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Sirleaf beats odds to sign unpopular bill banning FGM in Liberia
Farida Dawkins Jan 23, 2018 at 06:52am
January 23, 2018 at 06:52 am | Culture, News, Women
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Farida Dawkins is a blogger, video content creator and staff writer at Face2Face Africa. She enjoys writing about relatable and controversial lifestyle issues that pertain to women in Africa and the African diaspora.
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Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf made a remarkable move before the end of her regime. She courageously signed the original Domestic Violence Bill (DVB) which included a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) otherwise known as female circumcision.
The FGM portion of the bill was previously shot down by the Senate in the 52nd and 53rd legislatures. Lawmakers fought to remove the FGM portion of the bill from the Executive Order; citing that it would interfere with the country's tradition and culture. Some caveats to the current DVB ruling is that it is an unfinished version and will only be active for one year.
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Female circumcision is a process which is mostly carried out in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia and can occur at any time after birth up until adulthood. It involves four significant types and this entails removing part or the whole portion of external and internal female genitalia with or without anesthesia.
The last part of the procedure involves infibulation; which is when a small hole is left for the passing of urine and other fluids. It doesn't serve any medical purposes. In fact, female genital cutting causes severe bleeding, cysts, complications during childbirth, infections, lingering pain, complications with the flow of urine, and fatal bleeding. The World Health Organization (WHO) gathers that over 200 million women have been mutilated.
Still, it is performed to conform to societal pressures. The notion behind genital mutilation is the idea of beauty, decorum, and hygiene – women who don't ascribe to this criteria are considered outside of the norm. In Mali, female cutting is referred to as bolokoli which translates into "cleansing your hands;" in the Igbo dialect, cutting is called iwu aru which is "taking your bath." Remaining uncircumcised can mean social exclusion in the form of stigmatization and the inability to get married.
The fact that parts of the female anatomy are considered unclean or repulsive is problematic. Another imperative point to mention is that although there are no religious mandates which state that female cutting is mandatory, certain groups – such as Arabs and Africans justify the act by attempting to attach a religious obligation.
This goes to show that the psyche and cultural strongholds are powerful influencers. The belief that not being circumcised is equivalent to being unworthy and unclean far outweighs the medical consequences. Education and training are essential so that all women and men are fully aware of the cons of female cutting. Those who continue to perpetuate this act should be held legally accountable – and this is precisely what former President Sirleaf-Johnson attempted to do.
Though the aforementioned may not penetrate the minds of all, because individuals will still do what they believe is correct, it is vital that public figures or people with a strong political influence research the human right deficits present within their jurisdiction and proceed to make changes that benefit all citizens.
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WHO may announce 'proper name' for coronavirus soon
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Keen to avoid stigmatising the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak began, or Chinese people, the World Health Organization is treading carefully on naming the new virus.
The UN health agency's official temporary name for the disease, which it has designated as a global health emergency, is "2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease".
The date refers to when it was first identified on December 31, 2019 and "nCoV" stands for "novel coronavirus" — the family of viruses it belongs to.
"We thought it was very important that we provide an interim name so that no location was associated with the name," Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's Emerging Diseases unit, told the agency's executive board on Friday.
"I'm sure you've all seen many media reports that are still calling it using Wuhan or China and we wanted to ensure that there was no stigma," she said.
The final decision on a name is expected within days and is up to the WHO itself as well as coronavirus experts on the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
Meanwhile, China announced Saturday that it would temporarily call the disease, which has killed more than 700 people, Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia.
Picking a more specific name is fraught with dangers.
Under a set of guidelines issued in 2015, WHO advises against using place names such as Ebola and Zika — where those diseases were first identified and which are now inevitably linked to them in the public imagination.
Sylvie Briand, head of WHO's Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, said this week that the use of a place name created "an unnecessary burden".
– 'Unnecessary and unhelpful profiling' –
More general names such as "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome" or "Spanish flu" are also to be avoided as they can stigmatise entire regions or ethnic groups.
"It is the responsibility of us all to ensure that there is no stigma associated with this disease, and the unnecessary and unhelpful profiling of individuals based on ethnicity is utterly and completely unacceptable," said Michael Ryan, head of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme.
The WHO also points out that using animal species in the name can create confusion such as H1N1, which was popularly referred to as "swine flu".
This had a major effect for the pork industry even though the disease was being spread by people rather than pigs.
H1N1 was also sometimes also called Mexican flu "which was not very nice for Mexican people," Briand said.
People's names — usually the scientists who identified the disease — are also banned, as are "terms that incite undue fear" such as "unknown" or "fatal", the WHO said.
"We've seen certain disease names provoke a backlash against members of particular religious or ethnic communities, create unjustified barriers to travel, commerce and trade, and trigger needless slaughtering of food animals," the WHO said in its guidelines.
Instead, it recommended that any new name should be descriptive and include the causative pathogen if known, as well as being short and easy to pronounce.
"We are really trying to be as neutral as possible, but as helpful as possible as well, because we need to name things with the same name everywhere in the world if we want to tackle the enemy in the same way," Briand said.
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California Symphony chief Aubrey Bergauer is going solo
Joshua Kosman	June 26, 2019Updated: June 27, 2019, 10:31 am
California Symphony Executive Director Aubrey Bergauer is stepping down to become an arts consultant. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
Aubrey Bergauer, the dynamic and innovative administrator whose five-year tenure as executive director of the California Symphony in Walnut Creek helped revitalize the orchestra's audience base and bottom line, will leave the organization on Aug. 15 to work as an independent arts consultant.
"I've been thinking and planning for this since December," Bergauer said in a phone interview. "I'm so proud of what we've done here, and now I'm eager to replicate these results elsewhere on a larger scale."
During her time with the California Symphony, Bergauer, 36, used a data-driven approach — including an intensive season-long audience survey project — to improve patron loyalty, increase ticket sales and stabilize the orchestra's financial picture. The orchestra's audiences have nearly doubled.
Together with the symphony's music director, Donato Cabrera, Bergauer has also introduced a focus on racial and gender diversity in the orchestra's staffing and artistic offerings.
"These ideas of listening to patrons, focusing on audience loyalty, and iterative design — testing things on a smaller scale and keeping the things that work — have been vetted and authenticated. I want to think about the bigger issues in the orchestra field, and that's something that needs to happen beyond Walnut Creek," she said.
In a blog post announcing the decision, Bergauer wrote, "Helping others find their own pathways to success by deploying these revenue-generating and audience-building strategies is exactly what I will be doing more of as I venture into the next phase of my career as an advisor and consultant to other arts organizations."
Board President Bill Armstrong said in a statement, "As much as we'd love to keep Aubrey, we understand that changemakers thrive on new challenges, and we are grateful for the extraordinary growth we've experienced under her leadership."
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Chinese Woman Arrested by Secret Service at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
By Editor April 3, 2019 April 3, 2019
A Chinese woman who got through security checkpoints at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida carrying a thumb drive coded with "malicious" software was arrested Saturday for entering a restricted property and making false statements to officials, according to a court filing.
Documents filed by the Secret Service on Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida say that shortly after noon Saturday, Yujing Zhang approached a Secret Service agent screening visitors to Mar-a-Lago seeking entrance to the club.
Zhang produced two Chinese passports displaying her photo and said she wanted to go to the pool. Secret Service officers could not initially find her name on an access list for the property, according to the Secret Service affidavit filed with the court.
A club manager said that a man named Zhang was a club member, and even though Yujing Zhang did not give a clear answer as to whether the man was her father, the Secret Service affidavit says resort officials allowed her on the property on the assumption she was related to a member.
Resort personnel became suspicious after Zhang appeared to have trouble explaining why she was visiting Mar-a-Lago, according to the affidavit.
Zhang initially said she was there for an event staged by a group called the United Nations Chinese American Association.
But resort staff found no such event was scheduled, according to the court filing.
A receptionist then contacted Secret Service personnel who questioned Zhang and concluded she did not have "any legitimate documentation" authorizing her entry to Mar-a-Lago, according to the filing.
'Malicious malware'
After detaining her, investigators found in Zhang's possession four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive device and a thumb drive, the Secret Service court filing says. Initial examination of the thumb drive determined it contained "malicious malware," the Secret Service said.
"While the Secret Service does not determine who is permitted to enter the club, our agents and officers conduct physical screenings to ensure no prohibited items are allowed onto the property," the Secret Service said in a statement.
In a court filing on Tuesday, a public defender representing Zhang said she was invoking her right to remain silent.
A Justice Department spokeswoman had no comment on the arrest.
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Tremor's Q4 Shows Higher Performance-Based Pricing Demands And Mobile Ad Growth
by Judith Aquino // Thursday, February 20th, 2014 – 8:20 pm
Tremor Video's fourth-quarter financials, reported Thursday, included a continuous rise in mobile ad revenue and a reduction of its demo pricing-related losses.
The company's total revenue for 2013 rose 25.3% to $131.8 million year-over-year. Its in-stream revenue was $128.3 million, a 28.7% increase from the same period in 2012. It reported a net loss of $13.5 million for 2013 compared to the prior year's loss of $16.6 million.
Demo pricing — a traditional buying method in which TV media buyers only pay for ads that were delivered to a particular audience segment that includes low eCPMs — has negatively affected Tremor's profit margins, according to the company.
To stem its losses, Tremor has been improving its demo pricing offerings while encouraging advertisers to move towards performance-based pricing. The company continued to see positive results from its efforts, claimed CEO Bill Day.
"Our ability to optimize demo campaigns has continued to improve such that we are now able to benefit from increased demand from TV buyers for demo buys," Day said.
To push advertisers towards performance-based pricing, Tremor introduced several pricing formats centered on whether a consumer's favorability and intent for a brand was affected. Those formats include the CPQ (cost per conquest, where advertisers' intent for a brand has shifted) CPS unit (cost per brand shift) and its Media Ratings Council-accredited CPV&C (Cost-Per-100% Viewable & 100% Complete).
As it encourages advertisers to move past demo pricing, Tremor reported signs that advertisers are beginning to adopt performance-based pricing. Notably, 29.8% of the company's total revenue was attributed to performance-based pricing for 2013, compared to 22.7% in 2012.
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A few weeks ago, social media giant Twitter appointed Indian-born Parag Agrawal as its new CEO, prompting extensive pride and applause for the technology executive across India.
Agrawal had begun his career at the company as an engineer just 10 years ago and made his way up the career ladder.
He is the latest in a long line of India-born tech CEOs, the likes of which include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, and IBM's Arvind Krishna.
Besides tech, people of Indian heritage in other fields have also made groups this month, including Gita Gopinath's appointment as the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director and New Zealand Cricket's Ajaz Patel claiming all 10 Indian wickets in the second Test.
India's praise for its champions oversea has also sparked debates over the country's so-called brain drain, both online and within the government.
A report by the Global Wealth Migration Review found that nearly 5,000 Indian millionaires — 2% of all high-net-worth individuals — moved oversea in 2020 alone.
According to the UN World Migration Report 2020, India also had the highest number of migrants living oversea with over 17.5 million.
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Born in Hyderabad, India, Satya Narayana Nadella became the CEO of the US technology giant Microsoft in early 2014. After completing his Bachelor's in India, he went to the US to pursue higher education in Computer Science. Nadella had worked with Sun Microsystems before joining Microsoft in 1992.
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An Indian Institute of Technology alumnus, Pichai is the new CEO of Internet giant Google. The Chennai-born soft-spoken Pichai joined the company in 2004. Larry Page, one of Google's two founders, said this in his recent blog about Pichai: "I feel very fortunate to have someone as talented as he is to run the slightly slimmed down Google."
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Nooyi has been the CEO of PepsiCo – the second-largest food and beverage comapny in the world by net revenue – since 2006. She has consistently ranked among the world's 100 most powerful women. Like many others, she attended schools and colleges in India before leaving the country for higher education in the US.
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The Indian government reassured parliament earlier this month that it had a "three-pronged strategy" to retain the best of India's talent, after announcing that more than 600,000 people have given up their Indian citizenship in the last five years.
"The government is committed to not only retaining the students passing out of the premier educational institutions in the country but also attracting the non-resident Indians back to the country," junior education minister Subhas Sarkar told parliament.
Why are Indians moving oversea?
Sarthi Acharya, an economist and a professor at the New Delhi-based Institute for Human Development, says India is facing a skill deficit while the "best-trained minds don't stay in the country, they go oversea."
"There are multiple reasons, of course, and this is just one of them," Acharya told DW.
Sanjeev Joshipura, the executive director of the US-based Indiaspora, a network of global Indian origin leaders, agrees that there are many reasons that excursion Indians oversea.
"They may say the education oversea is better or the earning strength of a money like the US dollar is more attractive, or that the bureaucratic systems are smoother," he told DW, adding that the issue is "more nuanced than the talking points suggest."
"One size of this is that there are people who are educated oversea, but come back to India to either work or found companies — many of which are quite successful," he said. "however, the more and more successful companies are moving oversea to expand.
"additionally, Indians who move oversea are able to collaborate with India in a much more productive manner at the highest levels than they could have if they had been in India," he additional.
How does India assistance from emigration?
Amee Misra, a senior economist at the UN Development Program in New Delhi, says there are benefits of Indians moving oversea, highlighting the role of remittances — financial or in-kind transfers — in the Indian economy.
Since 2010, India has topped the list of remittance-recipient countries, receiving $87 billion (€77 billion) in 2021, typically from high-income countries.
"These remittance flows stayed strong during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and strongly complemented government-led assistance transfers in supporting families and stretched household budgets," Misra told DW.
Overall, Misra believes that figures concerning emigration don't always present an accurate picture.
"Given the size of India's population, all numbers can seem very large," she told DW. "So looking at absolute numbers is misleading. When looked at as a proportion of its population, India has one of the lowest emigration rates in the world."
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There are nine apartments on each floor from levels 2 to 37 and the apartment arrangement remains identical with the exception of the outer balcony 'ring' that shifts and steps by nominal degrees reaching its furthest point to the right at level 13 where it then starts its return to the centre line.
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If you own a property in Baltimore Tower and are looking for an agent to sell or rent it for you, I'd start with Proper Local. We like it. We know it. Oh, and we're local, proper local, and we charge fixed fees for selling, letting and property management.


