Sorry, but my mother always told me not to pet strange threads.
I'll upload some picks of my Sadi sooner or later.
And here in his natural state.
I'll post some pictures of our cats as soon as I have a chance to upload them.
great, now I have to get a dog.
Oh he hates it, and all costumes, dogs hate them. Well Dolly sort of likes her mermaid outfit but that's it.
Jemmy doesn't even like the things that are supposed to keep him warm, he deliberately pees on them to ensure they'll be gone in the laundry for a while.
Teddy, looking majestic (he's a priss).
Teddy found a hiding spot on moving day.
Cricket does his impression of the sphinx (his normal sitting pose).
Cricket hanging out with me.
Here's a shot of both of them by the window.
And here's a video of me messing around with Cricket. I do this a lot.
...I can't figure out how to get PhotoBucket's video player to embed with flash. The obvious addresses don't work.
p.s. - anais, you and I are now best friends, as you have a "cricket cat" too (a speckled black and white tabby).
WooHoo. Tabby Cats and a love of Milton!?!
This is Kitty. She likes to sit on her tail.
Kitty sitting on her tail again getting ready to do some arts and crafts.
Todd guarding last year's Christmas tree.
Kitty pouting after Todd stole her spot in the sunlight.
Kitty gets faced again!! This time she's trapped behind a door.
Todd doing his Nick Nolte impressionation.
Kitty giving a raspberry and telling us to jog on because there's nothing more to see here.
Oooooh, kitty! kittykittykitty! I have a kitty.
This is Max. My brother decided he's named Don "snoogums" Francis, but we call him Max.
What a gorgeous cat. He must marry my Kitty. Together they will rule the world!
Oh no you didn't. Todd says he's the only one allowed to threaten Kitty.


18-24 June marks this year's National Insect Week, organised by the Royal Entomological Society to help celebrate all things small that creep, crawl, buzz, flutter, fly, hop and jump! It has been going for a number of years and it's worth checking out the website at www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk for events, information and resources. Here in the Tees Valley, a number of organisations are running family friendly events to mark this week, including bug hunts, pond dipping and crafts at RSPB Saltholme over both weekends. In addition, The River Tees Rediscovered projects Wings of the Tees, Coastal and Wading Birds and Honeypot and Education Spaces are all joining forces for a Wild Weekend of Bioblitzes on 16/17 June. Part of the Wildlife Trust's 30 Days Wild campaign, experts and enthusiasts will be on hand to help people identify and record as many different species as possible at Bowesfield nature reserve and on the coast at Redcar. Activities will cover plants and animals but there will be plenty of opportunities to investigate our smaller residents including spider spotting, butterfly counting and pond exploration.
Insects are a vital part of our ecosystems, they provide food for a multitude of bird and animals species such as our summer visiting swifts, swallows and sand martins and also hedgehogs and foxes among many others. They recycle nutrients back in to the soil and pollinate our food crops and the wild harvest of berries and seeds. They may not be everyone's cup of tea but it is worth spending time getting to know them. Particularly memorable insect encounters during the course of River Tees Rediscovered have included finding the beautifully name golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle at Portrack Marsh last summer, a really distinctive species whose grubs feed inside the stems of plants such as thistles. Its long stripy antennae and wonderful gold dusted appearance are very striking! We've also recorded dingy skipper butterflies along the Black Path section of the Teesdale Way in Redcar and Cleveland during a guided walk last May. The name really doesn't do this lovely little butterfly justice and as we come to the end of its flying season, keep an eye out for it roosting on top of grass stems or laying its eggs on yellow flowered bird's foot trefoil in areas with bare patches of ground for sunbathing. It has declined across the country and so it's a real treat and privilege to still have it in the Tees Valley.


Netgear routers come with a comprehensive manual guide, which makes setting up the router easy. But in most cases users usually find it difficult to locate their IP address. This is common query among router users.
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In the system tray, right-click on the network connection icon and select Open Network and Sharing Center.
If your computer is hardwired to the router, click Local Area Connection. If your computer is connected wirelessly, click Wireless Network Connection (Network Name).
Click Details. Your router IP address will appear next to IPv4 Default Gateway.
If you are using Windows 8 operating system, follow the below steps recommended by Netgear Tech Support professionals.
In Control Panel touch or click on the Network and Internet link.
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Q: Define the prototype of a function with a std::vector as input parameter in an header I'm getting crazy since i'm not able to define the prototype of a function i'm actually using.
 What i'm doing is create an header file called func1.hwhere i define this prototype (that's because i need to invoke this function from some other function implemented elsewhere):
void FileVector(std::vector<Files> &,const char*,bool);

Where Filesis a struct defined in func1.cpp
struct Files{
        HANDLE h;
        WIN32_FIND_DATA info;
        } file;

I have also another function that accept a std::vector<Files> & as input parameter but when i try to compile (using Eclipse C++) i'm getting those errors:
/FileVector.h:11:22: error: variable or field 'FileVector' declared void
..\/FileVector.h:11:17: error: 'vector' is not a member of 'std'
..\/FileVector.h:11:29: error: 'Files' was not declared in this scope

I've tryied to include several directive in the header file..for example declaring the struct in the header and including vector header do the trick but this way i got loads of "multiple definitions/first defined here" error.
What can i do?
EDIT
Now my header looks like:
#ifndef FILEVECTOR_H_
#define FILEVECTOR_H_
#include <vector>
#include <windows.h>

 struct Files{
        HANDLE h;
        WIN32_FIND_DATA info;
        };

 void FileVector(std::vector<Files> &,const char*,bool);

 #endif /* FILEVECTOR_H_ */

At this point, i need to declare another prototype in another header:
void ProcessInput(vector<Files>&);

but i can't use the same trick as above cause i'll have to re-define the Files struct. How can i solve this?

A: Make sure to include <vector> in your header file. You also mention that the definition of Files is within the cpp file, you should move it to the header as well.
Also place proper header guards to avoid multiple definition errors:
#ifndef MY_HEADER_FILE_GUARD
#define MY_HEADER_FILE_GUARD

... your content here ...

#endif /*MY_HEADER_FILE_GUARD*/

Update:
Simply including filevector.h from your new header would do. However, it looks like Files should be defined in a header of its own and included from the two headers that make use of it.

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Q: assign a CAlayer to a UIImageView to be able to do all you can do with a UIImageView Hi every one there is a link :link and there is a sample code in it  where the author use a CALayer with CAShapeLayer.What I would like is to use this CALayer like it was a uiimageView (maybe assign to a uiimageview) to be able to move it etc...

