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Online registration only, no walk-ins until further notice. Volunteers can register at msreg.com/erc-volunteer.
Organizers may remove any attendee that do not follow any regulation or physical distancing measures. No refunds will be issued for this reason. In case of cancellation by the organizers, event fees will be refunded and daily memberships credits will be issued for use in future events. Non-members require a daily membership ($20) that can be acquired during registration. Annual memberships are the best deal: buy them here and save!
Registration fee is per driver. Registrants will be required to sign the Castrol Raceway eWaiver and fill a self-tech inspection form before entering the venue. Follow the instructions during the registrations steps.
Fee: $60 if registered by Feb 23rd, $80 otherwise.
- Gates open: 8:00am (arrive early so we can verify if your documentation, event registration, and if waivers and self-tech form are in good standing)
- Track setup: 8:00am – 9:45am
- Mandatory Driver's Meeting: 10:00am
- Parade Laps: 10:15am
- First car out: 10:45am
- Last car out: 4:00pm
Location: Rad Torque Raceway (formerly Castrrol Raceway)
Eligible Vehicles: Production-model light passenger vehicles (no trucks, vans, SUVs, or motorcycles allowed). Vehicle must be wider than it is tall. Check supp regs for full details. This event is limited to 30 cars. All participants will be required to work corners following their on-track time.
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Eligible Vehicles: Production-model light passenger vehicles (no trucks, vans, SUVs, or motorcycles allowed). Check the supp regs here if you are not sure about your vehicle's eligibility.
- M2010 or SA2010 certified helmets or newer. Check the supp regs here if you are not sure about your helmet's certification. Bring your own helmet, as we are not providing rentals at this time. No helmet sharing allowed.
- High-visibility vest.
Passengers: 1 Allowed.
Food: Not available on site.
Toilets: Porta-potties on-site
Track setup: 8:00am – 9:45am
Mandatory Driver's Meeting: 10:00am
Parade Laps: 10:15am
First car out: 10:45am
Last car out: 4:00pm
A valid daily or annual ERC or other ASN-affiliate club membership is required. Check out our annual membership plans (best value) or get a daily membership during registration.
We are a 100% non profit volunteer run organization. All participants are expected help with setup, marshaling, and tear down


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White Sage and Lavender is a camphoraceous blend of herbs, lavender, and aromatic woods. Sage, rosemary, and chamomile awaken the earthiness of lavender, while hints of sandalwood and cedar in the base are reinforced by clove, lavandin, and cedarwood essential oils.
This fragrance oil is infused with natural essential oils including cedarwood, clove, and lavandin.
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Middle: Camphor, Chamomile, Sage, Rosemary
Base: Sandalwood, Cedarwood
- 55 hour burn time
- 8.5 oz by weight (12 fl oz Jar)
- Phthalate free
- 100% Pure Soy Wax
- Hand Poured in Saint Augustine Florida

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California Senator Scott Wiener (D) has a handful of large-scale plans for drug law reform in 2022—and the hilariously-named Senator of California tells a famous cannabis multimedia news source that he believes there's a "50/50" possibility that his measure to legalize psychedelics (magic mushrooms, psilocybin, etc.) ownership will get to the governor's tabletop.
The Senator of California put a halt on that measure back in 2020 after it was championed through the Senate and began to advance through the General Assembly, and he's utilized ample time to ramp up support for the magic mushroom reform and guarantee that the bill is something that could enact the comprehensive legislature. During this time, he anticipates a committee hearing on a different harm reduction measure coming up in the middle of January of this year.
In a phone interview at the beginning of the year, Wiener spoke to a famous cannabis multimedia news source about his 2022 drug reform plans.
He stated that in the time since he decided to temporarily pump the breaks on his psilocybin measure—which would vacate criminal offenses for owning substances like magic mushroom, DMT, Molly, and LSD-A for adults 21 and older—"the emphasis has been our team, our vets who have been lobbying and campaigning around the measure."
"They're linking with Assembly members to create more help," he expressed. "That's really what is going on right now."
California is known as a state that's friendly to progressive drug law reforms—having been the first state to allow medicinal cannabis nearly 25 years ago—and Senator Wiener believes the chances that the magic mushroom measure goes through the CA legislature are "roughly 50/50" at this time.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has long condemned criminalization-focused drug policies and led the assault to legalize adult-use weed in California in 2016. However, his cabinet has not yet provided "any gesture" of where the Governor stands on Wiener's measure the senator expressed. It took us everything not to laugh just now.
