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FBI ends child abuse investigation of Brad Pitt, Clerics alarmed by 'witchcraft' killings and missing children, Gatot Brajamusti named abuse suspect
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FBI ends child abuse investigation of Brad Pitt
CBS News November 22, 2016
LOS ANGELES — The FBI is not further pursuing an investigation into an allegation of child abuse against Brad Pitt, the agency announced on Tuesday.
The FBI said it had conducted a review of the alleged incident and no charges will be filed.
Pitt has been accused of abuse in an alleged altercation involving his son Maddox, 15, aboard a plane that landed in Los Angeles in September….
Clerics alarmed by 'witchcraft' killings, missing children
Nov. 23, 2016 By GEORGE MURAGE
Clerics in Naivasha have expressed alarm at what they suspect are ritual and withcraft killings and abductions.
They called for investigation and punishment of criminals involved in crimes against women and children.
They also want deportation of traditional healers tback to Uganda and Tanzania.
They cited the recent case on Karagita Estate where two minors were murdered and mutilated. They said many minors are missing.
After the children were murdered, Karagita residents last week raided several houses belonging to suspected witchdoctors and collected paraphernalia….
Greater Jakarta: Gatot Brajamusti named abuse suspect
The Jakarta Post Jakarta Tue, November 15 2016
The Jakarta Police have named cult leader, and husband of singer Reza Artamevia, Gatot Brajamusti a suspect for the sexual abuse of several of his followers.
Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said DNA evidence supported the abuse allegations made by a number of his former female followers. "The suspect did not deny [the police's findings]," Awi said.
Investigators have charged Gatot under the 2002 Child Protection Law and the Criminal Code, with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
One of his victims filed a police report in September after Gatot's cult came into spotlight, following a police raid on Gatot's compound in Sukabumi, West Java.
She claimed Gatot had raped her over the previous 10 years, starting from when she was 16 years of age….He is alleged to have used crystal methamphetamine in his ritual activities including having sex with many women….
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Weiner investigated for child abuse, Hunter Catholic diocese had nuns who didn't think child sexual abuse was a crime
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Anthony Weiner investigated for child abuse
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Child welfare workers are investigating Anthony Weiner, after news surfaced he sent an inappropriate selfie of himself in bed next to his 4-year-old son, Jordan.
Sources reportedly told the New York Post the Administration for Children's Services were looking into the matter, after the former congressman sent the photo to a woman.
The married 51-year-old resigned from Congress in 2011 after it was revealed he was sexting a woman who was not his wife. A bid to become mayor of New York was derailed by a similar controversy.
An agency worker visited the home of Weiner and his estranged wife Huma Abedin's home, a worker there reportedly told the Post, though Weiner denied being contacted by the ACS….
Abedin, who announced Monday she is leaving Weiner, is a longtime trusted aide to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton….
Hunter Catholic diocese had nuns who didn't think child sexual abuse was a crime JOANNE MCCARTHY 31 Aug 2016
THE Catholic Church has paid more than $25 million to Hunter child sex abuse survivors, the royal commission has heard on a day when a nun said she didn't think the rape of a boy was a crime, and an abuse survivor told of wanting to grab knives and kill a paedophile priest when he was just 13.
"I didn't do it. I should have," Hunter man Gerard McDonald, 52, told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse about Father Vince Ryan on the first day of the 43rd public hearing, considering church responses to child sexual abuse in Maitland-Newcastle diocese.
The diocese has substantiated 158 claims by survivors involving 31 perpetrators. There have been 78 claims from former students of Marist Brothers schools at Maitland and Hamilton, and St Pius X College, Adamstown. The royal commission heard 56 per cent of claims involved priests.
The diocese has paid more than $25.7 million in compensation, with one victim of Vince Ryan paid $2.9 million, and another 12 Ryan victims paid a combined $2.9 million. The Newcastle Herald is aware of many other survivors of abuse who have not reported abuse or sought compensation.
"There is a long and disturbing history of suffering by children in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle inflicted by diocesan priests and members of religious orders," said counsel assisting the royal commission, Stephen Free, in his opening address.
The public hearing at Newcastle Courthouse will consider the case of Vince Ryan and Marist Brothers Romuald (Francis Cable), Patrick (Thomas Butler) and Dominic (Darcy O'Sullivan), who sexually abused boys over three decades.
It will hear evidence about how senior clergy, including Monsignor Patrick Cotter, and senior Marist Brothers including former principals Brother Christopher Wade and Brother Alexis Turton, responded after receiving child sex serious allegations….
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Anthony Weiner's sext featuring his son, Ex-Jehovah's witness reveals secrets of group, Holy Hell – Buddhafield, Lord Greville Janner
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"Lord Janner is alleged to have abused youngsters over a period spanning more than 30 years."
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Anthony Weiner's sext featuring his son could lead to child neglect inquiry
BY Barbara Ross Adam Edelman Stephen Rex Brown NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, August 29, 2016,
Anthony Weiner's latest cyber-sexcapades, featuring a photo of his sleeping son beside the pervy ex-pol's bulging crotch, ended his marriage Monday — and could now lead to an investigation for child neglect, experts say.
"Any time adults draw children into their own sexual activity they have crossed the line. It is always inappropriate for an adult to connect any child to their sexual activities, however peripheral," said Tim Hathaway, executive director at Prevent Child Abuse New York.
Hours after the sexts were made public, Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, a top adviser to Hillary Clinton, announced she was separating from her…hubby.
This time, the messages Weiner sent from his Twitter account — which was taken down Monday morning — reportedly included him cracking a joke and snapping a photo of his 5-year-old son, Jordan, jumping into bed beside him as his dad sexted with a woman….
It has been previously reported that Clinton's people have wanted Abedin to leave Weiner because he could be a liability to her presidential campaign.
