As we covered previously, now that you understand why it's so important to hire a professional to fix your A/C unit or service it, the next thing you need to do is figure out how to choose the right company. The best advice you can follow when you are in need of an HVAC contractor is to only hire one that is licensed, bonded, and insured.
In addition to looking into the licensing and insurance of any HVAC contractor you are looking into hiring, it's a good idea to take the additional step of checking out their reputation. Sure, if they have insurance you are covered if they damage your property, but is that a hassle you really want to have to deal with? Of course, it's not. So, do yourself a favor and spend a little time going online and reading up on any HVAC contractor you are thinking about hiring.
It's also a good idea to check with the Registrar of Contractors to make sure that they are in good standing. Spending a little bit of time now ensuring that you are hiring the right contractor certainly beats spending lots of time and money later cleaning up the mess of a substandard contractor. So expect the best A/C repair in Mesa, and you'll get it if you're determined enough.


Osteoporosis and thyrotropin-suppressive therapy: reduced effectiveness of alendronate.
Department of Endocrinology and Molecular and Clinical Oncology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
BACKGROUND: Many reports of the effect of exogenous thyroxine therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) show a relationship between excess thyroid hormone administration and osteoporosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of antibone resorptive agents, in particular alendronate (ALN) on BMD in postmenopausal osteoporotic women with thyroid carcinoma who were receiving long-term thyrotropin (TSH)-suppressive therapy with thyroxine.
RESULTS: After 24 months of treatment group A showed a 7.8% increase in lumbar BMD; group B, a 4.6% increase; and group C, a 0.86% increase. In the control group BMD increased 8.2%. A significant difference was found in both lumbar and femoral BMD increase among the three groups: group C had a lower BMD increase than group A (p<0.001) and B (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: In postmenopausal women who were receiving adequate amounts of calcium and vitamin D in their diet ALN was less effective for those who were also receiving TSH-suppressive doses of LT(4) for either 6 or 9 years. The positive effect of ALN on BMD was less for longer periods of LT(4) treatment. It seems likely that other bisphosphonates would also be less effective in increasing BMD in postmenopausal women receiving TSH-suppressing doses of LT(4).


I thought it might be interesting to find out what their thoughts are on what makes a happy Muslim family. The cartoon with the site looked wholesome and friendly so I downloaded some Pdfs.
Here is part one. How to make your husband happy or Ten tips for Muslim wives. It sounds pretty good guys. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Islam gains a few male converts from this.
What great advice that most western women can agree with. I use my " ornaments " on a regular basis to hold Cameron's attention.
Sounds very 1950's doesn't it. The kind of advice a housewife would be given back in those days.
I don't know about putting Kohl in my eyes rather than under and over the lids but I get the picture. As my singing sounds like a drowning cat I suspect that advice would do little to increase Cam's love for me.
That sounds fair enough, we all enjoy people with a sense of humor.
Hmmm have to disagree with this one. I am always happy to apologise but not if it is his fault. Men bless them are sometimes in the wrong and if women have to apologise regardless of who did what then that is a recipe for being a doormat. What does that teach the man? It teaches him that he can say and do whatever he likes without any consequences because his wife will take the blame. It also means that the issue cannot be resolved, as usually an apology means the end of the discussion.
Cameron is my key to heaven? Seriously? Oh dear.
This tranquility in the Muslim families is missing today, in an era where we are deeply affected by the Western way of life and their corrupt concepts.
Happy Muslim Family is an effort to educate the Muslim spouses to eradicate these corrupt western concepts and replace them with the pure concepts of Islam, in the light of Quran and Sunnah. Knowing these Islamic concepts and acting on them will result in tranquility in our homes and the society as well.
May Allah bless all Muslim brothers and sisters with tranquility and happiness in their family life!
I am intrigued, I wonder what my corrupt western concepts are?


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It was a nice Saturday afternoon, but do not be fooled because it is 30 DEGREES OUT! I feel a little bit girly today so I opted for this flared floral watercolor dress and paired it with a classy pair of heels. This was actually one of my favorite outfits I styled because it's fun and, I am mixing patterns; florals and houndstooth. I think it turned out well just because the shoes were still considered on the neutral side.


Venture out of the city with trips to Dolphin & Whale Watching (in Mandurah), Fremantle (Fremantle Prison, Western Australian Maritime Museum, & more) and Caversham Wildlife Park (in Whiteman). Dedicate the 14th (Thu) to wine at some of the top wineries in the area. Pack the 16th (Sat) with family-friendly diversions at Adventure World Perth Australia. There's still lots to do: stroll around Kings Park & Botanic Garden, explore the activities along Swan River, admire the masterpieces at Art Gallery of Western Australia, and tour the pleasant surroundings at Cottesloe Beach.
To find reviews, where to stay, other places to visit, and other tourist information, read Perth trip itinerary maker tool .
If you are flying in from Singapore, the closest major airport is Perth International Airport. March in Perth sees daily highs of 34°C and lows of 19°C at night. Cap off your sightseeing on the 16th (Sat) early enough to travel back home.


