Funding will also be available over four years from 2019-20 to 2022-23 for flagships for pathogen genomics, including infectious respiratory diseases ($32 million). Applications for this program will open on 14 May.
The 2019/20 Budget has confirmed that $222 million is available in 2018/19 and has outlined a program of funding for many areas over multiple years. Detailed below are the amounts that have been allocated so far for 2018/19.
On 10 April the Health Minister announced $10 million in MRFF funding to support the Menzies Multiple Sclerosis Flagship Program. The funding aims to improve the quality of life for the more than 25,000 Australians living with MS by conducting research into cures and prevention of the disease.
On 13 March, the Government committed $150 million in MRFF funding over 10 years to a new Australian Stem Cell Therapies Mission. It will be co-chaired by Stem Cells Australia program leader Professor Melissa Little and inventor of the Nanopatch Professor Mark Kendall.
On 10 March the Health Minister announced $150 million over 10 years for nationally coordinated medical research to improve the recovery of patients with a traumatic brain injury.
On 8 March the Health Minister announced $55,000 in funding to Griffith University to trial a new malaria vaccine, PlasProtect©. The funding matches $500,000 raised by Rotary Health towards the Malaria Vaccine Project, which has developed the new vaccine.
On 27 February the Government announced a 10 year, $160 million Indigenous Health Research Fund. The 3 Flagship Priorities are preventing rheumatic disease, avoidable blindness and avoidable deafness. Research projects will have a broad remit across five key themes – guaranteeing a healthy start to life, improving primary healthcare, overcoming the origins of inequality in health, reducing the burden of disease, and addressing emerging challenges.
The Program incorporates the $35 million already announced for the End Rheumatic Heart Disease vaccine initiative. An advisory panel comprising prominent Indigenous research experts and community leaders, co-chaired by Professor Alex Brown (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) and Dr Misty Jenkins (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research), will guide the Indigenous Health Research Fund investments.
On 26 February, the Government announced a 10 year, $220 million Mission for Cardiovascular Health. The Mission will be overseen by an appointed expert advisory panel chaired by Professor Gemma Figtree, a clinician researcher at University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital, and will provide open and contestable grant opportunities. 'It will aim to reduce hospitalisations, develop clinical trials and new drug therapies, use the unique DNA of a patient to develop new therapies and also look into why people who don't lead an unhealthy lifestyle or have a genetic cause suffer heart attacks.' This Mission includes the recently announced $20 million in funding to help defeat congenital heart disease by better understanding genetic causes and treatment options through the HeartKids Project.
On 24 February the Government announced $35 million would be provided over three years to the End Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) vaccine initiative. Directed by Prof Jonathan Carapetis AM (Director of the Telethon Kids Institute in Perth) and overseen by a Scientific Advisory Board including leading Australian and International experts, the initiative will allow manufacture and testing of a number of vaccines currently in development, and fast-tracking and funding of clinical trials in Australia. The aim is to accelerate availability of a vaccine for use in Australia and internationally. The vaccine targets Group A Streptococcus and will build on the work of the Australia and New Zealand joint CANVAS initiative. Rheumatic Heart Disease is a chronic and debilitating condition, affecting heart function, which develops following repeated Strep A infections. Largely a third world disease, it is endemic in some Australian and Torres Strait Islander communities. Alarmingly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 64 times more likely than non-Indigenous people to develop rheumatic heart disease, and nearly 20 times as likely to die from it.
On 17 February the Government announced $22.3 million of MRFF funding over four years to MTPConnect to operate the new Biomedical Translation Bridge initiative. MTPConnect will partner with BioCurate (University of Melbourne and Monash University) and UniQuest (University of Queensland). This program will support researchers to develop their ideas and transform them into new treatments and technologies to improve patient outcomes. Successful research projects will receive between $200,000 and $1 million over a maximum of three years. A call for applications is expected later this year, with further calls every six months.
On 15 February, the Minister for Health announced the latest round of funding for the Rare Diseases and Rare Cancers Program. $38.6 million will support 23 new clinical trials to improve treatments and discover cures for debilitating and deadly rare cancers and rare diseases.
On 14 February, the Government announced a $20 million competitive research grant round focusing on congenital heart disease. The grants will be administered by the NHMRC and a call for application is expected to be made shortly for research aimed at better understanding the disease's genetic causes and prevention and treatment options.
The announcement is part of a broader package of funding for a National Action Plan, including $6 million from outside the MRFF to the HeartKids charity for teaching, training, and awareness.
On 12 February, the Government announced the Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry Initiative (REDI). The objective of the program is to provide researchers with a diverse range of experiences and exposure to entrepreneurism with the aim of strengthening Australia's success with translation and commercialisation to prevent, diagnose and treat disease. $32 million is available over four years. The Government is initially seeking applications from organisations interested in administering the program.
On 6 February the Government announced a total of $20 million in funding for two different phenomics-based projects to support precision medicine. $10 million in funding is being provided to the Australian National Phenome Centre at Murdoch University. A partnership involving University of Western Australia, Curtin University, Murdoch University, University of Notre Dame Australia and Edith Cowan University, the Centre is Australia's first dedicated metabolic phenotyping laboratory and a hub within an international network of compatible centres. A further $10 million in funding over two years is being provided to the Australian National University (ANU) for the Phenomics Translation Initiative, a two year program to develop new diagnostic and treatment options for people living with chronic and debilitating diseases including lupus, type 1 diabetes and age-related macular degeneration.
