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You've probably heard through the extensive ad campaign that the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) is getting ready to implement new rulings concerned with marketing on web sites from March 1st. The CAP Code (The UK Code of Non-Broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing, issued by The Committee of Advertising Practice) is in its 12th edition from September 1st 2010, but awareness about its effect has been raised by an extensive campaign from the ASA - all done with donated ad space, apparently. You can get access to the CAP Code at the Committee of Advertising Practice
Essentially the new ruling extends the power of the ASA's digital remit. It allows the ASA to name and shame non-compliers, place warnings alongside the search result listings of non-compliers, force the removal of paid links/adverts to the non-compliers, refer non-compliers to the OFT (Office of Fair Trading) and/or the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulators.
There's quite a debate as to whether the notorious difficulty of policing the internet will dilute or even negate these powers, but companies should make sure that they understand the implications and take the necessary steps to devise and implement a strategy for them. This might include: regular checks on your web presence (this includes social media sites too), training any employees who contribute content to digital media, update any agreements used - particularly with advertisers/agents - to reflect the changes in codes of practice.
The paid link veto is supported by Google which had its own guidelines on companies using these links to improve their search ranking but which they found difficult to enforce. In fact they have part funded the CAP Code initiative. See Changes to the CAP Code - Google finds an ally in the war on paid links by Alex Postance 28th January, at Epiphany.
The ASA work from the premise of people producing marketing that is legal, decent, honest and truthful by applying The Advertising Codes, but this applies to communication that is wider than adverts, such as competitions and use of user-generated content if pulled into and used in a company's marketing for its own benefit. See the Digital Retail Advice page of the ASA.
It's just as well to understand new moves like these to make sure you are informed and take a company stance that suits you and the legal implications. You wouldn't want to fall foul and plead ignorance as it wouldn't help, now would you?


text: Saga Insurance is a British insurance company provides Insurance services, Financial services to the retired persons and customers of 50 years of age or above. Saga Insurance was founded by Sidney De Haan in 1959. The head office is located at Folkestone, Kent, UK. Saga Insurance provides its services to around 2.7 million customers. Acromas Holdings Limited is the parent company of Saga Insurance. Saga Insurance is a member of the London Stock Exchange and also operates two cruise ships which are MS Saga Pearl and MS Saga Sapphire. Saga Insurance provides a wide range of insurance products to its customers such as Car insurance, Personal accident insurance, Home insurance, Life insurance, Travel insurance, Health insurance, Motorbike insurance, Pet insurance and Boat insurance. Saga Insurance offers financial services such as savings accounts, credit cards, travel money, share dealing, life Assurance & long term care funding service.

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During the holy month of Ramadan and its spiritual atmosphere, Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Bashir al-Najafi visited Grand Ayatollah Sayed Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim in his office in the holy city of Najaf.
His Eminence also Grand Ayatollah Sayed Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani.
The religious authorities prayed that Allah saves all believers and showers his blessings on them.


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Losberger De Boer launches Military Field Camp 24/7 Wet Lease product in Middle East
An international military and government temporary structure supplier has created a fully self-contained field camp product for defence forces and government agencies in the Middle East.
Losberger De Boer provides wet lease technical support as part of its turnkey operational package, going as far as providing onsite staff who are available seven days per week to ensure utilities as well as maintenance requirements remain fully functioning - a first in the Middle East.
Confirmed orders have already been received and delivered for a major undisclosed Middle Eastern government organisation.
One of the challenges faced by defence forces is how to rapidly deploy fully self-contained camps with integrated utilities, ablutions and waste disposal in desert and other remote locations. A further challenge is how to deal with technical faults such as utilities and electricity going down during operations. Another common problem is how to relocate and redeploy the entire complex at short notice minimising impact on the environment.
Losberger De Boer's design teams worked for over a year with specialist suppliers to develop an integrated solution to address these challenges. The result unveiled is its new product known as the Losberger De Boer Military Field Camp (MFC), which differs from standard military camps by integrating all the facilities and utilities that would be expected in an actual military operation, together with onsite technical support to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Losberger De Boer is ISO 14001-certified according to the standardised norms for environmental management systems. Providing improved sustainability credentials, waste and garbage can be treated and removed or incinerated onsite with low impact on the local environment and the entire complex can be rapidly dismantled and redeployed in a new location at short notice.
The concept integrates over 70 different products, including inflatable self-erecting tents, metal frame temporary structures, modular half barrel buildings and sun screens. Containerised ablutions and utilities blocks are added together with portable waste disposal facilities. The entire complex is scalable and can be customised to the unique needs of any defence force. For example, temporary aircraft hangars can be added for air force users and vehicle and weapon storage for ground forces. All buildings can be temperature and humidity controlled, including storage areas and plant rooms, which can help extend the lifespan of the equipment stored and reduce their maintenance cost by up to 30 per cent.
