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Who is Andrea Pisanu? Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Net Worth
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Andrea Pisanu is a well-known celebrity from Italy. So let's check out Andrea Pisanu's personal and public life facts, Wikipedia, bio, spouse, net worth, and career details. Andrea Pisanu was born in the Cagliari in 1982.
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Date Of Birth 7 January 1982
Nationality Italian
Andrea Pisanu was born on 7 January 1982 in . Andrea age is 39 years as of in 2021 and his birthplace is .
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By nationality, He is Italian, and currently, his food habit is mix vegetarian & non-vegetarian.
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Andrea's height is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) tall and he looks tall when standing with his friends. Though he is a little tall as compared to his friends still he manages to maintain his weight.
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Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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After a short spell as assistant coach of Jacques Scerri at Balzan, on february 2020 Pisanu has been name head coach of the Maltese Premier League club Sliema Wanderers.
In 2016, following the end of his career as a player, Pisanu was appointed as the coach of Malta Division One team Melita. He left Melita in June 2018 to make room for new head coach Edmond Lufi
Pisanu spent one year at Sliema Wanderers from 2014 to 2015.
In August 2011 Pisanu joined Prato. While with Prato the midfielder had a fine season scoring 11 goals in 23 matches in the third division. In the following season he returned to Bologna. On 3 January 2013, Bologna signed an agreement with Montreal Impact in MLS to loan Pisanu to the Canadian club. In January 2014 Pisanu returned to Prato, as well as in August 2014 to Malta.
In June 2011 Parma acquired Valiani outright and Pisanu jointed Bologna outright. Elia and Pasi also returned to their mother club. Elia was valued an aggressive price of €1.5 million and Pasi's 50% rights were valued at an aggressive price of €1.6 million; Valiani's residual rights for €2.8 million and co-currently sold Pisanu outright for €2.5 million. The four deals netted Bologna €200,000.
In January 2010 he joined Bologna in a co-ownership deal, in a direct swap with Francesco Valiani. Both players were valued at €2.5 million for half of the registration rights. It allowed both clubs to make a profit with the move, notably about €3.5 million for Valiani and €4,919,160 for Pisanu. In the same window both clubs also swapped Alessandro Elia and Riccardo Pasi.
In mid-2004 Pisanu joined Serie A club Parma F.C. along with Alessandro Elia and Marco Fanna. During his 5 ⁄2 year stay he played an average of 15 games per seasons. He failed to play any game during the 2009–10 Serie A after winning promotion for the club in 2009 as the runner-up of the 2008–09 Serie B.
Pisanu joined Hellas Verona F.C. from hometown club Cagliari Calcio in February 2001 for 800 million lire (€413,166). He was a member of the reserve team during the 2001–02 season. In June 2002 Verona acquired Pisanu outright from Cagliari. In January 2004 Pisanu left for Varese.
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New ambassador to Latvian diaspora appointed
Aivars Groza, ambassador at large for diaspora
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
january 17, 2019, 9:51
Authors: eng.lsm.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)
A new "Ambassador-at-Large for the Diaspora" has been appointed, with a brief to communicate with Latvia's large overseas population - and perhaps persuade a few to return home into the bargain.
"On 11 January 2019, the post of Ambassador-at-Large for the Diaspora at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was assumed by Aivars Groza," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
Aivars Groza began working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994. He was later appointed as adviser to the Prime Minister (in 1995–1997 and 1999–2000). He has served as Counsellor at the Latvian Embassy in Germany (1997–1999) and from 2000 to 2005, he was posted as non-resident Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, from 2005 to 2010 – as Ambassador to Austria and non-resident Ambassador to Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Hungary, and from 2010 to 2014 – as Consul General in Saint Petersburg.
Prior to taking office as Ambassador-at-Large for the Diaspora, Aivars Groza was the Ambassador of Latvia to India (2014–2018).
You can find out more about Latvia's diaspora policy at this section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website.
The previous Ambassador-at-Large for diaspora matters was Atis Sjanīts.
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Latvia's ambassadors assemble for annual Rīga get-together
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RUST wins a gold star in the August e-Book Cover Design Awards!
All credit for this win goes to Helen Pinkney, the artist behind the cover of my horror serial Rust. Even so, I'm hella proud. If you're not familiar with the e-Book Cover Design Awards, check them out and submit your own work (if you're a self-publisher). The feedback is invaluable. Thanks for the award, guys!


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You'll feel like you're at a resort, only minutes from Hamilton.
Our fine cuisine and stunning waterfront vistas will inspire those on your invite list to think bigger, act bolder and feel brighter.
We take care of every corporate event catering detail, from freshly baked cookies served during breakout sessions to a mouthwatering Mediterranean-inspired lunch and dinner menu and even hors-d'oeuvres served on the patio. LIUNA Gardens offers corporate venues a fine dining experience that will only add value to your event.
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Second Nature is a 2003 American made-for-television drama mystery science fiction film directed by Ben Bolt starring Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe and Louise Lombard. It was written by E. Max Frye and released on 4 October 2003 in the United Kingdom.

Cast
Alec Baldwin as Paul Kane
Powers Boothe 	as Kelton Reed
Louise Lombard as Dr. Harriet Fellows
Philip Jackson as Lawrence Augenblick
Kurtis O'Brien as Young Bobby
Leigh Zimmerman as Dr. Shepherd
Michele Austin as Nurse
Pip Torrens as Frank
Courtney Rowan as Emily Kane
Cornelia Winter as Amanda Kane
Daisy Donovan as Kristina Kane / Amy O'Brien
Charlie Lucas as Paperboy
Clive Mantle as Maynard
David Forrester as Hanna
Garrick Hagon as Man in Screening Room

Plot
Paul Kane is suffering from short-term memory loss after his plane crashes. Kelton Reed and Dr. Harriet Fellows help Kane to remember his earlier life.

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 * @brief MAVConn Serial link class
 * @file serial.h
 * @author Vladimir Ermakov <vooon341@gmail.com>
 *
 * @addtogroup mavconn
 * @{
 */
/*
 * libmavconn
 * Copyright 2013,2014,2015 Vladimir Ermakov, All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of the mavros package and subject to the license terms
 * in the top-level LICENSE file of the mavros repository.
 * https://github.com/mavlink/mavros/tree/master/LICENSE.md
 */

#pragma once

#include <list>
#include <atomic>
#include <boost/asio.hpp>
#include <mavconn/interface.h>
#include <mavconn/msgbuffer.h>

namespace mavconn {

/**
 * @brief Serial interface
 */
class MAVConnSerial : public MAVConnInterface {
public:
	/**
	 * Open and run serial link.
	 *
	 * @param[in] device    TTY device path
	 * @param[in] baudrate  serial baudrate
	 */
	MAVConnSerial(uint8_t system_id = 1, uint8_t component_id = MAV_COMP_ID_UDP_BRIDGE,
			std::string device = "/dev/ttyACM0", unsigned baudrate = 57600);
	~MAVConnSerial();

	void close();

	using MAVConnInterface::send_message;
	void send_message(const mavlink_message_t *message, uint8_t sysid, uint8_t compid);
	void send_bytes(const uint8_t *bytes, size_t length);

	inline bool is_open() { return serial_dev.is_open(); };

private:
	boost::asio::io_service io_service;
	std::thread io_thread;
	boost::asio::serial_port serial_dev;

	std::atomic<bool> tx_in_progress;
	std::list<MsgBuffer*> tx_q;
	uint8_t rx_buf[MsgBuffer::MAX_SIZE];
	std::recursive_mutex mutex;

