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Drug Company Lobbying Has Doubled In Kentucky In Recent Years
By James McNair | February 24, 2016
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Drug companies and drug industry groups, flush with money to spend on lobbyists, are flocking to Frankfort like never before.
In just four years, the number of registered lobbyists hired by pharmaceuticals employers has nearly doubled, from 46 in 2011 to 83 today. Their annual spending has more than doubled, to $824,196 in 2015.
"They fight hard at the federal level and they fight hard at the state level," said Peter Maybarduk, director of global access to medicines at Public Citizen, a nonprofit public advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "Collectively, the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries spend even more on lobbying than the military industrial complex. They're tremendously powerful."
What brings Big Pharma to Kentucky in 2016 is a state Senate bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense interchangeable versions of biologic drugs, or drugs made from living tissue. Name-brand biologics, used to treat arthritis, cancer and psoriasis among other things, are heavily advertised and can cost thousands of dollars per month. Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefits manager, estimates that while biologics accounted for only 1 percent of all prescriptions in 2014, they accounted for 32 percent of all prescription-drug spending.
Interest in cheaper substitutes is high. Already 18 state legislatures have passed biologics-substitution bills. Another 11, including Kentucky, have bills before them.
The irony is that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has yet to approve a single biologic substitute that meets the federal test for interchangeability. In other words, a new Kentucky law would have no immediate benefit.
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The drug industry is pushing for legislation anyway. Brandishing its preferred legislative language and lobbyists, the industry appears anxious to see the bill enacted. At least nine drug companies and groups have stated an interest in the Senate bill, according to the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Three are interested in that alone.
One group making its lobbying debut in Kentucky is the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), which represents companies that develop new biologic drugs. It has six lobbyists, including one of its own and five from Top Shelf Lobby in Frankfort. BIO spokesman George Goodno said it hired Top Shelf to "keep an eye on" the bill introduced by Sens. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, and Reginald Thomas, D-Lexington.
"Generally speaking, BIO isn't going to draft a piece of legislation and hand it to a legislator. That's not really how it works," Goodno said. "We do provide them materials such as our principles document and say, 'This is BIO's position, and we feel that any bill that goes forward should represent these positions."
As in other states, the Kentucky bill would give doctors and patients the option of sticking with name-brand drugs. Thomas said he was driven by consumer interests when he co-sponsored the Kentucky bill.
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Sen. Reginald Thomas in the Senate.
"What I'm really trying to do is make our total health care system as affordable and as cost-effective as other states are doing," Thomas said. "I sure don't want Kentuckians who could receive the same type of medication through a biosimilar to not have that option because we haven't passed such a law."
Because they are made from living tissue, biologic drugs differ from conventional drugs. Some of the most common are Humira and Remicade for arthritis and Enbrel for psoriasis. Biosimilar drugs are clinically similar to biologic drugs, but aren't necessarily "interchangeable."
The FDA has approved only one biosimilar to date — Zarxio, for certain cancer patients, last March. It was not designated as "interchangeable."
While the FDA approves drugs, state laws let pharmacists dispense generic drugs. The proposed Kentucky law would allow them do the same with interchangeables.
One of the main hangups, though, is an industry-backed requirement that pharmacists tell doctors that they've switched patients to biosimilars. Opponents in other states say it would have the effect of casting doubt on the advisability of a switch. In California, for example, Gov. Jerry Brown embraced that concern in 2013 and vetoed a biosimilars-substitution bill that the legislature had passed with the notification requirement.
That requirement is contained in the Kentucky bill, but Sen. Jimmy Higdon, the majority whip from Lebanon, filed an amendment to eliminate it. He said pharmacists aren't required to notify doctors when they switch people to generic non-biologic drugs. The Kentucky Pharmacists Association says the communication requirement would discourage substitution to cheaper meds and would compound pharmacists' workloads.
"We're just saying, 'Keep it simple,'" said KPhA Executive Director Bob McFalls. "Pharmacies are already providing this information when they're processing a claim — into the pharmacy record, to the benefit manager and the health plan. We just want to stop the process of having to contact the physician and slowing down the process of doing business and serving the patient."
Doctors, meanwhile, would like more than mere notification of switches to interchangeables. The Kentucky Medical Association, in a letter to the General Assembly, said pharmacists should be allowed to dispense a substitute only when doctors authorize it or don't forbid it.
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Maybarduk, of Public Citizen, said his group and others want laws and standards that foster competition and, therefore, lower-priced options to biologics.
"It is premature for state legislatures to second-guess the FDA's judgment by passing laws requiring special warnings for interchangeable products that do not yet exist," Maybarduk said.
Thomas said drug industry lobbyists have "come to see me" about the bill. The same goes for Higdon, whose amendment to throw out the communication requirement is now under consideration by Senate leadership. "It's very high-profile," he said. "There's a lot of discussion of the bill from multiple lobbyists."
What nags Higdon as much as anything is the urgency to pass the bill. Biosimilar drug substitution, he said, is a complex topic undergoing national debate. Moreover, the absence of any FDA-approved interchangeable biosimilars means that a Kentucky law allowing pharmacists to dispense them would have no immediate effect.
"It's the kind of bill that should be discussed," Higdon said. "This whole thing is very complicated and futuristic, and a lot of people are talking to us about passing this. I just want to err on the side of caution. It doesn't need to be fast-tracked. We need to do it right."
Reporter James McNair can be reached at jmcnair@kycir.org and (502) 814.6543.
by James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

Drug Company Lobbying Has Doubled In Kentucky In Recent Years

by James McNair, Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
February 24, 2016

Drug companies and drug industry groups, flush with money to spend on lobbyists, are flocking to Frankfort like never before.

In just four years, the number of registered lobbyists hired by pharmaceuticals employers has nearly doubled, from 46 in 2011 to 83 today. Their annual spending has more than doubled, to $824,196 in 2015.

"They fight hard at the federal level and they fight hard at the state level," said Peter Maybarduk, director of global access to medicines at Public Citizen, a nonprofit public advocacy group in Washington, D.C. "Collectively, the pharmaceuticals and healthcare industries spend even more on lobbying than the military industrial complex. They're tremendously powerful."

What brings Big Pharma to Kentucky in 2016 is a state Senate bill that would allow pharmacists to dispense interchangeable versions of biologic drugs, or drugs made from living tissue. Name-brand biologics, used to treat arthritis, cancer and psoriasis among other things, are heavily advertised and can cost thousands of dollars per month. Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefits manager, estimates that while biologics accounted for only 1 percent of all prescriptions in 2014, they accounted for 32 percent of all prescription-drug spending.

Interest in cheaper substitutes is high. Already 18 state legislatures have passed biologics-substitution bills. Another 11, including Kentucky, have bills before them.