Sources said Weiner and Abedin had been estranged for some time and that her decision to separate was not due solely to his latest sexts. Their son was a major reason why they stuck together for so long, sources said….
NY1, where Weiner was a frequent guest, put him on indefinite leave on Monday.
The Daily News also said it would no longer publish his opinion columns.
Weiner and Abedin married in a 2010 wedding officiated by Bill Clinton. Weiner was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, while she was practically a member of the Clinton family.
But Weiner's online indiscretions derailed his once-promising political career in 2011 when he resigned from Congress and again in 2013 while embarking on a campaign for mayor.
Abedin stood by Weiner on both those occasions.
Ex-Jehovah's witness reveals secrets of religious group
The treatment of women, child abuse and how to prevent being visited by followers of the religion are among topics confronted by ex-member 29 August 2016 Samuel Osborne
A former Jehovah's Witness has offered a rare insight into the religious group, describing it as a cult that "tries to control emotions, thought, information and behavior of a person".
The man, who did not want to be formally identified, shared his experience of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness in Poland in an Ask Me Anything post on Reddit.
Using the username "Ohmyjw", the former Jehovah's Witness (JW) elder speaks out against the group's rules, such as prohibiting blood transfusion "even if that costs them their life" or believing the world "will end in Armageddon 'very soon'"….
Those who leave the faith are called "apostates" and are "disfellowshipped", a term for formal expulsion and shunning, where members are "prohibited from talking, and even from saying 'hello' to them", according to Ohmyjw.
In one situation where an elder started to lose his faith and challenge the group, he said they allegedly denounced him and spread gossip about him, pressuring him "so much he jumped into a river and killed himself".
When asked how women were regarded in JW society, the former elder said they were thought of as "a complement for a man", adding: "She should be submissive to her husband, who is the head of their family and it is he who makes all the important decisions.
"Women cannot teach in the congregation, they cannot deliver public talks or say public prayers. When they conduct a private Bible study or say a prayer with another person, while a man is around, she has to wear a scarf on her head as a sign of being submissive."….
He also criticised the group for having a "big problem with child abuse," saying "they believe child abuse is only a sin, not really a crime, the elders in almost all cases don't report to the authorities, instead they try to handle it inside the congregation".
The group allegedly requires "two witnesses to the event" and regularly decide to "leave the matter in the hands of Jehovah".
"They basically value the 'good name of the organisation' more than the safety of the children," he adds….
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Greville Janner's family pushes for delay in child abuse inquiry
Labour peer's son says public inquiry's investigation of his father should wait until after civil court cases
Lord Janner is alleged to have abused youngsters over a period spanning more than 30 years. His son said he was entirely innocent. Press Association Sunday 28 August 2016
The family of Greville Janner wants the public inquiry into child abuse to delay its investigation of the late Labour peer.
Lord Janner, 87, who died in December, is alleged to have abused youngsters over a period spanning more than 30 years dating back to the 1950s, with offending said to have taken place at children's homes and hotels.
The allegations against him are due to be examined at hearings of the public inquiry next March.
But his son has said that as civil proceedings by some of his alleged victims have been started, the claims should go through the courts – where his father's accusers can be cross-examined – before they feature in the inquiry.
Daniel Janner QC told the BBC he had prepared a submission for the home affairs select committee, which is due to question the home secretary, Amber Rudd, next month….
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An International Finance Corporation (IFC) report has indicated that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) losses about $350 million in revenue every year.
It said on aggregate, technical, commercial and collection losses were around 35 per cent, implying an annual revenue loss of $350 million.
Each percentage loss is estimated at $1 million.
"This implies additional revenue of around $175 million would have been available if the company's losses were halved," a former Board Chairman of the State Enterprises Commission (SEC), Mr Francis Ocran, announced an interaction with the media in Accra yesterday.
This was when a Stakeholders Consultation Team on Private Sector Participation (PSP) in power distribution, headed by Mr Ocran met the media at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The meeting was aimed at soliciting views from the media on whether or not Ghana should adopt a concession and privatisation model in its bid to enhance efficiency in power distribution.
The country is currently grappling with power challenges, with individuals and businesses experiencing persistent power cuts almost on a daily basis.
Mr Ocran said because the ECG was experiencing both operational and net income losses, it was not in the position to fund its much-needed capital investment programme of GH¢10.8billion over the next 25 years. This represents an annual average of over GH¢400 million in real terms," Mr Ocran noted.
Citing other aspects of the IFC report, Mr Ocran said "a due diligence performed by IFC on ECG said the company's technical and financial performance was poor and said for instance that on average, in 2012, customers suffered 106 interruptions, against an international benchmark of 10 per year."
ECG, which is one of the largest power distribution utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, has over 2.5 million registered customers and sells about 6,000 GWh of electricity per annum, Mr Ocran said.
Attributing ECG's challenges to insufficient power generation to meet growing demand, transmission capacity constraints, a constrained and inefficient distribution system, among other issues, Mr Ocran said, "Ghana loses about 2-5 per cent of GDP annually as a result of lost economic output due to the insufficient and unreliable power supply."
He said state institutions were also culprits in the ECG's challenges, with the disclosure that they were currently indebted to the company to the tune of GH¢700 million, and asked, "what do you expect ECG to do?"
Due to the foregoing challenges facing the ECG, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is assisting the government with $498.2 million to enhance its power distribution across the country.
The MCC has indicated that the Compact funds will be in two tranches. Tranche 1 of about $300 million and tranche 2 of $198.20 million.
The disbursement of Tranche 2 will be determined by performance.
The Compact's goal is to promote poverty reduction through private sector-led economic growth.
Mr Ocran explained that the goal of his team was to meet 17 stakeholder groups, including the media, to iron out all issues pertaining to the government's resolve to turn around the operations of the ECG to meet the demands of domestic and industrial consumers.
