfer of high court judges.
Regarding the transfer of judges, the apex court said, "In this, honestly, the role of the government is very limited. If in the administration of justice we feel that some people will have to be transferred and the collegium does so, keeping it pending sends a very wrong signal."
"It sends a signal that other factors are coming into play which I would say this is unacceptable to the collegium," Justice Kaul observed.
The bench said one of the aspects which it wanted to flag and which is of "considerable importance" is the recommendations made for transfer of high court judges sent by the Collegium which are 10 in number.
It observed that two of them were sent at the end of September 2022, while eight were forwarded towards the end of November last year.
"The transfer of high court judges is done in the interest of administration of justice and exceptions apart, there is no reason for any delay on part of the government in implementing the same," the bench said.
It said the Collegium discusses and seeks opinions, including those of the consultee judges, on the issue of transfer of high court judges and this process is completed before a recommendation is made to the government.
On the recommendations made for three chief justices of high courts, the bench noted the Attorney General has assured the court that he is looking into it.
"We have impressed on the Attorney General that there will be vacancies of chief justices, which will arise on account of elevations to the Supreme Court, and those cannot be processed till the elevations takes place which is a matter of concern," it said.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for one of the petitioners, raised the issue of the names reiterated by the Collegium being sent back by the government.
"The government in the last lot sent back some of the names which were pending. Rightly or wrongly, we have to deal with it. There are 22 names which have been sent back," the bench observed, adding, some reiterated names have also been returned.
Observing that sending back the reiterated names is a matter of concern, the bench said the government may have its own views when a recommendation is made but it can't be kept on hold without sending back the comments on it.
"What is to be done is that comments can be sent to us. We will look into the comments, see whether we want to reiterate it or drop the name. If we reiterate the name then there is, as per the present scenario, nothing which can prevent the appointment," the apex court asserted.
Venkataramani said highest level of application of mind and objective consideration is shown in the process.
The bench, which posted the matter for further hearing on February 3, also raised the issue of meritorious people withdrawing their consent for judgeship due to the delay in clearing the names.
"We have had examples where seniority has been disturbed. Now a negative impact of that is that the collegium will be very hesitant in sending the second list…," it said.
The apex court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, had last month recommended five judges, including Justices Pankaj Mithal and Sanjay Karol, the chief justices of high courts of Rajasthan and Patna, for elevation as judges of the apex court.
"The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on December 13, 2022, has resolved to recommend elevation of the following chief justices/judges of the high courts, as judges in the Supreme Court: 1. Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court 2. Justice Sanjay Karol, Chief Justice, Patna High Court, 3. Justice P V Sanjay Kumar, Chief Justice, Manipur High Court, 4. Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, Judge, Patna High Court and 5. Justice Manoj Misra, Judge, Allahabad High Court," said a statement uploaded last month on the apex court's website.
The recommendation is pending with the government.
The collegium system has become a major flashpoint between the Supreme Court and the central government, with the mechanism of judges appointing judges drawing criticism from different quarters.
The plea in the apex court has alleged "wilful disobedience" of the time frame laid down in its April 20, 2021 to facilitate timely appointment of judges.
In the order, the apex court had said the Centre should appoint judges within three-four weeks if the Collegium reiterates its recommendations unanimously.


Nearly all confessions obtained by interrogators nationwide are inadmissible, but nonetheless admitted. In the process, police arrest the wrong suspect and allow the guilty to go free. An unshakeable addiction to pseudo-scientific interrogation methods – initially created in the 1940s – is to blame. The so-called "Reid technique" of interrogation was initially a welcome and revolutionary change from the violent "third degree" method it replaced. But, we no longer live in the 1940s and, not surprisingly, we no longer drive 1940s automobiles, practice early twentieth century medicine, or dial rotary phones. Why, then, are police still using 1940s methods of interrogation?
Moreover, the outdated Reid technique was premised on the very same principles that underlie the lie detector. At the time of its creation, then, the Reid technique was crafted from a "science" already discredited by nearly every court in the nation. From a policy standpoint, continued reliance on the Reid technique does a disservice to our justice system and unnecessarily risks obtaining inherently unreliable confessions. From an evidentiary standpoint, the methodology underlying the Reid technique fails every aspect of the Supreme Court's standards governing the admission of expert evidence. This Article therefore contends that all confessions obtained pursuant to the Reid method are – and were – absolutely inadmissible.


TOKYO - Honda Motor Co Ltd on Friday reported a 40.2 percent drop in third-quarter operating profit, missing market expectations due to higher discounting and quality-related costs.
Japan's third-biggest automaker posted profit of 170.1 billion yen ($1.56 billion) for October-December, from 284.5 billion yen in the same period a year earlier.
Honda's global automobile sales came in at 1.41 million vehicles in October-December, versus 1.34 million a year earlier, boosted by rising sales at home and in Asia.
Honda sold 498,000 units in North America during the period, up from 491,000 a year earlier, bucking the trend of slowing demand in the United States. But profitability took a hit from an increase in selling incentives, the company said.
In China, another key market where sales have also cooled after years of growth, Honda sold around 1.43 million vehicles in 2018, down slightly on the previous year. While sales in the past few months have held up against an overall market slowdown, Honda was stung earlier in the year by a quality issue with its Civic sedan, the CR-V SUV crossover and other popular models.
Honda and other automakers in China, the world's largest auto market, are bracing for a tough 2019 after weakness in sales emerged last year following years of strong growth as the country's growing middle class snapped up new cars.
China's Association of Automobile Manufacturers has said it expects to see flat sales of around 28.1 million units in 2019, after the market contracted for the first time in more than two decades last year.


