On behalf of Mandell Law posted in violent crimes on Saturday, April 20, 2019.
A Florida man has been charged with a murder that took place in the fall of 2001. The incident, which occurred on Sanctuary Drive in New Port Richey in Pasco County, involved a man who had been beaten to death with a baseball bat. He had gone to visit a new home construction site to assist a friend with financial issues related to the project. At the time, law enforcement officials did focus on the same suspect, but they lacked sufficient evidence to make an arrest.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in white collar crimes on Friday, April 19, 2019.
At least 700 people in Florida were invested in real estate acquired by the Woodbridge Group of Companies until its financial collapse. The aftermath of the company's bankruptcy filing revealed a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $1.3 billion. The company's former CEO along with two senior executives have been arrested on federal charges of wire and mail fraud and money laundering.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in murder & manslaughter on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.
The generosity of a customer at a Waffle House restaurant in Gainesville triggered an altercation that led to the death of a 41-year-old man. According to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, surveillance cameras in the restaurant recorded the entire episode that culminated in a 25-year-old man shooting the other man to death.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in white collar crimes on Friday, April 12, 2019.
Florida fans of "Desperate Housewives" heard many apologies from actress Felicity Huffman, former star of the series, after she entered guilty pleas in the college admission scandal. She accepted responsibility for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and provided a public statement. Huffman expressed shame for her choice to pay a bribe to improve her daughter's SAT score. She apologized specifically to honest parents who sacrifice to help their hard-working children enter college.
A Florida man has been convicted in a Medicare and Medicaid fraud case for allegedly billing over $1.3 billion in false claims to the government-run health care programs. The 50-year-old man's trial ran for eight weeks and included extensive testimony on the nature of the allegations in the case. He was accused of billing both programs for services that were never provided to patients, were not medically needed or which were provided through kickback payments. The man has not yet been sentenced.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in drug offenses on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Police in Florida have reported that a large cache of weapons, illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia were discovered during the search of a Gifford home on March 29. A 38-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection with the seized items and is being held without bond at the Indian River County Jail. A Indian River County Sheriff's Office representative said that the investigation into the man's alleged activities began after members of the office's Special Investigations Unit made two undercover narcotics purchases from him.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in murder & manslaughter on Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Two men in Florida have finally received justice after 42 years of imprisonment. The 76-year-old and 61-year-old men, an uncle and nephew, had their convictions vacated on March 28 after prosecutors filed a request. Prosecutors said that they were no longer convinced of the men's responsibility for the murder of which they were convicted. The two are the first people to be cleared of a wrongful conviction after the state attorney's office announced that it would review such claims. This marks the first statewide Florida effort to address false convictions.
On behalf of Mandell Law posted in murder & manslaughter on Monday, April 1, 2019.
On March 27, a 51-year-old Florida man was arrested on suspicion of murder after undergoing a background and fingerprint check while applying for a job. The incident took place in Delray Beach.


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TAIPEI, Sept. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 2022 GO SMART Award (GSA), held by Taipei Computer Association(TCA), is entering its 4th year and will start accepting proposals from September 13th to November 8th 2021, sincerely welcoming global participation. Here are the 4 categories of criteria for our panelists' assessment: Cross-domain, Impact, Functionality and Innovation.
This award aims to highlight the success of teamwork through collaboration, especially for teams that demonstrated diversity with stakeholders' engagement from different domains. We want to raise the interest, desire, confidence and determination of the collaboration among city operators, solutions providers and citizens by highlighting their true stories and recognizing their achievements.
Garnering great testimonials globally since 2019, GSA has already earned fervent responses and participation from cities around the world. Over the past 3 terms, more than 120 outstanding projects have been submitted from more than 30 cities (e.g. Amsterdam, Da Nang, Gdynia, Moscow, Prague, Taipei, etc.).
For the upcoming term in 2022, GO SMART has the great honor to have renown and highly competent juries in its panel - Mr. Frans-Anton Vermast, the Strategy Advisor of Amsterdam Smart City; Dr. Bruno Lanvin, President of Smart City Observatory of IMD; Ms. Callysta Thony, Smart Cities and Mobility Lead of Eden Strategy Institute; Mr. Chris Cooke, Founder & CEO of SmartCitiesWorld; as well as Dr. Leo Lee, Secretary General of GO SMART.
They will evaluate the submissions for 2022 GSA with their professional insights, and provide their valuable feedback to the finalists during the online pitch session, helping the projects to achieve greater success.
GO SMART is calling for the public and private sectors from cities around the world to share their inspiring stories. GO SMART Award shall not only recognize the technological applications, but also value the projects with the highest impact to its people. The winners will be announced on March 23rd, 2022 at GO SMART Day during 2022 Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE), which is an internationally renowned smart city event held annually in Taipei, Taiwan.
2022 GSA: https://www.citiesgosmart.org/award/2022/timeline

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Bhubaneswar: The 24th edition of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival concluded with aplomb at Rabindra Mandap here Sunday.
This year, the Nalco Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award was presented to Dr Sachi Das for his contribution to the field of Theatre and Dramatics and to Lingaraj Behera for his contribution to Odissi Dance. Additionally, the Nalco Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Prativa Samman was presented to four meritorious young artistes in the area of classical dances and Odissi music for their continuous outstanding performances. They are Sonali Mohapatra and Subikash Mukherjee for Odissi Dance, Swati Sinha for Kathak and Rohan Suresh Dahale for Odissi Music.
The ceremony was inaugurated in the presence of guests, Hema Malini, actress, Ashok Chandra Panda, Minister Tourism and Culture, and Manoranjan Panigrahi, Principal Secretary at OLLC.
After the award presentation, the host institution, Srjan, opened the evening with Kirwani Madhurima, a neo-classical Odissi dance presentation, scripted by Nityananda Misra to the original music composition of Vyzarsu Balasubramaniam and the choreography of Ratikant Mohapatra. They then presented a special performance– Maati, inspired from a popular poem by the iconic Odia poet Radha Mohan Gadanayak. The dance was choreographed by Ratikant Mohapatra.