He said "power supply was identified as a key binding constraint to the country's economic growth. Government, has therefore, signed a second compact, namely Ghana Compact II, through the support of the US Government/MCC to address the current challenges facing the power sector."
Mr Ocran explained that, "the idea is to make ECG a credible off-taker of power so that Independent Power Producers have confidence in the company and that they will be guaranteed their revenue streams.''
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Mr. Macron and Mr. Trump are expected in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum this month, a year after Mr. Xi portrayed his country as a global leader there.
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Ninety years ago this month, Leon Trotsky, above, one of the early leaders of the Communist Party, was exiled by his rival Joseph Stalin to what is now Kazakhstan, clearing the way for Stalin's complete control of the Soviet Union.
An ever-wandering revolutionary, Trotsky was no stranger to exile.
More than a decade before, in January 1917, The Times noted his arrival in New York City: a "Russian journalist and Socialist" who had been "expelled from four lands."
Trotsky and his family lived only briefly in New York — what he called "the city of prose and fantasy, of capitalist automatism, its streets a triumph of Cubism" — before he returned to Russia to help lead the Bolshevik Revolution.
After the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, Stalin and his faction propounded "socialism in one country." Trotskyists bristled, calling for a "permanent revolution," global in scope, and accused Stalin of betraying Lenin's vision.
The feud between Stalin and Trotsky would culminate in the anti-Trotskyist show trials in Moscow and the terrifying purges of the 1930s. It ended in Mexico City, where Trotsky settled, when he was killed by an ax-wielding assassin in 1940.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
David would like to know why I store feminine products in the fridge. Seriously Aldi, you need to change your packaging!
Did you know it's really difficult to give up sugar when you make 2 batches of cookies? I mean really, did I think this was going to be easy? Why do I torture myself? But the girls wanted to make cookies and I'm trying to be a "Yes" Mom.
At least most of it is being flash frozen and will be stored in freezer bags for when we need a fresh batch of cookies. When that will be, I have no idea. Especially since the Girl Scout cookies arrived this week-end too.
I made Monster Cookies because I had coconut on hand and the addition of Rice Krispies intrigued me. They were fabulous! So I've been told. ;) I also made Five Chip Cookies which are peanut butter based. If you need some new cookie recipes in your binder, print these out. You'll love them.
Hmmm, what to do about these? Thank goodness Bible study is this week.
And now I am going to go torture myself again. I promised the girls we could go sledding during Sam's 2nd nap. Lord help me. I can only half walk as it is, so if I'm able to walk at all when we're done, I'll consider it a miracle.
Anyone want to come and take my girls sledding for me? Say, in the next 5 minutes? I'll pay you in cookies.
4 comments:
- Colleen/And Baby Makes Five said...
OK ... the cream cheese packaging is hilarious! No wonder your hubby was confused. I had to take a second look too ;D (Thanks for the chuckle.)
The cookies looks and sound delicious. And you're either very brave/strong or a glutton for punishment. Oh my ... the temptation!
I hope the sledding went well ...
Hang in there!
- February 23, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- stellarose said...
Yummy!!! I can be there in 5 minutes or maybe I will crash the bible study for one of those cookies.
- February 23, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- SM Anderson said...
If I would have read this earlier I would have been there to take the girls sledding. I can always be bribed for cookies! Hope you had a great afternoon.
- February 23, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Kacey said...
Those cookies look so good!! Probably better than the 2-3 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that I've eaten by myself since Saturday...!!
How do you like the products from Aldi? I've heard mixed reviews.
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
by Joseph D. Tabora, M.D.Comments
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Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute complication of diabetes mellitus. In DKA, the products of fat breakdown are converted to ketones which increases the acidity of blood.
Diabetic ketoacidosis may be caused by cessation of insulin therapy or physical and emotional stress, even when insulin therapy is continued. These events cause a relative decrease in insulin and increase in glucagon level. This change in the proportion of circulating insulin and glucagon causes breakdown of fats which are taken up by the liver.
The breakdown of fats increases the amount of fatty acids in the blood. The liver, induced by high glucagon and low insulin levels in the blood, converts the fatty acids to ketone bodies. The increased formation of ketone bodies increases the acidity of the blood. These sequence of events lead to diabetic ketoacidosis.
Symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis is felt as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and increased amount of urine. Abdominal pain may also be present. Untreated, the patient may have decrease in level of consciousness and, eventually, become comatose.
The symptoms of DKA usually prompt the patient to seek medical consultation. This is in stark contrast to another complication of diabetes: diabetic coma.


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CLEVELAND — Tom Brady looked at no one, spoke to no one, nodded at no one as he stalked toward the New England Patriots' locker room early Sunday morning.
One fan said, "Go, Blue," referring to Brady's alma mater, Michigan. Nothing. Another said, "Go, Browns." Not even a chuckle.
Brady's suspension for his role in a scheme to deflate footballs ended last week, but his fury lingers. He loves playing, and he had four games taken from him. He loves being with his teammates, and he had four weeks of camaraderie, of teaching and learning, taken from him.
He simmered. He seethed. He fought to overturn his punishment and lost, and now the rest of the N.F.L. will incur his wrath. Brady's prey Sunday were the winless Cleveland Browns, and he shredded their defense on New England's first series — and second, third and fourth, too.
On this sunny afternoon, when Brady threw for 406 yards and three touchdowns in his return from exile, the final score was immaterial — except in one sense.
The margin of New England's 33-13 victory illuminated just how much the Patriots had missed Brady, regardless of how they had fared in his absence.
Brady inherited a team that went 3-1 during his suspension, and that success fueled a perception that he, to some degree, was a product of Coach Bill Belichick's genius, and that quarterbacks were interchangeable within an organizational machinery that squeezed multiple victories from a backup, Jimmy Garoppolo, and a third-string rookie, Jacoby Brissett.
