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Schumer Urges Feds To Partner With Cornell To Create National Dairy Safety & Training Partnership
By Long Island News & PR Published: September 03 2013
Schumer: Federal Partnership Could Boost National Research on Dairy Safety & Training for New York Dairy Farmers and Beyond
Albany, NY - September 3, 2013 - Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer toured Stocking Hall at Cornell University and urged the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to partner with Cornell University on a national scale in a joint effort to boost research and training programs for dairy safety and quality. Schumer explained that the USDA and FDA fund many food-related initiatives and specialized centers throughout the country, and called on the agencies to explore a partnership with Cornell on matters of dairy safety and quality. Cornell's dairy program already has a national reputation, and having just completed a new state-of-the-art dairy processing plant designed for research and training, stands to be an industry leader in dairy safety research and worker training. Schumer argued that a federal partnership could help streamline and facilitate joint research. In addition, Schumer said such a designation would help attract federal research dollars, and called on the FDA and USDA to help identify grant and funding opportunities to support the work done at Cornell as it relates to creating this national dairy hub. Schumer pointed to emerging issues in dairy safety as another reason to create a federal partnership with Cornell, to enhance our nation's capacity to respond to such crises.
Dairy farming is one of New York's most important – and growing - agricultural industries, and Schumer explained that a national partnership with Cornell will boost research and worker training opportunities, subsequently stimulate innovation and growth in the dairy industry, bring more jobs to Cornell and support dairy farmers and the Greek yogurt industry.
"Cornell is at the forefront of research, outreach, and teaching efforts in dairy and food safety; a national partnership could greatly advance their research and milk their knowledge for all it's worth," said Schumer. "Dairy farming is one of New York's most important agricultural industries, pouring more than $2.6 billion per year into our economy. Establishing a federal partnership with Cornell would further support our state's ability to produce dairy products such as milk, ice cream, cheese and Greek yogurt, because Cornell's programs train the workforce of the future in dairy processing. Providing small and medium sized dairy farmers the training, infrastructure and technical assistance necessary to succeed is essential for maintaining and creating new dairy jobs in New York, and that is why I am also working with USDA and FDA to identify future sources of grant funding for Cornell."
Schumer was joined by Cornell Provost Kent Fuchs, Kathryn Boor, Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Representatives from the University leadership, faculty, staff, dairy industry partners and local elected officials.
"By partnering Cornell's unparalleled depth of expertise in food safety and dairy sanitation with the USDA's and FDA's resources and mission to protect the public, I believe we can contribute immeasurably to securing the safety of the nation's dairy products, while also enhancing the strength and profitability of the dairy industry itself. I am grateful to Senator Schumer for his commitment and enthusiasm for this proposal, and I applaud his dedication to promoting the health, safety, and economic wellbeing of New Yorkers and all Americans," said Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D., The Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Schumer urged the USDA and FDA, which have jurisdiction over food safety, research, education, and quality issues, to create a federal partnership with Cornell, which is leading the way in dairy safety research. Schumer argued that such a national partnership would be mutually beneficial: for Cornell the partnership with the federal government would help streamline the dissemination of their research and would boost federal funding opportunities, such a partnership would allow the USDA and FDA to collaborate with experts in the field, and dairy farmers across the country will have broader access to the resources Cornell has to offer.
Schumer also announced he would be working with both agencies to identify new grant and funding sources to advance the research done at Cornell. In addition to basic research, Cornell focuses on dairy training and food processing programs, including tailored workshops and certificate programs for industry personnel. In 2012, 656 individuals attended dairy food workshops for a total of 13,288 contact hours. Cornell has previously partnered with the FDA and offered workshops including milk plant sanitation and inspection and milk pasteurizing courses. Schumer highlighted that Cornell does the heavy-lifting of training the future workforce in the dairy processing industry, without which the New York State dairy industry could not properly function or grow.
Schumer cited one example of the type of funding opportunities that a formal partnership among the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Cornell University could leverage to boost research and training programs for dairy safety and quality here in NYS and beyond. Cornell has submitted a proposal for federal funding in response to an FDA grant program to encourage training for examination, inspection, and investigation of food manufacturing. Cornell submitted an application which would promote preventative dairy food safety behaviors by creating a standardized training curriculum for New York State dairy inspectors. Their plan would optimize regulatory communication with dairy processors. Establishment of Cornell University as a training center for dairy food safety and quality would greatly enhance their ability to attract such grant dollars.
The dairy industry directly employs approximately 20,900 individuals on more than 5,000 farms throughout New York State, which account for more than $197 million in wages. New York has seen an upsurge in the number of cheese-producing farms over the past few years, and is a national leader in Greek yogurt production, as the home of major producers Chobani, Alpina, Fage and Muller Quaker.
The ability to safely and reliably produce high-quality dairy products will support the rapidly growing dairy industry and could open expansion opportunities, especially with regard to the export of U.S. dairy products. Based on estimates by Cornell, a federal partnership with Cornell University would further support New York State's ability to produce dairy products for export markets, anticipating that such efforts are likely to create another 500 jobs in Upstate New York over 5 years. In addition to facilitating job growth in the dairy production and processing sector, establishment of a federal partnership will provide significant opportunities for job creation in related and supporting industries, including lab and field services, dairy R&D, and production of food safety related equipment and supplies.
Schumer cited Cornell's reputation, experience and recent infrastructure upgrades as reasons to justify the establishment of a federal partnership. Cornell recently completed a $105 million renovation of Stocking Hall, which includes construction of a new dairy processing plant designed for research and training. Schumer vowed to fight for future sources of funding for dairy safety research and training at Cornell.
"The establishment of a federal partnership with Cornell would provide the nation with its world-class dedicated research and training facility for the dairy industry and would support innovation and stimulate economic growth throughout New York," continued Schumer. "With Cornell's industry expertise and the USDA and FDA's collaboration, we can be sure from farm to table, that our consumers are enjoying the safest and highest-quality dairy."
A copy of Senator Schumer's letter to the Secretary of the USDA Tom Vilsack and the Commissioner Hamburg of the FDA appears below:
Dear Secretary Vilsack and Commissioner Hamburg:
Thank you for your continuous work to ensure the safety of our nation's food supply. As the agencies responsible for food safety, research, education, and quality, I am writing to you today to encourage a new partnership with a New York academic partner that can assist with securing food safety. As you may know, Cornell University has recently completed a $105 million renovation of Stocking Hall, which features a new state of the art dairy processing plant designed for research and training. In addition, Cornell offers existing world class dairy research, teaching, and extension program. This makes the university the ideal location for such a partnership.
The dairy industry in particular has undergone many technical advancements over the past few years. With the emergence of a booming American Greek yogurt industry, it has become increasingly more important for dairy farmers and all those that manufacture dairy products to have a central, meaningful source of accurate information and best practices. To protect the integrity and safety of dairy products in New York State and across the country, there is an urgent need for a strategic partnership focused on dairy food safety and quality. The FDA and USDA currently fund a number of food-related initiatives and centers throughout the United States and adding a partnership to facilitate work between the USDA, FDA, and Cornell University will advance science and training of our nation's Dairy industry. Additionally, I encourage both agencies to look at new ways of promoting dairy safety and quality.
Establishment of such a partnership at Cornell would focus on supporting dairy food safety research, dairy food quality optimization from farm-to-table, dairy sustainability, and training of industry and regulators. The partnership would be poised to rapidly address emerging dairy safety issues. A single outbreak can have a ripple effect across an entire nation's dairy industry. The time is now that we enhance our nation's capacity to respond quickly to such crises. The existence of such a partnership would support innovation in dairy and stimulate growth of new dairy related companies in not only upstate New York, but across the country.
I believe that Cornell's dairy program exists at an unparalleled intersection of federal, state, and private industry interests and activity. I urge you to consider establishing a strategic partnership with Cornell University and assist with identifying grant and funding opportunities that can aid in this critical effort to ensure that our nation's dairy industry is both safe and sustainable for future generations of farmers, workers, and consumers alike.
Charles E. Schumer
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I had never thought I would want to earn from blogging. But the truth is, every hour spent on the computer developing content for my followers and general public to read, is time away from my kids. I have to view that time as work rather than a past time, in comparison to when it was just my family and friends following along! I have an additional 150,000 people watching the journey these days.
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Gairloch is 6 miles south where you will find more shops, restaurants, pony trekking and Heritage Museum. From the pier, fishing and whale watching trips can be arranged. There is also a quite challenging 9 hole golf course to which visitors are welcome.
There are walks of all standards in the area, ranging from Munros to gentle strolls along beaches and rivers. Loch and sea fishng is available and permits are sold in local shops. There are many sandy beaches within ten miles of the cottages and many opportunities for bird watching.