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Print and Related Services Tender for Crescent Purchasing Consortium
The purpose of this tender is to put a framework agreement in place with a number of suppliers for the provision of Print and Related Services.
UK-Salford: Printing and related services
Contract notice
Directive 2004/18/EC
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Technology House, Lissadel Street
For the attention of: Adrian Davies
M6 6AP Salford
E-mail: a.davies@salford.ac.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.thecpc.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cpc
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
As per notice description
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Print and Related Services Tender.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
NUTS code UK
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 4
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
It is a requirement of the Tender that the selected Suppliers will extend the terms to all eligible Institutions and Consortia, as defined by the CPC including Further Education institutions, Sixth Forms, Academies, Schools, Museums and other similar organisations. The tender and subsequent framework will also be available to the WFEPC (Welsh Further Education Purchasing Consortium http://www.wfepc.com/english/). The tender and subsequent framework will be made available to NWUPC (North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium) http://www.nwupc.ac.uk and its members, they have not committed to use the framework, but may wish to access it in the future, other Higher Education institutions may directly use the framework through CPC as a single contract member or potentially via other Consortia if they wish to participate and it is agreed with CPC and awarded suppliers. The CPC reserves the right during the period of this agreement to make additions to or subtractions from the list of participating Institutions and Consortia.
The framework agreement is let on behalf of Crescent Purchasing Consortium Members. We are also working with Dukefield Limited who will make the framework available through NPG – Northern Procurement Group Limited, therefore the framework will also be open for use by all other public sector contracting authorities (as defined in Article 1 (9) of Directive 2004/18/EC and implemented by Regulation 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006) or their agents.
These include but are not limited to central government departments and their agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), NHS bodies (including, acute trusts, ambulance trusts, primary care trusts, care trusts, NHS hospital trusts, strategic health authorities, mental health trusts, special health authorities), Local Authorities (as defined in Regulation 3 (2) to (5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 ("the Regulations"), Police Authorities (as defined by Regulation 3 (1) (j) to (p) of the Regulations), Emergency Services, Educational Establishment (including Schools, Universities, Academies, Colleges of Further Education) and Registered Social Landlords who have a need to purchase these services. Please see the following websites for further details:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/resources/ndpb
http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/search.xhtml?clear=true
http://www.schoolswebdirectory.co.uk/localauthorities.php
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies/b0069811/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/
http:www.police-information.co.uk/police-directory/
http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/AcuteTrustListing.aspx
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm
http.//www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/
http://wwwhousingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.490
http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/advance-search-query
http://www.housingnet.co.uk/rslSearch.php
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/showcharity/registerofcharities/registerhomepage
https://www.buy4wales.co.uk/UsefulResources/contractsframeworks/organisationlist/poaplist.html?cat=10043
http://www.aupo.ac.uk
http://www.bufdg.ac.uk
http://www.thecpc.ac.uk
Please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cpc to express an interest and download the documents.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79800000, 22458000, 79820000, 79824000, 22100000, 22000000, 22822000, 79823000, 79811000, 22900000, 22800000, 22150000, 79810000, 39154100, 79821000, 22140000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)
Information about lots
Lot No: 1 Lot title: Printing
1)Short description
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
3)Quantity or scope
4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion
5)Additional information about lots
Lot No: 2 Lot title: Design and Print
Lot No: 3 Lot title: Large Format Colour Graphics
Lot No: 4 Lot title: Neutral Vendor
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
As per PQQ documents.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: As per PQQ documents.
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per PQQ documents.
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per PQQ documents.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Envisaged minimum number 1: and maximum number 15
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Maximum of 15 suppliers per lot will be invited to the tender stage.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: yes
Additional information about electronic auction: An electronic auction is not being used for this tender process but CPC members may wish to utilise E-Auctions during the further competition stage of the supplier selection process.
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
CPC/AD/01/2013.
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:19.4.2013