A: You cannot change the layer type of an existing UIView (meaning: you also can't change the layer of an UIImageView), but drawing to a layer is pretty easy: you need to assign a delegate to your CALayer, and that delegate needs to implement drawLayer:inContext:.
Another solution might be to create a UIView subclass and implement +layerClass:
+ (Class)layerClass
{
    return [CAShapeLayer class];
}

That way your view will use a shape layer and you might be able to simply use the usual UIView's drawRect: method. You could then access the layer via (CAShapeLayer *)[self layer] to modify it. I haven't tried this approach, though.
Edit: Explaining how the second solution would be done:
@interface MyView : UIView {
    UIImage *image;
}
@property(retain) UIImage *image;
@end

@implementation MyView
@synthesize image;

+ (Class)layerClass
{
    return [CAShapeLayer class];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    self.image = nil;
    [super dealloc];
}

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    // Draw the image. You might need to play around with this,
    // for example to draw the image as aspect fit or aspect fill.
    [image drawInRect:rect];
}
@end


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The EU's six largest countries refrained from supplying Ukraine with new weapons systems in July, an indication of the West's arms shortage and an understanding that kyiv is losing its conflict with Russia, Xavier Moreau, arms expert and geopolitical analyst from France think tank Stratpol, says Sputnik
BRUSSELS (UrduPoint News/Sputnik – Aug 18, 2022) The EU's six largest nations refrained from supplying Ukraine with new weapons systems in July, an indication of the West's arms shortage and a understanding that kyiv is losing its conflict with Russia, Xavier Moreau, an arms expert and geopolitical analyst at French think tank Stratpol, told Sputnik.
Kyiv, which relies heavily on military and financial aid from the European Union, received just 1.5 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in support last month, according to a tracker from the 'Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The updated information showed that no major EU member state such as the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy or Poland has made at least some pledges. little significant.
"The arsenals have been largely exhausted in Europe where the armies do not have huge stocks, especially of ammunition. Europe is also limited in its means of production: we no longer have the arms industries that European countries had before the first and second world wars. and which could rapidly produce huge quantities of ammunition," said Moreau, adding that EU member states had realized Ukraine's failure to win the conflict and, therefore, had lost interest in sending expensive armaments to a country that would never pay for them.
Based on these facts, support for Kyiv is becoming much less popular among Europeans, especially amid the energy crisis, continued inflation and declining citizen incomes, according to the expert. In this regard, EU governments are trying to compensate for the reduction in arms supplies with an increased propaganda effort, sometimes to the point of absurdity, the analyst added.
"Western governments can only bear the heavy consequences of the sanctions imposed on Russia if there is a meaning to the conflict; and for European governments, the expected meaning is that Ukraine wins.
There is no chance that Ukraine will win and so we are witnessing a headlong rush of propaganda," Moreau told Sputnik.
kyiv notably announced a major offensive in the south, in Kherson, which in fact never took place since the Ukrainian army is simply incapable of such an operation, notes the expert. Recent propaganda has also focused on commando operations in Crimea and Kursk in Russia, where a Russian military truck hit a mine in early August.
According to Moreau, Ukrainian armed formations are capable of organizing specific actions on Russian territory, such as sabotage in the Crimea, but these moves are more like terrorist acts and cannot be compared with the losses suffered by the kyiv army on the whole forehead. .
"What's left of Ukraine to the west and around kyiv makes no economic sense since Russia has already reclaimed most of the 'useful' Ukraine," the expert concluded.
On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine in response to calls for help from the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. Western countries and their allies have responded by imposing comprehensive sanctions on Russia while stepping up financial and military support for Ukraine.
Moscow has repeatedly denounced the continued flow of arms to Ukraine from its Western allies, saying it was adding fuel to the fire and derailing the negotiation process. In April, Russia sent a note to NATO member states condemning their military assistance to Ukraine.
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A petition demanding that Rishton's only bank stays open has collected more than 450 signatures.
A petition demanding that Rishton's only bank stays open has collected more than 450 signatures.
The High Street bank is set to close its doors today (Friday) after banking giant HSBC announced plans to close the branch.
But Rishton resident Susan Stace was so furious about the proposals that she launched her own one-women protest.
Susan collected the names over the course of just five hours while she stood outside the bank urging by-passers to sign her petition to keep the bank open.
The 53-year-old, of High Street said: "When I was doing the petition, I had loads of people going past and not one of them refused to sign it. There really is a very strong public feeling about this.
"They say people can do internet banking, but not everyone wants to do that. Not everyone has a computer and many people don't want to do it. I want to talk to a real person when I do my banking.
The decision has been attacked by residents and councillors who say they feel the closure is an attack on the Rishton community.
Council leader Peter Britcliffe expressed his disappointment in HSBC's decision to close the branch.
He said: "I understand the bank, which has now closed its doors, was very important to the local economy of Rishton and I'm very sorry to see it go.
"However these things happen in an economy which is as weak as ours and this is just one more blow to the people of Hyndburn.
"Officially we are supposed to have just come out of the recession but I suspect this is just in the south and here in the north we are still paying a heavy price."
A spokesman from HSBC said the decision to close the branch was partly due to the fact that last year the branch opened "no new accounts" while the average use was "just nine personal customers per hour."
A spokesman said: "We fully understand that some customers and also non-customers, are very disappointed if the decision to close their local branch is made, and in the case of Rishton may even campaign for it to stay open.
"However, before the decision to close a branch is taken, we look at all possibilities and options to maintain a service.
"In Rishton's case, the steady decline in customer usage of the branch left us with no other choice but to close.
"We will now do all we can to help our local customers access their banking, either at the branch two miles away in Accrington or via the phone or internet."


In a small but carefully controlled study, regular injections of methyl B12 produced an overall improvement in autism symptoms in some children who have the disorder.
The researchers found that the behavior improvement occurred primarily in a subgroup of children who showed particular blood chemistry changes after the methyl B12 injections. In these children, the authors propose, methyl B12 appears to have improved their cells' ability to methylate DNA. DNA methylation is vital for turning a cell's genes on and off at the appropriate time. Some earlier research has suggested that the process is impaired in some people with autism.
The new study, supported by a grant from Autism Speaks, appears online in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
It is the first blinded, placebo-controlled trial of methyl B12 injections, which have grown in popularity as an alternative treatment for autism. In this type of carefully controlled trial, neither the participants nor the researchers know who is getting the actual treatment and who is getting a placebo, or dummy treatment, until after the trial ends.
Dr. Wang cautions, however, that some of the new study's results were not consistent. For instance, the researchers found significant improvement on one overall measure of autism symptoms. But this impression of overall improvement did not translate into measurable improvements in specific behaviors such as sociability, communication, repetitive behaviors or other core symptoms of autism.
A total of 50 children, ages 3 to 7 completed the study at the University of California, San Francisco. Roughly half received injections of methyl B12 (75 micrograms per kilogram of weight) every 3 days for 8 weeks. The other children received a dummy shot of saline solution that looked like the real treatment.
At the beginning and end of the study, the investigators took blood samples to assess a wide range of metabolic measures. They also evaluated the children's autism symptoms at the start and end of the study using three measures: the Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement scale (CGI-I), the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the Social Responsiveness Scale.
At the end of the trial, the children who received the methyl B12 injections scored better than those who received placebo on the CGI-I scale (2.4 points versus 3.1). The score represented an overall rating, or "impression," of symptom severity by a physician who did not know which children received the B12.
But the other two measures – which involved rating the severity of specific autism symptoms – showed no significant differences between the children who received the treatment and those who got the placebo.
Of particular interest to the researchers, the behavioral improvement in the methyl B12 group was concentrated among 10 out of 17 children whose bloodwork suggested they had a positive biological response. These "responders" showed increased levels of methionine and other blood chemicals associated with decreased cell and DNA damage.
"Although these findings are preliminary," the study authors conclude, "this is an exciting finding that suggests that treating a known metabolic abnormality – impaired methylation capacity – holds the potential to improve [autism] symptoms." They call for support of a larger controlled trial to check and clarify their results.