Under Brady, though, the offense gained more yards in the first half on Sunday — 321 — than it did in all of last week's game, a shutout loss to Buffalo. Brady maximized Rob Gronkowski's coverage mismatches to facilitate yards after receptions. He took advantage of New England's two-tight-end sets, connecting with Martellus Bennett for three touchdowns. He tormented the Browns with short, precise passes and then tormented them with long, precise passes, like the 43-yarder to Chris Hogan that led to the Patriots' third touchdown.
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Gronkowski, asked if he thought Brady had seemed at all out of sync, volleyed the question back at the reporter. When he was told "no," Gronkowski, who caught five passes for 109 yards, smiled.
"Me, neither," he said.
Gronkowski, hampered recently by a hamstring injury, said he had been waiting awhile to feel healthy again. Brady, though, had endured more than just four weeks of misery. He had endured nine months.
The final pass Brady threw last season, in the Patriots' A.F.C. title game loss at Denver, was intercepted, denying him — denying them — a chance to repeat as a champion. In the interim, he turned 39, an age of demarcation among quarterbacks.
Only seven have thrown more than 10 touchdown passes at age 39 or older, according to Pro Football Reference. Of that group, only two — Brett Favre and Warren Moon — tossed more than 17.
Brady, now in his 17th season, has expressed a desire to continue playing into his 40s and burnish his legacy — which may or may not have been tarnished by his nasty dispute with the N.F.L.
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Whether Brady is branded as a cheat for conspiring to gain a competitive advantage or as a victim of Commissioner Roger Goodell's broad authority on discipline matters, he has adamantly maintained his innocence, denying that he was, as the investigation said, "generally aware" of a plot to deflate footballs before the 2015 A.F.C. championship game.
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While suspended, he was prohibited from having any contact with the Patriots. In his weekly Westwood One interview, he acknowledged that he had worked on mechanics and pocket mobility and brought in people to hit him with bags and chase after him. He also served as an honorary captain at Michigan, shot television commercials and vacationed in Italy, where he was photographed sunbathing nude.
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Della Reese (b. July 6, 1931; Detroit, Michigan), 86, singer, actress and minister, began singing in church, was discovered at thirteen by gospel great Mahalia Jackson and sang with her group.
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Earle Hyman (b. October 11, 1926; Rocky Mount, North Carolina), 91, was a stage, television and screen actor, who debuted on Broadway at seventeen and soon thereafter became a member of the American Negro Theater. He performed in the United States and Europe, gaining award-worthy recognition for his stage roles in this country, London and
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He also appeared in television and film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, was featured in two different roles during two different periods in the television soap opera, The Edge of Night, and lent his voice to television's animated show, Thundercats. His was a familiar face on The Cosby Show, where he played Russell Huxtable, Bill Cosby's father, a role that earned him a 1986 Emmy nomination. Hyman died in Englewood, New Jersey, while in residence at Lillian Booth Actors home, his last home.
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Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino Jr. (b. February 26, 1928; New Orleans, Louisiana), 89, boogie-woogie artist, mastered the piano as an adolescent and played with a band in New Orleans bars, where he was dubbed "Fats," in part because of his prodigious appetite. Though he eventually recorded with more than a half dozen companies during his career, a 1949 contract with the Imperial label led to his recording "Junkers Blues." The song
was so popular that it was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015. Three years after recording "Junkers Blues," "Fats" recorded "Ain't That a Shame," a crossover hit, which earned him solid footing in pop music. He eventually recorded 37 Top 40 singles. His 1949 recording of "The Fat Man" is generally known to be the first rock and roll recording to sell more than 1 million copies.
"The Fat Man"and his 1956 recording of "Blueberry Hill" were also entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1986 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the following year, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1998, President Bill Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts. "Fats" moved to the New Orleans suburbs in 2005 after surviving the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. He died of natural causes in his home there.
24 October
Robert Guillaume (b. November 30, 1927; St. Louis, Missouri), 89, grew up in poverty, was raised with his siblings by his grandmother, attended college and served in the Army before taking to the Broadway stage, appearing in Purlie and an all-black revival of Guys and Dolls. Though Guillaume returned to the stage at different points throughout his career, he is best known to the public for his television roles.
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17 October
Mychael Knight (b. April 11, 1978; Nuremberg, Germany), 39, fashion designer and television's Project Runway finalist, was born in Germany, grew up in Montgomery,
Alabama, and attended high school in Washingtonville, New York. He earned a degree in apparel design from Georgia Southern University and began his career in fashion in 2001 when he interned at Wilburn Exclusives in Atlanta. As an established designer, Knight competed in the third season of Project Runway, won the fan favorite award for that season and ultimately placed fourth in the overall competition. In 2007, he launched his own fashion line, which bore his name and was featured on BET's Rip the Runway. His designs were featured on the runway at New York's Fashion Week in Spring 2012. Knight died in Atlanta while hospitalized for treatment of severe IBS.
23 September
Charles Bradley (b. November 5, 1948; Gainesville, Florida), 68, soul singer, served in the Marines, worked as a cook and lived in many places and was homeless in many places before settling in California in 1977. He worked odd jobs during the day and performed at night under the stage name "Screaming Eagle of Soul." He relocated to New York in 1996 to reunite with his mother and made his living as a James Brown imitator, performing in clubs and using the name Black Velvet. He was discovered by a founder of Daptone Records and secured a contract with them in 2002. The label released a number of his singles, including "Take It As It Comes." In 2011, ten of these singles were released collectively as his debut album, No Time for Dreaming. The following year, filmmaker Poull Brien directed a documentary of Bradley's life, Soul of America. Bradley's second album, Victim of Love, was released in 2013, followed by his third album, released in 2016, Changes. Bradley died in New York City, succumbing to stomach cancer.