	void do_read();
	void async_read_end(boost::system::error_code, size_t bytes_transferred);
	void do_write(bool check_tx_state);
	void async_write_end(boost::system::error_code, size_t bytes_transferred);
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Consider Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who insists that her political convictions are rooted in her United Methodist faith. Then there is Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ. Enough said.
What about John 'Faith of My Fathers' McCain, an Episcopalian who worships with the Southern Baptists? Soon he will pick a running mate. Do you prefer Mitt Romney, who served as a Mormon bishop, or Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister?
To see the big faith-and-politics picture, it helps not to focus on the details. That's why the famous church historian Martin Marty, speaking early in this year's topsy-turvy primary season, elected to do the near impossible � deliver a 45-minute lecture on this hot-button topic without mentioning the name of a single candidate.
"Won't that be a relief?" asked Marty, speaking at Palm Beach Atlantic University in South Florida.
Right up front, Marty admitted that he has been a doorbell-ringing political activist since 1949 and he still calls Harry Truman 'my president." Also, the intersection of religion and public life has been a major theme in many of his 50-plus books and the weekly columns he has published for 50 years in the Christian Century, a mainline Protestant journal.
Truth is, he said, it's impossible to study American history without noting the role that religion has played in politics and culture. Since Day One, America has offered a powerful blend of evangelical revivalism and enlightenment rationalism, and believers on both sides of the aisle have followed their heads as well as their hearts.
This faith factor isn't fading, as American life becomes more pluralistic and complex. Once, America was a Protestant, Catholic and Jewish nation.
Now, it is a "Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim nation - and much more," said Marty.
But one thing America certainly isn't is "secular," and there is no evidence whatsoever that the power of religion is fading in the world as a whole. Marty said this reality is hard for many scholars and journalists to accept, especially those influenced by studies in the 1960s that guaranteed a 21st-century world that would be "secular, sensate, epicurean, hedonistic, contractual, pragmatic, programmatic and empirical."
These days, religious believers on both sides of the aisle continue to be shaken by aftershocks from the school-prayer decision in 1963 and Roe v. Wade in 1973. The Iranian crisis in 1979 cracked the shell of America's sense of safety and security, which later was shattered by the hellish reality of Sept. 11, 2001.
Marty said it's hard to discuss national "security" without talking about religion. That's also true when it comes to debating an issue that "starts on Page One of the Bible," which is caring for creation and the environment.
Then there are the issues linked to what he called the "care of the other," including health, education, welfare and immigration. Religious believers also are worried about the state of American culture, yet it's hard for them to find common answers to questions such as, "What is beautiful?" "What is true?" "What is good?" "What is noble?" "What is ugly?" Then there are all those hot-button issues linked to sexuality, marriage and family life.
Believers must, he stressed, remember that the "God who sits in the heavens shall laugh at our pretensions, our parties, our causes, but the same God holds us responsible and honors our aspirations." And, as for the flashpoint where politics and religion meet, "we can't live with it, we can't live without it. ... You aren't going to get anywhere without dealing, some way, justly with the religious involvement of the people."
Terry Mattingly directs the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.


The U.S. military is launching 'Operation Jade Helm 15' today, a large scale exercise taking place over several states. The Special Operations Command (USASOC) will supply the vast majority of the roughly 1,200 personnel participating in the joint exercise, along with units from the Navy, Marines and the Air Force. The exercise will span over two months, from July 15 through September 15.


NC Historical (Defunct) Counties. Researchers find that often the ancestors did not move. It was the county or state borders that moved through the years. Sometimes, those counties and towns have completely disappeared. This website is dedicated to the counties and towns that no longer exist in North Carolina.
NC ECHO enables users to search across thousands of digitized and born-digital historic materials including a wide variety of books, photographs, maps, family histories, state documents, newspapers, and much more from cultural heritage institutions around North Carolina. The collections available through NC ECHO include a diverse array of materials by and about the people, places, and history of North Carolina. All of the collections available through the NC ECHO Search are freely available online to all users, regardless of their location or affiliation.
A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps from the North Carolina State Archives, the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the Outer Banks History Center.


The SBCC Board of Trustees is looking for three area residents to be a part of the 16-member committee that will search for a new college president-superintendent. Dr. Jack Friedlander has held the position in an interim capacity since July when the board forced the president-superintendent at the time, Dr. Andreea Serban, to step down. Committee candidates, school officials said, should demonstrate an "interest and knowledge or expertise in higher education." Two will represent the community at large and the third must be a current SBCC Continuing Education student. The group will meet mid February through early April, and the overall time commitment is approximately 60 hours. To apply, send a statement of 150 words or less by 1/21 to Sue Ehrlich, SBCC vice president of Human Resources and Legal Affairs, at ehrlich@sbcc.edu.


Jan Walsh reviews chef's table at Hot and Hot Fish Club for USA Today in their feature: "10 Amazing Chefs Tables You Should Know About." And her website, Birmingham Restaurants is mentioned!
Jan Walsh has launched LocalLawyers.com LLC, which develops city and statewide law firm profile websites.
Former Birmingham magazine columnist Jan Walsh is now publishing a local food and wine column in B-Metro magazine, as well as on Walsh's websites BirminghamRestaurants.com and BirminghamWine.com. Walsh's Jan Walsh LLC has formed an alliance with B-Metro magazine and Walsh's websites, including BirminghamBrides.com. Walsh is also founder and editor-in-chief of BirminghamDoctors.com.
Jan Walsh says reform could mean a greater need for docs.
The impact of health care reform on the Birmingham community depends on the "reform" adopted. If the reform maintains the current quality of care or improves it, allows patients and their physicians to remain the decision makers about their care, establishes sound funding, and expands access to health care, it would benefit Birmingham's medical community. This type reform would bring greater demand for physicians, increased funding for research, and a higher quality of life for our community.
Jan Walsh, LLC named 7th Largest E-Business.
Jan Walsh of Jan Walsh LLC and Joe O'Donnell of Fergus Media.
The Birmingham Business Journal honored 23 of the area's most talented top executives June 22 at the inaugural CEO Awards at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel. Photos by Bob Farley.