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Colchester United boss Kevin Keen worried other clubs might "nick" his best players
By Carl Marston
Kevin Keen giving out instructions at Gillingham on Monday
Colchester United might be bottom of the league, but manager Kevin Keen's biggest fear is losing players, during next month's transfer window.
Despite the U's propping up the rest of the teams in League One, on the back of nine straight league defeats, new boss Keen is wary of other clubs nipping in to steal his best players.
Keen feels that the U's have the personnel to pull clear of the relegation zone, during the second half of the season, and he hopes to add "one or two" new recruits during the January transfer window.
But winger Callum Harriott has returned to Charlton at the end of his successful loan spell, and Keen suspects that other members of his squad might be transfer targets over the coming weeks.
"I think any club in any division going into January will look to reinforce. We are not unlike any other," explained Keen.
"I am more worried that teams in and around us, and from the league above, might look at it and think – 'we'll nick him, and we'll nick him' – that's more of a worry.
"I'm hoping one or two (new players) might come in to help, but my biggest worry is that if anyone has watched us in our last two games, they will have seen that we've got certain players who I know can be playing for better teams.
"So it's going to be a fight to keep them," added Keen.
Harriott returned to his parent club Charlton, following Monday afternoon's narrow 1-0 defeat at Gillingham.
The 21-year-old scored seven goals, and also contributed seven assists for his team-mates, in 23 appearances for the U's following his arrival on August 28.
Keeper Jamie Jones returned to Preston last week, at the end of his loan spell, while leading scorer George Moncur is bound to attract interest from other clubs.
"Callum is one very good player we are losing," continued Keen.
"We are looking (for new players), but when we are bottom of the league it's sometimes difficult to attract new players. However, I hope with some connections, and a little bit of pulling here and there, that we'll be fine.
"But I'm actually happy with the players I've got at the moment.
"Owen (Garvan) came back (as an 80th minute substitute at Gillingham)and Marvin (Sordell) did well after what looked like a nasty injury at Rochdale."
The U's defence looked stronger, and better organised, as a defensive unit during the 1-0 defeat at third-placed Gillingham.
They were also unlucky not to score, at the other end, with a two-pronged strike-force of Chris Porter and Sordell proving a handful for the Gills' defence – keeper Stuart Nelson made a number of fine saves.
"I am confident, that if the players continue to perform like they have done in the last two games (Southend and Gillingham), then we will get our just rewards," insisted Keen.
"We defended as a team, we attacked as a team, and I think we represented Colchester United in a really good way (at Gillingham).
"And that will take us to where we want to be in the table," added Keen.
The U's are away at fellow struggles Oldham this Saturday.


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Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on four counts
January 3, 2022 • 7:00 pm
Well, it looks like con artist Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos and its nonfunctional blood-testing system, is going to jail. That is, unless the judge lets her off on probation when each of the four counts of which she's convicted carries a maximum twenty-year sentence.
As the New York Times reports, Holmes was found guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. As for the other seven charges, here's the outcome (from the NYT); "no verdict" means that the jury was deadlocked.
Count one of conspiring to commit wire fraud against investors in Theranos between 2010 and 2015: Guilty.
Count two of conspiring to commit wire fraud against patients who paid for Theranos's blood testing services between 2013 and 2016: Not guilty.
Count three of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $99,990 on or about Dec. 30, 2013: No verdict.
Count four of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $5,349,900 on or about Dec. 31, 2013: No verdict.
Count five of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $4,875,000 on or about Dec. 31, 2013: No verdict.
Count six of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $38,336,632 on or about Feb. 6, 2014: Guilty.
Count seven of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $99,999,984 on or about Oct. 31, 2014:Guilty.
Count eight of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $5,999,997 on or about Oct. 31, 2014: Guilty.
Count nine was dropped.
Count 10 of wire fraud in connection with a patient's laboratory blood test results on or about May 11, 2015: Not guilty.
Count 12 of wire fraud in connection with a wire transfer of $1,126,661 on or about Aug. 3, 2015: Not guilty.
From the NYT:
A jury of eight men and four women took 50 hours to reach a verdict, convicting her of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She was found not guilty on four other counts. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on three counts, which were set aside for later.
Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, terms that are likely to be served concurrently. Ms. Holmes is expected to appeal.
The verdict stands out for its rarity. Few technology executives are charged with fraud and even fewer are convicted. If sentenced to prison, Ms. Holmes would be the most notable female executive to serve time since Martha Stewart did in 2004 after lying to investigators about a stock sale. And Theranos, which dissolved in 2018, is likely to stand as a warning to other Silicon Valley start-ups that stretch the truth to score funding and business deals.
The mixed verdict suggested that jurors believed the evidence presented by prosecutors that showed Ms. Holmes lied to investors about Theranos's technology in the pursuit of money and fame. They were not swayed by her defense of blaming others for Theranos's problems and accusing her co-conspirator, Ramesh Balwani, the company's chief operating officer and her former boyfriend, of abusing her.
They were also not swayed by the prosecutor's case that she had defrauded patients. Ms. Holmes was acquitted on four counts related to patients who took Theranos's blood tests and one related to advertisements that the patients saw.
Holmes's defense of blaming her actions on mind control by Sunny Balwani particularly galled me, as she constructed her image, and certainly behaved accordingly, as a strong and independent woman.
My prediction was that she'd be convicted (you'll see an earlier writing, before the verdict was just issued, in tomorrow's "Hili News), though I thought she'd be convicted on more charges. Still, in my own view, she needs some jail time to serve as a deterrent to others entrepreneurs who would extract money from people under false pretenses.
To see what she really did, I highly recommend John Carreyrou's dissection of the whole saga in his 2018 book, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. Begun as a reportorial job for the Wall Street Journal, the saga was turned by Carreyrou into a page turner that is endlessly engrossing and won several prizes as well. If you'll read it, you'll wonder how Holmes got off so lightly.