There's been some apprehension within the psilocybin advocacy society over the measure, which was ratified to include ownerships limits and remove Special K, or Ketamine, from the list of drugs that would no longer be illegal.
Wiener said that "it's too soon to say" whether additional changes will be annexed. "That part will take place in July or early this summer," he stated.
Weiner also expressed that he comprehends the resentment from magic mushroom advocates over ownership limits that were appended to the measure, and his "choice would have been not to have ownership limits" whatsoever. Despite this, the political waltz was adding those ownership limits would ramp up the bill's chances of enacting, and he feels they're "very convincing."
Senator Wiener also has distinct legislation up for a committee review later this week that would sanction safe consumption areas in California where people could utilize currently unlawful drugs in a medicinally-supervised area in which they could also accumulate entry to treatment aids. That measure passed the Senate last spring, but it was halted due to COVID-19.
It's an extremely timely policy recommendation, as New York City became the first U.S. municipality to permit such areas back in December and Rhode Island's administration signed into regulation similar laws approving the takeoff of initial sites in 2021 as well. Magic mushroom advocates anticipate witnessing how the Justice Department via the Biden cabinet approaches the harm reduction sites, as they're due to reply in a case on the issue later this Summer after the Trump-led DOJ sued to bar a Philadelphia nonprofit from delivering the aforementioned services.
Expect Stickyleaf to keep you up-to-date as the story develops.


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A lot has gone right for Duke football this season as the Blue Devils have leapt out to a 4-0 start. Daniel Jones looks like an NFL prospect; Shaun Wilson and Brittain Brown are recreating Thunder and Lighting — plus the defense has been outstanding.
As head coach David Cutcliffe said this week, though, the Blue Devils will face their toughest competition yet on Friday: Miami and Mark Walton. Is the defense up to the challenge?
Rock meets hard place
Walton entered the season as the ACC's top back; through his first two games, he's easily lived up to that hype.
According to Sports Reference, Walton is one of only two FBS players this season to average more than 12 yards per carry, on more than 20 carries. The other: Clemson's Travis Etienne, who is awesome.
Miami certainly hasn't played the toughest opponents yet — although Toledo is no slouch — and a horrible natural disaster ripped up their city. There was that, too.
It's possibly premature to read too much into Miami's numbers, but this is sports media, baby. We love to overreact.
Thanks in part to his offensive line, Walton has been incredibly productive. According to Football Study Hall, Walton has an Opportunity Rate of 66.7 percent. That means that on two-thirds of Walton's 27 carries, the offensive line has done its job — i.e. blocked for five yards worth of running room.
A true big-play machine, Walton has cashed in when given the chance; per Football Study Hall, Walton is averaging an incredible 12.2 Highlight Yards per Opportunity. This means on carries when the offensive line "does its job," Walton is averaging an additional 12 yards per carry.
On the season, 13 of Walton's carries (48.1 percent) have gone for first downs or touchdowns; the running back also has 11 carries of 10-plus yards — nasty.
As a team, the Hurricanes rank No. 1 in the FBS in Opportunity Rate (62.5 percent) and third in Isolated Points per Play (1.47). So far, Miami has been efficient and explosive.
A Devilish Defense
Walton will now have to face some of the toughest competition of his career, too, though. Duke is one of only 19 FBS teams holding opposing ball-carriers to three or fewer yards per carry, according to Sports Reference.
A big part of that success has been a defensive line that's dominated. The Blue Devils rank third nationally in opponent Opportunity Rate — 25.8 percent, per Football Study Hall. That's slightly better than Alabama at No.4 — 26.3 percent. It's stingier than other traditional power defenses, too: Michigan and Clemson.
Duke football still ranks No. 1 in the FBS in Havoc Rate as well; on 29.3 percent of the team's defensive plays, Duke records a tackle for loss, forces a fumble, or defends a pass. As a unit, Duke has collected 35 tackles for loss (7.5 per game) — good for No. 3 in the FBS, behind only Ohio State and Penn State.