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Trump rejects reports that he will fire HHS chief Azar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, saying he was doing an "excellent job."
On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal and Politico reported that the Trump administration was considering replacing Azar, because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Reports that H.H.S. Secretary @AlexAzar is going to be "fired" by me are Fake News," Trump tweeted. "Alex is doing an excellent job."
The Journal, citing six people familiar with the discussions, reported that frustration with Azar was growing but the administration was reluctant to make big changes while the country was seeking to stop the virus, which has killed more than 53,000 people in the United States and infected nearly 1 million.
A White House spokesman, Judd Deere, had denied the reports on Saturday and said the HHS under Azar continued to lead on a number of the president's priorities.
Reuters reported last week that Azar, a 52-year-old lawyer and former drug industry executive, tapped a trusted aide with minimal public health experience to lead the agency's day-to-day response to COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The aide had run a dog-breeding business before joining the department.
Two agencies overseen by Azar as HHS secretary – the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration – were unable to come up with viable tests for 5-1/2 weeks, even as other countries and the World Health Organization had already prepared their own.
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Juan Carlos Carcedo
What Arsenal fans can expect from Juan Carlos Carcedo, Unai Emery's trusted assistant
Arsenal news includes a look at Unai Emery's long-time assistant manager
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Wherever Unai Emery goes, Juan Carlos Carcedo is usually right by his side.
That will be the case next season following Arsenal's decision to appoint Emery as their new head coach.
Almost a month after the Spaniard was appointed his backroom staff was confirmed and Carcedo will be one of two 'First team assistant head coach' alongside Steve Bould, who was retained amidst a massive cull last week.
News of the ex-Valencia and Sevilla boss replacing Wenger was initially met with a mixed response amongst the fan base, but what can't be disputed is his success at various clubs.
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Starting out at in the Spanish lower leagues, Emery guided Lorca Deportiva to the second tier before making the move to Almeria - with whom he also won promotion by taking them into La Liga - and it was at the Juegos Mediterráneos where he first teamed up with Carcedo.
Unai Emery is tipped to take over at Arsenal (Image: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
But who is Juan Carlos Carcedo, and what can Arsenal fans expect from him?
Carcedo is a retired footballer. His playing career included spells at Nice and Atletico Madrid before hanging up his boots in 2006 following a couple of seasons in the third tier of Spanish football with Las Palmas.
He became the assistant manager to Unai Emery at Almeria in 2006, despite being offered the role manager.
It was a position he held for a couple of years until he left to follow Emery to Valencia in 2008. Then in 2012, they worked together in Russia at Spartak Moscow.
Juan Carlos Carcedo, Unai Emery and goalkeeping coach Javi Garcia during a training session (Image: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
2013 saw Carcedo return to Spain taking up a position as Emery's assistant once again, this time at Sevilla. On 10 May 2015 he was put in charge of the team for their game against Celta Vigo following the death of Emery's father and he led the team to a 1–1 draw.
Following Emery's departure from the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in June 2016 to take over the reins at Paris Saint-Germain he once again hired his trusted right-hand man.
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What's Carcedo's relationship like with Emery?
Very good, considering they've been everywhere together.
Romain Molina, author of "Unai Emery, El Maestro", explains that the two men "know each other by heart, but at the same time, they always have this desire to learn."
(From 2L) Maxwell, Zoumana Camara, Juan Carlos Carcedo and Unai Emery (Image: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)
"The two are close to the players but they are not alike at all. Unai is very volcanic, it is the type 3000 volts while Carcedo is the typical Basque. His strength is that he has a lot of character and intelligence, he will confront Unai.
"If he does not agree, he will put him in trouble for Unai to argue, in order to define the best point of view."
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What can Arsenal fans expect from Carcedo?
Defensive solidity. This will be music to the ears of supporters given the fact the team conceded 51 goals in the Premier League this season.
Those type of numbers simply won't sit well with Carcedo.
Zoumana Camara (L) and Juan Carlos Carcedo look (Image: GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Images)
Upon arriving at the Parc des Princes in 2016, Carcedo outlined exactly what he and Emery expect from their teams: "Unai always wants to work. He's a football fanatic, and when you love this sport, it can take up all your time!" Carcedo told PSG's website.
"We try to get the players to keep progressing, we try to achieve a balance in the team and we look to be solid in defence—all so that we can win, of course."
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What can Arsenal players expect from Carcedo?
As reported by France Football, Carcedo is said to have a close relationship with the squad.
He once said: "My role as deputy is essentially to individually follow the players and accompany them." That approach is said to have impressed the likes of Marco Verratti, Presnel Kimpembe and Alphonse Areola.
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The Hatem Ben Arfa confrontation
Whilst Emery is more reserved on the touchline, Carcedo is more animated as he often barks instructions towards the players which only served to annoy Hatem Ben Arfa during PSG's 3-0 win away at Bordeaux last season.
As the former Newcastle United and Hull City midfielder made his way back to the changing room his words to Carcedo were captured by the Canal + cameras.
Hatem Ben Arfa in training for Paris Saint-Germain. (Image: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)
He said: "You hurt my head. You are shouting too loudly. Let us play. Why do you shout like this?"
Whilst nobody has revealed the details of Carcedo's response, the fact that Ben Arfa was frozen out of the first-team picture this season might be an indication that it's best to avoid confrontations.
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I just got an update from my agency– Theo is doing great and gaining weight in the hospital!!! I received 4 new photos and the original report from his visit to the doctor last week before he was admitted to the hospital. The report doesn't say much, it is just a one page form with his name, age, gender, weight/height/head cir. and his diagnosis, which is "acute severe malnutrition".
Theo is 21 months old. His weight upon admittance to the hospital was 14.7 lbs, length was 24 inches. I'm excited to see how he grows in the coming weeks!!
The doctor wrote on his report that Theo needed to be admitted to a "feeding center". What he meant in an orphanage (technically, they are called a "feeding center"). The sad thing is he didn't realized the Theo had already been in a "feeding center". That's how bad the malnutrition was. SO thankful he is in the hospital now.
The pictures of him are glorious. SIMPLY GLORIOUS!! I wish I could share them because he is, indeed, the cutest baby alive. Ever. Cutest baby to ever live. NO I'm not biased. He is smiling in the pictures and even resting his head on a woman's leg all cuddly-like in one of the pics (I'm assuming this lucky lady is his nanny). I'm SUPER jealous of this lady, but glad she is there to snuggle my boy when I can't! He looks so much better already.


