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Altered mental status is a predictor of poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients: A cohort study
Abdallah S. Attia,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Mohammad Hussein,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology
Mohamed A. Aboueisha,
Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Mahmoud Omar,
Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Mohanad R. Youssef,
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation
Nicholas Mankowski,
Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Michael Miller,
Roles Writing – review & editing
Ruhul Munshi,
Aubrey Swinford,
Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing
Adam Kline,
Therese Nguyen,
Eman Toraih,
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Genetics Unit, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Juan Duchesne,
Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing
Emad Kandil
Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: ekandil@tulane.edu
Adam Kline
Abdallah S. Attia Mohammad Hussein ... Emad Kandil
Several studies have described typical clinical manifestations, including fever, cough, diarrhea, and fatigue with COVID-19 infection. However, there are limited data on the association between the presence of neurological manifestations on hospital admission, disease severity, and outcomes. We sought to investigate this correlation to help understand the disease burden.
We delivered a multi-center retrospective study of positive laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients. Clinical presentation, laboratory values, complications, and outcomes data were reported. Our findings of interest were Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, intubation, mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital mortality.
A total of 502 patients with a mean age of 60.83 ± 15.5 years, of them 71 patients (14.14%) presented with altered mental status, these patients showed higher odds of ICU admission (OR = 2.06, 95%CI = 1.18 to 3.59, p = 0.01), mechanical ventilation (OR = 3.28, 95%CI = 1.86 to 5.78, p < 0.001), prolonged (>4 days) mechanical ventilation (OR = 4.35, 95%CI = 1.89 to 10, p = 0.001), acute kidney injury (OR = 2.18, 95%CI = 1.28 to 3.74, p = 0.004), and mortality (HR = 2.82, 95%CI = 1.49 to 5.29, p = 0.01).
This cohort study found that neurological presentations are associated with higher odds of adverse events. When examining patients with neurological manifestations, clinicians should suspect COVID-19 to avoid delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis and lose the chance to treat and prevent further transmission.
Citation: Attia AS, Hussein M, Aboueisha MA, Omar M, Youssef MR, Mankowski N, et al. (2021) Altered mental status is a predictor of poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients: A cohort study. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258095. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258095
Editor: Tai-Heng Chen, Kaohsuing Medical University Hospital, TAIWAN
Received: January 27, 2021; Accepted: September 19, 2021; Published: October 5, 2021
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
Data Availability: All relevant data are within the manuscript.
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Since the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918, humankind hasn't encountered such an overwhelming health crisis created by the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic [1]. As of August 2, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 680,894 people have died around the world, spanning different countries, ethnicities, religions, and socioeconomic class. Furthermore, the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 unanimously admitted that the outbreak still poses a public health emergency of international concern [2].
COVID-19, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was initially thought to primarily infect the respiratory system with dyspnea, cough, expectoration, and chest pain being common presenting symptoms [3]. However, as the pandemic continues, it is has been shown that the virus affects a wide range of organ systems, including the gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, and cardiovascular systems. Well-documented extrapulmonary findings in COVID-19 patients include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, elevated liver enzymes, kidney dysfunction, elevated troponin and CK-MB, systolic dysfunction, and heart failure, especially those who developed a severe and critical illness [3–9].
Some articles have illustrated symptoms suggestive of potential nervous system involvement with many studies demonstrating anosmia, ageusia, dizziness, seizure, altered mental status (AMS), myalgia, headache, syncope, somnolence, and coma in COVID-19 patients [7–9, 10]. Neuropsychiatric manifestations, such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, and psychosis, are reported as well [7, 10]. Case reports and case series have reported para-infectious conditions including Guillain-Barre syndrome and ataxia [11]. However, there is limited data available describing neurological symptoms as presenting manifestations among COVID-19 patients. The purpose of this multi-center retrospective cohort study was to investigate whether presenting with neurological symptoms is a predictor of poor health outcomes and adverse events in COVID-19 positive patients.
Study design and population
This is a multi-center retrospective cohort study that was performed after acquiring Tulane University Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. The patient data were collected on COVID-19 confirmed positive patients, who were admitted from March 20, 2020, to May 10, 2020, to Tulane Medical Center (TMC) and University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, LA. The patient data was collected using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) hosted at Tulane University Medical School. REDCap is a secure, web-based software platform designed to support data capture for research studies, providing an intuitive interface for validated data capture and audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures [12]. Patients were divided into two groups: with and without altered mental status (AMS) which encompasses confusion, amnesia, loss of alertness, disorientation, defects in judgment or thought, unusual or strange behavior, poor regulation of emotions, and disruptions in perception, psychomotor skills, and behavior. Patients were diagnosed with AMS on admission by the attending physician and patients were not on any sedative agents at the time of diagnosis.
Demographics, presenting symptoms, comorbidities, clinical notes, laboratory values, and health outcomes were extracted from the electronic medical records using a standardized data collection. Patient orientation and mental state were determined using Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), patients with decreased GCS were considered to have Altered mental status. The severity of the disease was determined by two scoring systems: CURB-65 and Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA). The CURB-65 score is based on the presence of confusion, blood urea nitrogen level >19 mg/dL (>7 mmol/L), respiratory rate ≥30, blood pressure (systolic <90 mmHg or diastolic ≤60 mmHg), and age ≥65 years [13]. (2) The qSOFA score is based on a GCS <15, respiratory rate ≥22, and systolic blood pressure ≤100 [14].
A comparison between patients with and without AMS was performed. Outcome measures investigated included disease course, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, intubation, unplanned reintubation, mechanical ventilation, duration of mechanical ventilation, prolonged mechanical ventilation, ARDS, bacteremia, sepsis, acute kidney injury, length of hospital stay, and mortality.
Data management was performed using SAS v9.4, while SPSS v26.0 was used for statistical analysis. Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were applied for categorical variables. Student's t and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for continuous variables. The two-sided p-value was set to be significant at <0.05. Multiple regression analysis was iterated using binary logistic regression models for all outcomes and cox hazard proportionate regression model for survival, adjusted by age, sex, obesity, and neuropsychiatric comorbidity.