Jim Muldoon, managing director of Losberger De Boer Middle East said: "We believe our new integrated concept is a game changer in the temporary military camp space. When government and defence forces need to act quickly for training, regional deployment or on critical missions, we can now provide a rapid-build solution with improved, functionality and sustainability credentials.
"The Losberger De Boer field camp solution unique is due to the constant onsite technical support, together with our ability to blend all our vast range of temporary structures together with containerised facilities into one cohesive and integrated camp. For decades, we have served as partners for domestic and foreign armed forces and have created numerous products for the comfort and protection of people and equipment – but nothing of this scale. Our objective has been to raise the bar and provide an industry-leading total solution," concluded Muldoon.


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There are some pretty big and exciting changes going down here at OL. And lucky for me I was hired smack dab in the middle of them. It's really great to be part of something so new and exciting so early on in my time here.
Needless to say with all of the stuff going on here, when I started there was a whole lot to do, but a ton of decisions had to be made before I could do anything. And while all a bit over whelming, I decided to follow some of my favorite advice, when you don't know where to start, start anywhere.
So that's how this VDP video came to be. I decided that the best place to start was with a simple, useful video, and to do a short, efficient video that could best show what I was capable of doing in a short amount of time. I'm a big fan of the recent trend in motion type videos, and I have a huge thing with fonts, including a major crush on our corporate font (Gotham for all of you font nerds out there, but I'm sure you already knew that) so I went for a dynamic and fast pasted re work of one of our most popular videos on VDP.
I'm quite pleased with the results and hope you enjoy it as well. VDP rules.
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We are delighted to announce Sligo County Council have selected Tascomi Ltd for the provision of an innovative Building Control and Fire Management system.
The council opted to replace their previous software system with Tascomi Building Control and Fire Management, a modern, cloud-based solution, which is fully-hosted on an ISO 27001 accredited Private Cloud facility and offers native mobile working for officers in the field on tablet devices.
The implementation of Tascomi Building Control and Fire Management will offer a significantly lower cost of ownership and enable central, collaborative management of applications and inspections across Building Control and the Fire Service.
The council required a flexible and powerful solution, which was designed to be customisable by users, offered embedded reporting and modern GIS functionality and that would deliver digital transformation. Sligo County Council will also be availing of new innovative functionality, which has been developed within the Tascomi solution following recent enhancements.
In other recent news, we are delighted to have achieved Cyber Essentials certification. Dr Richard Martin, Tascomi Managing Director, commented: "We are proud to have achieved Cyber Essentials certification as it demonstrates to our customers that we continue to take cyber security seriously.
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Preserving the History of Irish Musicians
Did you spend your life working as a musician in the era of Jazz, Showbands or Beat Groups in the 1950s, 60s and 70s?
We are looking for retired musicians, even though we know they are all still playing!
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PLANS which could further hit services in Hampshire and put more than 270 jobs at risk are set to be approved as part of a move that will help county councillors save millions of pounds.
Council tax is expected to go up by 4%, some libraries across the county would be at risk of closure, residents could have to pay for services which are currently free and a number of health services could be reduced as Hampshire County Council is trying to save £80m by 2021.
The controversial plans, which county council leader Keith Mans described as the council's "greatest financial challenge to date", are now set to be approved by the full council at a meeting in Winchester on Thursday.
The details of the proposals are yet to be revealed and will be subject to further approvals and public consultations.
But according to official documents, the department of health and adult social care is the one set to be hit the most with 120 jobs at risk as part of a move that would save £43.1m.
County bosses had previously said that the saving target "will challenge the department like never before, and it is inevitable that there will be impacts on front-line services".
New documents published by the authority revealed that up to 80 jobs are at risk in the culture, communities and business department which includes library services and up to 37 jobs could be lost in the council's corporate services which include HR departments.
As previously reported, opposition councillors raised concerns over the impact the cuts would have on residents in the long term. But council officers had hit back saying the proposals are a "direction of travel".
According to the plans, people with a learning disability could see a reduction in one-to -one and two-to-one support. Services which provide drug and alcohol treatment to adults and young people as well as support for youngsters affected by domestic abuse could also be reduced. Residents could also be charged to dispose of non-household wood waste such as fence panels and sheds and they could also be asked to pay for parking at countryside sites where it is currently free.
Street lights could be switched off for longer hours and some libraries could be closed or have their opening hours reduced in a bid to save money.
Last month Councillor Mans urged the Government to develop a long-term funding strategy in a bid to tackle the increasing demand in social care.
Now ahead of Thursday's meeting he added: "This week's meeting is the culmination of a long and detailed planning process. It has included seeking important feedback from residents and incorporating their views into the proposals. We have an opportunity to influence future funding decisions by central Government by pressing for a fairer deal for shire councils."


