At the 125th International Football Association Board (IFAB) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Wales on 5 March this year, the Board agreed to the further extension of experimentation with goal-line technology (GLT).
The IFAB appointed FIFA to further evaluate the current technology status. An independent testing institute will verify the accuracy and functionality of different technology providers' systems, in line with the principles laid out in October 2010 by the IFAB (see the media release 'IFAB agrees to re-examine goal-line technology').
In order to evaluate the current technologies available, FIFA is hereby inviting interested GLT providers, including those who took part in tests carried out at the Home of FIFA in February this year, to participate in the further extension of experimentation with GLT.
The tests will be conducted in two phases at a football stadium selected by the respective technology providers, in consultation with FIFA. Companies have until 3 June 2011 to submit their expression of interest to FIFA via e-mail to: glt@fifa.org. Following this initial process, interested parties will be required to confirm their participation via a formal registration concluding on 7 July 2011.
Further technical specifications regarding the testing can be found in the PDF document ('Goal-line technology (GLT) specifications' on the right).
Following the first phase, the test institute, in consultation with the IFAB, will establish a shortlist of companies who will proceed to the second testing phase, based on the above criteria.
In the event that a company is admitted and proceeds to the second testing phase (March to June 2012), a higher volume of tests will be conducted to ensure a more precise evaluation of the fitness of a technology and to provide a full statistical analysis. This will include more simulated match scenarios as well as other factors including: software reliability; transmission signal quality; performance under changing weather conditions as well as on different pitch surfaces.
The final results of this evaluation will be presented to the IFAB at a special meeting in July 2012.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) comprises representatives of England's Football Association (The FA), the Scottish Football Association (SFA), the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and Northern Ireland's Irish Football Association (IFA), as well as FIFA.


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The three major functions of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are interrelated, especially with the need to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality within reasonable installation, operation, and maintenance costs. HVAC systems can be used in both domestic and commercial environments. HVAC systems can provide ventilation, and maintain pressure relationships between spaces. The means of air delivery and removal from spaces is known as room air distribution.[3]
Heaters exist for various types of fuel, including solid fuels, liquids, and gases. Another type of heat source is electricity, normally heating ribbons composed of high resistance wire (see Nichrome). This principle is also used for baseboard heaters and portable heaters. Electrical heaters are often used as backup or supplemental heat for heat pump systems.
Ductwork pinging or popping. If you hear a pinging or popping sound coming from metal ductwork, this may be caused by thermal expansion or by air blowing past a loose flap of metal. Track along the duct runs, listening for the sound. If you find it, make a small dent in the sheet metal to provide a more rigid surface that's less likely to move as it heats and cools.
HVAC services is our go to contractor when it comes to our HVAC needs. Back in 2013, we were dealt some unforeseeable home projects, as our HVAC was failing and needed to replace the whole system, e.g. Furnace, Blower, A/C, Condenser, Vents, etc... We reached out to a few HVAC companies (Contra Costa Heating and Air, EP builders, High Performance Heating and Air) so we could compare the bids for the job. We have had some issues with past contractors and after thoroughly screening a few of the above mentioned HVAC contractors, we awarded the bid to HVAC services because of their superior customer service and very reasonable pricing.
Natural ventilation is the ventilation of a building with outside air without using fans or other mechanical systems. It can be via operable windows, louvers, or trickle vents when spaces are small and the architecture permits. In more complex schemes, warm air is allowed to rise and flow out high building openings to the outside (stack effect), causing cool outside air to be drawn into low building openings. Natural ventilation schemes can use very little energy, but care must be taken to ensure comfort. In warm or humid climates, maintaining thermal comfort solely via natural ventilation might not be possible. Air conditioning systems are used, either as backups or supplements. Air-side economizers also use outside air to condition spaces, but do so using fans, ducts, dampers, and control systems to introduce and distribute cool outdoor air when appropriate.
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers is a body that covers the essential Service (systems architecture) that allow buildings to operate. It includes the electrotechnical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing industries. To train as a building services engineer, the academic requirements are GCSEs (A-C) / Standard Grades (1-3) in Maths and Science, which are important in measurements, planning and theory. Employers will often want a degree in a branch of engineering, such as building environment engineering, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering. To become a full member of CIBSE, and so also to be registered by the Engineering Council UK as a chartered engineer, engineers must also attain an Honours Degree and a master's degree in a relevant engineering subject.
The AC contactor (relay) and start/run capacitor(s) (see illustration below) fail most often and are inexpensive. So it's a safe bet to buy and install those parts right away, especially if your air conditioning service unit is older than five years. The condenser fan motor can also fail, but it runs about $150 — hold off buying that unless you're sure that's the culprit.
I call to follow up at the end of the next day and she said that she has not been able to get in touch with the owner. By this time, I am starting to get frustrated because I am starting to get the run around. I question her if I am even on the schedule or if they attempted to schedule a crane. She says they are extremely busy and that she does not know. So I say, basically I have waited over 2 weeks and you have not put me on the schedule and I am at the end of the install line. No answer. I tell her to talk to her boss and find out what is happening, and I will think about what direction I want to move in at this point.
Central home air conditioner service systems consist of two major components: a condensing unit that sits outside your house, and the evaporator coil (often referred to as an A-coil) that sits in the plenum of your furnace or air handler. The refrigerant in the A-coil picks up the heat from your home and moves it to the outdoor condensing unit. The condensing unit fan blows outside air through the condensing coil to remove the heat. The condensing unit houses the three parts replaceable by a DIYer: the AC contactor, the start/run capacitor(s) and the condenser fan motor. The condensing unit also houses the compressor, but only a pro can replace that. The A-coil has no parts that can be serviced by a DIYer.
The most recognized standards for HVAC design are based on ASHRAE data. The most general of four volumes of the ASHRAE Handbook is Fundamentals; it includes heating and cooling calculations. Each volume of the ASHRAE Handbook is updated every four years. The design professional must consult ASHRAE data for the standards of design and care as the typical building codes provide little to no information on HVAC design practices; codes such as the UMC and IMC do include much detail on installation requirements, however. Other useful reference materials include items from SMACNA, ACGIH, and technical trade journals.
AC air handler buzzing sounds. Do you hear a buzzing sound when you turn on the thermostat? The only thing that comes on in the house when you turn on the thermostat is the fan relay and fan in the air handler or furnace. Try switching the thermostat HEAT/COOL switch to OFF. Then switch the fan switch from AUTO to ON. The fan (only) should come on. If the air handler makes a buzzing sound, it probably has a bad fan relay or, more likely, blower fan.
Hello, We have a Hunter ceiling fan that no longer spins. It has power, as the light still works and when you push the remote you hear the clicking, like it's trying to engage, but the blades do not spin. Does this sound like a possible flywheel issue? I removed the Remote Receiver, part 85112-02, and apparently it's no longer available, but I don't think the receive is the problem. Any feedback would be welcome.
They work less jobs, thus increasing profits – think about it…if they got only half of the jobs, then they only pay half of the money required to pay employees, expenses, etc., but still have the same amount of net profit. In fact, if you do the math, they actually make more profit that their competitors do…twice as much, once you factor in their savings form only doing half of the jobs at the same amount of profit (Total Revenue – (half the normal expenses) = twice the profit). In other words, they save money by doing half of the jobs as others, for the same profit, thus increasing their overall profits.
BIG THANK YOU for being honest, and advising us that for some reason the fuse/switch was in the reverse position so the AC unit would not properly turn on. The unit turned back on immediately, and began cooling the house. And then providing advice that the AC/Heating system needed some TLC, and giving us options to save money by purchasing a maintenance plan that included the filters plus cleaning services since we were already being charged for the service today.
There are multiple reasons to replace your HVAC system. If you have built additions onto your house, you may find your old system no longer meets the requirements for the new dimensions. Perhaps a new technological breakthrough has provided features that will improve your comfort and air quality. Most often, however, you need to replace your system because it no longer works properly.
The heat pump gained popularity in the 1950s in Japan and the United States.[13] Heat pumps can extract heat from various sources, such as environmental air, exhaust air from a building, or from the ground. Heat pumps transfer heat from outside the structure into the air inside. Initially, heat pump HVAC systems were only used in moderate climates, but with improvements in low temperature operation and reduced loads due to more efficient homes, they are increasing in popularity in cooler climates.
An AC contactor is a $25 mechanical relay that uses low-voltage power from the thermostat to switch 220-volt high-amperage current to the compressor and condenser fan. AC contactors can wear out and are at the top of the list of common air conditioning service failures. Even if your AC contactor is working, it pays to replace it every five years or so. Unscrew the old AC contactor before removing the wires. Then move the wires to the new unit (Photo 6).
Capacitors -- Capacitors help your HVAC motor start from a standstill. Over time they can weaken. As they weaken, they cause the motor to run hotter. This can shorten the life expectancy of your motor. Once a capacitor fails, the whole motor will stop working. You usually won't notice that a capacitor has weakened until your motor stops turning on.
Installing a split system may involve making modifications to the house itself for the necessary lines to be run. The heat exchangers are also more prone to picking up debris and must be cleaned on a regular basis. While they come with protective screens over the fan, care must still be taken to ensure that nothing gets in, especially in a home with children.
When central air conditioning service fails during a heat spell, you may have to wait days for an HVAC repair technician or an ac contractor to show up, and you'll probably pay at least several hundred for the repair. But if you're comfortable working around electricity and are willing to spend about $50 on parts, you can probably repair your air conditioning service yourself in about two hours and save about $225 on parts markup and labor.