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July 27, 2014 by watkinsT 2 Comments
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According to conventional wisdom, most people can't have it all. But, if there's one person set to challenge this theory it's Jaime Primak Sullivan. Sullivan is one savvy businesswoman. As founder and president of Bridge and Tunnel Entertainment, a PR and strategic marketing agency, she's worked with some of Hollywood's finest. She's also a prolific screenwriter with two movies in development; a horror film she sold to Relativity Media, and a comedy at Thunder Road Pictures.
But, that's just the icing on her proverbial cake. She's happily married to a husband she adores; she's the mother of three darlings under the age of seven; and she's the consulting producer and star of Bravo's latest unscripted comedy, Jersey Belle, which chronicles the life of this straightforward Jersey girl living amongst the most prim and proper southern belles. We were grateful to speak with the super-busy mom about her start in the biz and her upcoming show.
So, you're from New Jersey. How did you get started in the entertainment field? When I was a kid, I wanted to go to some of the cooler restaurants and nightclubs in the city but I wasn't old enough. So, I would trade out with the managers of these places. I would say if I market your club to the bridge and tunnel crowd, which is anybody who has to take a bridge or tunnel to get into the city, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Jersey…,will you let me and my friends in on a Saturday night? And, that's how I started. I began doing, what I consider PR when I was a kid for some of the nightclubs in New York City, and built quite a name for myself. Soon, one person would ask if I would do a favor then another person would ask, and before you knew it I was doing PR full time, and I started Bridge and Tunnel Entertainment.
Years later you met your husband. Tell us about that encounter. I was in Alabama for work and he bought me a drink. I was 26 and he was 40 so there was a big age difference. He asked for my phone number, but I said no because I was dating someone. Then a year later I went back to Birmingham and back to that cafe, and if you could believe it he walked in. We talked for a while and he asked if he could take me out to dinner and I said yes. And, I called my mom after that dinner and I said, 'I have good news and bad news. The good news is I think I just had dinner with the man I'm going to marry. The bad news is he lives in Birmingham, Alabama.'
So fast forward, you now have this new show on Bravo, Jersey Belle. What made you want to not only produce, but star in an unscripted show? Getting a producer credit for a first year show is almost impossible so I think it lends itself to the hard work I've put in to this industry for twelve years. But, I wanted to do it because everyone was saying to me, "You should do a reality show because you're a Hollywood publicist and you live in Birmingham." And, I thought well that's not really funny. What's funny is that I'm a Jersey girl living amongst the most proper, appropriate community in the world and I'm not appropriate at all. I don't know anything about etiquette. I don't know what fork to use and I don't care…I will never be the one who has monogram towels. I'm a Jersey girl. We don't do that stuff. That to me was what was funny.
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How did you sell this idea to Bravo? I love Bravo and I thought if I can sell this show to them then it works. So, I went to Authentic, a production company that has a great relationship with Bravo, and I knew they would get my character and wouldn't try to change me and the show in any way, and they didn't. They said Bravo's going to love it because it's fresh and it's fun and it's funny, and they're looking for a comedy. Bravo's got drama pegged. So, I said let's take a chance on a comedy and they did and they loved it.
Do you think Bravo was interested because it's a fish out of water story? Yes, exactly. Because we've seen the south like on Duck Dynasty or Honey Boo Boo, but we've never seen this south. We've never seen Mountain Brook, Alabama, the tiny kingdom; the most appropriate, beautiful place in the southeast, through the eyes of a Yankee. Very few people get to see that part of the south anyway so to see it though the eyes of someone who doesn't fit in at all? This show is not making fun of the south. This show is making fun of me.
What are some other things that you'll highlight on the show? We deal with all kinds of women issues, divorce, infertility, friendship, work, guilt. And, I take some of the girls from Alabama with me to New Jersey, which is always fun because you see the reversal fish out of water. And, I desperately want a fourth child and my husband and I deal with that and I think people will appreciate what happens in a marriage when one wants one and one doesn't, and how you make that decision and who ends up resentful, and how do you solve that? My family from Jersey comes to Alabama, which is great television. The whole thing is so much fun; it really is.
Do you forget that the cameras are there? You don't forget that the camera is there. My show is so authentic that it wouldn't matter if the cameras were there or not because we were saying what we were saying and doing what we were doing regardless.
Do any of your celebrity clients make guest appearances? Yes, a lot of my clients make guest appearances. Everybody was so supportive and was willing to do whatever they could to help the show because they believe in me and they know that I do good work. I just really love what I do and feel very lucky to not only to do what I do for a living, but to see this show come to life when I had dreamed about it two years ago, and I made a cold-call to a production company and now to see that it's going to air on television…for me, just because I know the process and know how hard it is to actually get a show on television. I'm so unbelievably proud.
How do you do this all and stay balanced, especially with three small kids? People ask me how do I do it all… I have to be honest with you. Some days I don't do it all. Some days I'm barely hanging on. Some days I literally shut off my computer, walk out of my office and I go to Starbucks and sit outside and drink coffee and cry because I feel overwhelmed. I feel like I've bit off more than I could chew. I feel guilty that I'm in New York on a press tour and my daughter's graduating from pre-school. I mean, I have missed, but I have also shared. The days that it all goes well I thank God every night for my healthy children and for whatever I was able to accomplish that day.
And, remember you can always start fresh the next day. Amen. I always say that… There's always tomorrow. The other thing is I've never been afraid to ask for help. Women these days take on a lot and we feel like if we ask for help we're weak, but I've never been that way. I have no problem calling a girlfriend and saying, 'I'm on deadline, can you type while I talk because I can't focus on what I'm doing' …I was at Wendy Williams one time and they called me from my daughter's pre-school to tell me that she leaving a little girl out for whatever reason, which is not Olivia's spirit at all, and was heart-breaking for me. So, I'm hiding in the corner of the green room while Wendy Williams' producer is talking to my client, Chris Klein, about his segment and I'm in the corner saying, 'Why did you do this? You have a Christian heart… I'm so disappointed…' and when I hung up I said to Chris I'm so sorry, and he said "No way, good on you. You're a publicist and you're a mom and you had an issue and you addressed it, and that's exactly what I would want you to do." Some days work better than others.
It helps that you have a supportive husband. How did he feel when you approached him about this show? Well, you know, I discussed it with my husband before I made the phone call to Authentic because there was no point in getting myself excited if Michael wasn't going to be on board. So, I said to him I have an idea for a show and there's a lot of things that has to happen for this to work. Like, they have to let me be a producer…but I have really good agents and I believe that I could get this done, 'Will you support me, if this is the show? It's Jersey Belle; it's a comedy, and this is exactly how it's done.' And, he said, "Yes, If that is the show I will be apart of it, absolutely." I believe rejection is God's protection, and if it was not going to be meant for me… If it was not the right thing to do, it never would have happened.
Based on this Jersey Belle's track record, the show will not only be entertaining and fun, but another coup Sullivan can add to her lengthy list of accomplishments.
Jersey Belle premieres on, Monday August 4th 2014 on Bravo at 10/9c.
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Yasmyn Maccaroni says
I was born and raised in the capital city of New Jersey, Trenton. My husband, an entrepreneur and DJ, wanted to move to Florida. So after years of him chipping at me, I decided to give it a try. We live in an incredible neighborhood nestled on the west coast of Florida. It is called Palm Harbor.
I identify with Jaime. Everything she says on the show is how I feel. I like Florida and have met dozens of great friends, but there is nothing like Jersey. I would move back tomorrow.
Thank you for the show.
Yasmyn,
Amie says
I am a huge fan of Jersey Belle! More importantly I'm a bigger fan of Jaime. I have never met her. But I believe in her. She has this way of connecting with her fans like no other. Her Cawfee Tawks mean something to me every day. Always a positive message or her thought provoking topics that make me want to be better and do better for myself,for my husband,my children and family. I know in my heart she has big things ahead of her. I'm glad I get to be a part of it and to witness greatness with the human connection. Love her to pieces!!!
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Psychological Correlates of Self-reported Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis
TAMAR F. BRIONEZ, SHERVIN ASSASSI, JOHN D. REVEILLE, CHARLES GREEN, THOMAS LEARCH, LAURA DIEKMAN, MICHAEL M. WARD, JOHN C. DAVIS Jr, MICHAEL H. WEISMAN and PERRY NICASSIO
The Journal of Rheumatology April 2010, 37 (4) 829-834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.090476
TAMAR F. BRIONEZ
SHERVIN ASSASSI
For correspondence: shervin.assassi@uth.tmc.edu
JOHN D. REVEILLE
THOMAS LEARCH
LAURA DIEKMAN
MICHAEL M. WARD
JOHN C. DAVIS Jr
MICHAEL H. WEISMAN
PERRY NICASSIO
Objective. To investigate the role of psychological variables in self-reported disease activity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), while controlling for demographic and medical variables.
Methods. Patients with AS (n = 294) meeting modified New York criteria completed psychological measures evaluating depression, resilience, active and passive coping, internality, and helplessness. Demographic, clinical, and radiologic data were also collected. Univariate and multivariate analyses were completed to determine the strength of the correlation of psychological variables with disease activity, as measured by the Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI).
Results. In the multivariate regression analysis, the psychological variables contributed significantly to the variance in BASDAI scores, adding an additional 33% to the overall R-square beyond that accounted for by demographic and medical variables (combined R-square 18%). Specifically, arthritis helplessness and depression accounted for the most significant portion of the variance in BASDAI scores in the final model.
Conclusion. Arthritis helplessness and depression accounted for significant variability in self-reported disease activity beyond clinical and demographic variables in patients with AS. These findings have important clinical implications in the treatment and monitoring of disease activity in AS, and suggest potential avenues of intervention.
DISEASE ACTIVITY
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory arthritis that characteristically affects the axial skeleton and sacroiliac joints. Pain, stiffness due to inflammation, and decreased physical function are the hallmarks of this disorder, and can have a profound impact on patients' quality of life, in terms of physical, mental, and social well-being1. Patient-reported disease activity, identified by standardized assessment tools, is increasingly used to guide therapeutic management2,3.
Data from inflammatory arthritides such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) show that psychological factors influence symptom-reporting. Depression, helplessness, and poor coping strategies contributed significantly to heightened perceptions of pain in patients with RA4,5. In addition, pain and depressive symptoms, compared to radiographic damage or disease activity, were found to be major determinants of patient perception of disease burden in 1 large RA cohort6. Other research has shown that arthritis severity ratings predicted only 13% of the variance in pain, while psychological factors contributed an additional 41% of the variance in another group of patients with RA7. In contrast, evidence for the contribution of demographic and medical variables to pain in chronic arthritic conditions has been less consistent8–12. These findings demonstrate the importance of examining the joint contribution of medical and psychological factors to self-reported outcomes in arthritis.
Although the independent relationship between psychological variables and self-reported disease activity has been studied extensively in RA, similar studies in AS are lacking. The only study on this subject reported that anxiety, depression, and internality were significantly associated with disease activity and functional impairment in a sample of 110 patients with AS13. However, that study did not incorporate a final model that examined the role of psychological factors in disease activity, controlling for demographic and clinical variables.
Our primary objective was to investigate the psychological correlates of disease activity in a large AS cohort. We hypothesized that psychological factors would predict a significant portion of the variance in patient perception of disease activity, beyond what could be predicted on the basis of important demographic and medical variables alone.
Study participants were recruited from the Prospective Study of Outcomes in Ankylosing Spondylitis (PSOAS), a longitudinal study of patients with AS enrolled at 4 US study sites: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, TX; and the University of California, San Francisco. Patients enrolled in previous clinical studies at these sites were invited to participate, as well as patients in academic rheumatology clinics at these sites. Others were recruited through Internet advertisements. Patients' written consent was obtained according to the institutional review board specifications. All patients over the age of 18 years who met the modified New York criteria for definitive AS were enrolled14. The modified New York criteria consist of radiographic criteria (sacroiliitis = grade 2 bilaterally or grade 3 unilaterally) and clinical criteria (low back pain more than 3 months that improves with exercise but not with rest; limitation of movement in the lumbar spine or chest wall). For the definitive diagnosis of AS, 1 radiographic criterion and at least 1 clinical criterion have to be fulfilled. Age younger than 18 years and unwillingness to participate in genetic studies of AS were the only exclusion criteria.
The study was a cross-sectional evaluation of the baseline patient characteristics in the PSOAS cohort. We are currently collecting the longitudinal data that will be the subject of a future study. Baseline assessments completed at each academic study site included medical history, sociodemographic information, and psychological status, as well as radiographs of the pelvis, lumbar spine, and cervical spine. All radiographs were completed within 1 year of the cross-sectional survey.
Primary outcome
Measurement of disease activity was conducted using the Bath AS Disease Activity Index (BASDAI)15. The BASDAI is a self-report 6-item questionnaire in which patients rate the 5 major symptoms of AS, including fatigue, spinal and peripheral joint pain, tender points, and morning stiffness, over the past week using a 10 cm visual analog scale, from none (0 mm) to very severe (100 mm). The final question quantifies the amount of morning stiffness, from 0 to 2+ hours, over the past week. The scores for questions 5 and 6 are averaged first, and the resulting value is averaged with the scores of the other 4 questions, with lower scores indicating less disease activity.
Our database includes variables from the following domains: socioeconomic-demographic, immunologic, genetic, psychological, and clinical.
Sociodemographic information included age (at cross-sectional study baseline), education level (≤ 12, 13–15, 16, and > 16 years), ethnicity (white vs other), current employment, student status, and tobacco use as binary outcome measures.
Medical variables consisted of an inflammatory marker [C-reactive protein (CRP)], number of patient-reported medical comorbidities (0 to ≥ 4), current nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID) use and biologic therapy (yes vs no), disease duration (at time of cross-sectional survey), and radiographic score. Each participant had baseline radiographs of the pelvis (anterior-posterior), lumbar spine (anterior-posterior and lateral), and cervical spine (lateral), which were scored using the Bath AS Radiographic Index Global (BASRI-global) by a single musculoskeletal radiologist. The BASRI-global is a validated method to score radiographic severity in AS, with a range of scores of 1.5 to 1616.
