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Empowering the Poor through Waste Transformation
Paul Olivier
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Waste Transformation Closed Loop Farming Transforming Biodegradable Waste, Integrating Plant and Animal Systems, Deindustrializing Agriculture, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Sequestering Carbon, Decommodifying Food and Restoring Biodiversity By Dr. Paul Olivier July 1, 2018 [email protected] 1-337-447-4124 (rings in Vietnam) Abstract This essay has seven major themes, as its subtitle indicates. Small farmers transform biodegradable waste at the highest possible levels, they closely integrate multiple plant and multiple animal systems, and they deindustrialize the production of food. These three strategies allow them to play a major role in reducing carbon emissions and in sequestering carbon. Furthermore, small farmers participate in social enterprises that share and integrate waste r esources and waste technologies , that provide education and training, and that take care of all aspects of selling to consumers. With these basic elements in place, small farmers are able to decommodify the sale of food. Food is not just another commodity to be traded in the global marketplace. The market value of food should never be allowed to override broader issues relating to food safety, food security, food justice, food sovereignty, income inequality, the health of the environment and the biodiversity of our planet. Empowering the Poor through Waste Transformation 1
Table of Contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 7 The Four Levels of Waste Transformation.......................................................................................... 7 Examples of Type 1 Waste ................................................................................................................. 7 Lactic Acid Fermentation and Probiotics ............................................................................................ 8 Studies on the Benefits of Fermentation ............................................................................................. 9 Common Mistakes in Waste Transformation, and in Food and Fuel Production .............................. 10 Food Waste ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Crustacean Waste and Feather Waste ............................................................................................... 12 Correctly Transforming Type 2 Waste .............................................................................................. 14 Biodigesters – A Serious Health and Environmental Hazard ............................................................ 14 Concrete Floors – Barbaric and Inhumane ........................................................................................ 18 Thermophilic and Mesophilic Composting at Level 3 ...................................................................... 19 Top-lit Updraft Gasifiers at Level 4 .................................................................................................. 20 Pelletized Biomass ............................................................................................................................ 23 Torrefied Biomass ............................................................................................................................. 23 Gasifier Fuel Sources ........................................................................................................................ 24 Combined Heat and Biochar ............................................................................................................. 25 Roasting Coffee and Making Biochar ............................................................................................... 26 Spent Coffee Grounds and Biochar as a Medium for Growing Mushroom s..................................... 27 Biochar at Level 1 ............................................................................................................................. 28 Biochar at Level 2 ............................................................................................................................. 29 Biochar at Level 3 ............................................................................................................................. 30 Biochar in Soil .................................................................................................................................. 31 Soil Ecosystems and AM Fungi ........................................................................................................ 32 A Cascade from Cow to Pig to Chicken to Fish ................................................................................ 34 Trophic Level Upgrades.................................................................................................................... 36 Black Soldier Fly Larvae .................................................................................................................. 37 Larvae and Red Worms – an Outstanding Partnership ...................................................................... 38 The Larval Bioconversion of Pig Manure ......................................................................................... 39 BSF Lipids, Lauric Acid and Monolaurin ......................................................................................... 39 The Biopod and Other Larval Rearing Devices ................................................................................ 40 The Deindustrialization of Black Soldier Fly Technology ................................................................ 41 What Aquaponics Teaches Us........................................................................................................... 41 Raising Livestock Outdoors – Highly Problematic ........................................................................... 42 2
Fully Exploiting the Value of Livestock Waste ................................................................................ 43 Pollution from Livestock Waste andC hemical Fertilizers ................................................................ 43 Chemical Fertilizers are Poisons ....................................................................................................... 45 Greenhouse Gases from Chemical Fertilizers and Animal Agricultur .e............................................ 45 Conventional Farming and Air Pollution .......................................................................................... 46 Conventional Farming and Soil Erosion ........................................................................................... 46 Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sequestering Carbon ...................................................... 48 The Perennial Peanut ........................................................................................................................ 49 The Perennial Peanut and Earthworms.............................................................................................. 51 Moringa oleifera ............................................................................................................................... 52 No Crops without Animals and No Animals without Crop s............................................................. 58 Transforming Pine Forest Debris ...................................................................................................... 59 Transforming Rice Straw .................................................................................................................. 60 The System of Rice Intensification ................................................................................................... 62 Arsenic Uptake in Rice ..................................................................................................................... 62 A System of Rice and Animal Intensification ................................................................................... 63 Coffee Pulp, Cashew Apples, Banana Biomass and Passion Fruit Pee .l........................................... 64 The Conventional Production of Animal Source Food is Deeply Flawe d......................................... 67 Rainforests and Native Grassland Destroyed .................................................................................... 68 The Restoration of Degraded Pastureland ......................................................................................... 69 The Many Advantages of Raising Cattle Indoors .............................................................................. 69 Problems with Fences ....................................................................................................................... 71 Horseflies, Deerflies, Horn Flies, Stable Flies, Black Flies, Lice, Mites and Tick .s......................... 71 The Castor Bean Plant (Ricinus Communis) ..................................................................................... 73 Extremes of Hot and Cold ................................................................................................................. 75 Drawing a Clear Line between Domesticated and Wild .................................................................... 76 "Setting Aside Half the World for the Rest of Life" ......................................................................... 77 The Ecological Devastation Caused By Domesticated Grazing Animals .......................................... 77 Meat-Eating Hominins ...................................................................................................................... 78 "The Mythological Hero Called the Cowboy" .................................................................................. 79 Raising Cows Indoors ....................................................................................................................... 79 Highly Contaminated Cow Manure .................................................................................................. 81 Monsanto and the Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone ............................................................... 82 Pigs Raised the Conventional Way: Savage, Inhumane and Barbari c............................................... 82 Concrete Floors, Bioaerosols andB iofilm ........................................................................................ 83 3