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Italian handbag label Furla has posted a 5.8 per cent rise in sales for the first half of the year, down from 23.5 per cent growth during the same period last year.
Furla sales growth in Asia has similarly slowed, showing a 27 per cent growth in the Asia-Pacific region as opposed to last year's 63 per cent increase. Furla recently assumed direct control of retail distribution in the greater China region.
Furla generates 23 per cent of its sales in Japan against 7 per cent in the US. Revenue growth for Japan was 9.5 per cent, while growth for the US market was 24.2 per cent. E-commerce sales are up 24.1 per cent.
Furla's GM Alberto Camerlengo said: "For us, 2018 is a year of consolidation." He described the firm's plans to strengthen its delivery organisation via the adoption of a more advanced IT system as better suited to the company's increased size.


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So right after I cooked the tenderloin, I was full of hype and eager to sous vide my next dish. I made my way out to mmmm(Meats, marinates and much more), and saw a beautiful chunk of pork shoulder. I had never cooked pork shoulder sous vide before and I thought it would be a good time to try it. I brushed the shoulder with a tiny bit of olive oil, before seasoning with a quick dry rub consisting of paprika, dried rosemary, dried oregano, pepper, and salt.
I set my immersion circulator to 57.2C (I got this temperature from the iPhone sous vide app), it started heating up and the pump started whirring. After about 3-4 minutes, it went completely silent. I checked the circulator, it was not turned on. I tried switching it off and on, I tried using another power cable, I tried changing the power outlet. Nothing seemed to work. The pork shoulder basically sat in the fridge for 1.5 days before I decided that I had better cook it before it goes bad. Panic started to set in, do I even remember how to cook without an immersion circulator? Or did I even know how to cook before sous vide came along?
Cheesy, porky goodness. Whats not to love?
Pros: Despite my modified cooking times, the pork was actually really nicely cooked on the inside, it shredded easily using a fork, and stayed moist after a reheat. It was very very tasty. I think it would have a much deeper caramelized flavor if I had used coke instead of 100 plus, but I was in a rush and I had to use what I could find.
Cons: The meat was a little overcooked on the outside, I think if I could re-cook this, I would've topped up my braising liquid after the first hour, because a lot of it had evaporated/soaked into the meat, leaving a large portion of the meat above the liquid, which is probably the main cause for the slightly overcooked outer layer.
I am always amazed by your sous vide cooking! and it's interesting to know that soda was involved in this dish.
Thanks! This wasnt cooked sous vide though, just a traditional braise. I think the soda gives the meat a really rich mouthfeel and a sweetness that doesn't hit you in the face.
Interesting use of soda! I ever saw a korean chef using pepsi as one of the ingredients in making kimchi.


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Warwick & Warwick Postcard Auction Report 18th May 2016
Big Demand for Theatres.
An unusual collection of world theatres was offered for sale in the Warwick and Warwick May 18 auction and proved very popular with the bidders. A general world collection of around 900 theatres included the Far East, West Indies and Central and South America. Estimated at £550, the hammer fell at £825, resulting in a realisation of £973, including the buyers' premium. A collection of 300 Russian theatres was offered as a separate lot and included many real photographic cards from smaller towns. Estimated at £160, it realised the magnificent figure of £1239, reflecting the current strength of the Russian market.
The sale included the largest collection of Bermuda postcards the auctioneers had ever seen. It was broken down into 13 collection, with estimates totalling £4020. The final total realisation was in excess of £6000.
A further section of the famous collection assembled by the late Karl Jaeger attracted considerable interest. There was a large section of Japan, where 350 topo, estimated at £550, realised £885 and 5 collections of Japanese art cards, estimated at £2160, realised £5752. The final section of Karl's Japanese cards will be offered in the Warwick and Warwick auction on July 20.
The Jaeger collections of China were some of the most competitively bid for lots in the auction. Lot 19 contained only 115 cards. It was estimated at £650 and realised £1534. Lot 20, 159 cards, estimated £650, made £2478. Other countries and areas popular with the bidders were Central and South America, India, Middle East, Russia and Turkey.
The Jaeger subject cards included a Wiener Werkstaetter card entitled "Import" by Moriz Jung, which realised £248. A Pirelli poster advert in art deco style made £82. A rare North Eastern Railway official card, a poster entitled "The Industrial Supremacy of North East England", realised £94. In the motor sport section, 5 dramatic RP cards of the 1905 Isle of Man TT race for cars made £271, despite over-exposure.
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Whether you are contemplating buying or selling a home in Riviera, it is important that you hire the right team that fits your needs. We roll out the red carpet for buyers & sellers alike, and ensure you have access to us 24/7, as we aim to earn your business for life! We understand the market well, and you will not find a more qualified Riviera real estate agent to help you with all of your Real Estate needs!
As a buyer, you will have access to Riviera listings the second they hit the market, which gives you a leg up on the competition. As a seller, your home not only will be featured on one of the top Riviera sites on Google, but we also will syndicate your home to hundreds of other sites, hold weekly open houses, send out postcards, and much more! We have helped dozens of buyers & sellers, and look forward to helping you as well!
Listed once again as of April 16th at 8:26am, this Traditional home was originally listed on April 15th in 2019. The property is being listed at a price of $7,360,000 , the same as its original list price. This 7 bedroom, 3 full baths, 1 half bath, 4 three quarter baths residence is located on D ESTE Drive, a prime area in .
Originally built in 1956, this 2-story home sits on a 17,047 square foot lot.
Listing provided courtesy of Dan Urbach at The Agency.


