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Innovative triple pill significantly lowers blood pressure, study finds
A new low dose three in one pill to treat hypertension could transform the way high blood pressure is treated around the world.
A trial led by The George Institute for Global Health revealed that most patients – 70 per cent – reached blood pressure targets with the 'Triple Pill', compared to just over half receiving normal care.
With high blood pressure the leading cause of disease burden worldwide, it's expected the findings published in JAMA will change guidelines globally.
Dr Ruth Webster, of The George Institute for Global Health, said this was a major advance by showing that the Triple Pill was not only more effective than standard care, it was also safe. "It's estimated more than a billion people globally suffer from high blood pressure with the vast majority having poorly controlled blood pressure. Our results could help millions of people globally reduce their blood pressure and reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke."
The researchers tested an entirely new way of treating hypertension by giving patients three drugs, each at half dose, in a single pill for early treatment of high blood pressure. Traditionally patients begin treatment with one drug at a very low dose, which is increased over time with additional drugs added and increased in dosage to try to reach target.
Dr Webster added: "Patients are brought back at frequent intervals to see if they are meeting their targets with multiple visits required to tailor their treatments and dosage. This is not only time inefficient, it's costly. We also know that many doctors and patients find it too complicated and often don't stick to the process. This new approach is much simpler and it works."
The trial, which was conducted in Sri Lanka, enrolled 700 patients with an average age of 56 and blood pressure of 154/90 mm Hg.
Patients were randomly assigned to receive either the combination pill or usual care – their doctor's choice of blood pressure lowering medication. The Triple Pill, consisted of the blood pressure medications telmisartan (20 mg), amlodipine (2.5 mg), and chlorthalidone (12.5 mg).
Compared with patients receiving usual care, a significantly higher proportion of patients receiving the Triple Pill achieved their target blood pressure of 140/90 or less (with lower targets of 130/80 for patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease).
At six months, 83 percent of participants in the Triple Pill group were still receiving the combination pill compared to the majority of patients in the usual-care group still receiving only one and only one third receiving two or more blood-pressure–lowering drugs.
Professor Anushka Patel, Principal Investigator of the trial and Chief Scientist at The George Institute, said this was a big improvement. "The World Heart Federation has set an ambitious goal that by 2025 there will be a 25 per cent reduction in blood pressure levels globally. The Triple Pill could be a low-cost way of helping countries around the world to meet this target.
"This study has global relevance. While the most pressing need, from the perspective of the global burden of disease, is low-and-middle-income countries, it's equally relevant in a country like Australia where we're still achieving only 40%-50% control rates for high blood pressure."
The George Institute is now looking at strategies to maximise uptake of the study results. This includes examining the acceptability of the Triple Pill approach to patients and their doctors, as well as cost-effectiveness which will be important for governments and other payers to consider.
The study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia as part of the Global Alliance for Chronic Disease.


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Sony SmartAR delivers high-speed markerless augmented reality and most implementations require a weird marker to be in clear sight. Sony's SmartAR works even when the AR object is being tossed around and no sign of flickering or even lost detection, as the little pink bear in the demo keeps on trotting along. In fact, the AR is actually quite impressive as 3D augmented objects can even be manipulated without the camera aimed right at the AR object…………
Sony has developed integrated Augmented Reality (hereafter referred to as 'AR') technology called as Smart AR. When capturing visuals through a camera on a device such as a smartphone, the technology enables additional information to be displayed on the device's screens such as virtual objects or images and texts that cannot be identified by visual perception alone. The technology employs the markerless approach, forgoing any requirement for special markers such as 2D barcodes. The object captured by the camera is quickly recognized and can be tracked at high-speed along with the movement of the camera, as it is displayed over the actual 3D space. AR technology has recently been the subject of much interest, and is being used in a variety of applications such as advertisements, promotions, games, and information searches. Sony began researching AR in 1994 with two-dimensional barcodes recognition (marker approach), and in 1998, it developed VAIO PCG-C1 personal computers equipped with software which automatically recognized 'CyberCode.'
SmartAR technology combines 'object recognition technology' (markerless approach in which no special markers are required) for recognition of general objects such as photographs and posters with Sony's own proprietary '3D space recognition technology,' which has been fostered through the research of robots such as AIBO and QRIO. With SmartAR technology objects can be recognized and tracked at high-speed. In addition to displaying virtual objects or additional image or text information (hereafter, 'AR information'), the technology also facilitates the expression of AR information over an extended space, thus producing a dynamic, large-scale AR experience. Furthermore, information can be acquired or navigated by simply touching the AR information directly on the screen of the smartphone or other device, thus achieving an intuitive and seamless user interface that is unique to SmartAR. Sony will continue to experiment with SmartAR technology with the aim to add new value for various services and business applications such as advertising and games.
Main Features :
- Object recognition that enables the markerless approach: AR information can be displayed on the captured image which appears on a device's screen, including those images that do not have any special markers for AR. This technology is also compatible with image recognition technologies that use conventional markers (such as CyberCode). Because SmartAR can recognize everyday objects such as posters and menus, it has the potential for a wide variety of applications. SmartAR object recognition technology identifies objects by analyzing features detected from a portion of the image (hereafter, 'local features') together with their positional relationship. Our feature matching technology that employs a proprietary probabilistic method that matches local features with minimal calculations enables high-speed recognition that is resistant to changes in lighting or the position of the object. In addition, recognition is still possible even if the object captured appears to be comparatively small in the display.
- High-speed tracking (rapid & accurate) : Sony achieved its natural-feeling 'rapid & accurate' AR by quickly displaying AR information on the screen and then tracking the camera's movements at high-speed. This has been realized by combining object recognition technology with our proprietary matching technology that uses features detected from a portion of the image ('local features') and image tracking technology that is capable of dealing with changes in the shape of the object.
- 3D space recognition : With our dynamic, large-scale AR, virtual objects can be merged with 3D structures detected in the physical world. For example, even if the AR image is a gigantic virtual character whose size exceeds the dimensions of the device's screen, the technology allows the user to grasp the entirety of the virtual character when the camera is moved around. Furthermore, it is also possible to move the virtual object in the actual 3D space as if it were really there. Three-dimensional space recognition technology is based on use of the disparity observed by the camera movements to estimate the shape of the 3D space and the position and angle of the camera. By combining this with object recognition technology, devices become capable of identifying and remembering 3D space constructions.
- AR Interaction:Information can be intuitively acquired and navigated by directly touching the AR information displayed on the smartphone or device's screen. The distinctiveness of "SmartAR" technology comes from the user interface which enables users to naturally use and operate additional information and virtual objects.