Demographics, comorbidities, and symptoms
We included a total of 502 COVID-19 confirmed positive patients with a mean age of 60.83 ± 15.5 years, and 238 patients (47.4%) were males. Their mean body mass index (BMI) was 33.32 ± 8.54 Kg/m2, with 57.2% being obese having BMI >30 Kg/m2 and 24.7% being overweight with a BMI >25 kg/m2. Most participants were African Americans (74.7%). On admission, 37 (7.37%) participants were classified as asymptomatic, 71 patients (14.14%) presented with AMS including 25 patients without any other manifestations, and 394 (78.48%) presented with other non-specific, respiratory, and gastrointestinal symptoms without neuropsychiatric symptoms, Fig 1. Patients with AMS were significantly older (68.61 ± 16.36 years versus 59.56 ± 15.01 years, p <0.001) and had lower BMI (30.91 ± 8.36 Kg/m2 versus 33.83 ± 8.50 Kg/m2, p = 0.021). Patients with AMS were less likely to be African American (66.2% versus 76.1%, p = 0.023), obese (45.1% versus 59.2%, p = 0.028), and have shortness of breath on admission (33.8% versus 58.2%, p < 0.001), Table 1.
Fig 1. Hierarchical classification of patients according to neuropsychiatric symptoms and comorbidities.
Table 1. Characteristics of COVID-19 patients at admission.
Clinical assessment
Patients with AMS had a higher qSOFA score (1.40 ± 0.76 versus 0.58 ± 0.61, p <0.001), CURB-65 score (2.63 ± 1.07 versus 1.22 ± 1.00, p <0.001) and lower GCS (9.41 ± 4.0815.00 ± 0.00, p<0.001) compared to non-AMS cohorts, Table 1.
Patients presented with AMS had a lower PaO2/FiO2 (192.89 ± 114.26 versus 265.26 ± 103.25, p = 0.003) and higher white blood cell count (9.69 ± 6.03 versus 7.85 ± 5.26, p = 0.013), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (10.78 ± 9.38 versus 7.18 ± 9.76, p = 0.007), blood urea nitrogen (31.15 ± 19.23 versus 25.01 ± 20.39, p = 0.02), and C-reactive protein (CRP) (93.61 ± 81.27 versus 32.36 ± 47.69, p = 0.001) compared to patients without AMS, Table 1.
Patients presented with AMS showed worse outcomes compared to patients without AMS. Presenting with AMS was associated with higher rates of ICU admission (42.3% versus 27.7%, p = 0.017), intubation (45.1% versus 27%, p = 0.003), mechanical ventilation (47.9% versus 24.6%, p < 0.001), unplanned reintubation (35.3% versus 9.5%, p = 0.012), sepsis (23.9% versus 13.5%, p = 0.03), and acute kidney injury (N = 26, 36.6% versus N = 90, 20.9%, p = 0.006), Table 2.
Table 2. Outcomes of COVID-19 patients with and without altered mental status.
Mortality and length of stay
Patients presented with AMS had a higher rate of mortality (29.6% versus 11.6%, p < 0.001), earlier death (9.05 ± 5.08 days versus 15.07 ± 9.27, p = 0.007), and longer duration on ventilators (4.63 ± 6.08 days versus 1.43 ± 3.51 days, p < 0.001), Table 2.
Predictors risk factor for poor outcomes in patients with AMS
The multiple regression analysis was adjusted for age, sex, obesity, and neuropsychiatric comorbidities. This analysis revealed that patients presented with AMS had higher odds of ICU admission (OR = 2.06, 95% CI = 1.18 to 3.59, p = 0.010), intubation (OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 1.44 to 4.43, p = 0.001), mechanical ventilation (OR = 3.28, 95% CI = 1.86 to 5.78, p < 0.001), prolonged (>4 days) ventilation (OR = 4.35, 95% CI = 1.86 to 10, p = 0.001), sepsis (OR = 2.02, 95% CI = 1.10 to 3.73, p = 0.024), acute kidney injury (OR = 2.18, 95% CI = 1.28 to 3.74, p = 0.004), and mortality (HR = 2.81, 95% CI = 1.49 to 5.29, p = 0.001), Fig 2.
Fig 2. Impact of altered mental status as a predictor risk factor for poor outcomes.
Multiple regression analysis was iterated using binary logistic regression models for all outcomes and cox hazard proportionate regression model for survival, adjusted by age, sex, obesity, and neuropsychiatric comorbidity. Results are reported as odds ratio (OR) for all outcomes or hazard ratio (HR*) for survival.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a serious health emergency and has caused an unprecedented international disaster while creating damaging social, economic, and political consequences that will likely have devastating long-term effects. Following disease-control guidelines, identifying risk factors, and recognizing different manifestations of COVID-19 infection is critical to deterring the spread and progression to severe disease. In response to this crisis, we conducted a retrospective cohort study on 502 hospitalized laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients to identify the outcomes associated with neurological symptoms, specifically AMS.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the host functional receptor recognized by viral protein (spike) and allows the SARS-CoV-2 to enter the cell [15]. It is documented that SARS-CoV-2 has a higher affinity for ACE2 compared to its predecessor, SARS-CoV, explaining the higher rates of transmission. Due to the high presence of ACE2 on type II alveolar epithelial cells, the lung is the primary target and most vulnerable organ. However, the expression of ACE2 is ubiquitous, presenting in other multiple human tissues, including adipose tissue and nervous system [7, 16–18]. Due to increased expression in ACE2 in adipose tissue, obese individuals, could develop an explosive systemic inflammatory response, possibly contributing to the development of a more severe form of the disease [19]. Expression of ACE2 on glial cells, neurons, and capillary endothelial cells suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may invade the central nervous system (CNS) via direct invasion or cerebrovascular endothelium [7, 20–22].
