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Stock de coque (en francés Coke en stock), es el decimonoveno álbum de Las aventuras de Tintín, escritas e ilustradas por el historietista belga Hergé. Se publicó en francés en 1958. ISBN 978-84-261-1003-9

Stock de coque es la primera aventura de Tintín que integra a un gran número de personajes de anteriores números: el general Alcázar (La oreja rota, Las 7 bolas de cristal), Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab y Abdallah (Tintín en el país del oro negro), Rastapopoulos (Los cigarros del faraón, El loto azul), J.M. Dawson (El loto azul), Allan Thompson (Los cigarros del faraón, El cangrejo de las pinzas de oro), el Dr. Müller (La isla negra, Tintín en el país del oro negro), Oliveira da Figueira (Los cigarros del faraón, Tintín en el país del oro negro), Bianca Castafiore (El cetro de Ottokar, Las 7 bolas de cristal, El asunto Tornasol) y Serafín Latón (El asunto Tornasol). Otros personajes son mencionados como Bab el Ehr (Tintín en el país del oro negro), Patrash Pasha (Los cigarros del faraón) y el general Tapioca (La oreja rota), pero no aparecen.

Stock de coque es una aventura en la cual Tintín descubre que el Sheikh Bab el Ehr está detrás del derrocamiento de Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab, el emir del Khemed.

Argumento
Tras ver una película, Tintín y el capitán Haddock doblan una esquina y se chocan con el general Alcázar, a quien se le cae la cartera. Tintín trata de devolvérsela, pero en el hotel dicen no saber nada sobre ese huésped, y cuando Tintín llama a un número de teléfono que encuentra en la cartera, quien responde dice no querer hablar con nadie. Cuando Tintín y Haddock vuelven a casa, descubren que el consentido e insoportable hijo del emir Abdallah ha sido enviado a Moulinsart para su protección, junto con un séquito de sirvientes y guardianes que se instalan en el hall del castillo.

Hernández y Fernández informan a Tintín que saben de Alcázar porque le están investigando. Le dicen el verdadero hotel donde se hospeda el general. En el hotel Tintin y Haddock ven a Alcázar hablando con J.M. Dawson, antiguo enemigo de Tintín durante el asunto de El Loto Azul.

Haddock le devuelve la cartera a Alcázar, mientras Tintín sigue a Dawson y le oye hablar de la exitosa venta de aviones De Havilland Mosquito para el golpe de Estado de Khemed. Tintín decide ir a Khemed y rescatar al emir; a regañadientes como de costumbre, el capitán decide ir con él, además no se quiere quedar solo con Abdullah y sus bromas de mal gusto.

Dawson ve cómo Tintín se entromete de nuevo en sus asuntos y decide eliminarlo.
En el aeropuerto de Wadesdah, la capital del Khemed, Tintín y Haddock son rechazados en la aduana, mientras alguien pone una bomba en el avión. El estallido en pleno vuelo se frustra debido al incendio de un motor, el cual fuerza a tomar tierra con el aparato justo antes de que la bomba estalle. Tintín y Haddock caminan a través del desierto y entran sin ser vistos en Wadesdah. Allí encuentran a otro viejo amigo, el mercader portugués Oliveira da Figueira, que les ayuda a escapar de la ciudad vestidos como mujer. Una vez extramuros un guía con caballos les conduce hasta el refugio del depuesto emir (basado en la antigua ciudad jordana de Petra).

Sin embargo su escape es advertido y las figuras del nuevo régimen envían patrullas de tanques y aviones de ataque a tierra Mosquito para interceptarlos. Al mando está Mull Pasha, que es en realidad el doctor Müller, viejo enemigo de Tintín cuando el asunto de La isla Negra y Tintín en el país del oro negro. Gracias a las confusas órdenes, los Mosquito atacan a sus propios tanques en vez de a Tintín y sus amigos. (Vídeo)

El emir les pone al corriente de la trata de esclavos por el marqués de Gorgonzola. Tintín y Haddock embarcan clandestinamente hacia La Meca para investigar. Son atacados por los Mosquitos de nuevo, Tintín se las arregla para derribar uno con un StG-44 alemán pero la goleta en la que viajan sufre numerosos daños y finalmente naufragan junto a Piotr Pst, el piloto estonio del avión derribado. Son recogidos por el yate de Gorgonzola, el Scheherazade, y transferidos al SS Ramona, un carguero. Este barco resulta ser uno de los barcos de Gorgonzola, usado para el tráfico de esclavos.

Esa noche son encerrados por Allan, el antiguo primer oficial de Haddock, cuando súbitamente la tripulación del Ramona escapa del barco por un incendio a bordo y el miedo a que este estalle. Los prisioneros fuerzan la puerta y consiguen apagar el fuego, sin entender que toda la proa está cargada de explosivos. Es entonces cuando liberan a un gran número de africanos retenidos en las bodegas y que habían pagado para ir a La Meca, pero iban a ser vendidos como esclavos. Haddock les intenta explicar la situación (quienes hablan yoruba). Al principio no pueden o no saben entenderlo, pensando que Haddock les miente. Tras algunas discusiones, aceptan no ir a la peregrinación (Hajj) de la que dicen los viejos que hay muchos que no vuelven. Los africanos aceptan ayudar a Haddock a navegar hasta el puerto seguro de Yibuti, mientras Tintín y Pst intentan arreglar las radios, que fueron dañadas.

Tintín encuentra un trozo de papel con el mensaje de "coke", pero no consigue entenderlo. En navegación, «coque» se refiere normalmente al carbón empleado en las calderas, pero no es lo que cargan. Entonces se aproxima un dhow y sube al barco un árabe que desea inspeccionar el "coke". Como Haddock no entiende, le comunican que no llevan. El hombre empieza a inspeccionar a los africanos. Con el término de coke, se referían al tráfico de esclavos, y al entender esto Haddock echa al árabe del barco, y uno de los africanos frustra un intento del árabe de acuchillar al capitán.

Gorgonzola (que es realmente Rastapopulos, traficante de drogas y archienemigo de Tintín desde Los cigarros del faraón y El Loto Azul) descubre que Haddock ha tomado el control del barco, y envía un submarino para hundirlo. Tintín se da cuenta del submarino por accidente justo antes del ataque. Haddock se las arregla para sortear los primeros torpedos con maniobras, pero no sabe cuánto más aguantarán. En este crucial momento es cuando el Ramona es salvado por aviones del crucero de la Armada de los Estados Unidos, el USS Los Angeles, que había sido advertido via radio por Tintín. Desde el submarino hace un último intento de hacer estallar el Ramona mediante una mina lapa adosada cerca de donde se guardan los explosivos, pero fracasa cuando se suelta el ancla del Ramona. Un tiburón se traga la mina y nada lejos. Más tarde, cuando el Los Angeles intenta detener a Gorgonzola, finge su propia muerte, haciendo que se hunda su lancha motora mientras él escapa en un minisubmarino. Tintín, Haddock y Pst son recibidos en Europa como unos héroes.

Valoración
Stock de coque ha sido criticado por su estereotipado de los africanos, tanto en apariencia como en comportamiento; aunque obviamente de buen corazón, los personajes negros son mostrados como infantiles y simples.

Si bien el fin del álbum es realizar una denuncia de la esclavitud, que afecta a musulmanes africanos en peregrinación a La Meca. Como Hergé fue tildado de racista, en 1967 se publicó una nueva edición del álbum, corregida, en la cual modificó la forma de expresarse de las víctimas del tráfico de esclavos.

Enlaces externos
 Editorial juventud. STOCK DE COQUE
 Stock de coque (en inglés) en Tintinologist.org

Stock
Esclavitud en el arte
Historietas de 1956
Historietas de 1957
Historietas de 1958

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YESTERDAY:
* Jackie got in Wharton yay!!
* curry tonkatsu for lunch
* bachata class!
  * instructor from Seattle came by
  * actually had some really excellent feedback for all of us
* in n out afterwards
* work and practicing bachata afterwards
* very sneezy this week when not in workout

TODAY:
* head to work
  * mild traffic
* drank like a gallon of water at work
  * so many bathroom visits
* emailed a bunch of electricians to get a quote
* took a nap at home
* lots of restaurants close by 8 pm now :(
* dumpling depot!
  * large portion size and relatively cheap
* late night advisor call
* caught up on last week's chess videos
* found a neat snoring aid to try out
* tested negative for covid ...