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Home / ACADEMIC READING / IELTSDATA READING PASSAGE 125-The Ring Cycle.
B. Dendrochronologists, scientists who study the growth of rings in trees, have successfully constructed long tree-ring records by overlapping the patterns of wide and narrow rings in successively older timber specimens. There are now a dozen or so chronologies in the world that date back more than 5,000 years. These records, normally constructed in a restricted area, using a single species of tree, are year-by-year records of how the trees reacted to their growth conditions — an environmental history from the trees' point of view.
C. Because tree-ring chronologies are constructed on a regional basis, there has, in the past, been a tendency for dendrochronologists to think local. However, the success of dendrochronology as an international research topic means that there are now quite a lot of chronologies available for study As the chronologies are dated absolutely it is possible to compare the records from different areas year by year. Recently; an analysis of 383 modern chronologies, drawn from a vast area across Europe, northern Eurasia and North America was published. The authors, Keith Briffa, and colleagues, observed that the maximum late-wood density of the growth rings in each year was related to the temperature in the growing season. Their analysis spanned 600 years, back to AD 1400, and presented a summer temperature record reconstructed from the huge grid of precisely dated ring densities. What they noticed was that the years of really low density — the cool summers were directly associated with large explosive eruptions, as known from historical sources and from dated layers of acid in the Greenland ice record. Greenland ice is kilometers thick and is made up of the compressed snowfall of tens of thousands of years, so the ice record can be read in almost the same way as tree-rings. I shall use this study as an example of what else tree-rings can tell us.
D. The study provides a year-by-year estimate of temperatures, together with the dates of some major volcanoes. It is a nice clean story — volcanoes load the atmosphere with dust and aerosol and reflect back sunlight, cooling the earth's surface. This cooling leads to variations in the density of growth rings in northern conifers. Because there are a lot of other records, it is possible to test the findings from the conifer density record.
E. We can, for example, look at what European oak was doing across the same 600-year period. Was oak responding in the same way as the conifers? The 'oak chronology' is the mean of eight regional oak chronologies across a strip of land from Ireland to Poland. it represents how, on average, hundreds of millions of oaks grew. What we see from this comparison is that the oaks clearly do respond to the volcanoes in some cases (in 1602, 1740 and 1816, for instance), but nothing like so clearly in others. Immediately it becomes apparent that the conifers tell only part of the story. There are many downturns in oak growth, and only a few are related to the conifer record. The oaks were quite capable of being more stressed in years where the conifers were not affected. The point of this, however, is not to argue about the quality of global cooling; the point is to show what dendrochronology can do.
F. Take the case of 1816, called the 'year without a summer' because of the terrible unseasonable cold and the crop failures that ensued. It has long been known that the primary cause of the cooling was the massive eruption of Tambora, east of Java, in 1815. However, there was a lot more going on in the run-up to 1816. Bald cypress trees in Tennessee show a major growth anomaly, with rings up to 400 percent wider than normal, in the years following a huge earthquake in 1811-12 in Eastern America. But there is a volcanic acid layer in several Greenland and Antarctic ice cores in 1809-10, as well as in 1815-16. So here we have a combination of a highly unusual quake in an area of the USA not normally affected by earthquakes, and at least two volcanic eruptions, including Tambora, which is widely regarded as the largest in the last 10,000 years. According to Briffa, the period 1810-20 was the coldest in the last millennium, so we begin to see a combination of three unusual elements in less than ten years — exceptional earthquake, exceptional volcanic eruption, and exceptional cold. Given that the defeat of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 was famously attributed to 'General Winter', one wonders whether a natural series of events actually helped to change the course of modern history.
G. Obviously, the case of 1816 and the years just before and after it is relatively recent and well documented. However, dendrochronology allows us to investigate the effects of such events geographically, indeed globally. We can interrogate the trees in areas where there is no historical or instrumental record. Further back in time, dendrochronology is almost the only way to reconstruct abrupt environmental events and perhaps throw new light on far darker moments in human history Were there just political forces at work in the Dark Ages, or did violent natural events also take a hand, tipping the balance by darkening the skies and lowering the temperature? The trees were there too and kept a record. The wood hewn from them and preserved through the centuries is slowly beginning to yield at least circumstantial evidence that could support some of the stories — think of the Arthurian wasteland or the plagues of Egypt — so far told only in enigmatic artifacts, or in legends, epics, and religious chronicles.
Reading passage has seven paragraphs A—G. Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B—G from the list of headings below.
Which THREE of the following, are features of dendrochronology?
A. It provides a complete record of the weather in any part of the world.
B. It involves the study of ring patterns in trees of different ages.
C. A piece of wood cut a long time ago can form part of the record.
D. Studies show that trees of the same type all have the same number of rings.
E. As a science, it has existed for over 5,000 years.
F. The oldest records are mostly of one type of tree in one place.
Choose the correct letters A, B, C or D.
10. What was the result of extending the research to the European oak?
A. It added information to that obtained from studying conifers.
B. It contradicted all the findings from the study of conifers.
C. It showed exactly the same results as those for conifers.
D. It proved that the world has cooled considerably since 1400 AD.
11. Which of these happened as a result of the eruption at Tambora?
A. Agricultural production fell significantly.
B. There was an earthquake in North America.
C. Part of the polar ice caps melted.
D. The outcome of a war changed.
A. Whole new areas of human history.
B. Proof of events said to have happened.
C. How earlier civilizations treated the environment.
D. The truth about the nature of religious belief.
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Differences between countries are barely evident these days. Everyone in the world is wearing the same brands and watching the same TV channels and movies. Do you think it is a positive or a negative development?
In some countries, the number of people using bikes as main transport mode is decreasing, even though it is so beneficial. Why is this so? How can people be encouraged to use more bicycles?
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Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Cyclist found lying in Kingswood road dies
Police have confirmed the man in his 30s has died
Natasha Davies
A cyclist found lying in the road with serious injuries has died.
Police and ambulance crews were called to Downend Road in Kingswood on Thursday, August 10.
The man, who was in his 30s, was found with serious head and facial injuries shortly after 7.30am. Avon and Somerset Police confirmed on Tuesday, August 15, the man had died.
It is understood he died on Monday, August 14.
Body found after woman fell from Clifton Suspension Bridge
Police say they are not looking for any other vehicles or people in relation to the incident.
Police and ambulance crews were called to Downend Road in Kingswood
A force spokeswoman said: "Sadly a man who suffered injuries last week in a cycling related incident on Downend Road, Kingswood, has died.
Car flipped onto roof after A370 crash in Cleeve
"We are not looking for any other vehicles or people in relation to the incident. The case will be referred to the coroner."
The road was closed for more than two hours in order for forensic examination to take place after the man was found.


