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Twinkle toes Golding caught up with Bronze/Quasi duo Dick Rizzo and Josh Wilson to talk about being skatepark babies, competitive gaming and growing up skating in NYC.
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What is your opinion on the East Coast scene, especially New York, gaining a lot more recognition over the last couple of years? Dick: It should be gaining more recognition, in this state of skateboarding I would say there are no rules anymore. It makes sense that companies don't have to be primarily based in California, skateboarding is happening everywhere and you can see that at any time from your smart phone.Josh: It's awesome to see skaters from the city getting hooked up and the scene in general getting larger and more respected. The rise of the internet and YouTube in the past years has had a huge impact on that. When I was younger it seemed like all the older guys would film for years and then put a part out. I think that with everything being so readily available these days, people are putting out footage on a more regular basis and that has helped to showcase skaters on the East Coast in a different light.


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Pallone on bill that would cut $50M from NJ Transit
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., on Monday called on Congress to remove a provision from the House transportation bill that would cut $50 million annually from NJ Transit.
The provision, attached to the House-passed surface transportation reauthorization, would eliminate the High Density States Program, known as the 5340 Program. The elimination would cut federal public transportation funding to several states by approximately $263 million per year, including the cut to NJ Transit.
Half of all transit users nationwide live in the seven impacted states. Pallone was joined at the Metropark Station in the Iselin section of Woodbridge by Daniel O'Connell, New Jersey State Legislative Director for the United Transportation Union, and Veronica Vanterpool, Executive Director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.
"I stand committed in the fight to reverse this potentially devastating cut for New Jersey Transit and New Jersey jobs," said Pallone. "This misguided amendment will have detrimental long-term consequences, for New Jersey Transit — the nation's largest statewide public transportation system — for our workers and our commuters.
"Service and maintenance would be reduced, and jobs would be lost. I will continue to call on my colleagues in the Conference Committee to remove this amendment and reach a solution that is helpful for all states — there do not have to be winners or losers when it comes to investing in our public transportation."
Last week, Pallone and a bipartisan group of his colleagues sent a letter to the bicameral Conference Committee that is negotiating a final draft of the transportation legislation urging them to recede to the Senate bill, which maintains 5340 funding. The letter is available at http://pallone.house.gov/press-release/pallone-urges-rejection-amendment-would-cut-50-million-year-nj-transit.