LEARNINGS:
* must be a normal cold/flu going around?

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Q: PowerShell script doesn't run synchronously I have a function which prints the result of an Exchange cmdlet. But the output is not printed immediately. It is almost like it kind of runs asynchronous.
In the following example the output is printed AFTER the first Read-Host break. I expected it would print immediately, that is before the first Read-Host break.
I also tried to experience with Start-Sleep -S 1 but it didn't change anything.
Apparently there is something basic understanding I don't have. Can someone point me in the right direction?
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    Read-Host -Prompt 'Push key to continue(1)'
    # The result of the cmdlet is printed here!?
    Read-Host -Prompt 'Push key to continue(2)'
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If I don't add the | Select-Object ... it prints immediately/run synchronously...why?

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Flybmi: UK European Consumer Centre's passenger advice
UK holidaymakers affected by the collapse of Flybmi should contact the UK European Consumer Centre (UK ECC) for help and advice on their individual circumstances.
The airline, which flew from various airports across the UK and Europe, stopped operating on Saturday 16 February 2019, with some passengers stranded and others no longer able to take up their initial flights. Administrators were appointed on Monday (18 February 2019).
Adam Mortimer, Consumer Advisor at the UK ECC, said UK consumers who booked flights direct with Flybmi are likely to have very few options open to them, even if they have already flown and are stranded abroad.
He said that the situation of many already-stressed passengers is made worse by that fact that the airline is not covered by the Civil Aviation Authority's ATOL – Air Travel Organiser's Licence - protection scheme, which only covers passengers booked on a package holiday. This means that anyone who booked flights direct with Flybmi is unlikely to have any protection.
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He said that there may be other avenues open to consumers to get their money back, such as 'chargeback' for debit card payments or a claim under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act for credit card payments.
For more details, check out the UK European Consumer Centre's website or contact the UK ECC for free advice on your individual circumstances on 01268 886690 weekdays between 10 am and 4 pm (or email ECCNET-UK@ec.europa.eu)
The UK ECC is part of the European Consumer Centre Network (ECC-Net), which has 30 centres in the EU, plus Iceland and Norway. The aim of the network is to provide advice and support to consumers who have a dispute with a trader based in a European country outside the UK.

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So it was fascinating following the News re-wired conference last week – couldn't be there but amazing following it online. Huge thanks to the bloggers and tweeters who worked very hard to keep us armchair followers up-to-date.
Coincidentally another interesting development at the end of last week was the surprise release of Avid Studio for the iPad. A really interesting contender for best editing app and serious competition for iMovie and 1st Film Net editing apps. So far all three do separate things really well – wish they could all be merged into one for the perfect editing app.
With all this talk about mobile video recording and exciting new apps released I thought I'd put together my definitive list of equipment and apps for iPhone filming and editing – please feel free to suggest more!
You'll need it to attach your iPhone to the tripod!
To record a decent interview you MUST have an external microphone attached to you iPhone and this cable enables you to use a decent XLR microphone.
This one has a headphone jack but be aware that (as far as I'm aware - let me know if you've come across one) no filming apps send sound out for monitoring so the headphone only useful for monitoring audio interviews. This enables you to take your pick from a variety of XLR quality microphones.
Everything you could ask for beautifully packaged - but at a price!
As the capabilities of filming and editing with iPhones gets better and better so more apps and equipment will be brought out it's just a case of tracking them down. I'm still waiting for a filming app to come out which allows you to monitor audio – if you know if one let me know.
Exciting times ahead for UK Video Skills Training. We've just signed up to twitter (ukvideoskills) and started our new blog all on the same day - think we'll need a G&T at the end of the day to recover.
Thought we'd start this new blog with a couple of old favorites and some speculative rumors. According to various media outlets this week the all new iPhone 5 is due very, very soon and UKVS cannot wait to get our hands on it. It will mean some hard work reviewing our popular 'QuickShoot' iPhone filming and editing course but if the leap of video capabilities from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone 4 is anything to go by it should be very exciting.
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So to some old favorites. Each week we'll try to bring you a round up of the very best new videos and podcasts out there but to kick us off I've included a couple of my all time great videos.
For it's amazing sound track, dolly filming and great opening sequence this mountain biking (I know!!!) video is the business. Even if it does make me feel old for not knowing what 'shreading' means.....Nearly one and a half million views on YouTube can't be wrong.
And now for something completely different from the Mast Brothers - it's an advertisement for chocolate but like nothing you've every seen before. Grab a cuppa sit back and enjoy it.
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About Bombargo
Bombargo drops a vibrant splash of soul on their funky indie vibes with layers of rock and R&B infused throughout. The band brings unrivaled energy to the stage with sing-along anthems, magical harmonies, and a powerful message that combined make for one of the most passionate live shows ever! Even Virgin Records founder Sir Richard Branson was impressed, quoting: "I haven't seen this type of energy since The Rolling Stones!"
The band's pop single "Oxygen" saw immense radio success in the summer of 2019, charting on Canada's Top 50 Hot AC stations.
Taylor Swift also has a soft spot for Bombargo, adding their single "Mr. No Good" to her Spotify playlist 'Songs Taylor Loves' alongside Ed Sheeran, Camilla Cabello, and Kendrick Lamar. Being part of this star-studded playlist saw Bombargo featured on CBC's the Q, NME, Exclaim, Fashion, Noisey, People, Billboard and more – leading to their follow up single "All the Same" which reached #1 on Spotify's Indie All-Star playlist.
From headlining festivals to opening for legendary acts like John Butler Trio, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Dead South, and Joel Plaskett; Bombargo has rapidly made a name for themselves globally with their life-changing live performances, captivating music, and The GoodTime Guarantee. Just ask lead singer Nathan Thoen – "A lot of bands try to promise you a good time, but we actually guarantee it."
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JPMorgan Q1 preview: Where next for JPM stock?
When will JPMorgan release Q1 2022 earnings?
JPMorgan is scheduled to publish first quarter earnings before US markets open on Wednesday April 13.
It will be the first major US bank to report, kicking-off the new earnings season. Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and US Bancorp are all scheduled to report first quarter earnings before the opening bell on Thursday April 14.
You can read our earnings look ahead for the banking industry ahead of the results here.
JPMorgan Q1 2022 earnings preview
US banks reported record revenue and bumper earnings in 2021 as they unlocked large provisions put aside during the tough times when the pandemic dominated the year before and investment arms reaped rewards from highly active markets.
But the outlook for 2022 is being bogged-down by a fresh array of threats. Just last week, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon published his closely-watched annual letter to shareholders that warned the banking industry is 'facing challenges at every turn', from an uncertain economic outlook and rampant inflation to the global crisis that has erupted following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Dimon provided the first glimpse into the cost of the Ukraine crisis within his letter, stating the bank is 'not worried about our direct exposure to Russia' while warning it is still expecting to lose 'about $1 billion over time'. We may see the first impact of this start to filter through when the first quarter results are released.
Plus, the industry will face tough comparatives this year that will make it tougher to impress markets following the record numbers seen in 2021. For example, over $9 billion of the $48 billion in profits that JPMorgan booked last year came from one-off release of credit reserves and while we may see further unwinding of provisions in 2022, it will be nowhere near the level investors have become accustomed to over the past year or so.
On the brighter side for US banks, mounting inflation – which currently sits at a 40-year high at around 8% and is well above the 2% target set by the US Federal Reserve – should lead the central bank to hike interest rates on several occasions this year, which in turn should boost the profits that banks can make on the likes of loans and mortgages. The Fed raised rates for the first time since 2018 last month and that is expected to continue going forward, which will help offset lower credit releases and the normalisation of trading from its capital markets division.
Dimon has said that while he supported the Fed's decision to undertake dramatic actions to protect the economy during the pandemic, the fiscal spending and QE was 'probably too much and lasted too long'.
'I do not envy the Fed for what it must do next: The stronger the recovery, the higher the rates that follow (I believe that this could be significantly higher than the markets expect) and the stronger the quantitative tightening,' Dimon said in his shareholder letter. He said the Fed needs to breakaway from the view that it needs to raise rates by 25 basis points at a time and at regular intervals, urging for the central bank to be more reactive to economic data and events in real time rather than following a pre-determined plan.
While US banks await higher interest rates, there is a big focus on how they keep a lid on costs and protect profitability in the meantime. Costs are currently growing at a much faster pace than income. With this in mind, analysts believe JPMorgan's return on equity will plunge closer to 12.1% in the first quarter compared to the 16% delivered in the last three months of 2021. That would also be down markedly from the 23% ROE reported a year earlier. Return on tangible common equity (ROTCE) is expected to fall to 14.6% from 29% the year before.
That is being exacerbated by the fact costs are rising at a time when JPMorgan is also ramping-up investment on technology and an expansion into UK retail banking, with investment spending set to soar 30% in 2022 to around $15 billion. This is a bone of contention with some investors considering JPMorgan has said it may miss its medium-term 17% ROE target this year and possibly even next year as a result. There has been a suggestion that shareholders are unhappy with the lack of detail released about its spending plans, which may pressure the bank to unveil further information when it releases results this week. However, some believe investors may have to wait until the bank holds its investor day that is pencilled-in for May 23 to find out more.
Wall Street forecasts JPMorgan will report a 6.1% year-on-year decline in managed revenue in the first quarter to $31.1 billion and that EPS will plunge over 39% to $2.73 from $4.50 the year before.
Where next for JPM stock?
Having climbed to new all-time highs in 2021 as it delivered record numbers, JPMorgan shares have been under pressure over the last three months and the stock has fallen 22% since mid-January.
We could see JPMorgan shares continue to fall toward the 14-month closing low of $128 amid the latest leg of the downtrend that started this month. That floor needs to hold in order to avoid opening the door to the $124 level of resistance seen in late 2020.
The RSI is firmly in bearish territory to suggest the stock could come under further pressure and this is supported by a mild uptick in volumes over the past five days compared to the 10-day average. We saw the 100-day sma sink below the 200-day sma a month ago and the 50-day sma continues to sink further south of both metrics.
On the upside, the 50-day sma, which currently sits at $142 and is in-line with the March-highs, has proven to be a ceiling during the last five months, with shares only managing to briefly move above the moving average. Having fallen significantly below this ceiling in April, we are likely to see it recover back toward this level once the current downtrend begins to reverse. This is the first upside target it needs to break above in order to install confidence of a move higher toward the 100-day sma at $151 and then the 200-day sma at $156, in-line with the February-high.
Brokers remain bullish on JPMorgan and the 29 brokers that cover the company currently have an average Buy rating and a target price of $167 – implying there is over 27% potential upside from the current share price over the next 12 months and that it can recover back toward the 2022-high.
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Married couples and civil partners will be able to pass on a potential £900,000 completely free of inheritance tax from 6 April – and there could be new ways to leave money behind tax-free this year.
The inheritance tax allowance – technically called the nil-rate band – remains frozen at £325,000 per person in 2018/19.
But if your estate includes your home, you get an additional allowance, which is rising from £100,000 per person to £125,000 this tax year.
And the Office for Tax Simplification is currently reviewing the complex rules around inheritance tax on gifts, which could enable you to give away much more to your heirs tax-free.
Here, we explain the changes and how you can benefit.
How do inheritance tax rules currently work?
Each individual can pass on up to £325,000 to their heirs tax-free. Above that amount, a tax charge of 40% is applied.
But any allowance you haven't used up before you die can be inherited by your spouse or civil partner, along with your assets.
Added to your partners inheritance tax allowance, this means a married couple can pass on £650,000 inheritance tax-free.
Find out more in our guide to inheritance tax rates and allowances.
There is an additional inheritance tax allowance called the 'residence nil-rate', which only applies when your estate contains a property you intend to pass on to your heirs.
It was introduced in April 2017, and gave each person an additional £100,000 to pass on tax-free, taking into account the surge in property values over the years.
Added to the regular inheritance tax allowance, it means an individual can pass on £450,000 this tax year and in two years' time, they'll be able to pass on £500,000.
Married couples and civil partners will be able to pass on £1m by 2020.
Can I pass my property onto anyone tax-free?
You start to lose the property-related allowance once your estate hits £2m. For every £2 over £2m, you'll lose £1 of the allowance. So, by the time your estate reaches £2.25m, you won't benefit from the property allowance.
There are more rules to the residence nil-rate band, which we've explained in our guide to the inheritance tax property allowance changes.
Are there any other inheritance tax changes?
Not on 6 April, but there could be later this year.
In February, Chancellor Philip Hammond wrote to the Office for Tax Simplification, urging it to investigate the complex rules around gifts and inheritance tax.
Currently, you can make gifts to your spouse or civil partner, or to charity, without incurring inheritance tax.
You can give money to other people, but there are rules around preventing you from giving away your entire estate to bypass inheritance tax.
These rules can be difficult to follow, and may mean that your heirs are left to trace back gifts from years before. Mr Hammond singled out this area for review, which may mean changes are likely to be made as a result.
This could be that the complexity around 'potentially exempt transfers' of money is reduced, or the total amount you can give away each year in gifts is increased. It has been speculated that the Chancellor could announce changes in the Autumn 2018 Budget, which will take place in November.