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The Decorator – WooCommerce email customizer plugin helps you change the default look and feel of the WooCommerce transactional emails using the native WordPress customizer.
Love the ease with which you can make changes to your WordPress site with the built-in Customizer tool? Don't like the standard look of the WooCommerce emails? This WooCommerce email customizer extension is exactly what you need!
The plugin lets you easily customize WooCommerce emails, personalize the email design with pre-built templates, brand WooCommerce emails, and more.
Prebuilt WooCommerce email templates
The WooCommerce email template plugin offers multiple pre-built templates that you can use to personalize the WooCommerce emails. You can fully transform the design and feel of your WooCommerce emails by just loading the template that you need. Moreover, the templates in the plugin can be customized. This means that you can edit the prebuilt template to make your emails better suited for your store.
Ability to edit email texts
The WooCommerce email content such as subject, heading, subtitle, and body text can be edited or modified to your preference. You can use sliders and color pickers for designing email backgrounds, containers, headers, footers, texts, and everything. Also, add shortcodes/placeholders within the email templates to change the content and appearance. There are provisions to add images (company logo), social media links, and many more in the email templates of your WooCommerce custom emails.
Customize all WooCommerce email types
The WooCommerce email plugins give provision to customize and edit all the default WooCommerce emails for each order status. You can easily choose an email type and customize it on the go.
Send a test email to your inbox
You can send test emails to multiple recipients with the WooCommerce email template customization plugin. This would help you understand how the customizations you made would look in your customer's inboxes.
Dynamic preview
Get a real-time preview of the email customizations made as and when you make the edits with the WooCommerce email templates plugin. You can view the changes you make as you make them in the email preview helping you get everything just right.
Add logo in emails
You can easily upload your company logo in email templates to align with your branding styles.
Show social media links in email
Insert the social media links like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn, Vimeo into your WooCommerce email templates by using icons, URLs, titles, etc.
Reset to default
You always have the option to reset your WooCommerce email templates to the default style.
Save, publish, or schedule your customizations
Email customizations can be published instantly or scheduled to be published at a later time with this email customizer for WooCommerce.
Apply the customizations to all emails
Easily update the customizations to all the default email templates with a single click.
Additional customization using custom CSS
Use additional CSS to style the emails in your desired manner.
Additional shortcodes
Include additional shortcodes like customer name, order details, company name, etc., to create custom email content. The following shortcodes are available in the WooCommerce emails plugin:
- {customer_username}
- {customer_email}
- {customer_first_name}
- {customer_last_name}
- {customer_full_name}
- {customer_company}
- {order_date}
- {order_number}
- {site_title}
The Email customizer by WebToffee is compatible with the following plugins:
- Subscriptions for WooCommerce
- Webtoffee Woocommerce Request a Quote
- Germanized for WooCommerce
- WooCommerce Subscriptions
- Multivendor Marketplace Solution for WooCommerce – WC Marketplace
- WooCommerce Memberships
- Smart Coupons for WooCommerce
Get started and customize your WooCommerce emails now and stand out from the crowd! The detailed setup guide will help you get started with the plugin.
If you have any issues with the plugin, feel free to contact us via support forum.
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Automatic installation
The automatic installation is the easiest way to install the plugin. You can install the plugin without even leaving your browser window and from within your WordPress dashboard.
From your admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New. From the search box, type "woocommerce email customizer" or "decorator" and then search plugins. Click the install button on the Order Import Export Plugin for WooCommerce by WebToffee and then activate the plugin.
Now you are ready to start customizing your WooCommerce emails.
Manual installation
In the manual installation, you will need to download the zip file of the plugin from the plugin page in WordPress.org. You can upload the file directly from your WordPress dashboard, or using an FTP application.
When doing a manual installation,
1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
Plugin updates
For every update of the plugin, you will be notified of the installed plugins page. You can directly update the plugin from your dashboard. We recommend that you keep the latest version of the plugin so that you can avail yourself of the new functionalities and security features.
Can I change the default content of WooCommerce emails?
Yes, the default email content can be modified and updated.
Can I add the logo in emails?
Yes, you can upload an image and adjust its width, color, padding, etc. The user can be redirected to your website when they click the image.
Does the plugin require coding to customize the email?
The plugin does not require you to do any coding, but it does have the provision to add custom CSS if further customization is required.
What emails can be customized using this plugin?
You can customize all the standard transactional WooCommerce emails that are sent by default in a WooCommerce store. Additionally, the plugin is compatible with the most popular plugins. You can directly select the corresponding email type and begin the customizations.
Yes, you can add social links at the footer of the email.
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1.3.0 – 11-07-2024
- [Add] – Filters for adding Custom fonts
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 9.0.2
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.6(RC3)
1.2.9 – 11-01-2024
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.4.0
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.4.2
1.2.8 – 02-11-2023
- [Fix] – Security Updates ( reported by Thiennv )
1.2.7 – 11-10-2023
- [Fix] – Border radius working
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 8.2
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.3.1
1.2.6 – 8-8-2023
- [Add] – Added WooCommerce HPOS
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 7.9
1.2.5 – 09-06-2023
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with Subscriptions for Woocommerce Webtoffee 3.2.7
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with Webtoffee Woocommerce Request a Quote 1.0.3
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WordPress 6.2
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WooCommerce 7.7
1.2.4 – 2023-02-22
- [Enhancement] – Improved functionality.
- [Fix] – Prebuilt template switching issue has been resolved
- [Fix] – Order addresses padding issue has been resolved
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.1.1
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 7.4.0
- [Add] – Prebuilt templates
- [Enhancement] – Improved functionality.
- [Fix] – Template switching issue has been resolved
- [Fix] – Body text enable/disable issue has been resolved
- [Enhancement] Improved user interface and user experience
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.1.1
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 7.1.1
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 6.0
- Fix:- Multisite Compatibility issues.
- Improvement: Button customization improved.
- Improvement: Code stability improved.
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.9.3
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.5.1
- Fix:- Email client Compatibility issues.
- Improvement: Code stability improved.
- Improvement: Header image section improved.
- Improved UI/UX
- Apply the customisations to all emails.
- Test email to your inbox.
- Social media links in footer
- Dynamic order preview
- Add more customisation options in each section
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.9.1
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.2.1
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.8.3
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.1.0
- Fix:- WC compatibility with shipping phone number
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.8.2
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 6.0.0
- Improvement: Code stability improved.
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WP 5.8.
- [Compatibility] – Tested OK with WC 5.6.