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Posted on January 3, 2022 January 3, 2022 by whyevolutionistruePosted in books, crime and punishment	Posted at 7:00 pm
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Michael Waterhouse says:
I was hoping for more too.
I think she got off so lightly because she is an attractive young women with well contrived voice and charismatic personality.
That even the prospect of mind control and manipulation by her boyfriend could be thought to work is disturbing.
I can't say what appropriate sentencing will be. But assuming is about RRRD I am wondering what would be appropriate?
Restrain … prevent Holmes from doing it again? Prison time will certainly prevent her from doing that again. Though I thought it would be unlikely she will ever be in position to repeat something like this.
Rehabilitate Well I suppose there may be some programs in place to rehabilitate Holmes, but I suspect there is not much that needs rehabilitating. Unless she has some mental defect underlying her actions, in that case the options become different.
Restoration Well returning money as much as possible to the investors is in order. Not sure jail time helps here.
Deterrence Deterring others is of course a worthy cause. Not sure how much hefty sentences actually deter people from committing crimes? I have been led to believe deterrence is a weak component when it comes committing crime (getting caught is much bigger).
And of course there is the fourth R of the Justice system:
Retribution
Again … I am not saying what an appropriate sentence might be, other that when considering sentencing this is the list I go through.
Douglas Swartzendruber says:
I think that honorary degrees are meaningless and often done for PR with the intent of drawing donations – but Pepperdine now has two big losers in Holmes and Bill Cosby.
I wouldn't dismiss the allegation of being controlled by Balwani. That said, she would have to prove it, and as that is not happening, she has to stand responsible.
The most interesting thing about the case, to me, is how much like scientology Theranos presented itself. I think, althought it doesn't matter in the end, that either Holmes believed she could achieve what she pretended, and was just triying to gain time and money to achieve it, or more probably she knew what she was doing and was in it only for money and recognition for as long as she could, knowing that she would be caught eventually. Either puzzles me about how a person's mind could rationalize such position. The thing is if only she would have presented the whole thing as a religious enterprise, as scientology does, she could have gotten away with it.
I would conclude that corporate culture (including figures like Jobs) is very much like a religion, and so is the market economy with the invisible hand and all that. Also, that this should inform us how much religions and churches are like companies in it for the power and money, and shouldn't be tax exempted.
Interesting comment – I started to read because I was going to say the same on Balvani, lots of strong individuals have come out as having been abused and controlled – but the analogy with religion is noteworthy too.
On companies or in general hierarchical groups there is the tendency to follow a – charismatic, or not – leader. I don't see that as a problem most times – groups fail randomly at objectives all the time, as individual do – but I'm all for taxing churches.
I dunno about any "invisible hand" but archaeological record trace trade markets back 4 kyrs to self organized weight systems. It turns out you can get enough fair weights (at 20 % error) by eye and, well, markets, and they find evidence from Asia to Europe of local systems along the trade routes. It is a "well tested" system, and I haven't seen any successful competition for it. A long way to say that this may be an opposite example to hierarchical systems and leaders.
I didn't understand your las paragraph about markets and so on, and by that I mean the sentences don't make much sense to me.
For clarification, by invisible hand I was refering to Adam Smit's concept (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand) and so by market economy the modern capitalist concept. Not sure they do hace much to do wit markets on Asia and Europe centuries ago.
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Glad to see Holmes convicted of at least some of the charges. Balwani's trial next month is going to be interesting.
… Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos and its nonfunctional blood-testing system, is going to jail. That is, unless the judge lets her off on probation when each of the four counts of which she's convicted carries a maximum twenty-year sentence …
Under the federal sentencing guideline applicable to fraud cases, USSG section 2B1.1, the primary driver of a convicted defendant's guideline score is the amount of the loss incurred by the fraud's victims. According to reports from the trial, Holmes is accused of causing some $140 million in losses. Under the loss table in subsection (b)(1) of the guideline 2B1.1, a loss of that amount would add 24 points to Ms. Holmes's base offense level of 7. (Other upward adjustments based on the number of defrauded victims may increase her offense level even further.)
At that offense level, under the federal guidelines sentencing table, she's looking at a sentencing range of at least around 10 years (108-135 months) and possibly higher. Although a federal sentencing judge has discretion to depart (either upward or downward) from the range set by the guidelines, I think it highly unlikely that the judge in Elizabeth Holmes's case would grant her the extreme downward departure it would take to impose a probationary sentence.
I'd like to ask some questions to clarify a point.
You have assessed the sentence based on the total of all the losses alleged under each charge that was proven. Is the judge allowed to consider all the charges together or must he assess the sentence for each of the four guilty verdicts separately? If the latter, does he have any discretion as to whether the sentences should be served concurrently or consecutively?
I think the answers to those questions will make a big difference as to how much time Holmes serves behind bars.
The US Sentencing Guidelines created a "conduct based" rather than "charge based" system. Under this system, the sentencing court considers all the convicted defendant's "relevant conduct" in determining the guidelines range, including even conduct for which the defendant was acquitted, so long as the court finds that the conducted has been established by a preponderance of the evidence. See USSG 1B1.3.
Under the sentencing guidelines, separate counts of conviction that involve the same type of harm are grouped and treated as a single count of conviction under section 3D1.4. (I believe that all four counts on which Holmes was convicted will be grouped under this provision.) Accordingly, the counts will all run concurrently, unless Holmes's recommended sentencing guidelines range exceeds the maximum for any one count (in her case, 20 years), in which case one of the counts will be run consecutively so as to reach the specified range.
The guidelines system isn't amenable to simple explanation, but I hope this helps.
Yes it does. Thank you.
If I remember correctly, the legal pundits on CNN said that the judge has the option to make the sentences concurrent but that it isn't usually done. The judge has a lot of discretion in such cases.