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Before Chatham County was even settled by migrants moving up-country, the area has had a long Agricultural tradition. That tradition continued through the county's early days 250 years ago. In recent year, the Poultry Industry, in particular, has come to characterize the county's agricultural industry. Some of the early record of industrial poultry farming and production traces back to the Pittsboro Hatchery that according to the Chatham News & Record may have begun operations at early at 1939.
(Chatham News & Record - August 8, 1976)
While the Hatcheries themselves were impressive, the county's poultry tradition would not reach its current level of prominence without the addition of poultry processing in the same county. Local processing operations started to crop up in the county until in 1986, the Townsends Company acquired poultry processing operations in Siler City. The introduction of the Townsends Company elevated the industry in Chatham county as a multi-state and even international poultry company which possess more resources than were often locally available. The expansive of Townsends operations in Chatham brought jobs and dignity to many in the area.
For the company as a whole, however, Townsends began to face pressures in the 1990s because they had difficulty competing with more centralized poultry distributors like Tyson and Perdue. While this created stress for the company, they were able to sustain their business through that period due to the flexibility of their international business. Eventually, the operations in Chatham became harder for the company to support as added pressure began to trickle down and put pressure on the workers in the early 2000s, a period which may have been what spurred a burst of union organizing around the facilities in the late 2000s (see Chatham News & Record - April 26, 2007). As the Recession hit American industry across the board, the company decided to take the opportunity to consolidate, closing their operations in Chatham in 2011.
For some time the poultry industry of Chatham and Siler City entered a limbo, unsure of whether the industry was on its way out, whether there would be a return to more localized production and processing, or whether someone else would come to fill Townsends' place. The answer became that the Mountaire company came to fill that spot and even expand on Townsends' prior operations. Mountaire began work on constructing new facilities in 2017.
(Photo Courtesy of Mountaire Farms)
Since Mountaire's introduction into the county, they have brought many jobs lost by the closing of the Townsends Plant back to the people of Siler City and the county as a whole. The company has also received press attention for acts of goodwill towards the community, like the donation of 1,000 holiday dinners (Chatham News & Record - November 17, 2019) and a successful job fair which drew hundreds in 2018. It is still early in the story of Mountaire within the county's poultry history, but many are glad at the very least that the industry still has a home in Chatham one way or the other. To learn more about poultry in Chatham today, and going as far back at the 1930s, feel free to read further in the collected images and news clippings below.
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Mt Vernon Hatchery Staff
Mountaire Siler City Aerial
Mountaire Chatham News/Record
Mountaire Ribbon Cutting
Mountaire Processing Plant Built
Mountaire Construction
Mountaire Construction Siler City Government 1
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When I moved to London, an entirely new world opened up to me: the wondrous world of good restaurants, cafés, bars and small eateries: hotspots. Having lived on the countryside until my eighteenth and at the same time getting spoiled by delicious mummy food every day, I never really felt the need to eat out at restaurants or go to cafés. But when I moved to a big city - London, not the least - I discovered more hotspots than I could ever try within three years. My new hobby/obsession was quickly born: finding and trying the best places the city. I didn't stop after London, so also Amsterdam and Munich's hotspots quickly followed on my endless to-do list. I sometimes get the question of how on earth I find all these places so today I'll give you some hints on how to find food hotspots.
- Ask locals and people who live/have lived there. Preferably someone who you know has a good taste for food. People who live or have lived in that particular city usually know where the locals go, and where the REAL good food is. With this trick you can easily avoid tourist traps and overhyped places, and find out about the newest places that haven't made it to the 'Best of' lists yet.
- Observe. Walk around the city and discover places on your own, it's really one of the best way to find the places that YOU will like. Not everyone will love dark and shabby burger places just like not everyone likes hipster coffee bars. If you look around you, you will find exactly what you want.
- Write down a to-do list of places on your phone. Whenever you read or hear about a place take a note of it on your phone, so whenever you visit that place/city, you have a list of potential hotspots you could go to. When I lived in London, I had a London list, and in Amsterdam and Munich the same. Whenever I go to a place I tick it off, and I keep adding places when I hear of one. I also have a worldwide list just in case ;) This is really my best tip! It's also great if you're not feeling inspired or if someone asks you for a recommendation.
- Follow your instinct. If a place seems to be packed with locals and it smells great, then chances are high that you've hit the jackpot. In Kyoto, Japan, we used this 'trick' to find one of the tastiest Korean bbq places. We couldn't find any reviews of the place online but there was a queue of only locals, so we took a chance and it was one of the best meals of the trip.
- Don't give up. When you've been walking around all day, it can be easy to just pop into a place you know (McDonalds for example). I promise you, you'll never remember that night you ate another Big Mac... If you go for the easy option and something you're familiar with, you'll never get to try the really good places.
- Social Media. Once you've found a place, check Instagram for pics and/or reviews online. I like Instagram because the pictures were (mostly) taken recently so you can see exactly what the popular dish is, or which seasonal special you shouldn't miss. And let's face it, Instagram pictures are usually much more appetising than what you'll see on Yelp or Tripadvisor.
- The easy option. If all else fails, find yourself a foodie friend. If you're not good at finding hotspots/amazing places to eat, find a friend who does. They'll lead the way and all you'll need to worry about is how you'll ever manage to try all the spots that he/she has compiled on the list.
I hope that with these tips, you'll next vacation/year abroad/citytrip will be filled with good food and hotspot discoveries. As you can see it only take a little bit of observation and preparation. You almost can't go wrong. Bon appetit!


Eldon High School has seen a lot less frantic entries to the building since the district changed the school's start times in August.
"Our teachers have noticed it; it's just an overall well-being that they're not rushed," Principal Kris Harwood said.
When school officials learned how much 30 minutes would impact the safety, happiness and health of students and teachers, they worked with the district and community to make it happen, Harwood said. Changing bus schedules, drop-off times and after-school activities had to be done before the time could change.
She said there was a mixed reaction from some elementary families initially, but the positive benefits have outweighed those concerns.
"It was a really hard sale because it really is for more of the (seventh- through 12th-graders) — those are the kids it has the greatest impact on," Harwood said.
She said school officials learned during a conference how younger children were not affected by start time changes but adolescent brains are not able to function as well early in the morning.
The Eldon R-1 district agreed to a 8:20 a.m. start time for middle school and 8:30 a.m. for elementary and high school — a shift from the high school's previous start time of 7:55 a.m. and elementary and middle school start time of 7:50 a.m.
Harwood took the first look at this school year's high school attendance to the board meeting Monday. The data compared how many full days of school a student missed the last three years within the first two months.
The high school's average daily attendance for the 2018-19 school year so far was 95.4 percent, compared to the previous year's 92.3 percent.
Although it's early, officials appear confident the positive progress will continue.
"We obviously think that if more kids are showing up at the high school that more kids are going to graduate," Eldon R-1 Superintendent Matt Davis said.
This change isn't the only effort the district is making to help students graduate. Eighth-graders spend a day at the high school meeting with counselors and attending classes with a junior or senior. The high school offers credit recovery and extended days to help students get any help they need.
These are part of the district's 21-step "graduates journey" plan started eight years ago.