Metastasis, or metastatic disease, is the spread of a cancer from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. The new occurrences of disease thus generated are referred to as metastases (sometimes abbreviated mets) It was previously thought that only malignant tumor cells and infections have the capacity to metastasize; however, this is being reconsidered due to new research. In origin metastasis is a Greek word meaning "displacement", from μετά, meta, "next", and στάσις, stasis, "placement". The plural is metastases.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with metastatic cancer, 21% report having fatigue, 9% report having decreased appetite, and 4% report having focal weakness. The symptoms that are highly suggestive of metastatic cancer are vaginal dryness, although you may still have metastatic cancer without those symptoms.
Patients with metastatic cancer often receive hematologic tests, complete blood count, radiographic imaging procedure, glucose measurement, x-ray computed tomography, electrolytes panel, complete physical skin exam performed (ml) and examination of breast .
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with metastatic cancer include zoledronic acid (reclast), dexamethasone topical product, dexamethasone, prochlorperazine (compro), paclitaxel (taxol), bevacizumab (avastin), palonosetron (aloxi), carboplatin, pegfilgrastim (neulasta), capecitabine (xeloda), gemcitabine (gemzar), aprepitant (emend) and oxaliplatin .
Groups of people at highest risk for metastatic cancer include age 75+ years,	age 60-74 years and	age 45-59 years. On the other hand, age 1-4 years and age < 1 years almost never get metastatic cancer.


