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Robert Covington Tops D-League Draftees
November 1st, 2014 at 4:59pm CST by Eddie Scarito
The NBA D-League Draft was held today and the event was kicked off with Robert Covington being selected first overall by the Grand Rapids Drive, the Pistons D-League affiliate. Covington's selection was first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). The 23-year-old forward was arguably the most talented player in the D-League draft, though he isn't expected to spend the full season in Grand Rapids, notes Chris Reichert of SB Nation, since he is on the radar of numerous NBA teams.
Covington spent much of last season with Houston's D-League affiliate despite being on the team's NBA roster the entire year. He earned himself a trip to the D-League's All-Star game by averaging 23.2 PPG and 9.2 RPG in 34.1 minutes per game in 42 D-League appearances. He spent the preseason on Houston's roster, though he was away from the team for weeks mulling offers to play in Europe before being waived. Covington came close to inking a deal with the Sixers, but decided to take the D-League route to begin the season.
Elliot Williams, a former 2010 first round pick of the Blazers, was selected by the Warriors affiliate with the second overall pick. The 6'5″ guard was a rotation player for the Sixers last year, averaging 6.0 PPG in 17.3 MPG, but was waived by Philadelphia when the team needed to pare its preseason roster count down to 15 players.
Other players selected in the opening round who had prior NBA regular season experience were Marquis Teague, Ben Hansbrough, Erik Murphy, Carrick Felix and Damien Wilkins.
One other player to keep an eye on is Milos Milisavljevic, a 21-year-old Serbian point guard who was selected by the Texas Legends, who serve as the affiliate of the Mavericks. Milisavljevic will be NBA draft-eligible in 2015, and is on the radar of NBA scouts, though he isn't currently projected to be taken in either round by DraftExpress.
Here is the full list of first round selections:
Grand Rapids Drive (via Delaware) — Robert Covington
Santa Cruz Warriors (via Erie) — Elliot Williams
Austin Spurs — Erik Murphy
Santa Cruz Warriors (via Maine) — Carrick Felix
Grand Rapids Drive — Ben Hansbrough
Texas Legends — Milos Milisavljevic
Idaho Stampede — Tre' Bussey
Bakersfield Jam — Robert Vaden
Oklahoma City Blue — Marquis Teague
Reno Bighorns (via Westchester) — Joonas Caven
Reno Bighorns — Brady Heslip
Canton Charge — Michael Dunigan
Santa Cruz Warriors — Melvin Johnson III
Rio Grande Valley Vipers — Chane Behanan
Sioux Falls Skyforce — Fuquan Edwin
Iowa Energy — Damien Wilkins
Los Angeles D-Fenders — Eloy Vargas
Rio Grande Valley Vipers (via Fort Wayne) — Justin Jackson
Ben Hansbrough
Brady Heslip
Carrick Felix
Damien Wilkins
Elliot Williams
Fuquan Edwin
Justin Jackson (Cincinnati)
Marquis Teague
Robert Covington
Robert Vaden
Tre' Bussey
C's Waive McGruder, Murphy, Frazier, Watford
October 27th, 2014 at 3:43pm CST by Chuck Myron
MONDAY, 3:43pm: The Celtics have officially waived McGruder, Murphy, Frazier and Watford, the team announced via press release.
SUNDAY, 10:22pm: In addition to the previously mentioned trio, Frazier has now also been waived, according to the RealGM transactions log. The team has made no formal announcement yet.
10:25pm: The Celtics have waived McGruder, Murphy and Watford, according to the RealGM transactions log, though the team has yet to make a formal announcement. Frazier has not been waived yet, though all indications are that he will be tomorrow, as Marc D'Amico of Celtics.com tweets.
TUESDAY, 10:59am: The Celtics will waive Rodney McGruder, Erik Murphy, Tim Frazier and Christian Watford, coach Brad Stevens told reporters, including Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe (Twitter link). All are on non-guaranteed contracts, except for Murphy, whose deal is partially guaranteed for $100K. The moves will leave the Celtics with 16 players, all of whom have fully guaranteed pacts, with one more cut to come before opening night.
Murphy is the only one of the trio with NBA regular season experience, having appeared briefly in 24 games last season with the Bulls, who drafted him 49th overall in 2013. He was nonetheless an afterthought in a series of cap-related moves that began when the Jazz claimed him off waivers from the Bulls late last season. Utah sent him to Cleveland in a three-for-one swap in July, and the Cavs shipped him to the Celtics in their Keith Bogans trade. McGruder, who went undrafted in 2013, was in an NBA training camp for the second autumn in a row after spending last October with the Thunder. Watford also went undrafted that year, though he signed a pair of deals with the C's this year as Boston waived him to accommodate the Bogans trade, then brought him back. Frazier has had a more conventional tenure with Boston after going undrafted this past June.
The moves still leave president of basketball operations Danny Ainge with a decision to make with Monday's opening-night roster deadline looming. Will Bynum appeared at one point this weekend to be the guaranteed contract set to go, but the Celtics have yet to commit to parting ways with him.
Christian Watford
Rodney McGruder
Tim Frazier
Atlantic Notes: Celtics, Grunwald, Sixers
September 26th, 2014 at 9:25am CST by Chuck Myron
The Keith Bogans trade enables the Celtics to create a trade exception equivalent to the value of Bogans' $5,285,816 salary, but just how they structure the deal to come up with that exception isn't clear. They could absorb the $1.6MM salary of John Lucas III into their $2.09MM Courtney Lee trade exception, essentially exhausting it while preserving the full amount of their $4.25MM trade exception from the Kris Humphries deal, a path that Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders suggests (Twitter link). Alternatively, they could fold Lucas into the Humphries exception, reducing its value to $2.65MM while leaving the $2.09MM Lee exception intact. In any case, the minimum salaries of Erik Murphy, Dwight Powell and Malcolm Thomas don't figure into the equation, since Boston can absorb them into the minimum salary exception. There's more on the aftermath of the trade amid the latest from the Atlantic Division:
Thomas and Lucas, on non-guaranteed contracts, are long shots to remain with the Celtics come Tuesday, when training camp begins, though Murphy, who has a partial guarantee of $100K, will be "evaluated," tweets Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com. Goodman indicates that Powell is likely to stick, at least for camp, with his fully guaranteed deal.
Former Knicks GM Glen Grunwald admits that he was caught off guard when the team decided to fire him a year ago and disputes owner James Dolan's assertion that he wasn't well-versed in analytics, as Grunwald tells Marc Berman of the New York Post.
It's a stark reality for the stripped-down Sixers, and coach Brett Brown emphasized that he won't measure success in terms of wins and losses this year, as he spoke to reporters, including Tom Moore of Calkins Media. Asked whether he's on board with the drastic rebuilding process, Brown quipped, "I have to be, don't I?"
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Cavs Acquire Keith Bogans
8:25pm: The trade is official, the Celtics announced via a press release.
8:20pm: More details about the trade are rolling in, with Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders (Twitter link) noting that the Celtics sent the Cavs the rights to the Kings' 2015 and 2017 second-rounders, both of which are top-55 protected. Marc Stein of ESPN.com also adds Dwight Powell to the list of players heading to Boston.
8:00pm: The second-rounders going to the Celtics will be Cleveland's 2016 and 2017 selections, notes Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe (Twitter link).
7:41pm: The Celtics will also get a $5.3MM trade exception as part of the deal, notes Goodman (twitter link).
7:20pm: The Cavs will waive guard Chris Crawford once the deal is official, tweets Chris Haynes of The Plain Dealer.
7:16pm: The Celtics are also receiving two second round draft picks as part of the deal, Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com reports (Twitter link).
6:52pm: The Cavaliers and Celtics are in discussions on a trade that would send Keith Bogans to Cleveland, Marc Stein of ESPN.com is reporting. The Cavs are expected to package the non-guaranteed contracts of Erik Murphy, John Lucas III and Malcolm Thomas in return for Bogans, notes Stein.