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June 12th, 2017 by WCBC Radio
The Trump Administration has not established a legacy of policy clarity, but it is increasingly apparent that the President's infrastructure plan will be heavily reliant on public-private partnerships. Public-private partnerships (P3s) should be a part of rebuilding America's infrastructure, but if the White House's plan is overly reliant upon private capital, it will ultimately be insufficient and inadequate.
As someone who spent two decades as an entrepreneur before being elected to Congress, I believe that the private sector is an incredible source of innovation and expertise. In the case of infrastructure, the private sector can and should also be considered as a viable source of capital and financing. A P3 can take various forms, but fundamentally it is a collaborative effort between a federal, state or local government entity and a private entity to build, maintain, finance or operate an infrastructure project. Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and others have all embraced P3s as part of their infrastructure portfolio and in many cases this has led to these nations being able to address pressing infrastructure needs more effectively than has sometimes been the case here. This is another example of the United States falling behind.


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I am on holiday with relatives and have been meeting lots of mums whose main occupation seems to be giving me advice.
I know they are trying to be helpful, but it has the effect, when you have had four children, of feeling like they are trying to undermine you or think you are basically a rubbish mother.
Maybe I give off an aura of total incompetence. I seem to be coming across a fair number of women recently who constantly feel the need to pass on handy hints on all manner of things to do with children, eg, how to handle eczema, which GP to use, how to handle teething babies, etc, etc.
I know about teething. I have lived through it four times. I don't need any tips. I just want sympathy about the sleep deprivation.
The thing about these ubermums is that their ubermumdom is probably a mask for their own lack of confidence, but I want to say don't do it by undermining mine.
I mentioned in passing the teething thing to someone. Instead of just going 'you poor thing' or words to that effect she started going on about whether I had tried some teething powder thing which I had tried with daughter one with absolutely zilch impact and never tried again. Even when I said I had tried it before with no success, she didn't give up.
In fact, I have to say that most conversations with her are a long string of her telling me what to do. Not only is this pointless as I hate being told what to do or even advised, but it is also incredibly boring.
I do not want my entire life to be lived as if it were some sort of childhood training manual. This is why I opted out of the whole coffee morning with babies thing with daughter one after a few months of endless conversations about weaning and breastfeeding.
After four children, I definitely don't want to talk about weaning one more time. I just want to get on with it and talk about something, anything, else.
Perhaps they are not ubermums, but men disguised as mums! From your description, and from 'psycho-insight' articles I've read, these women are giving a classic male response. Eg. You mention teething, they respond with a typical male problem-solving speech, whereas you hope for and would have given, a female empathy response.
On the bright side, women tend to revert to problem-solving response when they care a lot. That is how I am so well-up on this issue! My children moan that I never simply sympathise, I always wade in with advice and winning strategies when they tell me something.
I only sympathise with people I'm less involved with.


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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a US$15mn deal with the SPE Africa Industrialization I Fund (AIF I)
The fund manager, SPE Capital Partners, will adopt a hands-on value-adding investment strategy and will seek to acquire equity stakes in enterprises with robust growth potential in important sectors such as education, healthcare, manufacturing and services to meet their investment needs.
The fund's first closing reached US$80mn.
The fund seeks to contribute to the development of the private sector in North Africa by increasing access to capital for local SMEs and mid-market companies.
Additionally, the fund's portfolio companies are anticipated to grow regionally and contribute to strengthening trade between northern and sub-Saharan African countries, while creating over 1,000 direct new jobs.
The EIB commitment was signed under the Southern Neighbourhood Private Equity Risk Capital Facility, a US$80.19mn facility which aims to support private equity fund investments in the Southern Neighbourhood countries.
The facility blends the EIB's own resources with European Commission resources under the Neighbourhood Investment Facility.
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Realizing when you are in need of home appliance repairs can help you a lot when it comes to saving money. They may help you economize as fixing a broken appliance at the beginning will ensure you do not have to make a costly replacement. You should therefore be on the lookout for a number of signs that will inform you your appliances need repair.
There are some obvious signs you can look out for. For one thing, your home appliances might fail to work all together. Perhaps your dish washer will not turn on. In such a case, you know it is time to opt for repairs. While you might think that putting of this repair and washing dishes by hand may save you some money, the truth of the matter is that it might result in you spending more money on water bills.
If it is obvious that your appliance is broken, be it a dish washer or another kitchen appliance, it is vital that you secure their repair as soon as possible. However, some signs are not so obvious. Some appliances will turn on but fail to function in the right way. This can cause you a lot of inconvenience as well as increase your bills. You should thus look for signs that your appliances are working to the best of their ability. If not, they need some repairs.
One of the major signs that your appliances are faulty can be found in your overall energy bills. You may not notice a drier taking longer to dry your clothes than usual. However, if your electricity bills are on the rise, this is a clear indication. Once you notice that bills are rising, you can check around your household to make sure your all your appliances are performing in good condition.


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Integration Minister Sylvi Listhaug told Aftenposten that ministry officials would review the regulations for residence permits issued to imams, religious leaders and preachers.