Junctional epithelium located at an interface of gingival sulcus and periodontal connective tissue, provides a dynamic seal around the teeth, protecting the delicate periodontal tissue from offending bacteria, which is critical for health of supportive periodontal tissue, and hence tooth as a whole. Its rapid turnover is important for maintaining tissue homeostasis. It plays a more active role in innate defense than what was thought earlier. In addition, it expresses some mediators of inflammation involved in immune response. Its unique structural and functional adaptability maintains the anti-microbial security. Detachment of JE from tooth surface is the hallmark of initiation of periodontal pocket, and hence periodontitis. This review article has made an attempt to put light on various aspects of this unique tissue.


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Recognized by The American Lawyer as "Dealmaker of the Week" in 2015 for his role advising UnitedHealth in its subsidiary OptumRx's $12.8 billion combination with Catamaran Corporation and "Dealmaker of the Year" in 2011 for his role advising Alcon, Inc.'s independent directors committee in Alcon's $52.9 billion acquisition by Novartis AG, Keith Pagnani is actively involved in Sullivan & Cromwell's corporate practice and has broad experience representing buyers, sellers, special committees of independent directors and financial advisers on a wide range of domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions.
Mr. Pagnani also is actively involved in the Firm's management and administration, including as co-head of the Firm's Healthcare and Life Sciences Group and as a member of the Firm's Diversity Committee.
Mr. Pagnani frequently speaks on M&A and corporate matters, including as a member of the Practising Law Institute. At the AdvaMed MedTech Conference, he has moderated multiple panels including "Current Investment Flow, M&A and Deal Structures," "CEO Unplugged: Business Development, Strategic Alliance & M&A" and "Preparing and Executing an M&A Event." Mr. Pagnani is a member of Tulane University Law School's planning committee and is a regular participant in the School's Annual Corporate Law Institute. He participated in the Corporate Law Institute's 2019 panel "Hot Topics in M&A Practice." He also co-moderated panels at the 2018 and 2017 Corporate Law Institute, in addition to participating in other panels including on topics covering M&A, boards of directors and other corporate governance matters. He participated in a discussion on trends in M&A at the Harvard Association of Law and Business of Harvard Law School and was a panelist for "Leveraging Board Relationships and Expertise to Drive M&A," at the Corporate Development Leadership Forum at the New York Stock Exchange. He was a panelist for "What's on the Healthcare Dealmaking Landscape?" at The Deal's Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium, and for "Negotiated Transactions and Deal Issues" at the Florida Bar Business Law Section and at West's 27th Annual Federal Securities Institute.
Chambers USA (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
The National Law Journal "Healthcare Trailblazer" (2019)
The Am Law Daily "Dealmaker of the Week" (April 2015, October 2012 and December, 2010)
M&A Advisor "Dealmaker of the Year" Finalist (2014)
The American Lawyer "Dealmaker of the Year" (2011)
The Legal 500 United States (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
The Lawdragon 500: Leading Lawyers in America (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Recipient of the Atlas Award as the "Global M&A Lawyer of the Year" (2011)
The Lawdragon 3000: Leading Lawyers in America (2009-2010)
Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition – recognized for M&A (2009)
New York Super Lawyers – recognized for M&A (since 2006) and Healthcare (since 2009)
The Lawdragon 500: Leading Dealmakers in America – recognized for M&A (2007)
The Lawdragon 500: New Stars, New Worlds – recognized for M&A, Banking & Finance, Private Equity and Intellectual Property (2006)
SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS
Transactions in which Mr. Pagnani has been involved include representations of:
Harris Corporation in its $35 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies to form L3Harris Technologies
UnitedHealth Group in its tender offer for a 57% percent ownership in Empresas Banmédica
UnitedHealth Group in connection with Optum's $4.3 billion acquisition of DaVita Medical Group
Delta Air Lines in its agreement with Air France-KLM to acquire a 10% stake in Air France through a capital increase of $438 million
Praxair in its $80 billion merger of equals with Linde AG
Stryker Corporation in its $2.8 billion acquisition of Sage Products from Madison Dearborn Partners and its acquisition of Stanmore Implants Worldwide from SIW Holdings
CA (f/k/a Computer Associates) in its $590 million agreement to repurchase 22 million shares of its Common Stock from Careal Holding AG
Special Committee of Solera Holdings in connection with its $6.5 billion acquisition by Vista Equity Partners
Bessemer Trust Company, as Trustee to the Louie E. Roche and Harvey Hubbell Trusts, in connection with its agreement to support a reclassification transaction by Hubbell Incorporated to eliminate its existing two-class structure
UnitedHealth Group in connection with its subsidiary OptumRx's $12.8 billion combination with Catamaran Corporation
Harris Corporation in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Exelis
Endo International in its $2.6 billion acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals
The Priceline Group in its $2.6 billion acquisition of OpenTable and in its $1.8 billion acquisition of KAYAK Software
Coleman Cable in its acquisition by Southwire Company
Praxair in its $1.1 billion acquisition of NuCO2
UnitedHealth Group in its $4.9 billion acquisition of Amil Participações
The Heyman family in its $3.2 billion sale of International Specialty Products to Ashland
Valeant Pharmaceuticals in its aborted $5.7 billion unsolicited bid for Cephalon
Alcon and Alcon's Independent Directors in connection with the sale of Nestlé's Alcon stake to Novartis and Novartis' acquisition of the remaining publicly held minority interest in Alcon for $52.9 billion
IMS Health in its $5 billion acquisition by investment funds managed by TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board – the largest leveraged buyout of 2009
H&R Block in the sale of its financial advisory business to Ameriprise Financial
Independent Directors and Strategic Transaction Committee of UST in connection with its sale to Altria Group
UnitedHealth Group in its acquisition of Sierra Health Services, XLHealth Corp and prior acquisitions of Arnett HealthSystem and John Deere Healthcare
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Vertrue in its acquisition by One Equity Partners
Rabobank in its acquisition of Mid-State Bancshares
Board of Directors of Andrx in its sale to Watson Pharmaceuticals
IMS Health in its aborted merger with VNU, its sale of Erisco to the Tri Zetto Group and the subsequent sale of its TriZetto interest
CA (f/k/a Computer Associates) in its acquisitions of Niku Corporation, Concord Communications and Netegrity
Pharmacia in its merger with Pfizer
ING in the sale of its U.S. investment banking business to ABN Amro
Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its acquisitions of Spear, Leeds & Kellogg and Benjamin Jacobson
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NCH in its going-private transaction
SBC Communications in its acquisitions of Ameritech and Prodigy Communications Corporation
Provident Companies in its merger with UNUM
Vivendi in its acquisition of Superior Services
Western Resources in its unsolicited exchange offer for ADT Limited
Praxair in its successful takeover of CBI Industries
Eastman Kodak in the sale of more than $3 billion of assets
the combination of Covia Partnership and Galileo Company to form the world's largest computer reservations system
In transactions where the Firm has represented financial advisers, Mr. Pagnani has been involved in:
Starwood Hotels' $12 billion acquisition by Marriott International
Coca-Cola Enterprises' merger of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners SA and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG to form Coca-Cola European Partners
St. Jude Medical's $3.3 billion acquisition of Thoratec
Patterson Companies' $1.1 billion acquisition of Animal Health International
AmerisourceBergen's $2.5 billion acquisition of MWI Veterinary Supply
Tornier's $1.3 billion merger agreement with Wright Medical Group
STERIS Corporation's $1.9 billion acquisition of Synergy Health
hiSoft Technology International's merger of equals with VanceInfo Technologies
EKR Therapeutics' acquisition by Cornerstone Therapeutics
American Dental Partners' $400 million acquisition by funds affiliated with JLL Partners
ZOLL Medical Corporation's $2.21 billion acquisition by Asahi Kasei Corporation
Medica HealthCare Plans' acquisition by United HealthCare Services
Hertz Global Holdings' acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group
Citadel Broadcasting's acquisition by Cumulus Media
America Service Group's merger with Valitás Health Services
Abraxis BioScience's sale to Celgene
SAP's acquisition of Sybase
Sauer-Danfoss' acquisition by Danfoss
Fresenius' acquisition of APP Pharmaceuticals
PeopleSoft's defense against and ultimate sale to Oracle
Dana's defense against ArvinMeritor's hostile offer
Boise Cascade's acquisition of OfficeMax
Taubman Centers' defense against Simon Property Group's hostile offer
Hewlett-Packard's merger with Compaq
TRW's merger with Northrop Grumman
Sanmina's merger with SCI Systems
General Motors' spin-off of Hughes Defense business
Monsanto's acquisition of DeKalb Industries
General Signal's sale to SPX
International Family Entertainment's acquisition by Fox
Provident Companies' merger with the Paul Revere Corporation
Teledyne's merger with Allegheny Ludlum
Wallace Computer Services' successful defense against a takeover bid by the Moore Corporation
M&A Activity in the Healthcare/Life Sciences Sector Shows Little Sign of Slowing Down Watch Video
Keith Pagnani and Krishna Veeraraghavan Named 2019 Health Care Law Trailblazers by the National Law Journal Read More
Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions
M&A Financial Advisory
1989, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, J.D.
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Many organizations and business owners face fraud each year due to their employees or business partners. New entrepreneurial start-ups and small businesses are more vulnerable. The risk of fraud has increased due to the advancement of technology and progressive development of the world into a global village. The increased awareness of technological development and complex organizational structure requires corporations to incorporate internal anti-fraud approaches to combat fraud. According to 2014 research reports by global nation, organizations face 5 % loss due to fraud each year, in which 85 % of serious fraud cases were committed by internal employees. Organizations should develop multi-layered fraud prevention strategies while keeping these statistics in view.
Following are the warning signs to detect fraud and stealing by an accountant.
A good manager should know their employees. They manage their time in order to have frequent conversations with each of them. Good managers are concerned and aware about any type of problems they are facing in their professional or personal lives. The basic information about your employee's family, life, and habits will help a lot in detecting any change in habits of an employee.
The first sign that your accountant is stealing from you is a change in their habits. Suddenly becoming more proactive in your business, becoming disobedient towards you, or on the phone more frequently are all signs that could be a red flag. Also, if they are suddenly working during times that no supervisor is present, it's important to keep an eye on their activities.
Sudden debt faced by an accountant due to gambling, drinking, or divorce may be a reason for their fraudulent behavior. An accountant in financial strain may be a potential risk to your business. The financial burdens act as the trigger for theft.
If an accountant is spending more than they are earning, it could be a warning sign. Spending excessively on cars, shopping, homes, or taking loans all lead to financial strain and they may think the only way out of this is by committing fraud.
A company's loose internal controls are providing an opportunity for theft. Easy access to assets, checkbooks, or signed stamps lead the embezzler to find it easy to steal.
Fraud deterrence is essential for all organizations. The bigger the organization, the more the chances of fraud increase. Fraud is as old as human history and can happen to any company or business despite the organizational structure and the number of workers. Small business managers tend to trust their workers more than bigger organizations. There may be weak internal controls. Fraud effects the finances, image, and morale of the company. All factors decline after a fraudulent case takes place. Most organizations adopt shortcuts for fraud prevention. These tactics largely decrease the opportunity for fraud.
The internal controls of a system and organization define the plans to prevent the company and its assets from any kind of fraud and theft. This system should be revised frequently to analyze its effectiveness. It should be regularly updated according to the new needs, development, and advancements of a company. Internal controls should clearly define accountability and compliance of its employees.
Clear segregation of duties is crucial for internal control. Distribution of bookkeeping and payments among two or more accountants or bookkeepers helps to prevent fraud.
One of the best ways to prevent fraud is to outsource accounting and bookkeeping functions to a third party.
Use accounting software to prevent fraud. QuickBooks handles all the key processes of accounting and prevents fraud. Assign limited rights to all employees according to their job descriptions and responsibilities. Don't share passwords and logins.
Fraud in business can result in major financial loss, wastage of time and a ruined reputation. The implementation of multilayered fraud risk strategies leads to a successful business that is protected from fraud and theft.