08 July
Nelsan Ellis (b. November 30, 1977; Harvey, Illinois), 39, was a screen and television actor
and playwright, who attended Julliard and wrote while there a semi-autobiographical play, titled Ugly. The play, based in part on the domestic violence Ellis's sister suffered with her husband who shot her in 2002, was produced and led to Ellis winning the Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award. Ellis was best known to the viewing public as the character Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO cable series True Blood. He won a 2008 Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for best-supporting actor for the role. He portrayed Bobby Byrd in the 2014 film biography of James Brown, Get on Up. Struggling with alcohol addiction, Ellis died of heart failure, secondary to alcohol withdrawal syndrome, while hospitalized for care in New York City.
20 June
Prodigy (b. November 2, 1974; Hempstead, Long Island, New York), 42, named Albert
Johnson at birth, was a rapper, entrepreneur and author, was born into a prominent and musical family. Notably, his mother, performing as Frances Collins, was a member of the 1960s R&B girl group The Crystals. Prodigy's grandfather, Budd Johnson, was a renowned bebop saxophonist, and his great-great-great grandfather, William Jefferson White, founded Morehouse College in 1867. In the early 1990s, Prodigy formed the hip-hop duo Mobb Deep with his friend, Kejuan Muchita, known as "Havoc;" they released their debut album, Juvenile Hell, in 1993. Their second album, The Infamous (1995), was regarded as an album that set a new standard for excellence in the hip-hop genre. The duo released three more albums, and in 2000, Prodigy came out with a solo album, H.N.I.C. and a follow-up album, H.N.I.C, Part 2, in 2008. Convicted on gun-possession and marijuana-possession charges, Prodigy served a three-year prison sentence and was released in 2011. That same year, his memoir, My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy, co-written with Laura Checkoway, was published. In 2014, Prodigy and Havoc released their eighth album, The Infamous Mobb Deep. Prodigy died of accidental choking while hospitalized in Las Vegas for treatment of acute complications associated with sickle-cell disease, an illness with which he had been diagnosed at birth.
09 May
Christopher "Big Black" Boykin (b. January 13, 1972; Raleigh, Mississippi), 45, was a
musician, skateboarder and bodyguard, who became a television personality when he and his best friend, professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdeck, co-starred in the MTV reality show, Rob and Big, which aired for three seasons, premiering in 2006 and ending in 2008. In 2007, he launched his own line of clothing, Big Black, featuring T-shirts that were printed with his catchphrase, "Do work." Boykin appeared in Dyrdeck's follow-up reality show, Fantasy Factory, and also played a role in three episodes in another of Dyrdeck's MTV productions, Ridiculousness. Boykin died of a heart attack in Plano, Texas.
20 April
Cuba Gooding Sr. (b. April 27, 1944; New York City, New York), 72, singer and actor, joined the group The Main Ingredient as a back-up singer and shortly thereafter became the group's lead singer, after the group' original lead singer died suddenly in 1971. The group's biggest hit, "Everybody Plays the Fool," made so much money that Gooding was able to move from the Bronx to Los Angeles. In 1977, Gooding left the group for a career as a solo artist.
Two of his singles, "Mind Pleaser" (1978) and "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend" (1983) hit the R&B charts. He released two solo albums for Motown, which gained modest attention. In 1979, Gooding returned to The Main Ingredient, but left again to sing solo again. He released two more solo albums, one in 1993 and one in 2004. Because Gooding's body was found in his parked car in Woodland Hills, California, his death was investigated. It was ultimately determined that he died of natural causes. Gooding was the father of Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
12 April
Charlie Murphy (b. July 12, 1959; Brooklyn, New York City, New York), 57, actor, comedian and writer, enjoyed a varied career in entertainment. Murphy acted in minor roles in many films during the 1980s and early 1990s; he also coordinated the performances of K-9 Posse, a hip-hop group. He wrote a few of the group's songs. Murphy is best known as a writer and cast member on Chappelle's Show, a Comedy Central series, which aired from 2003 to 2006. During 2010-2011, Murphy performed solo on Comedy Central and was a featured artist in 1000 Ways to Die and the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? Murphy died of leukemia in New York City. He was the older brother of comedian and actor Eddie Murphy.
10 March
Joan Elise "Joni" Sledge (b. September 13, 1956; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 60, singer, songwriter, producer and actress, Sledge sang in church and was trained as a singer by her grandmother, Viola Williams, who was a celebrated operatic soprano. She was one of four
sisters who came together in Philadelphia in 1971 to create the music group Sister Sledge. They toured the east coast of the U. S., gaining increasing attention. Their biggest hit at the time was "He's the Greatest Dancer." Sister Sledge recorded their first album, Circle of Love in 1975 and their most-memorable album in 1979, We Are Family, featuring their hit song of the same title. They also gained a strong following in Europe. In 1996, Sledge wrote the song "Brother, Brother, Stop," hoping to help stop the gun violence she witnessed in Los Angeles. Sledge was found dead in her home in Phoenix, Arizona. Though she suffered from no known illnesses, her death was deemed the result of natural causes.
17 March
Derek Walcott (b. January 23, 1930; Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies), 87, painter, poet and playwright, was born to creative parents, who encouraged him to express himself artistically.