The Origin of the Factory Farm ........................................................................................................ 85 The Power of Probiotic Cleaning ...................................................................................................... 85 Superbugs Resistant to All Antibiotics.............................................................................................. 86 Antibiotic Abuse in Vietnam ............................................................................................................ 88 Ractopamine Used in Vietnam .......................................................................................................... 89 The High Mortality of Piglets ........................................................................................................... 89 Clostridium difficile in Pigs .............................................................................................................. 91 Post-Weaning Diarrhea in Pigs ......................................................................................................... 91 The Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus .............................................................................................. 91 The Barbarity of Farrowing Crates ................................................................................................... 92 A Spacious Maternity Pen for Sow and Piglets ................................................................................. 93 Nest-Building by Sows and Piglets ................................................................................................... 93 The Barbarity of Gestation Crates ..................................................................................................... 94 Cruelty is the Norm in Raising Farm Animals .................................................................................. 95 Blue Ear and Swine Flu .................................................................................................................... 95 Most Vietnamese Pork is Unfit for Human Consumption ................................................................. 96 Raising Pigs Outdoors is Not a Solution ........................................................................................... 97 A Third Way ..................................................................................................................................... 98 Pigs Eat Bedding ............................................................................................................................... 99 Piggy Packets .................................................................................................................................. 100 Constructing Pig Pens ..................................................................................................................... 100 Bonding with Pigs ........................................................................................................................... 102 Fake Feed and Fertilizer in Vietnam ............................................................................................... 103 The Pork Trade in Vietnam ............................................................................................................. 103 Change Desperately Needed in Raising Chickens ........................................................................... 104 Arsenic and Formaldehyde in Chicken Feed ................................................................................... 106 Poultry Infested with MRSA, E coli, Salmonella and Campylobacte .r........................................... 106 An Unconventional Way of Raising Chickens ................................................................................ 107 An Unconventional Way of Raising Ducks .................................................................................... 109 Aquaculture in Vietnam .................................................................................................................. 110 Cowboys of the Sea ........................................................................................................................ 111 Trawling, Trolling, Longline Fishing and Scallop Dredging........................................................... 112 Cyanide and Dynamite Used to Catch Fish in Vietnam .................................................................. 112 Two Totally Disgusting Chinese Soups: Shark Fin and Totoaba Bladde .r...................................... 112 Oceans Pillaged and Destroyed ....................................................................................................... 113 4
Sperm Whales as Agents of Iron Fertilization ................................................................................. 114 A Ban on Commercial Ocean Fishing ............................................................................................. 114 Fresh and Salt Water Aquaponics ................................................................................................... 115 Once again, a Clear Line between Domesticated and Wild ............................................................. 115 Giving and Taking in Balance = Sustainable Agriculture ............................................................... 116 The Economics of Small-scale Farming in Vietnam ....................................................................... 116 Food is a Lot More than the Nutrition It Provide .s.......................................................................... 117 The Transformation of Human Waste ............................................................................................. 118 The Danger of Sewage Plants ......................................................................................................... 118 The Danger of Septic Tanks ............................................................................................................ 119 A Disgusting Cocktail of Human and Rat Waste ............................................................................ 120 Human Waste to Biodigesters – A Very Bad Idea .......................................................................... 121 "An Exploding Germ Launching Event" ........................................................................................ 121 A Dry Toilet .................................................................................................................................... 122 An Odorless, Sanitary, Portable Toilet ............................................................................................ 126 A Squatty Potty and Anal Cleansing ............................................................................................... 127 Communal Toilets in Poor Villages Not Needed ............................................................................ 127 The Spread of Prions to Humans and Wildlife ................................................................................ 127 A Special Toilet for Hospitals and Nursing Home s........................................................................ 129 Processing Human Urine ................................................................................................................ 129 Struvite Precipitation ...................................................................................................................... 129 Duckweed and Duckweed Ponds .................................................................................................... 130 Processing Human Urine at the Household Leve l........................................................................... 131 Mesophilically Transformed Urine ................................................................................................. 135 Fermenting Human Urine ............................................................................................................... 135 The Production of Microbial Protein ............................................................................................... 135 Urine and Straw as Animal Feed ..................................................................................................... 136 Fermentation of Human Feces Together with Biocha .r................................................................... 136 The Mesophilic and Thermophilic Composting of Human Fece s................................................... 136 Gasifier and Dry Toilet ................................................................................................................... 138 Sanitary Landfills Do Not Exist ...................................................................................................... 138 Dumping Garbage in Lakes, Streams, Rivers and Oceans .............................................................. 138 The Backyard and Landfill Burning of Waste ................................................................................. 139 Should Vietnam Incinerate its waste? ............................................................................................. 141 From Dangerously Managing to Profitably Transforming Household Wast e................................. 142 5
The Mesophilic Bin......................................................................................................................... 142 Indoor Composting ......................................................................................................................... 144 Distinguishing Biodegradable from Non-biodegradable ................................................................. 145 Never Working with Commingled Waste ....................................................................................... 145 The Role of Scavengers .................................................................................................................. 146 Decree 59/2007/ND-CP .................................................................................................................. 147 Not Mixing is a Lot Easier than Separating .................................................................................... 147 Dense Medium Separation .............................................................................................................. 148 The Transformation of Bone Waste ................................................................................................ 149 Compressed Stabilized Earth Construction ..................................................................................... 151 Climate Change............................................................................................................................... 154 State Governance of Pesticide Use in Vietnam ............................................................................... 156 Food Produced Locally - the Best Thing We've Got in Cleaning up Waste ................................... 158 Farmers Everywhere, Especially in and around Citie s.................................................................... 159 The Transformation of Biodegradable Waste: the Centerpiece of Food Productio n....................... 159 Food Justice and Small Farmers...................................................................................................... 159 Multifunctional Small Farms .......................................................................................................... 160 "The Evils of Farming" ................................................................................................................... 161 The Decommodification of Food and Coffee .................................................................................. 162 "The Next Phase of Colonialism" ................................................................................................... 164 Our Planet Needs Small Farmers .................................................................................................... 165 And Small Farmers Need Social Enterprises .................................................................................. 165 Treating Nature with the Awe, Respect and Reverence She Deserve .s........................................... 167 A Big Fat Lie .................................................................................................................................. 168 6
Introduction One sees in Vietnam two things in great abundance: a lot of waste and a lot of poverty. A while back I asked a simple question. Could the transformation of waste be the means that would enable poor people to acquire substantial wealth? I looked at every possible form of biodegradable waste, and nowhere could I find anything that could not be transformed into products of considerable value. But to derive the highest economic return and the greatest environmental benefit in the transformation of biodegradable waste, the right technologies are needed. If technologies are expensive or sophisticated, small farmers will not be able to afford them or acquire the skill to operate them. Each technology has to be simple and low-cost, yet when brought together and properly integrated, something happens that goes far beyond any one technology viewed in isolation. Many natural cycles of waste transformation are needed, all deeply interconnected, all adding value to one another, all endlessly renewing themselves in a self -sustaining manner. Here not a gram of waste is wasted, and biodegradable waste, in all of its many forms, become s the greatest resource that a small farmer could ever possess. But before we can tap into the bounty that waste has to offer, there's a waste hierarchy that we should recognize and respect. Biodegradable solid waste can be situated into four different types in descending order of nutrient content. The first two types of waste are putrescent, and the last two types are non-putrescent (The Four Levels of Waste Transformation). The Four Levels of Waste Transformation Types of Waste Methods of Transformation Products 1. high-grade putrescent heat treatment and/or fermentation feed 2. low-grade putrescent larvae and red worm bioconversion larvae, worms, vermicompost 3. high-grade non-putrescent composting compost 4. low-grade non-putrescent gasification syngas and biochar Examples of Type 1 Waste Type 1 waste consists of putrescent waste rich enough in nutrients to be transformed into feed. Some examples are: banana pseudostem, coffee pulp, cashew apples, passion fruit peel, passion fruit seed, sugar beet pulp, cassava pulp, spent coffee grounds, sweet potato vines, taro foliage, tofu wake, sisal waste, brewery and distillery waste , peanut press cake, coconut pulp, cacao pods, crustacean waste, fish byproducts, fish mortalities, hatchery waste, poultry carcass waste, poultry 7