The pundits probably said that the sentences would in all likelihood be imposed to run concurrently, since there is no reason to run them consecutively unless the ultimate sentence imposed exceeds the maximum sentence for a single count, i.e., 20 years.
As originally enacted in 1987, application of the US sentencing guidelines was made mandatory. In the landmark case United States v. Booker, an oddly fractured SCOTUS held mandatory guidelines unconstitutional and interpreted them instead to be discretionary. Since then, sentencing courts have had much greater leeway to vary or depart from the specified guidelines range, although an accurate calculation of the applicable guidelines range is still the starting point in imposing a federal sentence.
Yes, they did. Of course, we are only interested in the bottom line. How long will she be locked up? Any bets?
My guess is she'll get at least a dime.
The analysis I read here is that the sentencing guidelines call for life (level 43) and since 65 years is less than life, that's what will be imposed. According to the link, Holmes lied on the stand which is unlikely to endear her to the judge.
What I find curious about the Theranos case is that the prosecution, the defense, and the media have all treated it as a sort of "vaporware" case: Holmes made fraudulent (fide the prosecution) or overhyped (fide the defense) claims about what her test kits could do. So it was like an early beta version of a video game– it'll be great once the kinks are worked out and the extra code is written. But my understanding is that what she was claiming was more akin to saying she was developing a perpetual motion machine– no amount of development could produce the kits she claimed, because it would be literally physically impossible. It's not that she was promising things they hadn't achieved yet– she was promising things that cannot be achieved.
Perhaps the prosecution didn't mention this, because if the investors are being just as delusional as Holmes about what is possible, then a fair amount of the responsibility falls on the investors.
I don't recall anyone saying that what Theranos was proposing was physically impossible. Microfluidics and gene chips are real. When people suggest that their machine "cannot be achieved", I don't think they are talking about some kind of fundamental limit to what's possible.
The blood testing industry still thrives though certainly investors have been made wary by the Theranos debacle. See this article from 2018:
"Like Theranos, but it works"–health startup Genalyte proves its worth
https://www.fastcompany.com/40574949/like-theranos-but-it-works-health-startup-genalyte-proves-its-worth.
WaPo's recent article captures the consensus opinion:
"Experts overwhelmingly agree that running hundreds of tests from just a few drops of blood in a portable machine is an incredibly difficult task to accomplish. But that hasn't stopped a new generation of founders from attempting to make breakthroughs in less invasive blood testing, moving out of the shadow of one of most infamous tech start-up failures."
Theranos failed, but other blood-tech companies are still trying to make testing faster and easier
Theranos might have collapsed, but other blood diagnostic start-ups are still raising cash
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/16/blood-startups-theranos/
>I don't recall anyone saying that what Theranos was proposing was physically impossible.
That's kind of my point. It's not that blood testing can't be automated and made to fit a smaller device, but that there are limits that were fairly obvious, but not mentioned. You can make an engine more efficient, but when someone says they have achieved 100% efficiency, you know they are lying.
Agreed. "100% efficiency" is always BS in an engineered product from a purely scientific point of view.
On the other hand, in marketing speak things can always be finessed. It could be interpreted as 100% of the efficiency that may be reasonably achieved, for example. When dealing with supposedly savvy investors, it could be argued by Theranos, "Of course we didn't mean that it was something akin to a perpetual motion machine. We know that our investors are smarter than that." Unless they get caught saying that some measurement was 85 when, in fact, it was 27, it all comes down to a subjective argument. Was it reasonable or fraudulent marketing hype?
Complicating this even more is the fact it was a device in development. Was she talking about what the device was capable of right now or when they get the bugs out sometime soon? Again, it comes down to a subjective argument.
My albeit limited understanding is that the most eyebrow-raising claim had to do with sample size – i.e. they were claiming to be able to do multiple tests using a blood sample smaller than any of the current-technology individual tests uses right now. So maybe a one or two order of magnitude jump (downward) in sample size required, for multiple different types of blood tests.
Which seems like a big enough leap in technology that anyone with any biotech savvy should have been wary of a company claiming to have successfully done that in a mere few years. However, that also seems to me the sort of breakthrough one could reasonably expect from a 10-20 year R&D tech push. It would not at all surprise me to see a real, working Theranos-like test in the 2030s. In terms of biotech advancement, that would not even be as remarkable as going from Human Genome Project to 23AndMe in 25 years, which we already did.
So not a perpetual motion machine. More akin to the Raelians claiming to have a cloned human teen. I.e. the sort of breakthrough we can reasonably expect science to achieve in the future…but also not the sort of claim we should accept if someone says they can do it now, today.
The important point was that there was no reason to dismiss their claims on their face. The investors should have demanded a closer analysis of their technology but they didn't. It's somewhat like the Bernie Madoff scandal. Everyone was so enthused by the prospect of success that they didn't really consider that they were being had.
One big difference between Theranos and Madoff's fund was that when a company like Theranos has such a high valuation and 800 employees, even failure to create their target product can still be a financial success by selling off patents and/or pivoting the successful parts of their technology toward other products and industries. However, in the Theranos case it was almost complete vaporware.
I am curious about all the smaller fry in the science/technology chain? How big was Theranos? How many people in the chain knew that the technology does not work? It's a bit like the Volkswagen fiddle.
Google says Theranos employed around 800 at its height.
Given the major investors, I don't feel badly for some of them for having lost hundreds of millions. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch. But I don't think they bear any responsibility for allowing themselves to be scammed because the promised technology was too obviously impossible. Unless you mean to imply that they were part of the scam? I don't see what the pay-off for the investors could have been if it was a given that the technology was vaporware. But, could be.
In any case, Theranos did have established experts involved from time to time to lend credence to their scam. For example . . .