Kieran O'Neill, CEO of London fashion startup Thread, is building a new way of shopping for clothes.
His site uses online stylists, as well as artificial inteligence (AI) and machine learning, to create a personalised way to shop.
But that can cause problems when he visits standard clothes shops.
"We went to Liberty for a bit and I went to the men's section," O'Neill said in an interview at Thread's London office. "[I] went to the rack and was browsing and I looked at it and it wasn't my size. I felt this rage, this offence that why would you bother showing it to me if it's not actually in my size?"
That's the problem that Thread is trying to solve. Walk around a clothes shop and chances are only a small proportion of the clothes on sale will both fit you and look good on you (not to mention fit your budget). But if you had a personal shopper with you, they could learn your style and size, taking you straight to the clothes that work best.
Thread, which was founded in London in 2012 by O'Neill, CTO Ben Phillips, and creative director Ben Kucsan, pairs users with stylists who can provide shopping advice through the site.
Sign up to Thread and you'll be asked to provide some photographs of yourself, along with your measurements, what's currently in your wardrobe, and your budget. The company then uses that information and assigns you a virtual stylist who will start suggesting clothes for you to buy.
Obviously, Thread can't afford to hire personal shoppers to learn all they can about every single one of the site's users. So it uses a mixture of artificial intelligence and machine learning to help its stylists out.
"We have a pre-screen step where stylists go through and remove everything from our partners which they don't want to personally endorse," O'Neill explained to Business Insider.
Thread's stylists then look up what you want to buy, and they suggest individual items as well as full outfits. But after that initial human involvement, Thread uses its algorithms, known as "Thimble" internally, to do some of the heavy lifting.
Once a stylist has decided on an olive green T-shirt, for example, the algorithm looks to find the best olive green T-shirt for the customer. O'Neill said that would be "a really hard problem for a human to do" because of the volume of clothes to sort through.
"So that's a really good place for machine learning where you pull in lots of data from all the different partners you have. We have about 200,000 items from our partners. It's the combination of curation plus AI which has worked really well for us."
Another reason Thread uses AI is that it doesn't forget anything, unlike humans. "If you have a relationship with a stylist here for four years and you mentioned something four years ago that you liked or disliked, it's likely the stylist would forget," said CTO Ben Phillips. "Whereas a computer never forgets."
A fashion site that just showed everyone exactly what they wanted all the time might not actually be the best idea. It's important to vary suggestions so that new trends develop and people discover new styles. Spotify, for example, proactively suggests new music that you haven't heard before.
Thread does something similar, said Phillips. "Every so often [we] send you something that's a bit not accurate or in an area of your data that we don't really have, so 'here's some skinny jeans.' We wouldn't blindly give those skinny jeans to everyone, it would be people that it would make sense, but maybe not an explicit thing that we think you would like and then we get feedback on that and that improves your personal data."
Why stop at knowing your budget or size? The more data that Thread has, the better. Phillips said that "weather is super interesting." Thread could learn upcoming weather conditions and use that in the text of the messages it sends to users, Phillips said.
O'Neill has another idea for data to bring into Thread: Your social media accounts. He mentioned Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter by name, speculating that if the data was properly sorted then it could help his site to send better recommendations. "You can maybe learn that someone is really into rock music," he suggested, "and you kind of bring in darker aesthetics into the recommendations."
Thead is also keen to add deep learning to its site so that its algorithms can understand what's actually in photos. "Say you wear baggy trousers," Phillips said. "Maybe you should think about slimming them down or something."
Thread used to sell women's clothes as well as men's clothing, but it eventually decided to focus on men's clothing only. "It became very clear after three or four months that it would be impossible to make something that was a breakthrough experience for both genders at once," O'Neill said.
"So we took the really tough decision to do just UK men for a while until we nailed the experience. We picked men because we started the business because we have this pain that we want to solve in our own lives and it would be inauthentic to do women because it was a bigger market, for example."
O'Neill explained that men and women shop in different ways. Women, for example, often shop for clothes for specific events, but men are more likely to make do with what's in their wardrobe. "You would design the experience slightly differently," he said.
"We'll definitely do womenswear, there's no set date yet. It's not something that we're actively working on right now, but I'm super keen to do it. We had at least 400, 500 women who were on the platform when we took them all out. And a lot of them are friends of mine who have bugged me."
O'Neill said that the idea of Thread opening physical stores is "super interesting." "I think there's a really powerful thing about expressing the brand in a physical way that is just not possible online," he said. "I can see us having a few stores in London or in a major city. But I don't see us having like 500 stores in the UK or anything."
"I would love to work on it right now, it's just we're 35 people, there's only so much you can do at once. And our approach is to do a really small number of things, try and do it really well, rather than do 25 things all a bit average."


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Wayne County Jail inmate dies of 'asphyxiation' after fight
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Detroit — Police are investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who died early Wednesday morning of asphyxiation after fight at Wayne County Jail in downtown Detroit.
Sheriff Benny Napoleon, who oversees the jail, said the inmate was housed at the jail's Division 2 facility, at 525 Clinton.
"Inmates admitted to a fight earlier," prior to the victim's death, Napoleon said.
That morning, inmates alerted a guard that a fellow inmate was in ill health.
The guard alerted a nurse, who called Detroit EMS, which pronounced the inmate dead at the scene, Napoleon said.
Detroit Police Department got the call about 12:12 a.m., said spokeswoman Janae Gordon.
The inmate's name is Antonio James. Records and interviews with jail officials do not immediately make it clear why James was jailed.
Division 2 houses some of Wayne County's "toughest inmates," Napoleon said.
Police believe the fight involved two men, the victim, and a second inmate, 37. That inmate was already in custody but was also "detained" related to suspicion of his involvement in the fight, Gordon said.
Detroit Police Department is investigating the death as a homicide; Wayne County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident internally as well, Napoleon said.
Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has not yet received a warrant request, said spokeswoman Maria Miller.
The victim's cause of death was confirmed by the Wayne County Medical Examiner.


"I'm on statins. When I started them I noticed I was having frequent leg cramps. My doctor suggested that I try taking CoQ10 (Coenzyme Q10). To my great relief I found that the craps disappeared completely once I started them. As we sell this product I tried various different ones: they all seemed to work. Some months later, at a private dinner with 4 friends, I discovered that 3 of them were on statins. Two of them were also taking CoQ10 but the other one was not and suffered from leg cramps at night. She started taking CoQ10 and the cramps disappeared.
Then one day, my wife was talking to a neighbour who was also taking statins and getting night leg cramps. My wife related my story and the neighbour asked us if we could supply her with Co10. We told her to check with her doctor first. This she did and he rather lamely said something like, "It would probably do no harm!" She came back to us and ordered. Now the leg cramps have entirely gone."
Of course, this is entirely unscientific - but how much coincidence to you need to convince you?
Swap statins for a daily apple to improve heart health, say health experts. The benefits of statins are outweighed by the side-effects, argue two health experts.
Statins do more harm than good and people would be better of eating an apple-a-day to prevent heart attacks and strokes, health experts have argued.
In a debate in the BMC Medicine Journal, consultant cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra and Professor Simon Capewell of Liverpool University argue that the cholesterol-busting drugs bring debilitating side effects while having little impact on health for most people.They claim that industry sponsored studies do not back up real-world data which shows up to half patients give up taking statins within a year and 62 per cent of those say it was because of muscle pain and fatigue.
They suggest that more should be done to encourage people to eat more healthily and exercise to improve the condition of their heart rather than simply prescribing pills.
Although they help people who already have heart disease, they claim there is little evidence to show they are useful for the general public.
Dr Malhotra, of Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, said: "The published literature states an unequivocal mortality benefit for patients with established heart disease. However the same does not apply to primary prevention, especially in individuals of low risk.
"For those at low risk, eating an apple a day has an equivalent risk reduction for myocardial infarction as taking a statin.
"More than 80 per cent of cardiovascular disease is attributable to environmental factors, notably unhealthy diet and also smoking, alcohol and physical inactivity.
Britain is already the "statins capital" of Europe - with the second highest prescribing levels in the Western world, amid spiralling obesity and aggressive prescribing of the medication by GPs, whose pay is linked to take-up of the pills.
The drugs are the most commonly prescribed medication in Britain, costing the NHS £450 million a year.
Under revised NHS guidance the majority of men aged over 60, and women over 65, are offered the drugs, even if they only have a one in 10 chance of developing cardiovascular disease within 10 years.
Forty per cent of adults will be advised to take statins under new NHS guidance which aims to cut 50,000 deaths a year from strokes and heart attacks.
Health experts believe that around 20,000 and 50,000 deaths could be prevented each year if everyone recommended statins took the medication.
But Professor Capwell argues that Nice guidelines condemn middle-aged adults to lifelong medications of questionable value and "Pfizers own patient information leaflet of atorvastatin states that the common side effects of the drug include pain in the throat, nauseam indigestion, join and muscle pain and increases in blood sugar levels," he said.
Richard Hobbs professor of Primary Care Health Services at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Services in Oxford said doctors should let patients know of the relative risks and not force people on to statins.
"Whether they take one or not is a patient choice issue and we should not offer or attempt to cajole patients one way or another," he said.
However consultant Dimitri Mikhailidis, of University College London Medical School, said trials showed that statins played an essential role in preventing deaths from strokes and heart attacks.
"Despite the continuing discussion of the effect of statins on all-cause mortality in these groups of patients, their role in primary prevention individuals, especially in high-risk ones are unquestionable," he said.