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for a start i had the possibilty to use the sony sel10-18 at brooklyn bridge park for some test shots: the very nice swiss guy loaned me his almost new ultra-wide angle zoom lens, but till the end of the evening i didn't start to like the premium e-mount lens, which got even worse during post-processing: the lens is heavily corrected, vignetting at f4.0 is pretty strong and it's definitely not the sharpest native lens on the market. at the end of the day it's probably a good uwa option, but especially because of the very peculiar angle of view not in my top five lenses.
so now it's time for me to get back to usual business, i have a lot of current stories and images to tell and show; the world press photo award, my birthday with one or maybe even two new cameras (stay tuned ;) and the summary report of my experiences with the nex 7 in one year of daily shooting will be issues of the coming posts and week.


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ALEX, STRATEGY, TRANSFORMATION & ANALYTICS DIRECTOR
Please tell us a bit about your early career.
After graduating I joined LEK Consulting in London, which was a terrific foundational experience. However, being right in the middle of the financial crisis, salaries and bonuses were frozen, so after a little over two years the step-off into in-house strategy was quite appealing. A better work-life balance at that point became more of a priority, too.
I was offered the opportunity to join Gazprom's Marketing and Trading business in their Group Strategy function, where I had some great exposure to M&A, finance and broader commercial functions.
After three years there I joined Inchcape, the leading global independent automotive distributor and retailer, where I was effectively a Group Strategy team of one!
And what has your career path been at Inchcape?
The opportunity at Inchcape was great as it gave me direct exposure to the Group CEO, with whom I worked closely. It was originally framed as an opportunity to come in, understand the business and then get farmed out to one of the business units in a more operational role. As it happened, I worked in strategy, customer experience and innovation roles for around 5 years in our UK HQ before the opportunity to move into a business unit came up.
In early 2017, I moved to our Asia-Pacific Regional HQ in Singapore to help the new Regional CEO implement and communicate the regional strategy we had co-designed. Over time, this became more operational in nature and included some operational management roles in Singapore and Hong Kong.
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It's probably not revolutionary, but I believe it's most important to hire for enthusiasm and aptitude. You can teach the rest. For a company like Inchcape with a lean team, we look for self-starters and a growth mentality.
From a screening perspective, we don't do in-person case studies. I don't believe that's the way how people work and operate in the real world. We ask candidates to explore a problem 'open book', and come back to us in a few days with a worked answer that we can discuss during the interview.
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Somehow we missed this one last week, but a date has been set for the Assassin's Creed movie – and it's awfully close to a film set in a galaxy far, far away.
The live-action movie, creatively named Assassin's Creed and starring Michael Fassbender, is now set to hit North American cinemas from December 21, 2016. That's just one week after the first new Disney Star Wars movie, currently untitled and due on December 16.
It's a serious jump for the franchise, which was originally planned to debut in August 2015 before being delayed due to "production issues".
Oscar-nominated Fassbender steps into the lead role in the film – but we don't yet know whose robes he'll be wearing, with no story details or other cast members revealed just yet. Australian Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) is in the director's chair for this one. The pair have worked together on the 2015 retelling of Macbeth.
Fassbender has kept quiet about Assassin's Creed, promising to be "respectful" of the game, while still bringing new elements to the familiar franchise.
Assassin's Creed is not the only game Ubisoft is taking to the big screen – Far Cry, Rabbids, Watch_Dogs, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon franchises are also looking at film adaptations in the not-so-distant future.