Four-part student ensembles arranged for two or more pianos. These ensembles, arranged by Phillip Keveren, feature student favorites from Book 3 of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library. Each book contains four selections which include: · Four student parts · Conductor's score with optional teacher accompaniment · Performance configurations for 2 or more pianos · Suggested instrumentation for electronic keyboards. Fully orchestrated CD and GM accompaniment disks are available separately. Four ensembles: Dixieland Jam · Scherzo · Street Fair · Fresh Start.


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Q: Angular auxiliary route is not appending `/` for only one of the configured routes? I have the following routes:
`const routes: Routes = [
  { path: '', redirectTo: 'posts', pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: 'posts', canActivate: [AuthGuardService], children: [
    { path: '', component: HomeView,  },
    { path: ':id/edit', component: PostItDialogContainerComponent, outlet: 'modal' },
    { path: 'new', component: PostItDialogContainerComponent, outlet: 'modal' }
  ]},
  { path: 'not-found', component: PageNotFoundComponent, pathMatch: 'full' },
  { path: '**', redirectTo: 'not-found'}
];`

When user clicks to edit a post, the correct route is rendered /posts/(modal:1/edit). However when user goes to click to create a new post, the path that Angular is trying to use to find a component is /posts(modal:new). This is incorrect and is missing a forward slash after posts. Manually entering this into the URL /posts/(modal:new) renders the correct component.
This is how I am triggering the edit route:
`this.router.navigate([{outlets: {modal: `${this.post.postID}/edit`}}], {relativeTo: this.route});`

This is how I am triggering the new route:
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this.router.navigate([{outlets: {modal: `new`}}], {relativeTo: this.route})

`

How can I fix the missing forward slash?

A: From the top of my head, I think that the cause may be the sequence of the registered routes. Since it reaches the :id/edit first, it assumes that that's the case for the route entered.
Try using the below instead:
{ path: 'posts', canActivate: [AuthGuardService], children: [
    { path: '', component: HomeView,  },
    { path: 'new', component: PostItDialogContainerComponent, outlet: 'modal' },
    { path: ':id/edit', component: PostItDialogContainerComponent, outlet: 'modal' }
  ]}

Hope this helps.


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Hearts and Air Pollution: 5 Deadly Air Pollutants Measured on 5 Continents
Around the world, breathing a variety of air pollutants--in some cases for a single day--increases the chance that people will suffer heart attacks, according to a new analysis
By Marla Cone, Environmental Health News on February 15, 2012
Around the world, breathing a variety of air pollutants – in some cases for a single day – increases the chance that people will suffer heart attacks, according to a new analysis published Tuesday.
For the first time, scientists analyzed previous studies from five continents to verify and quantify the links between air pollution and heart health. They found that short-term exposure – less than seven days – to all major air pollutants except ozone was associated with an increase in heart attacks.
The team reported in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. that the magnitude of the risk "is relatively small" compared to other factors, such as smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes. But they stressed that so many people worldwide are breathing fine particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and other contaminants that the numbers of people at risk are substantial.
"Thus an improvement in air quality could have a significant effect on public health," wrote the authors, led by Dr. Hazrije Mustafic of the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center at University Paris Descartes.
Published on Valentine's Day, the new study shows that the human heart is perhaps the most vulnerable part of the body when it comes to air pollution.
Dr. Jesus Araujo, an assistant professor of medicine and director of environmental cardiology at UCLA, said there is now "more than enough evidence" from human, animal and cellular studies that air pollution kills.
One of the most important findings of the new research is that it confirms that heart attacks increase even when exposures to worsening air quality are short in duration.
"We don't have to be exposed for weeks or months or years," Araujo said.
Air in most urban areas is made up of an array of contaminants, some gases, some microscopic particles, all containing a variety of chemical ingredients. In recent years, most of the attention has focused on fine particulates – microscopic pieces of soot from diesel engines and other sources. Studies conducted in numerous cities have shown that whenever fine particles increase, deaths and hospitalizations from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases increase, too.
In the new analysis, the researchers examined more than 100 studies from around the world and included 34 that met certain standards, then combined them to calculate the risk of heart attacks associated with fine particles, coarse particles, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide. Most are pollutants related to the combustion of fossil fuels, emitted by vehicles or industry.
"One strength of our study is the comprehensive nature of our search that spanned multiple databases and was not restricted to particular publication language or a single pollutant," wrote the authors, who are from several institutions in France as well as the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Araujo said it is "quite significant" that the authors combined the results of several dozen studies and found that heart attacks increased with all of the air pollutants except ozone.
"What this study is showing us is that the gaseous pollutants are important, too. It shows that not only particulate pollution is associated with deaths but also the other major gaseous pollutants," said Araujo, who did not participate in the new study.
Jean Ospital, health officer of the agency responsible for cleaning up the Los Angeles basin's air, said Tuesday that although the link between air pollution and heart attacks has been documented by individual studies for years, the new analysis is global and gives it "more statistical power and a larger sample size."
"The studies are overall consistent," said Ospital, who has been health officer at the South Coast Air Quality Management District since 2000. "There are a number of investigators looking at alternative explanations, but it always seems to come out that air pollutants are associated with premature deaths. And as the testing becomes more sophisticated, we find more effects at lower levels."
The risk of each pollutant was calculated. For fine particle pollution, heart attacks increased 2.5 percent for every incremental increase of pollution in the air.
That means if fine particles in one city reached a concentration of 10 micrograms per cubic meter while in a nearby city, it reached 20 micrograms, heart attacks in that second city would be 2.5 percent higher.
Such variations in pollution levels are commonplace, even in the same city from day to day. Miraloma, a city in Southern California's Riverside County that has some of the nation's worst particulate pollution, measured at about 55 micrograms per cubic meter on a day in early January 2010, and then dropped three days later to about 7 micrograms, according to data from the California Air Resources Board. That would raise the heart attack risk sharply on that earlier day.
"The good news is that air pollutants have been going down here in Southern California. Particles, for example, are down 20 to 25 percent over the past decade," said Ospital.
"I think [the new study] tells you that probably the current levels may not be where we want them to be, but we are making progress toward attaining our air quality standards."
In most U.S. cities, levels of all six of the pollutants studied have declined over the past few decades as cars, trucks, industries and consumer products have been forced to get cleaner. But many cities still have a long way to go. More than 30 metropolitan areas exceed the federal government's health standard for fine particles. Nine areas violate the sulfur dioxide standard, 43 violate the carbon monoxide standard and 45 exceed the coarse particles standard.
Areas with excessive levels of one or more of the five pollutants include the Los Angeles basin, California's San Joaquin Valley, the Salt Lake City area, Phoenix, New York City and Philadelphia.
The analysis included several studies from each populated continent, except Africa, where pollution is largely unstudied.
Araujo said the risk is not just among people who are sick with pre-existing heart conditions. Some people are more at risk than others, including those who are obese or have hypertension, "but that is not to say that somebody who doesn't have these conditions is at no risk of having a cardiovascular event" brought on by air pollution, he said.
He suggested that people avoid exercising in highly congested areas near busy roads and freeways, particularly during rush hours.
"A very small percentage of patients are aware of this problem," he said. "It's a relatively low increase for heart attacks but the population at stake is larger than it is for the other risk factors." For example, all 17 million residents of the Los Angeles basin are exposed to air pollution while only a small fraction of them are smokers, obese or have diabetes.
Scientists are uncertain how air pollution triggers heart attacks. One major theory is it causes inflammation. Another is that it disrupts heart rate variability, which is how the heart responds to stress. Still another is that it increases the viscosity of blood, leading to more clots or hardening of the arteries.
The authors do not know why no association was found between heart attacks and ozone, which was somewhat surprising. The main ingredient of smog, it is formed when the sun reacts with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from vehicles, industries and consumer products.
One reason may be that heart attacks decline on hot summer days, when ozone is the worst, so it may have been difficult to find a link.
"Either there is no true association or the association is more difficult to reveal," Araujo said.
Some previous studies have found a link between ozone and heart attacks, while others have not. It is more clear that when ozone levels rise, deaths from asthma and other respiratory problems seem to increase.
For about 50 years, scientists have tried to unravel the human health impacts of air pollution. For most of those years, the focus has been on the lungs.
"We know now that the mortality is mostly from cardiovascular causes," Araujo said. "That's something that has become more clear over the last seven years or so."
Still, there are many more questions to address.
What happens when people are exposed to multiple pollutants at the same time? How do particles and gases interact? What exactly does each pollutant do to the heart? Which sources pose the most risk? Is it mostly size of particles that matters or the ingredients?
And perhaps the most critical question of all: How much cleaner does the air need to be?
"The more scientists look, the more they find effects at lower exposures," Ospital said. "This is a question that always comes up, how low do we need to go to protect public health? It seems to be a moving target in terms of where the health effects are, where we really need to go to have health protection."
This article originally ran at Environmental Health News, a news source published by Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit media company.
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The Republic of Bulgaria signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 4 September 1998, becoming a State Party on 1 March 1999. Bulgaria ceased antipersonnel mine export in 1996 and production in 1998. It reported 72 minefields on its territory, which had been laid during the Cold War. Bulgaria believes that existing legislation is sufficient to enforce the antipersonnel mine prohibition domestically. In 2011, Bulgaria submitted its 13th Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report.
Bulgaria finished destruction of its stockpile of 885,872 antipersonnel mines in December 2000, well ahead of its treaty-mandated destruction deadline of 1 March 2003. Bulgaria initially retained 10,446 mines for training purposes, but this was reduced to 3,672 by 31 March 2010 and has remained unchanged since.[1] In its 2010 Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report, Bulgaria also reported possessing 171,050 antipersonnel mines transferred to Bulgaria by Greece for the purpose of destruction.[2] By October 2010, Bulgaria had destroyed 614,882 Greek mines, but the contract for destruction was terminated.[3]
Bulgaria attended the Tenth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva in November–December 2010 and the intersessional Standing Committee meetings in Geneva in June 2011.
Bulgaria served as co-rapporteur and then co-chair of the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction from 2008–2010.
Bulgaria is party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its Amended Protocol II on landmines and Protocol V on explosive remnants of war.
Clearance of all antipersonnel mines in mined areas was completed by 31 October 1999, well in advance of its 1 March 2009 mine clearance deadline.
[1] Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for the period 31 March 2009 to 31 March 2010), Form D; and Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for the period 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2011), Form D.
[2] Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 Report (for the period 31 March 2009 to 31 March 2010), Form D.
[3] Statement of Greece, Tenth Meeting of States Parties, Mine Ban Treaty, Geneva, 2 December 2010. Notes by the ICBL. Greece declared that a 480 mine discrepancy between mines sent for destruction and mines reported destroyed by the Bulgarian company was under investigation. Due to delays, the contract for destruction of remaining mines by the Bulgarian company was terminated.
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This 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback LT, Stock# 17C111 features a blue (arctic blue metallic) exterior with a dark atmosphere/medium atmosphere cloth interior. Factory equipped with an impressive 4cyl, 1.4l, 153.0hp engine, and a automatic with front wheel drive.