I just switched from an rpi3, because of the performance. I found this Raspbian (BananaPi BPI-M2P(H3) new demo images release with kernel 4.4 2018-11-09). When i inserted the sd card into my bpi and plugged it in, my screen was black and I got this message(from the monitor) "Out of range 67.6 kHz / 60 Hz". My monitor is 1366x768p60. It's a VGA monitor so I use an adapter to transform it to HDMI. I tried tinkering with uenv.txt changing the resolution, but nothing changed.
Try https://www.armbian.com/banana-pi-m2-plus/ … it should work better, but problems with HDMI 2VGA are known. Some works fine, some don't.
This error occurred in my Windows device due to some of the error codes. But as soon as I fix Error Code 0X80071A90 in my Windows laptop, it got solved.
Yes, this is happening because of your antivirus didn't work properly, I also face the same error after that I simply visit McAfee Support Number to know the proper solution to solve out the issue properly.


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WA Friday Lunch Talks, Friday 17 May, 1:30 p.m., room 109A, Collegium Novum
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WA Friday Lunch Talks are monthly meetings with presentations of current research results or research in progress by WA faculty, staff, or PhD students. Each talk is of 30 minutes (+ 10 minutes for discussion).
Christopher Joby
Department of Dutch and South African Studies
The two worlds of John Cruso, an author of Flemish heritage in Renaissance England
Chris Joby introduces the early modern Anglo-Dutch author, John Cruso (b. 1592). Cruso's parents came from Hondschoote in present-day French Flanders, but he was born in the Flemish migrant community in Norwich. After attending Norwich free grammar school, he became a successful cloth merchant. He wrote Dutch and English verse, published English prose works and translations from French and Dutch on military matters, was a militia captain, church elder and pater familias. An analysis of Cruso's life and works allows Dr. Joby to discuss current areas of interest in early modern studies such as the migrant experience, multilingualism, and identity formation. He argues that Cruso employed his skills as a multilingual, a builder of social and literary networks, and an author conversant with the canon of classical and Renaissance literature in order to construct an identity that tried to hold together, and in some sense reconcile, the Low Countries donor culture of his parents with the recipient culture of England, where he lived, worked and wrote. In doing so, he provides a rare analysis of how an author with a migrant background shaped his identity. This is important, not least because according to one account "at least one-third or even half of all early modern Europeans changed their places of residence at least once in their lives".
Dominika Buchowska-Greaves
Department of English Literature and Literary Linguistics
Avant-Garde discourse in The New Age magazine
The presentation will discuss the essays on art criticism which appeared in The New Age magazine in the first decades of the twentieth century. The New Age published in London from 1907 - 1922 by Alfred R. Orage, addressed modern politics, literature and art, with contributions from Ezra Pound, Beatrice Hastings, H. G. Wells, Wyndham Lewis, Herbert Read, G. K. Chesterton, H. Belloc, and Arnold Bennett, whose work was often first published on its pages. Its emphasis on the promotion of modernist and avant-garde cultural experiments made it an important platform for publicity and debate within the modernist public sphere and avant-garde discourse. The presentation analyses the reception of art in The New Age in the context of British cultural history. Treating art criticism as a literary genre, it traces the journal's art reviews from artists (e.g. Walter Sickert), writers (e.g. T. E. Hulme) and professional art critics (Huntly Carter), as well as examines literature inspired by modern art. It examines critical discourse to review arts events showing how these texts argue for the introduction and justify the existence of avant-garde modernist art in Britain. Focusing on the main idea behind The New Age – to enhance negotiation and dialogism between various factions of modernity – the resulting arguments, clashes and controversies are revealed.


is sad to here Leslie Neilson has passed. rip.
@timminchin surely you can put those two together in sing based form :) can't wait for your gig in brighton!
had a busy day, drive back from Basingstoke, into Reading, Costco, Camberley, Sainsburys. Now home but have to unpack the car and it's cold!
has spotted a gap in the market for a 90s bar. rhythm is a dancer. oh and here comes the hotstepper, let me clear my throat!
really doesn't want to go to reading tomorrow but looks like I need to change a couple of shirts. arse.
@lightboxstudios they're the same each year. for some reason it does make me want an iMac more now though. discount and free shipping!
is a little nippy. -3.5 in Windsor Great Park.
had a great evening with all the guys and gals of @rackspaceemea, @timblair &a@martinbttnbtt in London. bring on the cloud!
has fully moved from #macports to #homebrew - it's much nicer and installs far less crap!
needs to format some hard drives to go on ebay. 3 pass format enough? only games/music/apps been on them.
@neilmiddleton not sure. we use tickspot at the moment. if you add in reporting then maybe. need to have more of a poke about.
@neilmiddleton sounds interesting, you planning to opensource it?
is reserving judgement on harry potter 7 until part 2. cinematically was good though.
isn't impressed. @sainsburys, you it's not Christmas yet right? no need for tree and decorations yet!
was so hungry went for a nando's takeaway - i love their chicken! mmm.
should have spent time looking for my hat. brr.
ajsutton @sainsburys #bcl8 Where's my lunch?
just watched never mind the buzzcocks with sir terry wogan. amazingly funny.
is cold and needing a beer.
is going to ask a duck, next time I meat a chatty one, just what they think is lovely weather. bet they hate rain.
isn't a fan of fire alarms when it's raining and the prospect of a damp bonfire night! 3 fire drills in about two weeks is taking the piss!
is looking forward to burning some marshmallows and sparkles in the garden tonight with a few cheeky beers. beer+fire, recipe for success.
just got pushed into a kerb by a stupid White van driver and have now got a massively kernes alloy. f**ker.
has a #foofighters confirmation, finally!
@seetickets your reference number lookup doesn't return anything and there wasn't a number on the confirmation screen, how can i check?
@HatsnHeels @EmsJames @O2Priority @seetickets i'm still waiting, got the confirmation screen in my browser - not going to close it!
is going to see @jimmycarr at Reading Hexagon tonight with the wifey. cheeky wagamama before as well i think.
@Sarah_Iles @Alexi_xx @MissJennaK the m4 is closed j5-6 and congestion either side - you may be a while!