Six psychological variables were measured: active and passive coping, depression, resilience coping, helplessness, and internality. The Vanderbilt Pain Management Inventory (VPMI) is an 18-item self-report questionnaire that assesses the frequency of utilization of coping strategies in patients with chronic pain when their pain is at a moderate level of intensity or greater. The VPMI has 2 internally reliable and validated subscales: active coping and passive coping4. Active coping measures the tendency of patients to control pain (e.g., relaxation, distraction) and to function in spite of pain, while passive coping involves patients' use of such strategies as lying down, taking pain medication, or avoiding activity. In patients with RA, Brown and Nicassio4 showed that active coping was associated with less pain, disability, and psychological distress, and that passive coping, in contrast, was correlated with greater pain, disability, and psychological distress. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a brief 9-item self-report instrument that is a well validated and widely used diagnostic and severity measure for depression. The PHQ-9 score can range from 0 to 27, as each of the 9 items can be scored from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), and the scale consists of the actual criteria upon which the diagnosis of DSM-IV depression is made17–19. It is recommended for use with medical patients since PHQ-9 items have little overlap with physical symptoms. Scores ≥ 10 have high sensitivity in detecting depressive disorder in either community or medical populations20. The Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS) is a 4-item self-report scale that measures patients' ability to feel challenged by, and cope adaptively, with adversity. BRCS scores can range from 0 to 20, higher scores indicating higher resilience21. The Arthritis Helplessness Index (AHI) is a 15-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure a patient's perceptions of loss of control in association with their chronic arthritis22. We used the 2 subscales of the AHI [internality (7 items) and helplessness (5 items)], which reflect separate structures confirmed through factor analysis and have been found to have greater reliability and validity than the total AHI score23. Arthritis internality assesses patients' beliefs that their own behavior can control their arthritis, while arthritis helplessness assesses patients' beliefs that they are helpless in the face of arthritis, reliant on others, and unable to manage their pain.
We conducted the data analysis in 4 steps. First, descriptive statistics were computed on our study cohort (Table 1). Second, we completed univariate linear regression analyses to evaluate which independent variables were associated with the BASDAI (Table 2). Then we examined associations between the BASDAI, and demographic, biologic, and psychologic factors using hierarchical regression modeling (Table 3). In order to analyze the contribution of these variables to BASDAI scores, we entered the variables in successive conceptual blocks: demographic variables, biologic variables, and psychological measures. This order of entry tested whether psychological factors would contribute unique variance to AS disease activity independently of demographic and biologic variables. Subsequently, a final model was established using a forward hierarchical variable selection strategy. This approach was chosen to decrease the effect of multicolinearity in our analysis. Initially we entered all variables into the model. Then the number of independent variables was reduced to those that changed the R-square of the entire model by 2% or more. Those variables were entered into the final model (Table 4). Two-sided p values < 0.05 were considered significant. The analyses were performed utilizing the NCSS 2007 statistical program (NCSS, Kaysville, UT, USA).
Demographic, medical, and psychological characteristics of study sample.
Univariate analyses of demographic variables, medical variables, and psychological variables in relation to BASDAI.
Hierarchical multivariate analysis of demographic, medical, and psychological variables in relation to BASDAI. All ß-weights, confidence intervals, and p values for individual variables are estimates in the context of the full model (i.e., with all 3 conceptual blocks entered into the equation). R-square is overall-r-square (%) after the addition of each conceptual block and accompanying p value for the test of the overall R-square. R-square value in last column is the incremental R-square change due to the addition of the conceptual block and accompanying p value for the test of the incremental R-Square change.
Final model of correlates of the BASDAI.
Sample characteristics
A total of 294 patients were included in the study. Table 1 shows patient demographics and medical and psychological testing scores. The mean age of the sample was 45.1 (± 14.40) years, 68% of the cohort were male, and 82% of the sample were white. The mean disease duration at study baseline was 21.23 (± 13.85) years, and less than half of the sample was taking NSAID and/or biologics, 47% and 45%, respectively. The time between enrollment and radiographic examination was relatively short (63 ± 158 days), and the majority of patients (58%) had undergone radiographic examination on the day of enrollment. Participants reported a high level of resilient coping (mean score 16.09, ± 3.33) and relatively low depression scores (mean score 5.14, ± 5.01). Thus, the preponderance of the sample fell below the depressive disorder cutoff. The mean score for arthritis internality was 25.66 (± 5.94), for helplessness 12.42 (± 4.41), for active coping 22.74 (± 5.52), and for passive coping 25.59 (± 7.45). The latter scores are all within 1 SD of mean scores obtained from samples of patients with RA4,23 and osteoarthritis24 on these measures.
Indices of psychological variables (i.e., VPMI, AHI, PHQ-9) and measures of disease-related activity and function [i.e., BASDAI and the Bath AS Functional Index (BASFI)] demonstrated adequate internal consistency reliability in the sample. Active and passive coping subscales of the VPMI yielded Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.77 and 0.83, respectively. Cronbach's alphas for the internality and helplessness subscales of the AHI were 0.66 and 0.70, respectively. These values closely parallel those reported in initial psychometric studies of the scales4,23. The PHQ-9 yielded a Cronbach's alpha of 0.87. Finally, Cronbach's alphas for the BASDAI and BASFI were 0.92 and 0.95, respectively.
Univariate analyses
The univariate regression analysis found the following variables to be significantly associated with the higher BASDAI scores: female sex, lower education level, unemployment, tobacco and NSAID use, high passive coping, low internality, high helplessness, and high depression. The other variables examined, including age, ethnicity, marital and student status, current use of biologic therapy, medical comorbidities, inflammatory markers, disease duration, radiographic scores, and active and resilience coping did not correlate significantly with BASDAI scores (Table 2).
Hierarchical modeling with successive conceptual blocks
In order to determine the variance of the BASDAI scores, the independent variables were added into the analysis in the following successive conceptual blocks: sociodemographic variables, medical variables, and psychological variables. The contribution of the demographic variables accounted for an overall R-square of 0.14 (p < 0.001). Female sex (p < 0.001), unemployment (p < 0.001), low education (p = 0.035), and smoking (p = 0.006) contributed independent variability to BASDAI scores. The addition of the medical variables, including NSAID and/or biologic therapy, BASRI scores, medical comorbidities, CRP, and disease duration, did not result in a significant increase of R-square (p = 0.814). The overall R-square of the model for the demographic and clinical variables was 0.18 (p < 0.001). Only 1 medical variable, current use of NSAID (p < 0.001), was significantly related to BASDAI scores. The other variables, including inflammatory markers, disease duration, and radiographic damage scores, did not reach statistical significance. Finally, the entry of arthritis internality, helplessness, resilient coping, depression, active coping, and passive coping resulted in an R-square of 0.51 (p < 0.001). Higher depression, helplessness, passive coping, and lower internality had significant, independent associations with BASDAI scores (p < 0.001, 0.030, 0.005, and 0.027, respectively), while the contribution of active coping (p = 0.072) and resilience coping (p = 0.203) fell short of significance. The psychological variables contributed significantly to the overall variance, adding an additional 33% variance above that accounted for by demographic and medical variables (p = 0.001; Table 3).
Final model
The hierarchical forward model found that higher helplessness (p < 0.001) and depression (PHQ-9; p < 0.001), were significantly associated with higher BASDAI scores (Table 4). These 2 variables explained 39% of variance in BASDAI scores. More specifically, each numerical increase in depression (range of scores 0–27, higher numbers equaling more depression) resulted in an increase of 0.19 in the BASDAI score (scale 0–10 cm), and each numerical increase in the arthritis helplessness score (range of scores 5–25, higher scores indicating more helpless behavior) resulted in an increase of 0.16 in the BASDAI score. All demographic and biologic factors we investigated failed to explain a significant portion of the variance of BASDAI scores in the final model. Inspection of the variance inflation factor did not suggest multicolinearity among predictors in the resulting model.
Our study found that psychological variables, specifically arthritis helplessness and depression, account for significant variability in self-reported AS disease activity. The contribution of medical variables to disease activity was negligible, as NSAID and/or biologic use, radiographic findings, disease duration, and inflammation measurements did not account for the independent variance seen in BASDAI scores.
Univariate regressions revealed that low education, unemployment, female sex, and tobacco use correlated with higher disease activity. High helplessness, low internality, depression, and passive coping also were related to higher BASDAI scores. When hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine whether psychological variables would contribute to self-reported disease activity after controlling for sociodemographic and medical variables, it was seen that higher depression, helplessness, and passive coping scores, as well as lower internality scores, continued to be related to higher disease activity, while resilience and active coping did not reach significance. Depression and helplessness had the strongest relationship with the perceived disease activity of all the variables (demographic, biologic, and psychological) in the final model, accounting for 39% of the variance in BASDAI scores. While PHQ-9 (depression) scores were low in this sample, depression correlated closely with disease activity. Arthritis helplessness showed the same association with the investigated outcome. It is particularly noteworthy as this was robust after controlling for all other sociodemographic, medical, and psychological variables. This finding converges with results of studies of patients with RA and systemic lupus erythematosus that have demonstrated a significant association between indices of disease activity and mood disturbance4,25. In addition, the relationship between helplessness and higher disease activity has been confirmed in research in other arthritis populations22,25,26. The association between depression and self-reported AS disease activity may reflect a common underlying biological process or the effect of the disease itself. This is an intriguing question for future research that has major ramifications for the clinical management of patients with this condition.
Although it was surprising that the clinical markers, including disease duration, radiographic scores (BASRI scores), and systemic markers of inflammation, were not associated with the BASDAI in this study, it is well known that inflammatory markers often do not parallel disease activity in AS, and the correlation of disease damage with radiographic progression is still unclear27–30.
Alternatively, self-reports of AS disease activity may not directly reflect underlying biological dysfunction, but rather the perceptions of patients regarding their symptomatology on an everyday basis. This may partly explain the significant relationship between BASDAI scores and psychological variables in this study. Self-reports are critical, however, because they lead to medical help-seeking and influence treatment decision-making. Their economy and brevity enhance their value in clinical situations and reflect a growing trend in the importance of patient-reported outcomes in the field of arthritis care31–36. However, our findings also highlight the need for the development of instruments that capture the complexity of disease activity in AS and include more objective measurements.
The primary limitation of our study was its cross-sectional design, which provided only correlational findings. It cannot be determined from our data whether higher depression scores caused a heightened perception of disease activity or vice versa. A longitudinal study, in which patients' depression and disease activity are monitored over time, is needed to determine directionality, as higher helplessness and depression could be driving BASDAI or vice versa.
We found that helplessness and depression accounted for significant variability in perceived AS disease activity in a cross-sectional study sample. This is the first study to highlight the importance of psychological factors in shaping patients' perceptions of disease activity in AS, above and beyond that explained by important demographic and biologic variables. It is noteworthy that only helplessness and depression, not internality or passive, active, or resilience coping, accounted for significant variability in the final model, showing that such associations do not apply across a broad range of psychological measures. Further, and perhaps more importantly, the medical variables including CRP, radiographic severity, disease duration, and therapeutics did not have an association with the patient- reported disease activity in the final model. Therefore, interpretation of disease status, as measured by the BASDAI, might need to occur in the context of evaluating the patient's psychological status. These findings have important clinical implications in the treatment and monitoring of disease in AS. Psychological screening would help to identify patients with AS who might benefit from the addition of psychosocial interventions to complement their medical therapy.
The authors thank Vera Wirawan, Stephanie Brown, Lori Guthrie, and Robert Sandoval for their assistance with data collection and management.
Supported by grants from the Australo-Anglo-American Spondylitis Consortium (TASC), US Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, and the NIAMS P01-AR-052915-01 and the Intramural Research Program, NIAMS/NIH.
Accepted for publication November 13, 2009.
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I WAS CARRIED TO OHIO ON A SWARM OF BEES
My Favorite Things of the Week
SXSW 2020 was, unsurprisingly, canceled, but many of the films that would have been screened are making their way online. For a few more days, some features, pilots, documentaries, and shorts will be available to stream for free on Amazon. Another documentary, Have a Good Trp: Adventures in Psychedelics, will arrive on Netflix next week. The documentary features interviews with a number of celebrities, including A$AP Rocky, Kathleen Hanna, and Ad-Rock, about their experiences with psychedelic drugs.
Such an eclectic group of musicians is involved in the documentary that it could lead to a great soundtrack. If that happens, check it out on my Upcoming Releases page!
Before he passed earlier this year, producer Hal Willner curated AngelHeaded Hipster, a tribute album to the late Marc Bolan of T. Rex. The album includes covers from Elton John, Devendra Banhart, and Father John Misty, among many others. A spectacular cover of T. Rex's "Cosmic Dancer" from Nick Cave was released this past week!
Faye Webster is an artist I've slept on to my own detriment. She released an album last year, Atlanta Millionaire's Club. It made numerous year-end lists and also was recommended to me by some good friends with the same music obsession that I have. She recently released another amazing song and video, "In a Good Way."
HAIM initially announced their third album, Women in Music Pt. III, back in March, but the release of the record was put on indefinite hold after COVID hit. They recently announced a new release date of June 26 for the album. They have previously released "Summer Girl," "Now I'm In It," "Hallelujah," and "The Steps." Along with the new date announcement, they released another single from the album, "I Know Alone."
AngelHeaded Hipster (September 4)
Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks - Orange Crate Art Reissue (June 19)
Brigid Dawson & Mothers Network - Battle of Apes (May 22)
Darkstar - Civic Jams (June 19)
Deerhoof - Surprise Symphonies (out now)
Drake - The Dark Lane Demo Tapes (out now)
Flying Lotus - Flamagra (Instrumentals) (May 29)
Gia Margaret - Mia Gargaret (June 12)
Jessy Lanza - All the Time (July 24)
Khruangbin - Mordechai (June 26)
NAV - Good Intentions (May 8)
Sylvan Esso - WITH (out now)
Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura Deluxe Reissue (September 4)
Zola Jesus - Live at Roadburn 2018 (May 8)
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Posted January 8th, 2015 by Anthony Carbone, PC.
As frigid temperatures seem an invariable part of the coming months, it is important to understand bad weather claims. Investigation is a key factor in certain personal injury claims. It is also obvious that it is crucial to retain the services of a competent personal injury attorney.
The term "weather immunity" is the short name for the New Jersey law regarding public entities and their responsibilities concerning snow and ice. NJSA 59:4-7 states that "neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for an injury caused solely by the effect on the use of streets and highways of weather conditions." The application of this law has been extended to sidewalks also maintained by government bodies.
At first glance, it may appear that there is a no case for all claims involving government entities and bad weather. Again, this is the reason that proper legal counsel and investigation are critical parts of this type of case. There are so many questions for consideration before coming to this type of conclusion. At the start, it is important to determine if it was the government responsible for maintaining property during bad weather conditions. It is also crucial to understand property ownership. Lastly, there may be an issue of whether snow and ice were the sole contributors to an accident.
With the advent of smartphones, almost everyone has access to a portable camera. Take photographs of the condition that caused the accident. Take as many pictures as possible. Include pictures that help identify the accident location. If the accident occurred at a business, take photographs of the sign identifying the company. Get a record of any applicable street addresses. If property damage is an issue, take photographs.
Document what the weather was like at the time of the accident. When did it precipitate last?
The Law Offices of Anthony Carbone has extensive experience in handling bad weather claims. Contact us for an appointment to discuss your claim.