"The happiest place on Earth." I know what you're thinking that's the slogan for Disneyland but over 35 years ago when my family and I moved to Anaheim that became my slogan. I fell in love with Anaheim the moment we moved here from Norwalk. My 3 brothers and 3 sisters grew up happy and loved even though our environment was turbulent. I guess I thought living in chaos, or without food was normal because through all of our trials we had fun. When you grow up with nothing you learn to "make" your own fun. I think growing up with a big family and with little made me appreciate everything. My mom, Irma Garcia, was instrumental in keeping our family happy and shielded from the realization that we were struggling. My mom was also the one who introduced me to the man, who would save my life many years Jesus later, Jesus. I still remember the day she came home and said, "Starting today we can pray directly to Jesus." Little did I know that her life and mine would forever change because of that one small sentence.
I wish I could say I broke the cycle of chaos as an adult but unfortunately I think I only compounded it with alcohol and promiscuity. I became a father at the age of 19, to my beautiful daughter Jacquelyn. I had no clue how to be a father to this little baby all I knew was that I had to do everything I could to provide for this precious life. Since I can remember my dream was to play professional football, I was groomed for it, I lived and breathed football, I exceled in it but I chose to give it up to become a father. I know now that if I had to do it all again I would choose the same path. Justine, Esteban and Elias came shortly after. I drank heavily and failed at many jobs but my one joy, my one success was my children. I wasn't a father they deserved but they loved me. My one joy soon became my deepest sorrow when I was no longer able to play, kiss or hug my children anymore. For 3 years I lived with a picture and only memories. The pain of my loss and what had become of my life became unbearable I felt like I was losing everything, this was my low. I found myself drunk and depressed with no hope, which led me on top of a building ready to jump. Jesus remembered the words of the little boy who had given his heart to Him so many years ago and He sent my brother Temo to pull me off the ledge.
My life was about to change. My Anaheim High School Coach had become a Pastor at Calvary Chapel Open Door, he was sent by the Holy Spirit to bring me back to Anaheim. I returned to Anaheim a different man than I had left, I was broken and hopeless. I literally had nothing. My restoration began through Roger Stalhut he taught me and loved me back to Jesus. Two years later I rented a home in Anaheim off of Broadway and Anaheim Blvd. with 3 other men from church. The Yellow House of Prayer began with a single man named Harold Pilgrim, he knocked on the door of the home with nowhere to go, I knew I couldn't turn him away. We began prayer at the little, yellow house on Broadway every night at 7 p.m. Our home became known as "The Yellow House of Prayer." We began accepting the lost, the homeless, and the rejected men that had no hope and through this our little home grew. Families began to attend our prayer and bible studies. Somehow, some way through all of this was a mother who had vision beyond The Yellow House of Prayer and beyond the struggling son. My mom knew through prayer that the home would become a church and the son would become a Pastor.
It's been 22 years since the founding of The Yellow House of Prayer. Today we are Anaheim House of Prayer in Anaheim, California. First John 3:16 states by this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. This is the scripture the Lord gave me when I opened the door to Harold Pilgrim and it remains the scripture of our church. I know by grace I am here preaching and leading the Church, I know by grace I was given a second chance with my children, I know by grace I am happily married with 3 more children and I know by grace I will continue to stand for those who are without hope until Jesus comes back!!


Daal Makhani is one of my favourite lentil dishes. I've been making this recipe for over 2 years. It's taken me so long to post because I have had the most difficult time photographing it. Every time I took a picture it just looked so unappetizing. This past week I finally got a picture I am happy with!
Prior to finding this recipe, I had searched for a long time on how to make Daal Makhani. The first step was figuring out what type of daal to use. Then I tried several recipes without any luck until I came across one on Can't Live Without. This was the recipe I was searching for! It has become a family favourite. I now prefer this recipe to the one I get in restaurants. Whenever we order Daal Makhani in a restaurant, it is skimpy on the daal. One key ingredient in this recipe is Kasoori Methi. Don't skip this ingredient because it will make a huge difference.
When making this recipe, you need to plan ahead and soak the lentils and kidney beans the night before. Whole Urad Daal takes a lot longer to cook than Masoor Daal or Red Split Lentil. In fact, after soaking overnight, the daal and kidney beans are cooked in a pressure cooker. I've also lightened this recipe up by reducing the amount of butter and using sour cream instead of cream. I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
To a pressure cooker, add daal, kidney beans, water and salt. Cook in your pressure cooker until tender. In mine, it takes 15-20 minutes. Set a strainer over a bowl, Drain the daal (you are going to use the liquid later on).
Before starting to cook keep a glass of water nearby. Whenever you feel like the spices are starting to stick too much to the bottom of the pot, add a little bit of water to loosen it up.
In a pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the cumin seeds and reduce heat to medium-low. Let them sizzle until you smell the aroma and then add the garlic ginger paste and turmeric. Saute for a couple of minutes.
Next add the tomato paste and cayenne. Cook this on low for 8-10 minutes.
Add the cumin and coriander powder and saute for a couple of minutes.
Add the butter and when it has melted add the reserved lentil water. Cook this for 5 minutes.
Add the lentils, garam masala and kasoori methi. I liked to rub the kasoori methi in the palm of my hand before adding. Add more water if the daal is too thick. Cover with the lid slightly ajar and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in sour cream. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Enjoy with some naan or on top of basmati rice.
Never made daal makhani before - this is definitely something delicious I need to try!
I love love love this shot! Love the rice bag too!
So I had no idea that dal makhni was made with urud dal! I always assumed that it was made with masoor dal with skins. And I love the addition of kidney beans!