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The plugin is definitely activated in the network and is completely operable by super-admins.
Problem: Administrators on the sub-site cannot see the plugin, nor can they access it by direct URL. It claims they don't have privileges to access the plugin.
The plugin has no "settings" or "privileges" sections.
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After hackers breached Equifax and stole vital financial records of 145 million Americans, people have a right to be afraid of disclosing personal information. That's why it's imperative that lending institutions to do everything in their power to protect your privacy.
When a prospective home buyer submits a loan application, defining information such as date of birth, home address, social security number, credit cards, bank accounts, and pay stubs are included. Basically, everything a hacker needs to penetrate an individual's financial world is disclosed on a loan application.
If you are applying for a mortgage, get answers to these and other questions before handing over information. Hackers are too skilled at breaking into computer systems and the financial risk is too high to take any chances.
Does The Lender Take Submissions Via Email?
With the flurry of high profile email hacks making headlines, it may surprise borrowers that some lending institutions continue to take data via email.
Some estimates say that upwards of 70 percent of lending institutions routinely use email during the application process. When an applicant doesn't have a bank account or credit card number handy, some lenders will take it electronically to complete the process. This is a major misstep.
Despite efforts to protect email, it continues to be a doormat for hackers to breach systems and steal data.
Does The Lender Use Encryption Software?
Although there is no perfect method to protect online data, many companies enlist the help of high-level IT personnel to maximize security. One of the better standards is the use of encryption.
When files are encrypted, the data enjoys two-tier protection. First, the hacker would need to breach the system to lift financial and personal information. Even if the internet criminal manages to steal data, they will be tasked with decoding it.
Breaking encryption software acts as a strong protection and future deterrent. Hackers tend to go after the low-hanging fruit. Ask about encryption protocols when applying for a loan.
Does The Lender Share Information?
The days of lenders sharing and selling personal information without consent are over. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, banks must provide applicants with a disclosure form that states information sharing policies.
Don't be startled that the form lists third parties who will review your information. Banks often reach out to businesses in their network when making a determination about loan approval or rejection. Nothing happens in a vacuum so to speak.
But take the time to review this form carefully. If you do not feel comfortable with some of the outfits on the list, trust your instincts and walk away.
Data protection has emerged as a significant problem. For every new protection program a hacker will find away to breach it.
Cybersecurity has grown into a major business sector and borrowers would be wise to ask about a lending institution's policies, protocols and investment into data protection. Compare how each company addresses threats and make an informed decision about who can be entrusted with critical personal and financial information.
Your trusted mortgage professional is an essential part of your home buying experience. Be sure to ask these questions to increase your confidence in this important partnership.


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In June, the thin, transparent plastic trays that fit over her top and bottom teeth was available in the mail. McKinney is working through the series slowly, swapping the first set for the next, and the next, as her teeth move. It'll take about 9 months in all. However after 3 months of using these trays practically every day and night, McKinney is delighted about flaunting her brand-new smile (Clear Aligners Smile Direct Club Outlet Coupon Code).
Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Inside among SmileDirectClub's New York City areas. SmileDirectClub's organisation design appears to be working. Align Technology– the business that makes Invisalign, SmileDirect's main competitor– invested $46.7 million to become SmileDirect's exclusive provider in 2015, and this year invested another $12.8 million, to own a total of 19% of the business.
On the other hand, lookalikes have actually introduced with similar services: Orthly, released by two University of Pennsylvania trainees, now offers services to clients in Philadelphia, and Honest Co. released in New York this summertime. A SmileDirect client can be matched with one of 225 affiliated dentists or orthodontists in all 50 states. These oral experts from another location examine client cases and after that develop the aligners that SmileDirect sends in the mail.
The company declined to call any of the medical specialists within its network, and would not offer information about its financial relationships with them. "Basically they are gathering payments and paying us marketing costs," Fenkell said."I believe that claim is rather phony," AAO's general counsel Dillard said. "The consumers don't even see a dental practitioner.
(SmileDirectClub has a two-star ranking on Yelp.) And lots of expert dental practitioners are alarmed that customers never ever see a certified doctor prior to or during their treatment."It blew my mind," Casi Stubbs, a Florida orthodontist and member of the American Association of Orthodontists, informed BuzzFeed News. Like typical orthodontists, SmileDirect's dentists base their prescriptions on computer system simulations of mouth scans.
"The teeth do not move biologically like they do on the computer system," Stubbs said. One of her patients, 60-year-old Charlene Burnham, is a SmileDirect customer whose too-tight aligners cut her gums, exposing part of her tooth near the root. Burnham told BuzzFeed News she invested a week attempting– and failing– to speak to a SmileDirect dental expert on the phone, then went to Stubbs for help."They were bleeding, they were cut to the root," Burnham stated.
"I was appalled."A SmileDirect agent told BuzzFeed News by e-mail that company-affiliated dental professionals "track the client's development throughout treatment at regular periods."The company "helps with the interactions" of clients and dental providers, the representative said. "Dental companies interact directly with clients through the customer portal and through SMS or phone when proper or indicated."In a YouTube video that's been viewed over 21,000 times since June, Baltimore orthodontist Jeffrey Miller warned individuals far from the service, stating that no orthodontist would ever recommend aligners without very first taking the X-rays that SmileDirect skips.
(The video was eliminated after this story released.)Grant Olson, a dental expert in Springfield, Missouri, informed BuzzFeed News that the company's product marketing, which compares itself with orthodontist-fitted Invisalign, is deceiving. Unlike Invisalign trays, which orthodontists can optimize by sticking unique attachments on a tooth, SmileDirect's product is limited to extremely slight corrections: The aligners can fix a tilt, however can't move a tooth's orientation or position along with its root.
He explained that SmileDirect-affiliated orthodontists just authorize cases that are ideal for a remote consultation and do not need follow-up oral visits (Clear Aligners Smile Direct Club Outlet Coupon Code). Laws for dentists differ across states, however there are some common styles in the 36 grievances sent by the AAO: Some states consider making impressions and supplying retainers to be the role of a certified doctor, however SmileDirectClub typically offers those services.
AAO general counsel Dillard likewise informed BuzzFeed News that the business's service model incentivizes dental experts connected with SmileDirect to recommend the trays even if they aren't essential. Danny Menendez/ BuzzFeed News Although the company hasn't brought in the attention of regulators yet, customer problems are plentiful online. TL; DR: Get ready for a rough trip.
The vast majority of clients in these groups resign themselves to dealing with the snags since there are merely no other alternatives (Clear Aligners Smile Direct Club Outlet Coupon Code)."If you can be patient, desire a budget-friendly plan, SDC IS the ideal way to go! Having a favorable attitude and being patient goes a LONG way," Melanie Masso wrote to BuzzFeed News.
For many other customers, the flight is a bust. Seattle resident Melissa Gulick told BuzzFeed News that at the end of almost a year of treatment, the aligners have ruined her bite: Her front teeth touch prior to her molars can make contact (Clear Aligners Smile Direct Club Outlet Coupon Code). "I'm quite annoyed– food is tough to chew now and they won't fix it!"Gulick stated that after complaints to the company, SmileDirectClub accepted continue treatment for totally free.
When asked about problems that the trays messed up customers' bites, a SmileDirect representative informed BuzzFeed News: "Over 95% of our customers total treatment and approve their ended up new smile. It is essential to keep in mind that with any orthodontic procedure, bites will continue to move until the treatment is finished."Another consumer, 24-year-old Drexel College student Kacie Durham, informed BuzzFeed News that SmileDirectClub sent her a simulated treatment plan that made her teeth look even worse."It in fact made my teeth appear more jagged at the bottom," she said.
Durham returned her trays and looked for a refund. Later, an orthodontist not affiliated with the company told her that her teeth would need to be submitted and shaped before they might be lined up. Durham felt deceived: SmileDirect had approved her for a treatment that would never ever have worked."If a potential customer is unhappy with the 3d sneak peek of his/her smile, there is no commitment to purchase aligners," the SmileDirectClub representative said (Clear Aligners Smile Direct Club Outlet Coupon Code).
Minelle Tendler, a Boca Raton orthodontist, joined among the biggest Facebook groups, the 11,800-member SmileDirectClub Support, after 2 of her clients inquired about the item. In perusing the posts that appear in her Facebook feed, Tendler said that she's not seen anybody say they've had the ability to speak with a dental professional at the company.
"You're asking someone who has no dental background, 'Is this going to work?'"More than as soon as, Tendler has stopped short of responding to threads on the forum. She rests on her hands due to the fact that the clients are not hers. "I'm taking a look at the pictures and thinking, Oh my god, you need to get teeth secured, do not do it."Primarily, she is fretted that individuals who are wooed by SmileDirectClub's low cost aren't fully knowledgeable about the drawbacks of avoiding an oral see.
A previous version of this short article misidentified him as an orthodontist. Align Innovation owns 19% of SmileDirectClub. A previous variation of this story stated it was 17%. Also, SmileDirectClub began running in North Carolina in early October. A previous version of this story, based upon an August interview with cofounder Alex Fenkell, stated that the business was not running in North Carolina.
Mail-in aligners may appear like an excellent choice for a minor repair. However keep in mind you're not the expert on how minimal a fix your teeth require. "It's challenging to go from something that's 90% great to make it 100% perfect; in my experience, I discover that these are the harder cases," Dr.
The outcomes of using undetectable aligners can be very unpredictable, because some people react well to them and others won't. "It's very tough to monitor this by yourself, because– like everything in medication– not everybody reacts the same," he says. The genuine trouble includes determining how to remedy your smile if you're not responding correctly to the retainers, he says.