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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Stephen Ritz, an internationally-acclaimed South Bronx educator who is known as "America's Favorite Teacher," will discuss how his principles can be applied to the Huntington area to promote healing and growth, as well as how the Marshall University Sustainability and Social Work departments already have similar projects underway. He speaks Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Jean Carlo Stephenson Auditorium at Huntington city Hall.
Ritz is the author of the bestselling book, The Power of a Plant, and founder of Green Bronx Machine. He is responsible for creating the first edible classroom in the world, which he has developed into the National Health, Wellness and Learning Center. Ritz and his students have grown more than 85,000 pounds of vegetables in the South Bronx, which has increased school attendance from 40% to 93% daily and also helped provide 2,200 youth jobs in the area.
Ritz was a Top Ten Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize; named Global Humanitarian, Food Tank Hero, TEDx Prize Winner, Global Food Educator; and presented at the White House for President Barack Obama three times. A replica of his classroom was also installed in the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., and his curriculum is being used internationally, as well as in hundreds of schools across the country.


We represented an insurance agent accused of starting a sexual relationship with the plaintiff's ex-wife in order to convince her to purchase an annuity. The plaintiff alleged claims of negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and other torts. The West Virginia Supreme Court found that all of the plaintiff's claims were based upon the fact that our client allegedly had an affair with the plaintiff's ex-wife, and so were in reality all claims for alienation of affections. This resulted in the dismissal of all claims against our client.