"In April 2016, Theranos announced its medical advisory board which included past presidents or board members of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.[126] Members were invited to review the company's proprietary technologies and advise on the integration into clinical practice.[126] The board included past presidents or board members of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry such as Susan A. Evans, William Foege, former director U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), David Helfet, director of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery and professors, Ann M. Gronowski, Larry J. Kricka, Jack Ladenson, Andy O. Miller and Steven Spitalnik.[127][128]" [Wikipedia, "Theranos"]
My impression was that the claimed technology was amazing enough to warrant skepticism, but not impossible.


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There are several reasons you might want to install a restrictive device, or orifice in a piping system.
To create a false head for a centrifugal pump, allowing you to run the pump close to its BEP.
To increase the line pressure.
To decrease the flow through a line.
To increase the fluid velocity in a line.
The equation for flow through an orifice is a simple one to understand. Only the units are somewhat awkward.
Q = The flow in cubic feet per second (ft3/sec).A = The area of the orifice in square feet (ft2).
V = The velocity of the liquid in feet per second (ft/sec).
Experience shows that the actual flow is quite different than calculated because of the different shapes of the various orifices. Look at the following diagrams and you will see some of these popular shapes. Each has been assigned a "K" value.
h = Head across the orifice. If the downstream side of the orifice is pressurized use the differential head across the orifice.
1 ft3/sec = 448.8 gpm.
Let's plug in some numbers and calculate a flow through a typical orifice.
All of these above numbers were generated assuming that you were moving water through the orifice. If you are making calculations for a liquid other than water you will have to factor in the viscosity of that liquid compared to water.
We also made an assumption that the orifice diameter is not greater than 30% of the pipe diameter. There is another formula we use for a less restrictive orifice.
This means that you would have to multiply by 1.03 so the 3.46 gpm we got in the last calculation would become 3.56 gpm.
The roughness of the piping inside walls affects the friction loses.
The piping material and allowable wall thickness tolerances.
Solids buildup inside the piping. Calcium in water applications and coke in hot oil applications are typical. Higher temperature usually hastens the solids buildup.


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Q: differential equation to power to power series What is the power series, (or summation form) for the following equation?
I know the first couple of terms, but am unable to write it as a power series.
The equation is dy/dx +x*y = x^2 There is also the condition y(0)=0
So far I have managed to work out that the third term is 1/3 the fifth term is -1/15 and so on. The other terms are all 0.

A: $\frac{dy}{dx}+xy=x^2$.
Let $g=e^{x^2/2}$ then $g(0)=1$, $g'(0)=0$.
$\frac{d}{dx}(g y)=x^2g$ by integrating factor.
$g'y+gy'=x^2g \implies  y'(0)=0.$
By Frobenius' Method.
$xy=\sum_{k=0}^\infty c_kx^{p+k+1}$
$y'=\sum_{k=0}^\infty c_k(p+k)x^{p+k-1}=c_0px^{p-1}+c_1(p+1)x^p+\sum_{k=0}^\infty c_{k+2}(p+k+2)x^{p+k+1}$
So:
$y'+xy=c_0px^{p-1}+c_1(p+1)x^p+\sum_{k=0}^\infty [c_{k+2}(p+k+2)+c_k]x^{p+k+1}=x^2$
So we need $\frac{c_{k+2}}{c_k}=\frac{-1}{(p+k+2)}$
$c_0px^{p-3}+c_1(p+1)x^{p-2}+\sum_{k=0}^\infty [c_{k+2}(p+k+2)+c_k]x^{p+k-1}=1$
Suppose $c_0=0$. If we only allow non-negative powers of $x$, then $p=2$ and $c_1=1/3$.
If $c_1=0$ then $p=3$ and $c_0=1/3$. In either case, the iterative process above generates the other coefficients defining the function.
Case $c_1=0$: $c_0=1/3, c_2=-1/15,c_4=1/105,...$
Case $c_0=0$: $c_1=1/3, c_3=-1/15, c_5=1/105, ...$


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Pui Fun of World of Buzz writes that cherries are an amazing fruit that has lots of nutrients but eating too much of it isn't a good idea either, as proven by this 32-year-old lady in Chongqing, China. According to Sina, the lady surnamed Wang was preparing to go to Wuhan for the Chinese New Year celebrations when she received two boxes of fresh cherries from her relatives and friends. Since there would be no one home during the holidays, she decided to wash the cherries and put them in two big bags so that she could eat them during her journey to Wuhan. Source: Health A few days later, Wang experienced severe stomach discomfort after she got off the plane and rushed to the bathroom in the hotel. She was shocked when she discovered that her poop looked "bloody" and red in colour. Her diarrhoea continued and she had to go to the toilet for more than 20 times in one night. At one point, it got so bad that she even fainted in the bathroom. Her family was worried about her and sent her to the hospital the next morning where the doctor quickly ran some tests on her stools. However, when the results came back, the doctor was surprised to see that there were no big issues with her stools. The doctor suspected that the "bloody stools" that raised the alarm could actually be caused by red pigments in the food that Wang had eaten and began to question her. It was then that Wang recalled she had eaten 3kg of fresh cherries for five days straight and before she got off the plane to Wuhan, she had eaten about 50 cherries in one go.


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When I hear that a television show is getting a spin-off, I am usually apprehensive. This was especially the case when I read online that the producers of The Office were planning on making a spin-off featuring the character of Karen as played by Rashida Jones. My first thought was not good — how were they going to make yet another "mockumentary" show that would not basically be like watching another half hour of The Office? It was announced not long after this that the show was being retooled. It would not be at all related to The Office but would still be based on the same style. Elizabeth and I decided to try it to see if we would like it.
