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Accused JPMorgan Chase Hacker Plans to Plead Guilty
83 Million Accounts Compromised as Part of Massive Alleged Fraud Scheme Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • September 20, 2019
Andrei Tyurin, who's been accused of perpetrating the biggest heist of customer bank data in U.S. history, intends to plead guilty to charges filed against him, according to court documents. (Update: On Sept. 23, Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to numerous charges.)
Tyurin, a 36-year-old Russian national, was extradited from the Eastern European country of Georgia to New York last September (see: Russian Charged in JPMorgan Chase Hack Extradited to US).
Tyurin had originally pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, wire fraud, computer hacking, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to violate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. He's been accused of stealing more than 83 million customer records from JPMorgan Chase.
Tyurin is due in court on Sept. 23 to discuss a pending plea deal with prosecutors that has been months in the making, as Bloomberg has reported.
A Sept. 13 letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York to Judge Alison J. Nathan says that Tyurin's plea agreement is meant to resolve two cases.
A Rule 20 transfer notice seeks to consolidate in Manhattan federal court two cases involving Tyurin in advance of his anticipated plea deal.
One is the office's "United States v. Andrei Tyurin," while the other is a case filed in Georgia federal court, "United States v. Gery Shalon et al." Both prosecutors and the defense team have agreed, under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 20 - "transfer for plea and sentence" - to transfer the Northern District of Georgia case to Manhattan federal court.
The terms of the proposed plea deal have yet to be revealed.
Wide-Ranging Alleged Crimes
Tyurin allegedly worked with a team that prosecutors say was led by three men: Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein. They've been accused of running a wide-ranging criminal operation that included online gambling, stock manipulation and payment processing fraud.
The attacks collectively compromised the personal information of more than 100 million people, according to an indictment filed against Tyurin. He and his group are alleged to have collected hundreds of millions of dollars from fraud derived from the intrusions and other fraud.
The scale of the fraud was such that some media outlets, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, first reported - erroneously - that it appeared to have been state-sponsored, likely by Russia. But the FBI later stated that it was pursuing the case purely as a criminal matter.
Gang's Alleged Ringleader Based in Israel
The alleged overall ringleader of the scheme that Tyurin has been accused of assisting was Shalon, a Georgian national who emigrated to Israel with his parents when he was young.
Shalon was arrested at his home near Tel Aviv, Israel, in July 2015, after being charged by U.S. authorities with running a stock-manipulation scheme. He was extradited to the U.S. in 2016, as was Orenstein (see: Israel to Extradite Alleged Chase Hackers).
When the charges were filed, Maryland-born Aaron, who also goes by "Mike Shields," was living in Moscow. But he returned to the U.S. in December 2016, surrendering to authorities at JFK International Airport in New York (see: Third Alleged Hacker Arrested in Chase Breach).
All three have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them, which include securities fraud, wire fraud, market manipulation, identification document fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. The charges collectively carry maximum prison sentences of more than 100 years.
In March, Bloomberg reported that Shalon appears to have been assisting the U.S. government in exchange for a potentially more lenient sentence.
According to the indictment against Shalon, he had personally stashed at least $100 million in Swiss bank accounts and had funds in other countries. Authorities say he and his co-defendants has been repatriating the funds to the U.S., Bloomberg reported, as part of their bid for leniency.
Financial Service Firms Hacked
Between 2007 and 2015, the group illegally traded pharmaceutical products as well as counterfeit and malicious software and as ran illegal online internet gambling operations, prosecutors allege.
Superseding indictment, filed in North Georgia federal court, names Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron, Ziv Orenstein and Andrei Tyurin
Victims included more than 83 million customers of JPMorgan Chase, whose personal data was stolen in what prosecutors have said was the "largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history" (see: Charges Announced in JPMorgan Chase Hack).
Other victims included customers of brokerage firms Fidelity Investments, E-Trade and Scott Trade, financial news company Dow Jones, as well as software development firms and a merchant risk intelligence company, among others.
The group's alleged schemes included running illegal online casinos, illegally trading in pharmaceutical products, selling counterfeit and malicious software, and perpetrating fake investment and stock advice as part of "pump-and-dump" schemes, according to the indictment. In some cases, the group allegedly bought outstanding shares and also persuaded others to buy certain stocks, causing share prices to rise, thus allegedly allowing the gang to sell their shares at a profit while others suffered losses.
Shalon has also been charged with helping to run Coin.mx, a cryptocurrency exchange that prosecutors allege he used for money laundering purposes (see: Bitcoin Exchange Crackdown: Two Employees Plead Guilty).
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Bendable Phones Could Come As Soon As Next Year
Phones change. From the blocky phones you one had built into the car, to the flip phones and touch screen devices we now use to play games and listen to music, phones have advanced to a stage where the device is as capable as a small tablet. The one thing that has changed is their design has been static, A large block phone, two halves which unfold from one another, even modular designs like Googles Ara are static in their design. Samsung wants to change that, with bendable screens coming as soon as next year.
Reports seem to indicate that we could soon have two foldable mobiles. One of the devices is reported as being a mobile phone that folds in half while the second is a 5-inch screen that can be unfurled into an 8-inch display "similar to a tablet".
With the devices named under "Project Valley", the initial report indicates that Samsung could reveal either one or both of the devices in February when the Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona. Samsung has declined to comment on the initial reports, seeming to only inspire confidence and curiosity.
Would you use a bendable screen? I'm quite interested in one with an expanding screen, turning a smartphone into a tablet at a moments notice.
EDIT: It should be noted that the picture above is of an early concept, showing that bendable screens were possible. With no pictures of the current soon to be revealed handsets, we can only wait to see what the new devices will look like.
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We have 1 x set of HKS Hipermax SP coilovers in stock for a Impreza GDB (E-G) 06/2004- model.
Scoobynet members price is £1250 delivered.
These coilovers are still available. Only one set in stock.
These are the stiffer of the 2 x options that HKS make.
Ideal for track and fast road use.
Can these coilovers be refurbished in the UK when issues arise?
HKS Europe use to offer a rebuilding service but the service never got used as no one ever required them servicing.
You wont get an issue with these. HKS Europe have never had a set of Hipermax 4s returned.
If they ever needed servicing which is unlikely then they can be sent to Japan or have the work carried out by an independent.
Thats a very bold statement. Can you warrant that lol?
Do you have costs for refurbs ?
That is what the guys at HKS Europe have told me and i have been working with them for about 4 years and trust what they say.
We have never had to arrange the rebuild of a set of Hipermax coilovers.
Your worrying about a cost that you probably wont ever have to pay.
Thanks for the reply, Please don't think I'm trying to be difficult!
I like the look of these coilovers and I understand they have had great reviews albeit in the US. As I had mentioned before about rebuilds, I'm only going on what I know about Asian market coilovers, such as Zeal, older HKS, Tein etc. I was quoted £200 per side to refurbish my old Type HA Teins and it just wasn't financially feasible. It worked out more cost effective to buy the Super Streets at the time.
Can you find out normal servicing costs for these coilovers without any additional work as a ball park figure including any charges needed to have them shipped to Japan etc?
Finally, do you know the spring rates on these SP models?
Approx estimation of the costs would be about £650 - This includes shipping to and from the HKS factory in Japan.
Only high end race spec coilovers require regular maintenance and good quality road ones should not.
But if anyone is still interested in any HKS coilovers or any other brand of coilovers for there Scooby then please get in touch and i will give you a good price.
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Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry
Mr Geoffrey Macnab
I B TAURIS
Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Cultural studies; Cinema industry
What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era?
In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time low, cinema buildings were in a state of disrepair, and home video had yet to flourish. Since then, while many business challenges-especially for independent producers and distributors-remain, the industry overall has developed beyond recognition.
In recent years, as British films have won Oscars, Cannes Palms, and Venice Golden Lions, releases such as Love Actually, Billy Elliot, Skyfall, Paddington, and the Harry Potter series have found enormous commercial as well as critical success. The UK industry has encouraged, and benefitted from, a huge amount of inward investment, much of it from the Hollywood studios, but also from the National Lottery via the UK Film Council and BFI.
This book portrays the visionaries and officials who were at the helm as a digital media revolution began to reshape the industry. Through vivid accounts based on first-hand interviews of what was happening behind the scenes, film commentator and critic Geoffrey Macnab provides in-depth analysis of how and why the British film industry has risen like a phoenix from the ashes.
By: Mr Geoffrey Macnab
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Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm,
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Geoffrey Macnab is a film journalist and critic for The Independent, The Guardian and Screen International. His books include the acclaimed Delivering Dreams: A Century of British Film Distribution and Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (both I.B.Tauris).
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The event came one year after a masked, unidentified gunman shot dead a 26-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman at a community centre for gays in the heart of the city.
Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said hundreds of policemen, border-patrol officers and volunteers were securing the event, but said their presence was equal in size to that of previous years.
Authorities received no special intelligence warnings indicating that ultra-right or ultra-religious activists would try to disturb the march, he added.
The march was scheduled to start with a minute of silence to honor the two people who died and 11 who were injured in the community center shooting.
The gay community had called it the most lethal homophobic act in Israel's history, and many felt it affected Tel Aviv's image as a gay-friendly "paradise" in an otherwise largely hostile Middle East.
"This year, the challenge of the community at the pride event is huge," Yaniv Weizman, the gay community advisor to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, said in statement on the municipality website.
"On the one hand, we need to send out a clear message that no murderer will push us back into the closet and we will continue to march through the city with our heads held high. On the other, we need to remember the killed and the (2009) hate crime," he added.