The irony is that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has yet to approve a single biologic substitute that meets the federal test for interchangeability. In other words, a new Kentucky law would have no immediate benefit.

The drug industry is pushing for legislation anyway. Brandishing its preferred legislative language and lobbyists, the industry appears anxious to see the bill enacted. At least nine drug companies and groups have stated an interest in the Senate bill, according to the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. Three are interested in that alone.

One group making its lobbying debut in Kentucky is the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), which represents companies that develop new biologic drugs. It has six lobbyists, including one of its own and five from Top Shelf Lobby in Frankfort. BIO spokesman George Goodno said it hired Top Shelf to "keep an eye on" the bill introduced by Sens. Ralph Alvarado, R-Winchester, and Reginald Thomas, D-Lexington.

"Generally speaking, BIO isn't going to draft a piece of legislation and hand it to a legislator. That's not really how it works," Goodno said. "We do provide them materials such as our principles document and say, 'This is BIO's position, and we feel that any bill that goes forward should represent these positions."

As in other states, the Kentucky bill would give doctors and patients the option of sticking with name-brand drugs. Thomas said he was driven by consumer interests when he co-sponsored the Kentucky bill.

"What I'm really trying to do is make our total health care system as affordable and as cost-effective as other states are doing," Thomas said. "I sure don't want Kentuckians who could receive the same type of medication through a biosimilar to not have that option because we haven't passed such a law."

Because they are made from living tissue, biologic drugs differ from conventional drugs. Some of the most common are Humira and Remicade for arthritis and Enbrel for psoriasis. Biosimilar drugs are clinically similar to biologic drugs, but aren't necessarily "interchangeable."

The FDA has approved only one biosimilar to date -- Zarxio, for certain cancer patients, last March. It was not designated as "interchangeable."

While the FDA approves drugs, state laws let pharmacists dispense generic drugs. The proposed Kentucky law would allow them do the same with interchangeables.

One of the main hangups, though, is an industry-backed requirement that pharmacists tell doctors that they've switched patients to biosimilars. Opponents in other states say it would have the effect of casting doubt on the advisability of a switch. In California, for example, Gov. Jerry Brown embraced that concern in 2013 and vetoed a biosimilars-substitution bill that the legislature had passed with the notification requirement.

That requirement is contained in the Kentucky bill, but Sen. Jimmy Higdon, the majority whip from Lebanon, filed an amendment to eliminate it. He said pharmacists aren't required to notify doctors when they switch people to generic non-biologic drugs. The Kentucky Pharmacists Association says the communication requirement would discourage substitution to cheaper meds and would compound pharmacists' workloads.

"We're just saying, 'Keep it simple,'" said KPhA Executive Director Bob McFalls. "Pharmacies are already providing this information when they're processing a claim -- into the pharmacy record, to the benefit manager and the health plan. We just want to stop the process of having to contact the physician and slowing down the process of doing business and serving the patient."

Doctors, meanwhile, would like more than mere notification of switches to interchangeables. The Kentucky Medical Association, in a letter to the General Assembly, said pharmacists should be allowed to dispense a substitute only when doctors authorize it or don't forbid it.

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Maybarduk, of Public Citizen, said his group and others want laws and standards that foster competition and, therefore, lower-priced options to biologics.

"It is premature for state legislatures to second-guess the FDA's judgment by passing laws requiring special warnings for interchangeable products that do not yet exist," Maybarduk said.

Thomas said drug industry lobbyists have "come to see me" about the bill. The same goes for Higdon, whose amendment to throw out the communication requirement is now under consideration by Senate leadership. "It's very high-profile," he said. "There's a lot of discussion of the bill from multiple lobbyists."

What nags Higdon as much as anything is the urgency to pass the bill. Biosimilar drug substitution, he said, is a complex topic undergoing national debate. Moreover, the absence of any FDA-approved interchangeable biosimilars means that a Kentucky law allowing pharmacists to dispense them would have no immediate effect.

"It's the kind of bill that should be discussed," Higdon said. "This whole thing is very complicated and futuristic, and a lot of people are talking to us about passing this. I just want to err on the side of caution. It doesn't need to be fast-tracked. We need to do it right."

Reporter James McNair can be reached at jmcnair@kycir.org and (502) 814.6543.

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Changes of the supramolecular structure of the yeast cell wall under the action of mechanical activation are studied. It is established that the reactivity of the polysaccharides of cell wall towards the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis increases substantially. A new method to obtain biologically active mannanooligosaccharides is proposed; this method is based on the mechanical activation of enzymatic hydrolysis of the components comprising the supramolecular structure of cell wall, followed by extraction of the target components.
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Q: Is it possible in Swift to execute code at runtime from a string? I have a list of items that have conditions associated with them. I want to store this list of items and their conditions in a plist rather than hardcode them into a .swift file.
The only problem with that is that there needs to a function associated with each item to check a condition. Here is what it might look like hardcoded:
let myJobStep1 = JobStep(heading: "My Heading", description: "This is the description", warningText: "", condition_check: { () -> Bool in
    return (self.trayColor == .Blue) || (self.trayColor == .Red)
})

let myJobStep2 = JobStep(heading: "My Heading", description: "Another description", warningText: "", condition_check: { () -> Bool in
    return (self.trayColor == .Green)
})

The question is how to encapsulate the function that is checking conditions in a string that can be in a plist file.
Thanks!

A: The closest you're going to come is NSPredicate and/or NSExpression which give you a limited ability to dynamically evaluate expressions given as strings.
enum Colors : Int {
    case Red = 1
    case Green = 2
    case Blue = 3
}

class Line : NSObject {
    var lineColor : Int

    init(lineColor:Colors) {
        self.lineColor = lineColor.rawValue
    }
}

let red = Line(lineColor: .Red)
let green = Line(lineColor: .Green)

let basic = NSPredicate(format: "self.lineColor == $Red")
let test = basic.predicateWithSubstitutionVariables(["Red":Colors.Red.rawValue])

test.evaluateWithObject(red)       // true
test.evaluateWithObject(green)     // false

Since NSExpression is based on Objective-C and Key Values, there are some restrictions:

*

*The object being evaluated must be derived from NSObject.

*Properties must be automatically translatable to AnyObject, hence we store the int and not the Color.  Note that you could probably handle this a little differently by using a derived property.

*The substitution dictionary must be [String:AnyObject] so you'll have to use the enum raw value instead of the enum value itself.

A: This sounds like a job for predicates!
The functional programming constructs in Swift — map, filter, shorthand closures, etc. — are great tools for when you want to express relationships between data in imperative code. But they aren't the only way to look at such problems.
In particular, it's often useful to be able to express relationships between data as data:

*

*If you're loading a bunch of data model objects from a simple file representation, you can encode their relationships as such, too.