Cetaphil Daily Advance Ultra Hydrating Lotion (for Dry to Very Dry Skin): Review - Divassence!
'Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.' is a quote that often comes to my mind when I think of love!! But here is a skincare product which I associate this quote with, not because I love this to bits (I do! but that ain't the reason) but because of a certain incident that led me to buying this.
I was the pharmacy buying a few things when I realized or somehow knew that there was Cetaphil in that store. I had lost hope earlier after searching several pharmaceutical stores but I just had to open my mouth and ask!! The pharmacist looked at me as if I was the first person to ever ask for a Cetaphil product and took out the facewash and moisturizer from some corner where I wouldn't have even bothered searching!! I was ecstatic that I bought both!
My super duper dry skin needs truck loads of moisturizer to keep it hydrated. When I was about to give up, I bought this one as a last resort along with St Ives Body Lotion (yet to be reviewed).
Once applied, it does feel a little greasy but it is a savior in the hydration department. I can use this once a day and be assured that my skin would be supple and hydrated atleast for 8-9 hours. One the cover it protects the skin for 24 hours which is.. well.. let's say a slightly ambitious claim.
The only issue i have with respect to this moisturizer is with respect to the quantity. On the cover it says "Apply liberally as often as needed" Huh! Like really? Then I might need a tube a day to keep my skin hydrated. 😛 Seriously, The quantity is just too less for the price we pay!!
And after mentionting this, let me also tell you that unless I really really desperately have to use this I don't use it on my hands. This is only a staple in my morning face routine.
Final Word: The Cetaphil Daily Advance Ultra Hydrating Lotion (for Dry to Very Dry Skin) is a luxurious lotion indeed, in terms of the price paid for the quantity given. But nevertheless in terms of moisturization it scores a sixer!
← Mesmerizing like Marilyn Monroe!
true… the tube I'm using currently is almost over and I'm already worried whether the same pharmacy will have another tube of this one..
I was not even aware of this. Sounds like a dream product. I swear by Cetaphil cleanser. I once tried the moisturizer that looks same but then found nothing impressive.
I am surely getting this one soon. Even the ingredients are good.