In a recent case coming out of the 5th circuit, In re Small examined the intricacy of a enforcement action for spousal support in the family district court and the automatic stay pursuant the bankruptcy code.
In re Small stands for the proposition that (1) enforcement of spousal maintenance did not fall within the exception to the violation stay where the enforcing party failed to adhere to the bankruptcy court's ruling to identify the Debtor's property that was not part of the bankruptcy estate for payment on the spousal maintenance and (2) although a criminal contempt may be subject to the exception to the automatic stay, where the nature of the criminal contempt was used as an inducement for payment of spousal support, such criminal contempt fell outside the exception of the automatic stay.
(ii) to determine the amount of any future support…so long as such support is paid from the future earnings of the debtor and not from the property of the bankruptcy estate; [and] (iii) to determine the amount of any monetary damage claim held by [Ex-spouse] against [Debtor].
Subsequent the divorce, the Ex-spouse filed an enforcement of the temporary spousal support order. The trial court sentenced and held Debtor in civil contempt resulting in imprisonment, but granted probation for 1 year on condition Debtor paid the approximately $124,000.00 is past due support, attorneys' fees, and continued spousal support. Debtor filed a mandamus with the Texas court of appeals on the grounds that the enforcement order was in violation of the bankruptcy automatic stay. The Court of Appeals agreed. The trial court amended its order to grant the enforcement only on "criminal contempt" and a money judgment.
In this case, Debtor filed an adversary pro se, against his ex spouse and attorney for violation of stay. The bankruptcy court found that the Ex-spouse did violate the stay where it 'knew' of the stay and acted 'intentionally' in violating it. The District court affirmed and the Ex spouse filed an appeal to the 5th circuit.
The Ex-spouse, among other arguments, argued that the criminal contempt ordered by the state court's pertaining to the enforcement did not violate the automatic stay under Section 362(b)(1). In reaching its decision, the 5th circuit looked to the substance of the criminal contempt rather than merely the title of what was being sought. Specifically, the 5th Court looked at the supporting evidence to find that the incarceration sought in the criminal contempt order was used as a means of inducing payment of the spousal support. The 5th Circuit reached this finding on the grounds that the District Court gave the Debtor an opportunity to come up with the money prior to the incarceration.
Further, the Ex-spouse argued that the exception to the automatic stay applied pursuant Section 362(b)(2). The 5th circuit agreed with the bankruptcy court that the enforcement sought was in violation of the stay due to the non-compliance with the bankruptcy court's modified order. Specifically, the bankruptcy court required that a finding be made as to "whether there was property that was not property of the estate from which to make the payment." The Ex-spouse failed to make such attempt nor get such ruling. Thus; the enforcement fell outside the exception.
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Roon, the audiophile music player, and music management software from Roon Labs, is starting off the new year with a new design, plus a couple new features. The new features, part of the Roon 1.6 update, include Qobuz integration, which will allow users to blend their own personal music libraries with uncompressed Hi-Res music (up to 24/192khz) streamed from Qobuz, similar to what subscribers can do currently with their Tidal subscriptions.
Unfortunately, most in the U.S. will have to wait for the addition of Qobuz, as the U.S. version is currently under BETA test, and only available to invitees.
Roon 1.6 also brings along with it Roon Radio, which creates auto-playlists made up of the user's personal music files, along with music from the user's connected music services. Radio stations can be started based on any Song, Artist, Album, or Genre, and music selection is made based on a combination of your personal favorites plus the favorites of other users who like the same types of music.
The new version of Roon will also have several UI enhancements including new Now Playing, Search, and DSP screens, which Roon Labs promises will make the software easier to read and use. For example, the new Search screen will let you toggle between music in your library and music from subscription services, so you can more easily tell them apart.
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Take Your Pills: Netflix and Stigma
March 21, 2018 December 2, 2021 Ashley L. Peterson
Sigh. This again? I've written before about documentaries that stigmatize psychiatric medications (A Prescription For Murder and The Age of Anxetyl). Now Netflix has released Take Your Pills, which looks at the use of stimulant medications for mental performance enhancement.
I started watching this documentary and gave up in disgust. But after I read a critique by another blogger, I decided it was important to speak up about it. To do that, I thought it was important to give it another go and watch the whole thing. While the perspective was somewhat more balanced than my initial impression, I still had a lot of concerns.
Presenting stimulants as cognitive enhancers
The documentary describes psychostimulants as a tool for cognitive enhancement, enabling people to get an academic or career edge, get higher grades, perform in a way they perceive as ideal (particularly in the tech and finance sectors), do more detail-oriented work, and control weight. Medications like Adderall are described as enabling people to "get to perfect" or be "jolted back to life".
One psychologist says that these medications prime people to expect that a pill will give them what they want. A researcher who was interviewed jumped on the bandwagon, saying he'd tried Ritalin once and it felt like "such an enhancement of my day." That struck me as rather irresponsible to say when being interviewed as an expert on the topic.
A university student said that her parents told her she should get a lockbox for her stimulant medication. "It's RX gold" she said, adding "I don't think I know anyone who's prescribed it who doesn't sell a little on the side", and "everybody takes Adderall." One male interviewed said that as a millennial who went to a great college and worked in finance, "it's impossible to avoid stimulants."
Taking stimulants to be more productive was documented as early as the "pep pills" of the 1930's. Pharmaceutical companies were accused of creating ADHD to market stimulant medications as a way to improve children's behaviour and grades. The documentary explains that more children are diagnosed with ADHD in the United States than in any other country in the world, and the majority of them are medicated. The implication was that ADHD is a mostly artificial condition created by drug companies' marketing campaigns. This is certainly not the first time I've seen this logical fallacy; misleading advertising does not invalidate the medical condition just because they falsely suggest that everyone suffers from it.
Side effects and lack of contextualization
The film mention serious side effects like addiction, but does a poor job of contextualizing these. A political theorist interviewed suggested that stimulants blunt the human experience and creativity; however, a Ph.D. in one field does not qualify someone to speak as a subject expert on an unrelated field. One student believed her stimulant medication made her more boring and angrier. These examples provide a very limited context by which to judge the appropriateness of these medications.
A psychotherapist featured in the film said that "just like opiate painkillers are heroin in a pill, ADHD medicine is a very small dose of meth in a pill." A psychologist suggested that as a society we make a false distinction between licit amphetamines and illicit methamphetamine, and pointed out the chemical similarity of prescription amphetamines and illicit methamphetamine (which has an added methyl group consisting of 1 carbon and 3 hydrogen atoms).
This was an astonishing display of ignorance from someone whose doctorate in psychology doesn't confer expertise in medicinal chemistry. You know what also differs by a single methyl group? The ethanol that you find at a liquor store and the poisonous methanol that's in the antifreeze that can kill desperate alcoholics looking for a fix, including a former patient of mine.
Never mind a full 4-atom methyl group, think of what happens when you throw a few subatomic neutrons on an atom and create a radioactive isotope. One need only look so far as Wikipedia, which points out that, "unlike amphetamine, methamphetamine is directly neurotoxic to dopamine neurons in both lab animals and humans"; this statement is backed by 3 references from scientific journals.
Everyone does not have "a little ADHD"
I cheered a little inside my head when one student who was interviewed expressed concerns about people saying things like "everyone has a little ADHD", as this delegitimizes the actual illness. Another student with ADHD had chosen to go off of Adderall, although his mother believed he likely wouldn't have made it through high school without it. It appeared from the documentary that those with a genuine medical need were actually the most reluctant to take medications.
In a study of college students without ADHD, using Adderall didn't lead to objective improvements in cognitive performance, but participants did report a subjective sense of performance improvement. A journalist interviewed in the film said, "what you have here is a dynamic of not only people using what is, you know, a dangerous drug… but you also find a bit of an arms race building up where if enough people see that their competition is doing it, they feel like they kind of have to do it too." The societal pressure to always be competitive and outperform others is well worth exploring, but to me that got lost in the focus on stimulant medications.
I don't abuse my stimulant
My own bias viewing this documentary is that I take Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine). I first started taking it for significant psychomotor retardation (slowing of movement and thoughts) that I experienced as a symptom of depression. When that resolved, I cut down on my Dexedrine dose, and my mood worsened. I've tried a few more times since then to cut back the dose, and it's become clear that it's definitely having a beneficial effect on my mood. My doctor is very comfortable keeping me on it because it's obviously having a therapeutic benefit.
I don't feel "high" from it and never have. Dexedrine isn't enough to fully compensate for the cognitive and physical slowing I experience with depression. My overall cognitive performance and energy level remain lower even while on Dexedrine than they are when my depression was previously in remission.
So when Netflix portrays my medication as either a performance enhancer or a legal version of crystal meth, it doesn't sit well with me. There is already so much stigma against mental illness and psychiatric medication, and this sort of messaging is not helpful. There was a valid point buried underneath the performance-enhancing pill-popping message, and it would be great to see a documentary that truly addresses the issue of societal hyper-competitiveness. Unfortunately, Netflix missed the mark.
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👏🏼 Too much misinformation out there and people are confused. Sounds like these shows confuse even more. Too many "experts" who are not qualified to objectively give information. Politics mixed into the conversation kills any chance of truth. Excellent write-up. 👍🏼 I am off all medication after years of back-n-forth… like you i would notice how medicine made things better until they no longer made them better and i could cope mentally. So, perhaps it is how people handle their diagnose and treat their medical advice, follow-up appointments and post-mental health diagnosis that is more crucial than all these rampant opinions. ❤✌🏼
I agree ❤
Alys says:
Yes, I thought this exact thing when I saw this documentary pop up on Netflix. Such a shame really. Thank you for consistently speaking up about these issues, it's admirable!
Alys
sgsall says:
I like that you spoke up on this issue . It's super controversial. Especially in terms of education, is it cheating or not cheating ? Adderol and Ritalin are 'study drugs' . During finals and midterm seasons in university, you would be shocked with the amount of people who are selling these prescription drugs and how easy it is to get it on school grounds . You'd also be surprised with how many people use it too. To be honest, especially when I was going through school without treatment for my depression… I relied a lot on trying to find someone with one of these prescriptions . I became quite dependent on it for studying … I couldn't study without it . I will say it was more for the focus effect .. if you got distracted .. there would be no going back to studying. I got to a point where II asked myself … do I really need it or am I convincing myself that I need it so I am now starting to believe it . Just thought I'd share. I haven't watched the documentary so I can't have too much of an opinion on this .
I guess back in the day when I was in university it either just wasn't a thing or I wasn't aware of it, but at the time I didn't know of anyone using stimulants other than caffeine.
Oh people use caffeine pills like crazy. It's dangerous . They pop it like candy . Study drugs have become a big issue sadly and people are a lot more open about it . If you study on campus, it would be easy to find someone in the library with it . I just graduated last year . I took a healthy psychology class and a health science , both discussed the dangers and prominence of it . If you're interested, type into google 'are study drugs a form of cheating" lots will pop up.
Cool thanks for the ideas.
Well constructed review. My children both have adhd and take medication for it. In the UK it's classed as a controlled substance and is kept in a safe in the pharmacy. My older son started taking it about age 11 and it calms his mind sufficiently to allow him to see things more clearly, for example before medication he could not do jigsaw puzzles, not even a 50 piece puzzle, he couldn't discriminate the pieces, within months of being on medication he began doing larger and larger puzzles up to 500 pieces. It has improved both boys concentration and focus but offers no intellectual advantage.
It's a very misunderstood drug and adhd is a much misunderstood condition.
I agree. In a way taking stimulants for ADHD is like taking antidepressants for depression – it doesn't make you a super-performer, it just brings you closer to what you're capable of.
Brazokie says:
Andrew Solomon has an excellent chapter in his Noonday Demon book on drugs and addiction, where which drugs are legal and which are illegal is debated.
It makes me pissed off on how people think it is quirky and cool to be caffeine or sugar dependant and have cute shirts about it but god forbid you take a fucking Xanax. Yes, very different drugs, but then shut up about your addiction being "cool".
I've read Noonday Demon. It was really well done.
violakaroly says:
I actually just published a post about my take on the documentary. I loved it! I think it highlights people who abuse the medication and this is necessary for people who take it for genuine medical needs, like ours. I'll put a link to my post, but you can delete it if you don't allow that sort of thing. I understand how you feel though. I cringe when I hear people rant about how psych meds turn people into mass murderers. Stigma is real, folks!