3D printing is a type of additive manufacturing. It is a process that creates a three-dimensional object using multiple successions of layers. Each new layer connects with the previous ones and continues in similar way until the object formation is completed. The benefit of using 3D printing medical devices is, it can be manufactured as per the patient's requirement. The devices can be customized as per the requirement and necessity. With this benefit, the global 3D printing medical devices market is growing at a rapid pace during the forecasted period. This report studies the current and future aspects of 3D printing medical devices market.
The report on the global 3D printing medical devices market uses the top-down and bottom-up approaches to define, analyze, and describe the market trends for the next five years. The report also tracks the emerging applications, innovative technologies, and mergers & acquisitions. It also focuses on the growth drivers and restraints for the key market players during the forecast period.
The most important factor that is driving the 3D printing medical devices market is the advancement in technology happening in and around the medical devices sector. There is a rise in public and private level funding available for the 3D printing medical devices market.
This feature along with the ease of development of customized medical products is promoting the market growth. There is a rise in number of applications in the healthcare industry which is contributing towards the growth of the 3D printing medical devices market.
However, lack of trained healthcare professionals required to handle these medical devices are hampering the growth of the market. Also, the stringent regulatory process is acting as a major market restraint during the forecasted period.
The global 3D printing medical devices market is divided into four major geographical segments which are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the world. The Asia-Pacific region holds the highest market share and is the largest revenue contributor of the 3D printing medical devices market. The region continues to dominate the global market due to large population looking for better healthcare facilities. In addition, there are new 3D printing, research and development activities being carried out along with training facilities and educational centers in the region which is favoring the progress of the market. Major healthcare players in this region are expanding their distribution network by collaborating with other companies to. This is creating newer growth opportunities for the 3D printing medical devices market.
The research methodology for Scalar Market Research's 3D printing medical devices market report utilizes a combination of top-down and bottom-up research formats. Our primary focus on continuous market tracking, rigorous fact-checking, data-triangulation, and multiple layers of quality control ensures high-quality data that can be leveraged for actionable research insights.


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What are Genome Differences Between Monkeypox Virus and Smallpox Virus?
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Brief Analysis: What are Genome Differences Between Monkeypox Virus and Smallpox Virus?
Smallpox is an acute infectious disease caused by smallpox virus (VARV) infection with a high fatality rate and is regarded as one of the most devastating diseases in human history.
With the widespread use of vaccines, in 1980, the World Health Organization officially declared the eradication of smallpox.
As a result, smallpox vaccination was discontinued around the world, resulting in an increasing number of people who were completely immune to variola virus and related orthopoxviruses.
A few days ago, there was an outbreak of monkeypox in the world, and 12 countries and regions have reported cases of monkeypox.
Monkeypox virus (MPV), a close relative of the smallpox virus, causes human disease similar to that of smallpox, and it may undergo adaptive mutations and spread in humans.
So what needs to be vigilant is whether monkeypox virus can evolve into a virus with high frequency of human-to-human transmission, or will it be the next smallpox virus?
Based on the research papers published by Sergei N. Shchelkunov and others in earlier years, we analyzed the similarities and differences of the two viruses from the genome level.
Monkeypox virus (MPV) , belonging to the genus Orthopoxvirus of the Poxviridae family, is an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus.
The first human case of monkeypox was found in Congo (DRC) in 1970. Subsequent investigations found that human monkeypox is a sporadic disease caused by animal-to-human transmission in the tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa.
The secondary human-to-human transmission is about 3-8% , and the transmission chain is considered to be no more than 6 generations according to the change of the transmission power of the virus species.
The isolated Zaire-96-I-16 (MPV-ZAI) monkeypox strain was compared with India-1967 (VAR-IND) smallpox strain, Bangladesh-1975 (VAR-BSH) smallpox strain, Garcia-1966 (VAR- GAR) genome sequences of variola virus strains were compared.
Central genomic region encoding essential enzymes and structural proteins: almost the same
The genomic DNA size of MPV-ZAI is 196858 bp, its structure contains 190 non-overlapping ORFs of ≥60 amino acid residues, and the GC content is 31.1%, which is similar to other orthopoxviruses.
The degree of identity between the overlapping genomic nucleotide sequences with VAR-IND and VAR-GAR was 84.6% and 84.5%, respectively.
The central genomic region of orthopoxviruses is a highly conserved gene.
This region of MPV-ZAI DNA is separated by ORFs C10L and A25R, is 101466 bp, has 96.3% sequence homology with the corresponding part of the VAR-IND genome, and encodes a virion protein compared with VAR-IND in amino acid sequence It has 91.7~99.2% homology.
Terminal genomic regions encoding virulence and host range factors: basically different
The orthopoxvirus genome has two terminal inverted repeat (TIR) sequences, including a set of short tandem repeats and a terminal hairpin structure.
This subregion contains the virulence and host-range recognition genes of vaccinia virus (VAC) and vaccinia virus (CPV).
The MPV-ZAI genome contains a 6379 bp TIR with the four ORFs on the right replicated as part of the inverted terminal repeats, the VAR genome lacks repeats of these ORFs and shows a shorter TIR.
The amino acid sequence identity of putative virulence and immunomodulatory factors shared by MPV-ZAI and VAR-IND was 83.5-93.6%, while the identity between the corresponding ORFs of VAR-GAR and VAR-IND was 97.3-100%.
Interferon resistance gene mutation in MPV reduces: Crowd transmission is declining
The IFN resistance gene C3L, a homolog of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-2α, inhibits the antiviral activity of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) by acting as a decoy.
VAR and other orthopoxviruses encode this protein, and the MPV (strains ZAI and CNG) genomes do not encode this protein due to multiple mutations in the corresponding genes, showing IFN sensitivity and decreased virus yield.
Another IFN resistance gene, E3L, is expressed in either the first or the second methionine in a long/short form.
The long form contains an N-terminal domain that mediates Z-DNA binding, nuclear localization and PKR interaction in vaccinia virus (VAC) and is required for virulence.
Both the short and long forms contain a C-terminal domain that binds double-stranded RNA, inhibits IFN-induced activation of PKR and 2-5A synthase, and is required for IFN resistance and VAC host range.
MPV-ZAI has obvious mutations in the first translation initiation codon and downstream nonsense mutations, and only the short form can be translated.
These mutations result in diminished IFN resistance in vivo, possibly resulting in less human-to-human transmission of MPV than variant transmissibility.
MPV is less pathogenic than VAR
MPV encodes secreted interleukin-1L (IL-1L)-binding protein and 3-β-hydroxy-δ-5-steroid dehydrogenase without corresponding ORFs in VAR strains.
Deletion of the gene encoding the IL-1L binding protein may be associated with fever and pathogenicity, possibly indicating that MPV has a lower pathogenicity than VAR.
MPV is a discrete species and evolves independently of VAR
In order to clarify the evolutionary network of each strain, the proteins encoding ankyrin repeats in the largest gene family of orthopoxviruses were analyzed.
The B19R gene of VAR-IND was deleted in the MPV-ZAI genome, while the D1L gene was correspondingly deleted in both VAR strains. indicate that neither virus is a direct ancestor of the other.
Systematic analysis of the terminal variable genomic regions of four human pathogenic orthopoxviruses revealed that the major and minor subspecies of VAR are closely related, with MPV farther away from VAR than VAC.
MPV is a discrete species that exhibits multiple differences in the virulence genes of major and minor strains.
It is likely that MPV and VAR evolved independently of the orthopoxvirus ancestor similar to CPV, which contains a more complete set of genes.
The global outbreak of MPV and the serious diseases it causes make this virus not to be underestimated, and it is urgent to closely monitor the fatality rate and transmissibility of related infections.
On May 21, three research groups from Portugal, Belgium, and the United States have released the preliminary results of the genome sequences of the viruses carried by infected persons in the recent monkeypox (Monkeypox) outbreaks in many places around the world.
The DNA sequences of three monkeypoxviruses (MPVs) initially showed homology, all belonging to a mild West African strain, which were closely related to monkeypoxviruses discovered in the UK, Singapore and Israel in 2018 and 2019.
Reports of cases of monkeypox non-endemic countries received by WHO from 13 to 21 May. Source: WHO
The World Health Organization has previously stated that there are two main branches of monkeypox virus: the West African branch and the Congo Basin branch.
The West African branch has a lower lethality rate, about 1% of infections result in death; the Congo Basin branch can cause a 10% mortality rate.
According to the latest analysis in the United States, the monkeypox virus in this outbreak has indeed mutated a lot from the previous monkeypox virus, with a total of 94 nucleotide changes and 51 amino acid changes.
This mutation appears to be very high for a DNA virus. Do these mutations affect monkeypox infectivity? Does the traditional smallpox vaccine protect against monkeypox virus? Neither is clear!
Laboratory detection and differential diagnosis of monkeypox virus
Laboratory examination, PCR/qPCR technology can be used to detect monkeypox genome fragments from skin lesions of monkeypox patients, providing a basis for rapid clinical laboratory diagnosis; it can also be isolated from skin lesions by electron microscopy or culture Monkey smallpox virus.
In addition, fluorescent antibody method and radioimmunoassay can detect simian variola virus antibodies from the serum of infected persons, but they are generally only used for epidemiological investigations.
Signs and symptoms of monkeypox virus infection resemble those of smallpox, but the disease is usually milder.
Monkeypox-infected individuals with a history of exposure to animals may initially present with "flu"-like symptoms, followed by herpes, pustules, and scarring on the skin.
The differential diagnosis usually includes smallpox, chickenpox, measles, bacterial skin infections, scabies, drug allergies, and syphilis.
[1] Shc He Lkunov SN, Totmenin AV, Babkin IV, et al. Human monkeypox and smallpox viruses: genomic comparison. 2001.
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Judge: Bergdahl can get fair trial, despite Trump campaign comments
In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl arrives for a pretrial hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C. A military judge won't throw out charges against Bergdahl despite scathing comments that President Donald Trump made on the campaign trail. The Judge, Army Col. Jeffery Nance, wrote in his ruling Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, that he found Trump's comments disturbing but that they didn't constitute unlawful command influence.AP Photo/Ted Richardson, File
President Donald Trump's campaign-trail criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, while "problematic," hasn't prevented the soldier from getting a fair trial on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan in 2009, a military judge ruled Friday.
Bergdahl's lawyers had argued that Trump violated their client's due-process rights by repeatedly calling him a "traitor" and that the judge should dismiss charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Bergdahl is scheduled for trial in April, and could face life in prison on the latter charge.
The Judge, Army Col. Jeffery Nance, wrote in his ruling that Trump's comments were "disturbing and disappointing" but didn't constitute unlawful command influence. Nance agreed with prosecutors' arguments that Trump's comments amounted to campaign-trail rhetoric, and the judge wrote the comments shouldn't harm potential jurors' impartiality.
"The accused was merely the foil for delivering that political message," Nance wrote. "All reasonable members of the public and potential panel members will know that was what he was doing and will not allow the rhetoric to affect their impartiality."
Nance did say, however, that he would allow defense attorneys wide leeway to question potential jurors about Trump. He said they can renew their request to dismiss the charges once they've sought to find out how Trump's comments affected potential jurors.
Nance wrote: "We have a man who eventually became President of the United States and Commander in Chief of all the armed forces making conclusive and disparaging comments, while campaigning for election, about a soldier facing potential court-martial. ... The Court recognizes the problematic potential created by these facts."
Bergdahl's lead defense attorney, Eugene Fidell, said that he planned to appeal Nance's ruling and would "pursue the matter vigorously."
White House spokesman Michael Short declined comment.
The defense's motion, filed shortly after Trump was sworn in as president, cites more than 40 instances of Trump's criticism at public appearances and media interviews through August 2016. Defense attorneys argued that it would be hard for potential military jurors to ignore what their commander in chief said.
Prosecutors argued that Trump's comments were campaign rhetoric aimed at actions taken by President Barack Obama's administration to bring Bergdahl home after he was held captive for five years by the Taliban and its allies. Obama's decision in May 2014 to exchange Bergdahl for five Taliban prisoners prompted some Republicans to accuse the president of jeopardizing the nation's safety.
Bergdahl, who is from Idaho, has said he walked off his post to cause alarm and draw attention to what he saw as problems with his unit.