Paniz-Mondolfi et al. reported the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in brain tissue from the post-mortem examination of a COVID-19 patient by implementing a transmission electron microscope. The viral particles were detected in the frontal lobe and matched the structural characteristics of SARS-CoV-2. Notably, these viral particles were found in the small vesicles of endothelial cells, which supports CNS invasion via hematogenous pathways may be a cause of the rapid progression of neurological symptoms [23]. Additionally, SARS-CoV-2 was identified in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a male patient suffering from impaired consciousness and transient generalized seizures, with typical meningitis and encephalitis characteristics shown on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Interestingly, this case presented with negative PCR results in the nasopharyngeal swab, which indicated that CNS invasion might have occurred in the early phase of COVID-19 infection [24]. It is also suggested that direct invasion into the neuronal cells and retrograde transport from the olfactory bulb may be the pathophysiology of anosmia experienced by some COVID-19 patients [22, 25].
To our knowledge, this is the first cohort study comparing outcomes between COVID-19 patients with and without neurologic symptoms, specifically AMS, while utilizing validated scoring systems (GCS, CURB-65, and qSOFA). Our initial univariate analysis showed that 14.14% of the COVID-19 patients presented to the hospital with AMS. These patients had higher rates of developing adverse events such as ICU admission, intubation, mechanical ventilation, prolonged ventilation, extended hospital stay, and mortality. But they had a lower rate of shortness of breath which could be explained due to the decreased reporting of symptoms with patients with AMS [26]. Out of the patients presenting with AMS in our cohort, 25 (35.2%) presented with no other symptoms. Mao et al. also reported that neurological symptoms, including impaired consciousness, occurred early in the disease course, sometimes preceding typical respiratory symptoms [7]. This suggests that neurological symptoms, such as AMS, may be signs of impending clinical decline in the early stages of COVID-19.
The patients with AMS presented with comparatively more severe disease, shown by the significantly higher CURB-65 and qSOFA scores at the time of admission. Additionally, patients with AMS presented with significantly higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and CRP, which are risk factors of poor health outcomes and possible predictors of severe disease [27–30]. However, it cannot be definitively determined if AMS is a result of a more severe disease or that neurological involvement, manifesting as AMS, is causing more severe features of COVID-19.
Older age, obesity, and being African American are all associated with poor health outcomes in COVID-19 patients [19, 31–34]. The prevalence of obese patients in our study was 57% which is higher than Louisiana's average (35%) [35]. It should be acknowledged that the AMS cohort has a significantly older average age. However, when adjusted for age, AMS remained more associated with poor health outcomes, Fig 2. Notably, patients with AMS were less likely to be African American or have obesity, which strengthens the argument that AMS may be an independent risk factor for poor health outcomes in COVID-19 patients. But we were unable to explain the reason why.
There are many established etiologies of AMS, including neurologic, toxicologic, trauma, psychiatric, and infectious [34]. Neuropsychiatric comorbidities could predispose patients to develop AMS. In our cohort, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of neuropsychiatric comorbidities between patients with and without AMS. Additionally, AMS was remained associated with poor health outcomes when the analysis was adjusted for neuropsychiatric comorbidities, Fig 2. Dehydration is also associated with developing AMS, especially in elderly patients [36]. Diarrhea and vomiting are possible causes of dehydration, and there was no significant difference in the prevalence of these symptoms between the study groups. Additionally, AMS secondary to hospital-induced delirium can be ruled out, since all these patients presented with AMS at admission.
Further studies are needed to determine if presenting with only AMS is also associated with poor health outcomes, and why they are presented less in obese and African American patients, which may further strengthen the argument that it should be considered an independent risk factor for poor health outcomes. Limiting data analysis to data upon admission is a potential limitation, which makes it prone to missing data such as CT-scans, MRI, and CSF analysis, which are vital in identifying brain injury and signs of neurological invasion of SAR-CoV-2.
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A: This is the process whereby a field technician will visit the site and take soil samples to see if there is any oil in the soil surrounding the tank. Those samples are then sent out for testing and the results provide us with the ability to determine if any further action needs to be taken.
Pressure Testing a good idea?
A: We at Meridian do not recommend performing a pressure or vacuum test on your tank. We would rather perform a soil investigation to determine the quality of soil around the tank. A soil investigation will not cause any damage to the tank itself, as a pressure test may.
Which is the better option, Tank Removal or Tank Abandonment?
A: Under most circumstances, we at Meridian would recommend the removal of a tank from the ground as opposed to abandoning it. We will only recommend abandoning a tank if itcomprimises the structure of the home / building and removal is not feasible. A removal will be less expensive and allow total closure with the state and your township.
What is the approximate timeline for a Tank Removal?
A: The timeline to remove the UST from your initial phone call to our crew arriving on-site is approximately 2 weeks to 1 month. The longest delay is due to the time that it will take for your municipality to approve your permit. The day that we are scheduled to do the actual removal, we will only need to be on your property for 3 – 4 hours, pending municipal inspections.
A: By definition, Remediation is the "act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency". Therefore, in terms of an incident involving the contamination of soil or ground water, Remediation would be the "clean up" and in most cases the removal of said contamination with the focus on restoration to a pre-contamination condition.
What can the client expect when the remediation work is complete?
A: We here at Meridian are focused on the needs of our Clients. It is our intention to make the process as simple as possible. Once the remediation process is complete, the site is restored to its original state. In most cases your property will look better than its original state. Customer satisfaction is the ultimate goal and the driving force behind Meridian Environmental Services.
When there is a discharge of heating oil that impacts the groundwater table to a degree that it falls in violation with NJDEP Groundwater Quality Criteria, Groundwater Remediation will have to be performed. The contaminated groundwater can be collected and removed by pumping it from the ground and disposing of it off site, treating it onsite, or it can be treated in place via several "INSITU" methods.For more detailed descriptions of the "INSITU" Methods please visit this link for more information on this topic.
How much will a soil remediation cost?
A:Since every job is different there is no specific amount set. however, we will provide a proposal with the estimated cost.
A: This is truly dependent upon each individual's Homeowners Insurance Policy. In the event that a release of oil has occurred, Meridian does advice that you do notify your Homeowners Insurance immediately.
What is "Tank Protection Service"?
A…Offered by your oil carrier, it is imperative that this type of coverage be acquired. For a few dollars a month you can obtain coverage up to $100,000 and assure yourself the necessary protection in case a leak in your tank does occur. Please contact your oil carrier for more information. Meridian is a ProGuard Certified Contractor.