- Tested OK with WC 5.1
- Tested OK with WP 5.6
- Tested OK with WC 4.8


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The open source Tcl and Tk core are developed by a wide range of people around the world, who contribute new features, improvements, bug fixes, documentation, and more. The hub of development activity for Tcl, Tk and several related projects is core.tcl-lang.org. Here you will find the main repository containing Tcl and Tk source code, as well as ticket trackers for registering and resolving bug reports and feature requests. To ensure that the core continues to evolve in an effective and efficient manner, while respecting the high quality and excellent backwards compatibility that Tcl and Tk are known for, important processes have been put in place. Tcl Core TeamThe Tcl Core Team (TCT) is a group of Tcl experts who collectively manage the development of the open source Tcl core, including the Tcl scripting language, the Tk toolkit, the Tcl Developer Exchange Web site, and more. The Tcl Core Team was formed in August 2000 with an initial membership elected by the Tcl community. The TCT currently contains the following members: Mo DeJong, Jos Decoster, Donal Fellows, Alexandre Ferrieux, Brian Griffin, Jeffrey Hobbs, Kevin Kenny, Andreas Kupries, Steve Landers, Jan Nijtmans, Don Porter, Francois Vogel, Kevin Walzer, Marc Culler Tcl Improvement ProposalsThe TCT organizes its activities with Tcl Improvement Proposals (TIPs). Each TIP is a short document that describes a particular project, activity, or process. Anyone can write a TIP; the TIP then gets circulated around the Tcl Core Team for discussion and approval. Here are some useful links related to TIPs:
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Diabetes (DM) Guideline (2015)
Welcome to the 2015 Diabetes Types 1 and 2 Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline site. The guideline information is divided into several sections:
- Executive Summary - major recommendations and ratings by Nutrition Care Process category.
- Introduction - Guideline Overview; Scope, Statement of Intent and Patient Preference, Guideline Methods, Implementation of the Guideline; Benefits and Harms of Implementing the Recommendations
- Major Recommendations - Guideline recommendations with conditional statements and strength rating
- Background Information and References - additional information
Use the links on the left to access the guideline material.
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General Information and Disclaimer
This nutrition practice guideline is meant to serve as a general framework for handling clients with particular health problems. The independent skill and judgment of the health care provider must always dictate treatment decisions.


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Tokyo: At least nine people were killed in a 6.5-magnitude quake, which also toppled houses and buckled roads on the southwestern island of Kyushu.
Tens of thousands of people fled their homes after the 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday night, leaving lumps of broken concrete strewn in the streets.
Some of Japan's biggest firms including Sony and Toyota shut down operations in southern Japan Friday after the region was struck by a deadly earthquake, fuelling worries about disruption to supply lines and possible effects on the wider economy.
With widespread damage to infrastructure, several companies -- including in the steel, auto and technology sectors -- said they had temporarily ceased production.
Exporter giants Toyota, Honda and Sony were carrying out safety checks assess possible damage to plants and those of suppliers.
Other firms shutting down included Mitsubishi Electric, Renesas and Fujifilm as well as tyre maker Bridgestone and beverage titan Suntory Holdings.
Sony shares were down around three percent in the afternoon, Toyota lost 1.2 percent and Honda was off 0.45 percent while Bridgestone lost 0.70 percent.
However, the broader Nikkei stock index was only slightly lower, with some of the losses also attributable to profit-taking after a strong rally this week.
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Motoo Hayashi told reporters the there had not been the devastation that tore into northern Japan after the 2011 quake.
"There are some companies that have stopped operations, but so far I've received no reports of huge impact such we had" in the March, 2011 quake, he said, according to Jiji Press
That quake unleashed a deadly tsunami that swallowed schools and entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 18,000 people and triggered reactor meltdowns that released radiation in the most dangerous nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.
It also led to the closure for several months of dozens of factories, decimating the country's production capacity and sending shockwaves through the already struggling economy.
Shattered supply chains and rolling power shortages forced companies such as Sony and Toyota to temporarily shut plants in the weeks after the disaster and Japan's industrial output tumbled by its largest amount on record in the March.
Many component manufacturers were based in the worst-hit regions and the disaster led to a call for firms to spread their operations to avoid a repeat of the widespread shutdown that hammered economic growth.
The latest quake comes as the economy struggles to get on track, with the government's growth drive stumbling and growth still tepid.
"Japan's economy has weak growth momentum and remains in a fragile state with the absence of a powerful and sustained engine for growth," Yasunari Ueno, chief market economist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo, told Bloomberg News.
"Any unexpected powerful shock could push the nation into a recessionary phase."
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We put focus on water at the UN
Some of the world's most important leaders, including several heads of states, presidents of international organizations, and CEOs from international companies have gathered at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York.
One of the main themes of the event is 'Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet', which was also a key topic at the opening debate.
Grundfos is part of the program, and during UNGA, we are putting focus on some of the world's water issues at several events and bilateral meetings, including a special event with focus on the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6, clean water and sanitation. Among other things, a key target here is to secure access to water for all by 2030.
"We know investments in water infrastructure need to triple to reach the universal goals by 2030. We also know that it is not very likely to happen, so we need to think differently. We must find new, sustainable business models to close the investment gap between investors on one side and water utilities in water stressed, developing countries on the other," says Mads Nipper, Group President.
Finding solutions will be a huge part of our agenda in New York, when we host events, participate in debates and meet with heads of states and CEOs.
"We are looking forward to taking part in these very important discussions and will work ambitiously towards introducing new business models to do our part to bridge the investment gap," explains Mads Nipper.


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Title: Claiming What Is Mine
Series: Wilde Boys #2
Authors: Abby Brooks & Will Wright
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Meredith Still was the love of my life. My dream girl.
Gabe Wilde was my protector. My knight in shining armor.
We had our future planned out—together—down to the names
of our unborn children. Everything was going according to plan, until it
Sometimes life happens that way.
When I left for college, I never thought I'd be back home
for anything longer than a visit. Too many ghosts reminding me of the girl who
got away.
By the time I left for college, my heart was broken, and
I was sure I would never feel love like that again. I wasn't sure I even wanted
After Pop was killed in a car accident I had to come
home. Now, after being back for so long, I can't help but wonder what could
have been if I hadn't been in such a hurry to leave.
Coming home to start over again at thirty-five, well, it
wasn't exactly part of my plan. But Imagine my surprise when I run into the one
and only Gabe Wilde.
Sometimes life happens that way.
Can true love survive almost two decades apart?