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Plans for apartments in Morpeth street get green light in narrow vote
The Hairy Bikers rave about 'the best fish and chips ever' on visit to Northumberland
Charity is saved as county council gives green light to new Bebside station
A charity facing closure after its land was earmarked for a new rail station has been given a stay of execution.
By David Sedgwick
Jackie Dawe (centre) with supporters Taylor, Lauren, Sophie, Angie and Corrie at Bebside Horses.
Fears had been raised that Bebside Horses, which provides a home for more than 20 rescue horses, some of which suffered years of neglect and mis-treatment, while working with disadvantaged children in the area, could be forced to close or move to a new location.
Northumberland County Council had earmarked their land for a new station as part of the Northumberland Line, as well as a new bridge over the A189 and footpath leading to Asda, and told to vacate the site by March this year.
But charity owner Jackie Dawe said the initial financial offer was too low and there was no suitable site nearby, with more than 71,600 people signing a petition calling for the charity to be saved.
Now, after planning chiefs at the council approved plans for the station at Bebside, the council has said the charity can stay as it will not be taking as much land as previously planned for the station.
Jackie said: "We had a meeting in November and they said we could stay as they are not taking as much land. We're just waiting for them to confirm it in writing.
"It's great news for us."
A Council spokesperson said: "We have been in negotiation with the landowners over the best way to secure this very important development while still allowing them to continue the wonderful work their charity does.
"We are confident that we have reached broad agreement on how this can be done, and we will be progressing the final details with the landowners over the coming months."
After Bebside became the latest calling point to be approved, Newsham is the only stop waiting for planning permission ahead of the planned 2024 opening of a scheme bosses have suggested could help create an "economic powerhouse" stretching from Edinburgh to Leeds.
"This is so much progress on the green agenda and the economic agenda that we cannot not support it," Barry Flux, county councillor for Cramlington West, told the local authority's Strategic Planning Committee.
"We've had a lot of discussions about the [station] platforms and how they might not be 'world class'.
"But in Manchester a lot of the tram stops look like this and anywhere else with this type of excellent rapid transport systems there are a lot of stations which look like this and I think we need to be realistic on that."
While the overall Northumberland Line project, which will get passengers from Ashington to Newcastle in 36 minutes once it opens, has been largely supported, key elements have faced criticism.
Labour county councillor Caroline Ball has accused proposed station designs of lacking "wow factor".
The Blyth Bebside plans have raised questions about the impact on traffic, particularly for vehicles accessing Cowpen Road causing backlogs on the A189 and A193, with further fears over how this could be affected by increased closures at the nearby level crossing.
Liberal Democrat councillor Jeff Reid, questioned whether the project was a good use of public money, as well as whether it would succeed in encouraging commuters to ditch their cars.
Rob Murfin, the local authority's director of planning, insisted however that the planning permission had been structured to allow revisions to the plans "should issues be identified in the future".
Last year, backers of the rail project hit back at suggestions the stop could be axed from the final plans.
Prior to the latest decision, stations had already been approved on the route at Ashington, Bedlington and Seaton Delaval.
Plans for the Newsham station are expected to be considered later this year.


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Marriott's Broadway Revival of GODSPELL Opens June 4-August 10, 2014
June 6, 2014 Michael J. Roberts
The Marriott Theatre is proud to present the Chicagoland premiere of the Broadway Revival of GODSPELL, previewing June 4, opening June 11and running through August 10 at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL. GODSPELL was originally conceived and directed by John-Michael Tebelak, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, composer of Wicked and Pippin. Director and Choreographer Matt Raftery delivers a fresh, organic, intimate production, literally "illustrating" the parables of the New Testament and bringing its lessons to life on the Marriott stage. The brilliant recent Broadway arrangements and orchestrations will be delivered under the Musical Direction of Ryan T. Nelson.
Overflowing with energy and a fantastic rock score, GODSPELL is a celebration of life. Classic hits such as "Day By Day," "Light of The World," "Turn Back, O Man" and "By My Side" are sure to raise spirits high and touch the hearts of audiences.
GODSPELL stars Brian Bohr as "Jesus" (Joseph in Joseph… at the Marriott Theatre and Paramount Theatre, Marriott Theatre's 9 to 5, Now and Forever) and Devin DeSantis as "Judas/John the Baptist" (Young Frankenstein at Drury Lane Theatre, Anyone Can Whistle with Patti LuPone at the Ravinia Festival, four years in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular). Also starring in the production will be Lillie Cummings, Elizabeth Lanza, Nate Lewellyn, Christine Mild, Eliza Palasz, Samantha Pauly, Zachary Piser and Tom Vendafreddo.
The GODSPELL production team is led by the Marriott Theatre's Lead Artistic Director Aaron Thielen. Set Design is by Tom Ryan, Costume Coordination by Erin Wuorenma, Lighting Design by Jesse Klug, Sound Design by Bob Gilmartin and Properties Design by Sally Weiss. The Marriott Theatre orchestra is conducted by Musical Supervisor Patti Garwood.
The performance schedule is Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. There are no performances July 2-6. Ticket prices range from $40 to $48, excluding tax and handling fees. Students 17 and under and senior citizen 62 and older receive $5.00 off a full price theatre ticket for Wednesday Matinee, Saturday Matinee, Sunday Matinee and SundayAfternoon performances. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings a limited number of Dinner and Theatre tickets are available for only $55.00 per person. ForFriday, Saturday, and Sunday evening dinner reservations in The King's Wharf or Fairfield Inn, please call 847-634-0100. Free parking is available at all performances. To reserve tickets, please call the Marriott Theatre Box Office at 847.634.0200. Visit www.MarriottTheatre.com for more information.
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package com.algorithm.graph;

import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * http://www.careercup.com/question?id=5922416572235776 Test case Source or
 * destination vertex does not exist in the graph There is no path between src
 * to dest vertex
 */
public class PrintAllPathFromSourceToDestination {

	public void printPath(Graph<Integer> graph, Vertex<Integer> start, Vertex<Integer> destination) {
		Set<Vertex<Integer>> visited = new LinkedHashSet<Vertex<Integer>>();
		printPath(visited, destination, start);
	}

	private void printPath(Set<Vertex<Integer>> visited, Vertex<Integer> destination, Vertex<Integer> current) {
		if (visited.contains(current)) {
			return;
		}
		if (destination.equals(current)) {
			for (Vertex<Integer> v : visited) {
				System.out.print(v.id + " ");
			}
			System.out.println(destination.id);
			return;
		}

		visited.add(current);
		for (Vertex<Integer> child : current.getAdjacentVertexes()) {
			printPath(visited, destination, child);
		}
		visited.remove(current);
	}

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		Graph<Integer> graph = new Graph<Integer>(false);
		graph.addEdge(1, 2);
		graph.addEdge(1, 3);
		graph.addEdge(2, 4);
		graph.addEdge(2, 5);
		graph.addEdge(3, 6);
		graph.addEdge(5, 6);
		graph.addEdge(5, 7);
		graph.addEdge(6, 7);
		graph.addEdge(4, 7);
		graph.addEdge(1, 8);
		graph.addEdge(8, 9);
		graph.addEdge(9, 1);
		Vertex<Integer> start = graph.getVertex(1);
		Vertex<Integer> dest = graph.getVertex(7);
		PrintAllPathFromSourceToDestination pap = new PrintAllPathFromSourceToDestination();
		pap.printPath(graph, start, dest);
	}
}