What Other Services Does Meridian Have To Offer?
A : Meridian Environmental Services, Inc., runs a turn-key operation; contracting the work at your property from start to finish. Including cosmetic construction on your home to full property restoration, landscape design and environmental compliance.
A: Meridian covers the entire State of New Jersey.


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I'm not going to lie, this fight didn't look like something small. If you know Carowinds, it can get hectic at times. Of course a busy place for families and friends to have fun at and enjoy the day. Of course with it being a busy place and really hot, people can start to lose their cool, which seemed to have happened but apparently security didn't mind being a spectator.


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Children diagnosed with psychiatric disorders face social exclusion in early adulthood: Study
Updated on: 11 October,2021 06:10 PM IST | Mumbai
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The study, which was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that people who had received a psychiatric diagnosis as adolescents were excluded not only while pursuing their education but also in the job market as young adults
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Adolescents who had received a mental health disorder diagnosis were often excluded from the labour market and education as young adults, finds a new study.
The study indicated that almost 11 per cent of adolescents who had received a psychiatric diagnosis were excluded from the education and labour market for at least five years in their early adulthood.
"Vocational rehabilitation and tight collaboration between psychiatry and social services are important for enabling adolescents suffering from mental health problems to access the labour market," said lead author David Gyllenberg from the University of Turku (Finland).
For the study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the team included 55,273 individuals after exclusions for intellectual disability, death or emigration.
The results are concerning because they highlight the link between mental health disorders and long-term exclusion from education and labour market.
In the study, long-term exclusion was defined as a period spent outside education or paid employment lasting a minimum of five years.
The link was particularly strong with those teenagers who had not completed their upper secondary education and who had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
Almost half of these teenagers who had experienced psychosis and almost three-quarters of teenagers who had been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder experienced long-term exclusion from education and labour market in their early adulthood.
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Academic journal article Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal
African Immigrant Entrepreneurship: A Catalyst for Skills Transfer
By Ngota, Bernard Lama; Rajkaran, Sookdhev; Mang'unyi, Eric E.
Immigrant enterprise has been distinguished for impacting new skills and the introduction of new business ventures development which correlates positively with a country's economic output (Kalitanyi & Visser 2010a:2010b:2014; Fairlie, 2012; Ngota et al., 2017). Some authors (Letseka & Maile, 2008; Khosa & Kalitanyi, 2014), pointed out that, with a 15% college graduation rate which is one of the most minimal on the planet, South Africa still faces a tremendous challenge with regards to providing the fundamental abilities in numerous fields. This has not exclusively been witness in zones such as normal sciences, technology and in engineering however it is additionally a reality in some sociologies division, for example, business enterprise, which has affected the administration activities for job creation (Fatoki & Patswawairi, 2012). This study agrees with the aforementioned results and allude that skills such entrepreneurial skills which have the ability to create jobs and reduce unemployment as well as improving the standards of living of the locals are deficient amongst the nationals. According to O'Neill & Viljoen (2001), entrepreneurs may be considered as the most imperative criterion for economic development in a country, and without them, the state has the difficult task of organising development without the motivating force of potential gain.
Cazes and Verick (2013) theorize that human capital paradigm adopts that everything being equal, the number of years spent in schooling system escalates one's capacity to get a job. Further, Van de Rheede (2012) however argued that the nature of unemployment of skilled workers is a complex one, since it relates to various factors such as the value of education, lack of experience, discrimination and labour market inflexibility, labour legislation as well as other structural parameters. Researchers (Bogan & Darity, 2008; Khosa & Kalitanyi, 2015; Crush et al., 2017) posit that, with such aforementioned constraints, it is difficult for immigrants to enter into the labour market therefore, entrepreneurship becomes a better option. In that way, they create skills opportunity for others.
As such, some authors (Chamuorwa & Mlambo, 2014; Asoba & Tengeh, 2016; Ntema 2016; Ngota et al., 2017) attest that South Africa has had colossal development over years and as such, is counted to be one of the largest economies on the African continent. In their study on migration and migrants entrepreneurial skills in South Africa, (Kalitanyi & Visser, 2014) established that African immigrant entrepreneurs transmit their entrepreneurial skills to local nationals. The findings of their study uncovered that more than 73% of immigrant entrepreneurs who took part in their survey authenticated of transmitting their entrepreneurial skills to locals who are either employed by them or do business with them (Kalitanyi & Visser, 2014). Moreover, the study also revealed that 82% of the immigrant entrepreneurs' employees are locals, of whom 54% have ascertained to have acquired entrepreneurial skills from their employers (Kalitanyi & Visser, 2014). This correlate with the study by some authors (Cross 2006; Kalitanyi & Visser, 2014) who alluded that immigrant entrepreneurs, who mostly survive by their entrepreneurial initiatives in order to satisfy their essential needs, claim to encourage local people.
From the aforementioned above, the presence of numerous African immigrants in South Africa, and their participation in small business activities, continues to attract diverse social organizations and scholars alike to examine the magnitude to which their entrepreneurial accomplishments benefit their employees in general and the local citizens in particular. This study is in response to the hostile economic environment in South Africa towards immigrants and immigrant entrepreneurship, especially African immigrant entrepreneurship where ordinary people are becoming more and more intolerant, exhibiting destructive and sometime brutal attitude towards these immigrants while making all sorts of detrimental comments and looting of their businesses. …
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In a bid to support noble initiatives, SPAR Nigeria, leading chain of hypermarkets, has partnered with Aurora Foundation to give a befitting treat to beauty queens from all across the world who are in Nigeria on a VIP Humanitarian and Tourism visit to Nigeria.
The Beauty Queens from Canada, Ghana, USA, Lebanon, Great Britain, Italy, India and South Africa were in Nigeria on a tourism visit tagged, "Experience Lagos: Queens on a Mission", the organizer of the tour is Tomi Salami, ex-Miss Tourism Nigeria and the Founder of Aurora International Charity Foundation.