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Harvey Drops Devastating Rain on Texas
Torrential rains from Hurricane Harvey (now a tropical storm) continue to batter the flood-ravaged Texas, and the threat is now stretching into southwestern Louisiana. The sluggish storm—moving just 4 kilometers (2 miles) per hour at times—has been pulling warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico to fuel tremendous rainfall over land.
The animation above depicts satellite-based measurements of rainfall from 7:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time on August 25 to 7:30 p.m. on August 28, 2017. The brightest areas reflect the highest rainfall amounts, with many places receiving 500 millimeters (20 inches) or more during this period (the top of our scale). The measurements are a product of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, which is a partnership between NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and five other national and international partners.
These rainfall totals are regional, remotely-sensed estimates. Each pixel shows 0.1 degrees of the globe (about 7 miles at the equator), and the data are averaged across each pixel. Individual ground-based measurements within a pixel can be significantly higher or lower than the average. Forecasters called for some locations to receive as much as 50 inches of rain.
According to the National Weather Service, a station southeast of Houston is nearly there. The rain gauge at "Mary's Creek at Winding Road" recorded 49.2 inches from 12 a.m. on August 25 to 9:20 a.m. on August 29. The amount breaks the record for rainfall measured from a tropical system in the continental United States, which was previously set in 1978 in Medina, Texas, by Tropical Cyclone Amelia. See a summary of storm totals by clicking here.
Data for the animation comes from the Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), a product of the GPM science team. IMERG compiles precipitation estimates from passive microwave and infrared sensors on several satellites, as well as monthly surface precipitation gauge data, to provide precipitation estimates between 60 degrees North and South latitude.
Harvey made landfall in Texas as a category 4 storm on August 25. As of August 29, the National Hurricane Center was calling for 6 to 12 more inches of rain to fall over parts of Texas and Louisiana. Storm surges and ocean swells continued to affect coastal areas, and the development of tornadoes remained possible.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using IMERG data provided courtesy of the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Science Team's Precipitation Processing System (PPS). Story by Kathryn Hansen.
Space-based measurements show regions where Harvey delivered unprecedented rainfall.
Image of the Day for August 30, 2017
Image of the Day Land Water Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Tropical Storm Harvey rapidly intensified into a category four hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in August 2017. It made landfall in Texas and dumped record-setting amounts of rain for six days, leading to devastating floods.
NASA Earth Observatory (2017, August 28) Harvey Stalls Over Southeastern Texas.
NASA Earth Observatory (2017, August 25) Hurricane Harvey Approaches Texas.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (2017, August 28) Harvey: (Update #2) NASA Calculates Tropical Storm Harvey's Flooding Rainfall. Accessed August 28, 2017.
National Hurricane Center (2017, August 29) Key Messages for Tropical Storm Harvey. Accessed August 29, 2017.
NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (2017, August 29) NASA's IMERG Shows Rainfall Accumulation Along Harvey's Track. Accessed August 29, 2017.
The Weather Prediction Center (2017, August 29) Storm Summary Message. Accessed August 29, 2017.
Downpours Flood Southeast Texas
Parts of Houston and Beaumont are underwater after the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda moved through the area.
Image of the Day Land Water Floods Severe Storms Human Presence Remote Sensing
Torrential Rainfall in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria delivered a tremendous amount of rain in a short period of time.
Record Rainfall in Southeast Texas
Record rainfall in the Houston area led to severe flooding.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Floods Severe Storms
Rain Drenches Kauai
Torrential flooding on the northern shore of Kauai may have set a national record for the most rainfall ever in a 24-hour period.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Remote Sensing