On 4 February the Government announced a total of $54.5 million in funding for research over three years into Type 1 Diabetes. $25 million will be provided to JDRF in ongoing support of its JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network. JDRF's research program has received ongoing support from successive ALP and coalition governments, and the ALP has also pledged further funding for the Research Network if it wins the next election. There is a further $4.5 million over three years to support JDRF's administration and leadership of the research network. $25 million of the $125 million Targeted Translation Research Accelerator initiative will also be directed to diabetes research.
On 30 January, the Government announced $30 million in funding over 5 years to the Garvan Institute as the lead institution in the Australian Parkinson's Mission. The funding is for the trial of promising drugs to reduce the progression of the disease and allow people to live in their homes longer. Mission is an international research collaboration between the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Shake it Up Australia Foundation, The Cure Parkinson's Trust, Michael J Fox Foundation and Parkinson's Australia.
On 14 January, the Government announced it is making a $25 million contribution to the new Drug Discovery Centre at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI). The Centre, which is co-funded by WEHI, the Victorian Government and philanthropy, will open in June 2019.
The first funding, of $10 million, has been awarded to The Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at the University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute, a Research Australia member. No call for grant applications has been made at this point.
On 4 December, the Minister for Health announced $3 million in funding for a research program for stillbirth research, to be guided by a National Action and Implementation Plan. There is also $3 million for stillbirth education and awareness programs. This funding is part of the Government's response to the report of the Senate Select Committee on Stillbirth Education and Research.
On 22 October the Prime Minister announced $4 million in funding to the St George and Sutherland Medical Research Facility to better understand the human microbiota. $2 million of this funding will be drawn from the MRFF. The funding boost will 'help researchers better understand how restoring the balance of microbiota through, for example, eating a healthy diet and increasing physical exercise, can prevent and cure disease. This funding will also support a new study into the role of the microbiome in pregnancy and its outcomes in the mothers and their babies.' It follows $4 million in funding from the Commonwealth in 2017 to establish the Microbiome Research Centre at St George Hospital, due to open in February 2019.
$11.5 million is available for the The MRFF – Keeping Australians Out of Hospital Grants to support research into evidence-based, implementable and scalable preventive health measures that aim to prevent the development, or promote better management of complex and chronic health conditions, improve quality of life for people with these conditions and keep them out of hospital.
On 6 October the Minister for Health announced $1 million in funding to the National Stroke Foundation for the Return to Life, Return to Work research package. The research will focus on rehabilitation for working age people, and include a clinical trial of Perispinal Etanercept to reduce inflammation in the brain.
On 11 September, $10 million in funding for six new Clinical Trials was announced, targeting: pancreatic cancer; traumatic brain injury; rare skin tumours; myeloma; myelofibrosis; anda pioneering treatment for high mortality cancers, such as glioblastoma. The funding has been awarded to researchers at LaTrobe University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, and the University of Sydney.
On 6 September, the Minister for Heath announced the creation of the Prostate Cancer Research Alliance, which will focus on stopping prostate cancer progressing to advanced, more deadly stages; and improving treatments and life expectancy for men with advanced prostate cancer. The MRFF's Accelerated Research Program will contribute $2 million per year for three years from 2018/19, matched by $6 million from the Movember Foundation. Funding will be provided through an open, national, competitive grant round, expected to open by the end of October.
On 13 August, The Minister for Health announced $7.4 million in funding from the MRFF for a range of Fellowships. These will support researchers working on a range of issues, including improved care for premature and sick babies, arthritis and osteoporosis, online treatments for youth depression and anxiety and improved health for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
On 1 August 2018, the Minister for Health announced $3 million for stem cell research, including projects that aim to tackle congenital heart disease and genetic defects that cause blindness in children. The funding is from the MRFF Accelerated Research Program.
On 26 July, the Minister for Health launched the National Action Plan for Endometriosis. As part of this, he provided further informant about how the $2.5 million of funding from the MRFF, announced in March 2018, will be utilised. It will fund a targeted call for research; a national clinical trials network; and an Australian Collaborative Research Framework.
On 25 July, Minister Hunt announced that $3.6 million of the $5 million allocated to CanTeen in 2017 would be used to run four clinical trials which will support 260 patients with brain cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and bone cancer.
On 17 July, the Minister announced $6.1 million was being allocated to the South Australian Academic Health Science and Translation Centre, which is undertaking vital research projects in areas such as bowel cancer, cardiac rehabilitation and reducing the risk of preterm births.
On 16 July 2018, the Health Minister announced that $5 million from the Australian Brain Cancer Mission, which is funded by the MRFF and philanthropy will go to the Zero Childhood Brain Cancer Initiative, itself a part of the broader Zero Childhood Cancer Initiative. The initiative is a collaboration of Australian researchers and clinicians, led by the Children's Cancer Institute and The Kids Cancer Centre at Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick.
On 13 July 2018, the Minister for Health announced that $22.3 million will be available over four years from 2018-19 through the Biomedical Translation Bridge grant opportunity. It will support one or more organisations to fund and nurture early stage health and medical research ventures to reach proof-of-concept stage with potential to attract further capital and support.