Senior defensive tackle Mike Ramsay has been the anchor for David Cutcliffe; Ramsay has six tackles for loss, which have accounted for a combined minus-38 yards per opponents. Joe Giles-Harris has been a monster, too.
The linebacker not only has an interception on the season; he also has a team-leading nine run stuffs — tackles at or behind the line of scrimmage, per Football Study Hall. Defensive end Tre Hornbuckle has contributed seven run stuffs, too.
Ben Humphreys, the roommate and close friend of Giles Harris, is probable for Friday's game, which is a huge deal for Duke.
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— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) September 27, 2017
"And I'm gonna smile when I do."
It's somewhat of an odd setting to see Duke and Miami set to play on a Friday night under the lights. However, this is just one of the realities of televised college athletics in 2017; it only adds to the intrigue, though, as Miami returns to Durham for the first time since…well, you know.
Regardless, it's safe to say that come Saturday morning, one of these teams won't be at the top of these respective rushing lists. And the other will more than likely be victorious.
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Juan Cole of the University of Michigan finishes up the year with the top ten myths about Iraq. Here's one:
Myth: "The Sunni Arab guerrillas in places like Ramadi will follow the US home to the American mainland and commit terrorism if we leave Iraq."
Cole: "This assertion is just a variation on the invalid domino theory. People [sic] in Ramadi only have one beef with the United States. Its troops are going through their wives' underwear in the course of house searches every day. They don't want the US troops in their town or their homes, dictating to them that they must live under a government of Shiite clerics and Kurdish warlords (as they think of them). If the US withdrew and let the Iraqis work out a way to live with one another, people in Ramadi will be happy."
He also notes, "The Iraqi 'government' is barely functioning. The parliament was not able to meet in December because it could not attain a quorum. Many key Iraqi politicians live most of the time in London, and much of parliament is frequently abroad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki does not control large swathes of the country, and could give few orders that had any chance of being obeyed. The US military cannot shore up this government, even with an extra division, because the government is divided against itself. Most of the major parties trying to craft legislation are also linked to militias on the streets who are killing one another."
American troops continue to make a bad situation worse. "In my view, Shiite leaders such as Abdul Aziz al-Hakim are repeatedly declining to negotiate in good faith with the Sunni Arabs or to take their views seriously. Al-Hakim knows that if the Sunnis give him any trouble, he can sic the Marines on them. The US presence is making it harder for Iraqi to compromise with Iraqi."
Read the whole thing (scroll down to December 26).
The eleventh myth is that the country's full of good news that's not reported. Columbia Journalism Review has multiple eyewitnesses on that one. Here's Rajiv Chadrasekaran of the Washington Post: "You've got public information officers saying, 'Sure, we'll take you there, but you can't say where it is, and you can't name anybody, and you can't take any pictures, because if we point out the location of this, it could be a target for the insurgency, and if we name people, they could be subject to retribution.' Is that really progress when you can't go and report basic facts of something because they're too worried it's going to be attacked?" (Hat tip to Beachwood Reporter.)


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|Celebrated Name/Nick Name:
|Chrissy Metz
|Real Name/Birth Name:
|Christine Michelle "Chrissy" Metz
|42 years old
|Birth Date/Birthday:
|29 September 1980
|Birth Place:
|Homestead, Florida, United States
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|1.65 m
|110 kg
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|Martyn Eaden (m. 2008–2015)
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|American actress and singer
|Net Worth in 2023:
|$500 thousand
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Chrissy Metz is a renowned American actress as well as a singer who has been active since the year 2005 in the entertainment field. She has gained much of her popularity through being featured in an American Horror Story known as Freak Show, Loveless in Los Angeles, and Solving Charlie. She additionally got much fame through an NBC drama known as "This Is Us'In addition to this, she is also a singer in a band known as Chrissy and The Vapors.
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Chrissy Metz was born on 29th September in the year 1980 in Homestead, Florida in which she was known as Christine Michelle Metz. She was born to her parents known as Denise Metz and Mark Metz who was in the US Navy. They later moved together with her family to Gainesville in Florida. She has an American Nationality and of white ethnicity. She got raised by her mother together with her step-father as well as two half-siblings and two siblings. She also went schooling in Japan for her elementary, middle as well as her high school.
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Chrissy Metz's age is 42 years old as of today's date 28th September 2023 having been born on 29 September 1980. Though, she is 1.65 m tall, she weighs about 110 kg.