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Despite delays, Arkansas medical cannabis cultivator on track to be growing by early 2019
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by Paul Gatling ([email protected]) October 6, 2018 10:20 am 2,614 views
Oklahoma businessman Ben Kimbro, a Tulsa City Council member, is director of public affairs for Harvest Inc., a national medical cannabis operator based in Arizona.
A representative for one of five companies awarded licenses to grow for Arkansas' fledgling medical marijuana industry says the business will be ready to start cultivating and supplying the product early next year. Oklahoma businessman Ben Kimbro, a Tulsa City Council member, is director of public affairs for Harvest Inc., a national medical cannabis operator based in Arizona.
Harvest holds medical cannabis licenses in seven states. The company's CEO, Steven White, has a small ownership stake in Natural State Wellness Enterprises, one of five Arkansas companies to be awarded a cultivation license.
Other license holders are Natural State Medicinals Cultivation, Bold Team LLC and Delta Medical Cannabis Co., all based in the state's Delta region. Osage Creek Cultivation is headquartered in Berryville (Carroll County) and registered to Jay Trulove, whose family owns Trulove Dirtworks. Messages left for Trulove and Osage Creek's attorney, David Nixon, were not returned.
Natural State Wellness Enterprises has assembled nearly 30 individuals to invest in the company — part of the application requirement was a $100,000 licensing fee and $500,000 performance bond — and the group plans to build its marijuana growing facility in Newport in Jackson County.
Among the investors are former Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel and Johnny Allison, chairman of Conway-based Home BancShares Inc.
A constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for 17 qualifying conditions and creating a state medical marijuana commission, was approved by Arkansas voters 53% (585,030) to 47% (516,525) in November 2016. But because of numerous legal and regulatory delays, it is unclear when the state's newest industry will be fully up and running, and when sales of medical cannabis will actually begin.
Kimbro said the slow burn is "frustrating," but he respects the fact Arkansas lawmakers and policymakers are moving with caution when it comes to rolling out the new industry.
"I think it's regrettable perhaps for our cannabis patients," he said. "But ultimately they're going be left with a system that allows them good access, evenly distributed access to cannabis products, and it will have been done the right way."
Despite the uncertainty, Kimbro said Natural State Wellness Enterprises is staying busy with its business preparation.
"We look to have a [cultivation] facility completed in February of 2019," Kimbro said. "Everything so far is going very much according to our preferred schedule and timeline in terms of getting it done. There's a balance in terms of getting it done on time and under budget, with getting it done right."
Kimbro said when construction is finished, Harvest employees will operate the facility and begin growing the product.
"You start planning and cultivating and caring for these plants and everything at the facility," he said. "Everything at the plant level gets monitored in very deep details — soil temperature, leaf temperature, the irrigation of soil, nutrition. All of it is very specific, and we've got some of the greatest professionals in the world to help with ensuring that patients in Arkansas get a great, consistent and safe product from harvest cultivation."
Kimbro said Harvest has approximately 1,200 strains of cannabis in its seed library. For the plant to grow to maturity depends on which strain is used. It ranges between five and six months.
"We have a lot of market evidence from other states that we operate in on what strands are desirable to patients," Kimbro said. "A lot of it is market driven. And it's very interesting to see in other states that we work in what patients' preferences are for different strains. People figure out pretty quickly what works well to treat whatever they're suffering from, and those strains become pretty desirable."
The company's growing operation will be under one roof in a building secured not only from a security perspective, but from pests and molds that are very specific to growing cannabis.
"We're growing medicine," Kimbro said. "So think of it as if you were to go to a pharmaceutical company that makes pills or capsules or dermal patches. It's all very, very clean in a very sterile environment. And that's how we grow these plants."
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Kimbro has been involved in licensing and policy implementation of medical cannabis in several states. Ironically, his professional background several years ago included doing a "considerable" amount of work in counter narcotics and combating narcotics-funded terror organizations.
"It's a pretty dramatic move across the spectrum for me in terms of my relationship and station in life working in medical cannabis," he said.
Before recently joining Harvest, Kimbro worked for Ross Group, a Tulsa-based construction, engineering and development company. He said a few years ago, the business decided to capitalize on the legalization of marijuana in other states by designing and building facilities for a partner with medical cannabis licenses.
It was a noble intention that did not pan out as planned.
"I've spent a lot of time out on the West Coast and meeting with folks in California, Washington and Oregon," he said. "I quickly came to realize that if we can accept the notion that Ben Kimbro is the least patient human being you have ever met, cannabis growers on the West Coast might move at a slightly different pace. And furthermore, if you have worked for two or three decades as an outlaw grower, you don't suddenly wake up one morning in a regulated environment and completely lose all your old habits.
"They don't read contracts, they don't sign contracts and they wouldn't adhere to them if they did. It's not uncommon for them to show up late 15 minutes for a meeting, if at all. And so I told our leadership team at the construction company that this is just not something that we need to bother with."
Kimbro said when Arkansas approved its medical marijuana amendment in November 2016, he went back to Ross Group leaders with a renewed interest to get involved in the industry.
"It was interesting to me for a variety of reasons," he recalled. "One, Arkansas has done a responsible job of coming up with good regulations. It's not going to be a free for all. It's going to be treated as a medical product, a treatment option. Arkansas is right next door to us in Oklahoma. Arkansans, for the most part, share similar values to us. We even kind of talk the same, and I kind of think that we've learned enough about this over the past three years that I'd like to get involved in this and be in control of steering our own ship and actually touch the plant."
State officials have estimated sales of medical marijuana could be almost $40 million annually. Kimbro declined to say how much revenue a cultivation facility could generate, only that owners are going to get a very fair return.
"It's going to be some happy Arkansans," he said. "Markets do define themselves, but there are consistencies. There are patient consumer behaviors that are consistent across 31 regulated states now.
"We rely on a lot of that information, and that informs the way we proceed in Arkansas. It'll be its own market, and it'll have nuances and anomalies. But I think Arkansas is going to be a great market. It won't be flooded. I think it'll be fairly balanced, and I think Arkansan patients are going to get a great product from us."
Arkansas medical marijuana program well behind other states
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Ahead of last Tour fight, Boasson Hagen's homework pays off
SALON-DE-PROVENCE, France (AP) — Edvald Boasson Hagen showed that brawn and speed don't guarantee victory at the Tour de France. Winners do their homework, too.
Going right around a roundabout while others took the left and longer route proved to be the key that enabled the Norwegian to finally win a stage at this Tour on Friday after two second-place finishes.
Only Boasson Hagen and Nikias Arndt took the shorter route. The Norwegian then eliminated the German rider with a burst of acceleration and sped to the line in Salon-de Provence.
Arndt placed second, five seconds back.
Third-placed Jens Keukeleire was among those who went left around the roundabout in the last three kilometers (under two miles) and immediately realized their mistake, as Boasson Hagen motored away.
"That's when it struck me: We should have taken right," Keukeleire said. "He's one of those riders, give him 10 meters and he's gone."
It was Boasson Hagen's third career stage win at the Tour, after his first two in 2011. He said he'd studied the finish and identified the short cut.
"I was hunting for opportunities, and then the roundabout arrived," he said. "I understood that going right would be quicker."
Riding at a leisurely pace far behind them, race leader Chris Froome and other top contenders for the yellow jersey were happy to let others contest the victory on the Tour's longest stage.
Boasson Hagen was part of a 20-man group that Froome and Team Sky gave freedom to escape from the peloton because none of them presented a threat to his overall lead. After two energy-sapping days of climbs in the high Alps, Froome and his rivals had their sights set instead on the time trial on Saturday in Marseille that will determine the podium order before the race ends in Paris on Sunday.
Froome's group was still riding as Boasson Hagen celebrated his win. The peloton eventually rolled in more than 12 minutes after Boasson Hagen claimed the first stage win for the Dimension Data team at this tour.
The overall standings remained unchanged at the top, with Froome leading French rider Romain Bardet by 23 seconds and Rigoberto Uran of Colombia by 29 seconds.
With no major difficulties, the 222.5-kilometer (138-mile) stage from Embrun in the Alps offered no real opportunity for Froome's rivals to claw back time. Instead, they and Froome let the 20 breakaway riders do the hard graft.
"We could just sit on the wheels and recover a little bit," Froome said. "Everyone was quite happy to sit back."
The breakaway group split again with 20 kilometers (12 miles) left. Boasson Hagen was among nine riders who ditched the others with a furious burst, leaving him in the right group to contest the stage victory. But among that leading nine, everyone but Arndt and Boasson Hagen then went left around the roundabout, essentially eliminating themselves from the running.
On Stage 7, Boasson Hagen lost to Marcel Kittel by mere millimeters in a photo finish at Nuits-Saint-Georges. He was also second on Stage 16 and third on Stages 11 and 14.
"I didn't have to do a photo finish this time," he said. "I finally got my victory."
The 22.5 kilometer (14-mile) time-trial course is the last significant obstacle between Froome and his fourth Tour victory. He needs to hold only Bardet and Uran at bay. They could be tempted into taking greater risks to make up time on the course with more than two dozen bends and a short but very sharp uphill to the Notre-Dame de la Garde cathedral, Marseille's most famous landmark. The start and finish are both at the Stade Velodrome, home to the Olympique de Marseille football club.
Getting safely through the race against the clock, a discipline the double Olympic bronze medalist excels in, will allow Froome to savor the traditional processional ride into Paris on Sunday.
"I'm not going to go out there and take any big risks," he said. "I'm obviously in a fantastic position now and I'd much rather be in this position than the position of second or third or fourth and having to try and make up time on someone else. So that gives me a lot of confidence."


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Home Small Business Ex-Beatle Billionaire McCartney Backs Magex
Ex-Beatle Billionaire McCartney Backs Magex
By John Lewell | August 03, 2000
[London, ENGLAND] Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has invested in Magex, the company with technology to ensure fans pay for their music rather than share it with a little help from their friends via MP3.
Magex has not revealed the amount invested by McCartney, saying merely that it is "in addition to" an $80 million round of private equity funding completed in April 2000.
Among the other investors are NatWest Bank, Reuters, GE Capital, Europ@web, affiliates of Soros Private Equity Partners, SLF Ventures, Westpool Investment Trust and Kistler Associates.
Sir Paul McCartney has been one of the music industry's most outspoken critics of all forms of copyright infringement. His backing of Magex places him firmly in the camp of those opposed to the free exchange of music on the Internet.
Magex, a project originally conceived at the U.K's NatWest Bank, is currently being restructured to address the U.S. market.
Earlier this week, Magex appointed W. Patrick Campbell as chairman and chief executive. Significantly, Campbell will be based in New York at the company's new headquarters, from which he will orchestrate the introduction of Magex technology to the U.S. music, film and media industries.
Magex believes its technology solves the security and payment problems surrounding digital distribution, enabling music and videos to be sold on the Web in fast, safe and easy transactions.
Among Magex's clients is Universal Music Group which announced Wednesday that it will commence trials of bluematter, its premium digital download format for which Magex will provide financial clearing house services.