We watched the first couple of episodes with some trepidation and found that while we found the show to be amusing, it wasn't spectacular by any means. We pressed on and watched through the end of the season (all six episodes of it — it was a show that NBC tried out in the early spring) and were relieved that the episodes got a bit better as the season progressed — the characters were fleshed out and we got to know them better.
The characters have been what really have been bringing us back to the screen week after week. Every single character in the show is his or her own motivation to watch the show — that is just how interesting I find them all. You have characters like Ron Swanson, a libertarian somewhat ironically working for the government who is constantly struggling with his want to trim down the government's involvement in the life of the people of his city. Then you have characters like Andy, who started off the show as a jerk and has come around to being an endearing character, even if he is just a little on the dopey side.
I still find it hard to believe that somehow yet another so-called mockumentary show is in the NBC lineup and yet it is doing well. It may have something to do with the interaction between the characters and the camera crew. It is a little more intrusive on The Office — the best part of the last episode with Steve Carell was when he took off the portable microphone he had been wearing for all those years. On Parks and Recreation there is still interaction with the camera crew but it is considerably more minimal.
If you have a spare half hour on your Thursday evening available (or have a DVR or a good way to watch Hulu streams) I would really suggest you give the show a try. It is definitely worth, I believe, watching the first three seasons before moving on to anything new, however — but you can enjoy the show even without watching every episode. It's good for laughs, certainly.
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I have tried to get into this show, Gordon. I gave up early on during the "fill in the big hole" episodes. Then, more recently, Rob Lowe was on the show and he was such an ill-fit, and unfunny, that I tuned out again. I know the show is here to stay for at least this year and next, so there's ample opportunity to jump in again. I'm a massive Rashida Jones fan, so that's a good thing she's still involved.
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She's a terrific actress and plays a great role on the show. There are some shows I will watch only because I like the way that one actor or actress portrays their role. 🙂
Yeah! Rashida is also incredibly beautiful and funny and her spirit is so luscious I just can't get enough of her. I liked her so much better on The Office, though — but I guess I have to take her where I can lap her up! SMILE!
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My surprise frost last week stopped me planting out too quickly but I'm in full flow now. I've been hardening off plants all week (putting them in and out of the greenhouse to acclimatise them to living outdoor) and today I finally managed to get some in the ground.
Sweetcorn, summer and winter squash, oca, chicpeas, tomatilos and tomatoes have been planted out so far, hopefully I'll get beans and more squashes out tomorrow.
I love these root trainers - great for things like sweetcorn that don't like root disturbance.
All plants seem to go well in them. I'll plant these up with beans now ready for a second flush of them in late summer.
Who else is only just planting out their greenhouse grown transplants? Or am I behind everyone in my little frost pocket?
I've been waiting to plant out too. My garden is a wind tunnel so anything not hardened off wouldn't last 5 minutes ! I hope it all survives, I couldn't wait any longer.
I'm sure it'll be fine now. They soon get used to the outside conditions. Make sure you stake anything tall!
I normally plant out on the 3rd of June, but I did plant out two sneaky squash a couple of days ago just to test the ground.
We'll my squash are out now so fingers crossed!
Most of my hardened off plants went in yesterday, it is raining now and has been all night, the rest will go in at some point this week. I have put half my sweetcorn into quite big pots for mini cobs. I normally do this and it has worked every time.
Seems like I'm not as far behind as I thought I was! I've got the emergency flease ready encase it goes cold but I think we're due for a bit of heat now!
I've still got loads of beans to go in and I'll plant some direct as well for a second flush of beans. My brothers sweetcorn failed as well this year.
Our plants had to out last week, surrounded by fleece as we went away, not sure if they will give a good harvest. Bean seeds went straight in the ground as had no other space indoors, no sign yet of those.
The god thing about the beans is if you have to plant some more they swoon catch up in the summer time.
Mixed weather doesn't help Kev. Last year a lot of our veg bolted to seed because it was so dry. This year it's every season in a day. Going to sow some swede directly into the ground outside this week.
It's been like April this last week, showers all the time then hot and blowy. I've sown my swede in modules and it looks ready to go out.
My leeks went in yesterday. I've planted a whole 4 by 10 bed this year as we never seem to have enough.
I call it the two sisters as I can never understand planting the beans in there as well as they'd be so difficult to pick!
how do you harden off if you don't have a greenhouse or cold frame? I'm pretty late to the party this year, I only have a few herbs (germinating as we speak) so far, and I plan on doing potatoes when I finish building the raided beds, or a potato bin as a last resort lol, I'm just learning about veg growing ( read that as I don't have a clue how to grow anything but herbs) so also I'm not sure on how much I'll be able to actually grow being so late in the year.
Just sit your plants outside in the sun every day, bring them back in to wherever you have been growing them at night and do this for at least a week, then leave them out overnight but in a sheltered place near the house for a couple of nights and then plant them into their final place.
If you have cloches, either bought or homemade, you can put them into these after the week of them being outside during the day.
SUe has answered your question but there's still lots you can sow and grow. Your best bet might be to go to a garden club pant sale and see what plants they've got for sale. Other than that you could still plant things for a later harvest. Only last week I was planting pop corn, it's more of a gamble to plant later but I always forget something and plant it later and it seems to do well. How much space have you got to grow in and is it ready for plants?
I've no idea how big the garden is, it's a fairly decent size and i have at least 3 quarters that are going to be used , i'm going to make my own raised beds, so i dno't have to do too much to the garden itself, as i don't trust myself and my limited knowledge to plant straight into the ground yet and it's all uneven, really it needs dug out, but at the minute i've limited resources, so beds it is.
Ive got an old drawer with no bottom so far that i'm going to put my first herbs in, and i'm going to stake it so it doesn't blow away,which would be just my luck!