*If you're encoding data relationships as data, you can load / update / download them at runtime, instead of changing code and shipping a new app binary.

*If you're dealing with a backend database / web service / RDBMS / ORM (CloudKit, Core Data, etc), you want a way to express things like filters, queries, sort orders, and relationships that you can pass to the backend and let the big expensive data-crunching operations happen there.
This is what NSPredicate (and, relatedly, NSSortDescriptor) are for. Unlike a filter / comparison closure, the essential logic associated with a predicate can be data, not code. So you can have a data source that looks like this:
[
    "heading": "My Heading",
    "description": "This is the description",
    "condition": "trayColor == \"Blue\" || trayColor == \"Red\""
]

Then you can create predicates from your data source:
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: item.condition)

And use them to test conditions on individual objects, filter collections, etc:
predicate.evaluateWithObject(item)
(items as NSArray).filteredArrayUsingPredicate(predicate)

Edit: @DavidBerry beat me to the punch. This is more of a "why" / high-level answer, but his has some good details on bits like setting up a mapping between enum cases, data-file contents, and predicate formats.

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Photo of Don Knotts from a 1975 CBS comedy special.
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Birthday: July 21, 1924
Birthplace: Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
Death Date: February 24, 2006
Age at death: 81 years old
Sign: Cancer
About Don Knotts
Don Knotts was an iconic American comedic actor best remembered for starring on the 1960s sitcomThe Andy Griffith Show, in which he played the character Barney Fife. He is also known on television for portraying the character Ralph Furley on the sitcom Three's Company. His most memorable film credits include such films as 1964's The Incredible Mr. Limpet and 1996's The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. In 2000, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He was married three times. His first marriage was to Kathryn Metz, with whom he had two children. His second marriage was to Loralee Czuchna. The marriage produced no children. In 2002, he got married to his third and final wife Frances Yarborough, with whom he stayed with until his death in 2006.
For his work on The Andy Griffith Show, he won five Emmy awards.
In 1996, TV Guide placed him at the 27th position on their list of the 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Don Knotts Photo Gallery
Photo from the television program The Andy Griffith Show. In this episode, Barney gets his gun stuck on his finger.
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Photo from a skit from Andy Griffith's Uptown-Downtown Show. From left: Griffith, Tennessee Ernie Ford (as the husband), and Don Knotts (as Ford's wife).
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Officers from the fiscal analysis and investigation branch of the Guardia Civil have arrested a 46 year old man in San Javier on suspicion of a crime of intellectual property, after 14,000 components for car key controls were seized by the officers.
The equipment seized could have allowed access and the theft of tens of thousands of vehicles and were distributed as counterfeited keys and control fobs via the internet from a business located in San Javier.
The investigators, who are based in Alicante-Elche airport, discovered the information as part of an investigation which began in February, and have now made the arrest of the man who has been brought before the courts of Elche.


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Q: Is the speed of recession equal to the speed of approach for any elastic collision? I am comfortable with the idea that in a one-dimensional elastic collision, the speed of approach of the two colliding bodies is equal to the speed of recession following the collision, which can be expressed as $$v_{1\text{i}}-v_{2\text{i}}=v_{2\text{f}}-v_{1\text{f}}$$ Does $v_\text{app}=v_\text{rec}$ hold true in two- and three-dimensional elastic collisions? I know that in these cases, the corresponding equations would be more complex vector equations, but I'm wondering if the underlying principle is constant regardless of the spatial dimension of the system.
Furthermore, is the coefficient of restitution of a collision $e=\frac{v_\text{rec}}{v_\text{app}}$ defined in two- and three-dimensional collisions? If so, is it always true that $e=1$ when the glancing collision is perfectly elastic?
Finally, does anyone know if the impact parameter $b$ of a collision (the distance between the centers of the colliding objects measured perpendicular to the direction of the line of impact) is defined only for elastic glancing collisions, or is this a relevant quantity in inelastic collisions as well? (My hunch would be that it is, since this parameter should be measurable for any collision and no real-world collision is ever actually perfectly elastic.)

A: You are free to choose a reference frame, so you can choose the reference frame where one body is at rest. You now see the other body approaching you at a certain speed. The collision is elastic, so to conserve kinetic energy, after the collision you will indeed see the speed of recession equal to the speed of approach.

A: It holds true only along the contact normal direction.
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$$ \boldsymbol{n} \cdot ( \boldsymbol{v}_{2f} - \boldsymbol{v}_{1f} ) = - \boldsymbol{n} \cdot ( \boldsymbol{v}_{2i} -\boldsymbol{v}_{1i} ) $$
where $\cdot$ is the vector dot product. The above projects the relative velocity along the contact normal to extract the relative speed of approach or retreat.


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package asyncj.impl;

import asyncj.AsyncResult;
import asyncj.TaskScheduler;

import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.function.Function;

/**
 * Represents abstract task scheduler.
 * @author Roman Sakno
 * @version 1.1
 * @since 1.0
 */
public abstract class AbstractTaskScheduler extends ThreadPoolExecutor implements TaskScheduler {

    /**
     * Represents state of the asynchronous computation executed by the associated thread.
     * @param <O> Type of the asynchronous computation result.
     */
    protected static interface ThreadAffinityAsyncResult<O> extends AsyncResult<O>{
        /**
         * Gets thread associated with the asynchronous computation.
         * <p>
         * This method is not deterministic and may return {@literal null} if
         * thread that owns by this task is already completed, stopped or destroyed.
         *
         * @return The thread associated with the asynchronous computation.
         */
        Thread getThread();
    }

    protected AbstractTaskScheduler(final int corePoolSize,
                                    final int maximumPoolSize,
                                    final long keepAliveTime,
                                    final TimeUnit unit,
                                    final BlockingQueue<Runnable> workQueue,
                                    final ThreadFactory threadFactory) {
        super(corePoolSize, maximumPoolSize, keepAliveTime, unit, workQueue, threadFactory);
    }

    private boolean isScheduled(final InternalAsyncResult<?> ar){
        return ar.isScheduledBy(this);
    }

    @Override
    public final boolean isScheduled(final AsyncResult<?> ar) {
        return ar instanceof InternalAsyncResult<?> && isScheduled((InternalAsyncResult<?>)ar);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a {@link Task} for the given callable task.
     *
     * @param callable the callable task being wrapped
     * @return a {@code RunnableFuture} which, when run, will call the
     * underlying callable and which, as a {@code Future}, will yield
     * the callable's result as its result and provide for
     * cancellation of the underlying task
     */
    @Override
    protected abstract <T> Task<T> newTaskFor(final Callable<T> callable);