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Walter Duranty, Russia Reported, copyright 1934, printed in G. Britain, The New York Times' Moscow correspondent who whitewashed Joseph Stalin's forced mass starvation of the Ukrainians and many other aspects of Soviet oppression, many have written about Duranty, but this is his words, his book. He earned the Pulitzer Prize for his work, but a campaign soon began to have the prize revoked because they found out about his inaccurate reporting.
Russia Reported, Walter Duranty. Walter Duranty, Russia Reported, copyright 1934, printed in G. Britain, The New York Times' Moscow correspondent who whitewashed Joseph Stalin's forced mass starvation of the Ukrainians and many other aspects of Soviet oppression, many have written about Duranty, but this is his words, his book. He earned the Pulitzer Prize for his work, but a campaign soon began to have the prize revoked because they found out about his inaccurate reporting. Duranty acknowledges his inaccurate reporting on Russia in the preface of this book, but despite numerous attempts by Ukrainian organizations and others, the prize has never been revoked.
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1932 Pulitzer Prize awarded to The New York Times should be revoked, according to a historian hired by the newspaper to review the winning work, which has been questioned for years.
A subcommittee of the Pulitzer Board has been reviewing the prize won by writer Walter Duranty for his series on Russia. The review was sparked by complaints that Duranty deliberately ignored in later coverage the forced famine in Ukraine that killed millions of people.
"For the sake of The New York Times' honor, they should take the prize away," von Hagen said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. The New York Sun first reported the professor's recommendation.
The Times has reviewed von Hagen's report and forwarded it to the Pulitzer Board with a recommendation from Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who declined comment on Wednesday.
Von Hagen said the Times asked him in July to review Duranty's work. He submitted a report to the newspaper about a month later.
Sig Gissler, an administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, also declined to comment on von Hagen's report and its effect on the review of the 1932 prize. No Pulitzer has been revoked since the prizes were first awarded in 1917.
"This is a matter under internal review," Gissler said.
Gissler could not say when the subcommittee would end its probe, which was launched in April, but said the ultimate decision would have to come from the entire board. The Pulitzer Board meets twice a year, in November and April.
Members of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America joined Ukrainians worldwide this year in urging the withdrawal of Duranty's award, a campaign that included more than 15,000 postcards and thousands more letters and e-mails sent to the Pulitzer Board.
The effort was timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the 1932-33 famine, which claimed as many as 7 million Ukrainian lives. Josef Stalin's regime created the famine to force Ukrainian peasants into surrendering their land.
This was not the first time the Pulitzer Board has reconsidered its award to Duranty, who died in 1957. A similar review in 1990 ended with a decision to let the Pulitzer stand.
Duranty covered the Soviet Union for the Times from 1922 to 1941, earning acclaim for an exclusive 1929 interview with Stalin.
But Duranty was eventually criticized for reporting the Communist line rather than the facts. According to the 1990 book "Stalin's Apologist," by Sally J. Taylor, Duranty knew of the famine but ignored the atrocities to preserve his access to Stalin. The famine came in 1933, a year after Duranty won his Pulitzer.
"Much of the 'factual' material is dull and largely uncritical recitation of Soviet sources, whereas his efforts at 'analysis' are very effective renditions of the Stalinist leadership's self-understanding of their murderous and progressive project to defeat the backwardness of Slavic, Asiatic peasant Russia," von Hagen writes.
Though never revoked, a Pulitzer was once returned. Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke surrendered her prize in 1981, after admitting she had fabricated stories.