On 3 July 2018, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced $6 million in funding over three years for Sydney Partnership for Health Education Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) and the same amount to Sydney Health Partners. These organisations are Advanced Health Research Translation Centres and the funding is part of the Rapid Applied Research Translation Initiative under the MRFF.
On 24 June 2018, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced $33 million in funding to the third round of the Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need Clinical Trials Program. The applications are administered by the NHMRC and close on 15 August 2018.
$121 million is available for allocation from the MRFF in 2017/18. Announcements for the 2017/18 financial year are detailed below.
On 18 June 2017, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced $2 million in funding to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation with a focus on four priority areas including the making of early diagnosis and treatment of cerebral palsy the standard of care in Australia, clinical trials of new interventions in high risk infants, a trial of TheraSuit® intensive therapy and new therapies to prevent cerebral palsy during pregnancy.
On 14 June, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced the MRFF will provide $2.4 million to the University of Tasmania's Centre for Excellence in Rural and Regional Health in Burnie.
On 4 June, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced that as part of the Big Freeze 4 fundraising event at the MCG, the Coalition Government will match donations, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2 million to invest in new clinical trials for Australians suffering from MND. This repeats the funding provided from the MRFF in 2017.
On 16 May, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced $6.1 million for Monash Partners Academic Health Science Centre, enabling it to build on research it has already undertaken in areas such as data linkage, women's and children's health, cancer, diabetes, infections, heart disease and many more areas of health. The funding from the MRFF builds on an earlier $2.22 million grant provided to the Centre through the MRFF.
On 14 May, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt, announced that $6.1 million would be made available to Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH), with the funding going towards further research in a number of different areas that are yet to be determined.
On 13 April The Minister for Rural Health, Senator Bridget McKenzie, announced $6.1 million has been awarded to Diamantina Health Partners over three years for a range of programs to support the translation of research into healthcare. Diamantina Partners is an NHMRC designated Advanced Health Research Translation Centre, and this funding is provided as part of the ongoing funding to AHRTCs and Centres for Innovation in Regional Health (CIRHs).
On 21 March the Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced NSW Regional Health Partners, one of two NHMRC designated Centres for innovation in Regional Health, will receive $6.1 million over 3 years from the MRFF to fund translational research into strategies to improve the delivery of care. Examples given include investigating best practice models for telehealth and aged care, and changing community behaviour through healthy weight strategies.
Marking National Close the Gap Day on 15 March, the Minister for Health announced MRFF funding of $6 million over three years to the Central Australian Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC). The CAAHSC was recognised in July last year by the NHMRC as a Centre for Innovation in Regional Health, and has an emphasis on Indigenous-led and community controlled research. This funding is provided as part of the Rapid Applied Research Translation Program, designed to support the translational research efforts of the seven Advanced Health Research Translation Centres and the two Centres for Innovation in Regional Health. It follows the announcement last year of MRFF funding of $10 million under this Program to the Academic Health Research and Translation Centres.
On 6 March 2018, the Minister for Health announced a National 'million minds' Health Mission, focussing on mental health, to be funded from the MRFF. The plan for the Mission is to be developed 'over the next six months', including details of what the MRFF will fund.
$2.5 million will be available for a targeted call for research onto the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis. The funding was announced by the Health Minister on 2 March 2018 as part of the Government's development of a National Action Plan for Endometriosis. The funding forms part of the Accelerated Research Program within the MRFF, designed to stimulate targeted research in areas of identified unmet need.
$70 million over 5 years from 2017/18 for the Next Generation Clinical Researchers Program. $10 million of this will be available from the 2017/18 disbursements for Fellowships. commencing in 2019, rising to $20 million in subsequent years. This funding is in addition to the $8 million in funding for Fellowships announced in 2016/17, and which commenced in 2018. On January 18 2018 the Minister announced 21 Next Generation Clinical Research Fellowships, worth a total of $10 million.
$50 million from the MRFF, to be matched dollar for dollar by philanthropy will be available over multiple years from 2017/18 for the Australian Brain Cancer Mission. Prioritised first investments include the establishment of an Australian arm of the GBM AGILE, an international adaptive trial platform for adults with glioblastoma, new funding for Australian and New Zealand Children's Haematology Oncology Group (ANZCHOG) clinical trial centres, and support for the consolidation of the national ZERO Children's Cancer initiative.
A further $30 million in funding will be allocated to the Biotech Horizons Program over the next four financial years. This builds on the initial $5 million allocated in 2016/17 which is being administered by MTPConnect. On 17 April, MTPConnect and the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP announced the first 11 recipients of $10 million. The funding round focused on supporting cutting-edge ideas in precision medicine and 3D anatomical printing towards proof-of-concept and commercialisation.
On 24 January 2018 the Minister announced that $26 million in funding has been awarded to 19 projects as part of the Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Needs Clinical Trials Program (formerly the Lifting Clinical Trials and Registries Program). Initially announced in 2016/17 as $13 million over four years, this announcement has doubled the initial allocation. The clinical trails are across the areas of rare cancer, rare disease and unmet need. A further $10 million targeted grant round for clinical trials into Low Survival Cancers and Diseases (LSCD) was announced, and closed in April 2018.