    /**
     * Returns a {@link Task} for the given runnable and default
     * value.
     *
     * @param runnable the runnable task being wrapped
     * @param value    the default value for the returned future
     * @return a {@code RunnableFuture} which, when run, will run the
     * underlying runnable and which, as a {@code Future}, will yield
     * the given value as its result and provide for cancellation of
     * the underlying task
     */
    @Override
    protected final  <T> Task<T> newTaskFor(final Runnable runnable, final T value) {
        return newTaskFor(() -> {
            runnable.run();
            return value;
        });
    }

    /**
     * @param task The task to submit.
     * @throws java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws NullPointerException                            {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("NullableProblems")
    @Override
    public final <T> AsyncResult<T> submit(final Callable<T> task) {
        return submitDirect(scheduler -> newTaskFor(task));
    }

    /**
     * @param task The task to submit. Cannot be {@literal null}.
     * @param result An object that represents status of the task asynchronous execution.
     * @throws java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException {@inheritDoc}
     * @throws NullPointerException                            {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("NullableProblems")
    @Override
    public final <T> AsyncResult<T> submit(final Runnable task, final T result) {
        return submitDirect(scheduler -> newTaskFor(task, result));
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    @SuppressWarnings("NullableProblems")
    @Override
    public final AsyncResult<Void> submit(final Runnable task) {
        return this.<Void>submit(task, null);
    }

    @Override
    public final <O, T extends AsyncResult<O> & RunnableFuture<O>> AsyncResult<O> submitDirect(final Function<TaskScheduler, T> taskFactory) {
        final T task = taskFactory.apply(this);
        execute(task);
        return task;
    }
}


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Farm and Fish Trading Centre for Malasiqui
PHILIPPINES Arthur Yap, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened the Malasiqui Bagsakan Centre, Pangasinan. The project is part of a programme designed to increase the profitability of farmers and fish producers.
The centre has been funded to the tune of 29.9 million peso, loaned from the Development Bank of the Philippines by the local government unit of Malasiqui. It aims to provide consumers with affordable and cheaper farm and fishery products.
A 2.5 tonne daily average in volume of trading of various vegetables and other agri products is forecast for the centre. Business will come from both from lowland and upland producers and should benefit 20,798 households of the 73 barangays in the municipality of Malasiqui alone.
The Bagsakan Centre will serve as an intermediate point for farmers of Malasiqui and other nearby municipalities as well as upland vegetable producers where they could consolidate their products and bring them to Metro Manila market centre at a higher farm gate price.
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Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas & Music Industry Veteran Ron A. Spaulding Launch New AmeriFlow Label Thirteen Skulls Entertainment
Thirteen Skulls Entertainment has officially launched and will provide artists in the AmeriFlow genre with all label services including exclusive Physical and Digital Distribution in partnership with AMPED Distribution. Thirteen Skulls Entertainment expands the current partnership venture between music industry veteran Ron A. Spaulding and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas.
AmeriFlow Label Thirteen Skulls Entertainment
"Thirteen Skulls Entertainment has a fresh approach to marketing and promotion that empowers the artist and expands their reach. When fans see the Thirteen Skulls logo on the back of an album, they will know that it stands for authenticity," said Ron A. Spaulding
Nashville, Tennessee (PRWEB) November 16, 2017
Nashville, Tennessee based Thirteen Skulls Entertainment has officially launched and will provide artists in the AmeriFlow genre with all label services including exclusive Physical and Digital Distribution in partnership with AMPED Distribution. Thirteen Skulls Entertainment expands the current partnership venture between music industry veteran Ron A. Spaulding and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas.
"I've always said, do what you love and love what you do. Seeing this new genre emerge, blending together different styles, has got me excited to come into to work every day to hear what our artists are working on," says Ron A. Spaulding. "Thirteen Skulls Entertainment has a fresh approach to marketing and promotion that empowers the artist and expands their reach. When fans see the Thirteen Skulls logo on the back of an album, they will know that it stands for authenticity."
Co-founder and President Frank Thomas explains, "I've known and worked with Ron for years with my previous independent label, W2W Records, and we share an unfiltered love of music and passion for creativity. Thirteen Skulls Entertainment is going to allow me to bring all of my abilities to the table as we help our artists grow and push them to the forefront of the AmeriFlow genre."
Thirteen Skulls Entertainment draws its namesake from the Mayan legend of the thirteen crystal skulls scattered across the earth and once collected, the skulls will yield an intense power. The Mayans were said to have sent out twelve priests to place the skulls all over the world and keep them separated until humanity was ready to come together in unison. The legend of the thirteen skulls has grown to include theories that the skulls could possess paranormal abilities, intense healing powers, or that they are lost relics of Atlantis. The legend says that collected together the thirteen skulls have the ability to produce immense power and hold tremendous influence over others.
In keeping in concert with the Mayan legend, Thirteen Skulls Entertainment is focused on the "AmeriFlow" genre, which is a musical hybrid of country, rap, and rock. The label provides a full range of services in a fast-changing music business and offers artists a home with the necessary tools to nurture and incubate creativity without constraints. Focused on putting out AUTHENTIC music, Thirteen Skulls Entertainment's legacy will be defined by creativity and uncompromising commitment to artistry.
For more information please visit ThirteenSkullsEntertainment.com
KEROSENE MEDIA