The move comes after Aftenposten reported on Monday that the Salafist organization Islam Net invited several highly controversial preachers to its annual conference last month.
"It is unacceptable that religious organizations in Norway invite people to Norway who undermine Norwegian values," Listhaug said.
The minister said that while she believes in the right to express one's opinions, she wants to thwart the emergence of radical religious groups in Norway that advocate what she called antisocial viewpoints.
Sindre Bangstad from the Institute for Church, Religion, and Worldview Research (KIFO) told Aftensposten that there is no doubt that some of the people connected to Islam Net have left Norway to become foreign fighters in Syria.
Norway's plans to take on 'hate preachers' are being mirrored in Denmark, where Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last month that his government is preparing legislation aimed at imams who "undermine society". [The Local] Read more


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Ty Proctor ruled out of King's Lynn Stars' trip to Poole
PUBLISHED: 15:32 13 June 2018 | UPDATED: 15:32 13 June 2018
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King's Lynn have been forced into late team changes ahead of Wednesday night's Premiership trip to Poole.
In-form Aussie Ty Proctor has failed a late fitness test after crashing at the weekend and rider replacement will operate.
Michael Palm Toft has also been recalled by his Danish side, much to the frustration of club bosses, who have now booked former Poole man Paul Starke to step in at reserve.
Tru Plant Stars team manager Dale Allitt said: "The situation with Michael is particularly frustrating as we'd previously had it confirmed at the weekend that he would be available to ride for us.
"But he's since been recalled and there's very little we could unfortunately.
"What I have done though is spoken personally to his team manager at Holsted because there are three potential other clashes between the two teams.
"We have reached an agreement and confirmed that he will ride for us on each of those occasions, except the home meeting against Leicester in July.
"But I've also cleared that Niels (Kristian Iversen), Thomas (Jorgensen) and Kasper (Andersen) will be available for us for the rest of the season with no other clashes for them in Denmark.
"As I've said it's frustrating and it's certainly not ideal, but we thank Paul Starke who's agreed to step in at short notice and we know what he is capable of - especially as a former Poole rider who knows Wimborne Road well."
Poole: Brady Kurtz, Linus Sundstrom, Josh Grajczonek, Nicolai Klindt, Richie Worrall, Mateusz Szczepaniak, Kacper Woryna.
King's Lynn: Niels-Kristian Iversen, Lewis Kerr, Ty Proctor R/R, Thomas Jorgensen, Robert Lambert, Simon Lambert, Paul Starke.
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RM6 Shutters
Fashions come and go, but window shutters have been a constant presence in RM6. They can be used in any room, but most popular in bedrooms, living rooms and offices. To see the range, click one of the images below.
If you need shutters in RM6 click on one of the images above. We're often asked about the benefits of shutters, and there are many. Shutters provide insulation against exterior noises, and maintenance is very low on shutters - as long as you keep them clean they should last many years.
While some house do have Victorian shutters, the current fashion is to go with an adjustble slatted look. While plantation shutters theoretically have wider louvres, the truth is that we use the term interchangeably with traditional and California shutters.Our suppliers deliver nationally, which means that they can soon get the perfect product to you in RM6.
Maybe you've wondered whether you should get internal or external shutters? If you're looking for protection against serious weather conditions, shutters on the outside of your windows obviously protect the glass. Interior shutters usually have louvers which means you can control how far they open. It doesn't matter what time of year, you want the right temperature in your home, and shutters are a very efficient way of controlling this. When all is said and done, you can't make a bad decision here. RM6 homes always look better with shutters.


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Name : Thalamalai Sanjeevi Perumal Temple aka.,Nallendra Perumal Temple
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At a distance of 5 km from Sevinthipatti, 39 km from Gunaseelam, 34 km from Namakkal, 95 km from Erode, 65 km from Trichy & 354 km from Chennai, the ancient and famous Thalamalai Perumal Temple is situated on a unique rock on the peak of Thalaimalai Hill. It is a renowned Vaishnava temple.
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1. In Ramayana, great of the two great epics of Hindu mythology, Lord Rama on his way back to Ayodhya with Sita after rescuing her from Ravana in Lankan lands, he had to stay at this Sthala, a spring by name Ramar Sunai was made and there is water flow always. When a person goes close this spring, he can breathe the pleasurable smell of turmeric.
2. In Ramayana, the Yuddha Kanda, Indrajit, son of Ravana and the primary of army of demons showered deadly weapons (the Brahmastra.) to kill his enemies - Rama, Lakhmana and vanaras and they were unconscious. Jambavan sent Hanuman to fetch the Sanjivi, a powerful life-restoring herb to revive the unconscious. Unable to find the specific herb before nightfall, Hanuman brought the entire mountain Dronagiri which was full of medicinal plants, to the fight field, thus helping find the herb and even with the approach of the Sanjivi hill, (fragrance of the herbs) Rama and Lakshmana and the Vanaras felt the darts slip off their bodies. Their wounds healed. Jambavan told Hanuman to replace the Sanjivi Hill but Hanuman was tired to go back to the spot and he tied the hill in his tail and threw it with full vigour. The top portion of the hill fell and that place came to be known as Thalaimalai.