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Chrissy Metz then met Josh Stancil who is a cameraman and they met in a movie known as 'This is Us in the year 2016. She was previously married to Martyn Eaden in the year 2008 though they separated in the year 2015.
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After this, she was then featured in a movie known as Loveless in Los Angeles in the year 2007 in which she played the role of Bonnie as well as being featured in The Union Movie in the year 2008 playing the role of Heavy Girl. After this, she was featured in a series known as American Horror Story: Freak Show in the year 2014. She then got much success in 2016 after she was featured in a television series known as This is Us which is still being aired. In addition to this, she has been in the music career through her band known as Chrissy and The Vapors. She has had much of her achievement in her career especially through being featured in the television series known as This is Us which became a great hit.
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Cellnex Telecom SA [CLNX: BME] – Mkt cap as of 19/10/19: €12.24bn
Arqiva – not listed
On the 8th of October 2019, Arqiva announced the sale of its Telecoms business (TowerCo) to Cellnex for £2bn, which Arqiva will use to reduce its leverage, currently standing at a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.9. The operation will be financed through a £2bn syndicated loan facility and available cash reserves.
Acquiring 7,400 sites and the rights to roughly 900 more, the Spanish company will expand its tower network to more than 50,000 sites across Europe. This will make Cellnex Britain's biggest independent wireless tower operator and a central player in the country's rollout of faster 5G mobile technology.
About Arqiva
With a long history in the field of United Kingdom digital infrastructure, Arqiva is one of the most important players. Serving different clients ranging from mobile network operators to independent radio groups and major broadcasters, the firm is an independent provider of telecom towers, with around 8,000 active licensed sites, as well as traditional broadcasting masts.
The company is split into two subsidiaries: TowerCo, the telecom business which will soon be acquired by Cellnex, and NetworkCo, the media network businesses. The terrestrial broadcast, satellite and media services, remaining in Arqiva, accounted for around 61% of total revenue in FY 2019.
In the same financial year, revenue was up 2.7% from £964.2m in FY 2018 to £990.4m mainly due to growth in core telecoms tower business, as the number of sites increased, and larger revenue from the M2M business. Furthermore, EBITDA made a 1.5% jump from £519m in 2018 to £527m in 2019 primarily because of higher revenue, generated by stronger program delivery and greater efficiency in cost savings. However, significant depreciation and amortization expenses together with exceptional charges caused a 1.5% drop in operating profits from FY 2018 to FY 2019.
About Cellnex Telecom SA
Headquartered in Barcelona, Cellnex Telecom (BME: CLNX) is a Spanish company providing mainly telecoms infrastructure and broadcasting services to mobile network operators, broadcasters and other public and private companies. With sites in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy, the company is Europe's leading independent infrastructure operator for wireless telecommunication.
Cellnex's two main markets are Spain and Italy, where it generated respectively 44% and 32% of its total revenue in 2018. Expanding its presence across the continent, the company acquired around 10,000 sites across Europe in the last three years reaching a total of 53,000 sites owned. It became an important player in the consolidation of the telecom infrastructure sector, with €393m invested in M&A operations in 2018.
In the same year, the company revenue reached €898m growing 14% with respect to 2017, mainly due to the expansion of income originated from services for mobile network operators. Adjusted EBITDA jumped by 18% up to €591m from €500m in 2017, while net profit dropped down to negative €26m from €19m last year primarily because of increases in amortization and amortization (+14%) and financial costs (+40%).
Industry Overview
The telecom tower industry is gearing up for a frenetic deal-making season. This sale is the latest in a streak of telecom tower deals as telecom companies seek to sell their assets to infrastructure funds and specialist companies. These big buyers, interested in the stable returns and cash flows the towers offer, are pushing up the value of the assets further and tower consolidation in the UK is expected to dramatically increase during the next few years. Telecom towers have become an attractive asset over the past few years, achieving much higher valuations than the operating arms of telecommunications companies. That has led many, including industry giant Vodafone, to divest their telecom towers. Indeed, Vodafone is aiming to spin off as much as €20bn in the next 18 months to help reduce the company's €31bn debt.