The acquisition of the 34 year-old shooting guard out of Kentucky would suggest that Cleveland has either received word from free agent Ray Allen that he isn't interested in signing with the team, or that he intends to retire, though that's just speculation on my part. Whatever the case is, it would seem that Bogans is taking the role that the Cavs were intending Allen to fill.
Bogans has played 11 seasons in the league after being selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Bucks. His career numbers are 6.3 PPG, 2.7 RPG, and 1.3 APG. Bogans' career slash line is .394/.353/.716. He has two years remaining on his contract, both non-guaranteed, and he is scheduled to make $5,285,816 this coming season.
As for the Celtics, they currently have 21 players on their roster, including Evan Turner, whose signing has not been officially announced yet. So it's highly likely that Boston will waive all three players once the deal is completed.
Keith Bogans
Windhorst's Latest: Love, Mozgov, Thompson
August 26th, 2014 at 11:06am CST by Chuck Myron
The Cavs were only willing to give up two of three assets they relinquished in the Kevin Love trade until owner Dan Gilbert met with Love earlier this summer in Las Vegas, as Brian Windhorst of ESPN said in his appearance Monday with Tom Rizzo on ESPN Cleveland radio (audio link). Cleveland switched gears after that meeting and decided to give up its entire package of Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and the 2015 first-round pick it had previously acquired from Miami, as Windhorst details. The ESPN scribe speculates that Gilbert probably emerged from having spoken with Love more confident that the superstar power forward would remain in Cleveland long-term, which led him to up the Cavs' offer. Windhorst had plenty more to say on Rizzo's "The Really Big Show," and we already touched on the Zydrunas Ilgauskas news earlier today. We'll share the rest of the highlights here:
Cleveland's acquisition of John Lucas III, Erik Murphy and Malcolm Thomas in last month's trade with the Jazz was made with Timofey Mozgov in mind, according to Windhorst, who says the Cavs continue to try to pry the center from the Nuggets. The Cavs envisioned flipping some combination of those three for Mozgov, as Windhorst indicates. Still, the Nuggets are reluctant to give him up, Windhorst adds, even though the Cavs offered a first-round pick as part of a deal for him, as Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported a few weeks ago.
The Cavs tried to acquire Alexey Shved in the Love trade, in part because of his connection to coach David Blatt from their time together on the Russian national team, Windhorst says. Shved went to the Sixers instead.
Windhorst asserts that the Cavs will sign Tristan Thompson to a rookie scale extension, suggesting that it would make the power forward a trade asset. An extension would complicate any trade involving Thompson because of the Poison Pill Provision, however.
Alexey Shved
Timofey Mozgov
And-Ones: Parker, Brewer, Melo
August 2nd, 2014 at 12:16pm CST by Eddie Scarito
The minimum salaries for Khris Middleton and Draymond Green became fully guaranteed at the end of Friday when they remained on the rosters of the Bucks and Warriors, respectively, according to the salary data that Mark Deeks of ShamSports compiles. Justin Hamilton of the Heat earned a partial guarantee of $408,241 when Miami kept him through Friday, while Cavs power forward Erik Murphy wound up with a partial guarantee of $100K.
Here's more from around the league:
This has been a whirlwind offseason with numerous players changing teams. Jessica Camerato of Basketball Insiders looks at five players who will benefit most from their change of scenery.
Brazilian big man Fab Melo is returning home to sign with Paulistano of his native country, the team announced Friday (hat tip to Sportando). The Celtics selected Melo with the 22nd pick in 2012, but the seven footer only played six games in the NBA in 2012/13 and bounced around the D-League last season after failing the make the Mavs roster in training camp.
Former NBA player Darius Johnson-Odom has signed with Acqua Vitasnella Cantù of the Italian League, reports Emiliano Carchia of Sportando. Johnson-Odom appeared in three games for the Sixers as well as seeing stints in China and the NBA D-League last season.
Spurs GM R.C. Buford indicated that the team and newly-extended point guard Tony Parker had a mutual interest in an agreement, according to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News (Twitter links here). "His play warranted the commitment of the organization," Buford said. "He made a commitment to our organization, too, by doing this now and taking himself out of a free agency opportunity a year from now. It was important to him and us to capitalize off the momentum this year creates and not have to worry about it at a later date."
The Timberwolves aren't willing to move Corey Brewer in any deal involving Kevin Love, reports Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press (Twitter link). Brewer is staying in Minnesota, writes Krawczynski.
Chuck Myron and Alex Lee contributed to this post.
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Fab Melo
Justin Hamilton
Khris Middleton
How The Cavs/Jazz Trade Worked Financially
July 24th, 2014 at 12:20pm CST by Chuck Myron
It seemed from the moment that news of Tuesday's trade between the Cavs and Jazz surfaced, the deal was somehow more significant than a swap involving four backups normally would be. The Cavs reportedly see some value in John Lucas III, Malcolm Thomas and Erik Murphy as players rather than simply as non-guaranteed contracts, but an earlier report indicated the team had been looking for non-guaranteed deals specifically to strengthen its bid for Kevin Love. The trio doesn't represent an overwhelming step toward Love, but the move gives the Cavs more options they can present to the Wolves, which might make the difference as Minnesota president of basketball operations Flip Saunders sorts through several competing packages.
A key part of the trade involves a separate transaction. The Cavs struck a deal that same evening with No. 33 overall pick Joe Harris worth precisely $2,710,369 for three years, including a guaranteed $884,879, according to Mark Deeks of ShamSports. That it runs three years indicates that the Cavs need to use cap space to complete the transaction, since neither the minimum-salary exception nor the room exception, the two vehicles other than cap space the Cavs have for signing free agents, allows for contracts longer than two seasons.
The Cavs have yet to officially announce their deal with Harris, but that doesn't necessarily mean they haven't officially signed him. Sometimes teams never make official announcements when they sign draft picks, for any number of possible reasons. The Bulls never announced having signed 2008 No. 1 overall pick Derrick Rose to his rookie scale contract, as Deeks pointed out earlier this month (on Twitter). The RealGM transactions log shows the Harris signing as having taken place, and the presence of his salary figures on Deeks' database is further indication that the Harris signing is official. That means the signing had to have taken place prior to the trade, which the Cavs did officially announce, since Cleveland wouldn't have had the cap room necessary to sign Harris to his deal had they executed the trade first.
The Cavs entered Tuesday evening with $56,030,677 in salary and a cap hold of $4,592,200 for Andrew Wiggins, who remains unsigned. That left them with $2,442,123 worth of space beneath the $63.065MM cap. The Harris signing brought that room down to $1,557,244. The Cavs, as the NBA allows them to do, then appeared to split the Jazz trade into two parts. The first involves taking on Lucas' $1.6MM salary and Murphy's $816,482 salary in exchange for Felix's $816,482 salary. Murphy and Felix essentially cancel each other out, so it amounts to an absorption of the $1.6MM Lucas salary, putting the Cavs over the cap by $42,756. The NBA lets teams complete trades that take them as much as $100K above the salary cap without conforming to salary-matching rules, so the Lucas salary just barely squeezes in under this requirement.
That move puts Cleveland over the cap, leaving the Cavs to execute the rest of the trade, a simple acquisition of Malcolm Thomas, using the salary-matching rules required of a capped-out team. The incoming $948,163 salary of Thomas is obviously greater than nothing, which is what Utah is getting in this side of the deal, but fortunately for Cleveland, players on minimum-salary contracts don't count as incoming salary in the NBA's matching game. Thomas makes the minimum, so the trade is kosher.