Saag Chicken is an all in one dish, that combines nutrition and taste with the perfect blend of spices with chicken and spinach. Team this healthy dish with roti or flatbread and raita.
In a bowl add the chicken, the ginger, garlic and onion paste, salt and red chili powder. Let it marinate for 30 mins.
Heat the remaining oil and add ginger, garlic and onions; saute until lightly brown add salt and a little sugar and let the onions caramelize. Add tomatoes, salt, cayenne, coriander powder, turmeric, cloves, and cardamom.


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Star Wars Reveals The First Big Jedi Death Of The High Republic
Star Wars: The High Republic's opening novel, Light of the Jedi, featured the tragic death of a Jedi Master at the hands of the Nihil, the dark side space pirates who serve as the story's new antagonists.
As you'll know, the publishing initiative consisting of dozens of novels, comics, audio books and more will take fans to an era known as the High Republic, 200 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga. In this period, the Galactic Senate is relishing in its most glorious hour, with the Jedi Order maintaining peace and security throughout the Core Worlds at the height of their power.
Although, the debut novel by Charles Soule all but depicts that the Republic is not as invulnerable as one would imagine. In fact, after the government launches Starlight Beacon to the Outer Rim, with the purpose of realigning the far-off planets to the system, a terrible incident – known as the Great Disaster – compels spacecrafts in different parts of the galaxy to abruptly jump out of hyperspace. The Jedi Knights quickly get to work and start to mount rescue operations, though their efforts are cut short when the Nihil arrive.
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In one of the book's defining moments, a Jedi squad led by Jora Malli engages the space pirates in their cruisers, but the enemy surprises them with a seemingly impossible technology.
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The "Path Engine" is a device that allows these mercenaries to travel short distances via hyperspace. The maneuver makes it so that their fighters appear out of thin air to raid and disappear just as quickly, confusing the enemy and outflanking them. The fleet of Jedi cruisers never sees this coming when dozens of Nihil fighters warp into their path and one of these fighters breaches Jedi Master Jora Malli's spacecraft and kills her, making her one of the first Jedi casualties in this brand new story.
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When Star Wars: The High Republic initially introduced the Nihil, fans doubted that a bunch of space pirates could ever go toe-to-toe with the Jedi. But now, it's become clear that they're more than capable of holding their own against the Order and their skilled warriors. As such, it'll be interesting to see how their next standoff goes down.
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Kim Potter convicted of murder in Dante Wright's death
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MINNEAPOLIS – A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said he confused his handgun for his Taser was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Deontay Wright on Thursday, bringing the young black man's parents to tears And outside the courthouse there was a joyous celebration by supporters, who chanted "guilty." Guilty, guilty!"
A mostly white jury deliberated for nearly 27 hours over four days before former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter was found guilty of first-degree and second-degree murder. Potter, 49, faces nearly seven years in prison under state sentencing guidelines, but prosecutors said they would seek a longer term.
Judge Regina Chu ordered Potter into custody and held without bail pending sentencing on February 18. Potter was freed on a $100,000 bond posted last April, which was charged three days after Wright was killed and one day after he left. Police Force.
As she was taken away in handcuffs, a member of the Potters' family in the courtroom shouted "Love you, Kim!" Potter's lawyers left the courthouse without comment and did not immediately respond to phone messages or emails.
It was the second high-profile conviction of a police officer won this year by a team led by Attorney General Keith Ellison, which also included some of the same lawyers who fought Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd in the same courtroom just eight months earlier. helped to convict.
Wright was killed while the trial was not taking place very far, and this sparked a wave of angry protests outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, where protesters demanding "Justice for Deontay" rioted for several nights. clashed with officers in gear.
Dozens of people erupted in applause and tears of joy as they read the verdict outside the Court House on Thursday. A New Orleans-style jazz band played "When the Saints Go Marching In". The two men jumped up and down holding each other's shoulders, and then the others jumped up and down and chanted "Guilty, guilty, guilty!" started chanting.
They chanted "Say his name! Dante Wright!" Some had yellow signs that said "guilty" in capital letters.
Potter, who testified that she "didn't want to hurt anyone," looked down on her with no apparent reaction when the judgments were read. As Chu thanked the jury, Potter made the sign of the cross.
Potter's lawyers argued that she should be allowed to remain free until the sentencing, saying she was not going to commit another crime or go anywhere.
"It's the Christmas holiday season," argued Potter attorney Paul Ang. "He is a devoted Catholic, no less, and there is no point in imprisoning him at this time."
Chu dismissed their arguments, however, saying that she "cannot treat this case as separate from any other case."
Although Potter showed no apparent emotion in court as the verdicts were read, she was later photographed smiling in a mug shot taken as she was processed at a women's prison near Minneapolis.
After Potter is escorted from the courtroom, prosecutor Erin Aldridge exchanges a teary-eyed Katie Bryant, Wright's mother and frequent presence at trial, and a long hug with Wright's father. Alison even exchanged hugs with the parents.
Later outside the courthouse, Ellison said the verdict brought a measure of accountability to Potter but fell short of justice.
"Justice must bring Deonte back to life and make the Wright family whole again," Ellison said. "Justice is beyond the reach we have for Daunte in this life. But accountability is an important step, an important necessary step on the road to justice for all of us."
Ellison said he has sympathy for Potter, who has been convicted of a serious crime from a "respected member of the community."
Wright's mother hugged Alison, saying the verdict "aroused every single emotion you can imagine."
"We've got accountability today and that's what we've been asking for from the beginning," said Katie Bryant, who credited supporters for keeping the pressure up.
"We love you, we appreciate you, and honestly, we couldn't have done this without you," she said.
The time-stamp on the verdict showed jurors agreed on a second count on Tuesday, before asking the judge that afternoon what to do if they were having difficulty agreeing. The guilty verdict on the more serious first-degree count came at 11:40 a.m. Thursday.
Potter, who is white, shot and killed 20-year-old Wright during a traffic stop on April 11 in Brooklyn Center, as he and other officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for a weapon charge. . The shooting took place at a time of high tension in the area, with Chauvin being tried in nearby Minneapolis for Floyd's death.
Jury members watched video of the shooting from police body cameras and dashboards. As Wright pulled her over, while another officer attempted to handcuff her, Potter repeatedly said that she would harass him, but instead shot him once in the chest with her gun, which left her hand. was in
"(Controversial)! I just shot him. … I grabbed the wrong (outrageous) gun," Potter said on the video shown to the jury. Moments later, she said: "I'm going to jail."
During his sometimes tearful testimony, Potter told jurors that he was "sorry that this happened." She said the traffic stop "just got chaotic."
The maximum prison sentence for first-degree murder is 15 years. Minnesota law only sentences defendants to their most serious convictions when multiple cases involve the same act and the same victim, and state guidelines call for about seven years on that charge.
Prosecutors have said they will seek to substantiate such provoking factors, which are said to be an upward departure from sentencing guidelines. In Potter's case, he alleged that his actions were a danger to others, including his fellow officers, to Wright's passenger and the couple whose car was hit by Wright after the shooting. He also alleged that he misused his authority as a police officer.
Potter's lawyers argued that she made a tragic mistake, but she would also be justified in using lethal force because of the possibility of Potter's fellow officer, then-Sgt. Mychal Johnson was in danger of being dragged if Wright had walked away from the traffic stop.
Potter testified that seeing the look of fear on Johnson's face, she decided to act. But Aldridge told jurors that for most of the conversation, Potter was behind a third officer she was training and Johnson didn't appear in front of her camera until after the shot had been fired—and then hit her head. Showed the top he retreated.
"Sergeant Johnson clearly wasn't afraid of being dragged down," Aldridge said. "He never said he was scared. He didn't say that then, nor did he testify in court."
Aldridge also noted an inconsistency in Potter's testimony, saying that when he gave an interview to a psychologist working for the defense team, he told her he didn't know why he used his Taser. Potter told the jury that he didn't remember saying it.
First-degree murder required prosecutors to prove that Potter caused Wright's death by committing a misdemeanor—in his case, reckless handling of a firearm. The second-degree charge required him to prove that Wright had died of "culpable negligence."
Bauer reported from Madison, Wisconsin. Associated Press writers Mohamed Ibrahim in Minneapolis and Kathleen Foodie in Chicago contributed to this report.