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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a serious medical condition. Children born with SCID lack adequate immune protection against bacteria, viruses, and fungi and are prone to infections that would not normally cause illness in a person with intact and functional immune system.
Children with SCID are usually diagnosed within the first year of life due to the high frequency and severity of infections. Some of the common organisms that cause mild or no illness in children with healthy immune systems can cause severe infections in children with SCID.
Children affected by SCID can also become ill from live viruses present in some vaccines. These vaccines (such as Chickenpox, Measles, Rotavirus, oral polio and BCG, etc.) contain viruses and bacteria that are weakened and don't harm children with a healthy immune system. In patients with SCID however, these viruses and bacteria may cause severe, life-threatening infections.
With the introduction of newborn screening for SCID in a number of states in the United States and in Ontario in Canada, young infants are increasingly being diagnosed with SCID soon after birth, before the onset of serious infections. The PIDTC has confirmed that one of the most important predictors of how well an infant with SCID will do after a blood and marrow transplant is whether or not they have a serious infection before transplant. Infants who are diagnosed early by newborn screening can receive a blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) at a very young age (often 1-3 months of age) with the goal of having a more successful transplant.
What is "Leaky" Severe Combined Immune Deficiency?
What is Omenn Syndrome?
SCID can affect either boys or girls of any race or ethnicity. Defects of at least 20 different genes may result in SCID. Sometimes doctors can determine that a child has SCID but the underlying gene defect cannot be found (despite extensive searches for a gene defect). This is because in some cases, we do not yet know the gene that is responsible for the SCID. The most common form (about 20% of cases) occurs in boys and is inherited as an X-linked disease, meaning that females (mothers) may carry the abnormal gene for the disorder but don't develop symptoms, whereas male children born to them carry the risk of developing the clinical problems associated with the disease. SCID is estimated to occur in approximately 1 out of every 58,000 births. (Kwan et al. Newborn screening for severe combined immune deficiency in 11 screening programs in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association (2014) 312: 729-738).
The frequency and severity of infections are the most helpful clues that a patient may have a problem with their immune system. For patients with symptoms suggestive of SCID, the following tests can be helpful in making a definitive diagnosis:
Treatment for SCID may include the following:
In most cases, the treatments are similar to patients with classical SCID, and can include intravenous immunoglobulin, antibiotics, antifungals, specific treatments against the autoimmune complications (e.g. IVIg for autoimmune thrombocytopenia) and ultimately, blood and marrow transplantation.
There is no central record of how many babies are diagnosed with SCID in the United States each year, but the best estimate is somewhere around 75 individuals per year. SCID is a rare condition, but is as frequent as some conditions that newborns are currently tested for, such as biotinidase deficiency or certain metabolic disorders. This number does not account for deaths from undiagnosed SCID-related infections. The actual number of cases may be higher.
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) is a serious medical condition that causes problems both with the immune system and with blood clotting. Patients with WAS may be very susceptible to infections caused by bacterial and fungal organisms. Many patients also have a moderate to severe eczema (red, scaly skin rash). Finally, patients with WAS can experience easy bruising and bleeding. This is because people with WAS have low numbers of small, non-functional platelets, the cells in the blood that clump together to form blood clots.
Children with WAS are diagnosed most commonly in the first 1-2 years of life because of easy bruising, abnormal bleeding, or low platelet counts. Patients may also have severe or frequent infections, including bacterial ear infections, sinus infections, pneumonia, blood infections, or viral infections.
Patients show a wide variation in the severity of the disease Four types have been identified:
Symptoms of WAS vary among patients. Individuals with classic WAS may have bleeding, frequent infections, eczema and often develop autoimmune disorders or malignancy. Individuals with XLT may have just bleeding manifestations or may have eczema. The symptoms typically present at birth or in infancy.
WAS is caused by a mutation in the WAS gene that is located on the X chromosome. The production of the WAS protein is controlled by the WAS gene. This gene instructs cells to make the WAS protein. When this gene is mutated, it results in patients having abnormal, reduced or absent protein causing WAS.
WAS is an X-linked disorder. In X-linked disorders, females may carry the gene for the disorder but don't develop symptoms, whereas boys develop the clinical problems associated with the disease. WAS is estimated to occur in approximately 1 out of every 100,000 boys. For more information click here.
The diagnosis of WAS should be considered in any boy with unusually increased bruising or bleeding, particularly if it was noticed soon after birth or in infancy. Additional criteria include recurrent bacterial, viral infections in infancy and early childhood, eczema, the presence of autoimmune disorders or lymphoma. There may be a family history of similar symptoms among brothers, cousins or maternal uncles.
Once the diagnosis of WAS is clinically considered, the following laboratory tests may be ordered:
When a boy has been diagnosed with WAS, there are several possible treatment options. Physicians and parents choose different treatment options according to the severity of the diseases. Physicians review individual cases and make recommendations on the treatment options that are most suitable
Treatment for WAS may include the following:
There are a few ways in which the platelet counts can be increased:
Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is an inherited condition characterized by a defect of specific white blood cells called neutrophils. Neutrophils are important for the killing of bacterial and fungal infections. In CGD, the neutrophils are unable to make the hydrogen peroxide needed to kill bacteria and fungi. Patient with CGD are, therefore, highly susceptible to infections from certain bacterial and fungal organisms. Patients with CGD have normal immunity to other microbes, including viruses. As a result, patients with CGD have normal immunity against common infections like the common cold or stomach flu (the majority of which are caused by viruses).
Children with CGD are usually healthy at birth; however, they typically develop serious bacterial and fungal infections in early childhood that are difficult to treat. Patients may have severe or frequent infections including:
Individuals with CGD can also develop a number of complications that are related to the immune system trying (ineffectively) to deal with bacterial and fungal infections. Large numbers of inflammatory cells (neutrophils and macrophages that do not work) can "clump" together into larger masses known as granulomas. This is why the condition is known as Chronic Granulomatous Disease. These granulomas are not effective at killing bacteria and fungi, become long-standing and can last for months to years, and can cause problems for patients with CGD. These complications are often known as the "inflammatory" complications of CGD. Problems can include:
CGD can affect either boys or girls of any race or ethnicity. Defects in each of five distinct genes have been reported to result in CGD. The most common form (about 80% of cases) occurs in boys and is inherited as an X-linked disease, meaning that females may carry the abnormal gene for the disorder but don't develop symptoms, whereas boys develop the clinical problems associated with the disease. The other four forms of CGD are inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that the patient has one defective gene inherited from each parent. CGD is estimated to occur in approximately 1 out of every 250,000 live births. The average age at diagnosis is 3 years for boys and 7 years for girls.
Frequent respiratory and skin infections suggest the possibility of CGD, especially if the infections are caused by certain bacteria or fungi, such as Serratia and Aspergillus. Definitive diagnosis of CGD is made by testing the production of hydrogen peroxide by neutrophils, and is confirmed by gene sequencing analysis to identify disease-causing mutations in any of the genes that are responsible for this condition.
Treatment for CGD may include the following:
The chance a parent who is affected by CGD will transmit CGD to their own children varies considerably with the type of CGD involved (X linked or autosomal recessive) as well as the sex of the parent.
Men with x-linked CGD have a 100% chance of having a baby girl who is a carrier of CGD (i.e. not affected by CGD, but the baby girl could pass the gene on to her sons or daughters with the next generation). A man with x-linked CGD will not have a girl affected by CGD, unless in the rare situation that the mother is also a carrier for x-linked CGD. Since CGD is a rare condition, it would be unusual for a mother to be a carrier and a father to have x-linked CGD. A man with x-linked CGD will not transmit the gene to any of his baby boys.
Men and women with autosomal recessive CGD have a 100% chance of their baby boys and girls being at least carriers. As long as the other parent (1) is not affected by CGD and (2) is not a carrier for the same genetic mutation, the children will not be affected by CGD (although all will be carriers). If the other partner is also a carrier for autosomal recessive CGD, there is a 50% chance the child (regardless of whether a boy or a girl) will be affected by CGD and a 50% chance the child will be a carrier. If the other partner also has two genetic mutations resulting in autosomal recessive CGD, then 100% of the offspring will be affected by CGD.
For women who are carriers of x-linked CGD (often this is tested for in a woman because a brother or uncle was affected by x-linked CGD), 50% of her girls will be carriers and 50% of her girls will not be carriers. None of the mother's baby girls will be affected by CGD. However, 50% of her boys will be affected with CGD.
Autosomal recessive CGD is more common in populations where partnerships between men and women are more closely related from a genetic perspective, such as in cultures where marriage between close relatives is customary. Sometimes children can also be born with CGD where it is not apparent that a family history was present. In these situations, new mutations have arisen and these children will have the same risks of transmitting the gene to their own offspring in the future.
Primary Immune Regulatory Disorders (PIRD) are a diverse group of rare genetic conditions in which the immune system does not respond appropriately to challenges or is not appropriately regulated in its responses. These changes can lead to underactive or overactive immune function. This is called immune dysregulation.
PIRD can affect multiple organ systems. These disorders can be caused by autoimmunity (a mistaken attack on healthy tissues or organs by the immune system), excessive inflammation (an overactive defense reaction by the immune system), and non-malignant lymphoproliferation (an abnormal increase in lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell). Patients usually begin to show symptoms early in life.
One example of a PIRD disorder is called IPEX syndrome, which stands for Immune dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked syndrome. Patients can have severe watery diarrhea, skin rashes (eczema and other types), diabetes (inability to make insulin), low or high thyroid hormone levels, problems with low blood cell counts (anemia, low platelet counts, etc.), and other problems. Each of these is caused by the immune system inappropriately attacking one of the organs of the body (autoimmunity).
Other clinical symptoms that are often seen in PIRD conditions include a progressive scarring of the lung tissue caused by immune attack of the lung (i.e. interstitial lung disease), autoimmune hepatitis (liver inflammation), and arthritis (inflammation of the joints).
Unlike classical primary immunodeficiencies, patients with PIRD are typically at lower risk for infections. However, since patients can have autoimmunity and infections at the same time, these diseases can be very challenging to diagnose and treat. Many patients are undiagnosed, and the best treatment for individual disorders is not clear. Over the past decade, we have begun to understand the genetic causes of a growing number of these PIRDs, which is helping us learn how to treat PIRDs better.
Mutations (changes) in many different genes are now known to cause immune dysregulation. Some of these gene changes cause problems with the development or function of regulatory T cells (also called Tregs), which are a type of white blood cell that acts as a sort of peacekeeper (i.e. regulators) for the immune system and is critical for maintaining control of immune responses.
For example, mutations in the gene called FOXP3 cause the regulatory T cells to not develop fully, leaving the immune system without important regulators. This is the cause of IPEX syndrome (see above). We now know that mutations in over 40 other genes can cause problems with the development or function of Tregs or other important types of white blood cells and can cause PIRD conditions with similarities to IPEX.
Initially, a PIRD diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms. Autoimmunity that occurs early in life, is severe, and affects multiple organ systems may suggest the possibility of a PIRD. However, the best approach for early diagnosis is unknown at this time.
For certain types of PIRD, specific genetic testing is required to make a diagnosis. Genetic testing can often be very helpful in making a diagnosis of PIRD but may not find a specific gene mutation in every case. Care providers can perform gene testing by sequencing one gene or many genes at a time.
Sometimes, these tests can reveal new genetic mutations or variants, requiring further testing. In these cases, a combination of the following tests may help with diagnosis:
Treatment for PIRD varies depending on the disorder. Often, the severity of these disorders requires aggressive treatment to prevent long-term organ damage, disability, or death.
Treatments can include:
There is increasing recognition that a number of serious immune deficiencies may not meet the laboratory criteria to be called SCID, but the types of infections seen are similar to patients with the more classical forms of SCID. Many of these cases of "leaky" or "atypical" SCID involve similar gene mutations as found in classical SCID.
For instance, person one could have a mutation in a gene called RAG1, resulting in a very low T-cell count, serious infections, and a diagnosis of SCID. Person two could have a different gene mutation in the same gene (RAG1), but person two has a higher T-cell count than person one. This may make doctors unable to diagnose person two as having classic SCID. Nonetheless, person two may still experience severe infections, similar to a patient with classic SCID. In these situations, person two may be diagnosed with leaky SCID.
Patients with leaky SCID may experience severe infections similar to a patient with classical SCID, or they may have less severe or less frequent infections. Some people with Leaky SCID may not be diagnosed until they are older (sometimes after one year of age and even in to the adult years). Sometimes leaky SCID may present less with infections and more often with autoimmune problems. Autoimmune (auto = self; immune = immune system) problems occur when the person's own immune system attacks the patient. Autoimmune thrombocytopenia (low platelet count resulting in bleeding), autoimmune anemia (low hemoglobin resulting in patient becoming pale and tired), and autoimmune thyroid problems are examples of such problems that can occur in people with leaky SCID.
Doctors have long recognized that some infants will present with features of classical SCID (for example, serious bacterial, viral, or fungal infections, often involving the lungs resulting in trouble breathing or the gastrointestinal tract causing diarrhea and weight loss – features that suggest the immune system is not working properly), but also with other features that suggest the immune system is overacting (working too well). Infants with Omenn syndrome have features that suggest the immune system is not working, and on the other hand, also overacting, all at the same time.
Features that suggest the immune system is overacting include (1) a severe skin rash that often covers most of the body (sometimes called "generalized erythroderma" or "pachydermatitis"). This can look like a bad sunburn. Often infants with Omenn syndrome do not have hair or eyebrows because of this severe skin rash. (2) Enlarged lymph nodes (glands that can be felt in the neck, armpits, and groin) (3) Enlarged liver and spleen (organs found inside the abdomen). The liver and spleen should normally be under the rib cage and difficult to feel, but when enlarged, can be felt by the doctor during an abdominal examination. Some infants with Omenn Syndrome will have all of these features, whereas others will only have some of them.
Yes, in that it describes an infant with severe combined immune deficiency who also has features of an overacting immune system. In all cases, however, Omenn Syndrome has an underlying cause. There are a number of potential underlying causes of Omenn Syndrome, however, only about 50% of the time are doctors able to figure out what this cause is. If no underlying cause can be found, the patient is diagnosed with Omenn Syndrome. If an underlying cause is found, the patient is diagnosed with Omenn Syndrome due to whatever the cause is.
A number of genetic mutations that also cause classical severe combined immune deficiency have also been found in Omenn Syndrome. These include RAG1, RAG2, adenosine deaminase deficiency, ARTEMIS, and DNA Ligase IV (and this list is not complete). Other disorders that have been associated with Omenn Syndrome include cartilage hair hypoplasia (short, hair abnormalities, skeletal abnormalities), CHARGE syndrome (coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the choanae, retardation of growth and/or development, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities including deafness) and DiGeorge syndrome (low calcium, low parathyroid hormone levels, heart defects). Your doctor will look for other problems that may help to explain why Omenn syndrome has developed.