The Jazz needn't worry about splitting the transaction or dealing with any salary-matching requirements, since they were well under the cap before the trade and are even further beneath it in the aftermath of the deal. The Cavs must continue to deal with the ripple effects of having landed over the cap. By all appearances, that bars them from aggregating Thomas in a subsequent trade for two months. While the Cavs can trade Thomas by himself, no trade limitation applies to either Lucas or Murphy, since Cleveland acquired them while under the cap. Cleveland nonetheless appears ready to sign Wiggins, triggering a 30-day waiting period before he can be traded, and since the Wolves are insistent that Wiggins be a part of any deal for Love, it doesn't appear as though Cleveland is in any position to rush to make a Love trade official.
All of this hinges on the Harris signing truly having already taken place, as all indications suggest. If it weren't official, it's possible the Cavs could have structured the trade differently with the intent of later opening up the cap room necessary to formalize the Harris signing. Still, it appears as though deft management of timing gave Cleveland the opportunity to sign its second-rounder to a three-year deal, which is significantly more valuable to the team than a two-year contract would be, as I explained last year. The Cavs did so while still acquiring non-guaranteed contracts that they can flip, sooner or later. Utah receives some more cap space, as well as Felix, ostensibly the player with the most upside in this transaction, having been picked 33rd overall just a year ago. Time will tell if it was indeed a trade that helped both teams, but the deal has the makings of being just that.
Cavs Acquire Three In Swap With Jazz
July 22nd, 2014 at 7:21pm CST by Ryan Raroque
7:21pm: The Cavaliers have officially announced the deal, per a team press release.
7:16pm: Out of the three players heading to Cleveland, Minnesota actually had some interest in Murphy after he was waived by the Bulls last season, tweets Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune.
7:03pm: The pick that Utah will receive in the deal will be a 2015 second rounder from Cleveland, tweets Aaron Falk of the Salt Lake Tribune.
6:21pm: According to one Cavs source, Cleveland likes Lucas, Thomas, and Murphy and doesn't necessarily view them as stepping stones to a bigger deal, tweets Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal.
6:00pm: The Jazz are expected to trade the non-guaranteed contracts of John Lucas III, Malcolm Thomas, and Erik Murphy to the Cavaliers for Carrick Felix, a future second rounder, and $1MM, a source tells Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. Felix's contract is guaranteed for $816K in 2014/15, whereas Lucas III, Thomas, and Murphy combined for roughly $3.3MM in non-guaranteed deals for the upcoming season. Wojnarowski adds that Cleveland had been looking to make this type of deal recently in order to help facilitate a trade for Timberwolves star Kevin Love (Twitter links).
Minnesota has been determined to unload Kevin Martin and J.J. Barea in a deal involving Love, says Wojnarowski, who also notes that the Cavs would have to find a third team in order to make it work. Nonetheless, whether Lucas, Thomas, and Murphy's contracts are used to bring the former UCLA big man to Ohio or are included in a separate trade, this deal at the very least has given Cleveland some "buying power" (Twitter links).
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Jazz Claim Erik Murphy, Waive Andris Biedrins
April 5th, 2014 at 4:23pm CST by Charlie Adams
The Jazz have claimed Erik Murphy off of waivers, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. Murphy was waived by the Bulls on Thursday, presumably to make room for a perimeter player. We had originally heard that the Bucks might be interested in claiming Murphy, but instead it's the Jazz who have laid claim to the rookie big man out of Florida. Since the Jazz have a league maximum 15 players on their roster, they've opted to waive Andris Biedrins to make room, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.
Murphy, the 49th overall pick in last year's draft, has played only 62 minutes in 24 contests for Chicago this season. His $490K salary will be wiped from the Bulls' books and added on to the Jazz's cap total. By getting Murphy's contract off their books, the Bulls are now going to be able to remain under the luxury tax, even if Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah reach their earn bonuses. Waiver claims are a rare occurrence in the NBA, but the Jazz must be intrigued enough by Murphy's size and skillset to take on the extra cap hit. He'll be on a non-guaranteed, minimum salary deal next season.
To make the move work, the Jazz have waived Biedrins and his $9MM salary. Biedrins was acquired when the Jazz acted as a third-party in the trade that sent Andre Iguodala to the Warriors, but the veteran big man has faced injury problems and played sparingly during his tenure with the team. Utah will continue to be on the hook for his entire salary, providing he clears waivers, which is a near-certainty.
The Bulls catch a break with Utah's claim of Murphy, whose cap hit will now come off Chicago's books. This should give them enough room to sign multiple players to prorated minimum-salary contracts and remain beneath the luxury tax threshold even if Taj Gibson and Joakim Noah trigger bonus clauses in their contracts.
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Bucks Consider Waiver Claim Of Erik Murphy
April 5th, 2014 at 12:05am CST by Chuck Myron
The Bucks have interest in claiming former Bulls big man Erik Murphy off waivers, tweets Gery Woelfel of The Journal Times. If they submit a claim before Murphy clears waivers Saturday afternoon, he'll go to Milwaukee, since the Bucks are the league's worst team and therefore would have priority over any other club that attempts to claim him. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports wrote Thursday that he'd be surprised if Murphy cleared waivers, so other teams may be hoping the Bucks don't prevent them from acquiring the 6'10" rookie.
Waiver claims aren't typical, and Murphy saw just 62 total minutes with the Bulls this season, but teams around the league are apparently intrigued with the upside of the 23-year-old who was the 49th overall pick in the 2013 draft. His minimum-salary deal is non-guaranteed for next season, becoming partially guaranteed for $100K if he remains under contract through August 1st and for $200K if he makes it to November 1st. Any team can claim him, since he's making the minimum salary, but his cap hit for this season would be more onerous than that of a free agent signee on a prorated contract for the final 11 days of the season.
Milwaukee or any other team that claims him would assume the cap hit for his $490,180 salary, and the money would be wiped from Chicago's books. That could wind up saving the Bulls from paying the tax this year, as I explained earlier. The Bulls released Murphy on Thursday to make way for a veteran replacement, and a waiver claim would make it easier for Chicago to sign two players, which the team is reportedly considering. Ronnie Brewer and Mike James appear to be Chicago's targets.
The Bucks wouldn't have to make a corresponding move to acquire Murphy, since their final roster spot opened this evening when their 10-day contract with D.J. Stephens expired. The team doesn't plan to re-sign the shooting guard.


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RSV: Warning over winter virus which can leave children with breathing difficulties
By Laurie Churchman
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Parents of young children have been urged to stay alert for signs of a common winter illness in children after a charity warned there could be a surge in cases.
The British Lung Foundation (BLF) said respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is "rife" due to lowered immunity in the population.
Cases of the condition usually peak in January, but there were few infections last year when lockdowns were in place. The charity said it was concerned children will have "much lower immunity" this year, when the NHS is already under extreme pressure.
It said a surge in cases could also coincide with large numbers of Covid-19 infections.
The BLF has seen a 400 per cent rise in calls to its helpline from parents worried about their child having breathing difficulties.
RSV is common in babies and children, and almost all children will have had it by the time they are two years old.
The virus may cause a cough or cold. But for some it can lead to bronchiolitis – an inflammatory infection of the lower airways which can make it hard to breathe.
The early symptoms of bronchiolitis are similar to those of a common cold but can develop over a few days into a high temperature, a dry and persistent cough, difficulty feeding, and wheezing.
While many cases clear up in two to three weeks, a number of children need hospital admission. Over the past three months an estimated 1,000 children have needed hospital care in England alone, the BLF said.
The charity has issued new guidance for parents. People with coughs or colds should stay away from young children, regular hand washing is important – and so is not smoking around young children and babies.
Dr Andy Whittamore, clinical lead at the British Lung Foundation, said: "In general practice, we are seeing a lot of children with coughs and viruses that weren't circulating last year and so their immunity is lowered.
"Doctors on the ground are concerned that alongside a rapid increase in cases of Covid-19, we are also going to see a surge in diseases like bronchiolitis."
He explained RSV starts with a blocked or runny nose and can progress to cause a cough, fever and sometimes breathing difficulties.
"The good news is that for most children it will be mild and will clear in a few days without any treatment," he said.