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The temple is open only in the Tamil month of "Puratasi" (Mid of September to Mid of October). During this period, people from surrounding areas would come to this temple and worship. The temple is atop nearly 2300 Feet above sea level.
This hill gets its name because it resembles the head of a person. This hill is also known as Siragiri.
The presiding deity of the temple is Nallendra Perumal, a form of Lord Vishnu. One can find shrines of Venkatachalapathy, Alamelu Mangai Thayaar, Goddess Mahalaxmi, Sri Devi, Bhudevi, Lord Anjaneya, Garudazhvar, and Karupanna Swami. If one takes a holy dip in the Kannimar Sunai and pray to Lord Nallendra Perumal, they would be void of the bad effects of Lord Shaneeswar. This temple was built by Madurai Nayaks.
There is a spring called Ramar Sunai with water flowing all the time.
Visitors need to trek for about 4 kms through rocky path running through steep stretches at times. It usually takes about 2 hours to trek upwards. The trekking starts from Thalamalai foothill, which is about 10 kms from Appananallur. From Trichy, the route goes through Guanseelam, Musiri, Manamedu and Appananallur.
Devotees walk around on a narrow path around the temple for pradakshinas. People strongly believe that going round this rock temple would give them successful marriage, wealth and child birth. Doing this ritual is now banned after an accident.
One can find Sanjivi herb spread in this hill and the pilgrims who workshopped this temple would be guarded against the sting of poisonous insects and snakes. There is no threatening to their lives.
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Annual festival is celebrated in Tamil month of Puratasi (September / October), once in three years poojas for Edi Bhagavan (Thunder) are performed here.
Timings: 6 AM to 9 PM on Monday to Saturday and 6 AM to 2 PM on Sunday
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Frances Hardinge is a writer who wears a black hat. Notoriously unphotographable, she is rumoured to be made entirely out of velvet. Sources close to Frances who prefer not to be named suggest that she has an Evil Twin who wears white and is hatless. This cannot be confirmed.
Frances grew up in an old house in rural Kent, England where the wind wuthered. She has always liked dark stories – when she was six, she wrote a short story that included an attempted poisoning, a faked death and a villain being thrown off a cliff – all in just one page! Later she read English at Oxford University amid medieval towers and gargoyle-strung chapels.
Frances Hardinge has been writing for years but didn't submit anything for publication until her friend, the author Rhiannon Lassiter, stole her novel and gave it to an editor at Macmillan. She was swiftly contracted to write the novel, Fly By Night, which was published to rave reviews. She later signed a three book deal which enabled her to write full time.
Frances was the 2006 winner of the Branford Boase award and was also shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize and the William Crawford award among others. In 2007 her second book, Verdigris Deep / Well Witched, a stand-alone novel with a modern setting, was published to high acclaim, and chosen as one of School Library Journal's Best Children's Books of 2008.
In 2009 her third novel was published as Gullstruck Island in the UK and The Lost Conspiracyin the US. It reached the finals of the Young Adult Category for the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and was also a finalist for the School Library Journal's Battle of the Books.
2011 saw the publication of her long-awaited sequel to Fly by Night, released as Twilight Robbery in the UK and as Fly Trap in the US. It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, was longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and was one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.
Frances's seventh book was The Lie Tree, a Victorian murder mystery. It has won the prestigious Costa Book of the Year 2015 award, and the 2016 Boston Globe / Horn Book Fiction Award. It has also been shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Week Award 2015and the 2016 Carnegie Medal, and longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2015!
Her most recent book A Skinful of Shadows published in October 2017 was described as "an unmissable, hypnotic treat." by the Observer and publishes in paperback in May 2018 alongside stunning reissues of her backlist, illustrated by Aitch.
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Director Sampath Nandi made a strong comeback with the success of his previous film Bengal Tiger. Now, he is back with yet another action entertainer with Gopichand which is currently on the floors.
The news now is that the film is in its last leg of its shoot and currently the climax of the film is being shot in Hyderabad on a grand scale. Gopichand too has many hopes pinned on this film as some of his previous projects bombed heavily.
Milky beauty Hansika is the heroine for this film which is a complete action entertainer with loads of comedy induced in it. The release date and other formalities of the film will be revealed soon.


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Guest Column by Craig Murray and I will have comments to follow:
Yulia Skripal Is Plainly
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"I was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital on the 9th April 2018. I was treated there with obvious clinical expertise and with such kindness, that I have found I missed the staff immediately.
"I have left my father in their care, and he is still seriously ill. I too am still suffering with the effects of the nerve agent used against us.