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Spotify Targets iTunes, All-Comers With Social And MP3 Features
Spotify spent most of its first year saying it would refrain from adding "social" features and concentrate on just serving music. But the ice in Stockholm has thawed lately and today the music service added just that, amongst its first significant product updates since launching in late 2008.
— New profiles: Users can friend each other by Spotify username or via Facebook graph and send tracks to each other with a new Inbox. New activity appears in a "feed". Users can share a web link to their in-app profile and add profile details to their blogs.
— Library changes: Spotify's no longer just a cloud player – now users can play local files, like iTunes. Tracks and albums can be "starred", popping them in a favourites folder. Spotify will also wirelessly sync music files to mobile without USB sideloading.
Spotify SVP Paul Brown tells paidContent:UK:-
"Today's upgrade is all about driving discovery and enabling users to build their playlist libraries. To then access these libraries across multiple platforms, we feel will be a major attraction for people looking to sign up as a premium customer.
"We have shown, since rolling out premium mobile access to our users, that the ability to access your music in a very simple, exciting and absorbing way, across multiple platforms, is a big reason to subscribe and today's features only increase the stickiness of Spotify as a music platform. There is a lot more to come but this is a significant step in Spotify's evolution as music access and management platform."
The features are available to both free and paying users. Spotify has over seven million users and 320,000 of the latter. Little of this seems to affect that dragging issue of entering the U.S. market. But, assuming Spotify's economics are scaleable, these additions will likely yield higher dwell time and attract more users, because they're all about propagating extra engagement.
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As you know we have reported in the past about Scott Morrison's recent appointment as the new CEO of Evisu. So we thought it would be best to catch up with the man himself and see what he has to say about his recent appointment and his vision for Evisu in the future.
Q) With Paper Denim & Cloth and Earnest Sewn you were involved from the beginning, whereas with Evisu you are taking over an existing company. What challenges do you think there will be working with an existing brand rather than starting from scratch?
A) Undoubtedly there are challenges within every organization, and taking on an existing concept has it's pros and cons, there's no doubt. Evisu is an amazing brand however, with 20 years of history and being the pioneer of men's premium denim gives me a lot of positives to work with. There's an iconic brand story, a heritage identity and one of the most recognizable logos in the world. On the flip side, one of the obvious challenges will be managing the expectations of our existing customer. We're going to be evolving the brand concept and pushing Evisu in a new direction, which will be very exciting for most, but might leave some consumers on the sidelines.
Q) When Evisu first launched they were really the only men's premium brand around (in the UK at least). Now many years later the competition has become fierce – could you describe what plans you have to get Evisu noticed in a very crowded marketplace.
A) I first found Evisu in the late 90's when it had started to come into it's own outside of Japan … and yes, it was the first real premium denim brand in my opinion (although Diesel and Replay were making pretty amazing jeans for years), and Evisu in many respects paved the way for people like myself to create brands like Paper Denim & Cloth or Earnest Sewn. When it comes to our approach for today's market I maintain the same principles I've subscribed to since I started my first company in 1999; focus our efforts on product quality, innovation and brand integrity, everything else will speak for itself.


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Invitation to the media – Élisabeth Brière, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister Mélanie Joly, to announce investments to support the practice of winter activities in the Center-du-Québec and Montérégie regions
Former high school classmates are among the world's largest crypto holders
(Bloomberg) – Kyle Davies and Su Zhu launched Three Arrows Capital at their apartment kitchen table in 2012. They are now among the largest cryptocurrency holders in the world with a portfolio worth billions dollars, at least for now. has been rocked in recent days as environmental concerns over mining, regulatory oversight, warnings from Chinese authorities over digital currency payments and a wave of erratic tweets from Tesla Inc's Elon Musk have whipped up prices. For Davies, an early investor in the space and an evangelist of the underlying technology, the recent volatility is just a shock, perhaps enough to scare off first-time investors, but not for someone who has experienced much more volatile periods. outside the highs it's really not that low, "the 34-year-old said in an interview in Singapore. "I don't see anyone really scared." Former Credit Suisse Group AG traders Davies and Zhu, the two are among the pioneers on Wall Street who embraced crypto, along with Dan Morehead of Pantera Capital and Mike Novogratz of Galaxy Digital. Now everyone from retail day traders to bankers is getting started: CNBC reported this month that Aziz McMahon, head of emerging markets sales for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in London, left the bank after have made a fortune trading cryptocurrencies for himself. the fortunes of the faithful have increased and decreased with fluctuations in the price of currency, crypto wealth quickly turns into real dollars for some, whether through initial public offerings or businesses that generate traditional income. Brian Armstrong, co-founder of crypto-wallet Coinbase Global Inc., has a net worth of $ 9.3 billion after his company's IPO, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, while Binance's Changpeng Zhao has created the world's largest crypto exchange. 34, also resisted talking about their fortunes and recommended on social media that crypto billionaires do the same. However, a filing in January revealed the extent of the company's influence, when Three Arrows announced that it has a 5.6% stake in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, a $ 22 billion fund invested solely in the cryptocurrency set up by Barry Silbert. Davies declined to comment on whether their position had changed or to specify how much of the company's capital belonged to them. Most of their other direct investments in cryptocurrencies and related companies do not need to be publicly disclosed. The grayscale stake made Three Arrows the largest shareholder and would have been worth up to $ 2. $ 1 billion in April. Shares in the trust have since fallen 43% after Musk's announcement this month that Tesla would suspend acceptance of digital currency for purchases of its electric cars due to "increasing use of fossil fuels. for Bitcoin Mining "and China's regulatory crackdown. Musk's tweet placed on Bitcoin, Davies said he doesn't think these concerns apply to all cryptocurrency trading. "There are a lot of cryptocurrencies that are proof of stake, that use very little or no electricity," Davies said. "This is the direction that many cryptocurrencies are heading." A proof of stake setup for a digital currency allows users with large stock positions to verify transactions. This compares to proof of work transactions, such as those used in Bitcoin mining, where users must solve complex mathematical problems to access a coin, consuming much larger volumes of electricity. Columbia University in New York before joining Credit Suisse as a derivatives traders in Tokyo. After three years at the Swiss bank, they quit and started Three Arrows Capital to start trading traditional currencies in emerging markets. "It was a very inefficient market, and that's where we started," Davies said. from working in their San Francisco apartment to hiring around 35 people and trading 5% to 10% of all local emerging market currency volumes, he said. us "in currency trading in emerging markets, Davies said. In 2018, the company focused exclusively on crypto, and their Singapore-based company now manages a fund, DeFiance Capital, which invests in decentralized finance, betting that these companies will " eat up traditional finance over the next decade. according to the group's website. Investments include InsurAce, which provides insurance services, and CDEX, a cryptocurrency exchange. "Outized Voices" "We've been crypto for a long time," Davies said. "We haven't always been Ethereum for long, in fact we've been running out of time as well. 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This image doesn't quite fit with the theme above but I thought the photography was amazing from 1946. It feels like it could have been shot yesterday:
Sunday, August 26, 2012
1949/50 Fashion
Some images from the Time/Life archives..
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The period between 1947 and 1957 is, from a sartorial standpoint, my absolute favourite of all time. The femininity, skillful tailoring, and array of gorgeous styles that ruled during those years - very much including the ones in these fantastic shots - are what adheres those years to my fashion loving heart to no end.ReplyDelete
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Forging the middle path, reconciling antagonists, overseeing agreements and stumping for a robust U.S.-Israel relationship.
Joe Lieberman, formerly of the U.S. Senate, is settling into a post-Senate career that resembles the one he enjoyed for 24 years in the upper chamber. Except, he gets to stay in New York and hang out with his grandchildren.
Lieberman announced last week that he had joined Kasowitz, Benson Torres and Friedman, a New York law firm the New York Times calls "a litigation powerhouse that in recent years has entered the ranks of the country's most profitable law firms" and that "has recently become known for taking on the large banks in financial-crisis and mortgage-backed securities related litigation."
So, lawyers on the side of the little guy. But what's Lieberman going to be doing? I tried to decipher the press release:
Senator Lieberman's practice will focus on independent and internal investigations and advising clients on a wide range of public policy, strategic and regulatory issues. He is also expected to play a significant role in client development globally.
…but was stumped. So I spoke with Lieberman and his new boss Marc Kasowitz. Lieberman, essentially, will be overseeing settlements.
Before settling on Kasowitz, Lieberman spoke with a number of firms and he said he discovered that "the one area of practice that is growing is internal and independent investigations." Those are situations "where someone is brought in in from the outside, where someone monitors if the parties say what they are going to do."
Kasowitz said Lieberman's reputation as an independent — for his first 18 years, he was a Democrat; for the last six, he was independent but caucused with the Dems — made him a natural for the job.
"Joe will be the kind of guy people will want to consult with for clarity, and if they have issues, given his intelligence, and his experience and that he is ethically beyond reproach," said Kasowitz, who said he has known Lieberman since the 1970s, when as a Yale University student he campaigned for Lieberman's run for the state Senate.
One thing Lieberman said he will never do is lobby, even after the two-year ban on lobbying is past. "I don't want to lobby, I don't ever want to lobby my former colleagues in Congress," he said.
Instead, he will consult with clients about "strategies," for instance in navigating the thickets of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the law governing how U.S. companies may interact with governments overseas.
His government experience, he told me, "adds value" for ordinary citizens grappling with a government agency.
Lieberman said the job is part-time and he still intends to involve himself in foreign policy. He said he gives one day a month over to a foreign policy project he helms, with former GOP senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, at the American Enterprise Institute. He calls that "essentially, how to make the case better for America's international leadership."
Kasowitz, who enthusiastically endorses such extracurricular activity, was less circumspect: Lieberman's voice is needed to keep the Obama administration on its toes, he said.
"We're looking at a situation where in the world where America is becoming increasingly isolationist under this administration, it's unfortunate, Joe's voice in expression of how shortsighted that is is important," he said.
Lieberman said he was also seeking avenues to advance the U.S.-Israel relationship. The best part of the new job, though, was that it keeps him in the New York City environs, where three of his four children live.
"I loved all the time I spent in the Senate, but I'm very excited on my first day," he said last Thursday. "And we'll get to see the children and grandchildren!"
Joe Lieberman, right, attends a Chanukah celebration on Capitol Hill in 2009 with the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), left and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), center. (Courtesy American Friends of Lubavitch.)