While a cough may continue for a few weeks, it is extremely rare for a healthy child to die of bronchiolitis, he explained. Some will need medical help, although this is still unusual.
"Some babies do develop severe symptoms with the RSV virus, and warning signs to look out for include if they refuse to feed, are becoming very breathless or if they are breathing in a shallow or irregular way," he said.
If you are worried about your child having RSV, you can speak to your doctor or call the BLF's helpline on 03000 030 555. You can find out more on the charity's website.
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PhotoniCare, Inc. Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Adachi Co., LTD to Commercialize the TOMi Scope in Japan
PhotoniCare, Inc., a medical device company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Adachi Co., LTD, (Osaka, Japan) to commercialize PhotoniCare's TOMi™ Scope device throughout Japan.
PhotoniCare's TOMi Scope uses an advanced light-based technology to see through the eardrum. For the first time, physicians can view a high-resolution depth image on-screen to directly visualize the middle ear contents. Current diagnostic tools can only provide a view of the surface of the eardrum, so physicians are left to guess, or, unfortunately, employ invasive surgical procedures to diagnosis middle ear pathologies. PhotoniCare's non-invasive solution eliminates the guesswork, providing users with objective data upon which to base their decisions.
Ryan Shelton, PhotoniCare's Co-founder and CEO, commented, "We are very excited and honored to partner with the team at Adachi. Adachi's strong market presence in Otolaryngology, as well as their expertise in navigating Japanese regulatory and reimbursement pathways, will ensure a powerful launch of the TOMi Scope in the Japanese marketplace. We see this partnership as further validation of our technology and its potential to impact healthcare in a meaningful way. We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Adachi."
"The TOMi Scope technology can help explain the current condition of the middle ear which will be very useful in the diagnosis and treatment of middle ear infections," said Mr. Saburo Adachi, President and CEO of Adachi Co., Ltd. "We believe that with technologies like the TOMi Scope, we can play a role in improving the quality of medical care in Japan."
About Adachi
Adachi Co., Ltd. is a global leader in the distribution of medical devices in Japan. With over 80 years of experience, Adachi has successfully introduced a variety of cutting-edge technologies to the Japanese market.
PhotoniCare is a medical device company developing a handheld, low-cost imaging platform for the front-lines of medicine. The TOMi Scope, the first product on the platform, provides physicians with a clear view of middle ear infections, one of the most common diseases in the world. Founded out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and grown in partnership with some of the best incubators and accelerators in the health industry, PhotoniCare is focused on bringing better decision-making power to the front lines of medicine. The PhotoniCare team believes that decisions made at the front lines of care can have the largest impact on improving long-term patient outcomes and reducing unnecessary healthcare costs. For more information about PhotoniCare visit www.photoni.care or connect with PhotoniCare on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.


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For Hillary Clinton, "Thoughtcrime" is Good Presidential Politics
By Chris W. Cox | Monday, September 1, 2014
For all the careful staging and coaching politicians use to maintain their public images, sometimes they still slip up and say what they really think. Who can forget President Obama's infamous remark to wealthy donors in San Francisco that rural Americans who feel abandoned by the economy "get bitter and they cling to guns or religion"?
Even Hillary Clinton, his then primary opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination, feigned outrage. "I was taken aback by the demeaning remarks Senator Obama made about people in small-town America," Clinton said on the campaign trail. "Senator Obama's remarks are elitist and out of touch. They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans, certainly not the Americans that I know. ..."
Her remarks, however insincere, were at least calculated for wide appeal.
Today, most observers agree that Clinton still has her eyes on the White House for 2016. Yet her more recent statements on guns and their advocates reveal a much different outlook.
Speaking at a televised "town hall" meeting in June, Clinton responded at length to a question about the effectiveness of so-called "assault weapon" and "high-capacity" magazine bans. Her response told us perhaps more than she intended about her true opinion of the Second Amendment and its supporters.
Clinton endorsed these bans and expressed disappointment over the failure of so-called "universal" background check legislation following the terrible Sandy Hook tragedy (legislation Mark Glaze, Michael Bloomberg's former chief gun control adviser, recently admitted would not have stopped that or similar crimes). What she said next, however, truly revealed the sort of governance Americans could expect from a President Hillary Clinton.
Clinton insisted the nation needed a more "thoughtful conversation" about gun control and continued, "We cannot let a minority of people, and that's what it is, it is a minority of people, hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people."
In the days following that remark, a number of commentators rightly emphasized the irony of America's former secretary of state—one whose tenure was marked by controversies over real terrorists—using that term to describe ordinary Americans.
Yet the true significance of her remarks was even more fundamental and chilling.
Clinton didn't just condemn the ownership and use of "assault weapons" and "high capacity" magazines. Instead, she claimed that what "terrorizes" America is a "viewpoint" that diverges from hers. This "minority" viewpoint is not just ill-advised or misinformed, in her estimation. Rather, it "cannot" be tolerated at all. This is the Orwellian realm of "thoughtcrime," where simple beliefs or opinions are deemed as unacceptable and blameworthy as criminal behavior itself.
Clinton's outlook mirrors that of other gun-banning extremists. Their scorn targets not just, or even primarily, behavior. Instead, they seem more determined to stamp out pro-gun thoughts than violent crimes committed with guns.
This is why clothing depicting an NRA logo or firearm will get a child suspended from school. This is why a Connecticut high school student researching gun control for a school debate discovered he could access anti-gun websites on the school's computers, while those of the NRA and other pro-gun groups were blocked as "hate speech." This is why Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., railed that anybody who supported the right to own the ordinary firearms Cuomo's safe Act deemed illegal had "no place in the state of New York." This is why a communications professor at a Connecticut college reported a student to the police for endorsing campus carry during an assignment to discuss a "relevant issue in the media."
Now, Hillary Clinton, presumptive 2016 presidential candidate, is telling pro-gun Americans that not only are they not entitled to their rights, they're not entitled to their thoughts about their rights.
While we should all be concerned, we need not be afraid. Clinton may want to control our thoughts, but she doesn't control our votes. This November—and beyond—we must elect candidates who listen to our viewpoints, not just condemn them, and turn those viewpoints into policy.
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Whether you would like to bring your own Touring Caravan or enjoy the tranquility from our Camping Field. Jasmine Park has a holiday to suit your needs.
It is the perfect base for families and couples wishing to explore one of England´s finest holiday destinations. The peace and beauty of Jasmine Park make it the ideal holiday destination from which you can discover this outstanding area of North Yorkshire.
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Anne Holyland now running for Charnwood AC started her defence of the ladies title in style, first woman home in 19th overall with a fantastic time of 35.09 on the tough undulating course.
SUNDAY saw the opening of the LRRL Winter Road League, with the first race Kibworth 6, hosted by Roadhoggs RC.
Anne Holyland now running for Charnwood AC started her defence of the ladies title in style, first woman home in 19th overall with a fantastic time of 35.09 on the tough undulating course. Hannah Doran followed her in with 35.50, while finishing in 97th was Julie Dutton 51.37. With six counters now needed to make a team Charnwood fell short, and have it all to do, to get promoted back to the 1st Division.
Tom Whitmore continued his good form on the road with a time of 32.57 and 4th place. Also running for the men 22: Martin Makin 35.30, 28: Tim Doran 35.50, 120: Jim Ketteringham 41.09, 121: Nick White 41.19, 140: Jim Noone 42.01, 177: Mark Whitmore 43.48 and 269: Mark Fox 47.12.