$8 million is to be allocated across the four pre-existing NHMRC Advanced Health Research Translation Centres (something Research Australia has advocated for over a year). Of this amount, Monash Partners AHRTC is receiving $2 million for research and initiatives to improve care in blood and lung cancer, cardiovascular disease diabetes dementia, and improve influenza vaccination rates. Sydney Health Partners AHRTC has been allocated $2.2 million for three programs, to address lower back pain, improve recruitment for clinical trials, and address gaps in the health system. Detail of the other AHRTCs' research programs has yet to be announced.
$2 million to support new and existing Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres (AHRTCs) and the two soon-to-be-announced Centres for Innovation in Regional Health (CIRHs) to work together on national system-level initiatives. Of this amount, $225,000 has been allocated to the recently announced Diamantina Partners AHRTC, and $225,000 to the newly announced The SPHERE (Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise) AHRTC. A further $225,000 has been allocated to NSW Regional Health Partners, a freshly minted CIRH.
$10 million in funding will be provided to The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (TAPCC) to generate effective low-cost solutions to address chronic disease and childhood obesity. On 1 February 2018, the Health Minster announced funding of more than $500,000 for the first of the projects under the Boosting Prevention Program, a research program by Professor Fiona Blyth AM into better management of chronic pain in primary care. On 15 March 2018, the Minister announced that $740,000 had been awarded to University of Queensland researchers to undertake a world-first project, in collaboration with Aboriginal communities, to find ways to improve Aboriginal food security and dietary intake in cities and remote areas.
$5 million for new targeted clinical trial activity for adolescents and young adults with cancer, to be administered by CanTeen.
$13 million over four years to increase clinical trials and registries' capacity (the Lifting Clinical Trials and Registries Capacity Program). This includes funding for networks of investigators and service providers that work together, to identify and evaluate new approaches that will optimise healthcare effectiveness. A targeted call for funding applications is being administered by NHMRC, with funding to commence in January 2018. Funding of $1.2 million to the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and $500,000 to University of Melbourne was was announced on 18 January 2018 for two clinical trials for treatment for ataxia. On 24 January 2018 the Minister announced that the total allocation has been increased from $13 million to $26 million in response to the quality of the applications received. 19 projects have been funded, including the two ataxia projects announced a week earlier. These are across the areas of rare cancer, rare disease and unmet need.
$5 million over four years to the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) as the national alliance partner to build the capacity of clinical trials networks.
$8 million to boost the scale of three existing NHMRC Fellowship schemes- Career Development Fellowships, (early to mid-career researchers in clinical, population health, biomedical and bioinformatics fields); Translating Research into Practice Fellowships (health professionals translating evidence into healthcare and public health improvements) and Practitioner Fellowships (implementing evidence-based practice among clinical, public health and health service professionals). Fellowship awards will be announced from early 2017-18.
$2 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a new international initiative to address critical research and development gaps for pandemic preparedness and global health security.
$5 million to establish the Biotech Horizons program, to provide early stage pre-clinical support for biotechnologies.
$2 million to Cure4MND for clinical trials for adults with MND. This amount was provided as matching funding to public donations to Cure4MND's 'Big Freeze 3' fundraising campaign.


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Dual motioni shale shaker combined linear motion shaker and balanced elliptical one. Majority clients prefer the dual motion type since they think the dual motion will be more convenient or advanced for operation. In fact, some time the dual motion type may solve problems at certain situation.
However, the dual motion shale shaker fixed with 3 motors. Each of them are much heavy and they can't be uninstalled either one. As we know, the shaker performance is rather important for whole system since it is the first stage solids control equipment. And the shale shaker will be affected by its own weight, the mud conditions, the actual drilling situation, etc.
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A white police officer was charged with criminal homicide for shooting to death an unarmed black teenager who fled a traffic stop after being pulled over on suspicion of involvement in a drive-by shooting. The charge against East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld is outlined in court documents. The 30-year-old Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, resident turned himself in this morning, according to his attorney. He has been arraigned and faces a July 6 hearing. Rosfeld is charged in the June 19 death of 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr. Authorities have said Rose and another teen arrested this week fled after being pulled over on suspicion they were involved in a drive-by shooting. Rose was shot three times, leading to daily protests around Pittsburgh. Rosfeld has been on administrative leave since the shooting occurred.
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Pennsylvania is starting a program proposed by state Treasurer Joe Torsella to provide college savings accounts for newborns, beginning with a $100 grant.
Torsella said Monday the program will be open to any child starting next year who is a Pennsylvania resident at birth or adopted by a Pennsylvania family. Parents will be notified about the account set up for them. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the program into law Friday. It's projected at a $14 million annual cost for an average of 140,000 births per year and Torsella says it can be financed by donations and surpluses in Pennsylvania's existing college savings program. The Treasury Department will invest the money and income it earns can be spent on a range of post-high-school education needs until the child reaches age 29.
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Jury Selection in State Trooper Shooting
Jury selection began today in the trial of a man accused of opening fire on two state troopers in eastern Pennsylvania last fall, critically wounding one of them. Daniel Clary, 22, faces charges including attempted murder of a police officer and aggravated assault in the roadside shooting Nov. 7 on Route 33 in Plainfield Township. Thirteen-year veteran Cpl. Seth Kelly was shot while helping another trooper make an arrest. He may have saved his own life by applying a tourniquet on his wounded leg before paramedics arrived, officials said.