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Philadelphia Flyers deal rights to D Dan Hamhuis to Pittsburgh Penguins
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Dan Hamhuis is on the move again.
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired the rights to the durable defenceman from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2011 draft.
Hamhuis, 27, spent his first six NHL seasons with the Nashville Predators before being traded to the Flyers last week.
He was originally drafted 12th overall by the Predators in 2001 when Penguins GM Ray Shero was with the Nashville organization.
Philadelphia acquired Hamhuis for defenceman Ryan Parent and a conditional draft pick from Nashville on June 19th in hopes he would sign a contract with the Flyers.
Now Shero will have a few days to negotiate with Hamhuis before he becomes a free agent.
"I'll have a conversation with Dan," said Shero. "I've not talked to him yet. We just did the deal at the end of the first round. I'll give him a call tonight, see if I can reach him, and try to sell him on the merits of playing in Pittsburgh."
The six-foot-one, 209-pound Hamhuis, who will be an unrestricted free agent on July 1st, appeared in 78 games for the Predators in 2009-10, recording five goals, 19 assists and a plus-4 rating.
The native of Smithers, B.C., has 32 goals and 161 points in 483 career regular-season games. His best season came in 2005-06 when he posted career-highs across the board with seven goals, 31 assists, 38 points and a plus-11 rating in 82 games with the Predators.
Parent averaged 14 minutes 46 seconds of ice time in 48 games with the Flyers in 2009-10. He also appeared in 17 playoff games with the Stanley Cup runners-up.


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By the end of the year, Dulles South fire and rescue personnel will no longer have to worry about strong winds or inclement weather and the county's Sheriff's deputies will have a new place to call home.
Construction is almost complete on the approximately 23,000-square-foot facility that will house both the Dulles South Fire and Rescue station and a Sheriff's Office substation.
Through the month of November the facility will be inspected and any final adjustments will be made. The county is hoping personnel will be ready to move in by the middle of December.
The ground of the 4.7-acre site was broken in September 2005, following an $5.9 million construction contract, which was awarded to Milestone Construction Services of Sterling. In November 1999 voters approved the sale of general obligations bonds to fund the design, construction and equipping of the center.
"This facility is really needed down here," Supervisor Stephen Snow (R-Dulles) said.
WHEN IT IS opened the facility will be the first of its kind in the county, housing both Sheriff's Office and Fire and Rescue personnel. Fire and Rescue will be housed in 12,000 square feet and the Sheriff's substation will take up the other 11,000 square feet.
When the facility is opened the fire and rescue station will have a fire truck and an ambulance," Dawley said.
"In the budget the Board of Supervisors also approved the staffing and purchasing of a ladder truck," Dawley said.
Since its inception the Dulles South station has been partnered with the Arcola/Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue station, something Dawley said will continue after the new building is open.
Dawley said the staff for the new ladder truck should be trained in the academy class this January, bringing the total staff for the new station to between eight and 10 members per shift.
"The station will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week," he said.
SINCE THE WINTER of 2003, the Dulles South Fire and Rescue station has been operating out of a temporary, tented facility on Defender Drive off of South Riding Boulevard. The site includes leased modular trailers for personnel to live and sleep in. While the situation has not been ideal, Howard Dawley, deputy chief for planning and administration, said it has served its purpose.
"It enabled us to get into that community and do what we needed to do to serve the people down there," he said.
Snow said the type of equipment the fire station will have is needed for the residents and the types of community being developed in Dulles South.
"We will finally have a facility that's going to have a quick response time," he said. "The longer ladder is really needed down here where we have the taller townhomes."
At the end of March four townhouses in South Riding were severely damaged after a fire broke out in one of the homes. Without a large ladder truck, Snow said, the situation could have been much worse.
"I really want to utilize this for the citizens," he said. "Having everyone right down there will be a huge help."
FOR THE SUBSTATION, Kraig Troxell, the Sheriff's Office spokesperson, said they are envisioning something similar to the plans for the new substation in Cascades.
"It will have all the same [amenities] to it, but on a smaller scale since we will have less room," he said.
The substation will have a complementary records department so deputies could look up accident reports, do background or criminal checks and fingerprinting without having to go in Leesburg. The Sheriff's Office would like for people who have warrants out on them to be able to turn themselves in at the substations, Troxell said.
In addition, the substation will also have holding cells for suspects awaiting transfer to the main jail in Leesburg. The building will be outfitted with an intoxilyzer, for testing suspects' blood alcohol content.
"It will just make it easier for deputies to stay in their sector where they will be needed," he said.
ONE ASPECT OF the new building will be different from anything in any of the current fire stations or planned substations. Approximately 840 square feet will be used for a community meeting room.
"People would be able to use it for civic organizations, community policing, CPR classes, almost anything," Dawley said.
Dawley said he hopes the meeting room will also help turn the Dulles South center into a focal point of the community.
"Historically, it is shown that the fire house was the place that people would go to meet," he said. "The commitment to service doesn't begin and end with the 911 call."
Snow also said he hopes to have a place in the center for a small office where he can meet with residents face to face. The South Riding office would give him the opportunity to really connect with residents and hear their thoughts and concerns. He added that the permanent home will also help with the influence the public safety personnel will have on residents.
"I think you'll expand their effectiveness and impact when you give them this sense of place and sense of home," he said.