Poplar Running Club also sent a strong squad to the event led home in 21st place by Oliver Matheru in 35.09. Other Poplar finishers were: 68: Daniel Ryan, 38.17, 71: Shaun Crowson 38.39, 73: Philip Elliott 38.51, 88: Matthew Bushell 39.41, 112: Nicola Holmes 40.42, 142: 142: Russell Clarke 42.10, 144: Stuart Carss 42.28, 147: Kirsty Dale 42.34, 150: Nigel Smith 42.51, 166: Stewart Pennykid 43.23, 184: Leanne Milner 44.04, 193: Rebecca Holmes 44.20, 247: Craig Turlington 46.19, 250: Emily Morgan 46.19, 264: Rebecca Kemp 46.53, 270: Guy Taylor 46.59, 275: Joanne Royston 47.24, 288: Casey Limmage 48.02, 297: Rachel Frudd 48.11, 302: Helen Carss 48.35, 304: Joanna Platts 48.41, 339: Mark Purvey 50.10, 369: Tim Pole 51.54, 370: Alison Allan 52.06, 373: Kevan Howarth 52.09, 374: Justin O'Brien 52.11, 388: Sarah Johnson 53.13, 396: Claire Limmage 53.41, 430: Louisa Taylor 56.19, 431: Tony Johnson 56.17, 493: Mark Swift 62.18, 499: Paula Beniston 63.31.
Shepshed Runners' Ray Draycott finished the race in a time of 59.40. Elsewhere, at the Woodhouse Moor Parkrun in Yorkshire, Shepshed's Emily Muddimer finished 146th in 25:34.


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WEBXTRA: Demolition begins of Tyler Luby's Restaurant
By Jeff Chavez | June 19, 2019 at 12:52 PM CDT - Updated June 19 at 12:52 PM
TYLER, TEXAS (KLTV) - Demolition began Wednesday on a Luby's Restaurant in Tyler.
Luby's is located at 1815 Roseland Boulevard in Tyler. There was no announcement about closing or renovation on the restaurant's social media page. The building that the "Roseland Luby's" occupies is owned by Bergfeld Realty, a 137-year-old Tyler institution, itself.
The restaurant was in operation for 55 years.
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Jeff Chavez is a photographer for KLTV 7. He graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. Jeff worked for news stations in Killeen and Corpus Christi before join the KLTV 7 news team. He is a former professional actor who grew up in Palestine, Texas.


Introduction: Combined therapies utilizing inhibitors to remove pathogens are needed to suppress lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced periodontal disease. We prepared a novel, multi-agent delivery scaffold for periodontal treatment.
Methods: In this study, we synthesized SP600125 (a JNK inhibitor) and SB203580 (a p38 inhibitor) drug-loaded poly(ethylene glycol)-block-caprolactone copolymer via dialysis method. The physical property of micelles was characterized through dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The cell growth and LPS-induced MMP-2 and MMP-13 expression were evaluated through CCK-8, real-time PCR and Western blot assay. The release of SP600125 and SB203580 from different scaffolds was estimated. Microcomputed tomography and histology were used for evaluating the effect of the micelles-loaded nanofibers on the treatment of class II furcation defects in dogs.
Results: The drug was then successfully incorporated into gelatin fibers during electrospinning process. We confirmed that the micelles had spherical structure and an average particle size of 160 nm for SP600125-micelles (SP-Ms) and 150 nm for SB203580-micelles (SB-Ms). The nanofiber scaffold showed excellent encapsulation capability, in vitro drug-release behavior, and cell compatibility. Real-time PCR and Western blot assay further indicated that LPS-induced MMP-2 and MMP-13 expression was significantly inhibited by the scaffold.
Conclusion: The results suggested that the dual drug-loaded system developed in this study might become a highly effective therapy for periodontal disease.


It's hard to resist falling in love with Ireland. Just ask the cast of the hit TV series Vikings.
Jordan Patrick Smith, who plays Ubbe Lothbrok, puts it best when he says, "there is nowhere you can go in Ireland where you won't find it absolutely beautiful". Cascading waterfalls, acres of rolling green pastures, the sparkling blue waters of the epic coastline... with such natural showstoppers, it's no surprise that huge film and TV productions are choosing Ireland as their star location!
And it's not just the pretty sights that the actors love – our Viking history is just as captivating. And no wonder! The island of Ireland has played host to many incredible moments in history dating back to prehistoric times – Ireland's oldest city, Waterford, was founded and shaped by Viking settlers, and these Nordic warriors ruled Dublin city with an iron fist for almost three centuries before their demise at the hands of legendary High King of Ireland, Brian Boru, in the Battle of Clontarf. Their presence was not limited to cities, however – the Vikings travelled all across the land, as they carried out raids in monasteries such as Devenish Island, where evidence of the Vikings' visits can still be seen today. No matter where you go in Ireland, you'll always find something historic worth checking out.
So go on, watch our videos and listen to the cast tell you what they love best about Ireland!
Dublin's prettiest villages, such as Dalkey, Killiney and Howth boats award-winning seafood restaurants, quaint shops and beautiful scenery.
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Soaring mountains, gorgeous gardens and valleys filled with hallowed ruins – County Wicklow is a treasure trove of natural wonders.


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The statistics show it: Purcell, OK is a great place to live and work! iMOVE has moved thousands of people in and out of your city. Not only is iMOVE your source for fairly priced moving quotes, but we offer expert advice and moving resources to help your move go smoothly. Below are some great things we've learned about Purcell over the years. We hope this helps you get excited for your upcoming move!
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Volvo plans to test up to 100 self-driving cars in China experiment
Norihiko Shirouzu
BEIJING (Reuters) - Volvo aims to launch an experiment involving self-driving cars in China in which up to 100 such cars could be deployed, the Swedish automaker said on Thursday.
The company laid out its vision for China at an event in Beijing, with Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson telling Reuters the company is targeting 10 percent year-on-year sales growth this year for the market here.
The planned autonomous drive experiment will see local drivers test the cars on public roads in everyday conditions, and will be conducted in limited driving situations such as on express roads and highways, company executives told Reuters.
"I think we need to build up (consumer) trust in the technology," Samuelsson said. "So you have to bring it out and demonstrate it."
The move is part of the Swedish company's efforts to take advantage of the pledges central government policymakers in China, the world's biggest auto market, have made to embrace futuristic technologies such as self-driving cars.
Volvo, wholly owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co [GEELY.UL], is currently scouting for a city that could provide the necessary permissions, regulations and infrastructure to allow the experiment to go ahead, the company said.
"It has to be a big city where there are lots of consumers... wasting an hour a day in the cars (sitting in traffic)," Samuelsson said. "That's I think realistically where this function can be sold commercially."
Hakan Samuelsson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Volvo, smiles during an interview with Reuters after attending a panel discussion about self-driving cars at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
The automaker did not say by when it hopes to conduct the tests nor did it detail the costs of the experiment.
The self-driving cars that Volvo is envisioning will be like normal cars that alert the driver when autopilot mode can be activated, on freeways or in specific zones such as gated neighborhoods or industrial parks, giving the driver the option to maintain or relinquish control, Samuelsson said.
Driverless cars that are voice controlled without steering wheels and can drive anywhere under any conditions will not become a reality in the foreseeable future, he said.
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By calling on cities in China to sign up to participate in the program, Volvo wants to send a message to the Chinese government to "step up to the plate" to make good its often "strident" pledges of commitment to autonomous driving technology made in recent months, a Volvo executive familiar with the planned experiment said ahead of the event.
The China experiment will be patterned after Volvo's own similarly-set-up testing program in the Swedish city of Gothenburg that aims to start deploying self-drive test cars next year.
"What we're doing is giving these cars to people and using real people as our data set, so the information they generate will help us implement the technology," said the executive who declined to be named because he is not authorized to share details of the plans before they are officially announced.
Besides Volvo, Tesla, Mercedes, Audi (VOWG_p.DE) and Alphabet Inc's Google are among those developing self-driving vehicles.
Samuelsson told Reuters that the company aims to sell 200,000 units in Asia Pacific by 2020, one quarter of its planned global sales, with China accounting for the bulk. The automaker sold nearly 82,000 cars in China last year.
Growing sales in China has become key to Volvo's revitalization strategy since Geely purchased the troubled Swedish automaker in 2010.