Walcott was trained first as a painter. His work was hung in New York galleries later in his life, after he had established himself as a literary lion. In 1953, Walcott left St. Lucia for Trinidad; there he worked as a teacher, journalist and critic. In 1959 he founded the Trinidad Theater Workshop. His first volume of poems, In a Green Night: Poems 1948-1960, published in 1962, gained immediate international attention. Walcott's play, Dream on Monkey Mountain, was published in 1970, produced on NBC television, later performed by the Negro Ensemble Company and awarded an Obie for "Best Foreign Play." Recruited to teach by Boston University, Walcott moved to the United States, founded the Boston Playwrights' Theatre in 1981 and was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He taught in Boston for two decades, writing and publishing poetry regularly. Walcott's masterpiece, his book-length epic poem, Omeros, published in 1990, is his version of the Iliad. In 1992, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the second Caribbean writer to be so honored. Walcott's later poetry collections include White Egrets, published in 2010, which won the T. S. Eliot Prize. A documentary film, featuring Walcott's life, his poetry and his birthplace of St. Lucia, Poetry Is an Island, was released in 2013 by Dutch filmmaker, Ida Does. Walcott taught poetry at the University of Essex from 2010 to 2013. Frequently described as flirtatious, Walcott's academic career was plagued by charges of sexual harassment, brought by women he had taught at Harvard and at Boston University. These charges and others brought were settled privately. Walcott traveled extensively, dividing his time predominately between St. Lucia, Boston and New York, living and working for a time in each place. He died in his home in Cap Estate, St. Lucia, where he was honored with a state funeral.
18 March
Charles "Chuck" Berry (b. October 18, 1926; St. Louis, Missouri), 90, was a giant of American music. He was a singer, songwriter, musician and one of the earliest and most influential rock and roll artists. Berry began performing with his guitar in high school. His early career was marred by a three-year stint in reform school, where he was sent following a conviction for armed robbery. He was released from confinement at 21, and he secured work at an automotive plant, married, then worked at turns as a janitor, carpenter and beautician to support his family. At night he played the blues, R&B songs and country tunes in St. Louis clubs, already wowing audiences with his showmanship and developing guitar techniques and riffs that were emulated years later by famous rock and roll artists, including Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. In 1955, Berry recorded an adaptation of the song "Ida Red," made popular years earlier by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Berry's rocking version was called "Maybellene;" it sold more than a million copies and shot to the top spot on Billboard's chart. The following year, Berry recorded "Roll Over Beethoven," and his career caught fire. He was touring everywhere, the hottest ticket in popular music. He turned out hit after hit from 1957 to 1959. Everyone was listening to "School Days," "Rock and Roll Music," "Sweet Little Sixteen," and "Johnny B. Goode." His career was halted when in 1959, he was convicted under the Mann Act, having been charged with conducting a sexual relationship with a fourteen year-old Apache girl who he transported across state lines to work in one of his clubs. Berry served one and a half years in prison. When he was released from prison in 1963, he learned that his most-famous songs were being covered by British rock musicians, which kept his music at the forefront of the music industry. Berry returned to touring and giving concerts, most of which were sold out. In 1979, Berry's career stalled again when he was charged with income tax evasion and sentenced to four months in prison and required to perform 1,000 hours of community service. He met this requirement by giving free concerts. During the 1970s and 1980s, Berry continued to tour across the country, performing in as many as 100 concerts a year. Legal issues plagued him once again when he was charged with videotaping women without their knowledge or consent, making sexual overtures to a minor-age girl and possessing marijuana. Though the child-abuse charges against him were dropped and his jail sentence was suspended, he was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to make monetary donations to certain established community organizations. He complied with these demands. He continued to tour frequently and widely, traveling to multiple venues in Europe, where he enjoyed a strong following. When he wasn't touring, and when he finally slowed his pace, he played on a regular basis at Blueberry Hill, a restaurant and bar in St. Louis. He continued to play there weekly until 2014. On his 90th birthday, Berry released a new album, Chuck. It had been 38 years since he last recorded an album. Berry died in his home in Wentzville, Missouri, following a heart attack.
12 February
Alwin "Al" Jarreau (b. March 12, 1940; Milwaukee, Wisconsin), 76, was a singer and musician whose career in music soared and never faltered. A college graduate with a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling, Jarreau sang in clubs at night, connecting early on with George Duke, playing as part of a newly formed trio in San Francisco. In 1967, he met and
began working with Julio Martinez, an acoustic jazz guitarist. Together, they headlined at a swank club in Sausalito, and Jarreau dedicated himself to a full-time career in music. He was soon appearing on popular television shows, including shows hosted by Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and David Frost. By 1975, he was recording with Warner Bros. Records and released his first album, We Got By. A second album, Glow, followed, and in 1978, he released Look to the Rainbow, which won a Grammy that year for best jazz vocal performance. His most-recognized album, Breakin' Away, which included one of his greatest hit songs, "We're in This Love Together," was released in 1981 and earned Jarreau a second Grammy in 1982 for best male vocal performance. He was to win five more Grammy Awards during his career.
He toured extensively and recorded often for most of the rest of his life. He recorded a total of sixteen studio albums and was considered a consummate live performer. He died in Los Angeles while hospitalized for exhaustion, having publically announced his retirement the previous week.


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◼ These portable snacks will save your life when the mid-afternoon hunger strikes.
Do you want to lose weight without touching a pack of cookies? Eating smart snacks is the key to losing weight, because you don't want to reach that point where hunger suggests you forget your goals.
If you are making three complete meals, you should consume two snacks -between 150 and 200 calories- to avoid being too hungry between meals. As with your food, the mixture of protein, fiber, carbohydrates and fat is what will make you feel fuller and keep hunger at bay for longer, due to the calories you are receiving.
Choose from this list of healthy snacks for those times when hunger strikes:
Do you crave something crispy? Forget about everything else and run for a fist of chickpeas to eat at any time of the day. You can easily toast them to give them a delicious twist.
Chickpeas have a high fiber content and one cup can provide half of what you should consume during the day, not to mention that they are full of minerals, such as phosphorus, calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium. Toast them yourself with some olive oil, salt and cayenne pepper (toast until they are crispy).
Protein bars are probably the simplest healthy snack to keep in your pocket or backpack, although, be careful not to be eating a glorified candy bar, for this make sure you have eight or less grams of sugar.
In addition, your bar should contain at least 20 grams of protein from a milk source, such as whey, casein or a combination of both. Try for it to have 300 or fewer calories, with at least 5 grams of fiber and 15 grams or less of fat.