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Comparison of Different Algorithms for Predicting Clinical Drug-Drug Interactions, Based on the Use of CYP3A4 in Vitro Data: Predictions of Compounds as Precipitants of Interaction
Odette A. Fahmi, Susan Hurst, David Plowchalk, Jack Cook, Feng Guo, Kuresh Youdim, Maurice Dickins, Alex Phipps, Amanda Darekar, Ruth Hyland and R. Scott Obach
Odette A. Fahmi
Susan Hurst
David Plowchalk
Jack Cook
Kuresh Youdim
Maurice Dickins
Alex Phipps
Amanda Darekar
Ruth Hyland
R. Scott Obach
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is the most important enzyme in drug metabolism and because it is the most frequent target for pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions (DDIs) it is highly desirable to be able to predict CYP3A4-based DDIs from in vitro data. In this study, the prediction of clinical DDIs for 30 drugs on the pharmacokinetics of midazolam, a probe substrate for CYP3A4, was done using in vitro inhibition, inactivation, and induction data. Two DDI prediction approaches were used, which account for effects at both the liver and intestine. The first was a model that simultaneously combines reversible inhibition, time-dependent inactivation, and induction data with static estimates of relevant in vivo concentrations of the precipitant drug to provide point estimates of the average magnitude of change in midazolam exposure. This model yielded a success rate of 88% in discerning DDIs with a mean -fold error of 1.74. The second model was a computational physiologically based pharmacokinetic model that uses dynamic estimates of in vivo concentrations of the precipitant drug and accounts for interindividual variability among the population (Simcyp). This model yielded success rates of 88 and 90% (for "steady-state" and "time-based" approaches, respectively) and mean -fold errors of 1.59 and 1.47. From these findings it can be concluded that in vivo DDIs for CYP3A4 can be predicted from in vitro data, even when more than one biochemical phenomenon occurs simultaneously.
ABBREVIATIONS: DDI, drug-drug interactions; AUC, area under the concentration-time curve.
The online version of this article (available at http://dmd.aspetjournals.org) contains supplemental material.
Received December 18, 2008.
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De-biasing people's over-optimism about their health risk
Last registered on September 25, 2020
View Trial History
Pre-Trial
Trial Information
AEARCTR-0005951
Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.
It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.
July 21, 2020, 11:51 AM EDT
First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.
September 25, 2020, 12:51 PM EDT
Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.
Primary Investigator
Seema Jayachandran
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Other Primary Investigator(s)
PI Name
Ariel Zucker
PI Affiliation
Contact Investigator
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Additional Trial Information
overconfidence, over-optimism, risk perceptions, debiasing, motivated beliefs, COVID-19, diabetes, information intervention
JEL code(s)
I12, D80
Secondary IDs
Providing people with information about their health risk is an important part of the policy response to a public health crisis. However, the most effective way to present such information is unknown, particularly in light of behavioral biases people have. One such bias is over-optimism about one's health risk (i.e., a tendency to believe that one's risk is lower than it is), which has been documented in many settings and shown to lead to riskier behaviors. This study aims to test whether interventions that offset people's over-optimism can improve the effectiveness of information provision. We do so in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, among a population that is particularly vulnerable to severe complications from COVID-19, namely diabetics and pre-diabetics and hypertensives, who represent a large and growing segment of the population in India.
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Dizon-Ross, Rebecca , Seema Jayachandran and Ariel Zucker. 2020. "De-biasing people's over-optimism about their health risk." AEA RCT Registry. September 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5951-1.1
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Intervention(s)
The study has 4 arms.
• Control
• T1: Deliver health risk information
• T2: Deliver health risk information + information that most people believe they are lower risk than other people
• T3: Deliver health risk information for similar but lower-risk sub-population
To ensure benefits for all participants, all study arms, including the control group, will receive basic information on how to protect themselves from becoming infected with Covid-19 and the importance of chronic disease management to reduce the risk of severe symptoms. They will also be offered a toll-free number they can call for further health information.
The basic treatment (T1) will deliver objective estimates of the fatality rate from Covid-19 for each person's 10-year age group and co-morbidities, using cross-tabulated data from the US and elsewhere.
Those assigned to T2 will receive the basic information treatment on the infection fatality rate, plus will be told that people tend to systematically believe they are at lower Covid-19 risk than others like them.
Those assigned to T3 will receive the basic information treatment, and will also be told the infection fatality rate for the next youngest age group.
Intervention Start Date
Intervention End Date
Primary Outcomes
Primary Outcomes (end points)
We have two types of primary outcomes: beliefs about health risk and protective behavior to reduce Covid-19 infection and severity risk.
We will measure beliefs about absolute and relative risk of one's infection fatality risk through survey questions.
We will measure behaviors to reduce Covid-19 risk two ways. First, we will ask about protective behaviors (e.g., social distancing, diabetes management). Second, we will use phone calls to a hotline we set up that offers additional information on Covid-19 prevention and recorded at-home exercises.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Secondary Outcomes
Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Self-reported health, which we will measure as an index of responses to survey questions
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)
Study participants will be randomized into one of 4 mutually exclusive groups: Control, T1, T2, and T3. The interventions, which are information scripts, will be delivered at the end of a phone-based baseline survey. We will collect outcomes through phone-based endline surveys, and by using data on phone calls to a toll-free number we set up.
We will test 4 main hypotheses.
H1: T2 will correct over-optimistic beliefs and increase risk-mitigating behaviors among the over-optimistic more than T1.
H3: T1 will correct over-optimistic beliefs and increase risk-mitigating behaviors among the over-optimistic, relative to the control group.
H4: The pooled treatments (T1+T2+T3) will correct over-optimistic beliefs, increase risk-mitigating behavior, and improve health, relative to the control group.
Experimental Design Details
Note about design change: After enrolling participants beginning on July 31, we decided after a short while to pause and (a) shorten the baseline survey (b) change the intervention script to be explicit that the international statistics we cite are likely relevant to India (c) shorten the information scripts (d) rearrange the order of the information (e) add extra explanation about probability (f) and get IRB approval for the modifications. The goal of the changes was to make the T1, T2, and T3 scripts more relevant and clearer to participants, and to deliver them before participants' attention faded. The decision was prompted by feedback from surveyors who said that participants were paying less attention by the time the treatment scripts came and that some participants said that India has especially low rates of Covid mortality so isn't like other countries. In addition, we analyzed belief updating in T1 compared to control. Importantly, this is a comparison that is not testing a primary hypothesis. Our key interest is T2 versus T1 and T3 versus T1 (The hypotheses H1 and H2 laid out above), and we did not analyze these comparisons when deciding how to proceed. The T1 versus C comparison showed that many participants were not updating their beliefs about others' risk based on the information on fatality risk we delivered, or were updating in the wrong direction. We thus turned this initial sample into a pilot, changed the scripts as described, pre-tested the revised survey and script, waited for IRB approval, and then relaunched in late September. To ensure a sufficient sample size, we decided at this point to plan to enroll people with hypertension too, unless the enrollment rate is higher than expected and we can reach our target sample size of 2400 to 2600 people with just diabetics.
in office by computer
Was the treatment clustered?
Experiment Characteristics
Sample size: planned number of clusters