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namespace admin\controllers;

use admin\models\Author;
use admin\models\Book;
use admin\models\BookForm;
use admin\models\BookSearch;
use admin\models\KeyWord;
use admin\models\Model;
use Yii;
use yii\filters\AccessControl;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;

/**
 * BookController implements the CRUD actions for Book model.
 */
class BookController extends Controller
{
    public function behaviors()
    {
        return [
            'access' => [
                'class' => AccessControl::className(),
                'rules' => [
                    [
                        'actions' => ['logout', 'index', 'view', 'create', 'update', 'delete', 'harddelete'],
                        'allow' => true,
                        'roles' => ['@'],
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                'class' => VerbFilter::className(),
                'actions' => [
                    'delete' => ['post'],
                    'harddelete' => ['post'],
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            ],
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    /**
     * Lists all Book models.
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function actionIndex()
    {
        $searchModel = new BookSearch();
        $dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);

        return $this->render('index', [
            'searchModel' => $searchModel,
            'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Displays a single Book model.
     * @param string $id
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function actionView($id)
    {
        $modelBook = $this->findModel($id);
        $modelBookForm = new BookForm($modelBook);

        return $this->render('view', [
            'modelBook' => $modelBook,
            'authors' => $modelBookForm->getAuthors(),
            'keyWords' => $modelBookForm->getKeyWords(),
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    /**
     * Creates a new Book model.
     * If creation is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
     * @return mixed
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    public function actionCreate()
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        $modelBook = new Book;
        $modelBookForm = new BookForm($modelBook);
        $modelsAuthor = [new Author];
        $modelsKeyWords = [new KeyWord];

        if ($modelBook->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
            $modelsAuthor = Model::createMultiple(Author::className());
            Model::loadMultiple($modelsAuthor, Yii::$app->request->post());
            //process, separate book keyWords
            if ($wordsArray = $modelBookForm->prepareKeyWords(Yii::$app->request->post('KeyWord')['words'])) {
                $modelsKeyWords = Model::createMultiple(KeyWord::className(), [], $wordsArray);
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            if ($valid && $modelBookForm->createBook($modelsAuthor, $modelsKeyWords)) {
                Yii::info($modelBook->id . '_create', 'book');
                $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $modelBook->id]);
            }
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        return $this->render('create', [
            'modelBook' => $modelBook,
            'modelsAuthor' => (empty($modelsAuthor)) ? [new Author] : $modelsAuthor,
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Updates an existing Book model.
     * If update is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
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     * @param string $id Book id
     * @return mixed
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        $modelBook = $this->findModel($id);
        $modelBookForm = new BookForm($modelBook);
        $authorsId = $modelBook->getAuthors()->select('id')->asArray()->all();
        $modelsAuthor = Author::findAll($authorsId); //$modelBook->getAuthors()->asArray()->all();

        if ($modelBook->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
            $modelsAuthorNew = Model::createMultiple(Author::className());
            Model::loadMultiple($modelsAuthorNew, Yii::$app->request->post());
            //process, separate book keyWords
            $modelsKeyWordsNew = [new KeyWord];
            if ($wordsArray = $modelBookForm->prepareKeyWords(Yii::$app->request->post('KeyWord')['words'])) {
                $modelsKeyWordsNew = Model::createMultiple(KeyWord::className(), [], $wordsArray);
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                Model::loadMultiple($modelsKeyWordsNew, $wordsArray, '');
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            $valid = Model::validateMultiple($modelsAuthorNew) && $valid;
            $valid = $wordsArray === false ? $valid : Model::validateMultiple($modelsKeyWordsNew) && $valid;

            if ($valid && $modelBookForm->updateBook($modelsAuthor, $modelsAuthorNew, $modelsKeyWordsNew)) {
                Yii::$app->session->setFlash('success', Yii::t('app', Yii::t('app', 'Book was updated successfully.')));
                Yii::info($id . '_update', 'book');

                return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $modelBook->id]);
            } else {
                //get all errors from multiple models
                if (($msg = BookForm::getErrorsMessages($modelsAuthorNew)) !== false) {
                    Yii::$app->session->addFlash('danger', $msg);
                }
                if (($msg = BookForm::getErrorsMessages($modelsKeyWordsNew)) !== false) {
                    Yii::$app->session->addFlash('danger', $msg);
                }
            }
            Yii::$app->session->addFlash('danger', Yii::t('app', 'Book was not updated.'));
        }

        return $this->render('update', [
            'modelBook' => $modelBook,
            'modelsAuthor' => (empty($modelsAuthor)) ? [new Author] : $modelsAuthor,
            'keyWords' => $modelBookForm->getKeyWords(),
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes an existing Book model changing book status to deleted.
     * If deletion is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'index' page.
     * @param string $id
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function actionDelete($id)
    {
        $book = $this->findModel($id);
        $book->status_id = Yii::$app->params['status']['deleted'];
        $book->update(false);
        Yii::info($id . '_delete', 'book');
        Yii::$app->session->addFlash('success', Yii::t('app', 'Book was deleted successfully.'));

        return $this->redirect(['index']);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes an existing Book model and all related data.
     * If deletion is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'index' page.
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     * @return mixed
     */
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    {
        $modelBook = $this->findModel($id);
        $modelBookForm = new BookForm($modelBook);
        if ($modelBookForm->deleteBook()) {
            Yii::info($id . '_harddelete', 'book');
            Yii::$app->session->addFlash('success', Yii::t('app', 'Book was deleted successfully.'));

            return $this->redirect(['index']);
        }
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        return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $modelBook->id]);

    }

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     */
    protected function findModel($id)
    {
        if (($model = Book::findOne($id)) !== null) {
            return $model;
        } else {
            throw new NotFoundHttpException(Yii::t('app', 'The requested page does not exist.'));
        }
    }
}