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Hong Kong director persuades Norah Jones to try acting
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Sitting in a Soho coffee shop, Norah Jones looked across the table at the elegant and mysterious Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai, who sat quietly behind dark sunglasses that don't come off, even indoors.
A few months earlier, Jones didn't even know who Wong was, but the hugely respected filmmaker had a question for the singer. Eventually, Wong posed his heavily accented query:
"So Norah, do you want to act?"
As is often the case for the 29-year-old Dallas-raised musician _ whose musical collaborators have ranged from Outkast to Herbie Hancock _ Jones greeted the inquiry with a simple "Why not?"
"I thought, `If I say no, I might regret it,'" Jones said in a recent interview at a favorite hangout near her East Village apartment. "And if I say yes, I'll have an experience. If I stink, whatever! I'm a musician _ I've got a day job. What can I lose here?"
Two years later, the fruit of their unlikely pairing is appearing in theaters in limited release, expanding further in coming weeks. "My Blueberry Nights" is both Jones' debut as an actor and Wong's first English-language film.
For the naturally shy Jones, suddenly becoming a movie star (and acting alongside Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz) is a step just as unexpected as her emergence as one of the most successful recording artists of the decade. (Her 2002 debut album, "Come Away With Me," won eight Grammys and has sold more than 16 million copies.)
Jones is now sporting a short hairdo and a fresh tattoo on her right arm, her third, which she only briefly waves at, saying, it's "personal." She nevertheless oozes an unmistakable air of comfort with herself. Only a few years ago, she was reluctant to stroll out from behind the piano while performing.
Making the film, she says, "really helped that side of me. It helped my confidence, making music videos and doing this last tour. … I enjoyed it so much more. I was so much more confident. I see that side of me as something that hopefully will just get better with age and practice."
Jones acknowledges taking a handful of acting lessons several years ago when a few filmmaker friends wanted to make "tiny" independent movies with her. But Wong told her not to take any lessons, to preserve her naturalism.
A certain naivety and innocence was suitable to the character: a waitress traveling aimlessly after a breakup. Jones says she still has no idea why Wong wanted her for the part.
"I listened to her music and then I decided to meet her," says the director, who's most renown for his acclaimed 2000 international hit, "In the Mood for Love." "What really impressed me about her was her face, her voice and also her character."
It's easy to see commonalities between Jones and Wong. Though Wong is the far more stylized of the two, they both like to linger in the breezy interludes between moments. "My Blueberry Nights," Wong says, is a film about distance _ particularly that between Jones' character and Jude Law's.
Wong also is not your average director. Though he had to deal with American unions and production rules for the first time, he's known for his open-ended, improvisational style in which plans change frequently. (One scene, which involved Jones and Law, took three 14-hour days and, reportedly, more than 150 kisses.)
"He makes films like a jazz musician," says Jones, who didn't see a script until just a few weeks before shooting. "I just had to blindly trust him."
The resulting film, which opened the Cannes Film Festival last year in a version 20 minutes longer, was called dissatisfying by The New York Times. The Los Angeles Times and AP critic Christy Lemire were both unimpressed by Jones' debut, labeling her "bland" and "outmatched," respectively.
For Jones, though, critical kudos were never the goal.
"I'm not trying to break into the movie business," she says. "I just wanted to have a cool experience."
Jones is currently on hiatus, having last fall completed touring her third album, "Not Too Late." She believes her next disc will be a new direction that, like "My Blueberry Nights," will challenge her.
"It's just time to branch out," she says. "This movie showed me that it's fun to be taken out of your comfort zone sometimes. I'm excited to try that with music."
Meanwhile, she still plays occasional local concerts, often under band names like the Little Willies and El Madmo, for which she's performed in disguise. Though Jones doesn't believe such performances suggest a predilection toward acting, she's still interested to continue work in movies.
"I really enjoyed pretending to be someone else," says Jones. "It would be really interesting to see how good I could get at it with actual lessons and preparation. I love working this way, though _ don't get me wrong."
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People use prepaid cards every single day, whether it be for cash withdrawals, purchases, bill payments, etc. Prepaid is a fast, easy, and convenient way to connect members to their credit union accounts, and it helps forge a meaningful relationship and drive engagement with their financial institution. The number of people who actually carry cash around is dwindling, and cheques are long on their way out. People are looking for other ways to handle their finances. Prepaid is comfortable, safe, secure, and a great way to connect to their financial institution.
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A prepaid card is a great way to attract new members and build a relationship with its' existing members, especially younger clients. Millennials, Generation Z and new immigrants all want a payment platform that is safe, easy to use, easy to budget, protects their interests, and offers an engaging payment experience.
A recent released a survey (link to recent Millennial post) covered millennials' use of prepaid cards. Millennials have a positive view of prepaid, and use them for both purchases and other banking functions. No matter how or where Millennials use prepaid cards, they are happy to do so.
The open-loop prepaid market is on the rise, and 2018 is set to break more records, according to recent studies conducted by Mercator Advisory Group. The open-loop market is expected to show a 5 percent compound annual growth rate through 2020, when it will reach a load total of $353.6 billion.The open-loop prepaid market has followed a consistent trend of growth, with the market growing in 2016 by 3 percent to $295 billion.


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Memphis Scene
In Memoriam: Eric Jerome Dickey
by Jesse Davis
New virus case numbers rose by 491 over the last 24 hours.
Overall Test Positivity Rate Tops 10 percent
Virus Cases Rise By 479
OUTMemphis celebrates its service to the community in 2020 with nearly 5,500 people served.
By Christen Hill
A Memphis City Council commission met on Thursday to continue a discussion on how locales are named in the city.
Earlier this week the Sycamore Institute, an independent and non-partisan public policy research center for Tennessee, released a report in which they broke down the fees and fines within the criminal justice system of Tennessee.
by Matthew Harris
The Memphis Grizzlies are proud owners of their first winning streak this season, currently at three games after a win Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Tonight, the Grizzlies get another shot against the Wolves, this time in Minneapolis.
By Aimee Stiegemeyer
Games and Goons
Sports have been hard to properly cheer for almost a year now.
By Frank Murtaugh
Brooks, Clarke Help Grizzlies Pull Past Brooklyn
The Grizzlies (3–6) were able to secure their first home win of the season after defeating the Brooklyn Nets (5–5), 115–110 on Friday night.
By Sharon Brown
Terry Manning is best known as a producer and master of the mixing board, having been the first house engineer for Ardent Studios in the late '60s, and going on to work on many a classic album through the '70s, '80s, and beyond.
By Alex Greene
The week brings many unique delights, in addition to the stalwarts who have helped us through these many months of quarantine.
It wasn't so long ago that Memphis native Ethan Healy, aka Healy, made a trip with his bandmate Ali Abu-Khraybeh to Joshua Tree National Park on a songwriting retreat.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-9th), Aye: "After President Trump was impeached but not convicted last year, Senator Susan Collins said 'He's learned a pretty big lesson.
Not everybody thinks he's entitled to do so, but former Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is making a point of saying "I told you so" about the potentially ill consequences of Donald Trump's presidency, now on life support as a bipartisan coalition seeks to terminate it less than a week before it's scheduled to expire.
On July 12, 2001, nearly 20 years before an angry multitude of Trump supporters flooded the U.S. Capitol, the Tennessee state Capitol building in Nashville was similarly invaded by a belligerent mob as legislators prepared to take up the issue of a state income tax.
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Hen House Wine Bar Set to Open this Month in East Memphis
Michaela Dockery wants you to feel at home at Hen House Wine Bar, a new restaurant slated to open at the end of January at 679 South Mendenhall Road.
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Clique HQ — a "Sandwich Speakeasy" — Slated to Open in January
You won't see a door with a peephole that opens so you can say, "G Reub sent me," but Clique HQ, a "sandwich speakeasy," is slated to open in January in a brick-and-mortar building, where members of the Memphis Sandwich Clique Facebook group can order sandwiches.
Dory Now is Open for Take-out. But Dine-in — Not Yet
Gastronomes will have to wait a little longer to sit at the sleek white oak tables and the black granite bar at Dory.
More In Food & Drink
Apples to Oranges
I've heard a lot of folks compare the heinous acts that took place in the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday to the demonstrations of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Twitter End
It's so nice when we finally get a slow news week.
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My girlfriend Sydnie and I have a tradition, picked up from a time one of my bands played an unpaid gig at a New Year's Eve party half a decade or so ago.
One of my all-time favorite plays is Copenhagen by Michael Frayn.
by Chris McCoy
Music Video Monday: John Paul Keith
Music Video Monday is going back to Beale with a North American premiere.
Sundance Film Festival Sets Lineup for Memphis Screenings
With the COVID pandemic still paralyzing the film world, the Sundance Film Festival is partnering with Indie Memphis to bring cutting-edge cinema offerings to the Bluff City.
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Former Love In Action Leader Marries His Same-Sex Partner
by Bianca Phillips
MATA President Won't Give Start Date for Trolley System
Ron Garrison says MATA is taking its time to make sure new trolleys are safe.
by Joshua Cannon
Pending Bill Would Make Cockfighting a Felony in Tennessee
Tennessee is one of only 13 states with misdemeanor penalties for cockfighting, but a bill pending in both the state Senate and House of Representatives would elevate the crime to felony status.
Popular in rural parts of the state, including small towns in West Tennessee, cockfights pit roosters against one another, often fighting to the death ...
Q&A: A Sit Down with Co-Owner of Slim and Husky's
by Charley Reese
R&B Royalty
The Amazing Elmo and the Shades — not just another bar band.
by Joe Boone
Desiree Robinson: For the Owner of Cozy Corner, it's a Family Affair
For the owner of one of our city's most popular barbecue joints, it's a family affair.
by Matthew J. Harris
Q&A with Prichard Thomas Smith
Documentary Filmmaker
by Elizabeth Cooper
Best of Memphis 2020: The Party!