About 2500 individuals; will depend on eligibility and consent rates.
Sample size: planned number of observations
Same as above
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Control group: 10% of sample
T1: 40% of sample
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
IRB Name
IRB Approval Date
IRB Approval Number
STU00212568
Analysis Plan
Post-Trial
Post Trial Information
Study Withdrawal
Is the intervention completed?
Data Collection Complete
Is public data available?
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Moving Forward in Changing Times
by Margaret | Apr 20, 2020 | Mind Power
It's part of the human condition to be worried and anxious in these changing times. It's natural to feel like we're the effect of everything that's going on. Fear and uncertainty about what the future will bring can be difficult to deal with.
We're WAY out of our comfort zones with financial insecurity, a lack of real information and limits on our everyday movements due to 'social distancing' and quarantines. It's testing our resilience and can stretch our patience to the breaking point.
Hopefully, as more people get back to work, the governmen's plan will work and we can feel more 'normal', whatever that will be. It's definitely, not going to be the same as it was, at least for a while.
'The Times They Are a Changin' is a song that was written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1964. It was also recently performed on 'American Idol' by Dillion James. Dylan wrote it during the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War which was a time of great distress and conflict for our country and other parts of the world.
This song reminds me that we've been in difficult, changing times before and gotten through them, and we'll get through this one too.
If you feel worried and anxious, have compassion for yourself…..and others too.
Be informed, but stay away from the news. The problem with it is that, unfortunately, it's mostly bad news.
Find some positive inspiration and try to move forward. The sooner you face up to your situation, the sooner you can do something about it.
I know, that's easy to SAY, but despite the way things may feel right now, all is not lost. There's a lot we can't control these days, but think of what you CAN control and use that to make a plan for yourself. Brainstorm and regroup if you have to, then change things accordingly. Create goals. Write down steps to get there with dates of when they should be finished. Figure out how you can be bigger and better after this is all over.
Refuse to be knocked down! Move forward. Find new opportunites. Possibility awaits!
Make no mistake…..
This is the ultimate time to be positive.
It feels like just the opposite should be true, but now, more than ever
we must direct the force of our creative thoughts.
If it doesn't feel natural it may take some practice Being fearful negative or even critical are easy things to slip into, especially during these times. Being positive can take some work. So take time every day to develop that 'muscle'.
Create a Better Future
If we band together, take care of each other, be proactive and stay positive in the midst of all the uncertainty, I truly believe we can come out better than before.
It may seem impossible right now, BUT…..
MAKE IT YOUR INTENTION THAT THIS TIME WILL BRING POSITIVE CHANGES, in your life and for the planet.
If we all did that, wow, what a place we'd have!
This is a time for evolving and growing.
THIS SITUATION CAN BE A BITTER PILL OR A FINE CHALLENGE, IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW YOU CHOOSE TO LOOK AT IT.
t's not just about thinking positive. If we want a better future we have to create it for ourselves. So make a plan and take action. In these ways, life will feel more secure and beautiful again soon.
Margaret Hyde at www.margarethydeart.com
The Times They Are a Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a Changin' performed on American Idol – Dillion James
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Rejuvenation vs. recycling of Archean crust in the Gawler Craton, South Australia
Evidence from U-Pb and Hf isotopes in detrital zircon
E. A. Belousova*, A. J. Reid, W. L. Griffin, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly
Zircon grains from modern and ancient drainages of the Gawler Craton, South Australia have been analysed to define the relative contributions of juvenile sources and recycled crust to magmatic activity as a function of time, and to constrain the role of mantle inputs during the Proterozoic rejuvenation of the Archean Gawler Craton. The integration of Hf-isotope data with U-Pb age spectra shows that the crustal evolution was dominated by long periods of crustal reworking, and that crust generated in the Paleoarchean (3.2-3.5 Ga) was largely reworked during Proterozoic time. Four periods of juvenile mantle input can be recognised at ca 2540 Ma, 1853 Ma, 1595 Ma and 1169 Ma. The 1169 Ma event is not previously recognised in the Gawler Craton, but the absence of other important age peaks argues against the transport of these zircons from the Musgrave Block. Only minor proportions of the magmatic zircons with Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic ages have strongly juvenile signatures (εHf ≥ 4), indicating that crustal reworking was the dominant process, with relatively minor mantle input. Comparison of the crustal evolution with that of nearby Australian terranes suggests that although the Gawler Craton shows some similarities with the Mount Isa Block and the Georgetown Inlier in Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic time, it evolved independently between ca 1800 and 1550 Ma.
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Belousova, E. A., Reid, A. J., Griffin, W. L., & O'Reilly, S. Y. (2009). Rejuvenation vs. recycling of Archean crust in the Gawler Craton, South Australia: Evidence from U-Pb and Hf isotopes in detrital zircon. Lithos, 113(3-4), 570-582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2009.06.028
Belousova, E. A. ; Reid, A. J. ; Griffin, W. L. ; O'Reilly, Suzanne Y. / Rejuvenation vs. recycling of Archean crust in the Gawler Craton, South Australia : Evidence from U-Pb and Hf isotopes in detrital zircon. In: Lithos. 2009 ; Vol. 113, No. 3-4. pp. 570-582.
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Lake Ontario regulators ease outflows amid favorable conditions
Published March 3, 2021 at 4:53 AM EST
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With all of the Great Lakes below where they were at this time last year, including Lake Ontario which is down almost 2 feet and is forecast to rise only a few inches by the end of March, the international body that helps regulate the Lake's water levels is taking its foot off the gas a bit. The Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board will no longer deviate from its water management plan, called Plan 2014, meaning it's now going to reduce how much water is released from the lake to the St. Lawrence River through the Moses-Saunders Dam.
"The risk of flooding on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River has declined from moderate in December 2020 to low," a representative for the Board said in a press release. "In December, the risk analysis indicated a 28% chance of water levels exceeding a threshold at which damages occur in many shoreline communities. The risk is now down to 8%."
The Board approved higher outflows than Plan 2014 normally permits for January and February in part because of Lake Erie. That body of water, which flows directly into Lake Ontario, was a couple of feet above its long-term average in late 2020. The Board notes that conditions have since changed - Lake Erie has declined, now a foot below where it was last year at this time.
Dave McDowell, mayor of the Village of Sodus Point, thinks the Board's actions and natural conditions made the difference.
"We're below the long-term average by a little more than 4 inches, there's not much snow pack in any of the Great Lakes regions or the Ottawa River from anything I've been able to find, so I think this is actually a good move," McDowell said.
McDowell said the Board should remain on its toes, though, if this spring brings heavy rains, and there are signs the Board plans to do so. Although the Board is not going to deviate from Plan 2014 anymore, it is keeping the authority to do so if necessary and will continue to keep outflows at "very high levels" under Plan 2014.
"Due to the uncertainty of seasonal conditions and the potential for conditions to rapidly change, the Board intends to meet regularly through the spring," the press release said. "The Board can implement additional deviations to increase flows above Plan Limits should conditions warrant. However, the Board continues to emphasize that, if basin weather conditions should become extremely wet, similar to those observed in 2017 and 2019, no deviation strategy will prevent water levels that can cause flooding and damage to shoreline properties. Eliminating such damages is beyond the reach of outflow regulation and are more reliably addressed through coastal resilience and planning."
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