The application Advanced Road Design (ARD) developed by the companyCadApps Australia, employs using AutoCAD® or AutoCAD® Civil 3D® platforms and offers advanced features for the design and rehabilitation of roads according to Romanian standards. It includes basic commands for drawing geometric elements of the road (plane and vertical), automatic connection of intersections, automatic generation of longitudinal and transverse profiles and calculating filling and cutting volumes involved. Already known to design engineers of roads in our country, the application Advanced Road Design enables the interactive design of longitudinal and transverse profile and of site plan so that changes made during the project will update quickly in the drawings and quantityreports. The road design aimed to preserve existing settlement (existing pavement) and avoid expensive earthmoving work. The route follows the field line, so as to ensure the discharge of rainwater from the road platform into the existing gullies, the width of the road system to the existing reshaped land, the rainwater drainage systems, downloads in gutters, culverts as well as the development of intersections with side streets. Advanced Road Design application is recommended especially due to its work capabilities in AutoCAD and that the user does not require extensive knowledge of AutoCAD. Advanced Road Design generates the AutoCAD elements from the project without having to use the drawing step that loses time with the details, that being an impediment to the completion of the project in time. Undoubtedly, we can say that with good 3D topographic survey there can be designed, at least 1 km / day, including final drawings and corresponding quantity reports.


Nike Sportswear is launching a new colorway of the Air VaporMax Plus which is hybrid based off of the Air Max Plus that released in 1998. Next up for releases is the new 'Blue Force'.
This Nike Air VaporMax Plus comes dressed in a White, Blue Force and Blue Fury color combination. White lands on the base while shades of Blue is applied to the overlay, heel, pull tab and VaporMax Air unit.
Currently a set release date for the Nike Air VaporMax Plus 'Blue Force' has yet to be announced, however they are expected to arrive at select retailers and online at Nike.com soon. Retail price is set at $190. Continue to scroll below to check out more photos for a closer look.
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This all revolves around an AR processor based on the Visual Attention Model (VAM), which reproduces the ability of the human brain to categorize relevant and irrelevant visual data. When we process visual data we use sets of neurons that, though connected, work independently on different stages of the decision making. One set of neurons completes part of the process and relays the information onto a the next set, before ultimately a set of decider neurons determine what data is required and what can be done away with.
In basing the artificial neural network on the brain's central nervous system, the team says it was able to compartmentalize the processing of data, resulting in less congestion and significantly improved energy efficiency. According to its creators, K-Glass can deliver 1.22 TOPS (tera-operations per second) while running at 250 MHz, using 778 mW powered by a 1.2V supply. The team says this equates to a 76 percent improvement on power consumption of similar devices.
"Our processor can work for long hours without sacrificing K-Glass's high performance, an ideal mobile gadget or wearable computer, which users can wear for almost the whole day," says Hoi-Jun Yoo, Professor of Electrical Engineering at KAIST.