feathers, poultry viscera, slaughterhouse waste, food waste and so on (The Potential Use of Tropical Silage). In the transformation to Type 1 waste, one can heat-treat and/or ferment. Lactic Acid Fermentation and Probiotics Lactic acid bacteria consume water-soluble carbohydrates and produce lactic acid. As the pH within the fermentation broth drops to 4.0 or below, the pH behind the cell membranes of feed- spoiling microorganisms and pathogens is lowered to destructive levels. Moreover, lactic acid bacteria produce hydrogen peroxide, bacteriocins and antibiotics that destroy undesirable microbes (Discovering new compounds against bad bacteria). With fermentation, feed can be preserved for extended periods of time, and undesirable bacterial counts can be reduced to virtually nothing. "All common bacteria which cause food-borne infections are inhibited at pH values below 4 and in the case of Clostridium botulinum toxication is prevented below pH 4.5" (8. Health Implications of Feeding Silage and Clostridium botulinum). But the advantages of using lactic acid bacteria go far beyond feed preservation, feed management and pathogen destruction. Lactic acid bacteria regulate the balance of microbial populations in the gut, they stimulate the immune system and they inhibit the growth of pathogenic gut bacteria, as further explained in Lactic Acid Bacteria, Probiotics and Immune System. Lactic acid bacteria play a vital role in regulating both gastric and urogenital pH (Antibacterial and Probiotic Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Chicken Intestine, Entrails of Swine, and Soil against Gastrointestinal and Urogential Pathogens). Lactic acid bacteria "synthesize water-soluble vitamins such as those included in the B-group (folates, riboflavin and vitamin B12 amongst others)" (B-group vitamin production by lactic acid bacteria--current knowledge and potential applications ). They produce menaquinone compounds (v itamin K2) ( Production of menaquinones by lactic acid bacteria ). They increase the bioavailability of amino acids, particularly lysine ( Fermented Food: Benefits of Lactic Acid Fermentation ). Lactic acid bacteria break down and destroy pesticide residues on vegetables. In this study (Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by lactic acid bacteria during kimchi fermentation), chlorpyrifos, coumaphos, diazinon, parathion and methylparathion were all degraded by certain strains of lactic acid bacteria. "CP [chlorpyrifos] was degraded rapidly until day 3 (83.3%) and degraded completely by day 9." Chlorpyrifos is the most common organophosphate compound registered for agricultural use in Vietnam. Also take a look at METABOLIC RESPONCES OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA TO ORGANO PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS. Furthermore, "Lactic acid bacteria have been identified as potent tools for the decontamination of heavy metals, cyanotoxins and mycotoxins" (Combining strains of lactic acid bacteria may reduce their toxin and heavy metal removal efficiency from aqueous solution). Lactic acid stimulates pancreatic activity and the secretion of digestive enzymes. It breaks down anti-nutrients and hard-to-digest carbohydrates and proteins. Lactic acid bacteria decrease levels of phytic acid (or phytate when in salt form) in grains (Phytase Activity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Dairy and Pharmaceutical Probiotic Products). Phytate is the major source of phosphorus in plant seeds, and it can form insoluble complexes with minerals. Lactic acid bacteria improve the bioavailability of minerals such as phosphorous, as well as calcium, iron, zinc and 8
magnesium. Pigs have a strong preference for fermented feed. The palatability of fermented foods ranks quite high, provided concentrations of acetic acid and biogenic amines are low. The Japanese have long understood the value of probiotics for human use (Current Marketplace for Probiotics: A Japanese Perspective). "In Japan, probiotics are available as both foods and drugs." Probiotics are used today in many Japanese hospitals. "Health targets for probiotic FOSHU marketed in Japan include gastrointestinal conditions, immunity, allergy, cold and influenza-like symptoms, cholesterol levels, blood pressure levels, and diabetes." Probiotics are not limited to lactic acid bacteria. They also include yeast (Nutritional Yeast). Studies on the Benefits of Fermentation In a doctoral thesis entitled Developments and Benefits of Liquid Feeding through Fermentation for the Post-Weaned Pig, we see clearly the benefits of fermentation. In this experiment, some pigs were fed a fermented liquid feed, some a non-fermented liquid feed, some a conventional pelleted dry feed and some were left to continue to suckle the dam for two weeks post weaning. Potential porcine pathogens were deliberately added to all four treatments. The study concluded that no coliform bacteria were detected at the terminal ileum section of pigs fed fermented liquid feed, whereas all of the other treatments showed significant levels. "The main effect of feeding a fermented diet was to increase the lactobacilli numbers along the gut, with the greatest influence at the terminal ileum." Compared to the other treatments, the ratio of lactobacilli to coliforms in fermented feed was "dramatically increased." The study concluded that unfermented liquid feed "represents a risk to young piglets since there is a potential for pathogenic bacteria to grow in the feed and hence be ingested by the piglet."F or more on fermented liquid feed, see Fermented liquid feed for pigs: an ancient technique for the futur.e Animal and fish feeds are often contaminated by multidrug-resistant salmonella (Why is it so difficult to eradicate salmonella? and Feed likely source of salmonella contamination on pig farm s and Salmonella enteric in Commercial Swine Feed). Fermentation is an easy way to reduce counts of Salmonella and other pathogens to safe levels . We see in another doctoral thesis by Hoang Huong Giang that probiotics were added to the feed of growing pigs in Vietnam (Impact of bacteria and yeast with probiotic properties on performance, digestibility, health status and gut environment of growing pgis in Vietnam). "Giang ś studies showed clearly that by combining suitable probiotic strains of Bacillus, Saccharomyces and LAB, positive effects on growth, feed conversion, and nutrient digestibility and a decrease in the occurrence and severity of diarhea can be obtained, particularly in newly weaned pigs." Her study showed that probiotic complexes "can be used as an alternative to antibiotic feed additives in pig production under conditions in Vietnam." But rather than supplement pig feed with probioicts, why not ferment most feed? The pig feed itself serves as the substrate for the growth of probiotics . In this review (The influence of probiotic use in sows and neonatal piglets on performance measures and diarrhea in suckling piglets), we see that if the feed of the sow is fermented, the health of her piglets is improved. If the sow receives fermented feed, the gut of the piglet has a much better chance of functioning correctly. If the sow receives fermented feed, there will be low coliform counts and high LAB counts in the feces of the piglet. 9
Since January 2006 the European Union has wisely banned the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in monogastrics. "In recent decades, organic acids (acidifiers) have been used as potential alternatives to antibiotics in monogastric animals' diets in order to improve growth performance and prevent diseases" (The use of organic acids in monogastric animals - swine and rabbits). But why add organic acids as external inputs? Instead the farmer has only to ferment feed. Common Mistakes in Waste Transformation, and in Food and Fuel Production Type 1 waste should not be fed to larvae and worms at Level 2, unless it has spoiled and can no longer be preserved as feed. Why make a feed out of a feed, especially when there is no shortage of Type 2 waste? For example, BSF larvae grow exceptionally well on fresh coffee pulp, as seen in this video. But fresh coffee pulp can be easily fermented into feed for pigs, chic kens and cows. BSF larvae also grow well on peanut press cake , spent brewery grain and rice wine distiller's byproduct. But all three can be easily fermented into great animal feeds. When Vor Sina of Laos fed only 4% fermented spent brewery grain (dry matter basis) to goats fed a basal diet of cassava foliage, this more than doubled their rate of growth g(raph) and greatly improved the dry matter feed conversion rate (graph). In a study conducted by Inthapanya et al (2016), we see that when cattle were fed 5% brewers grain as a supplement to their fermented basal diet, N retention increased by almost 50%. When rice wine distillers by-product was added to the basal diet of "Yellow" cattle (4% DM intake), live weighgta in improved by 37%. When biochar was added to the mix, live weight gain increased to 60% (Effect of rice-wine distillers' byproduct and biochar on growth performance and methane emissions in local "Yellow" cattle fed ensiled cassava root, urea, cassava foliage and rice straw). A lot more to come on the benefits of incorporating biochar into fermented feed. In Effect of a 4% dietary concentration of rice distillers' byproduct, or of brewers' grains, on growth rate and feed conversion during pregnancy and lactation of native Moo Lath gilts and their progeny, we see that " DM feed conversion, expressed as (total feed DM consumed during pregnancy and lactation/weight of piglets) weaned, was improved by 60%, when the diet of Moo Lath gilts was supplemented wit h 4% rice distillers' byprod uct." Also see: A low concentration of rice distillers' byproduct, or of brewers' grains, increased diet digestibility and nitrogen retention in native Moo Lath pigs fed ensiled banana pseudo -stem (Musa spp) and ensiled taro foliage (Colocasia esculenta) . In Rice distillers' byproduct improved growth performance and reduced enteric methane emissions from "Yellow" cattle fed a fattening diet based on cassava root and foliage (Manihot esculenta Cranz) , we see that the "growth rate and feed conversion in cattle were improved by 40% and 17% respectively when the diet of fermented cassava root and cassava foliage was supplemented with 4% (in DM) of rice distillers' byproduct. Rice distillers' byproduct supplementation increased the concentration of propionic acid in the rumen VFA and reduced the calculated methane production by 28%. " One should not make feed out of food: for example, feeding soybean or corn to insects, pigs, chickens, cows or fish. "Feeding grain to farm animals is a particularly egregious practice, argued Stevenson. It is inherently wasteful of calories: for every 100 calories of human edible cereals fed to farm animals, just 17-30 calories enter the human food chain as milk or meat. Using publicly available and peer-reviewed data Stevenson calculated that, in terms of wasted food and calories, 10
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Henri Chassé est un acteur québécois né en 1959.