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Activist investors who expect to raise returns by influencing strategic decisions are having a meaningful impact on many industries from consumer-packaged goods to aerospace and defense. And the odds that your company, or industry, may find itself targeted by an activist are going up. Activists launched 159 campaigns in 2015 focused on shareholder value maximization, nearly double the 88 that were launched the year before. If you are a senior executive in a company concerned about activists, you have two potential paths: take the defensive (and perhaps expected) posture of defending your current strategy, or embrace the challenge and reassess your company's path to value creation.
Activists' interventions are often described, favorably or not depending on your point of view, as slashing and burning, taking out cost, and engaging in financial engineering. But that's an unfair oversimplification. Many activists are asking some very tough and fundamental strategic questions: Are the company's investments in the right place? Is the company's portfolio too diverse? Are there difficult moves that must be made to create a winning strategy? Senior executives should consider these questions carefully, since the rise of corporate activism is unlikely to slow any time soon — either way — these very basic but important strategic questions must be addressed.
Simply improving short-term performance by cutting costs across the board isn't the answer – activists can do that themselves, simply by taking out 10% from your company's cost baseline. You need to look at costs as strategic investments that ultimately drive growth: which costs, if cut, would actually destroy shareholder value by diminishing growth or competitive advantage? And as an insider with the right perspective and access to granular company data, you can match or exceed what outsiders may be able to offer your investors.
Take the time to reassess your company's path to value creation. You have clearly thought about these strategic questions before, but constraints on your business and short-term issues may have stood in the way of the answers – or at least at looking at the questions as an outsider might, and possibly arriving at different conclusions about the business. Now, you will have to translate your strategic thinking into a value creation plan that your management team and board will embrace. You will have to be clear-minded about such questions as: What are the simple approaches to value creation that have worked in the industry, and do they still apply? What advantage do we have — or can we create — in the market, and how do we maintain and extend this advantage? What is our company great at doing? What is our promise to the market and to customers? What is needed to execute against that promise? Defining your aspirations that way and combining them with the capabilities required to fulfill those aspirations will give your company the best chance to create long-term value … and to address activists' concerns and capitalize on the opportunities and ideas they bring.
For our recent book we studied companies from a broad range of industries that operate this way, including Apple, CEMEX, Danaher, Haier, IKEA, Inditex (known for its Zara apparel business), Starbucks and many others. These companies may do business in a dozen different sectors, but everything they do nonetheless fits together in a coherent way. Apple's online services, smartphones, and computers, for example, all rely on the same capabilities for design and integration. Starbucks applies its capabilities in talent management and distinctive retailing to everything it does. Danaher designs, manufactures, and markets industrial and consumer products in industries including dental, industrial technologies, environmental, and life science and diagnostics, and has distinguished itself by its outstanding shareholder return and its focus on continual improvement, across all its businesses.
When your company has developed that kind of clear identity, you have leverage and insight that other companies –and activist investors –do not have. When investor Carl Icahn wrote to Tim Cook in 2014, with concerns about insufficient cash growth and share undervaluation at Apple, Cook's response was measured. He eventually did buy back stock and increase shareholder dividends, but his response about television and cars was such that Icahn stated publicly that whatever Tim Cook decided was completely Tim Cook's decision.
Danaher, similarly, has good relationships with activist investors. In fact, the company was formed by Steven and Mitchell Rales, who were corporate raiders and understood the value of coherence from the start. Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini described the positive impact of coherence on stock value: "The magic question is: Are your business fundamentals sound enough so that you can consistently deliver a product to customers that they will continue to buy over time? If people believe your business fundamentals are sustainable, it will move the stock price higher."
Some CEOs might resist this approach: they may feel locked into the constraints given to them, or may simply want to avoid the risk of change — hoping that potential disruption or industry structure changes that activists initiate will leave them unharmed. But we've seen that movie over and over, and we know how it ends. The better course is to build a case for your company's fundamental advantage, and lay out your plans for improving it and driving value creation.


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I have recently seen people getting married and getting divorced sooner, not even waiting for an year of time. But why does this happen? It does not depend on the country or people with cultural differences. It happens due to the human minds getting dumped with various unwanted fantasies which leaves their marriage life a big question mark…
In older days people were aware of the customs and bonds a marriage offers the two within a relationship. The love, warmth, happiness, sacrifices, adjustments and many other criterion's were merged together under a relationship. But in this modern era people run back of money, name and fame. They find their life is contented with such unrealistic pleasures which may pass away at a particular period of time. There is no eternity for these pleasures.
Once their time of unrealistic pleasures passes away they are left out alone with loads and loads of grief, fear and sadness filling their heart. There wont be any children or grandchildren to play with them, make them laugh, disturb them asking bedtime stories or walk them home from school. All that remins is a silent house, unspoken words and lacking eagerness for joy and pleasure.
Do the people who get divorces easily think of their family and kids? I hope the answer is a big NO. Once if there are some sort of arrogant or violent behavior from the partner there is a need for divorce which may act as a big relief to both the parent and the kid. But changing minds and acting irresponsibly by both leads the child to a state of psychological illness.
According to the Indian law the following aspects are been taken for divorce:
- Adultery
- Desertion
- Cruelty
- Impotency
- Chronic Disease
Other than these any kind of act is not considered as an offence under the Divorce law.
Compared with other countries India has the lowest divorce rates says a survey. But it also emphasizes the fact that the divorce rates has increased double the amount over the last five years. We people are made into a bond to have a long and peaceful living. Keeping aside all our ego's, worldly pleasures etc might make us have a stronger bond with love and affection. Love all and love your family above all 🙂 🙂 🙂


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Biomass Power Association appoints new members to board
Biomass Power Association today announced several key changes to its board of directors. Tom Beck, an executive at ReEnergy Holdings Inc., will become chairman of the board. Paula Soos of Covanta, the current chair, will serve as vice-chair. Minnesota Power's Bill Libro and FSE Energy's Marvin Burchfield will join the board as members.
"We are thrilled with the two new additions to our board of directors and the appointment of Tom Beck to chairman," said Bob Cleaves, president and CEO of Biomass Power Association. "This is an incredibly active and engaged board, whose involvement will contribute to our association's growth. We thank Paula Soos for her time as chair and we look forward to her continued service as vice chair."
Beck is principal and chief commercial officer at Latham, N.Y.-based ReEnergy Holdings, a biomass company with 290 employees that generates 330 MW of energy in six states. A founder of ReEnergy, Beck sits on the company's board of directors and is a member of its executive committee. He was a consultant to the solid waste and renewable energy industries for three years before the formation of ReEnergy Holdings. Before that, Beck was a vice president of American Ref-Fuel Co. and president of TransRiver Marketing Co. Beck has served on the Biomass Power Association board of directors since 2012.
"Tom, Marvin and Bill represent three innovative biomass ventures located in diverse areas of the country," Cleaves continued. "Our industry is an important part of the nation's energy portfolio. We are poised to highlight our jobs, environmental and economic contributions on the local, state and national levels."
Marvin Burchfield serves as vice president of the solid fuel business unit at FSE Energy. Based in Covington, La., FSE Energy supplies the highest quality heat and energy equipment, services and solutions, including a full line of biomass fired energy systems for the utility and industrial user. FSE Energy enables its global utility and industrial customers to succeed through the delivery of advanced, proven and environmentally sound technology. Since 1935, the company has built strong relationships by providing unwavering dedication and support to its customers around the world by doing business in person, seizing opportunities and embracing the challenges of the modern energy marketplace. Burchfield directs all activities within the solid fuel business unit, focusing on expansion of the group into new industrial markets, new geographic markets and represents FSE as an industry advocate. Prior to joining FSE Energy, Burchfield held a variety of executive and management positions with companies such as Decker Energy, Biomass Energy Resources and Duke Energy.
Libro serves as the director of federal government affairs for Minnesota Power, a subsidiary of ALLETE. With three biomass facilities and a range of other energy facilities, Minnesota Power continues to seek out more sources of renewable energy, and has moved from an energy supply that was 5 percent renewable in 2005 to one that is 20 percent renewable today. Libro manages various federal legislative and regulatory issues that affect Minnesota Power and ALLETE's other business units, and advocates the company's positions within the executive, legislative, and regulatory branches of our federal government. Libro has held a variety of positions in public education, private industry, and state government. Prior to joining Minnesota Power, Libro worked in the Washington office for another major Midwestern utility.
Burchfield and Libro are the newest members of the board of directors. In addition to Beck, Soos and Cleaves, the Board includes Frazier Blaylock of Covanta Energy, Bill Carlson of Carlson Small Power Consultants, Joe Dalton of GDF Suez North America, Steve Hall of ReEnergy, Wade Mosby of Collins Companies, Daniel Simon of Ballard Spahr, Hugh Smith of Greenleaf Power and Tom Spies of Powell Group.