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German State Govt Says No Permit Needed for Islamic Call to Prayer Over Loudspeakers
Everyone in the state will hear the multiculturalism five times daily now.
Wed Mar 10, 2021
Here is some exciting news for those who are impatient for our glorious multicultural future to arrive. A cultural line has been crossed. And the implications of this, beyond the expected hosannas from the usual proponents of globalism and multiculturalism, are ominous.
The German-language Junge Freiheit reported Monday that "according to the Hessian state government, muezzin calls can be made without a permit." The Hessians have a bad record going back to serving as mercenaries in the British army during the American Revolution, and this isn't any better. The state government explained in response to an inquiry from the Alliance for Germany (AfD), which opposes mass migration: "Contrary to the assumption of the questioner, no (immission control) approval is required for the Muslim call to prayer, with or without loudspeaker. Approvals were therefore not granted and can therefore not be withdrawn or revoked."
The AfD inquiry had noted that the Islamic call to prayer was broadcast over loudspeakers "in many cases with massive disapproval from the affected non-Muslim population, who saw the muezzin call as an expression of Islamic dominance and a violation of their own religious and cultural identity."
The Hessian state government brushed such concerns aside and implied that the questioners were bigoted even just for raising such concerns: "In a society that gives room to different beliefs, there is no right to be spared from contact with deviating statements of faith or religious symbols, even under the aspect of so-called negative religious freedom."
So that's that. Now we all lock arms and since "The Internationale" together as we march into the glorious multicultural future, right? Maybe, but the Hessian state government may not be expecting the future it is actually going to get. When the state of Hesse allows public broadcasts the Islamic call to prayer, what exactly is it allowing? The adhan, prayed in Arabic, goes like this:
Allah is greater (Allahu akbar); intoned four times.
I testify that there is no God but Allah (Ashhadu anna la ila ill Allah); intoned twice.
I testify that Mohammed is Allah's Prophet (Ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah); intoned twice.
Come to prayer (Hayya alas salah); intoned twice.
Come to security/salvation (Hayya alal falah); intoned twice.
Allah is greater (Allahu akbar); intoned twice.
There is no God but Allah (La ilah ill Allah); intoned once.
Dr. Gavin Ashenden, former chaplain to the British queen, who resigned his position in protest against a Qur'an reading in a Scottish church, observed that "the Muslim call to prayer is a dramatic piece of Islamic triumphalism. It proclaims Islam's superiority over all other religions, and in so doing casts Jesus in the role of a charlatan and a liar. The Muslim god, Allah, is unknowable and has no son. Jesus was, therefore, a fraud in claiming He and the Father are one."
Is Hesse really wise to broadcast repeatedly, in a historically Christian land, a declaration of the superiority of Islam, a faith that directs its adherents to make war against Christians and other non-Muslims and subjugate them as inferiors under the hegemony of believers (cf. Qur'an 9:29)?
Is Hesse wise to broadcast the cry "Allahu akbar," beloved of jihad terrorists the world over? Chief 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta wrote this in his letter to himself before carrying out his jihad mission: "When the confrontation begins, strike like champions who do not want to go back to this world. Shout, 'Allahu Akbar,' because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers." This is why the Fort Hood jihad killer, Nidal Malik Hasan, shouted it as he shot thirteen Americans in November 2009, and why so many other jihadis have used it essentially as an announcement that non-Muslims are about to die.
But in Germany today, any such concerns will be dismissed out of hand as "Islamophobic." Angela Merkel is no doubt certain that Muslim communities in the country will be grateful, and will redouble their efforts to become loyal, productive citizens, and jihad activity will cease. Right? That's the way it will most certainly work out. No Muslims will take seriously the adhan's declarations of Islamic superiority and heed the Qur'an's calls to wage war against unbelievers. Will they? In multiculti Germany today, such an idea is inconceivable!
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 21 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is Rating America's Presidents: An America-First Look at Who Is Best, Who Is Overrated, and Who Was An Absolute Disaster. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.


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Die Kanzel in der ehemaligen Stiftskirche und heutigen Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Dietramszell, einer Gemeinde im oberbayerischen Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, wurde um 1750/60 geschaffen. Die Kanzel ist ein Teil der als Baudenkmal geschützten Kirchenausstattung.

Die hölzerne Kanzel im Stil des Rokoko besitzt am Kanzelkorb Reliefs aus der Augustinuslegende, die 1745 von Franz Xaver Schmädl geschaffen wurden. Auch die 1760/65 entstandenen Skulpturen der auf Wolken knienden Heiligen Johann Nepomuk und Petrus Forerius am Chorbogen stammen von ihm.

Der geschwungene Schalldeckel ist mit den Evangelistensymbolen geschmückt und wird von einem Engel mit den Gesetzestafeln bekrönt.

Literatur

Weblinks

Kanzel
Kanzel (18. Jahrhundert)
Rokoko-Kanzel
Holzkanzel
Kanzel im Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Kanzel (Bildschnitzerei)
Evangelistendarstellung

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Photo courtesy of Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools.

Rendering of what Cleveland Heights High School will look like in fall 2017, after a $78.8 million renovation.