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First escape room for daughter's birthday party - great puzzles, nice theme and well-judged level of challenge and hints.
The year is 1717 and the famous Bristol-born pirate, Blackbeard, is on hard times. He needs to recruit some talent to help him find treasure, but no sailor worth his salt will join him. Blackbeard has resorted to kidnapping and testing smart looking folk.
You awake with a splitting headache and a bump on your head. The last thing you remember is being in that tavern by the docks. You slowly come round and realize you're in a prison on a tropical island.
Blackbeard has left puzzles for you. If you can solve them, find the key and escape before the hourglass runs out, you can join him, experience adventure and gain wealth beyond your wildest dreams. If you fail, the merciless guards will butcher you all.
Reviews of escape game "The Prison Escape"
Great evening, just made it out with a few seconds remaining! Thanks Adam and team!
Fabulous. Just right level of challenge and plenty of variety of things to solve. Loved the theme which was consistent throughout. Loved the messages in bottles too. Thank you for a fantastic experience!


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Relient K shows Ayala malls
Catch Relient K Live at Ayala Malls
I have a super pleasant day off today. I have a brand new Relient K album to listen to, a stew to make, a messy house to clean and a beautiful day to do it in. I got this amazing album from the press conference/ Relient K's album launch at Holiday Inn last Thursday.
Signed by the two Matts, guitarist Matt Hoopes and vocalist Matt Thiessen of Relient K, I feel so much more up to being productive today. And with an empty house and loud music and sun shining, I could just clean and cook until Judgement day.
After a handful of times listening to their new album, I've determined "Collapsible Lung" album is strangely different yet delightfully pleasant. I've been on a huge Relient K kick lately and my personal favorites are the songs "Don't Blink" and "That's my Jam"
Great lyrics and a catchy number with a chorus that makes you want to sing your lungs out while driving down the road. Guaranteed to give you LSS and get stuck in your head for the next couple of days... or maybe weeks. :)
I truly enjoyed the last track on the album titled "That's My Jam" which features Owl City. The lyrics, rhythm and melody made it a light-hearted summer song, reminding one of a relaxing summer day spent at the beach. Let's just say that this summer-ish and pop-ish song is indeed my jam. :)
As a music fan, I like to keep tabs on the artists I like. I do a lot of that through social media, which is only one of the myriad of reasons why I love it so much. Relient K is one of them. And guess what? They will be performing in your favorite Ayala malls!
Expect Relient K band members John Warne, Jon Schneck, Matt Thiessen, Ethan Luck and Matt Hoopes to bring high-energy rock vocals and memorable lyrics to Ayala Malls
Relient K is what sort of band? Relient K is from the new group of Christian-Punk-Rock band. There's hardly a difference with other punk rock bands. The only difference is that their music is 100% clean and worshipful.
The RK guys grew up in Canton, Ohio. Founded by Matt Thiessen (lead vocals) and Matt Hoopes (guitars) in 1997, got their name from Thiessen's hand-me-down car from his grandmother. The band has seen several members come and go, but the two Matts remain. Coincidentaly, two Johns joined them in 2005 - John Warne (bass) and Jon Schneck (drums).
Relient K has now produced chart-topping hits from its six full-length albums, five EPs and a Christmas record. The band first entered the mainstream scene with the release of their 2004 studio album, "Mmhmm". With songs inspired by personal experiences, Relient K has gained a dedicated fan-base who easily related to their songs.
Relient K was known for their distinct Christian rock style but the band has recently experimented on a new genre with more catchy tunes and bright vocal melodies. In their latest album "Collapsible Lung", its 12 buzz-worthy songs effortlessly evoke a free-spirited vibe. Some of the feel-good songs under this album are "Don't Blink", "If I Could Take You Home" and "Boomerang". Also for this album, Relient K has collaborated with some genius writers like Fernando Garibay (Lady Gaga), Ari Levine (Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars), Evan Bogart (Beyonce, Rihanna) and Tim Pagnotta (lead singer/writer for Sugarcult).
Now, you might wonder why they named their new album "Collapsible Lung" and where they got their band name "Relient K" ... check out the following videos from the presscon:
The Grammy-nominated band has over two million records sold, two Dove Awards and three RIAA Gold-certified albums attesting to their success. Its front man Matt Thiessen also had songwriting collaboration for some top pop hits including Owl City's 2012 summer hit "Good Time," Kelly Clarkson's "Long Shot" and the award-winning "When Can I See You Again" from the animated film Wreck-It Ralph.
Relient K band members John Warne, Matt Thiessen, Jon Schneck, Matt Hoopes, and Ethan Luck are now ready to entertain their legions of loyal fans. Check out the following mall show schedule:
Listen live to Relient K's heart-tugging lyrics and fresh new sound as they perform at the Glorietta 5 Atrium on September 28, 6:30PM; Alabang Town Center Activity Center on September 28, 4:00 PM; Market! Market! Activity Center on September 27, 6:00 PM; and Trinoma Activity Center on September 29, 6:00 PM.