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I sat down here to go off on a tirade about how miserable my day was and how frustrated I felt. Enough so that at one point I wanted to throw up my hands and say fine, I quit!
The reality is that yes I am extremely frustrated but I don't intend to quiet.
Hubby and I made plans to attend a racecar show this weekend. Hubby loves the races. Or at least he did. There was a time in his life he used to drive dirt track. He was pretty good in his day and he enjoyed bragging about it. He even raced on the same track with a young and upcoming driver that surpassed him and went on to bigger and better things. Mr Mark Martin. A young "kid that could barely see over the wheel", Hubby would say. Even though Hubby and Mark never raced together, as they were in two different race classes, Hubby sure liked to talk about those days. A few years ago Marks Promo car passed through town on the back of a hauler and stopped at a local gas station. Hubby was there when it did and he had his picture taken beside the car. He is still proud of that picture and brings it to me to see every now and then. I miss that he doesn't talk about it anymore.
I like dirt track racing myself. There is nothing like the feeling of loud motors vibrating through your body or the taste of a heat lamp hamburger with ketchup and dust. That sounds terrible I know but I really love the races.
We also intended to double our pleasure, double our fun because we were going to see our grandchildren. We hadn't seen these since Christmas and I was so looking forward to spending some precious time with them.
The plan was to take the 3 hr drive, spend the evening with our family, a night in a hotel and attend the car show tomorrow.
Our reason for going the day early was because it takes such a long time to get prepared to go anywhere. 2 hrs at the least and usually exhaustion sets in by the time Hubby is dressed, shaved, combed, fed etc etc.
The show was going to start early in the day so that would have meant getting up extra early to accomplish those tasks and beginning the day hurried and have a very long ride.
I had a set time I wanted to leave that would allow us to arrive at our destination while still daylight. I do not like night driving. A hotel, for our convenience, could be found and we could get up and not rush to be at the show, be able to enjoy it and Hubby could sleep on the ride home.
Hurry is not a word used around here anymore. Oddly, I used to be the one ready right on the dot, Hubby was always reminding me of the time and trying to get me to rush. He never wanted to be late for anything. Now that time and space have no meaning for Hubby he moves at the slowest pace unaware. The more I attempt to hurry Hubby the more anxious he becomes. the more anxious he becomes the slower he gets. It's a no win so I try and allow all the time possible to do anything. Should I miss the 2 hr window even by 5 minsutes you can forget whatever plans were made. Hence, today.
I woke Hubby in plenty of time to prepare him something to eat and still have his good 2 hr window. 15 mins passed and still he would not get out of bed. 15 mins more I had passed and he went to the bathroom. YAY! I thought, a good sign. 15 mins later still no Hubby. I found him back in bed. Not a good sign. I asked Hubby if he was Ok. He seemed to take an extra long time to respond to my question and when he did he said "yeah". I reminded him we were supposed to go somewhere and we had a time we wanted to leave. He lay in the bed a long time with no movement or answer. I walked away and returned once more, 15 mins later, to ask if he was getting up, to which he said "You can go ahead and go if you want". Trying to reason with Lewy is impossible.
By then we had reached the 2 hr window. Anxiety high already I turned and walked away from Hubby. Apparently my anxiety found a way of escape through my eyes. Highly disappointed and frustrated I wanted to walk out the door get into my car and drive away.
Perhaps I should have gotten out and walked up and down the driveway but instead I filled my frustration, sadness and disappointment with food.
Hubby still sleeps and I have tried all day to come to grips with the hatefulness of Lewy. I want to yell at it and shake it hard but how do you make a dying brain understand? I have to learn to separate the disease from my Hubby. Sometimes a difficult thing to do as Hubby was able to get very stubborn and hateful without the help of Lewy. So once more I absorb the feelings.
I try to keep a smile journal. I wondered what I had to smile about today. Thanks to my daughter she was able to help me. She said, Well, at least he said you could go by yourself. We thought it was funny because in his health, he never wanted me to go anywhere by myself.


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Wuki
Hot / Talk EP
After releasing 2 incredible SNACKS from talented up and coming producer Wuki, we knew it was time to put together a full release to showcase his talents. After hearing these records you'll know why. 'Hot' blew us away and became an instant set staple. Uniquely driving, the track pulses with an undeniable energy that will instantly get any crowd moving. The flip is 'Talk', featuring Spencer Foreman is an foreboding club weapon, warning those not to step if they aren't prepared for what could happen. Now, with 2 powerful originals, it was only right we called up a couple friends to do damage on the pack as well. Pittsburgh based producer Buku brings the bass and thickens up 'Hot' while New York favourite, Main Course alumni and Trouble & Bass troublemaker Tony Quattro adds a dose of tropical aggression to "Talk" with an anthemic lead synth, air horns and tuff stabs. This is some slap you in the face club music. We aren't assholes, but don't try to tell us you hadn't be warned!
Wuki is the genre-blending solo project of Denver-based producer Kris Barman.
Influenced by the sounds of Detroit ghettoes and Chicago footwork scenes, Barman's ability to seamlessly mix booty, breaks, electro, and house into hard-hitting club-shakers has become a trademark of the Wuki sound. The Mile High City resident has earned releases and remixes for notable imprints such as OWSLA, Main Course, Fool's Gold, and Ultra – not to mention support from the likes of Knife Party, Skrillex, and Rolling Stone Magazine.
01. Hot
02. Talk (ft. Spencer Foreman)
03. Hot (Buku Remix)
04. Talk ft. Spencer Foreman (Tony Quattro Remix)


Think about how long it took to put the weight on in the first place. It probably didn't go on in 2 weeks and it won't come off that quickly either.
In some long term weight loss programs, the users will start the first 2 weeks of the program with a quick weight loss to motivate them and potentially increase the ability of the participant to continue through the program.
Depending upon your current lifestyle there just might be tweaks that you can institute which will jump start your diet and help you to lose weight quickly.
Cut out all junk food from your daily diet. Although the donuts, cupcakes and sodas might taste good, they can easily add over 500 calories a day to your calorie load. Just cutting those calories you'll lose 1 pound a week.
But, cutting sugar from your diet does more than cut calories. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. Sugar calories will boost your blood sugar and spike your insulin. In other words it has a high glycemic index. These calories increase your risk of weight gain more than just the numbers indicate.
Substitute fruit smoothies and other fruit foods for the desserts you used to eat. Yes, they are also high in sugar but they will satisfy your sweet tooth and will be lower in calories. Use a fruit smoothie with yogurt for lunch and you'll reduce your calorie load and improve your satisfaction level.
Cut back the number of times you eat out at work and bring lunch from home. You will cut calories, save money and lose weight.
Totally clean out your pantry and refrigerator from the foods that you love to eat and may binge on. If it's not at home you can binge on carrots and celery. These are high in fiber to keep you full and low in calories.
Losing weight quickly will go faster when you burn calories during the day. Try working out first thing in the morning and help keep your metabolism high. Group fitness is a great way to keep motivated. Burning just 250 extra calories a day plus cutting out 250 calories of food will burn off 1 pound a week. That's 1 pound a week, long term, every week. That's 52 pounds a year.
Set your goals. How much will you weigh in 1 year?


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The Long GOP Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood
Fetal-tissue research enjoyed bipartisan support amid decades-long efforts to revoke government funding to Planned Parenthood.
Julie Rovner
Republican calls to defund Planned Parenthood over its handling of fetal tissue for research are louder than ever. But they form just the latest episode in a decades-long drive to halt federal support for the group.
This round of attacks aims squarely at the collection of fetal tissue, an issue that had been mostly settled—with broad bipartisan support—in the early 1990s. Among those who voted to allow federal funding for fetal tissue research was Senator Mitch McConnell, now the majority leader.
McConnell made no mention of his previous position on the issue when he announced that the Senate would take up a bill to cut off Planned Parenthood's access to federal funds before leaving for its summer break. The first vote on the bill is expected as soon as Monday.
Videos shot by members of an anti-abortion group posing as fetal-tissue middlemen "absolutely shock the conscience," said McConnell at a news conference. Those videos are being presented as evidence of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of tissue from aborted fetuses in strikingly casual terms. It is illegal to profit from the sale of fetal tissue, though not illegal for expenses involved in its collection to be reimbursed.
Planned Parenthood says the videos are heavily edited and take discussions out of context.
"These videos are hard for anyone to defend and hit at the moral fabric of our society," said the bill's lead sponsor, Senator Joni Ernst. "Planned Parenthood is harvesting the body parts of unborn babies."
Ernst's bill would not only make Planned Parenthood ineligible for federal grant programs, like the federal family planning program, but also ban it from receiving reimbursement from Medicaid for other health services it performs for eligible men and women, such as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. According to the group's most recent annual report, 41 percent of the $1.3 billion received by the national group and its affiliates came from government sources. Under a series of different laws including the Hyde amendment, none of the federal funds can be used for abortions, which accounted for 3 percent of services Planned Parenthood provides.
Yet even though abortion is a small part of what Planned Parenthood does, the group's enormous size makes it the nation's largest single provider of the procedure.
Dawn Laguens, the executive vice president of Planned Parenthood, says efforts to defund the group are, in fact, all about abortion. "They don't care about fetal-tissue research," she said. "It is just an angle to go after safe, legal abortion."
But David Daleiden, the 26-year-old head of the group that took the videos, put the focus back on fetal-tissue research. "The goal of our investigation is to reveal the truth about Planned Parenthood's trafficking and sale of aborted baby body parts for profit," he said, in a statement, "which is illegal and unethical. Taxpayers should not be paying for these atrocities against humanity."
But while the tie to fetal tissue is new, the fight to separate Planned Parenthood from its federal funding is, in fact, older than Daleiden himself.
In 1982, the Reagan administration issued the so-called squeal rule. It sought to require family-planning providers, including Planned Parenthood, to notify parents when providing contraceptives to minors, or else lose their funding. Planned Parenthood sued and won in federal court, where the rule was found to be a violation of patient privacy.
In 1987, the Reagan administration issued what came to be known as the "gag rule," which barred recipients of federal family-planning funds from counseling or referring patients for abortion, and which required both physical and financial separation between contraceptive and abortion services.
Planned Parenthood (and others) sued again, and the case eventually went to the Supreme Court. This time the government won, but the rules remained mired in lower courts and were never fully implemented. President Bill Clinton erased them on his first day in office in 1993 by executive order.
Planned Parenthood was back on the hot seat in the 2000s, as new "direct action" groups decided to take the fight in a different direction.
In 2011, the anti-abortion group Live Action released a series of videos charging that Planned Parenthood was failing to act in apparent cases of sexual abuse leading to abortions on minors. Republicans in the House helped use those videos (which were later found to have been edited to make them misleading) to pass an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood. The Democratic-led Senate never acted on the measure.
But even those inclined to support Planned Parenthood say that the allegations around the sale of fetal tissue may represent a turning point. "The imagery is terrible," said Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin. This is also ironic, she says, because there has been a fairly broad bipartisan consensus in favor of using tissue from aborted fetuses in research for many years.
A panel appointed during the Reagan administration in 1988 voted overwhelmingly that such research was ethical. "They went through all of the arguments, like 'Does it make you complicit and evil if you take advantage of what had been a legally aborted fetus and you think that abortion was evil?' And the answer was, 'Well no, because we have transplants of organs of homicide victims all the time,'" Charo said. "So even if you call it a homicide, we take advantage of it."
Meanwhile, groups looking for possible cures for devastating diseases, and seeing potential breakthroughs in other countries, urged Congress to cancel a funding ban on fetal-tissue research imposed by Reagan and continued under President George H. W. Bush.
That support was demonstrated in a bill to update programs at the National Institutes of Health. Among the Republicans who joined the overwhelming support for the measure in 1992 were not only McConnell, but also Chuck Grassley and John McCain.
Bush vetoed that bill, as promised, and while the Senate voted almost as overwhelmingly to override the veto, the House fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed. President Bill Clinton overturned the ban by executive order in 1993, and federal funding for fetal-tissue research was formally authorized in a similar NIH bill passed later that year.
This post appears courtesy of Kaiser Health News.
Julie Rovner is a reporter for Kaiser Health News.