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When the Treasury Department announced on July 20 that it had fined ExxonMobil $2 million for violations of U.S. sanctions against Russia, there were multiple ways to view the dispute. Was it best understood as an awkward battle pitting Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin against Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was ExxonMobil's CEO at the time of the alleged misconduct? Was the decision a case of principled career Treasury staff standing up to Exxon and Russian bad behavior in defiance of pro-fossil fuel, pro-Putin President Trump? Was Tillerson, given Exxon's alleged defiance of U.S. law on his watch, morally qualified to be our nation's chief diplomat? Was the Treasury action the final insult for Tillerson, who seems to have been frustrated at every turn by Trump and his own lack of effectiveness, triggering a resignation?
But the most relevant context for the Treasury fine on Exxon is, in fact, the thing we're all talking about anyway: Russiagate.
As we wrote back in February, if there was, in fact, a corrupt bargain between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, or a tacit understanding, the outlines of the deal seem straightforward. Trump wanted help to win the most prestigious and potentially lucrative prize available in America: the Oval Office. What Vladimir Putin wanted most, what he has wanted desperately for several years, is also crystal clear: for the next U.S. president to lift the major sanctions that have been strangling the Russian economy. And Trump repeatedly signaled as a candidate that he might do just that.
To be sure, there were reasons besides the sanctions that Putin might have wanted to help Trump win: Trump lacked Hillary Clinton's national security and government experience and thus was potentially a weaker adversary; Trump was calling into question U.S. alliances and commitments overseas, including NATO; and Trump repeatedly expressed personal admiration for Putin. As president, Donald Trump seems, disgracefully, to have exceeded all possible expectations as to these factors.
Putin also could have believed that even if Russian interference did not manage to swing the election to Trump, the email hacks and other measures could embarrass Clinton, weaken her presidency, create a sense of chaos, and give Russia new advantages.
But the chance to rescue the flagging Russian economy by electing Trump and eliminating the sanctions certainly would have loomed large for the Kremlin leader.
And in this regard, at this point, it seems that the whole scheme may have backfired. Trump was elected, but his presidency is in total disarray, in part under the weight of the mounting investigation of the campaign's Russia ties. Tillerson became Secretary of State, which must have thrilled Putin, and the Russian state oil company that had signed extensive agreements with Exxon, but his influence seems to be minimal. And political pressure on Trump from Russiagate has greatly reduced the likelihood that the U.S. will relax its Russia sanctions any time soon; indeed, Congress has just forced Trump to agree to tighten them.
The concept of an election help/ sanctions relief deal is reflected in the story of the crowded June 2016 Trump Tower meeting: Donald Trump Jr. jumped at the emailed offer of dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government, and pulled in Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort. But when the Russians showed up, Trump Jr. and Kushner have each claimed, they mostly wanted to talk about "adoption." President Trump told the New York Times that in their extra discussion at the G20, Putin also wanted to talk about adoptions, "which is interesting because it was a part of the conversation that Don had in that meeting." Interesting, sure, because "adoptions" really meant sanctions.
The Russians weren't raising Putin's ban on U.S. adoptions of Russian children because they care about orphans; Putin imposed the adoption ban in response to the 2012 U.S. Magnitsky Act sanctions against a group of powerful Russians who are suspected of playing a role in the death of a whistleblowing Russian lawyer. These are penalties that Putin wants lifted.
But the 2012 Magnitsky sanctions were not nearly as critical for Russia's economy, and thus for Putin, as the sanctions imposed by President Obama from March to July 2014 in response to Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Those Crimea sanctions, as implemented by Treasury, prohibit U.S. companies from doing business with a group of even more powerful Russians, including Igor Sechin, a close associate of Putin and the head of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company. When it issued the sanctions, Treasury said that Sechin "has shown utter loyalty to Vladimir Putin - a key component to his current standing." The sanctions also bar U.S. deals with Rosneft itself and with other Russian businesses, including Vnesheconombank, whose Putin-connected CEO met with Kushner last December at the insistence, according to Kushner, of ubiquitous Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Putin's drive to overturn the U.S. sanctions also led to the sudden departure of national security advisor Michael Flynn, less than a month after Trump's inauguration, supposedly for misleading the White House about his multiple phone calls with Kislyak. The apparent hook for those calls was President Obama's Dec. 29 imposition of new sanctions against Russia ― expelling 35 suspected Russian spies from the United States, penalizing Russia's two major intelligence services, and kicking the Russians out of waterfront mansions in New York and Maryland believed to be used for intelligence operations. Obama imposed this last round of penalties in the wake of U.S. intelligence findings that Russia had aimed to tilt the election to Trump by hacking emails and spreading disinformation.
Also in February, the New York Times reported that Michael Cohen, Trump's long-time lawyer, hand-delivered to Flynn, the week before he resigned, a proposal for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal that included lifting the U.S. sanctions. The plan was endorsed by Cohen, Felix Sater, a Russian-American businessman with longstanding connections to Trump, and a Ukrainian opposition politician.
It's clear from all these episodes that the Russians have been focused like a laser on getting Donald Trump to lift or relax the U.S. sanctions.
Other than the relentless Kremlin, the entity that most wants to be free of these restrictions, it seems, is ExxonMobil.
In April of this year, ExxonMobil asked Treasury for a waiver of the Russia sanctions so it could proceed efforts with Rosneft to drill in the Black Sea. Treasury denied the request.
On July 20, Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) concluded that Exxon violated U.S. sanctions in May 2014 when its officials signed a series of agreements with Sechin on behalf of Rosneft.
Even though the $2 million fine is a drop in the Arctic Ocean compared with Exxon's annual revenue of some $225 billion, Exxon promptly sued Treasury, claiming that it had received guidance from Obama Administration that indicated it was legal to make a deal with Sechin acting in his official capacity for Rosneft, as opposed to acting personally. At the time of the contract signings, U.S. sanctions announced in April 2014 were already in effect against Sechin, but the broader prohibition against Rosneft wasn't imposed until July 2014.
But Treasury says the April sanctions offered no such loophole and that Exxon, in signing the deals with Sechin, "demonstrated reckless disregard" for the law.
A 1988 CIA secret report, since declassified, underscores the value of the Arctic deal. According to the report, the Kara Sea, the place where Exxon and Rosneft later targeted their major offshore operations, "could become one of the major petroleum regions in the USSR early in the next century." But the agency judged that development was unlikely without joint ventures with Western oil companies. Twenty-three years later, Exxon stepped into the very role the CIA predicted.
Oil and gas revenue has accounted for upwards of 70 percent of Russia's export income and 40 to 50 percent of the Russian budget over the past decade.