Get full coverage of Associated Press's Daunte Wright case: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-daunte-wright
This story has been corrected to remove the reference to Potter pulling his gun after shouting a Taser warning. The body camera video shows that his gun was in his hand at the time.
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Alice Julian was in good health, spending time with her daughter Pamela on Oct. 4, 2017. Photo supplied by family.
Another Boston area woman's life has been cut short after elder "protective" services and guardians became involved. The story of Alice Julian's medical kidnapping is shocking and horrifying in that it shows the almost omnipotent power of the state to override the decisions made by a citizen in preparation for their latter years.
Alice Julian had a strong will to live. She was described as an "exceptionally healthy" 89 year old woman before being seized and drugged against her will. Her daughter Pamela Julian fought valiantly to save her life, but the strength of a group of Guardians, lawyers, and Jewish Family and Children's Services proved to be too great a hurdle to overcome.
She died on the morning of January 9, 2018. This was 4 days after the death of Beverley Finnegan .
Jewish Family and Children's Services was involved with Beverley's medical kidnapping as well as that of Marvin Siegal and Mary Frank, all of whose stories we have covered at Health Impact News.
Alice Julian worked as a legal secretary until she was 70 years old. She knew her way around legal procedures. Like attorney Marvin Siegal, Mrs. Julian sought to have legal protections in place to ensure that her wishes would be followed. She appointed her daughter Pamela as her health care proxy, but her wishes were overridden by the state once Elder Services became involved.
In actuality, the initial triggering factor leading to Alice Julian's death is the involvement of elder "protective" services in August of 2017—which occurred because certain disgruntled adult children made a false report of abuse to Central Elder Services against the sibling who Alice Julian had appointed in writing to be her health care proxy which was witnessed by a registered nurse.
Belanger says that "this scenario is overwhelmingly common place" throughout the United States. In this respect, it is not unlike cases involving Child Protective Services, where government agents are brought into families because of the complaints of a disgruntled relative or neighbor. Such a complaint can have drastic consequences for individual autonomy and can destroy lives, as appears to be the case here.
Alice Julian declined rapidly after Elder Services got involved. This photo was taken shortly before her death in January 2018. Photo supplied by family.
Specific to Alice Julian, Central Elder Services through its private counsel, Mary Kate Connolly, of O'Sullivan & Connolly, facilitated the court appointment of Attorney David Schwartz of Jewish Family & Children's Service as guardian and conservator over Alice Julian.
As standard operating procedure, Attorneys Mary Kate Connolly and David Schwartz forced 89-year-old Alice Julian against her will into a nursing home, while also obtaining a court-order forcing Alice Julian to be drugged with antipsychotics.
Also as a matter of routine, they used a purported diagnosis of dementia as the pretext for obtaining court-ordered antipsychotics.
It appears that Alice Julian had been forced to take antipsychotics starting around October of 2017.
Alice Julian was devastated about her captivity. Photo taken from a video interview with her attorney.
Attorney Mary Kate Connolly was involved with another Boston medical kidnap case, that of Mary Frank, who is currently being held captive at the Reservoir Rehabilitation Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Mary Frank was seized after allegedly refusing to commit fraud by signing that home health nurses spent significantly more time at her house than they did.
Pamela Julian told Health Impact News that Ms. Connolly never spoke with her or interviewed her, even though her mother had appointed her as her chosen health care proxy.
Connolly reportedly helped to bring in attorney David Schwartz in the role of Alice Julian's guardian.
Attorney David Schwartz represents Jewish Family and Children's Services, and in that role, he has now been involved in 3 out of the 4 Boston area elder medical kidnapping cases that we have covered.
He was the guardian and conservator for Alice Julian.
Schwartz was one of the attorneys involved in advocating for the euthanasia of Beverley Finnegan. See link .
He is responsible for writing a letter and filing a motion to keep a journalist away from Mary Frank. See link .
Lonnie Brennan, editor of The Boston Broadside, was invited by Ms. Frank to the nursing home where she is being held so that he could publish her harrowing tale of medical kidnapping. Schwartz has reportedly violated Mary Frank's right to have visitors of her choosing.
Is the attorney for Jewish and Family Services attempting to silence the voice of one speaking up for her life against the injustices committed to her under the color of law?
David Schwartz leaving the courthouse during Beverley Finnegan's case. Photo courtesy of Lisa Belanger.
Up until December of 2017, Alice Julian was an exceptionally healthy person at 89-years-old. She did not have any terminal illness prior to developing pneumonia sometime around New Years—after months of court-ordered forced use of antipsychotics.
Through court statements made to Justice Gaziano of the Supreme Judicial Court on January 8, 2018, counsel of record for Alice Julian—Attorney Frank J. Teague—outright expressed that Jewish Family & Children's Service had placed Alice Julian into hospice care for pneumonia instead of providing treatment.
He indicated that she had been given 2-3 dosages of antibiotics, but was stopped based on the claim that the antibiotics were not working; that she was overtly being deprived of IV fluids & nutrition; and that she was being given morphine. Attorney Teague explicitly stated that Alice Julian was being given morphine based on two reasons: back pain and to help slow down her breathing.
Egregiously, the April 2017 advance directives explicitly states that Alice Julian wanted IV fluids.
Even after she was in the nursing home, Ms. Julian was able to articulate her wishes. They were ignored. Photo taken from a video interview with her attorney.
While Alice Julian's daughter, Pamela, had fervently sought an emergency hearing before Judge Gaziano to obtain court orders to give Alice Julian IV fluids, nutrition and to treat for her pneumonia because her mother wanted to live, Judge Gaziano took it under advisement, evidently deciding he needed to sleep on the decision.
Less than twelve hours after the teleconferenced hearing, around 4:30 a.m., Alice Julian died at the hands of these court officials. One would think that a judge would err on the side of caution and have ordered her to receive life-sustaining treatment when contemplating such an urgent and immediate matter.
As in the case of Beverley Finnegan, medical treatment was withheld.
More horrifying is the fact that nutrition and fluids were withheld from Alice Julian. Much like the infamous Terri Schiavo  story, Mrs. Julian's death was hastened by dehydration and starvation, a death that is reported to be exceptionally cruel and painful. This kind of death is not a case of "mercifully" allowing someone to die in peace, as some of the arguments for euthanasia go.
That request was never honored.
Lawyers and guardians denied Beverley Finnegan the life-saving treatment her sister wanted her to have. The guardianship cost her life. Photo source .
How Do Guardians Have Such Control?
The judge appoints the attorney for the incapacitated person.
The judge appoints the guardian/conservator who manages the person's affairs.
The judge appoints the GAL (guardian ad litem) who investigates the facts of the case.
The judge decides the case without the right to a jury trial.
The judge is responsible for accountability of the GAL and guardian/conservator.
The judge gives immunity to the GAL and the guardian/conservator as agents of the court. Judges have judicial immunity and extend that immunity to those they appoint. The constitution does not give anyone immunity. The court has given itself immunity. The combination of absolute power and immunity has set up a system of legalized crime where GALs and guardians can commit crimes with impunity.
Less than a year ago, Health Impact News reported the story of the medical kidnapping and essential imprisonment of Marvin Siegal, father of Lisa Belanger. Recently, we reported Mary Frank's story. Beverley Finnegan and Alice Julian died within days of each other in January. Mr. Siegal and Ms. Frank are still held in captivity.
All were in the Boston area when they lost their freedom at the hands of Elder Protective Services under the care of state-appointed, taxpayer-funded guardians. Jewish Family and Children's Services have been involved with each of their lives.
How many more senior citizens will lose their family relationships, their freedom, their health, and their lives under such a system? When will the attorneys, GALs, and social workers be held accountable?
The main office number for Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is 617 725 4005. He may be contacted here . He is also on Twitter .
Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump has been asked to conduct an audit of court appointed guardians and conservators, but she has reportedly declined. Her office recently conducted an audit of CPS and found many issues that need to be addressed.
What would her office find if she audited Adult Protective Services? Would she be able to track the corruption that is surely present?
Auditor Suzanne Bump may be reached at 617 727 2075, or contacted here . She is also on Facebook  and Twitter .
Maura Healey is the Massachusetts State Attorney General, tasked with "combating fraud and corruption" and "investigating and prosecuting crime," according to the website .
Healey's office number is 617 727 8400. AG Maura Healey is also on Facebook .
Jewish Family and Children's Services , the common denominator in each of these cases, may be reached at 781 647 5327. They are also on Facebook  and Twitter .