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Concrete Pole Mold Operation Attention
Concrete Pole steel mold are generally fabricated in joints due to transportation, manufacturing technology and other reasons , and assemble them in concrete pole factory; before assembling the packing must be checked if complete and parts are damaged. if any damage, it should be immediately repaired. The connecting flange end and the runway are precisely machined because the connection accuracy directly affects the curvature of the full length of the mold and the smoothness of the run, and the surface quality of the runway surface does not cause a beating when running. Scars, to be Seiko repair, repair burrs only allow sanding polished, the scar around the prominent part of the file can be used to file carefully file, file range is not allowed to exceed the prominent area, the assembly sequence is as follows:
1. Hoist every segment of mold on the centrifuge machine, the connection bolts are placed into the screw holes of connecting flange according to the direction of symmetry of the bolt tightening.
2. Loosen all the bolts, but should not bolts the bolts, the bolts should still have the preload to fix the two molds, that is, without the aid of the tool only the strength of the fingers tighten the nut, and then make the pole steel mold slowly 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Tighten all the bolts with the tool until the gap is checked without space.
4. From low speed to high speed for no-load operation, operation should be smooth, no beating phenomenon before feeding production.
Assemble the inner wall of the connection with a grinding wheel or other methods of processing 3 × 45 ° break, and then in accordance with the above order to tighten the connection bolts, welding and re-grinding the weld, connecting flange outer edge to avoid the sub-surface Welding eight pieces (uniform) to strengthen the connection plate, which can eliminate the sub-junction leakage and sub-mold traces of the shortcomings, greatly improving the quality of pole and mold connection reliability.
Concrete electric pole steel mold with wedge joints to ensure that not leak pulp, such as waxing, the effect is better. Operation should pay attention to wedge clean, to prevent bruises.
Concrete Spun Pole steel mold generally will be bended and deformed after long time of service and then should be maintained timely . commonly used correction methods are flame and mechanical forcing correction of two, the former by the experienced master, the centrifuge must maintain a good technical state, Otherwise it will be doubled to shorten the life of the rod steel mold, such as stop using, should be attached to the net attached to the cement slurry and other dirt, and coated with anti-embroidered grease, two molds closed, stacked in a dry, smooth, solid field , Stacking layer height of not more than 3 layers, each run between the wheel and the running pad with mat, is strictly prohibited half-chip stacking.


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Amanah members have been urged to double their efforts to recruit members and open new party branches all over the country, in the run-up to the next general election.
Amanah president Mohamad Sabu said members should not spend too much time in speculative talks which could not be verified, saying they could hurt efforts to strengthen the year-old party.
"I urge all Amanah members to give their attention to the most important task before indulging in speculations over the general election or seat disbursement.
"Amanah at all levels must maximise the role of its national committee and its Women and Youth wings in disseminating information to the people," said Mat Sabu.
He said the entry of former Pas vice-president Datuk Husam Musa to Amanah should be utilised to recruit more members for the party.
"Let us use whatever time we have now to strengthen the party and attract more members before the 14th general election," he said.
Amanah was formed by former members and leaders of Pas, following the change of leadership after a divisive muktamar last year.
Amanah leaders, who advocate a more progressive outlook, said they left their former party due to differences over Pas's more friendly approach to the Najib administration as well as its refusal to work with Pakatan Rakyat.
Late last month, Husam, who was once a senior exco in Kelantan, announced his decision to join Amanah, months after he was sacked from Pas for criticising party leaders.
Husam has been a vocal critic of the Pas-led Kelantan government following the death of Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat in 2015.


text: Major overpass opens to traffic in Da Nang By Huu Tra, Thanh Nien News DA NANG - Sunday, March 29, 2015 21:04 Email Print The design of the Nga ba Hue overpass was inspired by the shapes of linga and yoni -- symbols of Lord Shiva in Hinduism. File photo RELATED NEWS 'French Village' to open soon to tourists in Da Nang Helicopter tours to be launched in Da Nang this April New York Times lists Da Nang as top tourist destination A three-level overpass, costing US$93 million to build, was inaugurated Sunday in the central city of Da Nang. Located on the National Highway 1A at the gateway to Da Nang, Nga ba Hue Overpass is expected to ease traffic congestion and reduce accidents there. Nga ba Hue, or Hue T-junction, receives more than 15,000 car arrivals and hundreds of thousands of motorbike arrivals every day. It is considered an accident-prone spot in the city. Trung Nam Group, the investor, said the overpass's design was inspired by the shapes of linga and yoni -- symbols of Lord Shiva in Hinduism. It took 18 months to build the overpass, the investor said. Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang said at the inauguration ceremony:"This is not only a construction contributing to Da Nang City's development but also a major part of the national highway upgrade plan." More : Da Nang overpass


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1. Hairbrushes are not our friend
Mop looking a bit meh? Straighties just run a brush through it, spray some spray-y stuff and voila! Salon-styled locks (well, at least big-meeting-with-your-boss worthy ones). If we brush our hair – unsolicited – between washes, we curly girls risk looking like Doc from Back To The Future.
Or this:
Neither are 'A Look'.
2. …And hairdressers aren't either
"Have you thought about layers?" "You can let it dry naturally if I just cut three inches off!" "Your hair's really dry – have you tried Kerastase?"
Utter any of these sentences and our follicles will never darken your salon's door again.
3. The idea of a man running his hands through our hair is NOT sexy
Tried this aged 14; he got his hands stuck. Never again. Solid proof the douchebag concept of 'trapping a man' is never wise.
4. We actually love a bit of rain
Hey, as long as it's not a full-on monsoon, a light drizzle is akin to a sprinkle of stardust from the hair fairies. Our curls go all bouncy and happy again. Go them!
5. Except when we've had a blow-dry
Then we will do everything in our power to avoid even one drip of H2O. We're like Jack Bauer protecting a government secret. Except with less semtex and more umbrellas.
6. Hotel conditioner sucks
It's like waving a handheld fan at the Atlantic and expecting it to part the seas. No matter how jazzy the establishment, when it comes our hair, hotel conditioner detangles nothing.
7. And travel size conditioner is a total (unfunny) joke
Um, one of those puppies will only get us through one wash. We're hoping to 'travel' for more a little longer! Come on, already.
8. All new hair accessories are a potential threat
Will that innocent-looking bobble get stuck? Will that hair-tie tie so effectively it has to be cut out with scissors at 2am? That headband looks… sticky. THESE ARE NOT WORRIES WE NEED TO BE HAVING.
9. Short hair is but a dream
And fringes? Do not get us started on fringes. We would like these things but we learnt many years (and even more bad school photos) ago to just admit defeat and steer clear.
10. We have a constant fear of alopecia
The average woman with curly hair only brushes it a few times a week – and not because we're gross (see point 1). This means when we do engage the Tangle Teezer, two days worth of hair drops out. It covers the brush. COVERS IT. We have to remind ourselves every time that this is not just normal but okay. Honestly.
11. Carrie Bradshaw lied
More specifically, Carrie Bradshaw's hair lied. Season 1 – when it's fluffy, frizzy and flat – that's the truth. Every other season – where's it's springy, ringlety and like something from a fairytale? WITCHCRAFT. Carrie could barely work email (hello, the junk folder/Mr Big hoo ha) – she certainly could not operate a pair of tongues that skillfully.
(Oh and PS, that cute bob she 'rocked' for a while. Thanks for that. We tried it and we looked like a triangle.)
"You can wear it straight AND curly!" "I wish my hair did that!" "Awww, your curls are so cute!" Did you spend 68 minutes wrestling a brush through it this morning when every sane person in the land was in bed? Did you? No? Then keep those opinions to yourself – however well intentioned they may be.
13. We secretly feel super-polished and capable when we have straight hair
What's that, Scary Boss? You need a report written in 3 minutes? On it. Sorry, Boy Off Tinder, you want to meet me tonight instead? Oh, that is NO problem. Bank Manger: you want to call me to discuss my overdraft? I've got it.
Straight hair is like our superhero cape. When we have it we really appreciate it – and it makes us feel like a dynamo.
14. That said, when someone compliments our blow dry it's a double-edged sword
Yes, we know we look hot and capable and polished and dynamo-like, but if you LOVE our hair this way so much, what does that say about how you feel about our hair the rest of the time. Are we but half a woman when we have our curls? Are we? Are we?
15. Before and after shots in adverts for hair serum...
Two words: as if.
16. Day 2 is never a Good Hair Day
On the day you wash your hair, you stand a snowball's chance of it behaving. On day 2, it will either be fuzzy, full of static or resemble a dead cat. This is when we give thanks to the person who invented the ponytail.
17. Boys, we're aware we leave a kirby grip trail
…and there's nothing we can do about it. They are the only accessory (see point 5), that doesn't cause death and destruction. We love a Kirby grip and we're sorry if we're leaving them all over your house. Also don't moan if one occasionally gets lost in our hair and 'reappears' at a later date – our embarrassment is punishment enough. No woman wants to feel like one of The Twits.
18. We secretly hate on curly actresses who go straight
Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidmal, Millie Driver, Annalynne McCord… you are one of us; you are representing our kind. Do not ruin it by grabbing the GHDs the second a red carpet beckons. Have you not heard of the sisterhood?
Statement necklaces get stuck in stray locks. Zip tops are not advisable unless you're on pony day. Some vintage clothes do not go with our mops – for a reason we just cannot put our finger on. And don't get us started on the problems associated with helmets, hats and headphones.
20. We laugh in the face of women who only make a blow-dry last two days
Seriously, people, what are you doing? We have mastered the dark arts of dry shampoo, talc, hair spray and love – and as a result, we'd wager we can keep our follicles kink-free for longer than any of you.
21. Pubes jokes
Just, FFS. Don't.