I am hosting my GIS data in ArcGIS Online, not using ArcGIS Server, and when I publish my sewer data (with mains symbolized with flow direction arrows) it does not show up correctly. I published the line as a green line with black arrows. In ArcGIS Online it shows up as a thick black line with no arrows.
Any thoughts on how to get this to work or what may be causing this?
Thanks in advanced and God bless!
My guess is that the symbol you're using to draw the lines in desktop is not supported when publishing the data to the web.
My guess is that the symbol you're using the draw the lines in desktop is not supported when publishing the data to the web.
I'm having the same issue. I'm publishing to an .sd file and using the FeatureServer URL to create a map service online and when using flow arrows it appears the flow arrows draw a million times per line feature creating a thick black line. Black because that the color of the flow arrows. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I could really use this for our sewer system lines as well. I know it's possible if you have your own server, so why can this not be implemented on AGOL hosted features?
It's a technical limitation. A feature layer (hosted or not) passes the feature geometry to the client app (browser, mobile device, desktop app) and the client draws it. Web browsers don't have the ability to draw complex line symbols.
I think it has something to do with being in a "map image layer", which if I understand correctly is only available if you have your own server.
Yes, map image layers are drawn by the server and return an image of the drawing to a client application. You do need your own server to host a map image layer.
Show Direction of Route with Arrow Symbol???
Initially, I added specific service url's to the mxd from another published service.
I had this layer grouped in the mxd with another layer.
Published it using ArcGIS server as the host.
The symbology was ok in the rest end point viewer.
When I added the layer url to a web map on agol, it turned into a solid black line.
The layer is not a supported type and cannot be added to the map.
One con of doing it this way is that if you have other layers in the web map, the web map places this towards the bottom of the layer list.
The user cannot reorder it.
If there are non-transparent polygons on top of this map service, then it will be covered.
Also, I attempted to remove the unnecessary layers from the web map, but it seems that once you add the MapServer url, you cannot remove the individual index layers of that map service.
Symbolize the line arrow by itself (NOT in a group layer, NOR any other layers in the mxd) in a source mxd.
Publish as a map service using ArcGIS server.
use any basic line symbol at the mxd, with color of choice, and no arrows.
choose the arrow pointing to the right (third one down).
I know this is several years after the fact, but for people who are experiencing this problem for the first time, I wanted to let them know that you can symbolize a line feature with a directional arrow in the web map itself.
It doesn't look as refined as a cartographic line in an .mxd, but it does the job. The arrows will point in the direction it was digitized in (in this example, we digitize sanitary sewers from high elevation to low elevation, so the arrows point downstream).
Again, I know that this is really late, but it took me several hours a few months ago to figure this out. Hope it helps someone else in the future.


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New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reverse the Trump administration and penalize consumers for not having health insurance.
TRENTON - New Jersey lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reverse a move by the Trump administration and Congress and bring back the health insurance mandate.
The bill's supporters say the move will help stabilize health insurance premiums, even though it takes on one of the Affordable Care Act's most unpopular provisions.
"Restoring the penalty is one of the most cost-effective ways that we can reduce premiums," said Raymond Castro, director of health policy for New Jersey Policy Perspective, a left-leaning research group.
State Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-Middlesex, and Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, introduced the bills earlier this week, putting New Jersey on a growing list of states that are trying to restore the health insurance mandate.
The mandate requires most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty – either 2.5 percent of their household income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, whichever is greater. It was repealed beginning in 2019 as part of the tax law that was signed by President Donald Trump in December. Watch a video of the president praising the bill at the top of this story.
About 189,000 New Jerseyans paid the penalty in 2015, New Jersey Policy Perspective said.
Critics of the repeal said it has unintended consequences: healthy consumers would skip on insurance, which would cause premiums to increase as much as 10 percent a year. Maryland, California and a handful of other states are considering restoring the penalty, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The New Jersey bill, narrowly approved Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee, would require every taxpayer in the Garden State to have health insurance or pay the tax to the state instead of the federal government.
Some interest groups, while supporting the idea, had questions. For example, the bill would exempt individuals who can't afford coverage from the penalty. But it isn't clear what would be considered affordable.
"Our support is qualified because a mandate should only exist when coupled with adequate subsidies to ensure affordability," the New Jersey Association of Health Plans, which represents insurance companies, said in a statement.


Combos become unworkable with many thousands of records, even many hundreds in Access 2. By loading records into the combo only after the user has typed the first three or four characters, you can use combos far beyond their normal limits, even with the AutoExpand property on.
Leave the combo's RowSource property blank.
Create a function that assigns the RowSource after a minimum number of characters has been typed. Only entries matching these initial characters are loaded, so the combo's RowSource never contains more than a few hundred records.
Call this function in the combo's Change event, and the form's Current event.
For this example you need a table named Postcodes, with fields Suburb, State, Postcode. You may be able to create this table from downloaded data, for example postcodes for Australia. Make sure all three fields are indexed.
' If first n chars are the same as previously, do nothing.
Me.Suburb.RowSource = "SELECT Suburb, State, Postcode FROM Postcodes WHERE (False);"
sNewStub & "*"") ORDER BY Suburb, State, Postcode;"
Dim cbo As ComboBox         ' Suburb combo.
Dim sText As String         ' Text property of combo.
Case "MT "                  ' Change "Mt " to "Mount ".
Case Else                   ' Reload RowSource data.
As the user types the first two characters, the drop-down list is empty. At the third character, the list fills with just the entries beginning with those three characters. At the fourth character, Access completes the first matching name (assuming the combo's AutoExpand is on). Once enough characters are typed to identify the suburb, the user tabs to the next field. As they leave the combo, State and Postcode are assigned.
The time taken to load the combo between keystrokes is minimal. This occurs once only for each entry, unless the user backspaces through the first three characters again.
What did you think of 'Combos with Tens of Thousands of Records'?