Facing little to no growth, mobile network operators are finding their cash flows under growing pressure. Additionally, telecom companies are being pressured to further invest in order to improve the speed and reach of fiber deployments. With the sources of revenues increasingly disassociating from the sources of costs, telecom companies need to make some readjustments. Until recently, many operators guarded their telecom tower assets to obtain better coverage and speed differentiation. However, 5G deployment is set to be rather different from previous iterations of mobile technology, as operators seek to differentiate and monetise through focused B2B use cases, rather than mass consumer deployment. Indeed, as technological innovation continues to thrive, all businesses need to strengthen their technological and digital solutions to stay competitive and relevant. Bain & Company predicted that the market for B2B in the Internet of Things services could reach $300bn by 2020, which is twice as much as the projected $150bn consumer market. This shift challenges Telecoms to rethink the economics of owning a tower.
Several reasons are explaining the decision to sell off the telecom towers. First and foremost, companies need that precious cash to support additional investments that are decoupled from growth curves, resolve debt issues on the balance sheet and shoulder the cost of 5G deployment. Moreover, many analysts feel like markets are undervaluing telecom companies' assets and by spinning off the towers, there is the chance to realise up to three times the valuations they have under mobile network operators' ownership. This difference in valuation could be explained by a series of motives that drive the valuation of these assets higher when they are managed under telecom tower operators. First, the management focus would be improved leading to greater efficiency. Secondly, by controlling solely the towers, a firm's business model would be much simpler and would generate more stable revenue flows than those of an operator. Thirdly, the ability to monetise the asset would be better by charging subsequent site tenants the same price as the first, something which operators cannot do.
The UK telecom tower industry is dominated by two big players: Cornerstone, a joint venture between Vodafone and O2, which operates more than 20,000 tower sites, and MBNL, a joint venture between BT and EE, which operates around 14,500 tower sites. By acquiring 7,400 of Arqiva's sites, Cellnex will position itself as the third-largest player in the UK market, having around 8,000 sites in the UK and 53,000 sites in the seven European market it participates. Cellnex is the largest independent tower company by sites in the UK and Europe. The few thousands of telecom tower sites remaining in the UK are managed by a handful of sub-thousand tower competitors.
Deal Structure
Cellnex is set to acquire 100% of the Telecom division resulting from an Arqiva's assets-sale process for £2.0bn or €2.3bn. The deal involves the acquisition of Arqiva's telecom business which includes 7,400 sites and the rights to market 900 sites across the UK. The acquisition is expected to be financed through a combination of a £2bn syndicated loan facility and available cash reserves. In addition, the Company has approved the launch of a fully-underwritten €2.5bn rights issue, to support this acquisition and Cellnex's busy pipeline of future M&A activity. The consideration of the £2bn payable will be fully paid upon completion, subject to certain price adjustments relating to contract renewal of Arqiva's clients.
According to Citi's bankers, the Arqiva telecom towers were acquired at a lower price than their market value. Indeed, Citi calculated that Cellnex paid €240,000 per site compared with €316,000 when it acquired Iliad's telecom towers. Megabuyte, the research company, said it was "perplexing" that the deal was struck at such low prices. Cellnex stated in a press release that by acquiring Arqiva, it "gains attractive conditions to invest in the UK and gain exposure to one of Europe's largest economies" and that adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation are expected to be about £170m next year.
Antitrust authorities are examining the deal which is expected to close in the second half of 2020.
Cellnex's acquisition of Arqiva's Telecoms division will strengthen Cellnex's positioning in the UK. The UK market has always been at the core of Cellnex's inorganic expansion plans, mainly due to its size and to the favourable regulatory environment, in which authorities are encouraging enhanced connectivity for both businesses and citizens. Following the transaction, with a total portfolio of around 8,000 sites, Cellnex will become the largest independent operator of wireless infrastructure in the UK. Moreover, the deal includes concessions to place telecom sites in existing street infrastructure in 14 London boroughs, an extremely relevant aspect considering the imminent 5G rollout.
Furthermore, this acquisition closely follows the recent agreement established in June 2019 between Cellnex and BT, in which the former received the rights to operate 220 high street towers located in the UK, another strategic move that clearly highlights Cellnex expansion plans in the country.