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Is your member of Congress a New Democrat?
by Sebastian Jones, Jeff Larson and Marcus Stern
Oct. 25, 2010, 11:03 a.m. EDT
We've pulled together a quick cheat sheet with some basic information about each of the group's 69 member's district, voting record and campaign funders.
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Joseph Crowley (N.Y. 7)
First Elected: 1998
Open Secrets Data
Committee Assignments:
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Party Rank: 21)
Committee on Ways and Means (Party Rank: 17)
Crowley was first elected to his heavily Democratic district in New York City in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has taken in $8.9 million, including $2.7 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $1.1 million from labor, and $750,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Melissa Bean (Ill. 8)
Vice Chair & Whip
Committee on Small Business (Party Rank: 9)
Committee on Financial Services (Party Rank: 22)
Bean was first elected to her district in Chicago's affluent northwestern suburbs in 2004. During her House career, her campaign has taken in more than $11.3 million, including $2.4 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $2.2 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $835,000 from labor.
Ron Kind (Wis. 3)
Committee on Natural Resources (Party Rank: 20)
Kind was first elected to his rural district in the heart of Wisconsin's dairy country in 1996.During his House career, his campaign has taken in $7.8 million, including $1.1 million from labor, $1.1 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $750,000 from the health care sector.
Adam Smith (Wash. 9)
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Party Rank: 12)
Committee on Armed Services (Party Rank: 8)
Smith was first elected to his largely suburban district in the Seattle-Tacoma area in 1996. During his House career, his campaign has taken in $6.4 million, including $1 million from labor, $642,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $522,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Allyson Schwartz (Pa. 13)
Committee on the Budget (Party Rank: 2)
Schwartz was first elected to her affluent, suburban Philadelphia-area district in 2004. During her House career, she has raised $15.1 million, including $2.6 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $2 million from lawyers and lobbyists, and $1.4 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
John Adler (N.J. 3)
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Party Rank: 16)
Adler was elected to his politically diverse south-central New Jersey district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6.4 million, including $870,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, $800,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $735,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
Jason Altmire (Pa. 4)
Committee on Education and Labor (Party Rank: 19)
Committee on Small Business (Party Rank: 11)
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (Party Rank: 23)
Altmire was first elected to his blue collar, suburban, Pittsburgh-area district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6.3 million, including $720,000 from the health care sector, $660,000 from labor, and $576,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
Michael Arcuri (N.Y. 24)
Committee on Rules (Party Rank: 8)
Arcuri was first elected to his central New York state district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.4 million, including $1.3 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $710,000 from labor, and $455,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Brian Baird (Wash. 3)
Committee on Science and Technology (Party Rank: 6)
Baird was first elected to his southwestern Washington state district in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $7.7 million, including $1.5 million from labor, $860,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, and $446,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
John Barrow (Ga. 12)
Committee on Energy and Commerce (Party Rank: 25)
Barrow was first elected to his politically competitive district stretching northwest from Savannah in 2004. During his House career, his campaign has raised $8.4 million, including $1.7 million from lawyers and lobbyists, $1.2 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $815,000 from labor.
Shelley Berkley (Nev. 1)
Berkley was first elected to her Las Vegas district in 1998. During her House career, her campaign has raised $13 million, including $1.6 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $1.5 million from labor, and $1.4 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
John Boccieri (Ohio 16)
Committee on Agriculture (Party Rank: 25)
Boccieri was elected to his northeast Ohio steel district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $3.6 million, including $735,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $530,000 from labor, and $280,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Bobby Bright (Ala. 2)
Committee on Armed Services (Party Rank: 34)
Bright was elected to his rural, southern-Alabama district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $2.5 million, including $475,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $315,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $230,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Lois Capps (Calif. 23)
Capps was first elected to her central-coastal California district in 1998. During her House career, her campaign has raised $9.8 million, including $1.3 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $1.2 million from labor, and $1 million from the health care sector.
Russ Carnahan (Mo. 3)
Committee on Science and Technology (Party Rank: 20)
Carnahan was first elected to his district, stretching south from St. Louis along the Mississippi River, in 2004. During his House career, his campaign has taken in $5.7 million, including $1.1 million from labor, $740,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $432,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Christopher Carney (Pa. 10)
Committee on Homeland Security (Party Rank: 9)
Carney was first elected to his traditionally Republican northeastern Pennsylvania district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.4 million, including $915,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $685,000 from labor, and $275,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
André Carson (Ind. 7)
Carson was elected to his heavily Democratic, Indianapolis-centered district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $2.5 million, including $520,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $480,000 from labor, and $290,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Gerald Connolly (Va. 11)
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Party Rank: 11)
Committee on the Budget (Party Rank: 23)
Connolly was elected to his politically competitive, affluent, suburban Washington district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.2 million, including $575,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $430,000 from labor and $430,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Joe Courtney (Conn. 2)
Courtney was first elected to his eastern-coastal Connecticut district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $7.1 million, including $1 million for ideological/single-issue groups, $870,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $840,000 from labor.
Artur Davis (Ala. 7)
Committee on Administration (Party Rank: 6)
Davis was first elected to his impoverished district, stretching southwest from Birmingham, in 2002. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.3 million, including $1.2 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $630,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $370,000 from ideological/single-issue groups. After a failed bid for Alabama Governor, Davis is retiring from Congress in 2011.
Susan Davis (Calif. 53)
Davis was first elected to her coastal, downtown San Diego district in 2000. During her House career, she has raised $4.8 million, including $770,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $510,000 from labor, and $295,000 each from the defense and health care sectors.
Diana DeGette (Colo. 1)
DeGette was elected to her safely Democratic Denver district in 1996. During her House career, DeGette's campaign has raised $6 million, including $920,000 from labor, $825,000 from the health care sector, and $700,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Steve Driehaus (Ohio 1)
Driehaus was elected to his southwestern Ohio district, which stretches northwest from Cincinnati, in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $3.2 million, including $815,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $530,000 from labor, and $250,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Eliot Engel (N.Y. 17)
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Party Rank: 7)
Engel was first elected to his district, which stretches northwest from New York City's Bronx borough into part of Westchester County, in 1988. During his House career, his campaign has raised $7.9 million, including $1.4 million from labor, $1 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $690,000 from the health care sector.
Bob Etheridge (N.C. 2)
Etheridge was first elected to his central North Carolina district, which includes Research Triangle, in 1996. During his House career, he his campaign has raised $8.2 million, including $1.3 million from agribusiness, $935,000 from labor, and $860,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Bill Foster (Ill. 14)
Foster was elected to his rural Illinois district, which stretches west from Chicago's distant suburbs, in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $7.8 million, including $875,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $720,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $505,000 from labor.
Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz. 8)
Giffords was first elected to her southeastern Arizona district, which includes part of Tucson and its southwestern suburbs, in 2006. During her House career, her campaign has raised $8.9 million, including $1.6 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $615,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sectors, and $615,000 from labor.
Charlie Gonzalez (Texas 20)
Committee on the Judiciary (Party Rank: 19)
Gonzalez was first elected to his south-central Texas district, which includes San Antonio, in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.7 million, including $780,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $620,000 from lawyers and lobbyists and $615,000 from the health care sector.
Debbie Halvorson (Ill. 11)
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Party Rank: 8)
Halvorson was elected to her Illinois district, which comprises the distant-southern Chicago exurbs, in 2008. During her House career, her campaign has raised $4.8 million, including $1.2 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $480,000 from labor, and $390,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Jane Harman (Calif. 36)
Harman was first elected to her Los Angeles-area South Bay district in 1992.During her House career, her campaign has raised $12 million, including $1.9 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $1.2 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $1 million from the communications/electronics industry.
Martin Heinrich (N.M. 1)
Heinrich was elected to his Albuquerque-area district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.9 million, including $1.1 million from ideological/single-interest groups, $450,000 from labor and $450,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Brian Higgins (N.Y. 27)
Higgins was elected to his Buffalo-area district in 2004. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.7 million, including $900,000 from labor, $470,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $425,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Jim Himes (Conn. 4)
Committee on Homeland Security (Party Rank: 18)
Himes was elected to his politically competitive, affluent, coastal-Connecticut district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $7 million, including $1.8 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $650,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, and $470,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Rush Holt (N.J. 12)
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Party Rank: 4)
Committee on Natural Resources (Party Rank: 7)