The Queens were received at SPAR Lekki outlet by the Marketing Head, SPAR Nigeria, John Goldsmith. These divas were made to experience the hospitality of Nigerians at the store as they relished various cuisine available and they also purchased different items to give them great memories of their visit to Nigeria.
According to the Marketing Head, John Goldsmith, "we are excited to host Beauty Queens from all over the world to SPAR Nigeria. We are glad to showcase our brand as a great partner for noble initiatives".
The Beauty Queen from Lebanon, Jihan Dimack said she was glad to be in Nigeria and it had been a great experience shopping in SPAR Nigeria. Also, Ex-Miss Great Britain, Ffion Georgina Moyle, added that she had enjoyed her stay in Nigeria and she is glad to be in another SPAR outlet aside from the one she knew in the United Kingdom.
As renowned as SPAR Nigeria, the hypermarket brand has always translated the shopping experience of Nigerians and every shopper based on their Choice, Quality, Service, and Value. SPAR Nigeria is a part of the global retail chain originating from Holland. SPAR International has given the Master Franchise of the SPAR brand to Artee Group for its operations in Nigeria.


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A Pittsburgh-area woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting an FBI agent who led a pre-dawn raid to arrest her husband, but she also blamed federal agents for the deadly confrontation, a ...
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to fatally shooting an FBI agent who led a pre-dawn raid to arrest her husband, but she also blamed federal agents for the deadly confrontation, a claim the agent's mother and widow disputed.
Christina Korbe, 42, was sentenced to 15 years and 10 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a weapons charges in the death of Special Agent Samuel Hicks.
Korbe's husband, Robert, is serving 25 years in prison after pleading guilty last year to the drug-trafficking charges that brought Hicks' raiding party to the Korbe home in Indiana Township on Nov. 19, 2008. Scores of other law enforcement agents simultaneously rounded up 34 co-defendants without incident around Pittsburgh that morning.
"Had Robert Korbe simply opened the door and surrendered that morning, none of us would be here today," U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry said Tuesday.
Instead, Robert Korbe cursed at agents trying to open his door with a battering ram, then ran to the basement to flush cocaine down a sink before running out a back door, where he was arrested. That left his wife alone with their two children, then 10 and 5.
Korbe acknowledged firing the single fatal shot from a .38-caliber Taurus revolver that killed Hicks, but only after the judge defined voluntary manslaughter as an intentional killing carried out by someone in an "emotional state fueled by anger, fear, terror or rage.
As part of a plea deal, prosecutors dismissed charges alleging Korbe aided her husband's drug conspiracy and illegal weapons possession. Some charges carried mandatory minimums that, combined, could have resulted in at least a 45-year sentence even if Korbe were acquitted of the homicide charge at trial, defense attorney Caroline Roberto said.
Korbe tearfully apologized to Hicks' family but said the "tactics and procedures" by law enforcement prompted her response.
"The element of surprise is not worth someone's life," Korbe said.
Korbe repeatedly claimed she fired only because she believed the officers were unknown intruders. Prosecutors have insisted that Hicks and other law officers loudly and clearly identified themselves before breaking through the Korbes' door and point to Robert Korbe's actions as proof that it was clear who they were.
Charlotte Carrabotta, the slain agent's mother, disputed Korbe's claim that she fired to protect her children, telling the judge: "Christina Korbe was not protecting her children. Samuel was protecting her children."
At a news conference after Korbe's hearing, Carrabotta and Hicks' widow, Brooke, said they didn't buy Korbe's tearful apology but agreed with the sentence so they could move on.
Hicks, 33, also left behind a son, Noah, now 4.
"I will be left with only words and pictures to try to convey to Noah how much his father loved him," Brooke Hicks said.
"It was the hardest thing I've ever done to sit there and listen to the person who took him from me and hear how she feels," she said. "She can't apologize to me in one breath and in the next blame the government."
Brooke Hicks said it was "extremely difficult" to accept Christina Korbe's sentence, but said, "The most important thing to me is she stood up in that courtroom and accepted responsibility for killing Sam. That's all I ever wanted her to do."
Hicks' mother said she was hurt by Korbe's family, who had complained in the media and distributed fliers last week claiming Christina would never get a fair trial. Korbe's family gave the media copies of a handwritten statement they expected Christina to read in court in which she spoke of "fabricated evidence" and other allegations against the government. The statement Korbe read in court was less inflammatory.
Even Judge McVerry took issue, saying, "In contradiction to your family's public rantings to the contrary, you would have received a fair and open trial."
With no criminal record, Korbe received 70 months in prison for killing Hicks — well within federal sentencing guidelines — plus a mandatory 10-year sentence for using a weapon in a violent crime, as part of the plea agreement.
Hick's mother said was bothered by the family's statements and felt a "rush of anger" when Korbe blamed her actions on the government, but calmed down.
"At that point I thought, 'I was here for Samuel. I was not here for Christina Korbe.'"
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Remember X-Men: Apocalypse? No one does. That disaster has been wiped away by the triple whammy of Deadpool, Logan, and Legion, all of which prove that the X-Men are alive and well on the big and small screen. In fact, they've never been better. Filmmakers have realized Marvel's mutant characters offer a blank canvas for all kinds of wild and diverse storytelling. And they're taking advantage of it. Finally.
But no one does it better than Legion. FX's mind-bending superhero series was one of the most visually inventive and ambitious anythings to arrive in 2017 and the new trailer promises that the first season was just a warm-up. This thing looks nuts, and I wouldn't want it any other way.
Created and run by Fargo mastermind Noah Hawley, Legion is a superhero show unlike any other. Although Dan Stevens plays David Haller, a frequent X-Men antagonist and sometime antihero, the show isn't interested in traditional heroics. In fact, this is a show fascinated by the day-to-day lives of super-powered characters, whose abilities skew their perception of the world and each other. It's surreal and beautiful and terrifying and haunting and amazing.
And Hawley bends and shapes traditional narrative structure into pretzels and mazes and shapes you didn't think were possible for this kind of story. It's weird and wonderful and man-oh-man, you should be watching it.