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Intersection of Tort and Contract: New Maryland High Court Opinion
Last week, the Maryland Court of Appeals decided 100 Investment Limited Partnership v. Columbia Town Center Title Company. This is a business transaction case, so it is a little outside the usual purview of this blog. But it talks duty of care in tort cases which is spot on a topic of this blog and vicarious liability. It also talks about contractual indemnification which is a topic I have taught and published on it in the past. So I thought a quick write-up might be of interest. If you are looking for the usual personal injury fare, please drive through and check back tomorrow.
The case arose from a real estate transaction in which Plaintiff hired two companies, Cambridge Title and Columbia Town Center Title, to complete title work. Chicago Title Insurance Company underwrote the insurance policies on the disputed real estate.
The facts are a little convoluted – so much so I almo st ditched the post – but I think I have the gist of the story. The gist of the story is: The Millers, owners of the disputed land, first conveyed the property to a doctor. (Note: I normally don't name parties for reasons I've stated before but I've taken blogger notice – a derivative of judicial notice – that Miller is a common name.) Anyway, the deed was properly recorded.
Afterward, the Millers sold the same piece of land to the Plaintiff. Plaintiff then hired Cambridge to perform a title search for this transaction, and Cambridge failed to uncover the previous deed. Cambridge then issued a title commitment and insurance policy underwritten by Chicago Title. Afterward, the Plaintiff sought to transfer its interest in the land again, this time using Columbia to perform a title search. Columbia also failed to unearth the previous deed and again issued a title commitment and insurance policy. This insurance policy was underwritten by Safeco Title Insurance Corporation, a company later acquired by Chicago Title, which assumed Safeco's liabilities.
Plaintiff later found out about the previous sale to the doctor and repurchased the disputed land. The expenses for the repurchase and transaction fees totaled $191,510.88. Plaintiff then sued to recover the commercial loss, alleging that the title companies negligently performed the title search by failing to discover the doctor's deed and that Chicago Title, which underwrote both insurance policies on the disputed land, was vicariously liable.
The Court of Appeals examined two key questions in its opinion—(1) whether the title companies, in fact, owed a tort duty of care in conducting the title search and (2) whether Chicago Title could be held vicariously liable.
First, the court examined whether the title companies owed a tort duty of care for the title search. Plaintiff argued that in cases involving economic loss, a duty is imposed as long as an "intimate nexus" exists between the parties. In contrast, the title companies contended that when the relationship between parties is contractual, no tort duty exists. The court explained that while liability for a faulty title search technically rests on a contractual foundation, it can also be enforced by a negligence action.
The court agreed with the Plaintiff that a tort duty can be imposed in economic loss cases by showing an intimate nexus between the parties and clarified that contractual privity or its legal equivalent satisfies this showing. (In contrast, personal injury cases rely instead on foreseeability to determine the existence of duty.)Here, contractual privity was established when Plaintiff hired the title companies to perform the title work.
In the absence of contractual privity, the legal equivalent exception applies if (1) the defendant knows that its services will be used for a particular purpose; (2) the plaintiff relies on those services; and (3) the defendant has knowledge of the plaintiff's reliance. Here, the court found evidence to support all three factors. However, it is important to note that this exception does not extend to "an indeterminate class of people for an indeterminate time, but addresses a specific entity . . . ." If the defendant has no idea who will rely on its services, the law will not impose a duty of care – the plaintiff has to be known. (Let's call it the no duty to random people rule.)
Here, because both contractual privity and its legal equivalent were present, the court concluded that the title companies had a tort duty to employ reasonable care in conducting the title search.
The court also pointed out that Restatement 522 provides an alternative avenue for imposing tort liability based on liability assumed by professional suppliers of information. Like the intimate nexus approach, however, Restatement 522 also limits liability for professional negligence to the customer and third parties to whom the defendant intends to supply the information or knows the customer intended to supply it. In this instance, the Plaintiff could establish a tort duty using either approach.
The takeaway message is that a tort duty of care can arise from contractual relationships in cases involving economic loss. Both the intimate nexus test and Restatement 522 provide a basis for this duty. In either case, liability is limited to loss suffered by a known group of beneficiaries. Lastly, it may also be worthwhile to note that the law imposes an additional tort duty of care arising from "contractual dealings with professionals such as physicians, attorneys, architects, and public accountants . . . [and] in those occupations requiring peculiar skill," although title examiners would not likely fall under this category.
Vicarious Liability
Next, the court examined whether Chicago Title could be held vicariously liable for the title companies' negligence. Chicago Title contended that the exculpatory clause in the insurance policies precluded a claim in negligence. The clause read:
"Any claim of loss or damage, whether or not based on negligence, and which arises out of the status of the title to the estate or interest covered hereby or any action asserting such claim, shall be restricted to the provisions and conditions and stipulations of this policy."
The policy showed that Safeco would insure against loss or damage from faulty titles. The court agreed that the exculpatory language precludes a negligence claim, and as a result, vicarious liability was not addressed.
The court noted that in Maryland, exculpatory clauses are valid, with three exceptions. First, a party will not be permitted to excuse its liability for intentional harm or extreme forms of negligence (e.g. reckless, wanton, or gross negligence). Second, the contract cannot result from disparate bargaining power. Third, exculpatory agreements are not permitted if they violate public policy. Because the exculpatory clause did not implicate any of the three exceptions, Chicago Title could not be held liable for the title companies' negligence. In summary, exculpatory provisions in contracts are valid and can prevent tort liability in Maryland as long as no exceptions are triggered.
The Maryland high court will hear this issue in whether you can sign away a minor's tort rights in the near future in Rosen V. BJ's.
You can find the court's opinion here.
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Updated: February 25, 2022 1:31 pm


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VIDEO: As the summer drink drive campaign gets rolling - what are the rules and consequences?
The campaign aims to convince people to avoid the temptation of 'just one more'.
Department for Transport road safety campaign Think! Has launched its summer push to highlight issues around drink driving.
The campaign is specifically targeting men aged between 17 and 34 after research showed that young male drivers in particular are often confused about the legal drink drive limit.
The Department for Transport research showed that one in five (19 per cent) men aged 17-34 years would consider having an alcoholic drink before driving.
Timed to coincide with Euro 2016, the campaign will include a rerun of the #ButAlive adverts on television, radio and on demand services this week and onward into July.
Think! believe Euro 2016 represents an ideal opportunity to get the message across to their targeted demographic.
The organisation was unable to provide a comment today due to purdah restrictions surrounding the EU referendum.
So what is the law on drink driving?
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the legal alcohol limit for drivers is 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood and 107 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of urine.
The consequences of a drink driving conviction include a minimum 12 month driving ban, a criminal record, a fine, the possibility of up to 6 months in prison and an endorsement on your licence for 11 years.
That's not to mention increased car insurance costs, the effect on your job and potential issues getting into certain countries - such as the USA.
The Institute of Advanced Motorists calculate that a drink drive conviction could cost between £20,000 - £50,000 as a result of fines, solicitors fees, increase in car insurance and loss of job.