Holt was first elected to his central New Jersey district in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $12 million, including $1.3 million from labor, $1.2 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $620,000 from the health care sector.
Jay Inslee (Wash. 1)
Inslee was first elected to his suburban district, which lies along the Puget Sound just north of Seattle, since 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $10.9 million, including $1.3 million from labor, $975,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, and $890,000 from communications/electronics.
Steve Israel (N.Y. 2)
Committee on Appropriations (Party Rank: 29)
Israel was first elected to his suburban Long Island district 2000. During his House career, his campaign has raised $10.3 million, including $2.1 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $1 million from labor, and $895,000 each from labor and lawyers and lobbyists.
Ron Klein (Fla. 22)
Klein was first elected to his coastal district just north of Miami in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $11.3 million, including $2 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $1.3 million from lawyers and lobbyists, and $1.1 million from ideological/single-interest groups.
Suzanne Kosmas (Fla. 24)
Kosmas was elected to her coastal district, which stretches from Kennedy Space Center west to the Orlando suburbs, in 2008. During her Houses career, her campaign has raised $4.9 million, including $785,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $535,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $415,000 from labor.
Frank Kratovil Jr. (Md. 1)
Kratovil was first elected to his Maryland district straddling the Chesapeake Bay in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.2 million, including $585,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $490,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $315,000 from labor.
Rick Larsen (Wash. 2)
Larsen was first elected to his rural, coastal Washington state district in 2000. During his House career, his campaign has raised $9.3 million, including $1.2 million from labor, $1.1 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $660,000 from the health care sector.
Carolyn McCarthy (N.Y. 4)
Committee on Education and Labor (Party Rank: 8)
McCarthy was first elected to her suburban Long Island district in 1996. During her House career, her campaign has raised $11.8 million, including $1.5 million from labor, $1.2 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector and $1.1 million from ideological/single-issue groups.
Mike McIntyre (N.C. 7)
Committee on Agriculture (Party Rank: 3)
McIntyre was first elected to his rural, southeastern North Carolina district in 1996. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6.4 million, including $845,000 from agribusiness, $660,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $560,000 from labor.
Michael McMahon (N.Y. 13)
McMahon was elected to his New York City district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4 million, including $545,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $490,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, and $445,000 from labor.
Dan Maffei (N.Y. 25)
Maffei was elected to his Syracuse-area district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6 million, including $950,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $755,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $660,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Betsy Markey (Colo. 4)
Markey was elected to her rural, eastern Colorado district in 2008. During her House career, her campaign has raised $5.9 million, including $1.3 million from ideological/single-interest groups, $445,000 from labor, and $290,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Kendrick Meek (Fla. 17)
Meek was first elected to his Miami-area district in 2002. During his House career, his campaign has raised $10.5 million, including $1.5 million from lawyers and lobbyists, $1.1 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $915,000 from ideological/single-issue groups. Meek is currently running for the U.S. Senate in Florida.
Gregory Meeks (N.Y. 6)
Meeks was first elected to his New York City district in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.6 million, including $1.5 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $510,000 from labor, and $335,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Charlie Melancon (La. 3)
Melancon was first elected to his southeastern Louisiana district in 2004. During his House career, his campaign has raised $9.6 million, including $1.3 million from lawyers and lobbyists, $930,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, and $795,000 from labor. Melancon is a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
Harry Mitchell (Ariz. 5)
Mitchell was first elected to his conservative, Scottsdale-area district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6.3 million, including $885,000 from ideological/single-interest groups, $605,000 from labor and $600,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Dennis Moore (Kan. 3)
Moore was first elected to his Kansas City-area district in 1998. He is retiring from Congress, though his wife is currently running for his seat. During his House career, his campaign has raised $11.6 million, including $2.3 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $1.3 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $1.2 million each from labor and lawyers and lobbyists.
James Moran (Va. 8)
Committee on Appropriations (Party Rank: 9)
Moran was first elected to his affluent, suburban Washington district in 1990. During his House career, his campaign has raised $12.8 million, including $1.6 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $1.4 million from the defense sector, and $1.2 million from lawyers and lobbyists.
Christopher Murphy (Conn. 5)
Murphy was first elected to his rural, western Connecticut district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $8.2 million, including $1.1 million each from the finance, insurance and real estate sector and ideological/single-issue groups, and $620,000 from labor.
Patrick Murphy (Pa. 8)
Murphy was first elected to his district in the affluent, northern suburbs of Philadelphia in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $10 million, including $1.4 million form ideological/single-issue groups, $1.2 million from lawyers and lobbyists, and $855,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Scott Murphy (N.Y. 20)
Murphy was elected to his suburban Hudson River Valley district in a 2009 special election. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.7 million, including $1 million in ideological/single-issue groups, $835,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $325,000 from labor.
Glenn Nye (Va. 2)
Nye was elected to his eastern Virginia district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $3.5 million, including $480,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $355,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $335,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.
Ed Perlmutter (Colo. 7)
Committee on Rules (Party Rank: 10)
Perlmutter has represented his suburban Denver district since 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $6.9 million, including $1.1 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $930,000 from lawyers and lobbyists, and $735,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
Gary Peters (Mich. 9)
Peters was elected to his suburban Detroit district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.5 million, including $1.5 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $545,000 from labor, and $510,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Jared Polis (Colo. 2)
Polis was elected to his district, which stretches from Denver's northwest suburbs to Boulder, in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $8.1 million, including $565,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $270,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $100,000 from the communications/electronics sector.
Laura Richardson (Calif. 37)
Richardson was elected to her district in Los Angeles County's generally poor, working class southern suburbs in a special election in 2007. During her House career, her campaign has raised $1.6 million, including $515,000 from labor, $155,000 from the transportation sector, and $140,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
Loretta Sanchez (Calif. 47)
Sanchez was first elected to her largely Hispanic, suburban Orange County district in 1996. During her House career, her campaign has raised $13.3 million, including $1.8 million from labor, $1.5 million from ideological/single-issue groups, and $1 million from lawyers and lobbyists.
Mark Schauer (Mich. 7)
Schauer was elected to his southern Michigan district in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5 million, including $1.4 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $625,000 from labor, and $320,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Adam Schiff (Calif. 29)
Schiff was elected to his district in Los Angeles' sprawling suburbs in 2000. During his House career, his campaign has raised $10.9 million, including $1.1 million from lawyers and lobbyists, $1.1 million from labor, and $1 million from ideological/single-issue groups.
Kurt Schrader (Ore. 5)
Schrader was elected to his coastal Oregon district, which includes the state capital, Salem, in 2008. During his House career, his campaign has raised $3 million, including $555,000 from ideological/single-issue groups, $355,000 from labor, and $245,000 from the health care sector.
David Scott (Ga. 13)
Scott was elected to his suburban-Atlanta district in 2002. During his House career, his campaign has raised $5.8 million, including $1.3 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, $665,000 from the health care sector, and $615,000 from labor.
Joe Sestak (Pa. 7)
Sestak was first elected to his suburban-Philadelphia district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $12.7 million, including $4.1 million from ideological/single-issue groups, $1 million from lawyers and lobbyists, and $895,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector. Sestak is currently a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla. 20)
Wasserman Schultz was first elected to her district, made up of middle-class suburbs snaking northwesterly from Miami, in 2004. During her House career, her campaign has raised $6 million, including $890,000 from labor, $885,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $785,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Vic Snyder (Ark. 2)
Snyder was first elected to his district, which includes the state capital, Little Rock, in 1996. During his House career, his campaign has raised $4.7 million, including $555,000 from labor, $535,000 from the health care sector, and $440,000 from lawyers and lobbyists.
Charlie Wilson (Ohio 6)
Wilson was first elected to his eastern Ohio Appalachian district in 2006. During his House career, his campaign has raised $3.4 million, including $505,000 from labor, $450,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $270,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
David Wu (Ore. 1)
Wu was first elected to his district, which lies in Portland's western suburbs, in 1998. During his House career, his campaign has raised $12.4 million, including $1.3 million from labor, $980,000 from the finance, insurance and real estate sector, and $860,000 from ideological/single-issue groups.
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From the General to the Specific – How to get good at absolutely anything.
In the gym, make sure you have all-over, full-bodied, balanced strength and the ability to move correctly. Have this before you start over analysing how many reps of bicep curls and tricep kickbacks you should be doing, or god forbid, which muscle head you are "hitting"!
In Karate, make sure you can move forwards and backwards without tripping over yourself, and you can actually hit a target without busting your wrists/elbows/shoulders. Then start worrying about your flying kicks.
In your diet, make sure you are consistently eating the right things in the right amounts, before shelling out for diet pills/protein powders.
If you want to be a brain surgeon, you got to spend years of hard graft on the wards before you go poking around a skull with a scalpel.
And don't over analyse and worry about the minute details, and end up missing the obvious.
"Don't miss the woods for the trees".
Getting Stronger – Make sure you are consistent and competent in full range, compound (multi-joint) moves such as standing shoulder press, pressups, rows, squats, lunges and deadlifts. Before this, any small, isolation (single joint) moves such as curls, kickbacks or flies should be done last and take up no more than 5 minutes.