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A final vote is approaching for the main appropriations bill in a $32.7 billion spending package for Pennsylvania's approaching fiscal year. Today's scheduled Senate vote comes three days after first details of the no-new-taxes package were unveiled. The bill passed the House overwhelmingly Wednesday and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf supports it after negotiating with Republican majority leaders. The package boosts spending through the state's main operating account by $700 million, or 2 percent. The increase goes largely to schools, social services, pensions and prisons. However, critics say it masks the true spending increase by sending roughly $900 million in Medicaid costs off-budget.
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Pennsylvania's highest court on Wednesday held up the release of a grand jury report into the handling of sexual abuse claims involving six Roman Catholic dioceses and local officials, days before it was expected to be made public. The two-paragraph order did not explain the reasons but said nothing in the court file except the new order is available for public inspection.
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Key elements of a $32.7 billion spending package for Pennsylvania's approaching fiscal year are heading toward a state House vote. The no-new-taxes spending package unveiled just a day earlier is scheduled for a House vote today after Republican majority leaders negotiated it behind closed doors with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. It still requires Senate approval. The package increases spending through the state's main operating account by 2 percent over the current year's enacted budget of $32 billion. The increase goes largely to public schools, social services, pensions and prisons. It also creates a $60 million off-budget grant program for school safety spurred by February's school shooting in Florida.
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The Pennsylvania State Police says troopers are now wearing body cameras in a pilot program that's to last through the end of 2018. Acting Commissioner Robert Evanchick said today that patrol troopers in Troop B in Uniontown, Troop J in Avondale and Troop T in Somerset are trained and wearing the cameras on duty.
Evanchick says the program will help the department ensure it is prepared for wider use of the cameras. The Pennsylvania State Police received a $52,000 federal grant to buy about 30 of the cameras. The department is using them under an interim policy that it is making public.
FORMER PA GOV DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said today that he was diagnosed 3½ years ago with Parkinson's disease. The 74-year-old Rendell made the announcement at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, with officials from the University of Pennsylvania, as part of a public service message to urge people who suspect they have symptoms to get diagnosed and get treatment early.
Rendell said treatment at the hospital, including medication, has stopped the progression of the symptoms and that he continues to keep a busy schedule, including working out six days a week.
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Pennsylvania utility regulators voted Thursday to let a pipeline resume transporting liquid fuels in the Philadelphia suburbs, reversing an administrative law judge's order, but they also upheld a halt to construction of two other, related pipelines.
The Public Utility Commission voted 3-2 to allow Sunoco Pipeline LLC to resume use of the Mariner East 1 pipeline, with the chairman saying there was no new credible evidence to think it can't be operated safely.
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Pennsylvania saw its biggest one-month drop in the unemployment rate in four years and a new post-recession low, although payrolls remained relatively flat. The state Department of Labor and Industry said today that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.5 percent in May. The national rate is 3.8 percent. A survey of households found Pennsylvania's civilian labor force contracted again, this time by 14,000, falling further below its 2012 record high as employment crept up and unemployment dropped. Today's figures are preliminary and could change.


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NARO adds value to its research through product dev't and business incubation
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It has been said that the ordinary crop of maize is used to produce 25,000 different products in the United States thanks to the advanced levels of industrialization but also very close ties between the private sector (industry) research community and the farmers.
From producing pharmaceutical grade starch and other health products like baby syrups, to industrial inputs like garment starch as well as acting as an input into the food industry, maize – mostly known as corn in the US, is more of an industrial input than just a staple food – as the case is in most African countries.
In Uganda, on the other hand, the by-products of maize are countable, and yet it's the most grown cereal. The reasons for the underdevelopment of the maize value chain, range from low levels of research, lack of coordination the research community and industry, to transform the maize into a versatile input.
This disconnect can largely explain the boom and bust cycles that farmers suffer from since the product has limited uses but its market scope is very narrow and stops at those who seek to use it as food or feed.
Fortunately, the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has set out to address this gap by establishing what it has baptized as the Food Bioscience and Agri-business centre aka FBA.
The FBA located at the National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL), Kawanda, was recently opened to help transform Uganda's agricultural produce from their primary raw state into value-added commercial products that can be appeal to the middle class and help to attract a higher price for the investors as and hope-fully the farmers.
According to Dr. Steven Tumwesigye Kashub, the FBA, which is open to the public, provides three major services; Provide a wide range of advanced value-addition equipment to entrepreneurs especially those involved in the processing of cereals into other products, provide laboratory services for a whole of products as well as business incubation.
Kashub cited equipment like extruders, driers, a bakery and shaping machines that can collectively help to produce snacks similar to Gorillos – a crunchy product made from starch and other products like break. The extruders are machines that produce instant products that can be consumed in form of snacks or eaten as porridge, when mixed with hot water.
Kashub says they encourage partnerships with the private sector to advance their proven research products into commercial products, because they want to reverse the trend that is characterized with domination of foreigners in the industrial sector.
During a tour of the facility for example, the partnership was evident as people from different companies had come to make use of the facilities.
The staff of Maganjo Grain Millers were busy wrapping their Just Baked bread using the centre's bakery.
The centre also provides laboratory and quality management services which help entrepreneurs to test and standardize their products. The laboratory services are also handy in ensuring that products easily meet the quality and safety standards required by the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS).