"I find myself in a totally different life than the ordinary one I left just over a month ago, and I am seeking to come to terms with my prospects, whilst also recovering from this attack on me.
"I have specially trained officers available to me, who are helping to take care of me and to explain the investigative processes that are being undertaken. I have access to friends and family, and I have been made aware of my specific contacts at the Russian Embassy who have kindly offered me their assistance in any way they can. At the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services, but, if I change my mind I know how to contact them.
"Most importantly, I am safe and feeling better as time goes by, but I am not yet strong enough to give a full interview to the media, as I one day hope to do. Until that time, I want to stress that no one speaks for me, [except Scotland Yard which wrote this piece and made it public] or for my father, but ourselves. I thank my cousin Viktoria for her concern for us, but ask that she does not visit me or try to contact me for the time being. Her opinions and assertions are not mine and they are not my father's.
"For the moment I do not wish to speak to the press or the media, and ask for their understanding and patience whilst I try to come to terms with my current situation."
Greencrow comments: Apparently the Russian Embassy in UK says same thing as Craig Murray. The very strange restriction of movement/freedom imposed on Yulia makes her look more like some kind of a hostage or "asset" every day.
Unfortunately, it appears that the West's strategy is to have a new false flag or false flag hoax every couple of days...in order to completely tie up the Russian Government and prevent it from dealing with domestic and/or genuine international crises. My Suggestion to the Kremlin? - set up a new government department: "Ministry of Hoaxes/False Flags". Appoint a complete staff, including "Minister of False Flags", deputy ministers and public relations spokespersons to deal with all upcoming episodes. Refer all inquiries and upcoming hoaxes/False Flags to them. This will take the pressure off of Putin and the regular Russian bureaucracy.


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Given the rapidly aging population and increasing diabetes prevalence in Korea and worldwide, maintaining optimal cognitive function is a concern in older adults with diabetes. This study aimed to identify heterogeneous trajectories of cognitive function in older adults with diabetes based on the Mini-Mental State Examination and characterize these trajectories.
Study participants consisted of 672 community-dwelling Korean older adults with diabetes, and data were obtained from the population-based Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging from 2006 through 2016. Growth mixture modeling (GMM) was employed to identify distinct trajectories of cognitive function in older adults with diabetes.
We found that older adults with diabetes followed five distinct cognitive function trajectories over 10 years: normal-maintained (41.5%), normal-declined (23.8%), mildly impaired-maintained (17.1%), mildly impaired-declined (11.2%), and severely impaired-declined (6.4%). Also, we found that age, gender, household income, and self-rated health status at baseline were associated with these trajectories.
Our identification and characterization of heterogeneous cognitive function trajectories in older adults with diabetes have significant implications for developing tailored interventions to older adults with diabetes, specifically to whom at heightened risk for cognitive decline and consequent deterioration in essential diabetes self-management activities.
In 2018, people aged 65 and over accounted for 14.3% of the South Korean population, and by 2060, the elderly will constitute 41% of the population (Statistics Korea, 2018). This phenomenon is especially concerning as the prevalence of chronic diseases also increases with age. Diabetes in particular is one of the most prevalent chronic conditions and the fifth leading cause of death in the older adult population (Statistics Korea, 2017). The prevalence of diabetes has been increasing in Korea for the last 10 years. This trend has been especially pronounced in adults aged 70 years and above, among whom the prevalence of diabetes in 2013 (27.6%) was almost double that in 2001 (15.1%) (Noh JH, 2016). Globally, Korea's population is aging at the second-greatest rate (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD, 2016), and thus the population of Korean older adults diagnosed with diabetes is expected to continue growing.
Diabetes has been linked to mild to severe cognitive impairment, although its etiologic mechanisms have not been confirmed. Some researchers have claimed that pathophysiological processes of diabetes, such as insulin resistance, vascular dysfunction, and inflammatory changes of brain vessels, could contribute to deterioration of cognitive function in this population (Roberts
Intact cognitive function, however, is necessary for individuals to successfully manage their diabetes, maintain their overall health and functional status, and reduce the risks for long-term diabetes complications (Tomlin
The severity, pattern, and progression of loss of cognitive function in older adults with diabetes are heterogeneous, as not everyone's function deteriorates at the same rate and in the same pattern (Hayden
Consequently, the aim of this study was to (a) identify distinct trajectory patterns of cognitive function in older adults with diabetes using a Korean population‐based cohort sample and (b) examine associations between cognitive function trajectory and baseline characteristics, including demographics, socioeconomic status, health status, health behavior, and functional status.
Data were collected from six waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) conducted biannually from 2006 through 2016. The KLoSA was initiated to collect nationally representative longitudinal data on community-dwelling adults aged 45 years or more by means of multistage stratified probability sampling on the basis of geographical areas. In 2006, after providing written informed consent, 10,254 participants completed interviews performed by a trained interviewer (Boo
Of the 10,254 adults interviewed in 2006, follow-up was conducted with 6,618 individuals in 2016. Of the 6,618 adults, 2,454 who were less than 65 years of age were excluded for the purposes of the current study. Among the remaining 4,164 adults aged 65 years or older, 672 had reported that they had diabetes and provided complete data at baseline in 2006. Thus, the final sample of our study was composed of 672 older adults with diabetes.