Biographie

Originaire de l'Outaouais (Québec) et comédien depuis 1980, Henri Chassé passe de la scène à l'écran, du répertoire classique au contemporain.  Auteur, comédien, metteur en scène, Henri Chassé a notamment joué au petit écran dans Le monde de Charlotte, Nouvelle adresse, Hubert et Fanny et Lâcher Prise. Récipiendaire du prix Gémeaux de la meilleure interprétation pour Le Monde de Charlotte en 2002, il a joué au théâtre dans plusieurs productions dont, Les Choristes, Neuf, titre provisoire, L'idiot, et dans les pièces Enfant insignifiant ! et Encore une fois, si vous permettez, de Michel Tremblay.

Il est l'auteur de deux recueils de poèmes aux Écrits des Forges. Secrets Blanchis et Morceaux de tempête, pour lequel il a été finaliste au prix du Gouverneur Général en 2008.

On peut le voir dans deux courts métrages de Jennifer Alleyn, La Sieste, et Le Réveil, disponibles sur Youtube.

Filmographie
 1980 : Boogie-woogie 47 (série télévisée) : André Valence
 1987 : Les Fous de Bassan : Bob
 1995 : Les Machos (série télévisée) : Nicolas Rondeau
 1995 : Le Sphinx : Charles
 1998 : Réseaux (série télévisée) : Jacques Messier
 1999 : La Position de l'escargot : Théo
 1999 : Post mortem : Lawyer
 2000 : Chartrand et Simonne (série télévisée) : Gabriel Chartrand
 2000 : L'Invention de l'amour : The Banker
 2000 : Le Monde de Charlotte (série télévisée) : Louis Ducharme
 2001 : Fortier (série télévisée)
 2004 : Un monde à part (série télévisée) : Louis Ducharme
 2006 : Les Poupées Russes (série télévisée) : Robert
 2006 : Congorama : Ministre de l'Énergie
 2014 : Nouvelle Adresse (série télévisée ) : Gilbert Lagacé
 2016 - 2017 : District 31 : Martin Banville, adjoint au directeur (11 épisodes)

Distinctions
2002 : Prix Gémeaux de la meilleure interprétation (premier rôle masculin, téléroman) pour son rôle de Louis Ducharme dans¨Le Monde de Charlotte¨

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Acteur québécois de cinéma
Acteur québécois de télévision
Étudiant du Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal
Naissance en 1959
Naissance en Outaouais

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In PHP programming, just as in life there is often more than one way to skin a cat. Inexperienced programmers, and even certified PHP programmers often go about things the long way, oblivious to the fact that there's a shortcut that will achieve the same result easier with less code. In this article we will take a look at a few programming hacks that will make your life easier.
There are many short alternatives to using if statements in PHP. One of them is assigning a value to an array based on a certain condition. This could be done using a traditional "if" or even "switch" statement. However, there is an alternative way to do the same in one line.
In this example we check if a user has sufficient permissions to post on a blog. If not, an error is stored in the $errors array.
// Create a new user object and disallow making new posts on a blog.
// Save all errors in an array if any occur.
// Because the user is not allowed to post (the first condition results in false), the $errors array is populated with the first error that occurred.
You could continue the code by checking if the errors array has one or more errors in it. If it does, show an error message to the user telling that an error has occurred and the blog post was not submitted. Then you could loop through the array of errors with a foreach loop, displaying all the error descriptions in a list.
There are many more use cases for a conditional expression like this. You could for example use it in API calls. If the API is designed to return true when a call is successful, this could be a handy way to generate an error if an API call is unsuccessful. What is great about this technique is that you can do it all in a single line of code.
"A valid variable name starts with a letter or underscore, followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscores." This is what the official PHP documentation has to say about variable names. While this is true, variable names are not limited to just these. Did you know it is possible to use dashes in variable names? Many other special characters (@, /, ! etc.) are supported too. All you have to do is to surround these special variables with curly brackets and quotation marks.
Sometimes you may have to convert an array into a PHP object. There are multiple ways to achieve this, but the easiest way is to cast the array into an object.
Now that the array is converted into an object, $object->fruit1 prints out "banana" just as you might expect.
This may be useful if you want to use containers in a more object-oriented way. Now you can easily echo data inside a string without concatenating multiple strings together. Remember to use double quotes for this.
Merging multiple separate arrays into one big array in PHP is often done with the built-in function array_merge(). However, there is an easier way to do it: using the addition operator (+).
Keep in mind array_merge() and the addition operator are not identical in functionality. array_merge() overwrites duplicate array keys while the addition operator keeps the first occurrence of a key in the array. For example, in the above code we have defined "fruit1" twice. When using the addition operator, the value of "fruit1" is "banana" because it was defined first. If you need this functionality in your code, use the addition operator to easily merge arrays together.
"Variable variables" is a rarely used feature that you can use to create variables dynamically. In the example below, we create a new variable. The name of the variable depends on what is passed in as a POST request.
// Let's assume we pass in "user1_" in the post request and store this in the $prefix variable.
// Use variable variables to dynamically create a new variable.
// We can now use the variable like a normal variable.
Remember to use quotes when creating the variable (put "name" in quotes) in the above example. It also works without quotes but produces an error of type E_NOTICE if you leave them out.
It is recommended to use variable variables sparingly because they often make code more difficult to read and more prone to errors.
Error reporting can be globally disabled with the error_reporting() function. This will disable errors for everything on the document. If you want to explicitly ignore errors for a single function, you can use the @ symbol in front of the function or expression.
Suppressing errors is not the best way to solve issues, but if you want to ignore a single error that is filling up your error logs, this might be an ideal temporary solution until you have time to fix the root cause of the issue.
Here is another easy trick with arrays in PHP. You can automatically fill an array based on what checkboxes a user has checked in a form.
Email validation is a common task in PHP. Did you know there is a built-in filter for data validation in PHP? A function called filter_var() can be used to filter and validate many types of data, such as emails, IP addresses, MAC addresses and URLs.
The filter_var() returns the same data it has been given if the validation is successful. If the validation fails, it returns false. In the following example we validate an email address and print out the results.
// This will return false because the email is not valid.
// This will get echoed because filter_var() returned false.
So there you have it, a few hacks that you can add to your PHP programming arsenal for your next project…and the one after that. In PHP there's almost always different ways to achieve the same result, so don't rest on your laurels, keep learning how to.minimise excess code to become a better web developer.
for both front-end and back-end web development.