Kashub says: "At the lab, we do a range of tests ranging from physical, chemical, micro-biological tests. These can help the entrepreneur and the consumer to know the nutrient composition of the product. This not only helps you to secure UNBS certification, it can help you to improve the product through fortification and also use the information for marketing purposes."
The agri-business unit, on the other hand, is the business development arm of the project. The centre nurtures agriprenuers with skills ranging from business proposal writing to marketing and branding.
Kashub says: "We are trying to create future industrialists. When you look closely, we have a poor linkage between research and industry. That is why our industries are foreign owned. We decided to start here so that our industries constantly link with research for knowledge-based value addition.
Since its establishment, the centre has graduated three enterprises who have a range of products ranging from powdered tomatoes, instant or pre-cooked and packaged beans, and several other products made out of pumpkin.
According to Kashub, potential clients – who should be registered businesses with the registrar of companies, can submit a formal application to the director upon payment of a 100,000 registration fee.
for those that may want to use the facilities, Kashub says they are charged a relatively small amount to meet the cost of utilities and maintenance.
According to Kashub, the services offered including provision of expertise, equipment, are a golden opportunity especially for resource-constrained start-ups to take advantage of and launch themselves into the market.
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On October 5, 2005, the first post-lockout NHL season took to the ice with 15 games, and consequently all 30 teams. Of those 15 games, 11 were in front of sell-out crowds. The NHL received record attendance in the 2005–06 season. 20,854,169 fans, an average of 16,955 per game, was a 1.2% increase over the previous mark held in the 2001–02 season. Also, the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Vancouver Canucks sold out all of their home games; all six Canadian teams played to 98% capacity or better at every home game. 24 of the 30 clubs finished even or ahead of their 2003–04 mark. The Pittsburgh Penguins had the highest increase at 33%, mainly because of 18-year-old first overall draft pick Sidney Crosby. After losing a season to a labour dispute in 2005, attendance figures for League teams have returned to solid ground; the League's TV audience was slower to rebound because of ESPN's decision to drop the sport from its schedule. The NHL's post-lockout agreement with NBC gave the league a share of revenue from each game's advertising sales, rather than the usual lump sum paid up front for game rights. The NHL is estimated to earn annual revenue of around $2.27 billion.
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DMK walks out of UPA coalition over Sri Lankan Tamils' issue
| Mar 19, 2013
Chennai/New Delhi, Mar 19 (): DMK has walked out of Congress-led UPA coalition over Sri Lankan Tamils' issue.
DMK leader Karunanidhi said at a press conference in Chennai that the party ministers will submit their resignations shortly. Karunanidhi said that the DMK has always worked for the Tamils and has been demanding New Delhi to take a tough stand against the Sri Lankan government over alleged war crimes against Tamils.
Karunanidhi added saying that continuing in this government will be an injustice to the Sri Lankan Tamils and also ruled out extending outside support to the UPA.
When Karunanidhi was asked if the DMK would change its stance if the government brought a resolution in Parliament condemning Sri Lanka, he said there was time till Thursday and he could reconsider his decision, if a resolution was introduced in Parliament accusing Sri Lanka of committing genocide of Tamils.
Yesterday, Karunanidhi had said he felt "let down" by the lukewarm response of the Centre and had insisted for amendments in the resolution on Sri Lanka.
One of the amendments was to "declare that genocide and war crimes had been committed on the Eelam Tamils by the Sri Lankan army and the rulers."
The second one was, "establishment of a credible and independent international commission of investigation in a time bound manner into the allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law and crime of genocide against the Tamils." Karunanidhi had demanded that the Parliament should adopt the resolution incorporating these two amendments.
At a marathon two-and-a-half-hour meeting held in Chennai with the central ministers- finance minister P Chidambaram, defence minister A K Antony and health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Karunanidhi urged New Delhi for a resolution condemning the Rajapaksa government for alleged genocide and war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka and he also demanded passing of the original resolution drafted for UNHRC by the United States in the Parliament.
UPA government on the other hand is of the opinion that the draft prepared by the US is too 'intrusive' which is against the standard policy of India of not intervening in internal affairs of another country.
The senior Congress leaders have got together for an emergency meet while the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said that she has got 'nothing to say now.'
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Today I received the award for Master of Wedding Photography UK for the second year running. I have spoken before about my beef with some photography awards competitions. This competition is different, it doesnt matter how friendly you are with the competition organisers, there can be no "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours", it doesn't matter how many followers you have on social media or how many cool people you know. It is done completely anonymously, fairly and your photographs are chosen based on skill and talent alone. I am so honoured to win in Round 8 of this competition, the other winners are incredibly talented and I have to pinch myself to see how far my photography has come to be considered a winner amongst them. This year the standard is incredibly high.
Here is the winning photograph.
This photograph is from Kate and Alex's wedding in October last year on a warm day in Usk. It shows them leaving after they ceremony. I love the happiness on her face and the pride on his.


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Govt to spend Rs 960 million to purchase medical equipment
Published On: February 9, 2017 01:52 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: The Ministry of Health has said all the primary health centers across the country would be provided necessary medical equipment by the next four months.
According to Health Minister Gagan Kumar Thapa, the government has, as part of its commitments for the strengthening of health institutions, managed the budget of Rs 960 million to purchase medical instruments necessary for health centers across the country.