Planning & Design>Renovation
Cleveland Heights high school renovation project to get final design approval
Kimberlee Payton-Jones | Jan 06, 2015
Architects for the Cleveland Heights High School renovation will present the latest round of plans for the $78.8 million project.
This will be the most recent set of changes that have been made in order to keep the project within its budget. The design team has already reduced the pool from 10 to eight lanes and eliminated most of the planned addition to the third floor, while scrapping plans for a second lecture hall, larger locker room and culinary food lab, according to Cleveland.com.
The school district will consider taking bids for a 10-lane pool as a future upgrade.
Other changes designed to reduce the total cost of the renovation included replacing plans for a black box theater with a drama classroom featuring a small stage; reducing the number of seats in the gym from 2,000 to 1,900; cutting down wrestling room space from two mats to 1.5 mats; and reducing the project labs from 1,400 to 1,200 square feet, according to Cleveland.com.
Construction on the new high school will begin later this year and is expected to be finished in fall 2017. During the renovations, students will attend classes at Wiley School in University Heights.
$129 million high school renovation plan approved in Winchester, Mass.
Pennsylvania high school renovation meets project setbacks
Idaho district will appeal rejection of high school renovation


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Henry J. Hunt Autographed Military Letter, Commander of Artillery at Gettysburg, Wartime Military Document
Henry J. Hunt Autographed Military Letter, Commander of Artillery at Gettysburg, Wartime Military Document - Inventory Number: DOC 115 -SOLD
Henry J. Hunt war date 3 1/4" x 8" autographed endorsement signed (AES) from Artillery Headquarters, July 26, 1864, recommending promotion of and officer. Letter reads:
"Artillery Head Quarter's Army of the Potomac
I heartily approve the
Recommendation of
Lieut. Nilleston by Col.
Kitching. His appoint-
ment would be an ex-
cellent one for the
regiment, and his ser-
vices fully entitle him
to the promotion it
would give.
Henry J. Hunt
Brig. Gen'l Ch of A'y"
Includes certificate of Authenticity guaranteeing the autograph to be authentic and personally signed by the Henry J. Hunt for the life of the item.
Henry Jackson Hunt (1819 - 1889)
Born: 09/14/1819 in Detroit, MI
Died: 02/11/1889 in Washington, DC
USMA: 1839, class rank: 19/31
Hunt, Henry J., brigadier-general, was born in Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 14, 1819. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1839, served in the Canada border disturbances of that year, and afterwards until the Mexican war was stationed at forts and on recruiting duty, being promoted 1st Lieutenant in 1846. He was brevetted Captain for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco, and Major for services at Chapultepec, was engaged also at Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, San Antonio, Molino del Rey, where he was twice wounded, and in the assault and capture of the City of Mexico. He was promoted Captain in 1852, was placed in command of Harper's Ferry, Jan. 3, 1861, was promoted Major, May 14, 1861 and in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, commanded the artillery on the extreme left. After being in charge of the defenses of Washington, July to September 1861, he was placed on the staff of Gen. McClellan, Sept. 28, with the rank of Colonel, and he organized the artillery reserve of the Army of the Potomac, which he commanded at Gaines' Mill. July 27, 1861, and rendered conspicuous service in covering the retreat of McClellan's army to Malvern Hill, at the battle of that place, July 1, 1862, distinguishing himself, and having two horses shot under him. He was promoted Brigadier-General of volunteers in September 1862, and as chief of artillery of the Army of the Potomac was present at Fredericksburg, where he commanded the artillery, posting 147 guns on Stafford Heights, Nov. 21, 1862, and he also commanded the artillery in the Chancellorsville campaign. For his services at Gettysburg, where he was chief of artillery of the Army of the Potomac, he was brevetted Colonel U. S. A., and he was given the brevet of Major-General of volunteers, July 6, 1864, "for faithful and highly meritorious services" in the campaign from the Rapidan to Petersburg. For services in the campaign ending with Lee's surrender he was brevetted Brigadier-General U. S. A., and for services in the war, Major-General U. S. A., the last two brevets dating from March 13, 1865. He was made Colonel of the 5th U. S. artillery, April 4, 1869; was retired from active service, Sept. 14, 1883, and commanded the Soldiers' Home, Washington, until 1889. Gen. Hunt died in Washington, D. C., Feb. 11, 1889. Framed, frame measures 19 3/4" x 18 1/2".
Inventory Number: DOC 115 - SOLD


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Molina or La Molina may refer to:

People
Molina (surname)

Places

Chile
 Molina, Chile, a town and municipality in Curicó Province, Chile

Italy
 Castelletto Molina, a municipality in the Province of Asti, Piedmont region
 Castello-Molina di Fiemme, a municipality in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region
 Molina (Pecetto di Valenza), a hamlet forming part of the commune of Pecetto di Valenza, in the Province of Asti, Piedmont region
 A civil parish of the municipality of Vietri sul Mare (SA)
 Molina Aterno, a town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy
 Molina di Ledro, a former municipality in the Province of Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region

Peru
 La Molina District, a district of Lima Province, Peru

Spain
 La Molina (ski resort), a ski resort in Catalonia
 Molina de Aragón, a municipality in the province of Guadalajara
 Molina de Segura, a municipality in the province of Murcia
 Taifa of Molina, a mediaeval kingdom under Muslim control that existed from around the 1080s to 1100

Switzerland
 Molina, Switzerland, in the municipality of Buseno, Grisons

United States
 Molina, Colorado, United States, an unincorporated town

Institutions
 Moisés E. Molina High School, Dallas, Texas, United States
 Molina's Cantina, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston, Texas
 La Molina National Agrarian University (Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina), Lima, Peru

Arts and entertainment
 Molina's Culpa, a 1993 Cuban short film that pioneered the blood and gore genre in Cuba
 "Molina", a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival on the 1971 album Pendulum

Other uses
 Molina, a common name for the plant Dysopsis glechomoides
 Molina's hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga), a South American skunk species
 Molina Healthcare, an American managed care company
 Ballester–Molina, semi-automatic pistol, Argentina, introduced 1938

See also
 Malena (disambiguation)
 Malina (disambiguation)
 Melena
 Melina (disambiguation)
 Milena (disambiguation)
 Milina, Serbia
 Molena, Georgia, United States
 Moline (disambiguation)
 Molinism
 Molniya (disambiguation)


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Q: How to get Network object for connected Wifi network? We can get information about the current Wifi network like this:
WifiManager wifiManager = (WifiManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
WifiInfo connectionInfo = wifiManager.getConnectionInfo();

However i see no obvious way to obtain the Network object related to this WifiInfo.
We can also iterate over all Networks:
ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);

for (Network network : connectivityManager.getAllNetworks()) {
    NetworkInfo networkInfo = connectivityManager.getNetworkInfo(network);
    String extraInfo = networkInfo.getExtraInfo();

    if (extraInfo.equals(connectionInfo.getSSID())) {
        return network;
    }
}

But since Android 9.0, the extraInfo is blank, even if i have location permission.
Is there a safe way to obtain the current Network related to the connected wifi network?