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Baby Bedtime is a 2013 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Emma Quay. The book, published in America by Beach Lane Books, and published in Australia by Penguin Books Australia, is about an adult elephant getting her baby ready for bed.

Publication history
 2014, USA, Beach Lane Books
 There Comes A Time For Sleeping, 2013, England, Penguin Books
 2013, Australia, Penguin Books Australia

Reception
Reviews of Baby Bedtime have been mixed. A Kirkus Reviews reviewer was especially concerned with the book's initial wording and wrote that "the cannibalistic opening quatrain followed by a gushingly affectionate outpouring makes for a book that only a certain type of grandparent could read aloud to a very young grandchild. Quay's striking illustrations cannot rescue this one". Publishers Weekly wrote: "Here's a wonderful little lesson in the subjunctive from master teacher Fox (Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes). ... After a few pages of soft-crayoned textures, pastel hues, and arm's-length framing, a visual sameness sets in, though readers should find it soporific".

There have also been Baby Bedtime reviews in Booklist, School Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Reading Time, Scan, and Magpies.

Awards
 2015 CCBC Choices book
 2014 CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood shortlist
 2014 CBCA Picture Book of the Year notable book
 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards, Birth to three years shortlist
 2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards shortlist

References

External links

 Library holdings of Baby Bedtime
 Library holdings of There Comes A Time For Sleeping

Australian picture books
2013 children's books
Picture books by Mem Fox
Sleep in fiction

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Would you give up Facebook to erase your credit card debt?
On behalf of Law Office of Ruth Nelson posted in Credit Card Debt on Friday, July 27, 2018.
It's hard to believe, but Americans are so fed up with looming credit card debt that many admitted in a recent survey they would give up some of their favorite things for the chance to be debt free. The debt survey conducted by Mr. Cooper showed that 33 percent of Americans admitted that credit card debt caused them to lose sleep, and 25 percent said that credit card debt is interfering with the family relationships.
On behalf of Law Office of Ruth Nelson posted in Chapter 7 on Friday, July 13, 2018.
If you're like most potential bankruptcy filers, you've held on for as long as you possibly can. You may have even given up paying for your essential needs so that you can pay the money you owe on your credit cards. When push comes to shove, however, you may have no other option than filing for bankruptcy. Hopefully, you realize it's time to file as early as possible.