Reporting By Norihiko Shirouzu in Beijing; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman


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1. You will need to use Ezy Invoice 13 Client/Server (C/S) version. You need one license for each user needing to work on Ezy Invoice.
2a. Subscribe to a Windows VPS (Virtual Private Server) from a service provider. One such service Provider is Infinitely Virtual. This is the easiest way to set this up. At the time of signing up, request for them to open ports 12005 and 12006. These are the ports used by the database server.
2b. If you want to host the server in your own premisses, you must have a Windows server or computer with a fixed public facing IP address. You will need to check with your ISP (Internet Service Provider) for this. Some ISP's will provide this free as part of your package, others may provide you with a fixed IP address for a small monthly fee. Once you have a fixed IP address, you must configure your router for "port forwarding". Ports 12005 and 12006 must be forwarded to your database server computer. You will also need to open ports 12005 and 12006 on your router firewall. If you are not sure how to do this, best to engage an IT tech to set this up or subscribe to a VPS as in #2a above.
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LDAPCon, the LDAP international conference is taking place every other year. So, after 2007, 2009 and 2011, the 4th LDAP international conference has been announced and will take place on November 18-19, in Paris France.
LDAPCon brings together vendors, developers, active LDAP practitioners, system administrators to share their experiences about service operations, interoperability, application development and discuss LDAP at large, in a friendly and passionated atmosphere. It's a unique occasion to discuss with the developers of most LDAP related projects, seed them with new ideas, learn the under-documented tips and tricks about your favorite server or library, or exchange with other users and system administrators about the best practices around LDAP directory services and applications.
A Call for Papers have been raised. You have up to September 8th 2013 to submit your talk. You can find all details, important dates or topic ideas on the LDAPCon CFP page.
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From Beyoglu to the Globe: Encounters of Ara Güler
World-renowned Turkish-Armenian photographer Ara Güler, who went by the nickname "Eye of Istanbul," passed away on Wednesday 17 October after suffering from kidney failure.
A file photo dated October 30, 2015 shows Turkey's photography legend Ara Guler during a photo project in Istanbul, Turkey. Ara Guler, dies at the age of 90. Anadolu Agency
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"I interviewed her in her residence in New Delhi and I flew to Bangkok on the same night. When was entering my hotel room, I saw a report on a newspaper that read Gandhi was apprehended, which meant that I was the one having the last picture of her at that moment."
Indra Gandi, Ara Guler archive
"Chaplin is the man who shaped my world and vision and taught me how to look at life. Back then, he was living in a manor house in Switzerland. His wife Oona was the daughter of the renowned American writer Eugene O'Neill. I waited in front of the manor house for three days to shoot photos without paying attention to the severe winter cold. Finally, Oona was afraid that I might freeze and told me that I could talk to Chaplin as long as I would not take any photos. He didn't want to be remembered as a paralytic on a wheelchair as he knew that the camera I was holding was relentless. It would be unkind to shoot him in that condition as he embodied the most nimble character of the world, so I didn't took any photo of him although I had a chance to do so."
"I went to his hotel in Paris; he was staying in room 101. I opened his door; he stared at me and said: 'Why do you want to shoot my photo?' I said: 'Because you are very famous.' Then he said, 'My one minute costs 25 thousand dollars,' to which I replied: 'Great, but I can't take photos within one minute!' then he kicked me out of the room. On the same night, I had dinner with a Jewish friend of mine and told him that Dali kicked me out, upon which he said that he was his godfather. I told him: 'But how is this possible? You are Jewish and he is Christian.' He told me not to fret over it, and spoke with Dali. Next morning, we went to Dali's place at 11 o'clock. As we were staring at each other, I said to Dali: 'I must take a photo of you. You do not have any decent photo.' And he told me to come over again when there was no one around. I went over again the next day at 10 o'clock, but three other journalists showed up with me. So I told him, 'you said there won't be anyone but me,' he said that he would dismiss the others. Then, showing his cane with a silver handle, he asked us: 'What is tar's formula?' to which no one could give a proper answer. He made up some random formula and said: 'I am Salvador Dali. If I plunge this cane into tar, this halfpenny cane becomes 50 thousand dollars. If you do the same, they call you crazy. Now go and write what you could make from what I just told,' and kicked the three journalists out. I took his photos on that day."
Savlador Dali, Ara Guler archive
"I could never forget the photoshoot with him because it was a tough one. I wanted to take a photo with a focus on his feet. As he was a director, he knew much about photography and so he acted . I can never forget that we started working at 11 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m. He was angry at me at first, to which my inner voice said: 'I am working with big-time guys like Picasso. Who are you? If you are Hitchcock, I am Ara Güler.' After a while, we started joking around and got used to each other. At some point, he saw that I was at least as funny as him, so we ended up getting on well."
Alfred Hitchcock, Ara Guler archive
"I tried very hard to meet Picasso but couldn't make it as he wasn't allowing anyone to see him in order to focus on his painting. Our publishing house was going to publish a book of his. And its boss was my friend from the tavern. I told him that I would never speak to him again if he did not take me to Picasso. This is how I managed to meet Picasso. He liked me, and I stayed at his house for three days. One time, he turned to me and said: 'You are shooting my photos, so let me draw a picture of you.' Imagine that, Picasso, the greatest artist alive at the time, was going to draw me; but he was around his 90s then. Thinking that he might forget what he just said, I looked around to find a piece of paper but couldn't find any. So, I picked a book out of his library, opened its cover and handed it to Picasso, thinking that I would tear the page and take it anyway. He drew me and signed the picture. There is one original Picasso work in Turkey, which happens to be in my house."
Pablo Picasso, Ara Guler archive
"I heard that Onassis' yacht was coming. So, I immediately rented a fishing boat and found the yacht. Then I climbed over the yacht's mast and started taking photos. Maria Callas saw me at that point. She liked that I was taking photos from there and called me over. Then, she opened her purse and started putting on makeup, and I took loads of photos of her."
Maria Callas, Ara Guler archive
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On December 26, the voice performances for Genshin Impact's latest playable characters were shown for the first time. This included Yun Jin, the young leader of a Chinese opera company. The reaction from the Genshin community was mixed, but the moment also became an opportunity for people to experience an underappreciated aspect of Chinese culture they'd likely never seen before. I'm from a little-known city called Beijing, which most Americans associate with government repression and overreach. The other thing we're known for is the Peking opera, which is the most popular regional variant of Chinese opera. I'm broadly generalising here, but performers generally sing it in a very high-pitched voice. The outfits and makeup are extremely exaggerated, and the dance movements involve a lot of pauses. Ours is the most …
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Posted: Feb 8, 2017 / 09:48 AM CST / Updated: Feb 8, 2017 / 09:48 AM CST
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The Internet Movie Database — IMDb, for short — announced last week in a statement that it will be disabling its message boards on Feb. 20.
"After in-depth discussion and examination," the statement read, "we have concluded that IMDb's message boards are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority of our more than 250 million monthly users worldwide."
It will be an ignominious end for the site's user forums, which were first launched in 1990 — making it positively ancient by internet standards. Perhaps unsurprisingly, its first entry was a list of beautiful women compiled by a man, Col Needham, who would go on to develop the underlying code that powered IMDb in its earliest days. It then grew into the premier user-generated database of information and discussion about movies and TV shows; the site was eventually purchased by Amazon in 1998, and a few years later it launched a subscription product aimed at people in "the business."
Still, the user-generated content and the message boards, which were linked to every entry in the database, hung on through today. Though they were hit or miss at best, they could result in discussions about long-lost cinematic errata and continuity issues. While some on the internet is snickering at its demise, others are in mourning.
IMDb's message boards are, if not a perfect example, solid evidence of what a discreet online community working toward one goal in mostly good faith can do. In the early days of the web, that was pretty common.