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Genetics →
Genes →
SLC25A20 gene
URL of this page: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/slc25a20/
solute carrier family 25 member 20
Normal Function
The SLC25A20 gene provides instructions for making a protein called carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT). This protein is essential for fatty acid oxidation, a multistep process that breaks down (metabolizes) fats and converts them into energy. Fatty acid oxidation takes place within mitochondria, which are the energy-producing centers in cells. A group of fats called long-chain fatty acids must be attached to a substance known as carnitine to enter mitochondria. Once these fatty acids are joined with carnitine, the CACT protein transports them into mitochondria. Carnitine is then removed from the long-chain fatty acid and transported back out of mitochondria by the CACT protein. Fatty acids are a major source of energy for the heart and muscles. During periods of fasting, fatty acids are also an important energy source for the liver and other tissues.
Health Conditions Related to Genetic Changes
Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency
At least 27 mutations in the SLC25A20 gene have been found to cause carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency. Although these mutations change the structure of the CACT protein in different ways, they all lead to a shortage (deficiency) of the protein. Without enough functional CACT protein, long-chain fatty acids cannot be transported into mitochondria. As a result, these fatty acids are not converted to energy. Reduced energy production can lead to some of the features of CACT deficiency, such as low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) and low levels of the products of fat breakdown (hypoketosis). Fatty acids and long-chain acylcarnitines (fatty acids still attached to carnitine) may also build up in cells and damage the liver, heart, and muscles. This abnormal buildup causes the other signs and symptoms of the disorder.
More About This Health Condition
Other Names for This Gene
CACT
carnitine-acylcarnitine carrier
carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase
MCAT_HUMAN
solute carrier family 25 (carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase), member 20
Additional Information & Resources
Tests Listed in the Genetic Testing Registry
Tests of SLC25A20
Scientific Articles on PubMed
Catalog of Genes and Diseases from OMIM
Gene and Variant Databases
ClinVar
Costa C, Costa JM, Slama A, Boutron A, Vequaud C, Legrand A, Brivet M. Mutational spectrum and DNA-based prenatal diagnosis in carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab. 2003 Jan;78(1):68-73. doi: 10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00205-6. Citation on PubMed
Galron D, Birk OS, Kazanovitz A, Moses SW, Hershkovitz E. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency: identification of a novel molecular defect in a Bedouin patient. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2004;27(2):267-73. doi: 10.1023/B:BOLI.0000028780.01670.61. Citation on PubMed
Iacobazzi V, Invernizzi F, Baratta S, Pons R, Chung W, Garavaglia B, Dionisi-Vici C, Ribes A, Parini R, Huertas MD, Roldan S, Lauria G, Palmieri F, Taroni F. Molecular and functional analysis of SLC25A20 mutations causing carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Hum Mutat. 2004 Oct;24(4):312-20. doi: 10.1002/humu.20085. Citation on PubMed
Iacobazzi V, Pasquali M, Singh R, Matern D, Rinaldo P, Amat di San Filippo C, Palmieri F, Longo N. Response to therapy in carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency due to a novel missense mutation. Am J Med Genet A. 2004 Apr 15;126A(2):150-5. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20573. Citation on PubMed
Korman SH, Pitt JJ, Boneh A, Dweikat I, Zater M, Meiner V, Gutman A, Brivet M. A novel SLC25A20 splicing mutation in patients of different ethnic origin with neonatally lethal carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency. Mol Genet Metab. 2006 Dec;89(4):332-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.06.009. Epub 2006 Aug 17. Citation on PubMed
Longo N, Amat di San Filippo C, Pasquali M. Disorders of carnitine transport and the carnitine cycle. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2006 May 15;142C(2):77-85. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30087. Citation on PubMed or Free article on PubMed Central
Morales Corado JA, Lee CU, Enns GM. Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency. 2022 Jul 21. In: Adam MP, Everman DB, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJH, Gripp KW, Amemiya A, editors. GeneReviews(R) [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2023. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582032/ Citation on PubMed
Ramsay RR, Gandour RD, van der Leij FR. Molecular enzymology of carnitine transfer and transport. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2001 Mar 9;1546(1):21-43. doi: 10.1016/s0167-4838(01)00147-9. Citation on PubMed
Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Bakker JA, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency, clinical, biochemical and genetic aspects. Mol Aspects Med. 2004 Oct-Dec;25(5-6):521-32. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2004.06.007. Citation on PubMed
Genomic Location
The SLC25A20 gene is found on chromosome 3.
Genes and Gene Therapy
Understanding Genetics
What is DNA?
What is a gene?
What is a gene variant and how do variants occur?


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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Psychic predicted Princess Mary's royal future
Sarah Carty
Wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
Heir apparent to the throne of Denmark
She may be living a fairytale life with her handsome prince and perfect children in a Denmark castle.
However, it's now been revealed that Princess Mary's whole future was predicted for her by a psychic, when she was still Mary Donaldson from Tasmania.
The 45-year-old was just a 28-years-old advertising executive when she was wandering through the Paddington flea market in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Princess Mary's royal future was laid out in front of her by a psychic at Paddington Market. Photo: Getty Images
Princess Mary was just 28-years-old at the time and hadn't even met Prince Frederik. Photo: Getty Images
Speaking to Jens Andersen, author of Prince Frederik's new biography Under the Bar, Mary said she stopped to have her tarot cards read.
The psychic was very clear about what she saw in Mary's future, telling the young woman that she would meet a man from abroad and move overseas to be with him.
"So, I left there and thought, 'Well yes, that was a lot of fun, but nothing more", Princess Mary told Andersen in the book.
The night Mary met Prince Frederik at the Slip Inn pub in Sydney also comes up in the book, with the princess saying she had no idea who he was.
Not long after her tarot card reading, Mary met Prince Frederik at the Slip Inn bar in Sydney. Photo: Getty Images
They were married in 2004 in Denmark. Photo: Getty Images
"I didn't know he was the prince of Denmark," she said.
"Half an hour later, someone came up to me and said, 'Do you know who these people are?'," she said.
Princess Mary and Prince Frederik went on to marry in a lavish ceremony in 2004 in Denmark and went on to have four children together.
Princess Mary urges Harry to pop the question
Horror accident shocks Princess Mary and kids
She goes on to say that she "believes in fate" and doesn't think everything that has happened to her in her life came about randomly.
"But I don't try to look ahead and say, 'Can I predict my destiny for the next two years?'," she says.
The couple now have four children together. Photo: Getty Images
"I don't want to talk to anyone who claims they can. No one should read anything about me and my future."
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