Rich, creamy and slightly acidic, that's what turns Greek yogurt into the perfect dairy snack. This snack will fill you with protein, not calories or sugar. You will also get a good dose of calcium.
However, not all Greek yogurts are the same. "Look for the versions with less sugar you can find, without artificial sweeteners", recommends Melina Jampolis, internist, nutritionist and author of Spice Up, Slim Down. If you need a little more flavor to balance, Jampolis suggests sprinkling it with some cinnamon or ginger (both will help control your blood sugar level, as well as your appetite).
Putting a banana in your backpack is easy, but what you really need is to combine this snack with a little protein. Putting a little peanut butter to your banana is much easier today, thanks to the individual packages that make it much easier to store the peanut butter in your backpack. A banana offers you carbohydrates and a spoonful of peanut butter gives you the protein to satisfy you.
If you have access to hot water or a microwave, you have access to the most nutritious and filling snack of all, a bowl of hot bean soup. Beans contain B vitamins, iron, phytonutrients (beneficial plant compounds), and are loaded with fiber and some protein. Remember, an individual serving should not be more than 60 grams (one cup). You will feel satisfied until dinner.


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Two farmers died in a slurry accident after entering it to remove a blockage, an inquest into their deaths has explained.
Alexander Forman, 32, and Richard Pooley, 36 entered the slurry pit on Newlands Farm, East Yorkshire, in December 2015.
It's likely the two men went into the slurry pit to clear a blockage, Hull Coroner's Court heard.
According to pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd, the farmers entered the pit and drowned in pig manure.
He said the pair would have been overcome with toxic slurry fumes within a matter of seconds.
No criminal charges have been brought against anyone in connection with the tragedy, the officer of the case concluded.
The inquest will continue for its second day (18 May).
Slurry incidents
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), incidents involving slurry occur regularly on farms in the UK.
These incidents include people, not just farmers, being overcome by toxic gases, drowning as a result of a fall into slurry or liquid stores, or being injured from the collapse of structures containing slurry.
Slurry is broken down by bacterial action which produces gases. Slurry gas includes methane, carbon monoxide, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide, all of which can create a risk to human and animal health.
Some gases are flammable, others are toxic and some will displace oxygen from the air, causing a risk of asphyxiation.
Agriculture remains the most dangerous profession in the UK – yet many of the fatalities and serious injuries reported each year can be easily avoided.
Figures from the HSE have revealed that in 2016/17, agriculture had the highest rate of fatal injury, around 18 times higher than the All Industry rate.


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Owing to NFC technology, the usage of mobile phone for e-transaction will increase drastically in upcoming years. This transition in technology requires more applications to be developed in mobile phones and some of them are highly sensitive and need high level security. For example, nowadays using mobile phones for payment, ticketing, mobile TV, etc. are common. Thus, it raises the question of confidence of the terminal that delivers these services. If a platform is multi-applicative, then loading a new application can reduce the security of already installed application. Through virtualization, the platforms have reached interoperability at functional level and it will be difficult to obtain it at security level. In case of this security interoperability property has not been achieved, then the consequence will imply a costly certification process for each application, for all configurations of the application. This could be a main point for not adopting NFC applications and thereby reducing the development's effort for mobile transactions. Critical applications in a mobile phone should be hosted by a Secure Element (SE) often implemented with a smart card.
Mobile Network Operators (MNO) are looking to open their native SE: the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) Card (ESTI, 2005) to the third party service providers, in order to allow them to develop value added services, like m-payment or m-transport etc., on NFC based technology. To warrant security for third party applications hosted in USIM Card, MNO have chosen to certify their SE under the Common Criteria (CC) (The Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation) scheme (Common Criteria Organization, 2012). This will facilitate post issuance for third party applications downloading without existing CC certification loss which means an industrial process will have to be in place, which has to warrant the innocuousness of every candidate's application for a download. In particular, an application certified on a given platform must have the same behavior in other platforms also.
Nowadays most of the USIM cards are based on a Java Card Virtual Machine (JCVM). Java Card is a type of smart card that implements the standard Java Card 3.0 (Sun, 2010) in one of the two editions "Classic Edition" or "Connected Edition". Such a smart card embeds a Virtual Machine (VM), which interprets application byte codes already romized with the operating system or downloaded after issuance. Due to security reasons, the ability to download code into the card is controlled by a protocol defined by Global Platform (Global Platform, 2011). This protocol ensures that, the code owner has the necessary credentials to perform the particular action.
Java Cards have shown an improved robustness compared to native applications concerning many attacks. They are designed to resist numerous attacks using both physical and logical techniques. Currently, the most powerful attacks are hardware based attacks and especially fault attacks. A fault attack modifies a part of the memory content or signal on internal bus and leads to deviate from the exploitable behavior, not by an attacker. A comprehensive consequence of such attacks is mentioned in Iguchi-Cartigny and Lanet (2010). Although fault attacks have been generally used in the literature from a cryptanalysis point of view (Aumüller, Bier, Fischer, Hofreiter, & Seifert, 2003; Hemme, 2004; Piret & Quisquater, 2003), they can also be applied to every code layer embedded in a device. For example, by choosing the exact byte of a program, an attacker can bypass logical tests. To avoid such attacks, several countermeasures have been designed to protect the execution flow, the integrity of Java fields, the confidentiality of the byte code, etc.


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Monday Night Laughs At The Watermead
February 16, 2016
It's Monday night and instead of my usual 30-minute Pilates session, I'm relaxing with family at a bar. (Who said Mondays were boring?).
To celebrate my partner's brother's 20th birthday, myself and close family visited The Watermead in Lostock, Northwich. This wasn't my first experience at the bar, but the handful of times I've been before, were merely unplanned week night outings – nothing special!