The Russian Arctic alone is said to hold upwards of 90 billion barrels of oil. And Rosneft has exclusive access, granted by Putin. The Rosneft deal was also crucial for Exxon's future, allowing it to book massive reserves unavailable elsewhere on earth, before the sanctions shut it down.
A glut of oil on the global market has crashed oil prices and tanked the Russian economy in the last few years. Nonetheless, Russia is now second to the United States in oil and gas production, and only the U.S. fracking boom of the past five years puts the U.S. in the lead. And in brokering the Russian deal, Exxon promised to teach Rosneft to frack, with made-in-America technology and equipment. This step would inevitably lead to a Russian glut of oil and gas production, just as the U.S. is now experiencing. That would further depress global energy prices, and make U.S. oil and gas less competitive and less profitable on the global market. The dubious "American Energy Dominance" goal set by Trump would surely be undermined.
One might ask how allowing this deal to proceed would help the United States anywhere except at Exxon headquarters. But the deal has the potential to make Russia great again.
While Trump and Tillerson have appeared to be at odds on a range of policy and personnel decisions since January, the one thing they have seemed to agree upon is opposition to Russia sanctions.
Buttressing the idea that Trump was preparing to lift the Russia sanctions was his choice for secretary of state. Rex Tillerson had no diplomatic or government experience. Instead, he had spent 41 years at Exxon.
As an Exxon executive, Tillerson got to know Putin and developed strong personal ties to Rosneft head Sechin, an ex-KGB agent; the two men enjoyed riding motorcycles together. Tillerson's advancement to be ExxonMobil CEO was preceded by his appointment in 1998 to run Exxon Neftegas Limited, the division in charge of an Exxon-Rosneft project drilling for oil near Sakhalin Island off the Siberian coast. The project has produced hundreds of millions of barrels of oil in the last 12 years. Because it doesn't involve new technology transfer, it has been able to proceed despite the U.S. sanctions.
In 2012, Russia awarded Tillerson one of its highest honors, the Order of Friendship decoration.
Despite Tillerson's denials at his confirmation hearing, Exxon lobbied against Obama's 2014 sanctions on Russia and Sechin.
Tillerson did not know Trump prior to election day. He was, reportedly, recommended to Trump by former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. But those two were not merely national security heavyweights from prior administrations; they now work in the same consulting firm, whose clients include ExxonMobil. So the push to make Tillerson Secretary of State could be seen, in part, as consistent with Exxon's own efforts to influence the Trump administration, including on the issue of the sanctions blocking the Exxon-Russia deal.
Although Tillerson has been notably missing from key Trump meetings and his views often overruled, he was the only other U.S. official in the room when Trump met with Putin at the G20 meeting in Hamburg earlier this month.
As president, Trump has continued to push back on pressure from all sides, including Republicans in Congress, to accept the overwhelming evidence that Russia sought to hack the U.S. election, which was the basis for the last round of Obama sanctions on Russia. Some days Trump grudgingly admits it, sort of. And other days he rebels. Last Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," energetic new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci cited the argument of an unnamed expert that if it had been the Russians who hacked the U.S. election, we never would have found out, because the Russians are so smooth at hacking. Pressed by host Jake Tapper as to the identity of the expert, Scaramucci said: It was Trump. It turned out that Trump got that talking point from Vladimir Putin.
It seems clear that Trump's resistance to blaming Russia for the hack arises in part from his obsession with proving that he won the election overwhelmingly and in legitimate fashion. But there's also that powerful hold that Putin seems to have over him.
As evidence has mounted that Russiagate is real ― that Putin sought to influence the election, that Trump campaign officials had a web of ties and meetings with Russian government officials and other powerful Russians, that Trump officials have repeatedly failed to disclose such interactions, and that Trump pressured FBI director James Comey to drop the Flynn investigation and then fired Comey when he didn't ― Congress has been moved to commit the U.S. to the opposite course on sanctions from what Putin has sought.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 419 to 3, passed legislation to tighten U.S. sanctions on Russia, as well as Iran and North Korea, and to constrain the ability of the president to soften or waive them.
The Senate passed similar sanctions legislation in June, by a vote of 98 to 2, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman this month backed off some previous objections to the House version.
The Trump White House lobbied aggressively against the sanctions bills, in particular a provision that would require Congress to approve any steps to loosen the sanctions on Russia.
Tillerson, although he committed to Senators during his confirmation process to recuse from matters relating to Exxon, had publicly argued against sanctions legislation, saying it would undercut the administration's flexibility in making deals with Russia.
ExxonMobil, as well as other energy companies, also had lobbied against these provisions, on the same grounds.
According to a Wall Street Journal report: "Lobbyists for Exxon and other oil industry players have expressed dismay to lawmakers about several provisions in the legislation, including measures to prohibit partnerships with Russian individuals or companies under sanctions around the world, and to add congressional review of certain sanctions exemptions ... Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said the company doesn't have a position on sanctions but has provided legislators with information about how the bill could 'disadvantage U.S. companies compared to our non-U.S. counterparts.'" Exxon was reportedly concerned, among other things, about the fact of its joint projects with Rosneft in New Mexico and Canada.
But the bill, even as modified, remains a barrier to the easing of Russia sanctions that Putin has sought, and thus, in particular, a barrier to the lucrative Exxon-Rosneft Arctic deal.
Vladimir Putin, unlike Trump, could count votes, and knew that even a Trump veto would likely be overridden by Congress. So Friday morning, Putin tried a new take, implementing the retaliation he put on hold in December. Russia seized two U.S. diplomatic properties in the Moscow area ― a warehouse a collection of rustic cottages ― and ordered the U.S. to cut its staff in Russia down to 455, matching the number of Russian diplomats in the U.S. "It's impossible to endlessly tolerate this kind of insolence toward our country," Putin said Friday.
Friday afternoon the White House announced that Trump would sign the bill, tightening the grip of the Russia sanctions ― the opposite of what candidate Trump had proposed.
Still, Putin and Trump seem unlikely to stop pursuing their bromance, seemingly driven by a mutual love of autocratic government, of pressuring the media and judiciary to do their bidding, of their white nationalist fans, and of mingling their financial interests with their government power, as well as their agreed-upon liquids of choice, oil and gas.
Whatever the fate of its former CEO Tillerson in the Trump government, and despite its current tiff with Treasury, ExxonMobil, along with Sechin and Rosneft, will be waiting in the wings, hoping that a new era of detente will unleash boundless new fossil fuel production and profits.
Kert Davies directs the Climate Investigations Center. David Halperin, a lawyer, formerly worked at the National Security Council and the Senate Intelligence Committee. This article also appears on Republic Report.