Abby Brooks
Will Wright
Will Wright is blissfully married to the love of his life,
romance writer Abby Brooks. Life has afforded him the very special privilege of
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Author : Meg Cabot
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2004-09-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Mia would give all the jewels in Genovia for the perfect present Every year, Princess Mia spends the holidays in Genovia with Grandmère. This year, she's looking forward to the most perfect Christmas ever: her boyfriend, Michael, and her best friend, Lilly, are coming to Genovia, too. But even a princess's plans can go awry. Lilly has a lot to learn about palace protocol, and with all the state holiday functions Mia must attend, there's no time to linger under the mistletoe with Michael. Worst of all, Mia hasn't been able to find him the perfect gift. Can Mia stop her (bah-hum)bugging long enough to see that the perfect present has nothing to do with international express courier -- and everything to do with real love? (Though some shiny silver ribbon never hurts ...)


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When Zarrina Mulloboeva got invited to go apple picking the other day, she thought it would be a taste of home. She's an exchange student from Tajikistan, in central Asia — a country close to the ancestral homeland of apples. Her uncle has a small orchard. In fact, when Mulloboeva came to the United States six weeks ago, she brought with her a large bottle of homemade dried apple slices.
But when Mulloboeva arrived at the orchard, she was startled to find that in America, this land of skyscrapers and super-sized portions, the apple trees are midgets. Back in Tajikistan, apples hang on trees that are big as houses, and it takes real work to get at them. Here, she didn't even need a ladder.
Actually, American apple trees used to be big, too. So what made them shrink? Very simple: Dwarfing rootstocks.
"It all began a hundred years ago," says Gennaro Fazio, a geneticist with the USDA's Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York. In 1913, Fazio says, a scientist named Ronald Hatton went to work at a new agricultural research center in the small town of East Malling, in England. There, he started to catalog the "rootstocks" being used by apple growers across Europe.
Apple growers have known for centuries that they can graft together the roots of one tree variety with the fruit-bearing branches of another. That way, they can create a tree that combines the best of both: strong, disease-resistant roots with branches that yield delicious apples.
Hatton was intrigued by "a group of rootstocks that will dwarf the tree and make it more productive," says Fazio. Essentially, those roots channel the tree's energy away from making wood and toward growing fruit. He published information about them and distributed several of the most promising ones to apple growers.
But it took a long time for the industry to come around to more petite trees, Fazio says. Most growers couldn't believe that small trees could be more productive than big ones. With time, though, growers realized that if they used dwarfing rootstocks and planted their trees closer together, they could increase their harvest of apples per acre by 200 to 300 percent.
And they also discovered it's a lot easier to pick the fruit from dwarf trees and spray them, too (if you are inclined to spray your trees).
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London, November 21, 2020, ZEXPRWIRE, DeFi trading platform ChartEx is pleased to announce that the first of our long-awaited premium features are now available for CHART holders. As mentioned in a post on our Medium page, this release provides a sleeker and more sophisticated user interface as well as the ability to create an account which will allow users to save personalized sessions and indicator templates. This will enable users to experience more streamlined trades and resume their sessions with ease.
Though not all of our intended features will be rolled out in this release, we have ensured that those included in today's rollout will elevate our users' trading experience on our platform.
We chose to release the features included in today's rollout to meet the needs of the community, which has expressed a desire for customization that users can return to in subsequent trading sessions. This will ensure that all our users can maximize their trades without having to go through the inconveniences they had to face prior to today's release.
The premium features rolled out in today's release are split between Basic features and Professional features. ChartEx's Basic features will be available for users who hold at least 2,000 CHART and will allow them to save and load personalized charts, indicator layouts, and user preferences through our accounts platform which is accessible by simply connecting to any compatible Web3 wallet. Users of the Basic features will also be able to access all charting data for all tokens on Binance Smart Chain Dex's, particularly PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, and BakerySwap. Users holding 3,000 CHART or more will have the added benefit of being able to set up a token watchlist to allow them to monitor tokens of their choosing in real time. Users simply need to click on the 'plus' button and search for their desired token on the search bar which they can click on to add to their watchlist.
Once this release has been successfully concluded, we will be moving towards a beta test within the next few weeks for our upcoming Telegram bot capabilities for Price Alerts as well as the Whale and Wallet Watchers. In the meantime, we hope our users love our new features and provide us with feedback to better serve their needs.
We will continue to work diligently to bring our upcoming features to our users as fast as possible.
Issued By –
Name – John Coleman Pollock
Company – ChartX Pro
Website – https://chartex.pro/
Email – firstname.lastname@example.com
The post ChartEx releases awaited premium features for CHART holders appeared first on Zex PR Wire.


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Somewhere within the tightly bound belief that everything has been done before, a little finger hole of wiggle room can be found to tease out a loose end and twist a different tale.
Marlisle is a simple, yet novel approach to stranded knitting, where two colours magically become three by using yarn held double.
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Source: https://www.warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/history/after-the-war/remembrance/remembrance-day/
Canadians recognize Remembrance Day, originally called Armistice Day, every 11 November at 11 a.m. It marks the end of hostilities during the First World War and an opportunity to recall all those who have served in the nation's defence.
Armistice Day
Armistice Day was inaugurated in 1919 throughout much of the British Empire, but on the second Monday in November. In 1921, the Canadian Parliament passed an Armistice Day bill to observe ceremonies on the first Monday in the week of 11 November, but this combined the event with the Thanksgiving Day holiday. For much of the 1920s, Canadians observed the date with little public demonstration. Veterans and their families gathered in churches and around local memorials, but observances involved few other Canadians.
In 1928, some prominent citizens, many of them veterans, pushed for greater recognition and to separate the remembrance of wartime sacrifice from the Thanksgiving holiday. In 1931, the federal government decreed that the newly named Remembrance Day would be observed on 11 November and moved Thanksgiving Day to a different date. Remembrance Day would emphasize the memory of fallen soldiers instead of the political and military events leading to victory in the First World War.
11 November
Remembrance Day rejuvenated interest in recalling the war and military sacrifice, attracting thousands to ceremonies in cities large and small across the country. It remained a day to honour the fallen, but traditional services also witnessed occasional calls to remember the horror of war and to embrace peace. Remembrance Day ceremonies were usually held at community cenotaphs and war memorials, or sometimes at schools or in other public places. Two minutes of silence, the playing of the Last Post, the recitation of In Flanders Fields, and the wearing of poppies quickly became associated with the ceremony.
Remembrance Day has since gone through periods of intense observation and periodic decline. The 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995 marked a noticeable upsurge of public interest, which has not ebbed in recent years. It is now a national holiday for federal and many provincial government workers, and the largest ceremonies are attended in major cities by tens of thousands. The ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa is nationally televised, while most media outlets – including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and internet sources – run special features, interviews, or investigative reports on military history or remembrance-related themes.