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Schleppenbach hopes that the novena and prayer initiative will help teach the public and Congress about what the Roe decision and its effects have actually meant in the United States. The novena.
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Picardal CSsR recalls that when he was a political prisoner during the martial law years, he had a fellow inmate bearing a tattoo of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (OMPH. Vatican II" by Agnes M.
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Catholic Prayers. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2559) states, "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.". We are probably all familiar with the second part of this definition. Who among us, in some time of need or distress, has not called upon God for assistance?
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Please avoid answering with a subjective "Well, who can really know?" [ this is from the "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" prayer / devotion / novena ] OK, in reality, if they say that prayer in the way.
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More than 100,000 people will visit the monastery over the next nine days to take part in the famous Novena in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. The theme of this. The nine-day prayer event.
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May 13, 2016. Each Saturday at the morning Mass, a novena prayer is said and an image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is venerated in front of the altar.
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An illustration revealing the impressive design of the sanctuary of the Church of Saint Alphonsus, or more popularly known as the Novena Church. include a new shrine named Our Mother of Perpetual.
The nine-day prayer event at the Falls Road monastery. which is held annually in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. More than 100,000 people are expected to visit the monastery during the.
the Hail Holy Queen followed by "Mary Help of Christians, pray for us." Personal conditions required for the novena include participating in the sacraments of Confession and the Holy Eucharist, making.
When I moved to my present parish almost five years ago I inherited a longstanding devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Each Saturday at the morning Mass, a novena prayer is said and an image of.
The phrase "rest in peace" (in Latin, requiescat in pace), which appears in the prayer "Eternal Rest," is also used in traditional Christian liturgies and prayers such as the Requiem Mass.Since the eighth century, the phrase (sometimes abbreviated to R.I.P.) has been engraved on Christian tombstones.
Christine McCarthy, the author of a book of prayers and meditations. laity and children who respond to the novena will continue to grow as the synod approaches," said Montagna, who has previous.
Clonard held a "Novena on the streets" earlier this month which saw pilgrims gather each night for prayer and the offering of petitions around an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
Wirkus prays for an hour every Monday in a silent chapel where prayer never ends. Wirkus isn't a nun. She is one of more than 150 La Crosse area community members who help the Franciscan Sisters of.
Anonymous said. I prayed this novena to resolve a serious medical crisis for my toddler son (along with novenas to St. Philomena, St. Theresa of the Little Flower, Our Lady of Good Success, and an additional novena to St. Pio), and my prayer was answered on the 7th day of my novenas.
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The "Novena on the streets" will see pilgrims gather at 7pm each night for prayer and the offering of petitions around an icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It will begin on Sunday at Poleglass.
That we may not neglect prayer a single day of our lives, O Mary ever help us. That we may have. (1) Meaning of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Icon1) Greek initial for Mother of God.. Part 1: NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP
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Several decades later in 1937 Archbishop Mundelein approved a "Perpetual. "The first Novena services were held on Friday, January 8, 1937. They consisted of the Via Matris (stations of the Seven.
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Our worldwide EWTN family will soon begin a novena. "Novena to the Mother of God for the Nation." Fr. Frederick Miller, Chair of the Department of Systematic Theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary.
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Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Director: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Ian McDiarmid, Carrie Fisher, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, Domnhall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Mark Hammill
Twenty-nineteen was a big year for pop culture climaxes. In April, Avengers: Endgame drew Marvel's 22 film 'Infinity Saga,' if not the the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a whole, to a close. May saw the culmination of Game of Thrones' eight season run. Popular consensus suggests that one stuck the landing better than the other. Neither, however, carried quite the same level of pressure as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and, we are told, final film in the central series which we are apparently now calling 'the Skywalker Saga.' Since its debut in 1977, Star Wars has in many ways defined contemporary blockbuster filmmaking as both a narrative and a franchise. Unfortunately, while a perfectly adequate piece of blockbuster filmmaking, watching The Rise of Skywalker confirms what has been suggested by the previous two instalments: that this has been a trilogy without a clear, overarching plan. Continue reading →
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Review – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Director: Rian Johnson
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Kelly Marie Tran, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Andy Serkis, Benicio Del Toro, Gwendoline Christie
When The Force Awakens was released in 2015 to relaunch the Star Wars saga it had three specific functions: nostalgia, preparation, and reassurance. It had to remind audiences why they loved Star Wars, it had to establish the new generation of characters who were going to take on the franchise from our old favourites moving forward, and, after the prequel trilogy, it had to leave us confident that they weren't going to screw this up. The result was a film that was a lot of fun, but was fairly criticised for playing it a bit safe. It set a platform and Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the eighth episode in the storied saga, has built on that platform. Nowhere near as dependent on nostalgia as The Force Awakens or even Rogue One, The Last Jedi is liberated to be more adventurous with its narrative. Continue reading →
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Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill
Black screen. Blue lettering. "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…" and then BANG! With the blast of that iconic fanfare and the crawling text, we are once again away. 32 years after we saw Luke, Han and Leia finally defeat Darth Vader and the Empire in Return of the Jedi these iconic characters return to the big screen in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. This most revered of franchises, now under the control of Disney, has been handed on from its creator, George Lucas, to writer-director J.J. Abrams. Abrams showed with Star Trek in 2009 that he has a gift for rebooting storied science-fiction franchises, but this is another level entirely. But faced with the near impossible burden of audience and industry expectations – this is, after all, a movie which anything less than becoming the highest grossing film of all time will seemingly be an underperformance – Abrams and his team have delivered.
Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), the last Jedi knight, has vanished. In his absence a new dark power, the First Order, has risen from the ashes of the Empire. Continue reading →
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Strategic review of David Lloyd Leisure underway
December 9, 2011 | Mergers & Acquisitions, Opinion, UK health and fitness news
News broke last week that a strategic review is underway at David Lloyd Leisure. A 'strategic review' normally denotes that a significant event is underway.
David Lloyd Leisure
The business operates 89 health and racquets clubs across the UK and Europe and was acquired for £940 million (€1.1 billion Euros) in 2007 by London and Regional Properties, as part of a consortium. The business is now part-owned by the Lloyds Banking Group and I was surprised to discover that David Lloyd Leisure represents one of Lloyds Banking Group's largest debt exposures understood to be in excess of £1.3 (€1.5 billion Euros).
David Lloyd Leisure said:
"The company is trading well and is in good shape. It was always going to be the case that the shareholders would review their options and that won't be an instant process."
So what does 2012 hold for David Lloyd Leisure? There seems to have been little emphasis on growing the European business and so these 10 clubs could be sold but to whom given the present macro-economic climate? As for the UK, clearly there is an opportunity to bring together the Esporta health and racquets clubs (now owned by Virgin Active) together with the David Lloyd clubs with tennis – the David Lloyd clubs have more than 350 indoor tennis courts across the estate.
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A U.S.-Egyptian research team has uncovered the earliest documented case of coronary atherosclerosis in a princess who died in her early 40s and lived between 1580 and 1550 B.C. Of the other mummies studied – a sampling of the elite in ancient Egypt – almost half showed evidence of atherosclerosis in one or more of their arteries, calling into question our perception of atherosclerosis as a modern disease, according to research presented this week at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session in New Orleans.
While atherosclerosis has been observed before in ancient Egyptians, this study found it to be more prevalent than previously thought. The interdisciplinary team performed whole body computerized tomography (CT) scans on 52 ancient Egyptian mummies to determine if atherosclerosis was present. Of the 44 with identifiable arteries or hearts, nearly half (45 percent) had calcifications either in the wall of an artery or along the course of an artery that are diagnostic of or highly suggestive of atherosclerosis. "Commonly, we think of coronary artery or heart disease as a consequence of modern lifestyles, mainly because it has increased in developing countries as they become more westernized," said Gregory S. Thomas, M.D., MPH, clinical professor and director of nuclear cardiology education, University of California, Irvine and the study's co-principal investigator.
"These data point to a missing link in our understanding of heart disease, and we may not be so different from our ancient ancestors." Most of the atherosclerosis was found in the large arteries of the body, including the aorta in the abdomen. However, key smaller arteries were also involved. About 7 percent of the mummies had obstructions in the heart arteries, and 14 percent had blockages in the arteries to the brain, the carotid arteries, which is a leading cause of stroke in the present day. Researchers also found that, similar to now, advancing age was highly predictive of the presence and severity of atherosclerosis.
Thomas explains that the calcific atherosclerosis seen with CT scanning looks just like the atherosclerosis of today and appears in the same locations. While researchers could not determine the exact cause of death in these mummies, symptoms consistent with cardiac chest pain had been described in ancient Egyptian scrolls. In order to understand the lifestyles of ancient Egypt's elite, the team of researchers worked with Egyptologists to review risk factors that might affect the health of the heart and arteries.
Although the findings require further study, Thomas and his co-principal investigator, Adel Allam, M.D., of Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt believe these data suggest that genetic factors resulting in atherosclerosis are more important than previously thought. They caution, however, that the genetic factors that may predispose us to the disease are even more compelling reasons to carefully manage risk factors that we have some control over, if not to prevent atherosclerosis, to minimize its impact.
Mummies were preserved by going through a 70-day sterilization and dehydration process using natron, a mixture of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium sulfate and sodium chloride, which allows the bodies to be recognizable and studied 3,500 or more years later. The study was funded by the National Bank of Egypt, Siemens and the St. Luke's Hospital Foundation. Cardiology co-investigators include: doctors. Randall Thompson of the St. Luke's Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo.; Sam Wann of the Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis.; and Michael I. Miyamoto of the Mission Internal Medical Group, Mission Viejo, Calif.
This study is published in print and online in the JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging April 2011 edition.