L&T FH - 143 LEVELS AGAIN??
IT APPEARS THAT L&T FH WILL REACH 144 LEVEL ONCE AGAIN. BUY ABOVE 150 FOR TARGETS OF 156 (RESISTANCE) AND 165. STOP LOSS 143.
COMING DAYS SHOULD REACH 150 BEFORE IT GOES UP. STOP LOSS MAY BE PLACE AT 143.6.
Resistance at 159.5. Crossing with huge volumes of this level will ensure that the given targets are achieved with ease.
LT FINANCE- BULLISH TREND, BUYING CAN BE SEEN ABVOE INITIAL RESISTANCE LEVEL. LEVELS ARE MENTIONED ON CHART Open to discuss here. we believe that discussion will bring more informative information for the same. For more ideas. please keep in touch and follow us Thanks!!
One may sell LTFH on rise with SL of 149.6 and targets of 144.9/143.8.
Entered into the bullish zone. Targets of 147 / 149 and 153.6.


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Juliane Noack (* 10. Mai 2000) ist eine deutsche Volleyballspielerin.

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Noack begann ihre Volleyball-Karriere beim Berlin Brandenburger Sportclub. Von 2016 bis 2019 spielte sie mit der Nachwuchsmannschaft VC Olympia Berlin in der Bundesliga und war Juniorennationalspielerin.

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Founded in 2005, thejamjar is a creative space that works to promote artists and support the development of Dubai's arts scene through its extensive arts programme, educational initiatives, and community projects. The 4000 sq. ft. studio and gallery offers the region's first Public DIY Painting Studio alongside a year round exhibition and events calendar presenting a diverse range of art forms, including visual art, film, music, theatre and more.
thejamjar has moulded itself to the needs of the community and prides itself on making art accessible to all creating a platform for dialogue and interaction amongst like-minded individuals, artists, writers and creators.
Included in thejamjar's extensive portfolio of services is art consulting and events organizing for private and public art projects involving professional artists, collectives, schools, universities, non-for-profit and corporate organizations. thejamjar is also the creator and driving force behind ArtintheCity, an initiative committed to promoting arts in the region, and encompasses the Art Bus, www.artinthecity.com, and the publication of the UAE's ArtMap.


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What is ADPR?
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[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/zippy1981/AppDomainPoshRunner?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)

AppDomainPoshRunner, or ADPS for short, is a library and executable for running PowerShell scripts in a separate appdomain. Its most common form is the standalone executable poshrunner.exe.

### Usage examples ###

Included in the zip file is AppDomainPoshRunner.SecondAppDomain.ps1, so you can run these examples by unzipping the files, opening a command prompt, and cd-ing to the directory you unzipped the files to

    REM run AppDomainPoshRunner.SecondAppDomain.ps1 and write output to the console
    poshrunner -f AppDomainPoshRunner.SecondAppDomain.ps1
	REM run AppDomainPoshRunner.SecondAppDomain.ps1 and write output to poshrunner.log
	poshrunner -f AppDomainPoshRunner.SecondAppDomain.ps1 --log4netConfigType=File

### Why use ADPR? ###

Here are some compelling features:

* A script can have its own app.config separate from powershell.exe.config
* All output is written to a custom implementation of [log4Net.ILog](http://logging.apache.org/log4net/release/sdk/log4net.ILog.html). This means:
    * You can send script output to a log file instead of (or in addition to) the console.
    * You can have `Write-Error` write a message to the event log.
    * You can send script output to mongodb with [Log4Mongo](http://log4mongo.org/display/PUB/Log4mongo+for+.NET)
    * Much much more

### How do I download ADPR ###

The recommended way to install poshrunner.exe is [the chocolatey package](http://chocolatey.org/packages/PoshRunner/).

Since GitHub [no longer allows downloads](https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads), I have created [a sourceforge.net project for PoshRunner](https://sourceforge.net/projects/poshrunner/). Here is a [direct link](https://sourceforge.net/projects/poshrunner/files/latest/download) to the latest download.

### What is the status of ADPR ###

ADPR is a little rough around the edges, but quite useable. Because ADPR implements [PSHost](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.management.automation.host.pshost(VS.85).aspx), the following cmdlets will run:

    Write-Verbose 'Verbose Message';
    Write-Debug 'Debug Message';
    Write-Host 'Host Message';
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor green "Green Text"
    Write-Warning 'Warning Message';
    Write-Error 'Error Message'


One-of-a-kind purple lampwork earrings that are 100% handmade beads that have colorful and bumpy textures. The colors on the golden and silver swirl around the bead are light topaz, blue, dark pink and white. Each bead is absolutely unique and beautiful! They are wire wrapped by hand with flawless and beautiful deep purple Swarovski crystals and silver daisy spacer beads. Length is approximately 1 1/2 inches from top of silver ear wires. Perfect to wear these with a casual or elegant outfit.