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Students in Moot Court are assigned a hypothetical appellate case, where the decisions of judges are based not on the "facts of the case" but rather on the "interpretation of the law." Teams use real-world case precedent and jurisprudence to build arguments on two constitutional issues. More than just performance, though, Moot Court students must demonstrate high analytical skills–they are required to argue both sides of the case in different rounds of competition.
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Work is set to begin on a new bridge maintenance facility in Tarrytown.
The building will be used to maintain the new three-mile crossing over the Hudson River.
The 26,000 facility will be adjacent to the New York State Thruway (I-87/I-287) at 333 S. Broadway in Tarrytown.
Thruway personnel including administration, emergency response, mechanics, welders, painters, electricians and dock crews will be housed at the facility.
A new barracks for State Police Troop T will also be constructed as part of the project.
The new facility is scheduled to replace the existing structure in 2018.


Believe or not, the Vikings are 2-1-1 in the last month. They have wins over Washington and Chicago, a loss at Seattle and a tie at Green Bay.
Despite what seems like constant negative attention off the field, the Vikings are, remarkably, climbing up the NFL power rankings thanks to improved play on the field.
CBS SPORTS: No. 25 – Maybe Matt Cassel should have been playing all along. It's too little too late for this team.
ESPN: No. 28 – Even loading the box couldn't stop Adrian Peterson on Sunday. He rushed for more yards (147) against at least eight defenders than he had total rushing yards in any game this season.
YAHOO! SPORTS: No. 28 – It's pretty apparent Josh Freeman has done something to totally turn that coaching staff and/or front office off to him. Otherwise the whole situation makes no sense.
NFL.COM: No. 27 – The only thing worse than the 15-yard facemask penalty by Rhett Ellison that wiped Blair Walsh's would-be winning kick off the board Sunday had to be Matt Cassel's apparent mustache. That thing looks like it belongs in a mini truck. But we digress. Heckuva win by the Vikings, who didn't let adversity rule the day. Of course, that's easy to do when Adrian Peterson runs the rock 35 times for 211 yards.
PRO FOOTBALL TALK: No. 27 – Does knocking Josh McCown out of the 2013 playoffs make up for McCown knocking the Vikings out of the 2003 playoffs?


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55 people to benefit from organs of North Carolina man killed in 'freak accident' at beach
OAK ISLAND, N.C. -- Fifty-five people are expected to get organs from a Raleigh man who died in a freak accident at Oak Island beach in North Carolina last week.
Lee Dingle, 37, was in the ocean playing with his kids last Friday when a wave pushed his head to the ground and broke his neck.
Shannon Dingle, Lee's wife, said swelling from the injury caused the father of six to suffocate.
Shannon told ABC7 sister station, WTVD, that, though she wishes Lee were still alive, she's glad his organs are helping others.
Carolina Donor Services said the organs should save four lives, give sight to one or two people and ultimately help 55 altogether.
"I think it's important for people to know that their next of kin is the one who ultimately makes the decisions, even if you're registered as an organ donor, you need to make sure your loved ones know your wishes because they will ultimately make the decision," she said.
WTVD first met the Dingles in 2016, when a story covered the moment a Durham medical supply business gifted their daughter Zoe an electric lift for her motorized wheelchair.
The support was a relief for the family who said there were state funding delays and obstacles.
Dingle's freak accident was no doubt a financial set back for his family.
However, more than $245,000 has been raised for his family on GoFundMe.
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We offer our sincere sympathy to Noreen Coakley and Veronica Collins, Monkstown and Pat Cotter, Passage West on the death of their brother Eugene [Gene], Douglas who died in the Mercy Hospital on Wednesday 25th April 2018.
We offer our sincere sympathy to Sandra Moynihan, Rochestown and her family on the death of her sister Deirdre McMurtry Walsh of Sandyford, Dublin and Blackrock, Cork who died in Dublin on last Wednesday 18th April 2018. May she rest in peace.
A Month's Mind Mass, organised by the friends of Fr Jim, will be celebrated in Ringaskiddy Oratory this Thursday night, 19th April 2018 at 7.00 p.m. Before he left Cork to work on the missions in Turkana, Fr Jim used to swim almost daily in Ringaskiddy. All are welcome to join us in celebrating a truly remarkable life.
Gerald Doyle, Monkstown died peacefully at Blairs Hill Nursing Home on Friday 23rd March 2018. We offer our sincere sympathy to his son John, daughters, Valerie and Geraldine and his extended family. May he rest in peace.
We offer our sincere sympathy to Marie O'Callaghan, Passage West on the death of her brother John Perkins who died in London recently.
We offer our sincere sympathy to Flor O'Leary, Glenbrook on the death of his brother John, Oysterhaven and Bishopstown who died in Douglas Nursing Home on 1st March 2018.
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord may perpetual light shine upon them.
We offer our sincere sympathy to Val Condon, Shanbally on the death of his mother Rita Condon, Crosshaven who died on Saturday 17th March 2018. May she rest in peace.
We offer our sincere sympathy to Maureen McCarthy, Glenbrook, on the death of her sister, Sr Eithne F.M.S.J. in St Francis Convent, Blackrock Road on Sunday 4th March 2018.
We offer our sympathy to the Walsh family and the Presentation Sisters on the death of Sr. Teresa Walsh, Bandon who died on 5th March 2018. Sr Teresa was a sister to Fr Christy Walsh, former Parish Priest of Monkstown Parish.
Michael (Mick) Fehily, Ringaskiddy and late of Ballyfeard died peacefully at home in Shamrock Place on Saturday 17th March 2018. We offer our sincere sympathy to his daughters Emma and Edel, son Michael and his extended family. May he rest in peace.
Gerard A. [Gerry] Murphy, Glenbrook died at Marymount University Hospital and Hospice on Sunday 4th March 2018. We extend our sincere sympathy to his sons Conor, Alan and Shane, his grandchildren, extended family, colleagues and friends.