The site — not just its message boards, but the whole shebang — got its start from postings on USENET, the pre-web collection of communally moderated groups, or "virtual communities," that focused on topics ranging from the arcane to the useful to the sublimely ridiculous. Back before what is now known as social media, text-only forums — both free ones (like USENET or IRC, both of which predate the web's invention) and paid BBS services (like the online salon Echo and the Bay Area-born haven for geeks and writers The WELL) — served as platforms for discussions of cultural topics by deeply interested, if not-always-like-minded, people from, in many cases, all over the world. As web browsers became users' main gateway to the world wide web, some of that focus shifted toward web-based forums (like the UK-based ILXor), as well as private and semi-private boards and mailing lists — often run and populated by people who'd begun interacting years earlier in public forums.
These weren't secret, and there was rarely a high barrier to entry; they attracted a steady trickle of new people who enlivened the community with new perspectives, and their self-regulation led to discussions being conducted largely in good faith, with trolls being washed out by the collective disdain of the userbase and, at times, moderator-enforced policies.
For others, website comment sections replaced (and expanded upon) the interactions between users that had been so much of a function of the early internet, but with one key difference: They were owned by and run at the discretion of the owners of various websites, as an addendum to the content many sites were publishing and of course as a source of potential revenue. They were not, then, philanthropic enterprises, nor were they borne of the desire to interact with people who shared similar interests. And, while comment sections inflated the time visitors spend on websites and made stories seem more lively (both priorities for web publishers) they also take time and effort to keep up. Lax comment moderation often led to spam and trolling, which caused below-the-fold sections of sites to resemble particularly fetid cesspools; keeping up with ever-evolving commenting software, even (and perhaps especially) in its most basic form, provided its own suite of headaches, as anyone who recalls the word "Gravatar" might remember.
But, over the past few years, many news sites have tweaked their commenting policies in an effort to stave off these problems: The New York Times, for instance, both heavily moderates its comments and closes its discussions after 24 hours. Other sites, lured in by the promise of pumping up their user statistics and by extension their bottom lines, continue to host comments, and the opportunities taken by users at times border on the horrific — even when the sites require users to display their real names, as sites that utilize Facebook for comments do. Still, other news sites, including NPR and Bloomberg, have shuttered their comment sections entirely, often citing the rise of social media as the reason for their need being eliminated.
In recent years, the loose agglomeration of places on the internet to interact with people of similar interests has become mostly concentrated on two platforms that didn't even exist when people first used the internet to share their lives — Facebook and Twitter. While they differ in a couple of key ways (Facebook has a "real name" policy which, for its many flaws, is intended to foster a one-real-person, one-profile userbase of people connected offline, whereas Twitter is more of a self-identity free-for-all) both lend themselves to the building of networks, and connect a user's many affinities, as well as their friends and people whose lives they might want to follow, in one place. But unlike the original, manageable message boards and discussion groups and moderated comment sections, Facebook and Twitter are almost too large to moderate effectively, and the sheer size seemingly enables not simply the worst of individual human behavior, but of groupthink. In the early days of the internet, if you were going to make a statement of any kind, it had to be backed up by your personal integrity — good-faith behavior was assumed.
That good faith, which allowed so many of the basic building blocks of modern-day internet arguments to be sidestepped, is missing from public online discourse now — whether bad-faith readings of statements are performed by Twitter eggs searching for terms that they can jump on, or even by the blue-checked verified masses. And that's not even to mention those who deliberately interact with bad faith and then declare their trolling, like racist or misogynist statements, to be misunderstood jokes. Bad-faith rhetoric is a plague on public discourse, attracting heat and light.
Meanwhile, the denizens of the message boards and listserves of yore are reconvening in smaller spaces on large platforms — "alt" Twitter accounts that are locked down and only visible to a select few, or secret Facebook groups that require an invitation for entry. In many ways, that search for a new place to talk privately without being interrupted by a bully or a troll is indicative of the lost potential of the internet. Community has become displaced by capitalism and cronyism alike, and sifting through the morass of garbage in order to find a sliver of gold becomes too challenging, or expensive. Already-existing groups of friends and communities will remain intact, but the potential for human growth — both in terms of numbers of users and the expansion of their minds — is cut off.
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Meet Victoria, a MEDLIFE's Healthy Homes Progam beneficiary!
Written by Rosali Vela
Secsencalla, a community located within the district of Andahualiyas in the province of Quispicanchis, is located one hour outside the city of Cusco. It is a rural community of approximately 100 families, most of whom dedicate themselves to cultivating and harvesting maize. Each family in Secsencalla has a different background, but the story of Victoria's family has been one of the most impactful.
"There is a family living in extreme poverty," said Dula, the health coordinator in Secsencalla who helps us select the families that will benefit from our Healthy Homes program. "They do not have anyone else, and they really need you." Without hesitation, we went to visit the aforementioned house.
The space they used as a kitchen.
When we visited Victoria's house we were surprised by the conditions in which she lived. The walls of the improvised kitchen were almost completely black with soot, making it difficult to see inside. Once our eyes adjusted to the dark, we could see how the smoke that emanated from the unventilated wood burning stove made Eberth, Victoria's oldest son, cough while he was cooking. Next to the stove, a half dozen guinea pigs were kept in a feces-filled pen, shrieking desperately at the lack of air.
The room shared by Victoria and her children.
The main bedroom was located in another building, where Victoria and her three children shared a single sleeping space. A soaking wet plastic tarp hung loosely from the ceiling, placed there by Victoria in a futile attempt to keep Cusco's seasonal rains from seeping into the house. The damp adobe walls seemed ready to give way at any moment and the roof, already leaking profusely, appeared to be on the verge of collapse. It was evident that we had to do something.
Victoria has been a widow for the past two years. During this time she has cared for her daughter and the two older children of her deceased husband, whom she cares for as her own. To provide for her family she works a variety of odd jobs, from laboring in the fields to washing clothes and loading construction material. Victoria is a woman of surprising strength who, despite being placed in a difficult situation replete with seemingly insurmountable obstacles, works to overcome them in order to give her children a decent life.
The space that was used as a warehouse and that we rebuilt to be a new, more adequate and healthy kitchen.
The damp adobe walls seemed ready to give way at any moment and the roof, already leaking profusely, appeared to be on the verge of collapse. It was evident that we had to do something. Normally, the Healthy Homes program involves the construction of a new fuel-efficient stove, the improvement and relocation of bedrooms, and the construction of shelves that help with home organization (you can read more about the Healthy Homes program in this blog.) In the case of Victoria, we also rebuilt the roof in its entirety, as well as relocated the kitchen to a new, properly ventilated space. Thanks to the work of our volunteers from UPR - Rio Piedras, UPR - Cayey, and the University of Florida, we also managed to paint Victoria's new kitchen and bedroom in order to give her newly renovated home an orderly and safe look.
Look at the photos of our volunteers working below:
Victoria's new kitchen! It has a window that allows better ventilation and the improved stove does not let smoke escape into the kitchen, so her children will not have health problems.
This room was completely renovated. The roof was entirely rebuilt utilizing traditional building techniques to protect against frequent seasonal rains.
We also built shelves to help with kitchen organization. These shelves are very efficient and inexpensive to build.The idea is that families like Victoria's can build them themselves. Each box has the value of S/.1 (around $ 0.30 cents) and they look great!
Our volunteers all took a final photo with Victoria and her younger daughter, Flor, who helped us throughout the workday and even shared a bit of corn from their harvest! Thank you, Victoria, for welcoming us into your home!
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Healthy Homes Project in Cusco: Visiting Secsencalla
Written by Rosali Vela & James Hankins
Secsencalla, a small town of around 300 inhabitants, sits one hour outside the main city of Cusco. Like many communities outside the tourist capital, Secsencalla relies on corn as the main source of income. As community members wait for the February harvest, they'll also work side jobs in construction, cleaning, or drive mototaxis - small two-seater vehicles pulled along by a motorcycle.