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Mesosa revoluta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1865. It is known from Borneo.

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This September, the wait is over….The Testaments, Margaret Atwood's highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, is revealed.
The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive cinema broadcast filmed live, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor.
The publication of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women's rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression. Filmed live from the London stage, Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood's remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.
With exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect.
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is 'as bold and beautiful as ever' (★★★★★ Telegraph). This thrilling, audacious and witty production is perhaps still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turned tradition upside down and took the dance world by storm.
Filmed live at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, this 'spellbinding' (★★★★★ Independent) re-imagining of the classic New Adventures production stars Will Bozier as The Swan/The Stranger, Liam Mower as The Prince and Nicole Kabera as The Queen.
WINNER of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear - Grand Jury Prize!
Premiering this March at the Alliance Française French Film Festival - tickets on sale now.
By The Grace Of God is the highly anticipated new film from acclaimed French director François Ozon (Frantz, Swimming Pool, 8 Femmes).
When Alexandre learns by chance that the priest who abused him as a boy is still working with children, he decides to take action to "lift the burden of silence" - but the repercussions and consequences will leave no one unscathed.
Starring Melvil Poupaud (Laurence Anyways), Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds) and Swann Arlaud (Les Anarchistes), with a screenplay by Ozon and cinematography by Manuel Dacosse (The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears).
A gripping, timely and deeply moving exploration of courage, family, faith, and speaking truth to power, By The Grace Of God will premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this February, and will be released in Australia by Sharmill Films in 2019.
A journey through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius Impressionist.
When Claude Monet re-emerged from the depression that had led him to abandon painting, he devoted himself body and soul to his most colossal undertaking: The Grand Décoration - huge panels depicting his water lily pond, so all-enveloping that the viewer's gaze is lost in an atmosphere of serenity and peace.
This brand new and deeply immersive art film allows us to discover what gave Monet the inspiration to return to work, and to produce such a stunning and immortal work of beauty.
Follow the River Seine on a visually stunning journey from La Havre to Giverny and Paris, through influential moments in the life of the world's most influential painter, with astonishing up-close access to some of his greatest masterpieces.
Featuring special guest stars actress Elisa Lasowski (Game of Thrones), and presented with the exclusive participation of Ross King, author of the best seller Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies.
A new production of the Rolls-Royce of English comedies, Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, filmed live at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End, is coming to the big screen!
This entertaining and still topical play brings an act of political sin into the heart of the English home. As an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern's smooth ascent to the top seems assured until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery. Directed by Jonathan Church, the talented ensemble cast includes real-life father and son Edward and Freddie Fox, Frances Barber, Nathaniel Parker, Sally Bretton and Susan Hampshire.
Jamie is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield.
Jamie doesn't quite fit in.
Jamie is terrified about the future.
Jamie is going to be a sensation.
Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. Inspired by a true story, Everybody's Talking About Jamie is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today. Winner of 3 WhatsOnStage Awards including Best New Musical and nominated for 5 Olivier Awards, Everybody's Talking About Jamie was filmed live at the Apollo Theatre in London's Shaftesbury Avenue especially for cinemas. Book your tickets now and find out what everybody's talking about!
Sinan is passionate about literature and desperate to become a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published, until his father's debts catch up with him.
A deeply moving and visually stunning countryside tale of the coinciding destinies of fathers and sons, The Wild Pear Tree is touted to be one of the year's most accomplished foreign language releases.
The follow-up to acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Winter Sleep (recipient of the Palme d'Or – top prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival), The Wild Pear Tree was acquired by Sharmill Films out of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and will be released theatrically in late 2018.
In 1891 Gauguin left Marseille for the Pacific, marking the beginning of a journey towards the essence of life and art, and forging his destiny as one of the greatest modern painters who ever lived.
Gauguin in Tahiti: Paradise Lost will take us on the trail of a story that has become myth. Through Tahiti and Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, we will experience the landscapes that inspired Gauguin, in the places where he built houses with bamboo and leaves, and discovered light and colours which changed his painting forever.
This stunning state-of-the-art cinema event will also bring us to Paris, Bretagne, Edinburgh, and to the most prestigious art museums of the United States, where most of his masterpieces are preserved: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; The National Gallery of Art in Washington; and The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
If only museums could talk! This stunning new event film featuring Jeremy Irons would like to do just that: let the Prado speak for itself. Celebrating its 200th birthday in 2019, the Prado Museum will tell the story of its life, and take you on a spectacular journey in Madrid covering six centuries of Spanish history. History told through art, through the eight thousand masterpieces housed in the Museum's collections, and the story behind each one. A painting is canvas, colour, matter, and form, but it is also the story of men and women, painters and kings, palaces and queens, wealth and misery, body and soul.
Michael and Dafna are devastated when army officials show up at their home to announce the death of their son Jonathan. Michael becomes increasingly frustrated by overzealous relatives and well-meaning army bureaucrats. While his sedated wife rests, he spirals into a whirlwind of emotions, which rival the surreal and darkly comic military experiences of his son.
Foxtrot, the sophomore feature film from director Samuel Maoz (2009's Golden Lion winner Lebanon) and Israel's official Oscar candidate, is a visually bold and emotionally powerful exploration of war, grief and family.
Winner of the coveted Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and recipient of eight Ophirs at the 2017 Israeli Film Awards including Best Film, Director and Actor, Foxtrot has garnered widespread praise for its unforgettable story which weaves three interconnected narratives into an overarching tale of love and loss, mixing comedy and tragedy in a wholly unique way.
This new production of Bellini's masterpiece stars Sondra Radvanovsky as the Druid priestess and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa—a casting coup for bel canto fans. Tenor Joseph Calleja is Pollione, Norma's unfaithful lover, and Carlo Rizzi conducts. Sir David McVicar's evocative production sets the action deep in a Druid forest where nature and ancient ritual rule.
Music Director Emeritus James Levine conducts the full-length, German version of Mozart's magical fable The Magic Flute, seen in Julie Taymor's spectacular production, which captures both the opera's earthy comedy and its noble mysticism.
The Met presents the American premiere of Thomas Adès's The Exterminating Angel, inspired by the classic Luis Buñuel film of the same name. Hailed by the New York Times at its 2016 Salzburg Festival premiere as "inventive and audacious … a major event," The Exterminating Angel is a surreal fantasy about a dinner party from which the guests can't escape. Tom Cairns, who wrote the libretto, directs the new production, and Adès conducts his own adventurous new opera.
Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli's Napoleonic-era sets and costumes, Sir David McVicar's ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for extraordinary singing. Sonya Yoncheva stars as the title prima donna alongside Vittorio Grigolo and Željko Lučić.
Pretty Yende debuts a new role at the Met as the feisty Adina, opposite Matthew Polenzani, who enthralled Met audiences as Nemorino in 2013 with his ravishing "Una furtiva lagrima." Bartlett Sher's production is charming, with deft comedic timing, but also emotionally revealing. Domingo Hindoyan conducts.
The world's most popular opera returns in Franco Zeffirelli's classic production starring a cast of young stars, including Sonya Yoncheva as the fragile Mimì and Michael Fabiano as the poet Rodolfo. Marco Armiliato conducts.
This masterpiece of dazzling vocal fireworks makes a rare Met appearance—its first in nearly 25 years—with Maurizio Benini on the podium. The all-star bel canto cast features Angela Meade in the title role of the murderous Queen of Babylon, who squares off in breathtaking duets with Arsace, a trouser role sung by Elizabeth DeShong. Javier Camarena, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Ryan Speedo Green complete the stellar cast.
A winning cast comes together for Phelim McDermott's clever vision of Mozart's comedy about the sexes, set in a carnival-esque environment inspired by 1950s Coney Island. Manipulating the action are the Don Alfonso of Christopher Maltman and the Despina of Tony Award–winner Kelli O'Hara, with Amanda Majeski, Serena Malfi, Ben Bliss, and Adam Plachetka as the pairs of young lovers who test each other's faithfulness. David Robertson conducts.
Plácido Domingo adds yet another chapter to their legendary Met collaboration with this rarely performed Verdi gem, a heart-wrenching tragedy of fatherly love. Sonya Yoncheva sings the title role opposite Piotr Beczała in the first Met performances of the opera in more than ten years.