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New Jaguar Conservation Agreement Provides Protection for the Big Cat.
Early in December, at the beginning of the holiday rush, an important jaguar conservation agreement was signed between the government of Nicaragua and Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization. This agreement awarded new protection for the jaguar, the Americas' largest wild cat. Through the agreement, both parties committed to embark on conservation initiatives to identify jaguar distribution and travel corridors in Nicaragua, allowing for the protection and connection of the big cats and their habitats throughout the Mesoamerican isthmus.
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Panthera's CEO and world-renowned jaguar expert, Dr. Alan Rabinowitz in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Panthera and MARENA also pledged to implement initiatives focused on the mitigation of human-jaguar conflict and support of agricultural and other land developments that are not only ecologically sustainable but economically profitable for the developing nation.
Panthera's CEO, Dr. Rabinowitz said "The establishment of this agreement with the government of Nicaragua is a huge step for the long-term survival of the jaguar. Nicaragua represents a critical home for the jaguar, and a stepping-stone in the Mesoamerican Jaguar Corridor. Panthera will work together with the Nicaraguan government to strengthen efforts that conserve the nation's wild habitats and provide opportunities for the safe passage of jaguars and other wildlife through the Nicaraguan landscape. With this signing, Nicaragua becomes the seventh jaguar range country to commit to the conservation of this iconic species, helping to forge a future for the jaguar, its habitats, and the other species that inhabit the forests with this magnificent cat."
The Vice-Minister Ing. Roberto Araquistáin Cisneros added, "I applaud the hard and efficient field and scientific work that Panthera has done in the country over the past six years. Many of its studies and mapping are being used by this ministry. The Government of Nicaragua through MARENA is committed to safeguard and protect this wild cat and other wildlife, and I therefore urge young Nicaraguans and the various institutions of the country to be involved in this task of jaguar conservation."
Jaguar Image courtesy of Patrick Meier
The Jaguar Corridor Initiative
Located in the heart of Central America, Nicaragua plays a vital role as the conduit connecting jaguar populations to the north in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, to all jaguar populations south of the country. The Atlantic region of the country, inhabited by many indigenous communities, is the only existing passageway for jaguars to move south through Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and beyond.
In recent years, Nicaragua has effectively protected extensive swaths of its forests that are home to the jaguar and other wildlife. As the country continues to develop, additional considerations will have to be made to allow for jaguar passage through agricultural landscapes and infrastructure development. Panthera has been successful in mitigating these activities in other countries to allow for human development and for jaguar passage and conservation.
Launched in 2008 through the Jaguar Corridor Initiative (JCI), Panthera's jaguar conservation efforts in Nicaragua have focused on ground-truthing or verifying jaguar presence in the country. Results from these surveys allow a better understanding of the status of jaguar populations and connectivity in Nicaragua, as well as on the overall connectivity of jaguars in Central America.
Today, Panthera's Jaguar Corridor Initiative is the largest and most effective carnivore conservation program in existence. The JCI now spans nearly six million square kilometers and seeks to connect and protect jaguar populations within human landscapes from Mexico to Argentina to ensure the species' genetic diversity and survival.
Source: Panthera Press Release
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Great news!!!
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Really great news! I love the jaguar, and any effort to save them — along with lions, tigers and snow leopards and all the other big cats — is a win for those of us who care about preserving wildlife. Thanks for the update!
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Thanks for sharing this wonderful story! I hope nations will continue to decide to make wildlife conservation an important part of nation building. We can live in harmony with nature and respect what has lived on the land before us.
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Trump: Pro-Abortion Lisa Murkowski, Who Opposed Defunding Planned Parenthood, "Really Let Down the Nation"
National | Leah Barkoukis | Jul 26, 2017 | 5:56PM | Washington, DC
Sen. Lisa Murkowski fired back Wednesday saying she was more concerned with governing than reelection after President Trump targeted her on Twitter over her healthcare votes.
"Every day shouldn't be about winning elections," she said. "How about just doing a little bit of governing around here. That's what I'm here for."
Trump said the senator from Alaska "really let the Republicans, and our country, down … too bad!"
Senator @lisamurkowski of the Great State of Alaska really let the Republicans, and our country, down yesterday. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2017
Murkowski voted against the motion to allow debate on healthcare legislation Tuesday, saying she believes healthcare reform "should go through the committee process where stakeholders can weigh in and ideas can be vetted in a bipartisan forum."
"I voted 'no' today to give the Senate another chance to take this to the committee process," she added. "I still believe that's the best route, but we will now have this debate on the open floor. We all recognize that we have much work to do to address the healthcare concerns in this country."
She also voted against a repeal and replacement procedure later Tuesday.
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Any concerns about reelection in 2022 are not on her mind, she said.
"Quite honestly, I don't think it's wise to be operating on a daily basis thinking about what, a statement or a response, that causes you to be fearful of your electoral prospects," she explained.
"We're here to govern. We're here to legislate. We're here to represent the people that sent us here," she said.
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See highlights of Andrew Pullin's big day in Lakewood's 8-3 win over Rome on Sunday
Andrew Pullin drove in three runs including a solo blast and Ranfi Casimiro struck out eight in Lakewood's 8-3 win over the Rome Braves on Sunday afternoon at First Energy Park.
The BlueClaws had a big first inning for a second consecutive game. Jiandido Tromp got Lakewood on the board with an RBI single to right, followed by a sacrifice fly by Willians Astudillo and an RBI single to left by Mitch Walding to make it 3-1.
Ranfi Casimiro struck out the side in the third inning and settled down nicely after giving up just a run in the top of the 1st. Casimiro finished with 8 strikeouts in six innings of work. Rome starter Yean Carlos Gil came into the game with a 0.85 ERA, but the BlueClaws roughed him up.
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Why did Chief Justice Roberts betray the hope that a majority of Americans had placed in him to preserve such freedom as they still possessed?
Was it moral cowardice and personal vanity?
Some believe it was. This is from an IBD editorial:
According to a report by CBS News, Roberts switched his position at the same time the White House, the Democratic Senate and their henchmen in the media made a full frontal assault on him.
In an unseemly move that smacked of intimidation, President Obama warned the court it would be "an unprecedented extraordinary step" for the court to overturn his signature health law. The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee singled out Roberts himself. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., mau-maued him to uphold ObamaCare and maintain "the proper role of the judicial branch."
The Washington media piled on by demonizing Roberts as partisan. The orchestrated campaign to save ObamaCare included reports warning of damage to the court and to Roberts' reputation if they voided the law.
Unlike many justices, Roberts "pays attention to media coverage," CBS says, and he's highly "sensitive" to how he and the court are perceived by the public.
The last thing Roberts wanted was the Congressional Black Caucus branding him racist for denying the first black president his signature achievement.
Suddenly Roberts, sold by the Bush White House as a solid constitutional conservative, went "wobbly." Anthony Scalia and other conservatives on the bench spent a full month trying to bring him back to his original position.
But Roberts held firm. And conservatives told him he was on his own. They wrote a highly unusual dissent that deliberately ignored his decision. …
He played politics, which is beyond outrageous. Roberts … expanded government power by giving Congress license to impose taxes to regulate behavior.
If Roberts wanted to make the court look politically neutral, he failed miserably. Nothing could be more political than the head of the bench rewriting bad law to avoid appearing political. If Roberts hoped to burnish the court's reputation, he succeeding only in staining it.
Roberts could have stopped one of the most glaringly unconstitutional laws ever written, and did not.
This is his legacy.
If it is true that he upheld Obama's socialist health care law for fear of being hated and accused by the Left, and as a result is now hated and accused by the Right, what has he gained?
His feelings should not have been a factor in his judgment. To be reviled by vile people is a compliment and an honor.
The fear of being hated and reviled is seen by Dennis Prager as so widespread as to account for the success of the Left. He portrays the Left as a cohort of bullies, and the Right as consisting all too largely of cowards.