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Read Advisory Board's take on this story.
Cigna on Thursday announced it intends to buy Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) in the country, in a deal valued at $67 billion in cash and stocks.
The transaction value includes the assumption of $15 billion in Express Scripts' debt, the New York Times' "DealBook" reports. The boards of both companies have approved the deal, which is scheduled to close later this year pending shareholder and regulatory approval.
Deal details
If the deal goes through, the combined company would be called Cigna, and it would be based in Bloomfield, Connecticut—where Cigna has its headquarters. Express Scripts would keep its St. Louis headquarters. Cigna CEO David Cordani would lead the combined company as president and CEO, while Express Scripts CEO Tim Wentworth would be president of the Express Scripts business. The combined company would have a board of 13 directors, four of whom would be "independent members of the Express Scripts board," according to the announcement.
Under the agreement, Express Scripts shareholders would receive $48.75 in cash and 0.2434 shares in the combined company for each of their Express Scripts shares, a consideration that represents about $96.03 for each share of Express Scripts—a 31% premium over the company's closing price of $73.42 on Wednesday. According to CNBC/Reuters, Cigna plans to pay the cash portion of the agreement via "a combination of cash on hand, Express Scripts debt, and new debt issuance."
Overall, Cigna shareholders would own about 64% of the combined company, while Express Scripts shareholders would own about 36%. Cigna expects to have about $41.4 billion in debt if and when the deal closes, CNBC/Reuters reports.
Deal aims to curb costs, further Cigna's reach and offerings
According to Cordani, Cigna began seriously considering a deal with Express Scripts toward the end of 2017, spurred by an effort to expand Cigna's reach and service offerings. The deal aims to curb health care costs by coordinating pharmacy and medical claims under one organization while giving the combined company more leverage when negotiating prices with drugmakers, CNBC/Reuters reports.
Cordani in a statement said, "This combination accelerates Cigna's enterprise mission of improving the health, well-being, and sense of security of those we serve, and in turn, expanding the breadth of services for our customers, partners, clients, health plans, and communities." The companies added that the deal would "drive the combined company's role as the connective tissue between individuals and their health care providers," providing "a more coordinated approach to an individual's health care journey."
According to the Wall Street Journal, Cigna is known for its focus on administering coverage for large employers and its growing international presence. Some of Express Scripts' biggest-name clients include the Department of Defense and Walmart.
Agreement follows string of health care industry deals
According to Forbes, the deal between an insurer and a PMB "would make sense," as Express Scripts and its standalone business model are facing pressure as competitors to form deals with insurers. For instance, UnitedHealth Group offers pharmacy benefits through OptumRx, while CVS Health operates Caremark PBM and is moving forward with buying Aetna, the third-largest insurer in the country.
In addition, Anthem, Express Scripts' biggest customer, last year announced it was not planning to renew its 10-year contract with Express Scripts, which expires at the end of 2019, and would instead launch its own PBM, Forbes reports. According to "DealBook," Anthem's announcement came after a federal judge blocked a proposed merger between it and Cigna (Bray/Thomas, "DealBook," New York Times, 3/8; Mattioli/Cimilluca, Wall Street Journal, 3/8; Reuters/CNBC, 3/8; Japsen, Forbes, 3/7).
Advisory Board's take
Russell Davis, Executive Director, and Rachel Sokol, Practice Manager, Health Plan Advisory Council
Cigna's proposed acquisition of Express Scripts illustrates the latest crumbling of the walls propping up traditional industry silos. Health plans, device makers, and others realize that as long as they remain trapped in zero-sum transactions, they can generate only incremental gains. Major improvements and innovations will require these stakeholders to collaborate (and in some instances, to combine) across historical industry segments.
The first iterations of health plan joint ventures focused on provider partnerships, but now plans are looking to pharmacy organizations (retail clinics and/or PBMs) to drive results and exert greater influence over total cost of care. In recent months, we have seen health plans and others extend into retail clinics (i.e., CVS/Aetna), physician groups and ambulatory care (i.e., Optum/DaVita), and home health and community care (i.e., Humana/Kindred Healthcare). In a world where regulators have rejected "mergers of equals," organizations will continue to integrate vertically to create new efficiencies.
As we noted when the CVS-Aetna news broke, payer-pharma partnerships offer three potential advantages:
- Support for medication adherence. An aging population and more medical (as opposed to surgical) treatment focus efforts on care plan adherence.
- Access to better real-time data. Health plans need to know how their members are doing to intervene if something seems awry. Pharmacy data present some of the most accurate information on how members are adhering to a care plan.
- Instant availability for care. Retail pharmacies present an opportunity to provide care after traditional provider hours to hopefully prevent the need for a higher acuity setting such as the ED.
While Amazon's plans to enter health care may be on the minds of industry leaders, they are not the driving force behind this partnership trend. We are witnessing the reconstruction of the health care market, brick by brick.
Next, get our ready-to-present slides on more 2018 health care industry trends
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When discussing the platform we found… Online Therapy For Veterans Betterhelp with our clients asking….Prioritizing your mental health has never ever been more critical– with the COVID-19 pandemic and everything else going on on the planet, lots of people are experiencing signs of mental health conditions.
In fact, surveys report that 53 percent of U.S. adults say concern and stress amid the pandemic has had an unfavorable impact on their mental health.
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is an online treatment service that permits you to text chat with a licensed, certified therapist 24/7. Keep checking out to see how it works, what to consider, and if it's right for you.
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Depending on what you're looking for, offers therapy for households, individuals, or couples. You create an account and complete a questionnaire to discover the ideal match.
Throughout the questionnaire, you're able to list out your therapist preferences, including their gender, religious beliefs, age, sexual orientation, language, in addition to what concerns you're wishing to tackle, and how essential it is that your counselor be well versed in those topics.
It can take anywhere from a few hours to a number of days to be matched to an in-state counselor.
According to, counselors are licensed, trained, experienced, and accredited psychologists, marital relationship and family therapists, scientific social workers, or certified expert counselors.
All the company's counselors have a master's or doctorate degree and have at least 3 years and 2,000 hours of experience as mental health experts.
You can just email to be reassigned if you don't like who you're paired with.
" Therapy can be daunting, especially for a lot of newbie clients. Text-based communication (texting and live-chat sessions) are a great method to take some of the stress and anxiety out of beginning treatment and aid customers dive into the process," states James Imrie, the innovative and marketing manager at.
Is BetterHelp com legit?
When you've been matched with a therapist, you can immediately begin messaging them in a personal and safe and secure chatroom.
The chatroom is accessible at any time as long as your gadget has reputable web. Messaging isn't done in real-time, so there's no surefire action time from your counselor. As a result, you're totally free to message your counselor at any hour of the day.
Your counselor will reply with concerns, feedback, assistance, or homework, and the app will alert you of their action.
The conversations are saved in the chat room so you're complimentary to reflect and reread whenever you 'd like. Every conversation is likewise safeguarded by rigorous federal and state HIPAA laws.
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You can head to the calendar and schedule a live chat session with your therapist if you don't like waiting hours for an action.
This alternative simulates the comfort of texting a buddy who quickly comprehends.
" Making a note of your thoughts is an useful exercise for all sort of situations," Imrie says. "If you feel like your ideas are crowded or foggy, boiling them down into a couple of sentences can assist bring a great deal of clarity and understanding."
Live phone session
For those who prefer resolving problems aloud, it's possible to schedule an hour-long telephone call with your therapist.
The system does not share your individual contact number with the counselor and whatever is done through the app.
Live video session
You can likewise schedule a video session with your therapist if you're somebody who delights in face-to-face conversation. Simply log on at your consultation time and your therapist will trigger you to start the video chat.
From the age of about 13 onwards, I've suffered from higher-than-seems-normal levels of stress and anxiety, and while I have actually mostly come to terms with being jittery and a bit doomy, I definitely wouldn't mind being less so. I've had counselling prior to, and it does assist.
And pulling back from my own (relatively subtle) concerns for a moment, could e-counselling be the answer to the mental health problems escalating amongst under-30s? With cuts to mental health services actually beginning to bite, digitised therapy could be just the ticket for young people who currently filter almost every aspect of their lives– friends, work, sex, home entertainment– through a screen.
Not everybody is totally encouraged that shifting psychological health care online is the method forward. "You get to understand not only what it's like to talk to the person, but how it feels to be in a room with them.
" I have actually carried out some research study into Skype counselling," says London-based psychotherapist Dr Aaron Balick, "and it's not the 'practical equivalent' of conventional counselling; it's simply not quite the very same thing. It's truly important that individuals who engage in it understand that it's a various experience from remaining in the space with somebody, speaking face-to-face."
" In terms of availability, it's a good start and definitely better than nothing. It'll ideally lead them to eventually showing up in the room. If you're having a hard time with relationship problems, accessory issues, or much deeper problems, it's much better to be in the space with somebody. Skype and the web offers a range from your counsellor that might not be valuable."
In cases of mild depression, the NHS is now directing some patients towards online programmes rather than face-to-face counselling, a phenomenon that concerns Dr Balick.
" My worry is that it's occurring more and more for financial reasons, instead of because it's what's finest for people. If it's presented just to conserve cash and there aren't important questions being asked about these services, that's not good. But then, I'm constantly extremely sceptical of people who are either very really professional or extremely very against online psychological health care. It's a case of asking the right concerns."
I signed up for 4 really various online psychological health services– ranging in cost from complimentary to , 100 a month– and ran my stress and anxieties through them all, simultaneously, for a week. Here's what I found.
Does BetterHelp use licensed therapists? Online Therapy For Veterans Betterhelp
What I'm doing here is examining my experience of using each mental health service, instead of its effectiveness – since even the most wizard-like therapist isn't going to 'treat' you in just one week. I'm merely comparing each service to the experience of being in a room and blarting on about yourself to a therapist. If you're with me, nod. Okay, cool – let's mental health!
How does it work?
As seen on FB (by me, anyhow), United States business is the business leviathan of the e-counselling video game. They declare to have 500 certified counsellors working for them, each with a minimum of three years of experience.
After filling out a survey to determine what particular flavour of psychological you are, you're coupled with a counsellor, who you can mercilessly switch for a various one at any time. (I got Dr. Laura Dabney, from Virginia). You then kick off an immediate messaged therapy session that both you and your counsellor can drop in and out of, and which could, in theory, continue till among you eventually died.
What does it cost?
You get a complimentary seven-day trial – much like a free Netflix or Amazon Prime trial, other than with method more concerns about what your childhood resembled. After that, it costs from , 24.50 a week for endless message-based counselling and one 'totally free' phone session with your counsellor monthly. Yeah, I don't get how it's free either, however whatever.
How much is BetterHelp monthly?
If you discover the idea of baring your soul to a stranger a bit awks, filtering that through immediate messaging might be valuable. You won't get the same connection as with face-to-face counselling, however the semi-anonymity might make it easier to open if you've been drinking 2 bottles of rum and dancing around in your dead nan's bridal gown every night.
She initially established the scale of my stress and anxiety, what triggers it– social scenarios, fulfilling individuals for the very first time– and after that dived headlong into my fractious childhood (separated moms and dads, strained familial relationships, bullied in junior school). She was quite nosey tbh, however then that's her job, isn't it?
Overall, the service is impressively slick. The conversation can be a little stop-starty sometimes, but it was in fact a far smoother and more on-tap experience than I anticipated. I even got rapid responses to messages over the weekend, which was unforeseen.
Talkspace vs Betterhelp
The truth you can edit messages before sending them indicates you're not likely to blurt out something unguarded and revealing in the heat of the moment. Extensive moments of realisation might be difficult to come by if you can't get a relaxed flow going.
Who do I believe it might it be good for?
Anyone with a low-end psychological health problem who's cool with getting counselled in a very internet-y, 2016-y way. If you're living under the blackest, bleakest cloud imaginable and need severe attention (and perhaps some meds), most likely isn't for you Online Therapy For Veterans Betterhelp