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If you lived in Croatia instead of United States, you would:
In United States, 36.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Croatia, that number is 24.4% of people as of 2016.
live 3.6 years less
In United States, the average life expectancy is 80 years (78 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2020. In Croatia, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2020.
United States has a GDP per capita of $59,800 as of 2017, while in Croatia, the GDP per capita is $24,700 as of 2017.
In United States, 4.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Croatia, that number is 12.4% as of 2017.
be 29.1% more likely to be live below the poverty line
In United States, 15.1% live below the poverty line as of 2010. In Croatia, however, that number is 19.5% as of 2015.
United States has a top tax rate of 39.6% as of 2016. In Croatia, the top tax rate is 47.2% as of 2016.
In United States, approximately 19.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Croatia, 8.0 women do as of 2017.
be 62.3% more likely to die during infancy
In United States, approximately 5.3 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Croatia, on the other hand, 8.6 children do as of 2020.
In United States, there are approximately 12.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Croatia, there are 8.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
In United States, approximately 87.3% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Croatia, about 72.7% do as of 2018.
United States has a total of 19,924 km of coastline. In Croatia, that number is 5,835 km.
Croatia: At a glance
Croatia is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 55,974 sq km. The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands, along with a majority of Croatia's ethnic Serb population. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998. The country joined NATO in April 2009 and the EU in July 2013.
How big is Croatia compared to United States? See an in-depth size comparison.
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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: Croatia Tax Administration, The World Factbook, Internal Revenue Service.
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The University is committed to providing employees and students with a safe and healthy environment for work and study.
The University recognises that for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding, precautions in addition to normal safe work procedures and practices may be required.
This guideline provides a summary of potential areas of concern for those women who are considering pregnancy, who are pregnant or who are breast-feeding.
Working with chemicals
Working with animals
Working with ionising radiation
Undertaking manual handling
Working with computers
Your role in ensuring a safe pregnancy
References and links (related policies/documents)
Inhalation is the most common route of exposure to chemicals in the typical University working environment. The use of safe work procedures and facilities such as local exhaust ventilation will provide protection.
Skin absorption and ingestion are generally less significant routes of exposure, provided safe work procedures are observed. Everyone is required to use appropriate safe work procedures in accordance with the applicable Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) when handling chemicals.
Exposure to chemicals at levels below recognised exposure limits should not present a risk to you or your foetus during pregnancy or while breastfeeding; however, once you know you are pregnant, you are encouraged to advise your supervisor, or the UWA Medical Centre or your own medical practitioner as soon as possible.
If you have any concerns about a chemical you are using, or the procedures for its safe use during pregnancy or while you are breastfeeding, you should seek advice straight away.
If you work with animals you have an increased risk of acquiring infections from these animals. While maintaining safe work procedures can reduce the risk of infection, special care must be taken to prevent infections that could have serious effects on foetal development.
For example, cats may harbour Toxoplasma gondii, while pregnant sheep may carry Chlamydia psittaci. If you work with cats or sheep, or with any animal that you may feel may adversely affect your pregnancy, you should seek advice straight away.
Levels of exposure to ionising radiation that do not present a hazard to a pregnant woman may be of concern to the developing foetus, particularly between eight and 25 weeks gestation. As many women are uncertain of their conception during the early weeks of pregnancy, special consideration must be given to the use of ionising radiation.
It is very important for you and your foetus that you notify your supervisor, the Radiation Safety Officer or UWA Safety and Health as soon as possible, to ensure that your work is assessed and modifications promptly made to reduce any radiation exposure.
If you work includes using ionising radiation and you become pregnant, you have a choice to either continue working with ionising radiation or take on other tasks. It is possible to work with ionising radiation provided that the Radiation Safety Officer and/or Safety and Health have assessed and defined the actions that must be taken to ensure that the risk to you and your foetus is as low as possible.
If you work with non-ionising radiation and you are pregnant, or planning to become pregnant, then you should seek advice.
Pregnancy brings many changes that are limited to the duration of the pregnancy and a short time following.
A review of tasks undertaken to identify a potential manual handling hazards, needs to be assessed. Some practical control measures that can be implemented include:
Review the work tasks undertaken to avoid heavy work duties, in particular avoidance of extremely heavy physical exertion in early pregnancy and a reduction of the physical workload after the third month and again after the six month of pregnancy.
Make sure you take a suitable number of rest breaks during the day.
With the agreement of your supervisor, you may also be able to change your working hours.
A good posture always is one in which you are comfortable and well supported by properly adjusted furniture. If good posture cannot be maintained at work using a computer then contact UWA Safety and Health for advice.
Although the use of many vaccines during pregnancy is contradicted on theoretical grounds, there is no convincing evidence that pregnancy, in itself, should constitute an absolute contraindication to the use of standard vaccines.
Pregnant employees should not be assigned to the direct care of patients with HIV/AIDS.
If you are considering becoming pregnant, you should speak with your doctor about the kind of work you do and your immunisation status. Ideally you should have all the vaccinations you require for your work environment prior to becoming pregnant.
Most vaccinations should not be given during pregnancy but some are regarded as safe while breastfeeding. If you have any concerns about immunisation that may be required for your work, you should seek advice straight away.
With respect to breastfeeding and vaccination, there is no evidence of risk to the breastfeeding baby if the mother is vaccinated with any of the live or inactivated vaccines. Breastfeeding does not adversely affect immunisation and is not a contraindication for the administration of any vaccine to the baby.
Vaccine immunisations
There is no evidence of risk to the fetus. Cholera vaccine may be given to pregnant and lactating women.
Is safe in pregnancy and lactation.
Is recommended for pregnant women at risk of Hepatitis B.
Immunoglobulins
No known risk to the fetus from passive immunisation of pregnant women with immunoglobulins.
Considered safe in pregnancy.
Is recommended for pregnant women at risk of acquiring Japanese encephalitis.
Meningococcal infections
No documented adverse events in pregnant women.
MMR or rubella vaccine
All pregnant women should be tested for immunity to rubella, and susceptible women should be vaccinated immediately after delivery.
Poliomyelitis vaccine
Can be administered to pregnant women who are at substantial risk of exposure to poliomyelitis infection.
Review with medical practitioners.
Can be used as required.
Should be based on an assessment of the real risk of disease.
Pregnant women who must travel to an area where the risk of yellow fever is high should receive yellow fever vaccine.
Speak with your treating doctor prior to becoming pregnant about the kind of work you do and your concerns.
Notify your supervisor, relevant school/section personnel, or contact Safety and Health as soon as possible about your pregnancy, so that an assessment and appropriate modifications can be made immediately to your work to minimise risks to your pregnancy.
You can request that the information about your pregnancy is maintained as confidential. Contact the UWA Medical Centre or your treating doctor for confidential medical for advice and support.
For assistance and further information with implementing these guidelines please contact UWA Safety and Health.
This guideline has been developed in reference to the following documents:
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (amended March 1999)
NHMRC, The Australian Immunisation Handbook, 7th Edition, 2000
UWA Human Resources Department
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Infuse your jewelry collection with happy, inspirational pieces! With Do Your Thing Charms, you can create a variety of adorable jewelry pieces to wear with your favorite outfits! The charms are made of metal with a geometric heart shape, an arrow shape, and a hammered rectangle with "do your thing" text. Transform them into fun necklaces!