Given how many more Americans define themselves as conservative rather than as liberal, let alone than as left, how does one explain the success of left-wing policies?
One answer is the appeal of entitlements and a desire to be taken care of. It takes a strong-willed citizen to vote against receiving free benefits. But an even greater explanation is the saturation of Western society by left-wing hate directed at the right. The left's demonization, personal vilification, and mockery of its opponents have been the most powerful tools in the left-wing arsenal for a century. …
The Left has labeled its ideological opponents evil. And when you control nearly all of the news media and schools, that labeling works. …
What matters to most of those who speak for the left is not truth. It is destroying the good name of its opponents. That is the modus operandi of the left. …
To protect himself from vilification by the Left was "the overwhelmingly likely motivation of Chief Justice John Roberts to declare the ObamaCare individual mandate constitutional despite his ruling that, as passed, the mandate was in fact unconstitutional."
[He] and his conservative colleagues on the Supreme Court have been the targets of media and academia vitriol and personal invective for years, and in some cases, decades. But while his conservative colleagues don't care, Justice Roberts does.
As reported by CBS News:
"Some of the conservatives, such as Justice Clarence Thomas, deliberately avoid news articles on the Court when issues are pending . . . . They've explained that they don't want to be influenced by outside opinion or feel pressure from outlets that are perceived as liberal.
"But Roberts pays attention to media coverage. As Chief Justice, he is keenly aware of his leadership role on the Court, and he also is sensitive to how the Court is perceived by the public. ["The public" means liberal media and academics.]
"There were countless news articles in May warning of damage to the Court – and to Roberts' reputation – if the Court were to strike down the mandate.
"Some even suggested that if Roberts struck down the mandate, it would prove he had been deceitful during his confirmation hearings, when he explained a philosophy of judicial restraint."
[His] change reassure[s] progressives that ridicule, demonization, and character assassination work. With the stakes so high in the forthcoming election, expect it to only increase.
Thomas Sowell does not deny that motives of cowardice and vanity moved Roberts, but thinks the question of motive is "ultimately irrelevant". What he accuses Roberts of is dereliction of duty.
Roberts was wrong in assessing where his duty lay.
Sowell writes:
Betrayal is hard to take, whether in our personal lives or in the political life of the nation. …
Chief Justice John Roberts need fear no such fate because he has lifetime tenure on the Supreme Court. But conscience can be a more implacable and inescapable punisher — and should be. …
The Chief Justice probably made as good a case as could be made for upholding the constitutionality of ObamaCare by defining one of its key features as a "tax."
The legislation didn't call it a tax and Chief Justice Roberts admitted that this might not be the most "natural" reading of the law. But he fell back on the long-standing principle of judicial interpretation that the courts should not declare a law unconstitutional if it can be reasonably read in a way that would make it constitutional, out of "deference" to the legislative branch of government.
But this question, like so many questions in life, is a matter of degree. How far do you bend over backwards to avoid the obvious, that ObamaCare was an unprecedented extension of federal power over the lives of 300 million Americans today and of generations yet unborn?
These are the people that Chief Justice Roberts betrayed when he declared constitutional something that is nowhere authorized in the Constitution of the United States.
John Roberts is no doubt a brainy man, and that seems to carry a lot of weight among the intelligentsia — despite glaring lessons from history, showing very brainy men creating everything from absurdities to catastrophes. Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.
This Supreme Court ruling that the conservative Chief Justice Roberts shockingly swung to uphold the socialist health care law, consummates the tragic story of "the decline of individual freedom in America, and the wrecking of the best medical care in the world".
And instead of confirming the Constitution, controverts it.
There are many speculations as to why Chief Justice Roberts did what he did, some attributing noble and far-sighted reasons, and others attributing petty and short-sighted reasons, including personal vanity. But all of that is ultimately irrelevant.
What he did was betray his oath to be faithful to the Constitution of the United States.
Who he betrayed were the hundreds of millions of Americans — past, present and future — whole generations in the past who have fought and died for a freedom that he has put in jeopardy, in a moment of intellectual inspiration and moral forgetfulness, 300 million Americans today whose lives are to be regimented by Washington bureaucrats, and generations yet unborn who may never know the individual freedoms that their ancestors took for granted.
Some claim that Chief Justice Roberts did what he did to save the Supreme Court as an institution from the wrath – and retaliation – of those in Congress who have been railing against Justices who invalidate the laws they have passed. Many in the media and in academia have joined the shrill chorus of those who claim that the Supreme Court does not show proper "deference" to the legislative branch of government.
But what does the Bill of Rights seek to protect the ordinary citizen from? The government! To defer to those who expand government power beyond its constitutional limits is to betray those whose freedom depends on the Bill of Rights.
John Roberts has betrayed the people who looked to him to preserve the freedom the Bill of Rights granted them. He has validated a law that changes everything the United States of America was founded on and for.
On this Independence Day, that is the tragic fact Americans have to face, assimilate, and adjust to. They have been changed into a different kind of nation.
Posted under Commentary, corruption, Ethics, government by Jillian Becker on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tagged with Bill of Rights, Chief Justice John Roberts, Dennis Prager, Leftist bullies Rightist cowards, Roberts betrays the nation, Supreme Court, The motivation of Chief Justice Roberts, Thomas Sowell
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First Solar to Deliver Diesel-PV Hybrid Solution to Rio Tinto in Australia
May 21, 2014 - First Solar, Rio Tinto and Ingenero today announced that agreement has been reached for the development of the Weipa Solar Photovoltaic Project in Queensland, Australia. The project has received official confirmation of funding from the Commonwealth Government, with an initial commitment of $3.5 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to be followed by an allocation of up to $7.8 million for the project's second phase.
First Solar will leverage its expertise in utility-scale grid integration and plant control systems to offer a FuelSmart solution that provides maximum fuel savings while maintaining system reliability. Combined with Ingenero's proven design, development and integration experience, the project will generate electricity for Rio Tinto Alcan's (RTA) Weipa bauxite mine, processing facilities and township on the Western Cape York Peninsula.
"Rio Tinto Alcan is pleased to support the addition of renewable energy to complement the existing diesel generation at Weipa," said RTA General Manager Weipa Operations Gareth Manderson. "We expect the use of solar power will reduce Weipa's annual diesel consumption and its carbon dioxide emissions by around 1600 tons." Manderson noted that the hybrid diesel/PV solution will introduce to the site a reliable source of electricity, with low maintenance requirements.
The project will have an initial capacity of 1.7MW with the potential to expand by an additional 5MW after the commissioning of the initial phase. The first phase of the project will generate sufficient electricity to offset up to 20 percent of the daytime electricity demand, while reducing the diesel consumption for every MWh of electricity produced.
"For the Weipa bauxite mine, solar PV complements the existing base-load generation by providing electricity in times of peak demand and reducing the amount of diesel fuel used," said Jack Curtis, First Solar's Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific. "First Solar is delighted to be working with Rio Tinto, ARENA and Ingenero on this landmark project that demonstrates how solar PV can be used to power the resources sector."
"Our collaboration on the Weipa solar PV project is validation of the strength of our ongoing partnership with First Solar," said Ingenero CEO Steve McRae. "Working together, we can provide the extensive project experience required for off-grid applications and draw on the PV module technology and utility scale experience provided by First Solar."
With completion scheduled for late 2014, First Solar will supply its advanced thin-film PV modules and other balance of system components, in addition to providing operation and maintenance services for the duration of the project.
RTA will purchase the electricity under a 15 year Power Purchase Agreement. The project is one which all partners see as a step towards energy alternatives for remote mining operations.
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Innisfree was one of South Korea's first natural cosmetics lines. Over time, the brand became fragmented. The challenge was to build a brand language and framework for a growing portfolio of products in varied categories—one that expressed pure, natural beauty and enhanced shop-ability. Initial efforts focused on the revitalization of skin care lines, including the launch of new collections that quickly outperformed new product launches in the past. Subsequent efforts extended to the makeup category, men's skin and hair, and holiday.