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Агия Параскеви от гръцкото Αγία Παρασκευή, на български Света Петка е име на редица географски обекти в Гърция и Кипър и може да се отнася за:

 Агия Параскеви, голямо предградие на гръцката столица Атина;
 Агия Параскеви, село в Мала Влахия, Етолоакарнания, Гърция;
 Агия Параскеви, село на остров Лесбос, Гърция;
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 Агия Параскеви, село в Гърция, дем Касандра;
 Агия Параскеви или Ново село или Еникьой, село в Гърция, дем Седес;
 Баня, по-късно Агия Параскеви, бивше село в Гърция, дем Горуша (Войо);
 Света Петка, гръцко име Агия Параскеви, село в Гърция, дем Кукуш (Килкис);
 Света Петка, гръцко име Агия Параскеви, село в Гърция, дем Лерин (Флорина);
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posted Friday, September 14, 2012 - Volume 40 Issue 37
Gay couple sues Catholic diocese over real estate deal
by Mike Andrew - SGN Staff Writer
A Gay couple has filed suit against the Roman Catholic diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts, charging church officials with discrimination in an aborted real estate transaction. The pair claim damages for loss of civil rights and dignity, and for emotional distress.
James Fairbanks and his husband, Alain Beret, were negotiating with the diocese to buy Oakhurst Mansion, a former Catholic retreat center. They planned to restore the historic house and use it as both their private residence and a venue for their special-events business.
Oakhurst, built in 1890 by the heir of a local weaving machine business, is a 30-room mansion situated on a 26-acre estate.
According to court documents, the property was listed at $1.45 million, and the diocese accepted the couples' offer to buy it for $1 million. An inspection revealed that costly repairs were needed, and the couple then made a revised offer of $550,000.
The diocese then ended negotiations in June, but not because the couple withdrew their original $1 million offer, the suit alleges. Instead, the couple's attorney says, the diocese was afraid that the pair would use the mansion to host same-sex weddings.
AN E-MAIL SMOKING GUN
According to attorney Sergio Carvajal, who represents Fairbanks and Beret, the diocese inadvertently sent them an e-mail revealing church officials' real concerns.
According to the lawsuit, Chancellor Thomas Sullivan sent an e-mail to the diocese's real estate agent on June 8, instructing him to break off negotiations with the couple. Inadvertently, he cc'd Fairbanks and Beret on it.
'I just went down the hall and discussed it with the bishop,' the e-mail read. 'Because of the potentiality of Gay marriages there, something you shared with us yesterday, we aren't interested in going forward with these buyers. I think they're shaky anyway. So just tell them that we will not accept their revised plan and the Diocese is making new plans for the property. You find the language.'
Carvajal told the Associated Press that 'the e-mail speaks for itself.'
'It is wrong and it is illegal,' he added.
The diocese said it has a policy that forbids selling church buildings once used for worship for a purpose that contravenes church teachings - hence their concern about same-sex marriage ceremonies.
'We wouldn't sell our churches and our properties to any of a number of things that would reflect badly on the Church,' Sullivan told CatholicCulture.org.
ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION?
Carvajal said such a policy would be illegal in this case. 'They would basically be binding future people to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation,' he said.
Massachusetts law has barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in a number of areas, including housing and public accommodations, since 1989.
James G. Reardon, Jr., attorney for the diocese, said his clients broke off negotiations because they believed Fairbanks and Beret would not be able to find financing for the deal. Sullivan's e-mail only mentions the possibility of same-sex weddings at the site, but does not reference the couple's sexual orientation, he added.
Reardon said the diocese was unaware they are Gay because the subject never came up during negotiations. Carvajal replied that he did not believe Reardon's claim.
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Students pressure University to join labor consortium
By Rachel Levine
A coalition of student groups kicked off its campaign to get the University to join the Workers' Rights Consortium with a study break in the Reynolds Club last Wednesday. The coalition, which includes groups such as Students Organized with Labor (SOUL), the Feminist Majority, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA), Amnesty International, and Queers and Associates, circulated a petition that currently has about 240 signatures.
The campaign plans to send a cross-group coalition to meet with administrators and urge the University to join the Consortium, a group that monitors the labor practices of companies that supply universities with logo clothing.
Currently, 121 schools nationwide are members of the Consortium, including the University of Illinois at Chicago and at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania.
While the University often draws criticism for its stances on social issues, the purpose of the campaign is to make the administration aware of new issues, according to Jonah Rubin, a second-year in the College.
The Workers' Rights Consortium was founded in 1998 by United Students Against Sweatshops, according to Jamil Barton, a first-year in the College who serves on the Consortium's national governing board. Barton said that the college clothing industry is a $3-billion enterprise. "As students," he said, "we can use that to promote workers' rights—to improve the conditions of factories."
If the University were to join the Consortium, it would have to incorporate elements of the Consortium's official code of conduct into its licensing contracts with clothing companies. Any clothing companies that manufacture Chicago clothing would be required to provide the Consortium with a list of the names and locations of each of their factories. In addition, the University would be forced to pay a yearly membership fee of $1,000 or one percent of gross licensing revenues, whichever is greater.
Fees paid by member colleges and universities compose 40 percent of the Consortium's funds. The other 60 percent "is raised through grants from philanthropic foundations and the federal government," according to the Consortium's website. Contributors include the New World Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Barton said that when the Consortium receives an inquiry or an allegation about a factory from workers, local con-government organizations, or affiliate schools, it launches an investigation. The Consortium then interviews workers and management and reports on the state of workers' rights in the establishment.
He emphasized that the Consortium simply reports on the states of different factories. The ultimate decision to opt out of a contract ultimately belongs to the University.
The University was actively involved in the debate over joining the organization during the 1999-2000 academic year. A letter from Arthur M. Sussman, general counsel and vice president for administration illustrated the intensity of debate on the issue. The letter, dated March 30, 2000 and addressed to the student body president and leaders of the Anti-Sweatshop Coalition, brings into question the appropriate role of the University in organizations that support political and social viewpoints.
"While the [Workers' Rights Consortium] does propose to have a 'monitoring' function and plans to issue public reports, from the material circulated it also appears to be a group that intends to advocate—along with other groups such as unions, third world work groups and human rights groups—a prescribed code that supports particular social, political and environmental positions," he wrote.
The Kalven Report, which the University adopted in 1967, prevents the school from taking positions on political or social issues and states that the University should act to support its own interests. Student activists throughout the years have confronted the administration only to be handed the Kalven Report as the University's official position.
Rubi, however, is not convinced that the report will pose such a problem. He pointed out that many students have a "misconception of the top," citing President Don Randel's recent letter in the Chicago Magazine, which argued the need to reform the Kalven Report.
Sussman's letter does not preclude the possibility of future involvement with the organization should it develop into a "monitoring group that provides objective information on working conditions."
The University's position on the Consortium seems to be the same now as it was in 2000—namely, that the University is already taking measures to ensure that its licensing agreements with clothing companies abide by fair labor standards. "We have an arrangement with Barnes and Noble whereby anyone who approaches them to sell their goods with our mark has to go through our legal office," said Steve Klass, vice president and dean of students in the University. "Barnes and Noble is a member of the Fair Labor Association, which is an industry-developed version of the WRC. It abides by extremely strict rules."
Klass said that a discussion between student activists and the administration would be beneficial for both parties, citing the fact that student activists seem unaware of the University's past.