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Waukesha County Sheriff Tells Senate Panel in Washington DC How to Stop Illegal Drugs from Mexico
By: Stephanie Staudinger
Posted: Mar 1, 2017 8:41 PM CDT | Updated: Mar 1, 2017 8:45 PM CDT
WAUKESHA COUNTY - Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson told a senate panel in Washington today that the "lion's share" of illegal drugs used in southeastern Wisconsin came across the border from Mexico.
"We're just at our wit's end that we're going to just sit and look at the border and watch this continue," Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson said.
The Sheriff told the Homeland Security Committee that in Waukesha County alone 35 people died from drug overdoses last year and 387 people over the last decade.
"So anything that we can do to increase staffing at the border, increase the use of technology, create infrastructure that'll allow us to patrol the border is going to be important locally," the sheriff said.
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson chairs the committee.
Today's hearing was on the effects of "border insecurity" on American communities.
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Spain Rail Map and Transportation Guide
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This map is intended to be used for travel planning and to get an idea of the extent of Spain's rail network. It shows the major Spanish cities and rail lines. The lines in blue show high-speed train routes. The red lines are only suitable for slower trains.
Spain is also well served by bus service. The bus is often cheap and slow, the train sleek and fast(er). Check out the expert's opinion: Everything you need to know about public transport in Spain.
In Spain the highest speed trains are called AVE - Alta Velocidad Española. The line that runs from Madrid to Sevilla takes 2.5 hours to complete, much of the distance traveled at nearly 186 miles per hour.
The Euromed is a high-speed train that operates between Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante.
A reservation is necessary to travel on any train other than Regional Exprés or Cercanías (suburban train).
You may also wish to check out the special touristic trains.
Spain Rail Passes and Discounts
A variety of different Spain rail passes are available, including the two-country France-Spain Pass and Spain-Portugal Rail Pass.
If you have achieved 60 years of age or more, you can purchase a Tarjeta Dorada Card for €6 at Renfe stations, Ticket Offices and Travel Agencies. It offers a considerable discount on all trains, ranging from 25% to 40%.
You can book many tickets online, including the AVE trains: AVE Booking Center.
Don't understand which of the many rail passes might be for you? See Rail Passes - Which Eurail Pass is Right for You?
Where You Should Go
If you are unfamiliar with European train travel, you might be surprised at the places you can get to by rail. Damian Corrigan, About's expert on Spain, offers his choice for the best rail trips: Best Train Journeys in Spain.
Everything You Need to Know About Bus and Train Travel in Spain
A Guide to Pamplona's Running of the Bulls and Many Others
Everything You Need to Know About Booking Flights to Spain
How to Travel Between Barcelona and Alicante
Your Guide to Getting from City to City in Spain
Everything You Need to Know About High-Speed AVE Trains in Spain
Madrid to Barcelona: What's the Best Way to Make the Trip?
Madrid by Bus or Train: What You Need to Know
How to Plan the Perfect Trip to Spain
Using Public Transportation in Madrid: Guide to the Metro, Bus & More
A Guide to the Regions of Spain
How to Get from Paris to Madrid: Your 4 Options
Where to Go in July in Spain
Traveling on Night Trains in Spain
These Are the Best Ways to Get from Barcelona to Seville
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Alter Ego - photoperiodical, feminized mainly Indica strain, crossed by the scientists and plant breeders of seed-bank Neuroseeds. Strain Violator Kush was taken as a basis and crossed with mysterious "X"-strain. As a result, a new strain has been introduced with powerful effect similar to narcot..
Thanks to the neurobiologists and geneticists, Neuro Seeds has developed entirely new variety called Amnesia, which can be grown both in greenhouses and outdoors, but this variety is suitable only for warm climates. It can produce above 70-80 g per plant in greenhouse conditions and 200 g per pla..
Creative Reactor is a photoperiodical, feminized mainly sativa strain which was produced owing to the neurobiologists from Neuroseeds. A wonderful popular on the market G13 Haze strain participated in creation of Creative Reactor apart from secret "X"-strain. The name of the strain could not have..
This Sativa dominant variety of medical marijuana is presented by Neuro Seeds breeder scientists in a new light. Jack Herer is able to immerse you into the cerebral psychoactive effect, and this is due to the dominance of Sativa, while Indica's part of the heritage is practically not felt, bu..
Neuron is a photoperiodical, feminized Indica-Sativa strain One more new strainfrom the range of seed-bank Neuroseeds. This time "X"-strain was crossed with the best strain in Holland – Euforia. The plant has got many side branches on which the pitchy strobilas are developed. On the sidelines..
New York Diesel is Sativa dominant cultivar of medical marijuana (60% Sativa, 40% Indica), which gives the high yield. This variety has spike-like shape with beautiful airy inflorescences and few leaves. It can grow well indoors, except for growing outdoors in tropical climates, although good yie..
Northern Lights is one of the most famous varieties of marijuana of all time, and now Neuro Seeds geneticists and neurobiologists have brought it to a new level. This is a pure Indica, known for its stunning resinous inflorescences, quick blossom period (45 days) and resistance during growth - th..
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City attorney to advise Gardiner councilors on FirstPark
The city council will discuss a legal opinion reviewing whether Gardiner took the correct steps in joining the Kennebec Regional Development Authority in 1999.
By Paul KoenigStaff Writer
Gardiner city councilors will discuss on Wednesday whether to try to leave the Kennebec Regional Development Authority after they review a legal opinion to see whether the city followed the proper procedure when it joined the group 15 years ago.
The authority is the governing body of FirstPark, the regional business park in Oakland that has sustained a net loss of around $5 million for 24 central Maine communities over the last 15 years.
Gardiner city councilors will discuss at their meeting Wednesday whether to try to leave the Kennebec Regional Development Authority after they review a legal opinion to see whether the city followed the proper procedure when it joined the group 15 years ago. Staff file photo by David Leaming
Gardiner to seek legal opinion on vote to join FirstPark partnership
Councilors voted in October to ask the city's attorney from law firm Eaton Peabody to review whether Gardiner took the correct steps in joining the regional development group in 1999 and what options the city has if it wants to leave the authority. An attorney with the city's law firm advised in an unofficial position in 2008 that if there was an error in how the city joined the development authority, it's unlikely the courts would invalidate the city's membership and let the city off the hook for the outstanding debts already incurred.
Councilor Terry Berry, of District 1, said he brought the issue to the council because several residents claimed the city isn't actually a member of the organization, even though it's been providing taxpayer dollars each year to the development authority.
"We have sunk a lot of money up there since 1999, and there are a lot more years before our obligation ends, if it ever ends," Berry said.
The council is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
Two former city councilors, George Trask and Bryan Blanchard, raised the issue several times at public forums this year. They say that because Gardiner joined the development authority through a City Council vote instead of a citywide referendum, it's not actually a member. Trask, who lost the race for mayor to incumbent Thomas Harnett earlier this month, made the FirstPark issue one of the platforms of his failed campaign.
The Legislature created the development authority in 1998 to establish the regionally supported business park and promote economic development in the region. The bill states that the decision to join needed to be "approved at referendum by cities, towns or plantations."
But Craig Nelson, president and legal counsel for the authority, has told Gardiner officials the city didn't need to hold a referendum because it has a city council. The city clerk at the time also certified that the process required by the law took place, Nelson wrote in an email to City Manager Scott Morelli. The development authority and the other communities relied on the certification when it took on the debt, so Gardiner is prevented legally from leaving those obligations, according to Nelson.
Berry said that if the city attorney advises councilors that the city isn't obligated to stay in the group, he'll consider whether the city has a chance to win a court case and what it might cost the city before he votes to pursue that option.
Councilors are scheduled to discuss the legal opinion from the city attorney, Jonathan Pottle, in executive session Wednesday night before sharing it in a public session, Morelli said. The city isn't releasing the legal opinion from Pottle until councilors review it in executive session, Morelli said.
Harnett, who defeated Trask 1,553-983 on Nov. 4, said the opinion will give councilors a clear idea of the city's obligations and responsibilities and what its options are moving forward.
He said councilors will deliberate "very carefully" on whether to bring any issue to court.
Another municipality with a city council form of government, Waterville, also joined the development authority by council vote. Augusta turned it down in a citywide referendum.
Waterville City Manager Mike Roy, who helped rally support from communities as town manager of Oakland at the time, has said previously that the question never has been raised in Waterville and that the City Council would have been the governing body authorized to join the authority.
Brad Jackson, executive director of FirstPark, told councilors at the meeting in October when they voted to seek a legal opinion to be patient with the city's investment in the park.
"I'm telling you that when the debt service is paid in 2021, you will be cash-flow positive," he said. "I just ask in the meantime that you let us grow, and let us make money."
Jackson also announced at the meeting that a Montreal company making fleet management systems, Road King Technologies Inc., plans to open its U.S. headquarters in FirstPark. The company plans to lease part of a corporate office building in the park to start, but it hopes to grow its U.S. operation to 15 to 20 employees by the end of 2015, according to Harry Marks, the company's president.