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Association between developmental defects of enamel and different concentrations of fluoride in the public water supply
Author: Wong HM, McGrath C, Lo EC, King NM.
Journal Name: Caries Research
Type: Human Study, Epidemiology
Categories: Dental Fluorosis, Prevalence
OBJECTIVES: To compare the prevalence and severity of developmental defects of enamel (DDE) among subjects whose maxillary incisors developed during periods with different concentrations of fluoride in the public water supply.
METHODS: Standardized intra-oral photographs of random samples of 12-year-old children were collected in 1983, 1991 and 2001 (n = 1,990) in Hong Kong and assessed for DDE by a trained masked examiner. The fluoride concentrations in the public water supply at the times when the enamel on their maxillary incisors developed were 1.0, 0.7 and 0.5 ppm, respectively.
RESULTS: The mouth prevalence of DDE for these children (based on the maxillary incisors) were 92.1, 55.8 and 35.2% in the years 1983, 1991 and 2001, respectively (p < 0.001). Most of these children were affected by diffuse opacities (89.3% in 1983, 48.5% in 1991 and 32.4% in 2001, p < 0.001). Marked differences in the mean number of teeth affected by DDE (p < 0.001) and in the maximum extent of DDE (p <or= 0.002) between 1983, 1991 and 2001 were also observed.
CONCLUSIONS: A decrease in the prevalence and severity of DDE among the maxillary incisor teeth of the children corresponded to the reductions in the concentration of fluoride in the water during the time of enamel development.
Systemic fluoride. Sources, amounts, and effects of ingestion
Fluoride may be ingested from a variety of sources, including many foods and beverages. Fluoride intake varies greatly among individuals and is dependent on dietary constituents and use of fluoride products. Although ingestion of toxic amounts of fluoride is rare, the prevalence of dental fluorosis has increased in North America, suggesting that the levels of fluoride ingestion
[Fluorosis due to fluoride in drinking water. A health risk even in Norway?].
About 99% of the Norwegian population are supplied with surface water with very low fluoride levels. Accordingly, they need to use fluoride preparations to prevent dental caries. Groundwater with excess fluoride is a problem mainly in a few areas of South-Eastern Norway, where in some samples of borehole water the
Dental caries and fluorosis experience of 8-12-year-old children by early-life exposure to fluoride.
BACKGROUND: It is important to evaluate concurrently the benefit for dental caries and the risk for dental fluorosis from early exposure to fluoride among children. AIM: To evaluate associations of different levels of exposure to fluoride in early childhood with dental caries and dental fluorosis experience in school children. METHODS: A Child
Dental fluorosis among persons exposed to high- and low-fluoride drinking water in western Norway.
The aim of this project was to study the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis among persons exposed to moderate- to high- or low-fluoride drinking water in western Norway, and to assess the risk factors involved. Subjects aged 5 to 18 years who had been lifelong consumers of moderate- to
Dental Fluorosis over Time: A comparison of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2001-2002 and 2011-2012.
Purpose: Excessive fluoride ingestion has been associated with dental fluorosis. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in dental fluorosis prevalence comparing National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) trend data for adolescents, aged 16 and 17 years, when compared to data collected in
Dental Fluorosis in the U.S. 1950-2004
Before the widespread use of fluoride in dentistry, dental fluorosis was rarely found in western countries. Today, with virtually every toothpaste now containing fluoride, and most U.S. water supplies containing fluoride chemicals, dental fluorosis rates have reached unprecedented levels. In the 1950s, it was estimated that only 10% of children in
Community Fluorosis Index (CFI)
The current Community Fluorosis Index for U.S. adolescents as a whole (from both fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas) is roughly 5 times higher than the CFI health authorities predicted for fluoridated areas when fluoridation first began. It is also higher than the CFI that the NIDR found in fluoridated areas back in the 1980s. It is readily apparent, therefore, that children are ingesting far more fluoride than was the case in the 1950s, and even as recently as the 1980s.
Diagnostic Criteria for Dental Fluorosis: The TSIF ("Total Surface Index of Fluorosis")
The traditional criteria (the "Dean Index") for diagnosing dental fluorosis was developed in the first half of the 20th century by H. Trendley Dean. While the Dean Index is still widely used in surveys of fluorosis -- including the CDC's national surveys of fluorosis in the United States -- dental
Dental Fluorosis Impacts Dentin in Addition to Enamel
Dental fluorosis is a mineralization defect of tooth enamel marked by increased subsurface porosity. The enamel, however, is not the only component of teeth that is effected. As several studies have demonstrated, dental fluorosis can also impair the mineralization of dentin as well. As noted in one review: "The fact that
Mechanisms by Which Fluoride Causes Dental Fluorosis Remain Unknown
When it comes to how fluoride impacts human health, no tissue in the body has been studied more than the teeth. Yet, despite over 50 years of research, the mechanism by which fluoride causes dental fluorosis (a hypo-mineralization of the enamel that results in significant staining of the teeth) is not