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Our Soft Tub has been a real bargain and has worked well for over four years now.
In writing my Hot Tubs on a Budget article, I mentioned in passing the option of the Soft Tub. We have had one for four years, now, purchased used on Craigslist, for $300, and it arguably has been the best hot tub we have had.
New, these sell for about $3000 retail, although I see them re-manufactured (re-lined) on eBay for about $1750. So $300 is quite a bargain - don't expect to find that.
The fellow we bought it from was a piece of work - he had a house that was a perpetual remodeling project, two very expensive ($70,000 plus) boats in the front yard, three cars, and a lot of junk in his house - new and still in the packaging, or all busted up. The place was a mess. And he was in a lot of debt. Typical American - unhappy.
He unloaded the soft tub because he thought it was broken. He filled it with water, plugged it in, and when it didn't instantly become hot, he assumed it was broken. But all hot tubs take hours to heat to temperature - usually overnight - and the Soft Tub is no exception. If he had bothered to go online to their website and download the user's manual, he would have known that.
What makes a Soft Tub unique and arguably better than a regular hot tub?
1. It is generally cheaper than a standard hot tub.2. It requires no professional installation. Set it down on a level surface and plug it in.3. It runs on 110V, so no electrician or 220V power is required.4. It uses little energy - using waste heat from the pump motor to heat the tub - and thus costs less to own.5. It is smaller than a huge hot tub, so it takes up less room and looks more attractive.6. It has digital controls, including a digital temperature readout.7. It needs far fewer chemicals and thus saves on chemical costs.8. It uses far less water than a regular tub, so you can afford to drain it more often.9. Since it is portable and user-installed, you could put it on the patio of a rental property and take it with you when you leave.10. One or two people can easily lift it. You can carry it home on the roof of your car (strap it properly, use cardboard to shim, see the Soft Tub site for strapping instructions!).
Are there downsides to a Soft Tub? Yes, some, but not as many as you'd think:
1. They are smaller than a standard hot tub, so you can't put 6 of your friends in there.2. They don't have a lot of benches, seats, or other fancy, but unnecessary features.3. They don't have "hydro-massage" jets and tons of water jets (usually just 4 or 5) so you don't get a "hydro-massage" from it.4. It does have a vinyl liner that will eventually wear out, and if you over-chemical the tub, it will stain. A new tub has to be carefully filled to prevent wrinkles.
But the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. As I noted in my original posting on hot tubs, what we found to be the best thing about a hot tub was that it was a container filled with hot water. The idea that you would get a "hydro-massage" was very overstated. You just want to sit in hot water, Japanese-Style, with all the pumps and motors OFF.
And if you have back aches and the like, sitting in the "hot bucket" can be very relaxing and helpful. And it is very useful for that.
So long as you carefully follow the instructions and don't over-chlorinate the tub, it should provide many years of good service.
Would I buy one again? I hope I don't have to - that the one I have will last many years, and that I can simply re-line it or have it re-lined when the time comes. But if I was in the market for a Soft Tub, I would look for a used one, or perhaps one of the re-manufactured ones. I would consider buying one new, but would try to talk down the dealer on the price.
The model we have is the smallest model - the Softub 140. It works well for one or two people, although in one moment of madness, we squeezed four in (do not attempt, it will basically force all the water out of the tub!). But for two people, it works just fine.
As you can imagine, it is not often I endorse a product, but I have to say, I am impressed with the clever engineering of the Soft Tub as well as the ease of use of it. If you are looking for an easy-to-use and easy-to-install hot tub on a budget, this is a very good option.
UPDATE: After many years, the vinyl liner started to wrinkle and crack and the motor seized. I could re-skin the tub for about $1500 and buy a new pump assembly for $300 but that was pretty close to the cost of a new tub. It was made in 2002, so it lasted nearly two decades.
We ended up buying a roto-molded hard-sided "plug and play" tub to replace it, which so far has worked out well. Cheaper than a Softub (new) and no vinyl to deal with. I will write an updated entry on that.


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Hi, I was wondering if the trash vehicle could stop just tipping over the trash can when they empty the trash bins in SoMax area. This is the second week that the trashcan was on its side. It damages the trash can over time and this morning there was a lot of water inside of the can. Thank you.


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How Hadrosaurs Chewed
Edmontosaurus has often been called the "cow of the Cretaceous", but did this dinosaur chew like a mammal?
Hadrosaurs have often been called "duck-billed dinosaurs." You don't have to look at their skulls for very long to see this analogy is wide of the mark. Not only did hadrosaurs such as Edmontosaurus have shovel-shaped, grooved beaks, but their jaws were lined with rows of cropping, crushing teeth. These dinosaurs didn't dabble in Cretaceous swamps – they grazed the prehistoric plains. And, up until recently, it was thought that these huge herbivores possessed an evolutionary innovation that made them the dinosaurian equivalent to cows.
In general, dinosaur jaws and teeth were for cutting, plucking, and tearing. Dinosaurs didn't chew their food, but instead ripped or clipped their morsels, which were then swallowed whole. (Strange as it may seem, this style of eating might have had a role to play in why sauropods were able to maintain such large body sizes.) But hardosaurs were thought to be different.
The idea I encountered as a kid was that when hadrosaurs such as Edmontosaurus opened their jaws, the tooth-bearing bones of their upper jaws – the maxillae – swung inwards. Then, when the lower jaws came back up, the lower teeth met the upper teeth and ground the plant food across the tooth surfaces. This wasn't chewing like mammalian herbivores do it, but it was an evolutionary alternative that allowed hadrosaurs to better break down their food before swallowing. You can see a visualization of this hypothesis in action in this YouTube video.
But this model of hadrosaur chewing required a great deal of flexibility in the skull to create a complex chewing motion. As a video uploaded by the Canadian Museum of Nature – posted above – shows, hadrosaur jaw movements were probably a great deal simpler. The key to the puzzle is the interlocking group of small bones at the back of the skull. When the virtual Edmontosaurus drops its lower jaw, the movement compresses some of these bones at the back of the skull, which moves the upper tooth rows slightly inward. But the lower jaw doesn't just drop – a joint at the back of the mandible also allows the lower jaw to extend forward. When the jaws close, the lower jaw moves back in a diagonal motion, and the contact of the upper and lower teeth gently push the maxilla slightly outwards. There is still a lot of movement in the skull, but it's not quite as dramatic as the swingin' maxilla version. And this goes to show just how much we still have to learn about dinosaurs. Even though we know more about Edmontosaurus and its kin than ever before, the basics of dinosaur biology remain rich grounds for investigation and debate.