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by Jesse Byrnes - 10/30/16 12:13 AM ET
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Donald Trump is targeting independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin, arguing the former CIA officer could jeopardize his candidacy by winning Utah.
"I love the people of Utah. I have great relationships in Utah. Now if for some reason we lose Utah, that could have a very devastating impact on the overall," Trump said alongside his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, during an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier.
{mosads}"If they go enough for this character that's running all over the state, and we lose the state of Utah, that's devastating," the GOP presidential nominee continued, pointing to the Supreme Court vacancy and vowing to nominate conservative judges to the high court.
Trump knocked McMullin while going after Bill Kristol, the editor of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine and a vocal opponent of his candidacy. Trump called Kristol a "loser" during the Fox interview, saying "he's called the wars wrong" and "he's called everything wrong."
"He gets his puppet to go and run in Utah. The guy takes votes away from me. You know, we're going to win Utah," Trump said, according to multiple reports.
McMullin fired back at Trump on Twitter, invoking his experience with the CIA while knocking Trump over reports about his behavior with members of beauty pageants.
"Yes, you've never heard of me because while you were harassing women at beauty pageants, I was fighting terrorists abroad," he wrote in one of a series of tweets targeting the businessman.
.@realDonaldTrump, Yes you've never heard of me because while you were harassing women at beauty pageants, I was fighting terrorists abroad. https://t.co/hNDTWn3HPN
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) October 30, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump, you're an authoritarian, life-long liberal who disrespects life, liberty, & equality. We can't trust you on justices.
.@realdonaldtrump, you think you're entitled to Utahns' and other Americans' votes. We're earning them.
.@realDonaldTrump, we will not sit by while two corrupt, self-serving, big government liberals like you and Clinton destroy our country.
Kristol brushed off Trump's comments, tweeting that he was "helping Evan McMullin win Utah."
A good night for conservatives: Indians helping extend one of the oldest baseball traditions; Trump helping Evan McMullin win Utah.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 30, 2016
Trump is currently leading by 5.8 points in a five-way matchup in Utah with third-party candidates, according to the RealClearPolitics polling index. Trump has 31 percent support, while McMullin is tied with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at 25.2 percent support in the index.
McMullin launched his long-shot White House bid in August and has set his sights on shoring up support in his home state of Utah, where he attended Brigham Young University and has headquartered his campaign.
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SchoolsCompared.com, a sister site to WhichSchoolAdvisor.com that focuses on school comparisons and shortlists, has announced which schools have made it to the shortlist of its Top School Awards for 2019.
The shortlist for the 2019 SchoolsCompared.com Top Schools Awards has been revealed, with schools across the UAE vying to find a place in one of 19 categories of awards for 2019.
The five finalists, and single overall winner, will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony being held at the Rajmahal Theatre Dubai, at Dubai Parks and Resorts on 7th March 2019.
As well as a nominations stage, this year's awards also includes independent judges, not part of the SchoolsCompared.com team, to ensure an additional level of objectivity in the deliberations.
James Mullan, co-founder of Which Media, the parent company of SchoolsCompared.com, told WhichSchoolAdvisor.com that the 2019 awards were going to be something truly special.
"We want these to be the Oscars of the school year. They will be an opportunity for us all to rightly celebrate, and recognise, all that schools and their teachers, working together with parents, the wider community and the UAE government, achieve for children each year. We are fortunate enough to be hosting the event this year at the amazing Rajmahal Theatre at Dubai Parks and Resorts. It is shaping up to be a night to remember!"
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that it has added a team of four trusts and estates lawyers to its Hong Kong office. The move expands the firm's preeminent reputation in private client work into Asia for the first time. Partners Erik Wallace and Laurence Ho will lead the newly formed Hong Kong Trusts and Estates team, which will include associates Sarah Lai and Letao Tao. The team joins Loeb & Loeb from Stephenson Harwood.
The group joins Loeb & Loeb's top-ranked Trusts & Estates Department, and will enable the firm to better serve clients in Hong Kong and the greater Asia region and provide additional high-level counsel on cross-border private client matters. The group primarily advises Asia-based clients on U.S. trust, tax and estate concerns.
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"With one of the strongest trusts and estates practices in the U.S., my colleagues and I have always held Loeb & Loeb and its brand in very high regard. Loeb's U.S. national trusts and estates platform will enable us to provide seamless service to our clients," Wallace said. "We are honored to join this esteemed group and expand the firm's private wealth platform to our Hong Kong- and Asia-based clients."
Wallace has been a practicing trusts and estates lawyer for more than 20 years and has spent the past eight years in Hong Kong, and most recently established the U.S. private client practice for Stephenson Harwood. He assists high net worth individuals and families with succession planning, structuring or restructuring trusts, and establishing private trust companies and charitable foundations. He also works on international probates, postmortem tax planning and pre-immigration tax planning.
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Wallace received his LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law, his J.D. from Emory University School of Law and a B.S.B.A. in accounting from the University of Arkansas. Ho earned an LL.M. in tax at New York University School of Law, a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.B.A. in accounting and finance from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. Lai received her P.C.L.L. and J.D. from the University of Hong Kong, and Tao received an LL.M. in international taxation from New York University and Sun Yat Sen University.
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Sentinel #1
Posted: Monday, April 14, 2003
Writer: Sean McKeever
Art: UDON with Eric Vedder, Joe Vriens & Scott Hepburn
The book opens by introducing us to Juston Seyfert, a teenager who lives with his father & younger brother in Antigo, Wisconsin. As we learn the father runs the town's salvage yard, we see that Juston has picked up a working knowledge of electronics, and as such when he stumbles across a circuit board in the yard, he's quick to recognize what it is and what one can do with it. We then follow Juston as he goes about his life as a young teen, as we learn that while he has a small circle of friends at school, they are the favorite targets of the school bullies, and as such Juston isn't the most outgoing of personalities. However, he does manage to luck his way into a conversation with a girl who calls herself Jessie, and the two strike up a friendship of sorts. We then look in on Juston after school, as he & one of his friends stumble across a crater in the woods that wasn't there when Juston had last passed through this section of the woods. We then join him back at home, where he is busy incorporating the circuit board he found into a battle bot he had been constructing, but once he powers up his robot, it goes tearing off into the night. As Juston settles down for the night, we see his rogue battle bot is busy piecing together the remains of a Sentinel, that is scattered across the salvage yard.
The first of the new Tsunami books is here and of the three that I've decided to give a look, this was the one that I was sitting on the fence about whether I would pick it up or not. I mean the "Human Torch" automatically gets my money thanks to my decades of devotion to the Fantastic Four, and "Runaways" has Brian K. Vaughan & an interesting sounding premise. However, the concept of a boy hooking up with a Sentinel is certainly an odd enough concept that I had to give it a look. Now this first issue offers up only a couple brief glimpses of the Sentinel, and far more time is spent introducing the reader to the book's young lead, and establishing the various relationships that he's involved in. To this end this issue is a fairly impressive character study, even though it's clear the book is drawing upon well worn character traits (e.g. the young boy is bullied at school, and is automatically cast into the role of protector thanks to a sickly younger brother). The book manages to evoke quite a bit of interest in this young character's world, and in a refreshing move we see that the boy's relationship with his father is quite healthy. His little exchange with Jessie was also fun, as the frank conversation style of Jessie is nicely complimented by our lead character's own attempts at coming across as cool & sophisticated.
I must confess that one of my guilty pleasures is the television program Robot Wars, as not only is it one of the only places I can see a cast member from the much missed "Red Dwarf" on a weekly basis, but also there is something to be said about the sheer visceral thrill of seeing two robots kick the living crud out of each other. Now why am I dithering on about a television show, during a review of this comic? Well largely it's because our lead character & his younger brother look to have a little competition going on where they construct battle robots. Now I do have to wonder how many parents would allow their children to play a game that provides such ample opportunity for serious injury, but then again I'm sure raising his kids in a scrap yard would produce children with a healthy respect for how easily one can be injured if one doesn't know what they are doing. If nothing else this little competition provides an explanation for how this child would come to possess skills one wouldn't normally expect to find in a child, and I imagine this mechanical know-how will come in handy when he befriends his pet Sentinel. There also something rather refreshing about the blue collar personality type that our lead character has, as it affords the character a maturity that makes it easier to see the character as being strong enough to carry a series.
With Agent X's impending cancellation I had wondered what UDON Studios next project would be, and it would appear that they've found a new home in these pages. Now the art on this book is a little more cartoonish in appearance, but truth be told the material is very well served by this style change, as the book's young lead is allowed to wear his emotions on his sleeve with his easy to read expressions, and high energy body language. The art does a very nice job of detailing the key moments of the issue, as we can see the fear on their faces when the school bullies are racing toward them, and while it's a little throwaway moment, the page after the boys discover the mystery crater is a great visual look at the two personalities involved, as how can one not smile at Alex's decidedly childish reaction. There's also the little details like the fact that Juston's elbows continually smudged with grease stains, or the way that the shot of the lunchroom manages to perfectly captured the chaos that one would expect to find, and why Juston would be sent running back to eat in the classroom. The various shots of the Sentinel also look quite promising, and I can't wait to see the final product. The cover to this issue is also a wonderful piece of art, and I love the cover logo design.
A fairly promising debut issue for this new monthly series, as Sean McKeever has managed to introduce an engaging lead character, and nicely defines his world. Now yes there are familiar elements in these pages, as Juston is the typical comic book teen, who is ostracized by most of the people at his school, and he struggles with the standard plot elements such as school bullies, and the shyness factor. However, the writing does some nice work detailing Juston as a fairly well adjusted teen, with several admirable qualities, and the lower income, working class environment that he moves about within is nicely realized. This issue also does some fairly nice work setting up the whole Sentinel element, as there is a nice degree of impending danger established on the pages when the focus in on the robot. The supporting cast is also fairly solid, though the angry young teen is a little too obvious a character type, and the sick younger brother is a little too sweet.