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Charlottes wedding at the Savoy.
I wanted to say thank you so much for everything on Saturday. It was such a pleasure to work with you and the whole band. The whole process was so easy and you made my life so much easier and everyone loved the performance. I really hope we can work together again in the future.
The Savoy Hotel for Charlie and Ed's beautiful wedding.
This weekend we were lucky enough to play for Charlie and Ed's beautiful wedding at the Savoy hotel in London. This was a gorgeous wedding in one of the Worlds most beautiful ballrooms, which was dressed by the team at By Bruce Russell.
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Sam and Anita's wedding at Ashridge House, Hertfordshire.
This weekend saw us head to Hertfordshire for Sam and Anita's wedding at the beautiful Ashridge House. What a venue and what a wedding!
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 2015 USA Paratriathlon National Championships return to Austin, Texas, on May 25 in conjunction with the Life Time Tri CapTex.
Top American paratriathletes will race for national titles in five sport classes on a 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course through downtown Austin. This will be the third time Life Time Tri CapTex will host USA Paratriathlon Nationals. The championship event was originally slated to take place in Austin in 2014 but relocated due to a change in the paratriathlon classification process. Qualification information for the 2015 event will be available at usatriathlon.org at a later date.
USA Paratriathlon Nationals is the first of three top-level paratriathlon competitions held in the U.S. in 2015. The Detroit Triathlon was named host of the 2015 Detroit ITU World Paratriathlon Event, slated for Aug. 16. The 2015 season will end in Chicago at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final and World Championships from Sept. 15-20, with ITU Paratriathlon Worlds tentatively scheduled for Sept. 19. Top finishes at USA Paratriathlon Nationals, the Detroit ITU World Paratriathlon Event and the ITU Paratriathlon World Championships will count toward the ITU Paratriathlon Rankings.
Paratriathlon makes its Paralympic debut at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games in September 2016. Three of five sport classes for men and women will be contested in the sport's introduction to the Paralympic program: PT1, PT2 and PT4 for men, and PT2, PT4 and PT5 for women. The ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Chicago is a qualifying event for National Federations, with the top finisher in each of the six selected sport classes earning their National Federation a spot for the Paralympic Games. More on ITU's Paralympic Games Qualification is available at triathlon.org.