Demographic variables considered for this study included baseline self-reported age, gender, marital status (married vs. unmarried—i.e., widowed, divorced, separated, or never married), education level (less than high school vs. high school or higher education), and income (total annual household income).
Study participants' cognitive function was examined using the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (K-MMSE) (Kang YW
Health status variables included the duration of diabetes; the presence of hypertension, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease; the number of chronic conditions; depressive symptoms; self-rated health status. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (Andresen
Finally, to assess the functional status of the study participants, grip strength was evaluated using a handgrip dynamometer (Model number: NO6103; TANITA, Japan). Specifically, both hands' grip strength was used to calculate an average grip strength for each participant. Additionally, the 10-item Korean Activities of Daily Living (K-ADL) scale was used to assess functions of daily activities such as eating, dressing, washing face and hands, bathing, performing transfers, using the toilet, and continence (Won CW
Data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 (IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Armonk, NY, USA) and STATA TRAJ (Stata Corp., College Station, TX, USA). Baseline characteristics of the study participants were summarized using means (with standard deviations [SD]) or frequencies (percentages). Using the longitudinal cohort data, growth mixture modeling (GMM) was employed to identify cognitive function trajectories in older adults with diabetes. GMM was developed to identify differing homogeneous subpopulations with similar growth trajectories (latent classes) within longitudinal data from a heterogeneous population (Muthén
Table 1 shows the characteristics of the 672 study participants. At baseline, the participants were an average of 72.4 years old (SD=5.4), and 60% were female. Most (81.4%) had less than a high school education, and 39.1% were married. The annual household income of most participants (75.5%) was less than 20,000,000 KRW (∼20,000 USD). The average MMSE score was 22.44 (SD=6.17). The duration of diabetes averaged 9.46 years (SD=8.22), and participants had an average of 2.28 (SD=0.97) chronic conditions. Most participants (62.3%) had hypertension, while smaller numbers of participants had heart disease and cerebrovascular disease (12.2% and 6.7%, respectively). The average CES-D score for depressive symptoms was 4.21 (SD=2.94), and over 63.8% of the participants rated their health as poor. Among the participants, 14.6% and 14.3% were current smokers and alcohol users, respectively, and 38.2% exercised regularly. On average, the participants had a BMI score of 23.64 (SD=3.53), a grip strength of 20.67 (SD=7.54), and an ADL score of 0.37 (SD=1.32).
Table 2 shows the model fit for all trajectories and the percentage of participants in each trajectory. Based on the BIC values, five cognitive function trajectories in older adults with diabetes were identified: normal- maintained, normal-declined, mildly impaired-maintained, mildly impaired-declined, and severely impaired-declined (see Fig. 1). The first and largest trajectory was composed of 41.5% of the sample (n=279) and was labeled as the normal-maintained trajectory; this trajectory showed normal cognitive function (MMSE≥24) at baseline and maintained normal cognitive function over 10 years. The second trajectory was composed of 23.8% (n=160) of the sample and was labeled as the normal- declined trajectory; this trajectory showed normal cognitive function at baseline and a steady decline that eventually ended in mildly impaired cognitive function after 10 years. The third trajectory was composed of 17.1% (n=115) of the sample and was labeled as the mildly impaired-maintained trajectory, having mildly impaired cognitive function (MMSE 18∼23) at baseline and maintaining this level of cognitive function over time. The fourth trajectory was composed of 11.2% (n=75) of the sample and was labeled as the mildly impaired-declined trajectory; this trajectory had mildly impaired cognitive function at baseline and showed steady cognitive decline that ended in severe cognitive impairment after 10 years. The fifth and smallest trajectory was composed of 6.4% (n=43) of the sample and was labeled as the severely impaired-declined trajectory, showing severe cognitive impairment (MMSE≤17) at baseline and steep cognitive decline over time.
Cognitive function trajectories in older adults with diabetes.
Baseline participant characteristics are shown according to the five trajectories in Table 1. Significant differences were observed among the five trajectories with respect to baseline age, gender, education, marital status, household income, MMSE score, presence of cerebrovascular disease, depressive symptoms, self-rated health status, regular exercise, BMI, grip strength, and ADL score. No significant differences among the trajectories were observed for baseline duration of diabetes, number of chronic conditions, presence of hypertension or heart disease, smoking, or alcohol use.