As the primary building block to a Real Foods diet, looking at where the protein is coming from is vital. The quality of the protein will ultimately determine whether that protein source will be nourishing or detrimental to mother and baby's health. Animals fed on an industrial food model (including GMO-corn and food/animal waste products) and living in unsanitary and harmful conditions yield toxic, nutrient poor proteins (meats, dairy, eggs). On the other hand, animals living in their natural habitats, living on a natural diet (out in the pasture) yield proteins that are superior in their rich, nutrient content. For more information see: http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/Home.html.
As with meat, not all dairy is raised equally in nutrient content and processing. Dairy that comes from an industrial dairy is ultimately compromised in its nutrient content and devoid of most of the nourishing factors that make this such a healthy product. Industrial dairy in the US is also pasteurized and homogenized – two processes that denature the proteins and fats in the milk and render the end product toxic, rather than healthful. Please read the following article on the difference between consuming organically raised, raw dairy over industrial dairy (and also where to find sources): http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/Milk.html. If one is not able to find raw milk, using fermented, organic dairy such as cheeses, yogurts, or kefir would be the next best option.
Finding in season, local, organic vegetables is a great way to get nutrient dense food into your diet. Studies have shown that organic vegetables have greater phyto-nutrient content compared to their commercial counterparts. Also equally important, avoiding any toxins during this time only multiplies the health of the baby and herself.
Looking at the wide array of grain allergies and intolerances we have today begs a closer look at the grain products in the Western diet. Traditional cultures have always soaked, fermented, or sprouted their grains for proper absorption and digestion. Though they did not know it then, these methods also neutralize harmful anti-nutrients (this is the way the seed is designed to preserve itself from spoiling and be able to lay dormant until awakened with water and light) and toxins (one example being gluten) naturally found in most grains (and also in beans, seeds, and legumes). If you are not able to bake your own sourdough (the natural process to ferment flour) bread and grain products, finding a local source for real, sourdough bread would be ideal, or buying only sprouted breads (like Trader Joe's brand, or Ezekial Breads). Buying grains in their whole form and soaking, then cooking them is superior to buying any already packaged flour/grain product.
Lastly, a final note on sweets, salts and oils is important to touch on. Avoiding refined products makes a definite impact on the health of mama and baby. Here is a simple list of healthy options as well as those ones to be avoided.
Feeling overwhelmed? Don't panic! Many resources, tutorials, and videos are out there to help you make transition to a Real Foods diet.
For a great place to start go to: http://www.nourishingourchildren.org/Resources.html.


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A saying we have all heard is you "get what you paid for." That can be reversed to you "pay for what you get." We don't do that in this country — witness the enormous debt we have as a nation — and we certainly don't do that in Illinois.
Some years ago, I was in favor of raising the state income tax to 5 percent, a 67 percent increase, because in the four years it was to be enforced the state would take care of the debt problems we faced. We owed nearly $90 billion to the state retirement system, and we were months behind in paying our bills.
Here's how well it worked: After four years, the pension debt was $130 billion, and climbing, and we were still six months or more behind in paying our bills. Some of the suppliers of goods and services to the state had simply quit. So, instead of reducing our indebtedness, we, the taxed people of the state of Illinois, had simply supplied more money for our legislators to spend.
At the end of four years, the tax rate didn't return to 3 percent, but instead was lowered to 3.75 percent. It has since been raised to 4.95 percent, and we are still spending more than we take in. So, no, I'm not in favor of a graduated income tax. We simply can't afford to increase our taxes so we can further increase the pension debt.


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Chapter 50: Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Limb: Implications for Regional Anesthesia
Xavier Sala-Blanch; Jose A de Andrés; Steven Dewaele
Sala-Blanch X, de Andrés J, Dewaele S. Sala-Blanch X, & de Andrés J, & Dewaele S Sala-Blanch, Xavier, et al.Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Limb: Implications for Regional Anesthesia. In: Hadzic A. Hadzic A(Ed.),Ed. Admir Hadzic.eds. Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e. McGraw Hill; 2017. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2070&sectionid=157604441
Sala-Blanch X, de Andrés J, Dewaele S. Sala-Blanch X, & de Andrés J, & Dewaele S Sala-Blanch, Xavier, et al. (2017). Acute compartment syndrome of the limb: implications for regional anesthesia. Hadzic A. Hadzic A(Ed.),Ed. Admir Hadzic. Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e. McGraw Hill. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2070&sectionid=157604441
Sala-Blanch X, de Andrés J, Dewaele S. Sala-Blanch X, & de Andrés J, & Dewaele S Sala-Blanch, Xavier, et al. "Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Limb: Implications for Regional Anesthesia." Hadzic's Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management, 2e Hadzic A. Hadzic A(Ed.),Ed. Admir Hadzic. McGraw Hill, 2017, https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2070&sectionid=157604441.
DIAGNOSIS OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
TREATMENT OF COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
Compartment syndrome is an orthopedic emergency. It is an acute condition of the limbs in which the pressure of isolated or groups of poorly compliant muscle compartments increases dramatically and limits local soft tissue perfusion to the point of motor and sensory impairment and neuronal and tissue ischemic necrosis. Although regional anesthesia is often thought to delay diagnosis and treatment of acute compartment syndrome (ACS), there are only isolated case reports and a lack of evidence-based information to guide the clinical practice. Regardless, practitioners should be aware of the patient risk factors, clinical presentation, and management of this potentially limb-threatening condition. The musculoskeletal structures of the limbs are enclosed within compartments created by investing fascial layers with a limited ability to stretch. These compartments enclose skeletal muscles along with the neurovascular structures that pass through the compartments. If missed, compartment syndrome1 can be a limb- and life-threatening condition.
Compartment syndrome is most common in the lower leg and forearm, although it can also occur in the hand, foot, thigh, and upper arm. In theory, the upper leg muscles are at a lower risk for injury than are the smaller muscles of the lower leg, because the muscles of the thigh can dissipate the large forces of direct trauma, causing less muscle injury and resultant edema.2 Acute compartment syndrome occurs more commonly in one of the four smaller compartments of the lower leg.
The consequences of persistently elevated intracompartmental pressures were first described by Richard von Volkmann,3 who documented nerve injury and late muscle contracture from compartment syndrome after supracondylar fracture of the distal humerus. Jepson4 described ischemic contractures in dog hind legs, resulting from limb hypertension after experimentally induced venous obstruction. Only after about 40 years (since the 1970s) has the importance of measuring compartmental pressures become apparent.
Any condition that can reduce the volume of the compartment or increase the size of the contents of the compartment can lead to an acute compartment syndrome. Examples of factors leading to these changes are presented in Table 50–1.
Table 50–1.Factors leading to compartment syndrome.
Table 50–1. Factors leading to compartment syndrome.
Conditions that Increase the Compartment Volume
Direct soft tissue trauma with or without long bone fracture (10%–20% incidence after closed fracture)
Closed tibial shaft fractures (40%) and closed forearm fractures (12%)
Soft tissue crush injuries without fractures in 23% of cases of compartment syndrome5,6
Open fractures, which should theoretically decompress the adjacent compartments, may lead to compartment syndrome7
Hemorrhage: Vascular injury, coagulopathy
Anticoagulation therapy8
Revascularization of limb after ischemia
High-energy trauma, as from high-speed motor vehicle accident or crush injury
Increased capillary permeability after burns (especially circumferential)
Infusions or high-pressure injections (eg, regional blocks, paint guns)
Extravasations of arthroscopic fluid (eg, after routine ...