ISLAMABAD (October 26 2003): The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has decided to focus on capacity building and training of auditors/senior auditors for creating better understanding of taxpayers' problems.
The CBR is also actively working to revise the audit guidelines/ modules to ensure that result-oriented audit is conducted without asking for unnecessary documents from the taxpayers.
In a recent collectors' conference the new audit system, launched on pilot basis at Customs House, Karachi, was discussed threadbare to make it taxpayer-friendly.
Sources told Business Recorder here on Saturday that the auditor's role is key to direct interaction with taxpayers but none of the previous authorities had paid attention to capacity building of auditors.
Now, the tax authorities have consulted CBR Member Human Resource Management (HRM) Zafar Aziz Osmani to devise a comprehensive strategy for capacity building of sales tax auditors as well as senior auditors.
The training and pragmatic shift in the thinking of auditors could be instrumental in attracting taxpayers towards voluntary compliance, increasing revenue collection.
Sources said that HRM department would develop the strategy to train auditors on the recommendations of sales tax department.


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Philip Kranzusch, PhD
Principal Investigator, Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School
Enzyme biochemistry and innate immune signaling
We are working to understand how cells respond to pathogens, and how these signaling pathways can be harnessed for new potential therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. Importantly, many critical aspects of the cellular response to infection remain unknown. Our lab uses an approach where we seek to reconstitute signaling outside of the cell using highly purified components in order to understand the mechanistic and structural underpinnings that control human immunity.
cGAS-STING Signaling
In humans, the cGAS-STING signaling pathway is essential for immunity to diverse pathogens. Upon recognition of foreign DNA, the enzyme cGAS catalyzes formation of cyclic GMP–AMP (cGAMP), a second-messenger cyclic dinucleotide that activates the receptor STING to initiate an immune gene expression program. Due to broad tissue tropism and the ability to potently respond to natural small-molecules, STING is a rapidly emerging target for cancer immunotherapy. Using a structural and biochemical approach, we are working to determine the mechanisms of cGAS-STING signaling:
How do cellular and pathogen co-factors regulate cGAS enzymatic activity?
What role do alternative STING conformations play in controlling downstream transcriptional responses?
Immunology Structure and Evolution
Our previous work illuminates a surprisingly ancient origin of human cGAMP signaling by discovery of cGAS-like enzymes in bacteria and complete cGAS-STING pathways in lower metazoans. Using these systems as a new frame of reference, we have provided a mechanistic rationale for the unique potency of the modern human cGAMP second-messenger. We are continuing to use an evolutionary-based approach to understand cellular signaling within the human innate immune system with the major goals to:
Determine how evolutionary forces have shaped signaling specificity within the human immune system
Develop cellular assays to broadly identify new regulatory layers controlling pathogen recognition and tumor immunity
Cancer Immunology and Virology
http://kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu/
Dana-Farber researcher selected to join the Pew Scholars Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Joins the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy


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Pioneer Day 8.26.2019
Local NewsBy Tracy Phillips August 26, 2019
A good turn out in San Miguel yesterday for the Old Timers Picnic. Pioneer royalty was on hand. The queen this year is Milene Barlogio Radford two Marshals this year, brother Thomas Hardin Moore and Lawrence Duane Moore are Marshals of Pioneer Day in 2019. The Pioneer Day Belle is Paso Robles high school senior…
Gas Prices 8.26.2019
The average price of regular-grade gas in the US drops 8 cents a gallon over the past two weeks. The national average is $2.66 per gallon. That's about 25 cents cheaper than what it was one year ago. The highest average is $3.57 a gallon in Honolulu. The lowest is $2.07 a gallon in Baton…
Measure A – Save Templeton Fire 8.26.2019
If you have not yet voted in Templeton's election, you have until tomorrow to mail in your ballot. Proponents call Measure A "Save Templeton Fire." The flat parcel tax would raise money to fund Templeton's fire department. Jessica Main is with the Templeton Chamber of Commerce. "Measure A" mail-in ballots have to be sent to…
Defensible Space 8.26.2016
Another warm today in the north county. High temperatures expected to reach 100 this afternoon. Same for tomorrow, then cooler temperatures Wednesday and Thursday. Yesterday, temperatures reached 103 in Paso Robles, 95 in Atascadero, 93 in Shandon, 90 degrees in Templeton. Cal Fire reporting that defensible space saved a home Friday afternoon in Paso Robles.…
Sunny today, highs in the low 80's. SW winds 15-25 miles per hour. Tonight, clear with lows in the mid 50's. SW winds 10-20 miles per hour. Tomorrow, sunny, but warmer, highs near 90. SW winds 5-10 miles per hour. The extended forecast calls for sunshine with temperatures in the mid 90's Sunday, Monday and…
High school football opens this season. The Templeton Eagles travel to Caruthers near Fresno. Head coach Don Crow says the Eagles are ready to play. he Eagles against the Caruthers Blue Raiders. The Raiders are 24-2 over their past two seasons. The Atascadero Greyhounds travel to Fresno to take on Sunnyside. The Paso Robles Bearcats…
Fugitive Cockatiel 8.23.2019
The Santa Barbara jail bird is finally reunited with his owners. The cockatiel escaped his Santa Barbara home through an open window. The home is located near the county jail. The cockatiel, named Sammy, flew over to the jail and visited the inmates. Sammy's owners saw news reports of the jail bird, and contacted jail…
Pay to Stay 8.23.2019
A San Luis Obispo city employee convicted of assaulting a woman at a bar in Avila beach three years will serve his sixty day sentence in a "Pay-to-Stay" jail in southern California. Chris Olcutt attacked a female Lompoc school teacher at Mr. Rick's back in 2016. While standing at the bar, he smashed his elbow…
Police Chief's Personal Car Stolen 8.23.2019
The San Luis Obispo police chief had her personal car stolen. The vehicle was stolen here in the north county Wednesday, but was recovered that night in the Bay Area. San Luis police sergeant Kevin Phillips says the 2014 Hyundai was stolen in Santa Margarita. It was recovered later on Wednesday in Daly City. A…
Measure A 8.23.2019
If you have not yet voted in Templeton's election, you have just a few days to mail in your ballot. It's called "Save Templeton Fire." The flat parcel tax would raise money to fund Templeton's fire department. "Measure A" mail-in ballots have to be sent to the county clerk recorder by next Tuesday. The election…
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El cerro Kgale (Setswana para "El sitio que se secó") es un cerro localizado en Gaborone, Botsuana. Apodado "El Gigante Durmiente", el Cerro Kgale alcanza una elevación de 1 287 metros (4 222 pies) sobre el nivel del mar.  El cerro anteriormente albergaba una antena repetidora de televisión y es ahora un destino turístico.

Subida y recreación
Los senderistas pueden escoger entre tres caminos para subir a la cumbre. Durante la caminata de una hora hasta la cima, los senderistas normalmente pueden ver tropas de Babuinos.

El cerro es el sitio de la carrera PPC Rey de la Colina, una colaboración entre PPC Botsuana y el Club de Corredores de Gaborone. La carrera de  empieza en el PPC oficina Botsuana, pasa por el Game City Mall, yendo alrededor de la Cantera Kgale, subiendo por el cerro, y volviendo al PPC oficina Botsuana.

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La filmación para The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency tuvo lugar en el pie del Cerro Kgale, dando auge al apodo "Kgalewood" para el set. Los productores del show firmaron un contrato de arrendamiento de diez años por el área, y el gobierno de Botsuana ha invertido 5 millones de dólares americanos en el show de televisión para desarrollar el conjunto para el turismo.