Directives have already been issued to authorities concerned to take stock of physical infrastructure of 201 primary health centers across the country, availability of health professionals and instruments there and submitted reports to the Ministry so that it could determine the quantity of equipment necessary for them. RSS
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The Odd History of Heraklion & its Museums
by Rental Center Crete - Car hire • July 16, 2015
The Prefecture of Heraklion is located in the centre of the island and consists of seven sub-prefectures: those of Temenos, Viannos, Malevizi, Pyrgiotissa, Kainourgio, Pediada and Monofatsi.
The capital of the Prefecture – and of the Temenos sub-prefecture – is Heraklion. With a population of more than 250.000, the Prefecture of Heraklion is the most densely inhabited part of the island. The fact that the most important Minoan Sites (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Gortys & Tylissos) and the best Cretan Beaches are located near Heraklion, this area is very popular for tourists.
The region of Heraklion is a place of great contrasts. There are extensive plains (Messara), tall mountains, cypress (and oak) forests, lower hills with orchards of fruit trees, long sandy beaches, and beautiful sheltered coves.
The Odd History of Heraklion
The history of Heraklion is reflected in the way in which its name has changed through the ages. According to Strabo, it stands on the site of what was in antiquity one of the ports of Knossos, known as Herakleia. Later, in the Byzantine period, it was known as "Castro", a reference to some fortress or fortification on the site. But the city's real history starts in 824 AD, when the city was taken by the Arabs. It was them who fortified the old settlement of Herakleia – Castro and dug a moat round it. It was from this moat -"Handax" in Arabic- that it took the name that it kept until the 19th century.
Handax served as a base for the pirate raids of the Arabs, but it was under Venetian rule (1204-1669) that it reached the peak of its prosperity: now known as Candia, it became the most important political, military, commercial and social centre of the entire island.
Heraklion Port & Venetian Walsk
During this period it was fortified by its overlords with new, strong walls, the so-called Venetian walls, and adorned with handsome buildings, squares, churches, monuments, and fountains. This was also the period when literature and the arts flourished in Heraklion, partly because of influences coming from Renaissance in Italy and partly because on the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, many men of letters and artists took refuge in Crete.
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The city was surrendered to the Turks, after a 21-year siege, in 1669, when its name changed to "Megalo Kastro" ("The Great Fortress"). The presence of the Turks gave the city an Oriental appearance. The conquerors repaired the buildings which had been damaged, built new ones, converted the churches into mosques, and repaired the walls. During these dark days of slavery, the city lost its former prosperity. In 1828 and 1898 there were major massacres of its population, but in 1913, together with the rest of Crete, it was finally incorporated into the Greek state.
Knossos Palace is the most important part of Heraklion's History
Heraklion Nowadays
Heraklion has developed into a modern city and into the commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of eastern Crete, handling a wealth of excellent products which include grapes (sultanas) and various kinds of table grapes, such as the razaki variety from Archanes.
The sultana is a "pale green", oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina.
The city is the capital of the Prefecture of Heraklion and since 1972, of the whole Crete. It is also the ecclesiastical "capital" of the island. Heraklion has long been a cultural centre for Crete and has produced important figures in painting and literature, such as the famous Domenico Theotokopoulos ("El Greco"), the great novelist Nikos Kazantzakis and the historian Yannis Mourellos.
St. Minas Cathedral in Heraklion
Heraklion has grown rapidly and now has a population of 125.000, making it the island's largest city. However, the fact that building has been largely unplanned and chaotic has meant that it faces the problems of the large modern city: traffic problems, and a lack of parks and open spaces. The city as such is not, then, of any great interest, with the exception, of course, of its Archaeological Museum with its wonderful collections of antiquities which have been dug from the soil of Crete. The most famous of the Minoan sites await our exploration close to the city.
Museums in Heraklion
The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion is housed in a two-storey building in Xanthoudidou Str, on the north-eastern side of Eleftherias Square. It has 20 rooms and its exhibits come exclusively from Crete itself, covering a period from Neolithic Age to the end of the Helleno-Roman period (4th century AD).
Archeological Museum Heraklion
The Historical and Folklore Museum is in a building which was once the residence of a great benefactor of Crete, Andreas Kalokairinos. The continuity of Cretan culture can be traced though its collections, which are arranged chronologically and by subject-matter in the rooms of this three-storey building.
The Historical Museum of Crete in Heraklion. It presents a comprehensive view of Cretan history from early Christian times to the present day. The original goal of those founding the Historical Museum of Crete was to collect and preserve valuable archaeological, ethnographic and historical material deriving from the medieval and modern periods in Cretan history.
The Natural History Museum of Crete , also, in Heraklion. It operates from 09:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 10:00 to 20:00 on weekends. The museum is located near the port of Heraklion, at Sofokli Venizelou Str, and it is dedicated to the natural environment. The museum was established in 1980 under the supervision of the University of Crete.
The St Catherine Collection of Byzantine Icons, also called the Museum of Church Art, is to be found in the 15th century Basilica of St Catherine, in Agias Ekaterinis Square. It contains artefacts used in Christian worship: icons, wood-carvings, wall-paintings, manuscripts and ecclessiastical books. Of particular interest are six icons by the Cretan icon-painter Michael Damaskinos, dating from between 1582 and 1591.