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The queen speaks: Judith Lucy on her comedic reign
Ahead of her first UK stand-up show since 1999, Judith Lucy talks to GEORGE KATRALIS about her journey up through the ranks of Australian comedy, and what she would do with Ryan Gosling if she had the chance.
by George Katralis
NOSTALGIA: A sentimental longing for the past.
Decades long gone, lost weekends, old friends, or just that memory of a simpler time. How is it invoked? Instagramming our IPhone photos, wearing vintage clothes, listening to The Beatles on original vinyl, or even reinvigorating classic phrases such as "I doff my cap to you sir".
With this in mind, and nostalgia cap in hand, let us take a trip that starts in Australia in the 1990s and ends in London in the present day with an 8am early Monday morning wakeup call from none other than the Queen of Australian comedy herself: Judith Lucy.
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After confessing to her that I am just in fact waking up, Judith tells me that she is on her third glass of red with Denise Scott. Lucky for me then we're on about the same wavelength. She also assures me that she is "a muse to many a man". Fingers crossed therefore, she'll inspire some of my best work.
The dry but charming wit that has become synonymous with Judith's act over the last 20 years is immediately apparent over the course of our call, which quickly takes on the attributes of a personal 20 minute comedy routine for my pleasure alone.
I am instantly taken back to a childhood of Lucy's antics with the D-Generation crew on The Late Show. Getting up to all sorts of no good, and downright fun, with Mick Molloy, Tony Martin and the rest of the gang.
Though Lucy came to Australia's attention through some great team driven sketch comedy, it was through her early one-woman shows that we first got the taste of the comedic stylings of Judith herself.
When asked of the appeal of playing solo as opposed to a group, Judith told Australian Times:
"It was always the idea to start up solo. To be honest, no one likes me. Working with the D-Generation and Tony and Mick was fun, and the big plus was a weekly pay check."
Although not driven by the money, Judith admits that she is still baffled by comedy and how she's managed to make a living off it for so long.
"In the 90s it wasn't a real job, it was just for fun. Nowadays it's considered a real job.
"People these days do it to become famous, but back then we just did it as a ridiculous way to make a living. And it's STILL a ridiculous way to make a living."
Judith's early ambitions were to be an actress rather then a comic. Films like Crackerjack and Bad Eggs from the brains of Martin and Molloy have let her try her hand at acting, and shown a comedic talent that translates into film as well as stage.
It is a talent that continues to be recognized, with a recent role as Merle, a racist pub owner, in Aussie film The Sapphires which has opened to rave reviews here in the UK.
Commenting on the experience, Judith says: "Well, you know, when you think of a racist 55 year-old woman you automatically think of me! But it was fun, I got to play a character, and that beehive is all natural."
Acknowledging the acting is fun, it is the stand-up comedy where Judith still finds herself night after night. I can see why – after even a brief conversation with Judith I get the feeling that being funny is just naturally written into her DNA.
"Life has changed a lot in the years since I've started, but I've enjoyed exploiting my personal life for a quick buck. I'm very open about everything from finding out I was adopted at 25 to paying a male escort for sex."
This is true, she hides nothing from her audience. And audiences here will soon get the opportunity to see it for ourselves as Judith is London-bound at the end of November to show English crowds (and Aussie fans) what she's made of.
Judith claims she feels comfortable performing to an English crowd: "Aussies and English are mostly the same, we all have the same sense of humour."
But back to acting for a moment – it's surely only a matter of time before the likes of Spielberg or Lucas get onboard the Judith Lucy story. Who would Judith cast to play herself in the story of her life?
"Well, I have always been compared to a young Elizabeth Taylor, but for the early days you can't look past Anne Hathaway, and for the older me – Catherine Zeta-Jones. But you know what, I think Ryan Gosling in a wig. I may have to coach him, give him a lot of advice, I may even sleep with him."
Now, there's an image to kick start my day with. Thanks Judith.
Judith Lucy's show, Nothing Fancy, will be playing at Soho Theatre from Monday 19 November — Saturday 1 December. No singing, no dancing, just gags about everything from meditation to beards. Go to www.sohotheatre.com for information and tickets.
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