Get some pictures up on your blog and I'm sure we'll all give you some advice! There's plenty you can grow in pots and some of the best tomatoes I ever grew were just outside against a wall.
I had to replant green beans last week as the ground must have been too cold and wet, only a few plants sprouted but the next planting came up properly. This time of year, hardening off for me amounts to getting the plants ready for the hot humid days in full sun.
My beans do get eaten by mice if I'm not careful so that's one reason why I start them inside. Our hardening off is the otehr way round, getting them used to cold snaps!
Corn is a hard one to transplant. Usually I don't even bother with sprouting them but just sow in the the ground because of that root problem you mentioned. It's kinda odd to see the stunted corn though. I never saw anything like those root trainers before though. Good idea!!!!
the root trainers are great, everything seems to romp away when I plan tthem in these. They're expensive though and that's way I only have enough for a few crops.
Pigs are on the list but my fencing would have to be upgraded to let them near the veg garden! You guys don;t seem to struggle with the weeds like we do over here. I often look at American plots and wonder how they keep the weeds down, on virgin ground I'd be fighting the weeds like mad!


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Relocating to Bend for a Lifestyle Change?
Our Guide to the 5 Most Desirable Neighborhoods
If you are considering relocating to Bend for a lifestyle change, consider yourself in good company. This town of 90,000 (and growing) currently has newcomers moving here in droves for the same reason. We love our craft beer, roundabouts and most especially — access to the outdoors. Like, right out your doorstep kind of access. In Bend, our idea of a triathlon is to hit the slopes of Mt. Bachelor in the morning, get in a round of golf in the afternoon, and then cast a fly rod into the Deschutes as the sun sinks.
Where's the best place to put down roots?
Bend is home to numerous distinctive neighborhoods — each one with a different character.
Whether you love to run, ski, paddle or pedal, any of Bend's westside neighborhoods are located within short walking or biking distance of a vast expanse of trails in the Deschutes National Forest. Below is our guide to five of Bend's most desirable west-side neighborhoods.
Why we love it: Mountain views, big lot sizes, mature ponderosas
The downside: Riding home from the pub is an arduous task; there are few remaining buildable lots
Shevlin Commons
Why we love it: About as close as you can get to Shevlin Park, a soul-rejuvenating sanctuary featuring 600 acres of ponderosa pine forest with miles of hiking and biking trails; stunning mountain views.
The downside: High cost per square foot, and a rigorous architectural review process.
Why we love it: A 20-minute drive to Mt. Bachelor, even closer to groomed nordic skiing; world-class golf course, mountain views, spacious lots, a killer restaurant, literally a stone's throw from hundreds of miles of singletrack in the Deschutes National Forest.
The downside: Scottish-highland-style landscape as a result of a decades-old forest fire means this area can be breezy. Also, homeowners association fees are a premium, particularly if you don't play golf.
Why we love it: Quiet and secluded gated resort community, private golf course, spacious lots up to 10 acres in the Highlands.
The downside: We can't think of one.
Why we love it: Centrally located between downtown and westside trails, a weekly farmer's market and live music in the summer, walkable to four excellent public schools, parks, restaurants, no HOAs.
The downside: While the homes are lovely, it's tight — really tight. But this may be an upside for those who want to spend more time playing and less time in the yard.
At Seven Bridge, our no-shortcuts approach to custom home-building and decades of experience means peace of mind for our clients. And because we take can on fewer custom projects, we can focus 100 percent on exceeding your expectations.
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Building a Custom Home in Bend? What to Know About Winter
4 Winter-Proofing Strategies that Save Time and Money
This winter of 2016-2017 was one of the most severe on record in Bend, Oregon. In January, we set a new single-day record for snowfall (20 inches), which was part of a months-long "snowpocalypse," as it came to be known, that wreaked havoc on homes and commercial buildings.
Aside from the hassle of school closures and challenging travel, many homeowners — even those in new and high-end custom homes — faced serious flooding or water damage caused by ice dams that formed on the edge of roofs.
And while we're not likely to get a repeat of last year's record-setting snowfall, it's not uncommon for Old Man Winter to have a heavy hand east of the Cascades from December through March. We're not talking Nome, Alaska, but our temperature swings and winter snows even in an average year are far more extreme than what you'd experience on the western slopes of Oregon, Washington or California.
That's why it is critical to insist on preventive winter-proofing strategies when building your custom home in Bend.
During the construction phase, incorporate the following four tips and you'll save time, money and hassle when the snows fly.
During site prep, be sure to grade the site away from the house to prevent flooding in the crawl space.
Use a top-quality building wrap and vapor barrier system. While we prefer felt here at Seven Bridge, Tyvek is a good product when used with the complete Tyvek system. Insist that your builder install it to the manufacturer's specifications.
Prevent moisture from ice dams from entering the home by using Ice & Water Shield for the first six feet of roofing barrier under the roofing material.
Don't skimp on insulation. It's cheap insurance and no other purchase has better return on investment. It can also help reduce the severity of ice dams.
At Seven Bridge, our no-shortcuts approach to custom home-building and decades of experience means peace of mind, even in the winter, for our clients. Long after the home-building process is complete, we stand by our commitment to quality.
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Mrs Lowry & Son depicts the relationship between L.S. Lowry one of Britain's most iconic artists, and his mother Elizabeth), with whom he lived until her death. Spall plays Lowry and Redgrave his overbearing mother.
The film follows Lowry in the beginnings of his career, as he yearns for his work to be appreciated in London. However, his disdainful mother, Elizabeth actively tries to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions. Elizabeth never fails to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he is to her. At the same time, the film explores how Elizabeth is the very reason Lowry paints anything at all, as he desperately seeks to create something, anything, which will make her happy, creating a clever layer of tragic irony. This powerful, yet humorous story imagines the impact this obsessive mother and son relationship had on the great artist. Love is at the very heart of this film.