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Carroll's optimism for future outweighs Seattle's early exit
Once Pete Carroll was finished answering for the shortcomings of a disappointing playoff loss, the oldest coach in the NFL started articulating why he's so excited about what the future holds for the Seattle Seahawks
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Once Pete Carroll was finished answering for the shortcomings of a disappointing playoff loss, the oldest coach in the NFL started articulating why he's so excited about what the future holds for the Seattle Seahawks.
After listening to his enthusiasm it's no wonder Carroll signed a contract extension to stick around Seattle a few more years to see if this group of Seahawks can develop into another championship team.
"That connection they have to what we are asking them to do, and the willingness to practice that on a regular basis, to bring their attitude and bring their energy all the time, that's rare. It's special," Carroll said on Monday.
"And that's what gives me the thought; I can go back a few years, I said the same thing four, five, six years ago, whatever it was now, you know? You can tell that the nucleus and the core of the team that you need to have a championship club is here."
Carroll's feeling about the direction of the Seahawks after an unexpected 10-6 regular season and opening-round playoff loss to Dallas mirrors that of many of his veterans who believe Seattle is on a similar track to its 2012 team that unexpectedly made the playoffs with a mix of young talent and important veterans, and a year later won a Super Bowl.
No one is going as far as to expect Seattle is going to be playing for a championship a year from now, but the Seahawks overhaul last offseason ended up being a quicker rebuild than most expected and has them in a place with fewer question marks headed into 2019.
Instead of continuing a rebuild, the Seahawks could be more supplementing with the belief they are a contender.
"We're pleased with the progress that we've made with the guys we have, so we know we're adding to. We don't feel like there's big voids and big holes, so we're going to add," Carroll said.
"To make this roster more competitive across the board is really the intent and make guys have to work harder to hold their spots and have to get better to do that. That's right at the heart of what we're all about, so we're really looking forward to that."
In the short term there was still disappointment about last Saturday's 24-22 loss to Dallas that ended Seattle's season.
Much of the frustration about Seattle's loss centered on the offense and a game plan that seemed conservative and slow to adjust.
Carroll tried to deflect criticism being thrown at offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, pointing out the success the offense had during the season both developing the top running offense in the NFL and having one of the best scoring teams in franchise history.
Seattle was held to just 73 yards rushing by the Cowboys and was 2 of 13 on third-down conversions.
"For somebody to look at this game and (say) somebody didn't do this or didn't do that, and try to hold that against them or whatever, is really unfair. Hold it against me, I'm the guy that's in charge of this thing," Carroll said.
"There's nowhere to look at an individual guy, it's a team thing. But I'm on top of it and I'm the one to be pointed at. We couldn't have been more committed to being an aggressive football team than we were this year."
Carroll did note that perhaps they were asking too much for starting offensive guards J.R. Sweezy and D.J. Fluker to play against a top defensive line after missing time with injuries. Fluker had not played in three of the final four regular-season games because of a hamstring injury, and Sweezy played against the Cowboys with a chipped bone in his foot.
"They hadn't been able to practice full speed for some time. (Fluker) had some plays a couple weeks ago, but no preparation for that and no preparation (last) week to speak of," Carroll said. "They were very limited in the prep. That's why I felt like it was a lot to ask of them but we went for it, and that's the way we decided to do it."
Eventually Carroll is hoping the playoff disappointment against Dallas is the same kind of catalyst as the playoff loss to Atlanta in January 2013. That Seahawks team felt they let a chance slip away and it became a driving motivation in their championship run a year later.
"It was a blast," Carroll said of the season. "I love that game (vs. Dallas). I know it was ugly and hard at times and all that, but I loved that we were in it fighting and clawing and scratching up and down the sidelines seeing guys find their belief and again rediscover that belief and why we should keep believing.
"Sure enough, Russell hits Tyler (Lockett) and here we go. We're coming back. It's an exciting part of it. This season was just kind of the tip of it with so much more. There's so much more out there."


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