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- Brand new 1/24 scale diecast car model of 1949 Mercury Black die cast model car by Motormax.
- Brand new box.
- Real rubber tires.
- Officially licensed product.
- Opening hood, doors and trunk.
- Made of diecast with some plastic parts.
- Detailed interior, exterior, engine compartment.
- Dimensions approximately L-8, W-3, H-2.5 inches.
- Please note that manufacturer may change packing box at anytime. Product will stay exactly the same.
1949 Mercury Black 1/24 Diecast Model Car by Motormax
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Jun 21, 2017 10:10:18 AM by Angel A
I'm trying to close the Agency related to my profile and I keep getting the message:
I have read the help related to the issue and I'm sure there are no proposals at all. I'm the only member as well.
Thanks !
Solved! Go to Solution.
Jun 21, 2017 11:27:06 AM by Valeria K
Hi Angel,
We closed your agency for you. Let us know if you have any further issues or questions.
Jun 3, 2021 07:45:12 PM by Chamara B
hi Team.. im too having the same issue, i have no active proposals on my agency but still triggering me an error stating there is active proposals while trying to close the agency. immidiate help on this hoghly approciate
Jun 3, 2021 09:34:01 PM by Joanne P
Hi Chamara,
As requested, your agency account has been closed.
Jun 10, 2021 09:58:03 AM by Paulina R
I am having the same issue, have done everything requested, but when I click on closing it asks me to contact customer service, but I cannot contact customer service
Jun 10, 2021 11:46:12 AM by Andrea G
Hi Paulina,
Your Agency has been closed as per your request.
Aug 11, 2021 12:35:14 PM by Muhammad I
plz check my freelancing account. I mistakenly click on close but due to some restriction it not closed. I do not want to close it . I am a freelancer and want to work on it. plz check is it proper working.
Aug 11, 2021 12:37:51 PM by Muhammad I
hi i want to close my agency account because i haven't now much team. But in future I will create and grow. Now, I want to work on my freelancer account only. make sure it proper working.
Aug 11, 2021 02:28:26 PM by NikolaS N
Hi Muhammad,
Thank you for reaching out to us. Your agency account has been closed as per your request.
Dec 20, 2021 06:19:41 AM by Devi Phaneendra K
Hello Valeria,
I have created an agency account by mistake, All the contracts associated with my freelancer profile are now moved to my agency login. Which I don't want to happen. If I am trying to close the agency account it is showing the below error. I am worried that all my contracts will be closed
. Please help me
Dec 20, 2021 07:27:10 AM by Andrea G
Hi Phaneendra,
I can see you were able to submit a support ticket with our team regarding this. Please allow some time for our team to review and they will update you directly via ticket as soon as possible.
Jan 7, 2022 07:36:10 AM by Miss R
I am also not able to close my agency. I accidentally created this. Please help me.
Apr 5, 2022 10:40:17 PM by Garnell G
Hi Valeria,
I am having the same issue as well, I realized that I am unable to use my connects due to the agency account and would like to close it, there are no active or achieved proposals pending.
Apr 6, 2022 12:08:11 AM by Joanne P
Hi Garnell,
I've escalated your concern to the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.
Jul 31, 2017 06:28:37 AM by Melih B
Hey, I want to close my agency's account. I closed all the open proposal and I remove everyone from the roster but It still gives an error of open proposals. Could you please help me on that error?
Jul 31, 2017 07:12:22 AM by Valeria K
Hi Melih,
Could you please try again? Let me know if you still get the error.
Jul 31, 2017 07:21:31 AM by Melih B
Hi Valeria,
Now It gave that error:
"In order to close this company please address the following:
Company has active candidacies on its behalf"
But I am the only one in the agency.
Jul 31, 2017 08:15:25 AM Edited Jul 31, 2017 08:19:16 AM by Valeria K
This UpWork site is **Edited for Community Guidelines** It won't let me close my agency either. They do anything they can to ensure they keep sucking money from you.
I have no proposals open or anything and this fraudulent site still won't let me close my account.
Jul 31, 2017 08:16:57 AM by Nicholas L
Website claims to be a place where you can write software, but they can't even make a basic website function properly. I have continous problems on this website with functionality and the worst load times.
This is just one of many issues I constantly face when using this absolutely terrible website.
Jul 31, 2017 08:38:10 AM by Valeria K
Melih and Nicholas,
The team will assist you with closing your agency accounts directly.
May 30, 2021 12:05:34 AM by Chintan M
can you please help to close my agency account.
i am getting same issue
May 30, 2021 01:08:56 AM by Bojan S
Hi Chintan,
Your agency account has been closed as per your request.
Thank you!
Aug 10, 2017 09:41:58 AM by Vladimir C
I'm trying to close the Agency related to my profile and I keep getting the message:
Can somebody help me.
Aug 10, 2017 10:07:23 AM by Valeria K
It looks like you still have proposals that were submitted through the agency. One submitted just a few minutes ago. You'll need to withdraw any proposals submitted through the agency in order to be able to close it.
Aug 28, 2017 04:11:08 AM Edited Aug 28, 2017 04:11:46 AM by Anil K
I am facing same issue even i have closed all proposals.
Could you please help me to close my company.
thanks in advace.
Aug 28, 2017 04:48:13 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Anil,
Please check archived proposals under your Agency profile and make sure to withdraw those submitted to jobs tagged as closed, before trying to close your agency again. Let me know if you need further assistance.
Aug 28, 2017 05:03:16 AM by Anil K
Hi Vladimir,
Now i am getting
Could you please help to solve this one.
Aug 28, 2017 06:24:09 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Anil,
Thanks for confirming. I'll check with our team and follow up with an update soon.
Aug 28, 2017 07:39:12 PM by Mahayogi L
Hi Anil,
Please close all memberships and withdraw all proposals.
I guess it may take some time to reflect.
Please consult some moderator in this thread if the problem persists.
Aug 28, 2017 09:27:07 PM by Anil K
Hi Mahayogi,
Thanks for suggestion.. There is only me as memberships and no option ot remove that. I think it is not related to memberships.
I am getting this error..
In order to close this company please address the following:
Please help me to fix it.
Thanks in advance.
Aug 29, 2017 03:38:21 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Anil,
I can confirm your Agency profile is now closed, thank you for your patience.
Oct 5, 2017 12:22:48 AM by Vladislav V
Hi. I have the same problem - I cannot close my Agency due to
"Close all open proposals associated with the company"
But all proposals are closed!