The Legion season 2 trailer is light on plot, but that's appropriate. This show has always been light on story and heavy on character and mood. It's less interested in providing definitive answers and more interested in asking the most fascinating questions. Even with the introduction of a proper villain (who spent most of season 1 lurking in the recesses of David's mind), Legion looks to be doubling down on its delightful eccentricities.
Hallucinatory nightmare scenes? Bizarre, slow-motion action? Elaborate dance numbers? That's my Legion.
In other words, I'm less interested in learning why David was abducted at the end of season 1 and more interested in just leaning back and getting pulled into the current of the journey. We'll know more when the show returns on April 3, 2018.


Avant Ministries partners with Enviro-Stewards to train and equip grass roots communities to sustainably provide safe water. Stelle Kidan (photo below) provides an example of this development approach. Stelle Kidan is twenty-two years old and lives with her husband Duku Luka and their child in Yei, South Sudan. The family suffered from water related illnesses including typhoid and stomach ache. Rather than providing a free biofilter to Kidan's family, which can rob the parents of their dignity (and sometimes sit unused due to a lack of perceived value). Avant's sponsorship funds helped to create the conditions necessary for a locally owned and operated biofilter construction business in Yei to help Stelle understand the financial savings of a biofilter relative to their current expenditures on typhoid treatment (800 SSP/year) and WaterGuard (50 SSP/month).
The household saw the economic and health benefits of drinking safe water and invested in a filter (becoming the first full price customer of the Yei Safe Water Project). The avoided expense of treatment and firewood can be used to improve their livelihood. As more residents make similar investments in the health of their family, the Yei Safe Water Project progress further towards self-sufficiency.


A novel study has attempted to define and describe the role of the emergency department pharmacist practitioner (EDPP) who has overall clinical responsibility for patients in an emergency care setting.
evaluation framework will support structured and comprehensive evaluation of EDPP quality impact. The service specification will also support quality evaluation in that it can be compared with existing EDPP service structures and processes; however, it also sets out expectations for hospitals wishing to launch the service.
The report suggests that the role of the pharmacist in emergency departments is currently a " niche role".
"EDPPs provide both traditional and practitioner care. Unlike nurse practitioners who seemingly withdraw from their traditional nursing activities, EDPPs continue to carry out drug-focused activities to support both patients and the wider ED which includes educating other staff. The combined nature of the EDPP role supports HEE's efforts to develop a flexible workforce which can respond to ever-changing patient demand. Further, through the introduction of an EDPP service, those EDs who have limited – if any – pharmacy service could gain 2 types of role from 1 employee; a pharmacist who can both undertake more general pharmaceutical activities and also provide direct patient care when needed.
"EDPPs were the designated care provider/manager of 232 patients (34.0%) of those included. Whilst the 682 patients cared is somewhat a selective sample, it is interesting that this proportion is similar to HEE's suggestion that 36% of ED patients would be suitable for management by a pharmacist. Due to differences in the clinical groupings, it has not been possible to compare diagnoses of patients managed.
"EDPPs prescribed medicines for 39.0% of patients. Medicines prescribed were typical for an emergency care setting which cares for acutely unwell patients e.g. 15 analgesics, inhalers, antibiotics and steroids. However, there were some unexpected prescriptions e.g. for the biologic medicine etanercept.
"In 2014, Baqir and colleagues found that only 184/1415 medication orders (13.0%) prescribed by pharmacists across were for a newly initiated medicine and 799/1415 (56.5%) for regular medicines that had been missed. In this study, these figures were 273/596 (45.8%) for new medicines prescribed and 291/596 (48.8%) for regular medicines re-prescribed. Whilst this difference could be due to the nature of the clinical setting studied, it does suggest pharmacist independent prescribers are not just repeat authorisers of treatment initiated by others.
"Traditionally, the clinical examination of patients has been the remit of doctors. In this study, EDPPs examined over a third of all patients (38.7%), with types of examination performed primarily of the major systems e.g. respiratory, cardiovascular and abdominal. This demonstrates a change in pharmacists towards the provision of hands-on patient care. Similarly, EDPPs also physically carried out many tests and procedures to both inform patient diagnosis and treat them.
"The framework is purposely independent of any particular study design and therefore can be used to evaluate the role of any pharmacist working in the ED and using any method e.g. randomised control trial or cohort comparison. The inclusion of structures and processes will enable evaluation of outcomes which relate to specific activities in a particular setting.
"In this study, EDPPs did not prioritise financial outcomes, although few of these were identified given the studies focus on patient quality of care in the NHS which is free at the point of use.


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PM Modi announces $ 400 million line of credit to Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday said he would strive to take his country's bilateral relationship with India to a "very high level".
Speaking to reporters after a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he said that both India and Sri Lanka need to work together on issues relating to security and overall welfare of the people of the two countries.
Rajapaksa arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit, in his first overseas tour after taking over the reins of Sri Lanka 10 days back in reflection of importance he attaches to ties with India.
The Sri Lankan leader said his expectations from the visit was very high. "During my tenure as president, I want to bring the relationship between India and Sri Lanka to a very high level. We have a long-standing relationship historically as well as politically," Rajapaksa said. Both the countries need to work together on key issues like security, economic development and welfare of the people of India and Sri Lanka, he said.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi along Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, November 29, 2019
"We need to work together for the benefit of the people of India and Sri Lanka," Rajapaksa said in the presence of Prime Minister Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind.
Fruitful talks, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajapaksa held talks covering the entire expanse of bilateral ties. Speaking after the meeting, PM Modi said, "It is matter of honour that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa decided to visit India after assuming charge of the country."
He said that a stable Sri Lanka was interest of India and the entire Indian Ocean Region.
Commenting on the talks, Modi said,"We held very fruitful talks. I assured Sri Lankan president of India's help in overall development of the country."
He announced a line of credit of $ 400 million to boost the island nation's development. He also announced $ 50 million to Sri Lanka to deal with security related issues. "We deliberated on dealing with challenge of terrorism," Modi said.
Talking about the Tamils in the nation, Modi said that he was confident President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government would fulfil aspirations of the community.