So far the only major business the development authority has attracted to the park is a T-Mobile call center that opened in 2006. Besides that, there are fewer than two dozen small medical offices and financial firms in the park. Some tax revenue is returned to communities annually, but in recent years they've been getting back only 40 percent of what they paid.
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New York MTA to Spend $4 Billion for New Subway Cars
Over 1,600 new subway cars may be ordered, a minimum of 200 with open gangways, by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The first 500 will be purchased from the Japanese company, Kawasaki, to be assembled in Yonkers and Lincoln, Nebraska.
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"The first cars, which will be manufactured under a contract between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Japanese company, Kawasaki, are scheduled to be delivered in July 2020," reports Sarah Maslin Nir for The New York Times on Jan. 19.
The MTA voted Monday to approve the order, reports Matt Olberding of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star on Jan. 22. A final vote is expected Wednesday.
Kawasaki's Lincoln rail car plant is poised to receive the largest subway car order in its history, the economic effects of which "could be felt for years to come," a local company official said.
The contract is phased, and could "ultimately pay Kawasaki more than $3.7 billion with the financing being provided by the Federal Transit Administration," adds Nir.
At the outset, the authority has committed about $1.45 billion to buy over 500 cars with an agreement to take steps to purchase more if the initial group performs well, for a total of 1,612 cars.
The new cars, designated as R211, will gradually replace the authority's fleet of over 750 R46 cars which were built between 1975 and 1978....
The award is a blow to the Canadian aerospace and train manufacturer, Bombardier, which was hired to build the city's last fleet of new cars, but delivered them two years behind schedule," adds Nir.
Open gangway cars
Trains composed of open gangway cars, used in many of the world's busiest subways except those in the U.S., bear resemblance to articulated buses. There are no doors between the cars, enabling passengers to move freely within the train. In addition, they hold more passengers. 200 of these cars will comprise 20 trains, as "[t]hey are built in five-car units; a train will consist of two linked sets, for a total of 10 cars," explains Nir.
If the first group proves successful, then the authority plans to obtain more, even perhaps, the entire rest of the order.
Only one subway in North America uses them — Toronto. Perhaps it is no coincidence that Andy Byford, the new president of New York City Transit, which operates the subway and buses, was the former chief executive of the Toronto Transit Commission.
Riders Alliance, an advocacy group, welcomed the introduction of open gangway cars, but with reservations as new cars won't solve the subway's chronic woes, highlighted when the governor declared a state of emergency last summer.
A slew of new trains does not get at the root causes of the subway's ills, including the crumbling infrastructure, outdated signaling systems that have to be replaced as well as new ways to pay for it all, said campaign manager Rebecca Bailin.
Also see report on the subway order in Curbed New York.
New York Set to Acquire the Next Generation of Subway Cars
Published on Friday, January 19, 2018 in The New York Times
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James Bond Car Collection and other 007 Collectables, Books, VHS and Space Shuttle. A look at the memorabilia and collectables that I've amassed over the years. The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's passing in 1964, eight other authors have written authorised Bond novels or novelizations: Kingsley Amis, Christopher Wood, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Sebastian Faulks, Jeffery Deaver, William Boyd and Anthony Horowitz. The latest novel is Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz, published in September 2015. Additionally Charlie Higson wrote a series on a young James Bond, and Kate Westbrook wrote three novels based on the diaries of a recurring series character, Moneypenny.
The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running and have grossed over $7.040 billion in total, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2017, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, Spectre (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: Casino Royale (a 1967 spoof) and Never Say Never Again (a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced film, Thunderball). In 2015, the franchise was estimated to be worth $19.9 billion, making James Bond one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.
The Bond films are renowned for a number of features, including the musical accompaniment, with the theme songs having received Academy Award nominations on several occasions, and two wins. Other important elements which run through most of the films include Bond's cars, his guns, and the gadgets with which he is supplied by Q Branch. The films are also noted for Bond's relationships with various women, who are sometimes referred to as "Bond girls".
► Actors Who Played Bond – Complete History
1954 Barry Nelson, 1956 Bob Holness, 1962 Bob Simmons, 1962-1967, 1971, 1983 Sean Connery, 1967 David Niven, 1969 George Lazenby, 1973-1985 Roger Moore, 1973 Christopher Cazenove, 1987-1989 Timothy Dalton, 1990 Michael Jayston, 1995-2002 Pierce Brosnan, 2006-2012 Daniel Craig.
2008-2012 Toby Stephens voiced James Bond in three BBC Radio 4 productions.
1. It is actually stuntman Bob Simmons who appears in the opening gun barrel sequence for the first three James Bond movies.
2. SPECTRE stands for SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion.
3. Dr. No's budget was only $1 million, and when costs overran by $100,000 United Artists wanted to pull the plug, scared that it would never recoup its costs.
4. Bond author Ian Fleming wanted his cousin Christopher Lee to play Dr. No. Christopher Lee later starred as Scaramanga in 1974's The Man With The Golden Gun.
5. Bond doesn't appear until 17 minutes and 15 seconds into From Russia With Love.
6. From Russia With Love's six-minute fight scene with Red Grant on the Orient Express took two days to film.
7. Many actors have appeared in more than one role in the Bond series – Maud Adams (as Andrea Anders and Octopussy), Joe Don Baker (as Brad Whitaker and Jack Wade) – but the first was in fact Sean Connery, playing a SPECTRE agent wearing a James Bond mask in From Russia With Love's pre-credit sequence.
8. Q is only referred to by his real name, Major Boothroyd, in Dr. No, From Russia With Love and The Spy Who Loved Me.
9. The body count in Goldfinger is 62.
10. The five pilots flying the planes in Pussy Galore's Flying Circus in Goldfinger were actually men wearing blonde wigs.
► Errors
Throughout the James Bond Car collection, collectors noticed a number of errors both in the printed publication and the models themselves. Notable examples include;
Some of the issues have the same photo of Bond on the front cover: 4 & 87, 16 & 95, 20 & 85, 29 & 99, 37 & 86, 41 & 100, 50 & 96, 60 & 91. While others have the same poster on the back cover. Issue 6 is the only magazine not to feature 007 on the cover, Zao is used.
Models from 'Casino Royale' (except issue 100) and 'Quantum of Solace' have been neglected miniature figures, even if the scene in which they are depicted requires one.
Felix Leiter's 1964 Thunderbird from issue 42 has the taillights of the 1965 model.
issue 50, The model is a copy of the original MG TD with several modifications, not the MP Lafer.
issue 64: The Bentley made on a larger scale than 1:43, its scale of about 1:35.
Issue 65, The Italian police Defender chasing Bond and the Alfa Romeos is supposed to be a 2.5 Puma, but the model is actually an older TD5.
Issue 69 is highly inaccurate in relation to the rear end of the real Aston Martin V8 Volante.
Issue 70 wrongly contained the X350 version of the Daimler Super-8 instead of the X308 Daimler Super V8 as featured in the film.
The Audi 200 quattro from issue 72 is out of proportion and not an accurate model. It does however correctly show the flared fenders of the Exclusive version featured in the film.
issue 76: The Ford Ranchero is out of proportion and not an accurate model. Cab 1:36, grille 1:40, 1:43 etc.
Issue 84: The Dragon Tank is out of proportion vertically and not an accurate model.
Issue 87: On page 7 'MI6 on Location', picture 8 with M sitting at her desk claimed it was from 'Casino Royale' but it is a picture from 'Quantum of Solace'.
Issue 88 is a model of a Cadillac hearse converted by Miller-Meteor, not the Superior Coach Company as shown in the film. The magazine also includes a wrong poster on the back. A 'Dr. No' one is published instead of one from 'Diamonds Are Forever'.
The first run of issue 89's box lists the Ford Anglia as being from the film 'From Russia with Love' when in fact it was from 'Dr. No'. This has been corrected for later releases in other countries.
Issue 99 purports that the military officer Bond impersonates to seek access to the airfield seen at the start of 'Octopussy' is General Toro, he was in fact of the rank of Colonel not General as the magazine erroneously states.
Issue 102, the Bondola has a grey base as opposed to the rest of the collection which have black bases. The vehicle also lacks a figure of Roger Moore and it is in the much smaller scale of 1:72.
(German) Issue 105 says that the Ford Country Squire has an engine size of 36,390 cc.
issue 108, The model shows the version 1972 with sliding side door, while in the movie – the bus from 1971 with a conventional door.
Issue 111, Largo's 1965 Thunderbird retains the 1964 grille from issue 42.
Issue 113, the VAZ as featured in 'GoldenEye' has the wrong 'Lada Niva' rear badge.
Issue 117, The Mercedes Benz Model is not of a W180 220s but a W120 180 which has indicator on side of fender near windscreen
Issue 119: The back of the diorama for the model states the film is 'For Your Eyes Only', rather than the correct film 'Thunderball'. The Lincoln Continental limousine is poorly modelled, particularly the passenger compartment, curved shoulderline and too large taillights. The reverse lights are moulded in red instead of clear plastic.
Issue 120: The back of the diorama has no film listed although the corresponding film was printed on the preceding issue.
issue 125: The model shows the long-wheelbase version of the Dodge Ram, pickup in the movie with the standard wheelbase.
Issue 127: The Ambulance is facing the wrong direction.
Issue 128: The Morris Minor neglects to have a registration plate present, and the folded up roof is the incorrect colour; being that of the car's body
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