The variety of alcohol drinks to suit your mood is something that made this bar stand out, but with hangovers and work not being a great combination for the next day, diet Pepsi was my best friend.
The Appearance Of The Bar
Bounded by new homes, a Travelodge and contemporary offices, lies The Watermead. With having a few months break since my last visit, I couldn't help but say to my partner "Imagine if this was your house".
And then we started to plan what the living would look like and what we'd do with all the spare rooms.
And if you had the chance to see the building in person, I'm sure you would too.
Though, realistically, it'd be far too big to accommodate an average family, because it's much larger than your average bar.
Upon driving past the entrance to park, the building stands tall with a chimney, bay windows and extended hallway. It looks modern and fits in well in the secluded part of Lostock.
It's like everyone in Northwich had the same idea of going out for a meal – thinking it wouldn't be busy because "it's a Monday and everyone will be relaxing at home". The car park was heaving and had us worried that we wouldn't find a space (naive of us for not making a reservation).
Just like we judge a book by its cover, we judge a bar by its building. You can tell by the recently-brushed pavement, smear-free windows and orderly gardening that it's well looked after.
Opening the door, it feels like you're walking into your home. Carpets and a hallway. Perfect and cosy. So far so good…
The Service and Food
Standing near the door trying to decide for ourselves whether we should seat ourselves or wait for someone to take us to a free table was slightly awkward.
There's never really a designated space for people in that situation, so you're stuck between dodging customers who want to get out of the door and waitresses who are rushing to serve food to famished groups.
Despite that, Monday was a good choice for the birthday boy to have his birthday because it was quiet and we were spoilt for choice on where to sit.
10 seconds was too long of standing in the doorway, so we settled for seating ourselves in an isolated area near the bar.
It was the perfect spot – not too far from the kitchen so our stomachs would have to wait 20 less seconds, but private enough for catch-up conversations and gossip.
But, first things first, everybody grabbed the menu.
There are generally two reasons why it might take a while to choose what to eat. 1). You're trying to find something on the menu that you could stomach. 2). Everything sounds so good that it's difficult to choose.
Luckily, on this occasion it was the latter.
Just looking at this picture makes me want to go back again tonight. Succulent chicken covered in a tomato sauce, with melted cheese on top, a handful of chips and a fair portion of salad to make you feel less guilty about the carbs.
The fact that I nearly forgot to take a picture because I'd began tucking in straight away says it all. The meal was delicious and the right portion size.
Usually, you're left feeling bloated and regretting the last few chips that you're still putting in your mouth anyway. However, that did mean there was room for dessert.
Try not to lick the screen if you can.
The picture doesn't do this justice, because it tasted 10 times better than it looks. Topped with mini oreos, and chocolate wafers, it was to die for.
I couldn't help but keep licking my lips afterwards to try and get more of the taste, and I don't have a sweet tooth. Maybe it was the cake stand right near our table that tempted me…
Both of these meals came to around £13 – money well spent and we only waited about 15-20 minutes for the food to arrive (which is perfect because everybody always waits until they're about to pass out before they drive to a bar).
Depending on what day and time you go, there are curry nights, carveries and 2 for £10 deals – and the meals are well-kept with occasions like Valentine's Day and Christmas time.
Probably more suited for a weekend, there are a variety of alcoholic drinks. In fact, I don't think I've been to a bar that's as big as this one.
Here is just a minute collection of the drinks they have:
- Hardys Chardonnay (made in Australia)
- Black tower fruity wine (Germany)
- White Zinfandel (USA)
- Canaletto Pinot Grigio (Italy)
Soft Drinks
- Dandelion and Burdock
- Ginger Beer
Hot Drinks
- Moroccan Mint tea
- Mocha Latte
- Americano
- Cappuccino
Inside The Watermead
Posters of quiz nights and events were on nearly every available wall and window; it seems that it's the place for a meal for a special occasion or a few hours out of the house for something fun to do.
I'm the type of person who always struggles to strike the balance between looking too casual and being too over-dressed, so it was great that the chilled environment meant you were accepted for just wearing jeans and a top, with your hair in a bun.
So not too much effort is required, which makes it perfect for unplanned meetups or a quick meal out.
When you're eating, the last thing you want is to be accompanied by cobwebs and dirty carpets, so I'm pleased to say that it was clean and tidy (including the modern toilets).
With a variety of ages at the table, we all still found something we liked to eat and drink and it's not often that happens when you're out for a meal.
As a whole, The Watermead caters for all ages and events. As you can see from the above image, the layout provides different areas depending on your reason for visiting.
So if you wanted to work in there for a few hours and grab a coffee, you wouldn't look out of place as there are areas further from the bar to quietly get on with some work (just don't sit too close to the kid's playing area).
Overall, the night was a pleasant experience – from the appearance of the bar, the service and menu. If you're a busy bee and want to throw on some eyeliner and head out for a meal, then this is the place for you.
But also, it's one of those "nothing fancy – does what it says on the tin" type places, and every town needs a bar like that. Honest and homely with reasonable prices.


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William R. Wilson, M.D., F.A.C.P.; Ernest O. Theilen, M.D., F.A.C.P.; William E. Connor, M.D., F.A.C.P.
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The effects of stimulation and blockade of beta-adrenergic receptors on plasma free fatty acids (FFA) and blood glucose (G) were observed in eight normal subjects during a control period (A) and after hypermetabolism (B) was induced with graded doses of triiodothyronine (150-500 μg/day for 14 days). Non-heparinized venous blood was obtained before and during the fourth minute of beta-receptor stimulation (isoproterenol, 0.025, 0.05, and 0.1 μg/kg/min intravenously) before and after a beta-receptor blocker (propranolol, 0.15 mg/kg intravenously). Significant attenuation of the normal chronotropic and inotropic effects of isoproterenol in both periods by propranolol was used as an index of beta-adrenergic
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