Rajapaksa said that the focus of talks was on security cooperation and economic cooperation.
Range of issues discussed
Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Rajapaksa during which a range of bilateral and regional issues were discussed. A plethora of issues, including fulfilling the aspirations of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka, situation in the Indian Ocean region and steps to boost trade and investment ties, are expected to figure in the talks between Modi and Rajapaksa.
Last week, India said it was looking forward to work closely with the new Sri Lankan government and hoped that it would be able to fulfil the aspirations of the Tamil community in that country.
Rajapaksa, a former Defence Secretary who is credited with ending the country's long civil war, was sworn in as the island nation's new president on November 18, a day after he won the closely fought presidential election in island nation. Three days later, he appointed his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister.
Jaishankar had travelled to Colombo last week as a special envoy of Prime Minister Modi to convey his greetings to Rajapaksa.
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Coach McPherson is the Head Coach of Katy's Baseball program as well as the Offensive Line Coach for football and has been at Katy High School since 1988. Prior to coming to Katy High School, he had coaching stops with Texas Tech University, Hardin Simmons University, Canyon High School, Levelland High School and Johnson City High School.
His favorite memory is playing for the 2006 Baseball State Championship in Round Rock against The Woodlands (who were ranked #1 in the Nation).
Coach McPherson is married to his wife Joan and they have 5 children, Brent, Travis and step-children, Kristen, Cody and Justin – and Coach loves his wonderful granddaughter Camryn.
The Katy Athletic Booster Club is a non-profit organization that has encouraged parent participation and supported athletic and extracurricular programs at Katy High School for almost 50 years.
Relying on memberships, volunteers, and our corporate sponsors, KABC raises thousands of dollars each year in support of our student athletes.
The Katy Athletic Booster Club's mission is to promote and support the student athletes and coaches of Katy High School.
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The Vapor Vault
TEENAGE ROYALTY
by girls in the eighties
Topics: punk, clean your room, dropout, garage, internet, nashville, pop punk, pop rock, teenage royalty,...
Source: https://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/teenage-royalty
Crap From The Past
Crap From The Past - 2002
A pop music radio show for people who already know plenty about pop music, hosted by Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber and currently heard every Friday night from 10 to midnight on KFAI-FM, 90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul, and KFAI.org. From March 1999 - October 2002, Crap From The Past aired Sunday nights from midnight to 2 AM on KFAI.
A pop music radio show for people who already know plenty about pop music, hosted by Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber and heard every Friday night from 10 to midnight on KFAI-FM, 90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul, and KFAI.org. The show has held its current time slot since August, 2017.
1987-07-02: Silver Stadium
by Grateful Dead
etree
eye 26,276
favorite 13
Hell In A Bucket-> Bertha, Walkin' Blues, Dire Wolf, My Brother Esau, When Push Comes To Shove, Tons Of Steel, Me & My Uncle-> Mexicali Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, Deal China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Samson & Delilah, Looks Like Rain, He's Gone-> Jam-> Drums-> Space-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> All Along The Watchtower-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Black Muddy River
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Topic: Live concert
Source: update: Healy Ultramix > cass> DAT > CDR > EAC > addawav> CDWave > mkwACT
1987-07-08: Roanoke Civic Center
Hell In A Bucket-> Sugaree, It's All Over Now, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Good Time Blues, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Big Railroad Blues, Let It Grow Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain-> Scarlet Begonias, Estimated Prophet-> He's Gone-> Drums-> Jam-> Crazy Fingers-> Truckin'-> Comes A Time-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Black Muddy River
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VOA [Voice of America] Africa
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : December 06, 2017 11:00PM-12:00AM EST
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 He stands for 'd continuity and stability and that's what they probably want to 00:00:07 project at this stage it's very unlikely that he would face any serious 00:00:13 opposition the 65 year old Mr Putin in power as either president or prime minister 00:00:18 for the last 18 years has led the country longer than any other leaders since the 00:00:22 1917 communist revolution except Joseph Stalin the Russian leader said Wednesday 00:00:28 that Russia will...
Topics: Radio Program, International law, East Africa, Persecution, International relations journals,...
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : December 12, 2017 11:00AM-12:00PM EST
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 From the climate pact saying the agreement would have cost American trillions of 00:00:04 dollars killed jobs and hindered the oil gas coal and manufacturing industries 27 00:00:11 year old Bangladeshi immigrant 00:00:12 a coyote Allah has been charged in the Monday attack at the. Port Authority bus 00:00:19 terminal in Manhattan the New York Police Department tweeted although was charged 00:00:23 with criminal possession of 00:00:25 a weapon Support Act...
Topics: Radio Program, Nobel Peace Prize, Mass media, Countries of the Indian Ocean, Bantu countries and...
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : April 28, 2019 01:00AM-02:00AM EDT
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 A crisis that has shaken the church for more than 15 years ever since explosive 00:00:05 allegations emerged out of Boston in 2002 despite paying billions of dollars in 00:00:10 settlements and adding new prevention programs the scandal is reaching its highest 00:00:15 ranks we are now learning that in addition to parish priests bishops and cardinals 00:00:20 have also engaged in sexual abuse what is worse these church leaders have 00:00:25 perpetuated the...
Topics: Radio Program, Health, Roman Catholic Church organisation, Sex crimes, Abuse, Mass media, Law...
1995-07-02: Deer Creek Music Center
Here Comes Sunshine, Walkin' Blues, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now, Broken Arrow, Desolation Row*, Tennessee Jed, Let It Grow Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Victim Or The Crime, It's All Too Much-> New Speedway Boogie-> Drums-> Space-> Attics Of My Life-> Sugar Magnolia, E: The Mighty Quinn
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Source: Audience: Unknown Mics
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : March 13, 2018 12:00PM-01:00PM EDT
Apr 9, 2018 04/18
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 Will be the new chief there I feel like I think 00:00:04 6 00:00:16 . Under Secretary of State Steve Goldstein suggested that Tillerson was surprised 00:00:22 by his ouster Neal Bassekou the head of counterterrorism operations at New Scotland 00:00:29 Yard said that Sergei script Hall and his daughter Yulia remain in critical 00:00:33 condition after being exposed to 00:00:34 a military grade nerve agent he added that Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey remains...