L.S. Lowry became internationally famous for his depictions of 20th century industrial life in the North West of England, and the legacy of his work remains a huge presence in the region, not least at The Lowry, a purpose-built art gallery in Salford Quays. Such was his eventual success that he was offered five honours over his lifetime, including a knighthood in 1968 – all of which he rejected – and his work was displayed in a retrospective, record-breaking exhibition at the Tate. His work sells for millions.
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Who me, Vote?
WHY VOTE – IT JUST ENCOURAGES THEM
You've heard that, right? Why vote, it just encourages them. That's the jaded citizen talking. The one who pays her taxes, keeps her lawn neat and her kids clean, and not one person she ever voted for got elected. Except for the ones who did and then disappointed her, because they didn't do all the great things they had promised.
"Why vote?" she asks. "My vote doesn't count, not really, even if I vote for the winning side, they're all corrupt anyway."
It's easy to feel this way. I used to feel this way. When it came time for me to register to vote at the age of 21 (yes, that was the voting age back "in the day,") I said why bother? It's just a choice between Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee. I wasn't thinking about things like Supreme Court appointments. I wasn't thinking beyond the big national stage on which politics was played out like a high drama production on the nightly news. We had bigger fish to fry, a war to end (Vietnam), women's rights to secure, still more schools to integrate.
I didn't connect the election with getting those things done, because I didn't see that the national Strutters and Fretters on the (still small) screen were going to get a single thing done for any of those issues.
Direct action was where it was at. Marching and sitting in and (for many of the young people around me) breaking things. Not so very different from today's Occupy movement and the break away groups who take their rage and frustration into the streets, not the ballot box.
So none of my peers voted for Humphrey. At best, we thought he was the lesser of two evils. At worst, no difference. Imagine, if we had voted, we may never have had Nixon and Watergate. Would the war have ended sooner? Who knows; we never will.
Room for both:
Well, now I know there is room for both expressions of discontent. March, sit it, write angry letters and rant, (I'm not advocating breaking things; that just encourages them to arrest you, not productive in the long run).
But vote too. It's fast and painless. (Yes, a little homework required.) You can do it in the comfort of your own home. It just takes a little time and effort to understand the issues. And I bet you understand more about them than you think you do, so why not just check a box expressing your opinion?
The go out and rabble rouse all you want.
What your single vote gets you:
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under Clinton, now a sage political commentator said this: "Remember: The biggest party in America is neither Democrats nor Republicans. It's the party of non-voters — a group that outnumbers the other two."
So, see already, your non-vote has counted. The problem is it may have counted in a way you didn't mean. It may have counted toward those not voting for something you wanted but didn't vote for, because you thought your vote wouldn't count.
Voting lets you register a number, a statistic, on national issues, and even more importantly, on local issues. Your vote may go into a big Halloween cauldron in the nationwide tally, but in your City, your County and even your State, your single vote can make a significant difference. Here are some examples showing how your vote might just count a lot more than you think.
One vote in one small town's very big election:
Here's how it happened in one small town looking to raise money to keep a volunteer fire department going.
The fire tax needed a 2/3 majority to pass. It looked like it would be fairly easy to attain as people in this remote coastal village relied on their volunteers as first responders in times of emergencies. All voters were dutifully called by firefighters and their supporters before the election and many of them got a knock on their door. Previous such measures had passed easily, but the volunteers were taking no chances as their need for up to date equipment was great.
On election night, the victory party turned into a wake when the final results were tallied and the measure came up one vote short.
The next day one of the volunteers casually asked another one if she voted before or after her shift. Very sheepishly, the volunteer answered, "I didn't vote. I didn't think my one vote would make a difference."
You can bet that she hasn't missed a vote since then.
What could happen if an important tax measure fails. In this case, it wasn't
so dire; it passed at the next election and disaster was averted.
Slightly more votes in a bigger election:
In another election, this one for a crucial seat on the County Board of Supervisors, four candidates were in a hotly contested primary election. One was a very popular sitting council member, and everyone agreed he would get the most votes. The race then was for the number two slot, to have a chance to go head to head over issues such as open space preservation and traffic in the fall.
Two women were virtually neck and neck on election night, but there were still outstanding absentee ballots turned in too late to have been counted yet at the Registrar's office. Both women were fairly unknown and neither had served in elective office before. But one was a nurse and professor, with a strong environmental bent; while the other seemed more interested in smaller parochial issues.
Two weeks passed before the final votes were counted. The nurse had won the right to compete in the fall by 22 votes.
The rest, as they say, is history. She fought a grueling general campaign, backed by the Sierra Club which culminated in victory in November and preservation of some of the County's most important baylands. She has held her seat against tough challengers because of the coalition she was able to build in that first election.
One last example: medium sized town, medium sized election, one anxious candidate:
Another not so dramatic election was a school board election in a mid-sized city. A challenger wanted to shake things up and ran against a popular incumbent. Without doing much at all, the incumbent led by 100 votes or so on election night. The challenger was dejected." If only I'd walked one more precinct!" he lamented. But wait, by the time the final late absentee votes were counted, he was victorious, now holding the 100 vote lead. He has not been challenged in his office since that time and has been an effective school board member.
So your vote counts. It might be your vote alone that does make the difference, or yours and a few friends you take to the polls or yours and hundreds who think like you, but have not taken the time to vote.
If nothing else, vote because so many people don't want you to. They know that if people don't vote, they win by default. Why else are there so many voter suppression efforts underway, putting into place voter ID laws, machines that switch the votes, not enough ballot boxes, hanging chads.
If a few more people voted in Florida in 2000, maybe, just maybe there would have been enough of a critical mass to stop Bush before all the last chad was hung.
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