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Keep Making Music: Blair Musicians Presented Virtual Fall Concert
Blair's annual fall showcase of musical talent took place on November 20 when more than 70 student instrumentalists and vocalists performed in the virtual Fall Concert. Featuring four instrumental ensembles, the Singers and numerous small vocal groups, the online event was a celebration of the performing arts department's determination to keep making music amid challenging circumstances and to share some joy with audience members around the world. To view the concert, please click below:
A Different Kind of Fall
The musicians began preparing for the Fall Concert when they returned to campus in late August, but this year, with health-and-safety protocols firmly in place, those preparations looked quite different than they have in the past. For instance, instead of full-ensemble rehearsals in Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts, vocalists and instrumentalists practiced in smaller groups, often outside under tents, where they could maintain extensive distance from one another amid the fresh air. They recorded their parts for the concert repertoire individually, and, instead of singing during class meetings, vocalists used that time to focus on active listening skills, as well as the foundational skills necessary to create original covers of songs.
"It was definitely a challenge to manage multiple rehearsal spaces and for students to adjust to new rehearsal routines," said performing arts department chair and director of instrumental music Jennifer Pagotto, who has been teaching almost a dozen fully remote students this fall in addition to those who are on campus. "Nonetheless, I was truly impressed with the way our musicians worked through every obstacle. Everyone was rolling with our 'for-now normal' and doing their best to keep learning and making music."
Director of vocal music Ryan Manni was proud of the way vocalists have adapted, as well. "Students jumped into our new procedures with aplomb," he said. "They were enthusiastic about finding creative ways to continue to engage with music making at Blair—they inspire me every day!"
Ava Roche '21, who serves as president of the Singers, said she would love to have all the Singers together in one room, but, for now, she was happy that they can work in small groups. "We were using GarageBand to combine recordings of our individual voices," she said. "It was difficult to learn at first, but I'm thankful that we have the technology that allows us to make music together and that connects us as one."
Four-year Orchestra member and cello section leader Nathan Tung '21 described how health-and-safety protocols that required string players to sit farther apart than usual and practice separately from brass and woodwinds made learning his own parts a little more difficult. But he also noted a silver lining. "We moved at a slower pace this fall," he said. "Having more time to work through each piece allowed me to become much more familiar with my music."
Mrs. Pagotto and Mr. Manni chose a varied repertoire for the Fall Concert that included both familiar works and numbers that were new to listeners. Among the pieces performed by the Orchestra is Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, mvt. IV, an arrangement created by Mrs. Pagotto just for this year's musicians. "This movement starts out quiet and understated and finishes pretty robust and exciting," she said. "I think audience members recognized and enjoyed it. We were excited to honor Beethoven's legacy with this work, since December marks the 250th anniversary of his birth."
The Wind Ensemble played Jennifer Higdon's "Rhythm Stand for Wind Ensemble" and the beloved classic, "Amazing Grace." Meanwhile, the String Orchestra regaled the audience with Leroy Anderson's "Plink, Plank, Plunk," which Mrs. Pagotto described as a "super fun piece to play and listen to," and "Lyric for Strings" by George Walker, the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer Prize.
On the vocal music side, the Singers presented "Sisi Ni Moja" by Jacob Narverud, a work that extols a message of hope, joy and unity. Mr. Manni gave special thanks to Ethan Rackleff '21 for his care and expertise in recording, mixing and producing this piece for the Fall Concert.
In addition to the Singers' number, small groups of vocalists performed covers of popular works by a wide range of artists, including The Beatles, Adele, Owl City and many others. "The covers are so well done, and they are completely the products of our students," Mr. Manni said. "I think the audience was especially impressed by the creativity and uniqueness of these pieces."
Making Music & Making Memories
For Nathan and Ava, who performed in their fourth Fall Concert at Blair, making music with their peers has been an experience they will long remember. Nathan counts the off-campus opportunities to attend and perform in concerts among the greatest moments he has experienced with the Orchestra. "I especially loved our trip to England my freshman year and our trip to see the New York Philharmonic my sophomore year," he said. "Being together with those groups of fellow musicians forged unforgettable memories for me."
Ava considers her four years in Blair's vocal music program a gift. "The Singers, Chamber Choir and A Cappella have all become a part of me," she said. "Through each of these organizations, I am constantly given the chance to meet and connect with new people who I probably never would have connected with otherwise. Blair music has given me such a strong sense of community and love, which I will always remember and hold dear to my heart."
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Meet Head of School Peter G. Curran
Peter G. Curran became Blair Academy's 17th Head of School in January 2021. He brings to this role 20 years' experience in independent-school education, gained during an expansive career that has taken him to institutions across the globe.
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Exploring the Earth: Julia Booth Redesigns Environmental Science Course
When Julia Booth arrived on Blair's campus in 2019 she brought more than just a passion for teaching, she brought a passion for the environment and its importance in our lives. Ms. Booth, who graduated from Hamilton College in 2019, came to Blairstown prepared to change the lives of science students for years to come.
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Christopher Kent Takes of JPII Lions Hockey
Succeeds Charles "Chuck" Jancaterino...
ARTICLE | Sports | July 16, 2018 11:09 AM | By CapeCodToday Staff
Christopher Kent, new head coach of St. John Paul II High School Lions hockey team (STJPII photo)
St. John Paul II High School has hired Christopher Kent as the Lions' Head Hockey Coach, effective immediately. Kent served as Assistant Coach to Charles "Chuck" Jancaterino, who coached the Lions from 2015-2018.
"Coach Kent has been a key member of the JPII hockey coaching staff since the 2015-16 season. He brings tremendous commitment, knowledge, and energy to Lions hockey as well as established relationships with the team. We are thrilled to have Coach Kent assume the reigns of JPII hockey. We are looking forward to the continued growth and success of the program, and I know Coach Kent is eager to get started ," said Athletics Director Mark Santos.
Coach Kent, a Dennis-Yarmouth High School graduate, practiced alongside his father at the Tony Kent Arena in Dennis. After earning his Master's degree from Western New England University, Kent began his coaching career, now in its 23rd year. The Kents are parishioners of Corpus Christi Church in Sandwich.
"I am excited to continue working with the team and look forward to new challenges and responsibilities as Head Coach. I believe my hockey experience and faith-filled background will guide the team into a successful year both on and off the ice," Kent said.
"Coach Kent has a firm understanding of the centerpiece of JPII athletics: faith, family, and academics. I look forward to this exciting new chapter in Lions hockey under his leadership," added Christopher Keavy, Head of School.
St. John Paul II Hockey played their inaugural varsity season during the 2012-13 school year. The Lions have qualified for MIAA tournament play in four of its six seasons, including the last three consecutive seasons. The 2017-18 team set a program record with sixteen wins under Jancaterino.
Hyannis' St. John Paul II High School & St. Francis Xavier Preparatory School form one united, Catholic school serving students from grades five through twelve.
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With a little kismet, we managed to make lemonade out of lemons — and got tickets to see 'Hamilton' in Chicago and then eat at Next Restaurant, one of culinary genius Grant Achatz's restaurants. So yes, lemonade — like lavender and honey-infused lemonade whipped into a magical cloud and served floating in a mini-lake of rosewater!
+ Do I really have to explain anything about 'Hamilton'? It's such a cultural phenomenon in so many ways, which is remarkable for a Broadway musical whose performances are basically limited to two major American cities at the moment. We have the soundtrack at home — at first as a kind of a curiosity ("Hey, honey, I read about this musical that just opened at the Public that's like hip-hop play about a Founding Father…let's check this record out?") But once I got over the fact that it was Broadway — jazz hands! — you really see what an achievement of a theatrical spectacle it is — erudite, smart, fun, emotionally compelling. Happily, 'Hamilton' opened in Chicago last year, though it immediately sold out for, like, a year. But we managed to snag tickets (kismet!) and went.
What more can I say? If you ever get the chance to see 'Hamilton' live, it's worth the price of the admittedly spendy ticket. (Hopefully the price goes to subsidize performances for lower-income and high school folks who otherwise couldn't afford it!) You won't regret it, though — it was a genuinely exuberant, joyous experience that makes you believe in the American experiment again, even with our terrible president and Congressional politicians. And on a simple visceral level, it really just rocks.
+ There was joy of a different sort when we had dinner at Next. For those not familiar with the wilder environs of fine dining or the more specific discipline of molecular gastronomy, Next is one of the restaurants started by Grant Achatz, who takes familiar tastes and transforms them into new expressions — taking the flavors of cinnamon or honey and putting them into foam, for example. He's a breed of chef that takes fine dining and turns it into an experience of high art. "High art" in the sense that the dishes he creates are beautifully presented and taste unexpected and even magical — and "experience" in the sense that it can't be commodified, but can only happen once in a specific time and place, and then becomes a memory.
Now, I don't consider myself a traditional foodie — I like food, of course, but I'm really just as happy eating a Chicago hot dog off the street as I am in a nice restaurant. I can't compare Next to Alinea, or hold forth on Adrian Ferran's influence on anything or whatever. I've eaten at very fine restaurants when I lived in NYC, but they were either intimidatingly fancy, with a million forks and chandeliers and waiters hovering over you like a sentinel of judges — or like a fashion show in terms of chic and formality. I never felt comfortable or at ease, and that detracted away from the pleasure of the experience.
But my love really wanted to experience Next — and I had been told by sophisticated foodies I trust that Chicago in general was a world-class foodie city but often without the stuffy pretension. So I was game for Next…and I was so glad I went.
Next's menu and concept changes completely every season, and we had a reservation for the 'Ancient Rome' menu, which was inspired by an old Roman cookery book attributed to Apicius. I had no idea what to expect, but what we experienced was so full of surprise, wonder, delight and sheer marvel. It started with a cocktail with apple, honey and cabbage juice that changed colors with the addition of other ingredients — and tasted perfectly balanced between tangy and sweet. You can read more specifically about the meal itself elsewhere — I'm no food writer — but my rather cloudy and vague expectations were constantly being upended.
I didn't expect to like an oxtail stew, for instance, but it ended up being so tender, savory and yet lifted by hints of spice and sweetness that it was my favorite of the meat courses. There was a black truffle wrapped with chicken skin that was so unbelievably delectable that it just melted into perfection as you ate it. Wonderful things were done with leeks, hibiscus, edible flowers, lavender and aromatic salts. I also adored hazelnuts covered in a sweet lavender glaze at the end. There was a marvelous amuse-bouche type of bite that transitioned from a few different flavors as we chewed. (At some point, I said, "Oh my god, there's magic happening in my mouth!") To call it dinner is almost too quotidian, although we were quite full at the end. Instead, the whole meal was a testament to creativity, innovation and wit. There are very few experiences that I can say were sublime and magical in my life — but this was one of them.
But I'm out of practice, and didn't have a lot of time to plan outfits — plus I had to consider the other things i was in Chicago for. So I defaulted to basic black and garments I loved and felt comfortable in. (Because of physical things going on with me, I couldn't wear anything very tight or binding.) I wish I had worn something even more special, especially to Next — but in truth, Next is a surprisingly casual, simple setting for such sophisticated food, so going all out in terms of fancy dress would've been slightly ludicrous.
I wore a Fabletics dress one night, and then a black silkish top with ruffles and silky track pants with braid detailing at the ankle (also from Fabletics…I told you fancy sweatpants work on all occasions!) The last outfit in particular felt a little Tina Chow-ish to me, especially topped by a simple grey wool carcoat — it felt casual and elegant and artful in a way that she could only do (and I could only vaguely approximate in a pale way.) But I felt at ease and comfortable in both outfits, which let me be completely present for both bucket-list experiences — which is all I can ask for, really.


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Frankenmuth's Christmas-themed movie looking for extras
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Posted: Thu 6:27 PM, Mar 07, 2019
FRANKENMUTH (WJRT) - (03/07/19) - Do you want to be in a movie? The time is now!
A family-themed Christmas movie is being filmed at Frankenmuth River Place Shops.
Frankenmuth is known for rich culture, small businesses, and amazing chicken, but that's not all.
"The first thing you think about when you think about Frankenmuth is Christmas. We come up here. It's a tradition we come up at least once a year for ornaments over at Bronner's," Bill Narita, Lansing resident, said.
Shoppers may also find themselves at River Place Shops, a site for an upcoming Christmas movie.
"For River Place Shops, it's exciting just to be part of that kind of backdrop for this magical holiday movie. All of our tenants have brought out their Christmas decorations again. We're ready for spring of course, but we're happy to go back to Christmas and make sure that we have that magical atmosphere that the film production company is looking for" Jessica Haynes said. Haynes is the Director of Marketing at River Place Shops.
It's not just the shops getting involved. Producers need extras to be featured as shoppers and townspeople, and that can be you!
"There's something about Christmas and especially the Christmas movies themselves that people love. It's something that you share with your families every year, and it's absolutely exciting that someone from Frankenmuth, Midland, Bay City, Saginaw, all across the Great Lakes Bay Region can be a part of this film as well," Haynes said.
Are you hooked yet? If so, the next step is easy.
"Anyone who's interested can send their name and availability and their availability and their head shot to: frankenmuthchristmas@gmail.com. The company in charge of that will get back with you and let you know when your chance for the spotlight is," Haynes said.
The scenes will film from March 6 to 10 and March 13 to 16 at River Place Shops in Frankenmuth.
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Jimmy Jean Alexandre  ( – Puerto Príncipe, ), más conocido como Jimmy O, fue un cantante de hip-hop haitiano, que vivió en Nueva York, su trágico fallecimiento lo sumó a la lista de fallecidos en el terremoto haitiano de 2010. Alexandre, junto con el arzobispo de Puerto Príncipe, son dos de las personalidades haitianas fallecidas durante la catástrofe sísmica.