Table 3 shows the results of a multinomial logistic regression model that examined how baseline demographic, health status, health behavior, and functional status factors were associated with cognitive function trajectories in older adults with diabetes. In this analysis, we focused on comparing the normal-maintained and normal-declined trajectories as well as the mildly impaired-maintained and mildly impaired-declined trajectories because these comparisons were most clinically relevant. Compared to older adults with the normal-maintained trajectory, those on the normal-declined trajectory were older (OR=1.077, p=.009) and had lower household income (OR=2.000, p=.019) while showing poor self-rated health status (OR=1.983, p=.017). In comparison with the mildly impaired-maintained trajectory, older adults on the mildly impaired- declined trajectory were older (OR=1.130, p=.003) and more likely to be male (OR=5.132, p=.042). No other significant associations with cognitive function trajectories were identified for education, duration of diabetes, presence of hypertension or heart disease, number of chronic conditions, depressive symptoms, smoking, alcohol use, grip strength, or ADL score.
Our study aimed to identify and characterize trajectories of cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults with diabetes using data from a Korean population-based, 10-year longitudinal assessment. GMM, a person-oriented approach, was used to identify heterogeneous trajectories of cognitive function in the older adults based on MMSE. The study participants exhibited five distinct cognitive function trajectories: normal- maintained (41.5%), normal-declined (23.8%), mildly impaired-maintained (17.1%), mildly impaired-declined (11.2%), and severely impaired-declined (6.4%). The observed heterogeneity in cognitive function trajectories among older adults with diabetes is consistent with previous study results that identified distinct trajectories in older adults without dementia (Hayden
In our study, older adults with diabetes having normal cognitive function at baseline showed two distinct trajectories over 10 years. In our sample, 41.5% maintained their normal cognitive function. By way of comparison to studies not focusing on diabetics, in a population-based study, 41% maintained their cognitive function with a slow decline over 10 years based on the MMSE (Terrera
Similarly, participants with mildly impaired cognitive function at baseline were found to belong to two distinct trajectories over time—mildly impaired-maintained (17.1%) and mildly impaired-declined (11.2%). These findings are consistent with those of other longitudinal studies of older adults with MCI, which revealed heterogeneous cognitive function trajectories (Mungas
Exploring characteristics of distinct cognitive function trajectories provides useful information for developing strategies that may prevent the progression of cognitive impairment in later life. Our study showed that age, gender, low household income, and self-rated health status all contributed to cognitive function trajectories. As expected, we found that older individuals were more likely to follow declining trajectories, as has been reported in previous studies of the older adult population (Karlamangla
Regarding socioeconomic factors, education was not associated with cognitive function trajectories among older adults with diabetes. In prior studies, mixed results were obtained for relationships between education and cognitive function trajectories in older adults: some studies reported significant associations (Terrera
Interestingly, health status variables such as duration of diabetes; number of chronic diseases; comorbidity of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease; and depressive symptoms were not associated with cognitive function trajectories in this study. However, the initial self-rated health status of older adults with diabetes was significantly associated with cognitive function trajectory among those who were cognitively intact at baseline. Specifically, participants who rated their health as poor at baseline were more likely to be on a declining trajectory. This finding is supported by a 10-year longitudinal study of older adults (Bond
No significant associations were identified between cognitive function trajectories and health behavior variables (i.e., smoking, alcohol use, exercise, and BMI) in our study. Because health behavior factors can be modified through interventions, more research is needed to identify potential associations between such factors and cognitive function trajectories. Finally, functional status, grip strength, and ADL score at baseline were not associated with cognitive function trajectories.
One major strength of this study is that our findings are drawn from a nationally representative community- based cohort with 10-year follow-up. Also, our use of GMM that is a person-oriented approach, allowed us to identify heterogeneous trajectories of cognitive function in older adults with diabetes.
Some potential limitations of our study should be noted. First, in this longitudinal population-based study, the use of a single measure—the MMSE—may not have been adequate to fully detect changes in cognitive function over time. Even though the MMSE has been validated for detection of global cognitive function (Kurlowicz
Given the rapidly aging population and the lifestyle changes seen in the 21st century, the prevalence of diabetes in older adults is likely to continue increasing both in Korea and worldwide. Our findings showed that older adults with diabetes followed five distinct cognitive function trajectories over 10 years. In addition, our findings indicated that age, gender, household income, and self-rated health status are related to increased risk of declining cognitive trajectories in community-dwelling older adults with diabetes. Based on these findings, healthcare providers should be aware that changes in cognitive function among older adults with diabetes are heterogeneous and thus that screenings and interventions should be individualized. Maintaining cognitive function in older adults with diabetes is essential for not only self-management behaviors but also psychological wellbeing and mental health. Thus, our findings have significant implications for the development of tailored interventions for older adults with diabetes to promote their physical and mental health, specifically those at heightened risk for cognitive decline who might neglect essential diabetes self-management activities. Also, the characteristics of declining cognitive function trajectories identified in our study may help healthcare providers to determine the likelihood of cognitive decline in older adults with diabetes and to tailor interventions according to individuals' risk factors.
The authors declared no conflict of interest.


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