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Sat, May 13, 2023 | Doors 07:00 PM, Show: 08:00 PM
On sale: Fri, December 09, 2022
J.I.D & SMINO
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Spend the academic year on a beautiful campus with great students and colleagues. Any questions, feel free to get in touch.
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Should You Worry About Government Confiscation of Your Bullion?
Questions surrounding gold confiscation, a la Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 Executive Order 6102, often pop up during the conversations Money Metals Exchange's Specialists have with customers. Unfortunately, the specter of this 80-year-old attack on wealthy "gold hoarders" is still haunting investors today.
As the federal government grows more authoritarian and more insolvent, investors should indeed worry about what kind of desperate measures may be coming.
President Obama has already proposed a new retirement account for low and middle income workers called a "myRA" which will require participants to lend funds to the federal government. Another form of "confiscation" already under discussion involves limitations on tax benefits tied to IRAs and 401(k)s – and potentially even requirements that U.S. debt be purchased within those accounts.
Indeed, stealth government confiscation is already occurring in the form of the "inflation tax," whereby savers lose purchasing power on their dollars due to runaway spending, borrowing, and money printing by America's central planners. And, of course, there is the confiscation from our progressive system of taxation which imposes ever higher rates of tax on nominal earnings.
We strongly believe that forgoing or limiting your bullion purchases based on fears of outright government confiscation is counterproductive. Military critics often use the expression "preparing to fight the last war" when discussing the tendency for strategists to focus overmuch on the enemy's prior tactics at the expense of preparing for new ones. Letting the threat of confiscation deter you from building a position in physical gold and silver is preparing to fight the last war.
The dollar is no longer backed by gold. In 1933, when Roosevelt wanted to print dollars to finance New Deal spending, the government needed gold for backing. Today, dollars can be printed in unlimited quantities without constraint.
The U.S. government is far less popular and holds less moral authority than it once did. During Roosevelt's administration, there was no effort to go door to door demanding citizens turn over their gold. Even then it would have been difficult and dangerous work for officials, so they relied on a public relations campaign to demonize holding bullion and convinced people to hand it over "voluntarily." Today such an effort seems more difficult, and we question whether bureaucrats would be foolish enough to try.
Perhaps most importantly, technology makes paper assets held electronically -- not physical gold and silver -- the "low hanging fruit" when it comes to confiscation. It is far easier and safer for officials to go after bank brokerage, and retirement accounts from the comfort of air-conditioned offices in Washington DC.
The latter has already been demonstrated by recent events. During the banking crisis in Cyprus, officials took advantage of technology to launch a surprise attack on their citizens. Cypriots woke up one morning to find they no longer controlled the "cash" held in their banks. Confiscation took the form of electronically seizing bank accounts and limiting ATM withdrawals to €100 per day.
Under federal laws, the U.S. government claims the authority to seize ANY asset of any kind in times of national emergency. So confiscation is a real threat, and no asset is safe from a distressed government.
But investors should defend themselves by exchanging assets that are easiest for bureaucrats to confiscate (paper assets held electronically in banks and brokerage accounts) for assets that are difficult to grab. Easy-to-transport, easy-to-hide physical bullion stored securely and privately is the best place we can think of to start.
But there is one kind of confiscation you can be 100% sure to avoid -- the kind done daily by dealers selling so-called "rare" coins. Unless you are an experienced collector with money to blow, you should avoid all kinds of "rare," "numismatic," and commemorative coins. Failing to do so virtually guarantees that some portion of your investment will be confiscated in the form of extortionate premiums which are usually 35% or higher than the coins' resale value and often many times the coins' actual melt value.


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ETC: Hottest Tech Toys, Songwriters' Workshop
Nov 28, 2018 at 1:10 PM Nov 28, 2018 at 1:10 PM
"Dark Universe" Planetarium Show: 2:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon and 4 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland. $5 with museum admission. www.cmnh.org.
Greater Cleveland Aquarium: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, last admission is at 4 p.m., Nautica Entertainment Complex, 2000 Sycamore St., Cleveland. Features more than 50 tanks, which are home to thousands of living creatures including the Ohio-native brook trout, piranhas and sand tiger sharks that measure more than 7 feet. $19.95 for adults, $13.95 for children ages 2-12 www.GreaterClevelandAquarium.com.
Kent State's May 4 Visitors Center "Allison The Activist": The Kent State May 4 Visitors Center presents "Allison The Activist" an exhibit to celebrate the life of Allison Krause. The May 4 Visitors Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information, go to www.kent.edu/may4.
Akron Art Museum Free Thursdays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Akron Art Museum, 1 S. High St. Free admission and special programming. www.akronartmuseum.org.
Sesame Street Live! Let's Party!: 2 and 6 p.m. Thursday at the Covelli Center, 229 E. Front St., Youngstown. $17-$52. For tickets, go to http://covellicentre.com/.
Italian Center Spaghetti Dinner: 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the Italian Center, 134 E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron. $7-$8. 330-535-3919.
Cutting the Cord on Cable: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 Third St. Learn the basics of cord cutting, including how to enjoy broadcast television, what equipment is needed, and the most popular streaming services currently on the market. 330-928-2117.
North High School Winter Concert: 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the North High School Auditorium, 985 Gorge Blvd, Akron. Five members of the Akron Symphony Orchestra will perform with the North High School musicians.
Polish American Club Fish Fry: 4:30-8 p.m. Friday at the Polish American Club, 472 E. Glenwood Ave., Akron. Starting at $7.95. 330-253-0496.
Plain Township's Eighth Annual "Winterfest": 6-9 p.m. Friday at Diamond Community Park, 2782 Diamond St. NE, Plain Township. Lighting displays, hot chocolate, holiday music, ice carvings, wood carvings, and Santa Claus. For more information, call 330-244-8473.
A New Adventure Widows & Widowers social group: 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Bob Evans, 175 Howe Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. 330-929-5430 or 330-630-9275.
A New Beginning Social Group for Widows and Widowers: 9 a.m. Saturday at Thano's Restaurant, 71 Fifth St. SE, Barberton. 330-745-6239.
Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at St. George Serbian Center, 4667 Applegrove St. NW, North Canton. $3 admission. For more information, go to www.avantgardeshows.com.
MassMu "Do The Mu!": Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way E. Make and take, Upcycled Snowman, with Dawn Rohrer. Free. For more information, call 330-833-4061 or go to www.massillonmuseum.org.
Hoover-Price Planetarium Show "The Universe at Large": 1 p.m. Saturday at the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, Canton. 330-455-7043.
Make It Merry: 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 Third St. Create your own seasonal decorations and gift-items. Free. 330-928-2117.
Understanding, Appreciating, Collecting Inuit Art of Canada: 1-3 p.m. Saturday at The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, 1834 E. 123rd St., Cleveland. Presented by John Konikis. For registration, call 216-721-9020 or go to www.artistsarchives.org.
Downtown Akron Art Walk: 5-10 p.m. First Saturday, various venues and restaurants in downtown Akron. Featuring local art, live music and fun for all ages.
Swing-A-Lings Square Dance: 8-10:30 p.m. Saturday at Church of the Lakes, 5944 Fulton Road NW, Canton. Caller Tom Strickland with Cuer Kristy Lake. For information, call Sharon at 330-575-0857.
Stomp: 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. $38-$82. 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
Hoover-Price Planetarium Astronomy for Adults: 2 p.m. First Monday at the McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, Canton. "Night Sky" followed by a 30 to 40 minute open lecture/discussion directed by the audience. 330-455-7043.
A Vintage 60's Christmas: 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Akron-Summit County Library, Green branch, 4046 Massillon Road. Vintage 60's Christmas TV and songs presented by Bill Brauning. 330-896-9074.
Carovillese Club Spaghetti Dinner: 4-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Carovillese Club, 570 E. Cuyahoga Falls Ave., Akron. $6 to $8.25. 330-929-6767.
Massillon Public Library's Historical Fiction Book Club: 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Massillon Public LIbrary, 208 Lincoln Way E. Discussing the book "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr. 330-832-9831, ext. 312 or www.massillonlibrary.org.
Emerald Valley Mothers of Multiples: 6:45-8:45 p.m. First Tuesday no July and August at the Middleburg Heights Community Center, Room B, 16000 Bagley Rd, Cleveland. For more information, go to www.bigtent.com/groups/evmomc.
2018 Tax Reform & Preparing for Tax Season: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 Third St. Presented by SCORE. To register, call 330-379-3163.
Hottest Tech Toys: 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 Third St. Learn about the latest tech trends in toys, apps and other devices. Registration requested, call 330-928-2117.
Songwriters' Workshops: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Massillon Musum, 121 Lincoln Way E. Folk singer and songwriter Bryan Stahl offers songwriters' workshops for students ages 14 and older. Free. For information, go to www.BryanStahl.com.