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Charade est un court-métrage d'animation canadien réalisé par Jon Minnis et sorti en 1984.

Il a remporté l'Oscar du meilleur court métrage d'animation en 1985.

Synopsis
Deux personnages miment à tour de rôle une charade et tentent de faire deviner un titre de livre ou de film.

Fiche technique
 Réalisation : Jon Minnis
 Scénario : Jon Minnis
 Production : Jon Minnis,
 Animation : Jon Minnis
 Durée : 5 minutes
 Date de sortie :  ()

Distribution
 Jon Minnis : voix

Distinctions
 1985 : Oscar du meilleur court métrage d'animation.
 1985 : Prix Genie
 1985 : Prix de la meilleure première œuvre

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Oscar du meilleur court métrage (animation)


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How much do low-cost, behaviorally informed letters increase health insurance enrollment?
The national Open Enrollment Period (OEP) for states that use the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace recently ended in January 2022. Preliminary estimates suggest that over 14.5 million Americans signed up for affordable health coverage through Marketplace plans, which is much higher than any previous enrollment period. Several changes since the last OEP may be responsible for this historic increase in enrollment, including the increase in premium tax credits owing to the American Rescue Plan, and larger amounts of targeted investments towards consumer education and outreach programs for the Marketplace OEP.
A new paper in JAMA Health Forum led by our team at the Office of Evaluations Sciences (OES) in the U.S. General Services Administration, as well as Academic Affiliates from Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Covered California, details how low-cost letters can increase health insurance enrollment, especially among underserved populations. The study, conducted in 2015, included individuals who took the first steps towards enrolling in ACA Marketplace coverage and started completing their Federal Health Insurance Marketplace (FHIM) application but stopped short of selecting a plan.
As recently as April 2021, in a survey of uninsured adults, more than 50% still lacked awareness of Marketplaces and of subsidies to make health insurance more affordable.¹ Recent literature has continued to establish the importance of nudges such as personalized telephone calls or the use of automatic enrollment for increasing uptake.² This newly published study can inform current policy discussions about increasing Marketplace enrollment, especially in light of continuing barriers to health insurance take-up, including cost, application complexity, procrastination, a lack of awareness about available options, choice overload, and inertia.
This randomized clinical trial included 744,510 individuals on the HealthCare.gov platform and was conducted during the final two weeks of the 2015 OEP. Our OES team worked with team members from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Communications at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to design the letters. The letters incorporated best practices from the behavioral sciences literature and made information related to health insurance enrollment simple, easy to access, and more personalized, while also providing actionable steps potential enrollees could take. These letters are shown to be a low-cost way to increase health insurance enrollment in the ACA Marketplaces. Letters that used action language caused larger effects, with effects highest among Black and Hispanic adults, especially in Medicaid expansion states.
By the end of the OEP, 4% percent of the control group that received no letters had enrolled in ACA health insurance. Relative to the control group, assignment to a letter increased enrollment by a statistically significant 7% increase above the control group mean, equivalent to 1,753 new enrollments.
The paper presents exciting results about the effectiveness of the interventions among different subgroups. The largest increase in enrollment was among Hispanic adults, with an increase of 14%. In Medicaid expansion states where premiums tend to be lower, the effect of action letters was pronounced among racial and ethnic minorities, resulting in increased enrollment among Black (31%), Hispanic (29%), and Asian (23%) adults.
The paper also presents calculations about the cost of the interventions: each letter cost $0.55 per individual, which amounts to a cost per new enrollee of $191. This estimate compares favorably to other reported estimates, which range from under $100 to as high as $1,000. If the best-performing letter—the variant that used action language, an implementation prompt, and a picture—were implemented at scale, this would have translated to 3,228 new enrollees and a cost per new enrollee of $104.
The results from this study suggest that letters are a low cost way to increase enrollment (as low as $104 per new enrollee) and are particularly effective among underserved populations. Such reminders could be a useful tool for Marketplace administrators who seek to help individuals obtain coverage prior to future OEP deadlines.
For more information about the paper and intervention pack, check out the project page.
Haley, J, Wengle E. Uninsured Adults' Marketplace Knowledge Gaps Persisted in April 2021. Urban Institute. Available from: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/104860/uninsured-adults-marketplace-knowledge-gaps-persisted-in-april-2021_0.pdf
McIntyre A, Shepard M. Automatic Insurance Policies - Important Tools for Preventing Coverage Loss. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jan 29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2114189. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35089664.
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Two ways Amazon plans to reduce the waste it creates
Amazon.com says it plans to cut the use of plastic packaging in Germany, shifting its model to pressure from the European economic giant. Have adopted environmental policies on a large scale,
It's the latest effort by the company to rethink its packaging, including a recently announced US effort to keep refrigerated groceries cold at the time of delivery.
Amazon AMZN,
This week it said its German logistics hub would replace all single-use plastic packages with paper-based bags or cardboard boxes by the end of the year.
Exceptions include when third-party sellers provide products in packaging that can be re-labeled for delivery, and when couriers are asked to leave products at outdoor locations during rains, the company said. .
Environmental groups in Germany have long urged Amazon, as one of the largest online retailers, to lead the way in reducing unnecessary waste.
The Ocean Conservancy says that its global garbage-collection campaigns that began in 1986 have collected more than 357 million items from beaches and waterways.
An analysis of the 17 most commonly collected items, including cigarette butts, plastic wrappers, plastic bottles, plastic bottle caps, straws and stirrers, found that the vast majority of waste collected by volunteers is not recyclable under most circumstances. Is.
Historically, Amazon has been dinged by environmental groups for its packaging and limited recycling opportunities.
Advocacy group Oceana in a report titled "Amazon's Plastic Problem Revealed" drew from e-commerce packaging market data as well as a peer-reviewed report published in the journal Science. It found that shipped plastic packaging generated 465 million pounds of waste, with 7 billion packages delivered by Amazon in 2019. As a result, Oceana estimated that 22.4 million pounds of that plastic packaging ended up in waterways and marine ecosystems.
The plastic film commonly used in Amazon packaging is not recyclable. Oceana says municipalities and material recovery facilities have not been able to sort and process polyethylene plastic film on a large scale as part of curbside recycling programs.
For at least one part of its delivery packaging, Amazon is looking to make a change.
The company is launching recyclable grocery delivery packaging in the US that will maintain the temperature of cold and frozen products throughout the delivery window.
American households throw away $1,500 in uneaten food every year – how to make it less Thanksgiving?
Amazon says its new, select packaging for groceries is made from recyclable materials and is "curbside" recyclable for the consumer. The company says that Amazon began developing the packaging in 2019 to improve the stability of plastic liners and bubble-bag insulation.
The new packaging, which will be used for Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh Delivery, uses the recycled paper tissue layering commonly used in the moving and packing industry, Amazon says.
Recycling is confusing – how to be smart about everyone who removes plastic
Joe Rake, a senior program manager for the grocery delivery packaging team at Amazon, said he couldn't find a solution on the market that would meet the company's thermal and sustainable design needs, so Amazon designed its own packaging.
The company has also pushed toward more renewable energy sources as a way of reducing its large carbon footprint. This includes a major investment in the newly trading electric-vehicle company Rivian RIVN,
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In its annual sustainability report released in June, Amazon said its activities emitted the equivalent of 60.64 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020. This was up from 2019, when it reported 51.17 million metric tonnes, an increase of 15% year over year.
Amazon shares are up 8.9% so far this year, while the S&P 500 SPX,
Up 24% in the same stretch.
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