Topics: Radio Program, American chief executives, National Basketball Association teams, Sportspeople from...
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : April 27, 2019 11:00PM-12:00AM EDT
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 Time that the ongoing cycle response talking to 3000000 people in St countries 00:00:06 remain critically on the funding I'm counting on Iran semiofficial Tasnim news 00:00:11 agency is reporting the Revolutionary Guard has made a surveillance flights over 00:00:16 a u.s. Aircraft carrier a.p. 00:00:19 Correspondent Ben Thomas reports the report shows footage apparently from 00:00:23 a Revolutionary Guard drone flying over the u.s.s. Dwight d. 00:00:26...
Topics: Radio Program, Health, Roman Catholic Church organisation, Sex crimes, Abuse, Mass media, Morality,...
VOA [Voice of America] Global English
VOA [Voice of America] Global English : April 13, 2019 03:00PM-04:00PM EDT
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 And has its third leader in as many days military interim leader Abdel Fattah al 00:00:05 Burnham Abdul Rahman has promised protesters they'll soon have 00:00:09 a civilian government after three decades of autocratic rule under Omar al Bashir 00:00:14 Reuters correspondent Lucy fielder reports Sohan was sworn in on Saturday he was 00:00:19 the military's number three but is believed to be more ready to talk to the 00:00:23 demonstrators and protests claimed...
VOA [Voice of America] Africa : August 30, 2018 12:00AM-01:00AM EDT
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 Those concerns with the Russian government at many levels from Secretary Pompei and 00:00:04 his counterparts and chairman Dunford also to Secretary mounted on national 00:00:09 security advisor and others made our position on that very clear and estimated 00:00:13 seven hundred thousand more Syrians could be made homeless as 00:00:16 a result of that assault President Donald Trump said he sees no reason to spend 00:00:21 a lot of money on military exercises...
VOA [Voice of America] Global English : April 27, 2019 12:00AM-01:00AM EDT
Closed captions transcript: 00:00:00 News the United Nations on Friday warned it was expecting further destruction in 00:00:06 the in poverty Mozambique after it was hit by 00:00:09 a cyclon Kenneth the most powerful storm on record to strike the country spokesman 00:00:14 for the United Nations humanitarian office Yan's lark when maximum sustained winds 00:00:20 reportedly reaching speeds of two hundred twenty five kilometers per hour and gusts 00:00:25 that breached two hundred seventy...
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Invaded by Satanists
Invaded by Satanists The doctrine is simply this: that the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg sacrificed their lives to the cause of self-determination—that government of the people, by the people, for the people, should not perish from the earth. It is difficult to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in the battle actually fought against self-determination; it was the Confederates who fought for the right of their people to govern themselves. — H. L. Mencken If the Union...
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Topics: Lincoln, War for Southern Independence, war crimes


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EXPOSING THE BL
The Black Economy
Cash Ban
REVENUE RAISING?
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT
EXPOSING THE BLACK ECONOMY REPORT
How much revenue will be raised from black economy interventions?
At a recent Parliamentary meeting, I noted Treasurer Josh Frydenberg telling the Parliament that the government's black economy interventions would bring in an additional $5.3 billion in revenue.
However, on the Parliament's website, it states that most of the projected revenue from black economy interventions come from a one-off tax on tobacco stored in warehouses, a total of $3.6 billion.
If you don't include this one-off tax, Parliament's website states the revenue is only $950 million!
The cost of their black economy interventions are estimated to be around $345 million.
Is it worth it? Is it worth all of this legislation that has been passed, and will continue to be passed? These have serious effects on the civil and economic liberties of everyday Australians. The project will cost a third of the projected revenue. The projected revenue (bar the one-off tobacco tax) is $950 million. By contrast, in 2017, the same year the Black Economy Final Report was released, the government paid $643 million in accounting fees to the 'Big Four' firms, which included KPMG.
I believe the Treasurer may have been deliberately misleading the Parliament by quoting a figure of $5.3 billion in projected revenue as a result of the government's black economy interventions.
From the Parliament's website:
Figure 3: total cost of 2018–19 Budget black economy and related measures
Image source: Targeting the Black Economy, Parliament of Australia website
Financial Impact
"...The above measures include both revenue and expense measures... Based on the figures available in Budget Paper No. 2, it appears that the measures will produce a net gain of $4.6 billion over the forward estimates. This includes the measure to bring forward the payment of excise on all warehoused tobacco to 2019–20, and measures to combat illicit tobacco, which together is worth about $3.6 billion... When this measure is excluded the net gain is reduced to about $950 million over the forward estimates." (Emphasis mine)
Budget Announcements (costs of black economy intervention, emphasis mine)
providing Treasury with $12.3 million over five years (with $1.7 million in 2022–23) to manage a whole of Government response to the Taskforce's Final Report
providing the ATO with $3.4 million over four years to lead a multi-agency Black Economy Standing Taskforce (the BEST).
providing $318.5 million over four years to implement strategies including:
establishing ATO 'mobile strike teams' and increasing the ATO 'audit presence'
establishing a black economy hotline which the public can use to report black economy activity including phoenix activities
providing the ATO with $9.2 million to develop a 'Procurement Connected Policy', initially requiring businesses seeking to tender for Australian Government procurement contracts over $4 million to provide a statement from the ATO that they are tax compliant
Projected cost total: $343.5 million
Link here: Targeting the Black Economy
Other budgetary claims by Mr Frydenberg
When Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, he had 'specific responsibility for implementing the Coalition's deregulation agenda'.
In 2014, Mr Frydenberg claimed deregulation would bring a saving of more than $700 million to the Australian people. However now it seems instead of saving money, deregulation has contributed to apartments literally crumbling before our eyes and placed our economy in serious danger from the banks' questionable 'deregulated' lending policies.
Mr Frydenberg's speeches from the period of 2013-2014 seem to have been deleted from his website.
I have noted his references to the figure of $700 million in his Summing Up Speech - Repeal Day Bills