Oct 5, 2017 12:41:51 AM by Vladimir G
Hi Vladislav,
Could you please check the closed jobs located under the Archived tab on the Proposals page and confirm you withdrew proposals for these?
Apr 10, 2018 06:23:21 AM Edited Apr 10, 2018 06:24:34 AM by Goran V
Hi Sahid,
Please check your archived page as well and withdraw all of your archived proposals, then you will be able to close your agency. Thank you!
Apr 8, 2018 03:25:53 AM by Sajan K
I do have the same issue.
Please help me too to close my agency account.
Apr 8, 2018 03:46:02 AM by Joanne P
Hi Sajan,
We have closed your agency profile from our end.
Sep 5, 2017 03:37:23 AM by Andrii S
I have a pretty common problem. I`m trying close my agency and see this message every time when I hit the button.
I have no proposals at the moment.
Please help me to solve this problem.
Thank you.
Sep 5, 2017 03:54:30 AM by Goran V
Hi Andrew,
You need ti close the proposals that are archived as well. If you still have this problem let me know, or contact our customer support to assist you further.
Feb 13, 2018 05:05:26 PM by Gerard Rene E
I wanted to close my agency and work as a freelancer instead and upgrade my membership as a freelancer.
I have already withdrawn all my archived proposals but still I cannot close my agency. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. I really wanted to work as a freelancer with an upgraded membership. Thanks in advance!


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Farm Tractors, Implements, Hydraulic Lift Table, Gantry Crane, Lawnmowers & More - Watertown, WI
Online Only Auction Ends Thursday, June 8, 2023 Starting at 6:00pm.
414 Water Tower Court, Watertown, WI 53094
Office Phone: 920-383-1012
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Hansen Auction Group offers transfers to our registered FFL Dealer locations. Long guns, and handguns are $10.00 per firearm to transfer. Our registered Dealer locations are our Neenah (WI), Downing (WI), and Princeton (MN) offices.
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Saturday, September 02, 2006
Intercept the web browser back button
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body[0].setAttribute("onunload", "backButtonDestroyer()");
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Note: If someone has previously published technique (I couldn't find it), let me know and I'll link to you. Thanks.
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Hello mate, have you checked meebo.com? when we try to exit the page (and we are logged in) it shows an alert asking if we really want to leave or stay in the page. I have never seen something like that but it got me curious on how it works. I never researched it but this post remembered me that.
Maybe instead of showing the alert you can force the user to stay in the page, or whatever you want to do.
If this got nothing to do with the topic i'm sorry, but if you have an idea how that works i would like to know (maybe 'onunload' event?).
btw i have been reading your blog for the past weeks and i must say it's very good, keep posting.
-nrg - September 4, 2006 at 7:31 AM
- kuza55 said...
I think that breaking the back button isn't a great idea, because then you have your users unable to leave your application. An approach which doesn't break the back button, but also allows the user to go back to previous states, will probably be better. I haven't tried this idea, but it should theoretically work. It also pretty much relies on yoru whole AJAX app running from a single page, because it seems a bit clunky if you're sticking several window/session histories together, etc.
Firstly have the first page of your AJAX app as a page which simply redirects (NOT using a HTTP header or meta tag, but some Javascript) to your main AJAX page (for the moment)
If you store the window/AJAX history either on the server (which works well for applications like email where everytime the state changes more data has to be requested from the server) or as a cookie, obviously cookie storage is limited, but if you don't need a long history, then it should be viable.
A hybrid approach would also work, if you told the server whenever you were communicating with it, but also stored the other history (with timestamps so it could be merged), would probably work as well.
And when the user presses the back button, they get sent to your blank page, which will have serverside code which merges the serverside/cookie history and then extracts the page the user wants to go to and then stores that state somewhere; either by setting another cookie, or by having the next page print the value into the page from the server side, whatever, and it then redirects them to the main page, where it loads the new (the previous) state.
It does seem a bit complex/overkill, but the system doesn't break any current browser functionality and does let you go back to previous sites/pages....
So yeah, while it is a bit over the top, I hope it is useful, or gives some ideas, or something..... - September 5, 2006 at 5:49 AM
- Jeremiah Grossman said...
Hi nrg,
Thanks for the kind words. I'll try to keep the quality content coming. Been shooting for a decent post every day or two.
I'll have a look a meebo and see what I find. Another one that just didn't occur to me was blogger! They have features that do back and reload button capturing. Though piling through all that JS code is not appealing. :) - September 5, 2006 at 9:34 AM
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-godzy - October 4, 2007 at 5:42 AM
look at the onbeforeunload event
- February 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM
This is working true. Wonderful! Thanks you too much...
- March 18, 2009 at 6:20 AM
- dış cephe said...
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- April 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM


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It's Friday morning, and so far today, the Obama administration has posted 165 new regulations and notifications on its reguations.gov website.
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But Starr is falsely conflating notifications with regulations. For instance, one recent notification is an announcement of a meeting by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts -- clearly not a "regulation." And as Starr herself concedes, the "regulations" are often just proposed regulations and requests for comment on them.
But because the Regulations.gov website conveniently posts statistics on its website, Starr got a story out of some lazy reporting -- and, judging by the number of comments, it also served as irresistable Drudge link-bait. There's no evidence Starr lifted a finger to make the effort to separate actual regulations from proposals and notifications.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations has filed a complaint against the Illinois State Police after they rescinded an offer to a prominent imam who was to become the department's first-ever Muslim chaplain.
It has been six months since Muslim cleric Kifah Mustapha was trained and certified by the Illinois State Police as the department's first and only Islamic chaplain.
In March, the I-Team reported on certain aspects of Mustapha's background that prompted state police officials to put a hold on his chaplain duties. Now, Mustapha has been told that he is permanently banned as a state police chaplain.
"Imam Kifah Mustafa is beyond reproach. His track record is not only clear it is transparent and omnipresent. He has been an Imam since 1994. He has served his community with dignity and honor," said Ahmed Rehab CAIR-Chicago executive director.
Despite strong backing Wednesday from Muslim leaders, Mustapha has been ordered to turn in his state police ID card and bulletproof vest and will no longer be on the roster of three dozen Illinois State Police chaplains, who many times ride-alongs with troopers and serve as the spiritual backbone of the force.
"Today we are filing a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Comission or EEOC on behalf of Imam Mustapha against the Illinois State Police," said Christina Abraham, CAIR-Chicago civil rights director.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it blames Steve Emerson for Mustapha's removal as a police chaplain. Early this year, Emerson's terrorism research project began posting videos and documents critical of Mustapha and questioning his appointment as a chaplain. Emerson, a national security expert who has testified before Congress, posted public justice department documents that cite Mustapha as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee, an organization that federal prosecutors say raises money for Hamas and is "committed to the globalization of Islam and violent jihad."