For the most part, I've been enjoying the snow. I'm not a fan of cold weather, but I love it when the big fluffy flakes are coming down. But the accumulation is making for slippery surfaces. I've not become an NHS statistic, but yesterday as I was out last-minute-shopping, I had that dignity shredding experience of falling flat on my bum. I'm not sure what sort of noise I made, but the young man, a teenager, just crossing the street ahead of me took out his in-earphones and turned around to ask if I was o.k., bless. He didn't move on until I was standing up again.
Why does this episode get a blog entry? Because it occurred to me that I could use it in a story sometime. Yes, it would seem contrived to have characters meet because one of them slips on the ice, but it would also be realistic. Even though I've not made any progress in editing my nanowrimo novel, I still seem to want to write more. How can I use my time on the bus to do this? I'm not sure. There's no reason why I couldn't edit the novel on the bus; it's just that I find it hard to do, and hard to want to do. It's tempting to try to crochet snowflakes instead. But it doesn't matter either way at the moment, because I'm off work until the new year.


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Wander José Goddard Borges, ou Wander Borges (Sabará, 16 de março de 1959), é um contador, administrador de empresas e político brasileiro. Atualmente exerce o cargo de Prefeito em Sabará (MG), eleito pelo Partido Socialista Brasileiro.

Wander já foi deputado estadual (2007-2017) em Minas Gerais.

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Naturais de Sabará
Deputados estaduais de Minas Gerais
Prefeitos de Sabará
Vereadores de Sabará
Membros do Partido Socialista Brasileiro de Minas Gerais
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All the action from Beijing.
The pair traded a break apiece in the first five games of the match before recently crowned U.S. Open champion Williams took control of the contest by reeling off three straight games to claim the opening set.
The second was a much tighter affair until Williams broke her opponent in a marathon ninth game and then held her own serve to secure victory in 74 minutes.
Like Williams, French Open champion Sharapova and Halep, runner-up at Roland Garros, are already assured of places in the eight-woman field at the WTA Finals, and they continued their good form on Tuesday.
Russian Sharapova produced some bruising groundstrokes as the world number four crushed Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-2 to set up a third-round meeting with Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.
Romanian Halep had a slightly tougher time overcoming Chinese wildcard Zhu Lin 7-5 6-4.
World No. 167 Zhu followed Sharapova's aggressive tactics to move 5-4 ahead in the first set against second-ranked Halep, only to lose her composure and the match.
The Chinese produced 28 unforced errors as Halep's counter-punching approach helped her claim a win that sets up a third round clash with 15th seed Andrea Petkovic, the German having little trouble in ousting American Madison Keys 6-2 6-3.
The Beijing hard courts were not so welcoming for Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, however, with both continuing to struggle for late-season form as they look to add their names to the elite list in Singapore.
Bouchard, who lost in the final of last week's Wuhan Open, was beaten by unseeded German Sabine Lisicki 6-2 6-4, while Italian Roberta Vinci knocked out 2011 China Open winner Radwanska 6-4 6-4.
The defeats left the Polish world number six and seventh-ranked Bouchard still waiting to book a qualifying spot at next month's season-ending championships.
Former world No. 1, Serb Ana Ivanovic, who currently holds the eighth and final spot in the Race to Singapore standings, beat Swiss Romina Oprandi 6-4 6-2 on the Moon Court.
Venus Williams, seeded 16, also made the third round with a 6-4 6-3 victory over France's Caroline Garcia, while 13th-ranked Czech Lucie Safarova beat German Mona Barthel 6-3 6-3.
Maria Sharapova poses with the China Open women's singles tennis trophy after after defeating Petra Kvitova.
Maria Sharapova returns a shot during during the China Open final in Beijing on Sunday.


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Estimation of health care costs as a function of disease severity in people with psoriatic arthritis in the UK
Poole, Christopher David, Lebmeier, M., Ara, R., Rafia, R. and Currie, Craig John 2010. Estimation of health care costs as a function of disease severity in people with psoriatic arthritis in the UK. Rheumatology 49 (10) , pp. 1949-1956. 10.1093/rheumatology/keq182
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keq182
Objectives. The primary aim of this study was to estimate annual health care costs for biologic-naïve patients with PsA in the UK. The relationship between disease severity, defined by physical limitations, and costs was also explored. Methods. This study utilized data from the British Society of Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) to develop a multivariate model estimating disease severity from parameters available in routine primary care data. The HAQ Disability Index was used to determine disease severity. This algorithm was then applied to routine data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN). Annual costs were estimated for drugs, contacts with a general practitioner and other health care professionals, tests, hospital outpatient attendances and inpatient admissions from a National Health Service perspective using official tariffs. The relationship between disease severity and health care costs was estimated using a generalized linear model. Results. Three hundred and fifty-six cases with PsA were identified in the BSRBR and 4492 in THIN. Total mean annual health care costs ranged from £11 to £20 782 with a mean of £1446 (S.D. £1756). When costs were sub-grouped by the predicted HAQ score, the mean annual observed costs ranged from £548 per person for the least severely affected (HAQ ≤1.2) to £4832 for the most severely affected (HAQ >2.6). Prescription costs and secondary care episodes accounted for more than a third of total care costs each (38 and 34%, respectively). When the relationship between disease severity and costs was examined, estimated HAQ was found to be a significant predictor of total health care costs. Conclusions. Treatment of people with PsA resulted in considerable financial costs and these costs varied markedly by disease severity.
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Cost; Psoriatic arthritis; Disease severity; HAQ; British Society of Rheumatology Biologics Register; The Health Improvement Network


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"Iconic" is one of the best songs included on Madonna`s latest effort, "Rebel Heart". The song should be a single. Nevertheless, it was performed by the Diva on her "Rebel Heart Tour". As a matter of fact, it was chosen as the opening song of the shows.
This video directed by Steven Klein is inspired on the Full Intro Backdrop Video of the Tour. Simply amazing!