As we walk the unpaved streets of Secsencalla, I can't help but notice how nice all the homes look; natural finishings, quaint balconies, tidy gardens. However, I also notice that Secsencalla has no plazas or public spaces, only one small building that doubles as both a small school and a community center - where MEDLIFE recently held a meeting to discuss the Healthy Homes project, an initiative which will work with 10 homes in the community that have children under the age of five and are at risk of malnutrition.
A main street in Secsencalla. In the background you can see the green schoolhouse
Mercedes Olave, the head of MED Programs in Cusco, understands the importance of working within the framework and goals of the local governments and communities which MEDLIFE partners with. Prior to the start of mobile clinic season, she has already held several meetings with municipal workers in the district of Andahuaylillas, where Secsencalla is located, in order to learn what they consider their needs and desires to be. "The most serious problems facing communities is what happens after NGOs leave without even telling us their plans. They have their own objectives, sometimes very different from our own, and with the best of intentions end up making our job more difficult. They can waste months preparing a project and once it has been built, it's not even where the community really needs it" explains a municipal worker of Andahuaylillas as we meet to propose our plan. MEDLIFE avoids this through interactive meetings with communities to identify their greatest needs together - and for this clinic season both they and MEDLIFE agree that we should focus on children with malnutrition.
Many of the houses look nice from the outside, but on the inside lack many basic necessities.
The first house is made of cement and and looks nice from the outside but as we walk inside, I realize they don't have a kitchen. "Come here and look" Mercedes says to me while we walk to the house´s backyard. "This is the stove" - located out in the open exposed to the elements, but for a small covering overtop.
During February and March, families have money from the corn harvest and often will use it for home improvements. Things such as repainting homes or redoing finishings are cheap. What's more expensive is improving the inside or saving up for larger projects, which can be very difficult to save for when the profits from corn farming usually do not exceed 3000 Peruvian soles (around 700 dollars) a year.
The "stove" is just an open flame without ventilation, and has turned the kitchen wall behind it completely black. There's food stored all around it, disorganized and exposed - obviously not a safe way to prepare food. "It doesn't sting anymore" the homeowner tells with a smile. "You get used to the smoke." It's incredible how much damage smoke can do - the hacking cough of the homeowner is a reminder that even if members of the communtiy become accustomed to the discomfort, the health effects over time are profound.
In this kitchen not only can you see the blackened wall behind the stove but also the cuy's (guinea pig's) cage and food right next to it.
The other homes in Secsencalla are very similar. Some are bigger than others, or have an additional room or two, but all lack a proper stove. While some have a small gas stove, families typically run out of money to buy gas for the entire year and eventually go back to the open flame even though they're aware of the health risks associated with it.
Cooking over an open flame is the main method employed by people in rural parts of Peru largely because firewood is cheap and easily accessible. However, cooking over an open flame is very dangerous and can cause serious health problems, most commonly respiratory diseases. This is why MEDLIFE builds improved stoves in Cusco, or stoves that do not rely on open flame and have proper ventilation. Smoke often contains carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide formaldehyde and polyaromatic hydrocarbons such as benzo (a) pyrine. Families often suffer serious consequences due to exposure such as cataracts, blindness, increased risk of infections, chronic pulmonary obstruction, anemia and lung cancer. Smoke can also have serious effects on pregnant women.
Another stove we saw. The smoke coming out of it was so suffocating that we could only stay in the kitchen a minute.
This winter clinic season as part of the Healthy Home project, we will build fuel-efficient stoves for 10 families in Secsencalla that include ventilation through the ceiling of the home in order to eliminate prolonged smoke inhalation.
But apart from the great benefits that improved kitchens will have on the families of Secsencalla, the Healthy Homes program also has a bedroom improvement aspect.
In another of the houses we visited we found many clothes accumulated on the floor and on the bed, and in others, on the contrary, there was not a single piece of furniture. "It's that the girls like to sleep with us," one of the parents tells us when we ask them where their daughters are sleeping.
"The problem is that often they view it as innocent or a non-issue. But no boy or girl over 6 years old should sleep with their parents. First of all because it interrupts the marital life of the parents. There are things that children should not see, not because it is not natural, but because it is not the right age for them to see or hear those things, "Mercedes explains to the man. "And on the other hand, a young girl must have her own room or environment, separate from the men of the house whether they are the father or the brothers, because otherwise she is exposed to danger" Mercedes explains.
The Healthy Homes stove initiative provides the perfect opportunity to reform other aspects of the families home lives as well: MEDLIFE provides paints and shelves to organize their clothes, advice on personal and family hygiene, and ultimately we hold conversations to advise separating the environments and thus ensure that each son or daughter has their own space, a need that has a much deeper background.
This is the children's bedroom (2 girls and 1 baby boy) in one of the houses we visited and will work in this Winter. The gentleman tells us that he has not yet implemented it because his children prefer to sleep with them in the parent's bedroom. Mercedes explains the importance of separating living arrangements so that everyone has their own space as much as possible.
According to the WHO, in 2013 Peru ranked third in prevalancy of rape and sexual violence worldwide after Bangladesh and Ethiopia. In 2016, according to the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations in Peru (MIMP), girls and adolescent women represented 65% of cases of family violence and 70% of victims of sexual violence.
"It's unacceptable that many of our follow-up patients have suffered from gender-related violence… And much of the time it's because they have to sleep in the same bedroom as their father or brothers," Mercedes tells me. "Once, many years ago in another job, I asked a man why he had raped his daughter. He just told me that he could, if she changed her clothes in front of him because they slept in the same room."
Both girls live in one of the homes where we will be leading our Healthy Homes program this Winter.
Cases like that were the ones that inspired Mercedes to include the improvement of bedrooms within the Healthy Homes program that MEDLIFE is implementing in Cusco. "This program is an opportunity not only to improve the infrastructure and hygiene of each home, but to ensure the physical and mental well-being of children who may be at risk. It is a program that allows us to really know each family and make a real change. House by house "says Heidy Aspilcueta, Director of MEDLIFE Cusco.
"I just moved here to Secsencalla about two years ago with my wife and daughter, and I attended Mrs. Mercedes' talk in the community. She spoke to us about the importance of separating the bedrooms and improving the kitchen. I am already building, little by little, and I hope that after the corn harvesting season I can get the kitchen ready to build my stove. Little by little it's improving" says one of the parents who will have her kitchen put together by the third group of volunteers arriving in the beginning of March (Sign up here).
Here at MEDLIFE Cusco, we are very excited to start this program in the community of Secsencalla, where we have been amazed by the organization and the desire of this community to work with MEDLIFE. If you are a volunteer or a member of a chapter, please consider a Service Learning Trip to Cusco to help us implement our Healthy Homes program in some of the 100 homes that make up Secsencalla, so that come February it won't only be the abundance of corn bringing good fortune to the village, but also our volunteers helping to create sustainable change and brighter futures for the families.
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Nearly 70 Percent of Americans Oppose Overturning Roe v. Wade, According to a New Report
By Lisa Ryan
Protesters. Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images
While many people worry about the potential threat to Roe v. Wade that the impending Donald Trump presidency represents, recent findings from the Pew Research Center show that 69 percent of Americans don't want the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturned.
President-elect Trump has said he plans to appoint anti-abortion justices to the Supreme Court, so that Roe v. Wade — the pivotal 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the United States — would be overturned. In that instance, states would once again have the authority to regulate abortion within their borders. However, the fate of Roe largely depends on whether the three liberal justices aged 78 and older die or step down from the bench during Trump's presidency. If the current makeup (including a conservative replacement for the late Antonin Scalia) remains, the decision may be safe.
According to the Pew data, nearly seven in ten Americans want the decision to stay in place. The figure represents an increase from a January 2013 poll, which found that only 63 percent of Americans wanted Roe to remain intact. And, back in August 1992, only 60 percent of Americans were in favor of upholding Roe in its entirety, evidence that public support for the decision has increased over the years.
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