Losing Fat – make sure that at least half of every main meal is colourful vegetables, and the other half should not be processed or man-made food. Only after you are consistently doing this should you start thinking about meal frequency or timing or any pills/potions.
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Just Because There Has to Be an Avatar Backlash
By Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | December 22, 2009 |
The Monday following the opening of a highly anticipated and hugely popular blockbuster is traditionally a time for backlash. The funny thing about the Avatar backlash, though, as opposed to, say, the one for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, is that it only exists because it's obligatory. Most of the people writing seemingly negative features about the minor flaws of the film are still big fans. But no movie geek can stand by and not comment on the goofs, holes and other imperfection of an acclaimed pop culture phenomenon.
As one of the guilty parties involved in the preliminary and very premature attacks on the film back when the trailer first appeared, I am certainly not complaining. But I'll admit that that was in good fun, while after awhile all the "it looks like Dances with Wolves in space" remarks got a little annoying because they seemed genuinely yet ignorantly contemptuous. This is why my first action after coming out of the IMAX 3D screening I took in over the weekend was to ironically Tweet, "it's like Can't Buy Me Love in a black light painting." Again, obviously in good fun.
And I guess that's what this pseudo backlash is all about, because ripping on a movie, even one we love and respect, is a game we all like and have a need to play. So let's enjoy these playful jabs and not worry that the second coming of Star Wars (or Jurassic Park or however you view this thing) is being disrespected.
I've given the backlash an extra day in order to collect the best of the bunch. Add to the collection, either with your own gripes or one from another site, below:
Mack Rawden at Cinema Blend:
In fifty years, Avatar will be fucking hilarious. Of course, by then, James Cameron will have died thinking he upgraded Ben-Hur and the majority of his dweeb brood won't be able to admit they're wrong because those geezers will be too old to figure out the new-fangled ways people'll be using to communicate. If there's any justice in the hereafter, Mystery Science Theater 3000 will unexpectedly return to mock and verbally humiliate this ill-conceived, beautiful piece of excrement shit out of technology's pixel hole.
Mark Lisanti at Movieline:
Is "unobtanium" the most groan-inducing name possible for the precious element found on Pandora?
We also would have accepted "onthenoseium," "macguffinite," or "plotadvancium" as substitutes.
Kyle Buchanan at Movieline:
One thing I was surprised to find when I saw Avatar, then, is a lack of big money lines (and what few could have been are garbled by lead Sam Worthington). Worse, though, is the preponderance of truly dated slang that rings such a discordant note in the otherwise persuasively imagined future. I can believe James Cameron when he says this film took so many years to make, because I'm pretty sure he hasn't touched the screenplay since he wrote it while listening to Spin Doctors in the mall in 1995.
Emma Rosenblum at Vulture:
James Cameron is renowned and heralded for filling his movies with strong female characters (Ripley, Sarah Connor, Titanic's Rose). […] But it seems suspect that in Avatar's female-empowerment universe (Zoe Saldana's Na'vi character, Neytiri, is the true hero of the story), that Augustine emerges as an alien who's 40 years younger. Is Cameron hinting that in their most idealized versions, women want to have the wisdom of a long life, but the body of a 20-year-old? We'd like to think that's a genderless issue. And for the record: We wouldn't go running around in a belly tee, no matter what world we were living in.
Vince Mancini at FilmDrunk:
Right, the story. It's so cheesey in so many ways that you'll find yourself actually rooting against it at times. We know Jake's going to fall for one of the native broads, fine — you can't blame him, lanky topless chicks with sensual tails and ears that move like a cat? Hawt. — but then all you're thinking is "Oh God, just don't let his girl be the Chief's daughter." Sorry. Not only is she the chief's daughter, the chief is that guy who played Geronimo.
Cole Abaius at Film School Rejects (a somewhat backlash to the backlash with more pseudo backlash):
Now that the achievement is being lost in the forest while critics and fans search for the trees, it's got me thinking about what James Cameron really should have done with that new brilliance.
He should have made a movie set in modern time, set in a normal American town, with zero science fiction or supernatural elements.
Actually, what he should have done is a more elaborate, three-part plan:
1.	Veil his project in secrecy (much like, you know, he actually did). Explain that he's developing a new technology to create it. Ramp up the hype machine exactly as he did with Avatar, except with the added bonus of a huge cattle casting call for actors and actresses.
2.	Release a film from a great screenwriter that features a few known entities and mostly up-and-coming talent living in a world very similar to our own. A world devoid of special effects. The mood of exiting audiences would be a mixture of surprise and massive disappointment, especially the fan boys. We waited years for a character study with no flash?
3.	Reveal to the world that the entire film was made on computers through CGI and that the lead actor doesn't exist in real life. Watch as heads explode.
Of course, not all the backlash belongs to those having fun. Here are some examples of the more serious complaints, which also shouldn't take away from your ability to enjoy the pretty movie:
Owen Gleiberman at Entertainment Weekly:
I don't feel as if I need to defend Titanic (you either love the movie or you don't), but I will say this: As an act of storytelling, with two wondrously sympathetic and expressive young matinee idols enacting a stormy reverie of youthful love that catastrophe renders timeless, it is Shakespeare compared to Avatar. Or is Avatar now the new Shakespeare?
Devin Faraci at CHUD.com:
To me this emperor is wearing a wife beater and boxer shorts. He isn't naked, but he is not dressed in the resplendent finery so many think he has on. What kind of irks me about it is that Cameron walks on and gets all the credit when his movie is really just the latest stage in a long-running process of visual FX evolution.
Annalee Newitz at io9:
Whites need to stop remaking the white guilt story, which is a sneaky way of turning every story about people of color into a story about being white. Speaking as a white person, I don't need to hear more about my own racial experience. I'd like to watch some movies about people of color (ahem, aliens), from the perspective of that group, without injecting a random white (erm, human) character to explain everything to me. Science fiction is exciting because it promises to show the world and the universe from perspectives radically unlike what we've seen before. But until white people stop making movies like Avatar, I fear that I'm doomed to see the same old story again and again.
Kurt Schlichter at Big Hollywood:
We can leverage our collective power to support that kid coming out of Avatar somewhere in Missouri who thought the movie looked kinda cool, but can't help thinking that seeing all those American soldiers getting slaughtered was not something people should be cheering about. He can't really put into words an explanation why he feels that way to his gushing friends. Now we can give him the tools to put his finger on the nagging feeling that so much of popular culture leaves him with, and we help him to articulate his response so that the next time he can say, "Wait, I'm not buying that, James Cameron." And so he can tell his friends. And they'll likely agree.
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Bruce Springsteen Crashes Timothee Chalamet's 'Call Me By Your Name' Moment in 'SNL' Promos
Oh, and the whole E Street Band has joined the "Saturday Night Live" cast now.
According to the latest Saturday Night Live promos, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have joined the comedy show's cast. "Can I play Dr. Fauci?" Stevie "Little Steven" Van Zandt volunteers from the back row.
OK, so probably not, but the New Jersey rockers are the musical guests on this weekend's episode, hosted by Timothee Chalamet.
Speaking of the actor, the promos also feature SNL castmember Cecily Strong roping him into re-creating the title moment from his breakout 2017 movie Call Me by Your Name, in which Chalamet's Elio and Armie Hammer's Oliver romantically swap monikers. But it's not exactly intimate when you're surrounded by the full E Street Band — especially when Springsteen (hilariously) breaks the mood with a terse "And I'm Bruce."
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Redefining the Post-Op Experience: How Renova Medical Wear is Bridging the Gap Between Fashion and Medicine
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Dedicated to Inclusion, Renova Medical Wear Has Created a New Niche in Medical Apparel to Empower Post-op Patients and Those With Special Needs
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Anyone who has undergone a major surgery understands the nuances of the road to recovery; big baggy clothes, physical pain, discomfort, mental strain, and everything in between. For post-op patients and those with special needs and physical ailments, clothing can be a sensitive topic. Historically options for those in these circumstances are either baggy clothing or uncomfortable and possibly painful traditional clothing, with little flexibility between the two. Renova Medical Wear is on a purpose-driven mission to bridge the gap between medicine and fashion to offer post-op and special needs apparel that is comfortable, convenient, and on-trend with the latest fashion.
Founded in 2016, Renova Medical Wear exists to enable and empower those recovering from surgery or managing ailments to not only feel their best but look their best and regain their confidence after major surgery. The first brand of its kind, Renova Medical Wear is masterfully cultivating a new niche of inclusive medical wear that fuses style and functionality.
Recovering from major surgery, or managing a chronic illness can be painful and tedious enough, Renova Medical Wear desires to meet patients where they're at, providing a tangible solution to make their lives easier. On brand with current market trends in streetwear, Renova Medical Wear offers a wide array of items in their post-op clothing line, including:
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Sleek, discreet, and cutting edge, the easy snap openings provide a seamless transition to clean and nurse wounds throughout the entire recovery process, without compromising fashion and confidence. Renova Medical Wear is rooted in the belief that empathy and inclusivity are the gateways to manifesting improved physical, emotional, and mental health. By creating medical wear that fills an ever-present void in an underrepresented community, Renova aims to cultivate a more kind, confident, and empowered society.
"When I started the company, it was imperative for us to develop an apparel solution for those suffering from burdensome immobilization who have been marginalized from 'traditional' apparel. At the core of our mission, we aim to help post-surgery patients feel as normal as possible during a very difficult time in their life to support their mental health during recovery. We truly do believe that when patients feel good about the way they look, this can go a long way in helping them to heal." –Christian Bok, Founder of Renova Medical Wear
Through proof of concept, dedication to innovation, and unwavering commitment to making life easier and better for post-surgical patients; Renova Medical Wear's purpose-driven vision has come to fruition.
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About Renova Medical Wear
Renova Medical Wear is a post-surgery apparel line dedicated to providing comfortable, convenient, and fashionable clothing for post-surgery patients. Founded in 2016, Renova Medical ear seeks to bridge the gap between the medical and fashion communities, to represent a demographic who has never been allowed to wear traditional, stylish clothing while recovering from surgery. Featuring both men's and women's apparel, the Renova team is dedicated to making life easier, comfortable, and more enjoyable for the post-op demographic, supporting patients from the inside out.
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