Carrera musical
Jimmy O. fue parte del grupo Barikad Crew que lo llevó a Wyclef Jean; otros tres miembros, Sean Walker Sénatus alias K-Tafalk, Junior Badio alias Déjavoo y Jhonny Emmanuel alias Dade murieron en junio de 2008 en un accidente automovilístico.

Yéle Haiti
Jimmy O fue junto con Wyclef Jean miembro de la Fundación Yéle Haiti.

Muerte
El músico haitiano Wyclef Jean reportó el 12 de enero de 2010 en la CNN que había recibido noticias de que Alexandre había fallecido en el terremoto de 7.0 en Puerto Príncipe.

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Generally speaking bariatric patients are instructed to cease consumption of liquids 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after eating. In addition they are told to refrain from drinking beverages with meals. The liquid restrictions are intended to keep mealtime focus on a high protein diet of lean animal, dairy and vegetable protein. The high protein food fills the gastric pouch and sustains satiation best when liquid is absent.
When we consume beverages with our lean protein meal the food is washed through the gastric pouch before fully digested. Nutrients are lost as food is washed away and hunger returns more quickly. As we advance following weight loss surgery we tend to relax the liquid restrictions because it is not comfortable to eat food without liquid and dinner conversation is difficult with a dry mouth. An occasional small sip of water with meals may be acceptable and is unlikely to cause weight gain. However the return to full drinking with meals almost always leads to a weight loss plateau or eventually weight gain.
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Chiropractic is the largest primary care health discipline that seeks to establish health and well being through natural means.
While some think of us as "bone doctors", our primary concern is the function of the nervous system. A mal-position of a bone (called a subluxation) can cause an alteration in nerve function. The nervous system controls and coordinates all bodily functions. Therefore, anything that interferes with the function of the nervous system, like a subluxation, can adversely affect health.
In chiropractic, we look for areas of disturbance in the nervous system and correct this interference. We do this with adjustments. To identify these areas of interference, a thorough chiropractic examination is performed for each new patient. This examination will include orthopedic, neurologic, range of motion and muscle tests. X-rays are not typically taken, but may be in the case of a trauma, accident, or when a suspicious mass is present.
Chiropractic examinations are non-invasive and are performed with the patient fully clothed. This initial examination is used to determine the course of treatment, as well as any other care necessary to establish optimal health.
Initial examinations for chiropractic care take approximately 30 to 45 minutes, with an extra 15 to 30 minutes typically scheduled for any adjustment necessary. The fees for the initial examination are based upon the complexity of the case and range from $50-75 for children to $75-$100 for adults. Fees for any adjustment performed in conjunction with the initial examination typically cost $35-$85.00.
Please see the Forms section to download forms for care as a new chiropractic patient.


Settlements and verdicts in fraud claims brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) amounted to a $3.7 billion payout to the Department of Justice in 2017. Since the FCA was amended in 1986 to enhance the role of whistleblowers and alleviate obstacles to initiating actions against alleged wrongdoers, more than $56 billion has been recovered from those who have defrauded the government.
The FCA is the central tool used to hold entities and individuals accountable for illegally obtaining funds from the federal government. Under the FCA, fraud can give rise to liability when an entity or individual unlawfully receives payment from the federal government or evades payment obligations to the government. The majority of claims are related to healthcare, military or other government benefits programs. The qui tam provision of the FCA authorizes "whistleblowers," or individuals who are not affiliated with the government, to file lawsuits arising from fraudulent activity and be paid an award for reporting the fraud. In general, whistleblowers can expect to receive between 15 and 30 percent of the government's total recovery in exchange for their efforts in pursuing these cases.
Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC paid over $350 million to resolve kickback claims that alleged that Shire and one its acquired companies, Advanced BioHealing (ABH), persuaded doctors and clinics to use its skin substitute product by offering them various perks including meals, drinks, entertainment, travel, medical equipment and supplies, compensation for alleged speaking commitments, and other monetary gifts and reimbursements. Whistleblowers also initiated claims against Shire and ABH for engaging in unlawful activity related to the sale of its skin substitute product. The pharmaceutical fraud perpetuated by Shire and ABH included promoting their product for unapproved uses, making misleading statements intended to raise the price of the product, and engaging in illicit coding and verification procedures.
Mylan Inc. was ordered to pay $465 million to the federal government and state Medicaid programs for not fully disbursing rebates due under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. The claim alleged that the company misclassified its brand name drug, EpiPen, as a generic pharmaceutical in order to underpay rebates, thereby skirting the requirement to issue higher rebates to Medicaid. Mylan's misclassification allowed the company to pay a fixed 13 percent in rebates to Medicaid, while simultaneously inflating the price of EpiPen by nearly 400 percent in a 6-year period.
In the largest settlement to date with a nursing facility chain, Life Care Centers of America Inc. and its owner agreed to pay $145 million in settlement costs related to accusations that it made fraudulent claims for rehabilitation services for patients that were deemed unreasonable and unnecessary. The nursing facility engaged in a systematic plan to designate Medicare beneficiaries as requiring the maximum level of rehabilitation services regardless of the actual needs of the patients in order to recover the highest possible reimbursement amounts from Medicare.
Fraudulent activity against the government was not limited to the healthcare industry. Whistleblowers were also instrumental in securing settlements and verdicts for fraud in housing and mortgage programs and procurement cases. In addition, the government continued to pursue individuals who are liable for fraud and other illegal activity under the FCA. In doing so, the Justice Department sent a strong message that individual wrongdoers cannot hide behind their corporate facades to avoid liability.
Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation and Allied Home Mortgage Corporation were ordered to pay the federal government over $296 million for violations of the FCA and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA). Allied's President and Chief Executive Officer were also fined $25 million, illustrating the Justice Department's commitment to imposing personal liability on those who violate the FCA. The fraudulent activity involved Allied's falsified claim that many risky loans qualified for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurance. Allied then filed insurance claims with FHA upon default of those loans. Many of the loans originated from over one hundred bogus offices that were established to avoid scrutiny by the FHA.
Procurement fraud, or fraud associated with purchasing goods, services or contracting for building projects, was also redressed by the federal government in 2017. Several corporations paid $125 million to settle claims that they failed to adhere to nuclear quality standards. Bechtel National Inc., Bechtel Corp., URS Corp., and URS Energy and Construction Inc. were accused of charging the Department of Energy for faulty nuclear materials, services and testing procedures. The government also alleged that they misused federal funds for the purpose of lobbying Congress and other officials. In another claim, Energy & Process Corporation paid $4.6 million in response to charges that it conducted inadequate quality control procedures and provided defective construction materials to the Department of Energy under a contract to build a nuclear waste treatment facility.
If you have knowledge and proof that a company or individual is defrauding a government program, including the FHA Mortgage Insurance Programs, call us today for a free consultation and case review with an experienced whistleblower attorney. To review your eligibility, contact the whistleblower attorneys at Levy Konigsberg, LLP for a free confidential consultation at 1-212-605-6200 or toll free at 1-800-988-8005.


The Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) -"Right to Know" is Canada's hazardous communication standard. Nationally, it applies to suppliers, employers, and workers who must identify and safely manage hazardous materials in the workplace. Legislated by federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions, it is founded on the workers' fundamental "right to know" about materials they come in contact with.
This Workplace Hazardous Material Information System training covers all federal regulatory requirements for WHMIS 2015 training and meets the regulations established by the Federal Hazardous Products Act. This course also follows Controlled Product Regulations and now complies with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) Standard.
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Operations Management (OM) involves the systematic design, execution, and improvement of business processes, projects, and partner relationships. This course goes beyond cost minimization and addresses issues that firms large and small must confront in their journey towards sustained scalability, growth and profitability. Also examines human factors such as psychological contract, team management, empowerment, employee initiated process improvements, morale, motivation, rewards and incentives.


Beyonce reminded everyone why she's on top of the totem pole with a remarkable and memorable Grammy performance that will likely go down as one of the most creative performances in Grammy history. Looking every bit like an ethereal goddess in a gold gown and a crown fit for a majestic queen, Beyonce dazzled and captivated audiences with "Love Drought" and "Sandcastles" from her culture-moving Lemonade album. At one point, Queen literally took a seat at the table before giving the Beyhive a heart attack by leaning back into her chair. The performance was incredible as it was breathtaking, and she exuded a level of maternal calm that can be explained in no other way than pure goddess energy.


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Thrilling movies in line
The year 2012 is to see a line of entertaining and thrilling Sri Lankan, Bollywood and Hollywood movies at the Savoy and the Liberty, the two theatres that are run by the EAP group. The Savoy cinema, one of the oldest and prominent theatres will screen 'Super Six', 'Rankevita 2', 'Daruwane' and 'No Mark Ko Mark'.
The much awaited 'Super Six' is the maiden direction of young Udara Palliyaguruge and is a film about cricket and a group of youngsters with their dreams and aspirations. Set in the contemporary backdrop the passion for cricket is to decide their fate and future. Rivalry among the teams begins, not only on the pitch but outside it too. A multi million project, the film with a number of young and popular stars is set to be a novel experience to the Sri Lankan audience.
The second chapter of Udayakantha Warnasuriya's children's movie Ran Kevita is another much anticipated movie in recent time. Co-produced by Ranjith Jayasuriya, Dilman Jayaratne, Janitha Marasinghe and Udayakantha Warnasuriya, the movie is shot by using one of the latest technologies - a digital red camera.
In its Hollywood releases for the year 2012, EAP is to screen 'Mirror Mirror', 'The Hunger Games', 'Street Dance', 'Spider Man', 'Ice Age 4' and 'Journey 2' and the Bollywood movie 'Agent Vinod' at Liberty cinema, Colombo.
'Mirror Mirror', a comedy fantasy movie based on 'Snow White'' by the Brothers Grimm is directed by Tarsem Singh and stars Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Sean Bean and its worldwide release will be on March 30.
'The Hunger Games' another upcoming sci-fi action drama directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins will be released at the Liberty Colombo. Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
The film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, and Woody Harrelson. 'The Amazing Spider-Man' an American superhero film directed by Marc Webb, based on the comic book of the same name. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man. It is in the form of a film and is a reboot of the film series that stars the superhero. The cast includes Garfield as Peter Parker and his alter ego, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island', American 3D science fiction adventure film directed by Brad Peyton and the sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the Centre of the Earth. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, and Kristin Davis.
'Ice Age 4: Continental Drift' an entertaining family movie which is slated to be released in July
will serve as a follow-up to 2009 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs', which sees Manny, Diego and other members of their gang embarking on a mission to rescue Sid from a tropical lost world inhabited by dinosaurs beneath the ice.
The Hindi movie 'Agent Vinod', in the list for Liberty is an action spy film written and directed by Sriram Raghavan. The film, produced by Saif Ali Khan under his banner of Illuminati Films, features the actor in the title role alongside Kareena Kapoor.
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At about 1:30 pm, Ashley, a lovely young Black lady, 19-21 years old, who had been dropped-off at Tillers earlier in the day, came walking out of Tiller's building, to the gate, where she approached the on-site volunteers, Diane and Patty.
Ashley was very distraught and really didn't want to talk, although she came to the gate for that purpose.
According to Diane, Ashley is the type of person who is very sincere, well groomed and polite, but one who keeps things to herself. Ashley is the mother of a nine month old little girl named Nadia. Ashley feels that she let herself and her family down by becoming pregnant.
I just wanted to let you know about today's incident. (About 1:30 pm). When the nice volunteer came on after me, I was just showing her the book and the notations about those that had entered while I was on my prayer vigil. Here walks out of Tiller's parking lot a lovely young lady crying.
I went over to her and asked if I could help. I offered to take her to Choices Medical Clinic and she said, "no" she did not want to. I tried again and she said "no". So I said I will walk with you.
I put my arm around her and we just walked...for several blocks. After listening to her she explained she had a 9 month old little girl named, Nadia and did not want this pregnancy.
I asked if she had spoken to her pastor, her family, or a friend, etc. She said "no" that her family was judgmental.
She said she wanted to be a nurse and started to take courses. She graduated from Southeast High.
I asked if the father of the baby could help her and she said "no".
After we walked for a while I asked her again if she would like to talk with the good people in Choices Medical Clinic, and she said "no".
I said what are you planning to do?
She said that she wanted to go home. I said, "Let me take you home". So we proceeded to go get my purse that I left at Tiller's gate and I took her to my car. In the car we chatted and I told her about my sisters who are wonderful nurses and two of them went to nursing school after raising 5 and 7 children respectively. My hope was that I could give her some hope.
She appeared to be a very intelligent and caring young women. I gave her my business card with my home phone number and told her to call me anytime.
I suggested she talk with her pastor and that I would be glad to take her to my pastor if she wanted.
It took a lot of courage for her to leave Tillers.
Please have your good people put Ashley and her daughter Nadia on their prayer list.


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Tarun Shriram
Arangetram
Tarun's Journey
Tarun Shriram, son of Smt. Roopa Shriram and Sri. Shriram Narayanan, is currently a junior at AITE High School, Stamford, CT.
He was inspired by his father, who is an ardent Mridangist, and thus began his journey into the world of music. He started his formal training at the age of 10 from his guru Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy, who is an acclaimed musician and disciple of maestro Guruvayur Dorai.
Tarun gave his first stage performance at the St. Thyagaraja Aradhana in Newtown, CT at the age of 11. Ever since he has been accompanying various music teachers and their students in the tri-state area and beyond. Under the guidance of his guru, Tarun performed a special tala vadya percussion ensemble at Eastman's famed Kilbourn Hall along with members of RohanRhythm Studio.
He was invited by Navatman School of dance to accompany for their annual Bharatanatyam recital at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, NYC. This experience kindled a special interest in him to play for classical dance.
Not limited to Carnatic music, Tarun is also a well-versed trombonist. His hobbies are playing volleyball and, like any other teenager, playing video games.
During this journey, Tarun has won awards at the prestigious Cleveland Thyagaraja Music Festival, Vedic Heritage NY, Raga Club of Connecticut, to name a few.
He aspires to pursue a career in medical studies while having music as a core influence in his life. He is now receiving advanced training from his guru and is looking forward to accompanying various professional musicians.
Expressing his heartfelt thanks to all those who have supported him all these years, he seeks blessings from one and all in continuing his pursuit of this wonderful art form.
© 2020 Tarun Shriram