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If you take control of another person's property by using deception, or simply appropriate lost or misdelivered property or services, it is considered theft. In Washington State, the severity of a theft crime is directly linked to the value of the stolen or misappropriated goods and/or services. This means that stolen property that's higher in value will result in a more serious criminal charge with more severe penalties.
If you or someone in your family is charged with any of the many theft crimes listed in Washington criminal code, you should contact a lawyer immediately and make sure your rights are protected. If you're convicted of a theft crime, you could be facing a lengthy prison sentence. You will also acquire a criminal record, which is something that will follow you for the rest of your life. Every time you apply for a job or fill out an application to rent an apartment, a quick background check will reveal that you are labeled as a thief. Do you think that designation will give you an advantage over other applicants?
Our Bremerton theft lawyers can help you address these serious charges, and the information offered below should provide you with some simplified information relative to your case.
What is Theft and how are Convicted Thieves Punished in Washington State?
There are other theft crimes that could be added to this list as criminals are always thinking of new ways to get something for nothing. Because these crimes adversely affect the lives of innocent people, prosecutors in Kitsap County will often seek maximum punishments and show little mercy.
You can be charged with many theft crimes even if intimidation or violence was not used to commit the crime. Walking out on a restaurant tab or shoplifting are two examples. If a package addressed to someone else is delivered to your home and you keep it, this is also considered theft in the eyes of the law.
The dollar amount of the stolen property determines the severity of the crime. First degree theft is a Class B felony and a conviction could lead to 10 years in prison and $20,000 in fines. Second degree theft is a Class C felony and a conviction could lead to 5 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Third degree theft is a gross misdemeanor and is punishable by 264 days in jail and $5,000 in fines.
The value of stolen goods is less than $750 – Third degree theft .
The value of stolen goods is between $750 and $5,000 – Second degree theft.
The value of stolen good is more than $5,000 – First degree theft.
Other factors may influence the severity of the charge. For example, if a firearm was used during a robbery, or a weapon was used to intimidate a victim, additional charges will likely be added. If an automobile or firearm was stolen, other charges may also be added. Victims often seek compensation via civil lawsuits, and business owners may also sue for restitution.
With so many variables, you should speak with one of our Bremerton theft lawyers and make sure you fully understand the charges against you. Felony theft cases are heard in the Kitsap County Superior Court, located in Port Orchard. Misdemeanor theft cases are heard in the Kitsap County District Court or the Bremerton Municipal Court.
If you're a first-time offender, you may be eligible for a diversion program, which would prevent you or a loved one from acquiring a criminal record. An attorney may also be able to work out an arrangement with the prosecutor on your behalf that would minimize your punishments in some way.
There is only one way to find out – contact one of our professional Bremerton theft attorneys for a free case evaluation and get the facts. If you maintain your innocence, we will aggressively defend your legal rights, as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. If you are hoping to mitigate the damage of a conviction, we will provide you with sound legal advice based on more than 50 years of collective criminal law experience.


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Baghdadi Killed? Russians Think Huge Airstrike Got Him
Last public video footage of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (screengrab via Reuters)
Newsmax Wires Friday, 16 June 2017 06:50 AM EDT
Russia thinks Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader, was killed in a huge airstrike near the Syrian city of Raqqa but does not have 100 percent confirmation, RIA news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday.
Russia's Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday it was checking information that a Russian air strike may have killed al-Baghdadi in late May, reported Reuters.
The strike is believed to have killed several other senior leaders of the group, as well as around 30 field commanders and up to 300 of their personal guards, the defense ministry said.
The air strike was launched after the Russian forces in Syria received intelligence that a meeting of Islamic State leaders was being planned, the ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
"On May 28, after drones were used to confirm the information on the place and time of the meeting of IS leaders, between 00:35 and 00:45, Russian air forces launched a strike on the command point where the leaders were located," the statement said.
"According to the information which is now being checked via various channels, also present at the meeting was Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was eliminated as a result of the strike," the ministry said.
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State said it could not confirm the Russian report that Baghdadi may have been killed.
The IS leaders had gathered at the command centre, in a southern suburb of Raqqa, to discuss possible routes for the militants' retreat from the city, the statement said.
The United States was informed in advance about the place and time of the strike, the Russian military said.
Islamic State fighters are close to defeat in the twin capitals of the group's territory, Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria.
Russian forces support the Syrian government which is fighting against Islamic State mainly from the west, while a U.S.-led coalition supports Iraqi government forces fighting against Islamic State from the east.
The last public video footage of Baghdadi shows him dressed in black clerical robes declaring his caliphate from the pulpit of Mosul's medieval Grand al-Nuri mosque back in 2014.
Born Ibrahim al-Samarrai, Baghdadi is a 46-year-old Iraqi who broke away from al Qaeda in 2013, two years after the capture and killing of the group's leader Osama bin Laden.
Rami Abdulrahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, cast doubt on the report Baghdadi may have been killed. He said that according to his information, Baghdadi was located in another part of Syria at the end of May.
"The information is that as of the end of last month Baghdadi was in Deir al-Zor, in the area between Deir al-Zor and Iraq, in Syrian territory," he said by phone.
Questioning what Baghdadi would have been doing in that location, he said: "Is it reasonable that Baghdadi would put himself between a rock and a hard place of the (U.S.-led) coalition and Russia?"
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