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We may know some advantages of coffee but most of us don't know what is the disadvantages of coffee which have been scientifically proved.
There's no hiding the fact that you either love or hate coffee. This is because coffee has been praised and mocked for centuries. There are numerous myths about it. For example, it has never been scientifically proved that coffee causes impotence or madness. Caffeine is a psychoactive substance that improves laziness. This is why you feel more awake after a while you've drunk it.
Cardiovascular system: Whilst it's true that it increases blood pressure, in turn, it will lower the risk of coronary disease. This means that it protects you from heart failure. Moderate coffee intake will lower the risk as far as 10 years. It has also been concluded by the European Meeting on Hypertension 2012 that coffee drinker's overall risk of premature death is 25% lower than those who don't drink it.
Reduced Risk of Cancer: If you drink about 4 cups of coffee per day, it will reduce the risk of numerous cancers. The anti-mutagenic properties and antioxidants will latch onto the cancerous cells and slowly kill them. The study has shown that it decreases the risk of developing prostate cancer in men by 20% and endometrial cancer in women by 25%. As well as skin cancer.
Reduced Risk of Parkinson's Disease: Even though it temporarily affects cognition, it has been scientifically proven that it slows down the progression of dementia and Parkinson's disease by 25%. Medical studies have also concluded that coffee causes activity in the part of the brain affected by Parkinson's. If you have someone you care about suffering from this disease, we recommend that you sit down and have a cup of coffee with them from time to time.
Weight Loss: Caffeine contains magnesium and potassium. It helps the body use insulin by regulating blood sugar levels and reducing your craving for sugary treats. The fewer sweets you eat, the more likely it is that you will stick to a balanced lifestyle. Furthermore, it will break fat cells and use it as fuel for training. This is why you feel energized after a cup of coffee.
Liver Disease: A study in 2011 has reported that it will slow down the progress of diseases such as hepatitis C and fatty liver disease. Therefore, if you're overweight, we recommend that you drink at least one cup of coffee per day. Additionally, it has also been found that it slows down alcoholic cirrhosis. Thus, if your liver is suffering from too much alcohol, we advise you to drink as much coffee as you can.
Insomnia – It's recommended that you only consume 400 milligrams of caffeine per day. That is roughly around 4 cups of coffee. By now you are probably aware of how much caffeine your body can handle. This is why you should never go above the limits set by your body. If you consume too much, you will inevitably become restless. Therefore, your body will get to suffer.
Fun Fact: The reason why some people can drink more or less is due to the fact that our individual DNA will determine how much caffeine the body can handle.
Dangerous for Pregnant Women – Studies on caffeine's effect on a fetus is controversial. Some studies have highlighted that it has little to no effects and some have said that it has a negative effect. This is why we recommend that you stick to one cup of coffee per day. The coffee should be mild and the cup should be single-serve.
Too Much Can Kill – Yes. Too much of everything is bad for you. If you drink around 80 cups of coffee (23 litres) per session it means that you will consume 10 grams of caffeine. Your body will enter a state of shock and it will put a strain on the heart. Don't worry, 23 liters of water can also be lethal.


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Articolo su Rivista
Early events in the polymerization of fibrin
The early events in the thrombin-induced formation of fibrin have been studied by the use of stopped-flow multiangle laser light scattering (SF-MALLS). This technological advancement has allowed the recovering, as a function of time with a resolution of about 0.5 sec, of the mean square radius of gyration (Rg2)z and of the molecular weight Mw, and to place an upper bound to the values of the mass/unit length ML. The ionic strength, pH and salt type conditions investigated were all close to physiological, starting with a 50 mM Tris, 104 mM NaCl, pH 7.4 buffer (TBS), to which either 1 mM EDTA-Na2 or 2.5 mM CaCl2 were also added. Fibrinogen was 0.2-0.3 mg/ml and rate-limiting concentrations of thrombin were used (0.05-0.25 NIH units/mg fibrinogen). By plotting (Rg2)z and ML versus Mw on log-log scales, runs proceeding at different velocities and under different solvent conditions could be compared and confronted with model curves. It was found that: (1) within this thrombin range, the mechanism of association does not depend on its concentration, nor on the buffers employed; (2) the (Rg2)z versus Mw curves could all be reasonably fitted with a bifunctional polycondensation scheme involving semiflexible worm-like, double-stranded, half-staggered polymers with persistence length between 200-600 nm, provided that a ratio Q = 16 between the rate of release of the two fibrinopeptides A was employed; (3) the ML versus Mw data seemed more compatible with lower Q values (4 < Q < 8), but their uncertainty prevented a better assessment of this issue; the formation of fibrinogen-fibrin monomer complexes may also play a role in the polymer distributions; (4) in the very early stages (e.g., when Mw < 7 × 105), the (Rg2)z versus Mw data were fitted well only in TBS and at the lowest thrombin concentration, suggesting that a transient, either sequential or concurrent fast second mechanism, involving longer and thinner polymers, may be at work.
M. ROCCO
S. BERNOCCO
M. TURCI
A. PROFUMO
C. CUNIBERTI
FERRI, FABIO
Titolo: Early events in the polymerization of fibrin
Rivista: ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03504.x
Codice identificativo ISI: WOS:000172010300015
Codice identificativo Scopus: 2-s2.0-0034964372
Codice identificativo Pubmed: 11460473
Parole Chiave: Fibrin polymerization; Light scattering; Mean square radius of gyration; Polymer distribution; Thrombin induced;
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Nuclear power plant false alarms at caused by lightning
Emergency notification sirens for two Exelon-run nuclear units went off during a thunderstorm on the morning of Aug. 18
The Oswego County, N.Y., Emergency Management Office believes that lightning might have triggered false alarms for two local nuclear power plants in Scriba, N.Y., according to GenerationHub.
Emergency notification sirens for two Exelon-run nuclear units went off during a thunderstorm on the morning of Aug. 18, according to a news release from the local emergency management office.
The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m., and affected the FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point nuclear units, according to an Aug. 25 event notification report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
"Thunderstorms in the area are believed to have caused a lightning strike and the spurious activation. Siren repair personnel have been dispatched to isolate the siren and begin repair work. The siren has since been silenced," NRC said.
The malfunction caused the siren to sound longer than the 3 minutes they are designed to sound, according to the local emergency services office.
The siren is one of 37 located within a 10-mile radius of the nuclear power plants in Scriba. A system of sirens and tone-alert weather radios is in place to alert residents in the event of an emergency.
During an emergency at one of the plants that would require protective actions for the public, the sirens would be sounded for three minutes to alert residents of the area to turn their AM/FM radios or televisions to local Emergency Alert System (EAS) stations for further information.
Both FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point are boiling water reactors. FitzPatrick was listed at zero generation while Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 were listed at 100 percent generation, according to NRC's daily reactor status report.
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Q: How do I subtract truth values from forecasted values using SARIMAX in Python? I'm getting NaN values when I substract truth values from forecasted values. I can't see why this will not work. Here is my code and the output below that. The output shows that the values cannot be subtracted, but I can't figure out why.
mte_forecast = pred.predicted_mean
print(mte_forecast)

mte_truth = mte.loc['2003-07-01':]
print(mte_truth)

# Compute the mean square error
mse = ((mte_forecast - mte_truth) ** 2).mean()
print(mse)

Here is the output I get:
2003-07-01    33.152466
2003-08-01    35.986610
2003-09-01    28.641228
2003-10-01    21.268629
2003-11-01    17.953365
                ...
2016-03-01    39.184456
2016-04-01    39.275757
2016-05-01    43.132015
2016-06-01    49.973976
2016-07-01    61.067493
Freq: MS, Name: predicted_mean, Length: 157, dtype: float32
            emissions
dates
2003-07-01  34.139999
2003-08-01  37.020000
2003-09-01  25.382000
2003-10-01  22.150000
2003-11-01  18.858000
...               ...
2016-03-01  40.525002
2016-04-01  39.763000
2016-05-01  44.209999
2016-06-01  53.567001
2016-07-01  62.881001

[157 rows x 1 columns]
2003-07-01 00:00:00   NaN
2003-08-01 00:00:00   NaN
2003-09-01 00:00:00   NaN
2003-10-01 00:00:00   NaN
2003-11-01 00:00:00   NaN
                       ..
2016-04-01 00:00:00   NaN
2016-05-01 00:00:00   NaN
2016-06-01 00:00:00   NaN
2016-07-01 00:00:00   NaN
emissions             NaN
Length: 158, dtype: float64