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MEN'S LACROSSE: Effort and toughness define Baxter defense
Jane Miller & Matthew Mister 2:22 am, Apr 19, 2017
Staff Reporters
Robbie Short
The No. 11 Yale men's lacrosse team led by six in the final minutes of last weekend's Ivy clash against Brown, but it seemed as if nobody had told captain and defender Brian Pratt '17. As a Bear attacker loaded up for a high-speed shot, Pratt launched into an all-out dive and blocked the shot before it could reach the Eli goaltender.
Pratt's dive, even with victory secured, is emblematic of the culture grounded in effort and toughness that the Eli defense has developed under the guidance of assistant coach and defensive coordinator Andrew Baxter. With Yale well-positioned to capture its fifth Ivy League tournament title in six years, a defense decimated by graduation and injuries nevertheless continues to set the tone heading into the crucial month of May.
"I really just love playing for [Baxter] because of how great of a guy and role model he is," Pratt said. "I want to work hard and get better because of how much he puts into this program and how much time he dedicates to helping each of us."
Baxter displayed his commitment to the Yale lacrosse program and his players three weeks ago: While playing squash just days before the Bulldogs traveled to Penn, the assistant coach tore his left Achilles tendon. After missing a few days of practice to recover from surgery, Baxter still made the trip to Philadelphia with the team to witness the Ivy League matchup and support the Elis.
His dedication does not go unnoticed by his player. It extends from the field into his home, where Baxter invites his players over for pizza and wings before the start of each season.
"[Baxter] cares a lot about his players and legitimately cares for the game," defender Jerry O'Connor '18 said. "He'll speak his mind to you and tell you when you're playing well and when you're not. He holds you to a higher standard."
Baxter was no stranger to coaching elite defenses before arriving in New Haven. Between his three years as defensive coordinator at Drexel and four at Ohio State, Baxter's defenses ranked top-10 in the nation in goals allowed four separate times.
However, Baxter was not always a defensive guru. The Rochester, New York native played offense in high school and his first coordinator job came on the offensive side, as he coached Drexel's offense in 2004 and 2005. Baxter made the switch to defense in 2006, drawn by the personality of defenses, and never looked back. According to Baxter, his experience on the other side of the ball has helped him coach defense because from personal experience he knows how to annoy offensive players.
When Yale hired Baxter ahead of the 2013 season, the program was coming off of its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1992. In Baxter's four full seasons, the program has grown into a national powerhouse — Yale won the Ivy League tournament and appeared in the NCAA tournament in three of those four years, rising as high as No. 1 in national rankings last season.
"[Baxter] is a flat-out genius when it comes to defensive schemes," Pratt said. "We definitely have some core systems that we rely on, but he has a unique ability to craft each system to best fit a team or player we are trying to shut down."
Yale's defense ranked in the top-10 nationally during each of the championship seasons. Even in the disappointing 2014 campaign, in which the Bulldogs were knocked out in the semifinals of the conference tournament, Baxter's defense ranked 11th in the nation, giving up just 8.5 goals per game.
And along with his signature aggressive style of defense, Baxter has also brought his love for the 10-man ride to Yale. The Bulldogs have seen immense success with their full court press this year; Dartmouth completed just 12 of 17 clears against the Elis while No. 17 Princeton completed only 15 of 21.
"Coach [Baxter] is, in my opinion, the top or one of the top defensive coordinators in college lacrosse," head coach Andy Shay said. "Having known him for so long, I was convinced that he would mesh well with these types of players. He's tough on them, but he's a player's coach as well, and it seems that Yale lacrosse players respond well to that style."
After graduating four of his six starters from last season, Baxter faced an uphill battle heading into 2017. When Camyar Matini '17, the most experienced defender on the roster, went down with a knee injury against Penn on April 1, Yale was forced to turn to its youth more than ever.
The 10.0 goals per game the Elis have surrendered this season are the worst statistically in Baxter's tenure but hide an overachieving unit full of young stars in the making.
Never was the overachievement of this underrated group clearer than this past Saturday against Brown. Facing the nation's fourth-best offense, the Yale defense ceded only 12 goals. The Bears scored just twice in the fourth quarter despite winning most of the final period's faceoffs. Reigning national player of the year Dylan Molloy tallied just three goals and an assist against Yale, despite being guarded for most of the game by Aidan Hynes '20, a freshman defender making just his fifth collegiate start.
However, the biggest test of the season for Yale's defense comes this Saturday against No. 5 Albany. Although the Bulldogs have already faced four top-10 offenses this season in No. 2 Maryland, Villanova, Princeton and Brown, none compare to the Great Danes, who enter this weekend's contest scoring a nation-best 15.9 goals per game.
Leading Albany is the country's top scorer, attacker Connor Fields. But the Bulldogs remain unfazed, and with Baxter on the sidelines, there is little doubt of how the Eli defense will combat Albany's lethal attack: with effort and toughness.
"Ground balls, diving for endlines, practice diving in front of shots … these are things you can control," Baxter said. "Some people say you can't coach toughness, but Coach Shay and I say you can."
With just one Ivy game left to play, Yale has secured a share of the regular season conference title and will host the conference tournament May 5–7.
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MATTHEW MISTER
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