"At first I thought there was another Kifah Mustapha. I could not believe that it could have been the same Kifah Mustapha who was associated with a terrorist organization and who was listed a year just a year and a half ago and was an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorist case that the government won," said Emerson.
State police officials say only that a further review of Mustapha's background resulted in his dismissal as a chaplain.
"It's disappointing that things should come to this, that the Illinois State Police has succumbed to the defamatory rantings of bigoted individuals who, while in the name of protecting American values, do nothing more than undermine and degrade the very principles this country was founded upon," said Abraham.
The Mustapha case highlights a bitter rift between Council on American-Islamic Relations and Steve Emerson's terrorism research project. CAIR claims Emerson is an islamophobe, fear monger and an Israeli lobbyist. In rebuttal, Emerson says that there is no truth to anything CAIR officials say. Emerson maintains that he merely highlighted information about Kifah Mustapha that Mustapha and CAIR wanted hidden and that the Illinois State Police then made its own decision.
Investigative Project on Terrorism:
Steve Emerson bio
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Ahmed Rehab essay on Steven Emerson
Illinois State Police
Bridgeview Mosque
Holy Land Foundation indictment press release
Holy Land Foundation indictment
U.S. Justice Dept. unindicted co-conspirators list
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Those who know me well know that I am not afraid to do my business in a public restroom. This holds true at work, where I am quite comfy dropping an occasional afternoon deuce.
The maintenance woman usually comes around twice a day. In the last year or so, on more than one occasion, my bowels have scheduled a conference call with the City of Pittsburgh's plumbing RIGHT before this poor unfortunate soul arrives. She rolls in with the cart, trying to click something on her phone, she typically goes about her business regardless of any stalls that may be occupied, but on this particular day she must've had a bug up her ass.
Ahem, sorry. I meant stick up her ass. HEYWAITAMINUTE…
So, back to me. I'm sitting in the second stall, going about my biznasty and expecting her to finish up any minute now. I see her sneakers shuffle into the stall on my left and she flushes the toilet. She then bounces to the stall on my right and flushes there, too. Then she waltzes back to stall number one where she flushes again. Then back over to stall three for more flushing.
Aaaaaaand back to the first stall. Flush. Third stall. Flush. Left again, flush. Right again, flush. Left, flush. Right, flush. Left flush. Right flush. ONE FLUSH TWO FLUSH RED FLUSH BLUE FLUSH HEY DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST COME BACK LATER TO FINISH UP WITH THIS COMPLETELY NECESSARY BODILY FUNCTION? K NO PROBLEM BYEEEEEEE.
I became so weirded out by the whole thing that I got my shit together (SO TO SPEAK) and got the hell outta there.
Which was fine because I also kinda had the feeling I was being watched, y'know?
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President Biden's administration says it wants vaccine-makers to share what they know. The administration says it supports what is called a waiver for intellectual property rights on COVID vaccines. The World Trade Organization protects patents like that, so the U.S. wants the WTO to make an exception. This is an effort to speed up vaccinations around the world, especially in devastated countries like India. Pharmaceutical companies are resisting, though, saying this isn't going to work as intended.
NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin is here to talk about this. Good morning.
SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Good morning.
INSKEEP: How is the waiver supposed to work?
LUPKIN: So this is a proposed waiver of parts of a 1995 intellectual property agreement through the World Trade Organization. There are a few things in there, but the most important thing is that it would allow other countries to jump in on the vaccine patents, allowing them to start making vaccines on their own without waiting for companies like Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson to supply them. Here's James Love, director of Knowledge Ecology International, a nonprofit public interest group that supports the waiver.
JAMES LOVE: If you look at the sequence of things that have to happen to get scaling up manufacturing, the first, for a company, decision they have to make is, is it legal for me to do this thing? Am I going to go to jail? Am I going to be hit with a big infringement claim?
LUPKIN: So this waiver would allow countries to bypass the exclusive rights of the patents, maybe with a royalty payment of some kind. And other countries are really struggling. While about a third of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated, in India, that number is only 2%. So overall, it would remove a barrier for them.
INSKEEP: Although James Love just talked about a sequence of things - was this the only barrier?
LUPKIN: No. Vaccines are made from living cells, so they're really complicated to make, much more complicated than generic drugs, for instance. So patent-sharing doesn't solve the issue of having factories with the right manufacturing capabilities, for instance. Companies also need trained workers, raw ingredients, equipment, supplies, know-how. In the United States, where companies had the patents because they belonged to them to begin with, they ran into some of these issues. I spoke with John Grabenstein, a former Merck executive who now works at the Immunization Action Coalition. Here's how he explained it to me.
JOHN GRABENSTEIN: We have a cookbook. It doesn't come out necessarily the way the originator wrote the recipe.
LUPKIN: So waiving patents won't be a magic wand, he says.
INSKEEP: Nevertheless, you've said that handing over that recipe could be significant. And I'm trying to think this through. This would get vaccines into places that the pharmaceutical companies haven't sold them yet. They would get some kind of a royalty, possibly, you said. So why would pharmaceutical companies say no to this arrangement?
LUPKIN: Yeah, this is really basically the opposite of what they've hoped for. PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry trade group, says the Biden administration's support for the waiver undermines the pandemic response. They say it will weaken already strained supply chains. There's also the overall argument that this could have repercussions for innovation. Remember, companies like Pfizer and Moderna researched and developed these vaccines in record time. It usually takes five to 10 years, and they did it in a few months. And for that effort, some say they should be able to hang on to their intellectual property, though, of course, the companies had help and money from the United States government and others. And we're in the middle of a global health crisis, and it's far from over.
INSKEEP: I think it's fair to ask why we're needing to have this debate at all, because wasn't there already a system for distributing vaccines to countries around the world?
LUPKIN: Yes. There is a consortium called COVAX that's trying to line up vaccine supply for low- and middle-income countries, but it hasn't really gotten that far. For example, Moderna said this week it would supply up to 500 million doses toward the effort. But the first doses, just 34 million, won't come until the fourth quarter of this year. So for context, that's not even going to cover 3% of India's population. So - and it won't arrive for four months. So it's clear that COVAX alone won't solve the global vaccine shortage, but the World Trade Organization's waiver may not solve it right away either.
INSKEEP: Sydney, thanks for the update.
LUPKIN: You bet.
INSKEEP: That's NPR pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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