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My approach to weeds is that I trim and remove some of the weeds when they become overwhelming, competing for sunlight and space with my crops. I do not think that weeds can compete with crops for nutrients in the soil because if the soil is reasonably healthy, there would be more than enough nutrients for both crops and weeds. It is more the question of whether the plants are able to absorb the nutrients available in the soil. If the soil is poor in organic matter and microbes, it would be difficult for our crops to absorb the nutrients available in the soil. Simply said, organic matter and microbes in the soil help transport nutrients to the roots of the plants.
Weeds removed is a valuable resource. It is a good material for mulching. Many would dry them before using them as mulch. I often use them fresh. If the weeds regrow or if their seeds germinate, I am not too bothered. If one spends a lot of effort killing off the weeds and their seeds before using them as mulch, he/she is wasting time, because in an organic farm, there's bound to be weeds thriving. We also should not be aiming to eradicate all the weeds.
I believe I have made a conclusive observation in these few months of growing brinjal. I use freshly cut weeds to mulch around my brinjal plants and the results are rewarding. The plants bear many flowers and fruits. I can afford to apply less fertilizers too. I think as the fresh mulch are breaking down, the nutrients and organic matter that go into the soil proliferate the microbial activities in the soil around the brinjal plants, benefiting them. The fresh mulch consists of about 70% of Cutgrass and 30% of other weeds. I consciously avoid using Creeping Spiderwort in the mulch as it is too aggressive and invasive. When we collect weeds for mulching, it will therefore be convenient to carry two buckets, one for Creeping Spiderwort (to be killed by sun-drying thoroughly), and the other for the useful weeds.
Everything created by God on this planet is useful, some of the uses we know about and some we donot know about. So nothing should be eradicated but its uses should be researched about.


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Koncerty Poznańskie – cykliczna impreza muzyki poważnej odbywająca się od 1962 w Filharmonii Poznańskiej im. Tadeusza Szeligowskiego. Pomysłodawcą jej stworzenia był Romuald Połczyński, dziennikarz "Expressu Poznańskiego".

Geneza i historia
Celem powstałej inicjatywy była chęć ożywienia życia muzycznego miasta. Cykl zainaugurowano 5 i 6 stycznia 1962 (na pierwszym koncercie, w wykonaniu Orkiestry Symfonicznej Filharmonii Poznańskiej, zaprezentowano uwerturę fantastyczną Bajka Stanisława Moniuszki, arię Stefana z IV aktu opery Straszny dwór tego samego autora oraz Błękitną rapsodię i Kołysankę z Porgy and Bess Georg'a Gershwina). Koncerty odbywały się w sobotnie wieczory i niedzielne poranki. Cechami koncertów miały być: umiejętnie dobierany repertuar, najlepsi wykonawcy, stałe pory i przystępne ceny biletów. W 1987, z okazji 25-lecia Koncertów, zorganizowano uroczystości jubileuszowe z udziałem m.in. Roberta Satanowskiego.

Goście
Podczas koncertów występowali m.in.: Zdzisława Donat, Barbara Zagórzanka, Andrzej Hiolski, Wiesław Ochman, Bogdan Paprocki, Kazimierz Pustelak, Lothar Faber, Józef Wiłkomirski, Gustaw Holoubek, Zofia Kucówna, Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Sławomir Żerdzicki, Witold Krzemieński, Zara Dołuchanowa, Bernard Ładysz, Stefania Woytowicz, Krystyna Szczepańska, Edmund Kossowski, Antoni Wit, Stefan Stuligrosz, Zygmunt Latoszewski, Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Lidia Grychtołówna, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Teresa May-Czyżowska, Stefania Toczyska, Jerzy Katlewicz, Kaja Danczowska, Marek Drewnowski, Janusz Olejniczak, Piotr Paleczny, Anna Malewicz-Madey, Urszula Mitręga, Ewa Podleś, Bogna Sokorska, Roman Węgrzyn, Ewa Werka, Renard Czajkowski, Anna Jeremus-Lewandowska, Krzysztof Dziewięcki, Monika Swarowska-Walawska, Wojciech Michniewski, Ewa Iżykowska, czy Antoni Grochowalski.

Prelekcje wygłaszali i zagajali m.in.: Wojciech Dzieduszycki, Zbigniew Pawlicki, Sławomir Pietras, Bohdan Pilarski, Zdzisław Sierpiński, czy Marian Wallek-Walewski.

Gościnnie grały natomiast, m.in. orkiestry symfoniczne Państwowej Filharmonii Wileńskiej, Filharmonii Banatul z Rumunii czy Filharmonii Leningradzkiej.

Podczas dwustu koncertów, czyli do 1983 wystąpiło 60 dyrygentów, 234 solistów, 12 chórów, 18 orkiestr i zespołów instrumentalnych, a także 26 prelegentów. Wykonano utwory 257 kompozytorów, w tym twórców polskich – 71. Publiczność zamknęła się w tym okresie liczbą około 350.000 osób.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona Filharmonii Poznańskiej z informacjami o Koncertach Poznańskich

Przypisy

Filharmonia Poznańska im. Tadeusza Szeligowskiego
Imprezy w Poznaniu


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Have you ever set point gap?
If the answer is yes, then (probably) you're old enough to buy beer.
Otherwise, you probably have no idea what "points" — in the mechanical sense — are. Much less how (and why) "gap" is an adjustment that must be made every now and then.
Your vintage may be a bit more recent if you remember what the first thing you needed to do in the morning to get your car started was.
Hint: It's the exact opposite of what you do today.
If you know the answer, you probably know what Grunge Rock is — and may even have some flannel shirts in the closet somewhere.
You push down the gas pedal to set the choke. That's another bit of automotive apocrypha fading fast in the rearview.
The choke was a mechanical plate — mechanically or thermostatically controlled — that snapped closed to restrict airflow to the carburetor — another ancient device, long departed.
Closing the choke richened up the air- fuel mixture to help get the cold engine started.
You sometimes had to pump the accelerator pedal several times, too, in order to feed some gas to the engine.
Then, you'd key the ignition and crank the starter. Sometimes, you had to crank the engine for a while, until the mechanical fuel pump pushed enough fuel into the carburetor's bowl to get things going.
There was an art to it.
Back in the day, a car's starting protocol could vary. Some cars wanted you to depress the accelerator pedal halfway down while cranking; others wanted two pumps and then let it back up. Today, of course, the last thing you're supposed to do is pump the accelerator pedal — and there's no choke to set. Just turn the key.
Or — more commonly — push the button.
Here's another golden oldie: The button on the floor for the high beams. It was cool because you didn't need to take your hand off the wheel and fiddle with a stalk (as today). The one downside — if the car had a manual transmission — was that your left foot now had one more thing to do.
Which is probably why floor-button high beams are no more.
Fast-Forwarding a little bit, how about automatic seat belts? You opened the door — and the seat belt (the shoulder belt) retracted along with it. You closed the door and the seat belt automatically swaddled you like Baby Jesus. This was the baby step before air bags.
Be happy you missed it.
Did you know that — once upon a time — oil came in cans? Not plastic bottles like today that you can empty without making a mess.
Like peas or corn come in — and you opened them similarly, with a punch. And — inevitably — made a mess. The spillage was Valdez-like, in part because there was no way to reseal the empties — which of course still contained enough oil to leak all over the place if one tipped over. This — like pre-Novocain dentistry — is a thing about the past no one (me included) misses much.
One thing I do miss is being able to pop the hood without rooting around underneath the steering column/foot well for the release button. Cars built before the '80s usually had an outside hood latch. It was easier to pop the hood. For thieves, too.
And for that, you can blame Uncle.
The problem, Uncle-wise, with T-tops is that it's hard for the roof to support the car when it's upside down after you've taken a Sawzall to it and cut out a third or more of the steel and replaced it with two removable glass panels.
Which is what they actually did.
Early T-roofs were installed after-the-fact, by the dealer or a shop the dealer sent the car to. They took a saw, rough-cut the holes, made them look presentable with trim — and fit the glass sections to the resultant opening.
That was the other problem with T-tops.
Later — factory installed — T-tops were much improved (tended to leak less) but there was still the problem of retaining the structural integrity of the roof itself. It could probably be done today, but T-Tops have gone out of fashion — like Jordache jeans and Mohawks. But Mohawks are making a comeback, so who knows?
Maybe, as they say, there is hope!