With a total portfolio of over 53,000 sites in 7 European markets, and with 82% of its revenues being generated outside Spain, Cellnex has confirmed the European scope of its project and its operations. This has significantly increased its earnings prospects and has been a core driver of the 90% increase in its share price from the beginning of the year. To give some perspective, during only 2019 the various M&A agreements Cellnex has entered, including this one, will add about 24,000 sites to its European portfolio, while the company recently stated that it is still evaluating €7bn worth of additional opportunities. More specifically, the company is looking to consolidate in the 7 markets in which it is already present while also turning to other European markets, in a period in which growth opportunities are expected to be brought about by the 5G infrastructure, fiber optic cables and small cell technology.
On the other hand, the deal will benefit Arqiva as well, which will retain its massive broadcast towers business. According to Arqiva's CEO, this deal will provide great stability to the company, securing the sustainability and financial security of its operations. The company has declared that it will utilize a majority of the proceeds from the sale to reduce the debt amassed under previous private equity ownership.
Market Reaction
On October 8th, the day of the announcement of the transaction, Cellnex Telecom (CLNX.MC) listed on the Madrid stock exchange was up 4.6% in morning trading, later closing at €36.42 per share, corresponding to a 3.3% increase on the day before. Over the subsequent few days, Cellnex Telecom share price kept on rising, reaching the historical maximum of €41.33 per share on October 16th.
On the other hand, no information is available on Arqiva, which is privately held. The TV, radio and mobile phone mast company had planned to list on the London Stock Exchange in 2017, with an enterprise value of around £6bn including debt, but ended up pulling its flotation in November of the same year. While the company attributed the move to market uncertainty, it was also due to the company's high leverage, which cooled investors.
Financial Advisers
AZ Capital and HSBC served as financial advisers to the Cellnex Telecom board. Clifford Chance LLP served as Cellnex Telecom's legal counsel.
Lazard served as the sole financial adviser to the Arqiva Limited board in connection with the transaction.


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When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father's care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family. She did not expect the case would grow into a national bellwether. A ruling against her could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of their power to hold states accountable when they do not receive benefits allowed by law.
"This case has taken on, really, a life of its own way beyond what I could have foreseen," said Talevski, a resident of Valparaiso, Ind.
Talevski filed a lawsuit in 2019 alleging that her father's rights were violated at a nursing home where he resided to get 24/7 care for his dementia.
"He went from being able to walk and talk … to not being able to move," Talevski said. "[The nursing facility] treated my dad like trash, like a dog. In fact, dogs are treated better than that."
In court filings, the Talevski family claims that her father was overmedicated to keep him asleep, his dementia wasn't properly managed, and he was involuntarily transferred to different facilities hours away from the family's home, which accelerated his decline. Gorgi Talevski died a year ago, in October.
Talevski sued the Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, the public health agency in Indiana that owns the nursing facility. The agency declined to comment on the case. In court documents, it argued that Gorgi Talevski was violent and sexually aggressive and that affected his care.
HHC tried to get the case dismissed, saying Talevski didn't have the right to sue. But federal courts said the lawsuit could move forward.
So, the public health agency made an unexpected move. It took the case to the nation's highest court and posed a sweeping question: Should people who depend on initiatives that are funded in part by the federal government — such as Medicaid and programs that provide services for nutrition, housing and disabilities — be allowed to sue states when their rights are violated?
A ruling in favor of the Marion county Health and Hospital Corp. could mean millions of Americans who rely on federal assistance programs would lose that right. The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Tuesday — Nov. 8.
"The reach of an adverse decision would be catastrophic," said Jane Perkins, an attorney at the National Health Law Program. "It would leave these programs really standing out there without a true enforcement mechanism."
How a case regarding one man's rights grew to have national implications
HHC of Marion County owns and operates 78 skilled nursing facilities across the state of Indiana in a public-private partnership with American Senior Communities.
The answer to the question of whether people who depend on federal assistance programs can sue if their rights are violated has been settled precedent for decades, said Perkins, who has litigated numerous civil rights cases for Medicaid beneficiaries over the years.
For that reason, she was shocked when she learned the Supreme Court had chosen to hear this case. The Supreme Court is asked to review nearly 7,000 cases each year and they often agree to look at only 1 to 2 % of them.
Perkins said she sees parallels between this case and the recent Supreme Court decision that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.
"The idea that the court would accept this case and accept that question of whether you can ever enforce these laws is of concern," Perkins said. "The recent court decisions — Dobbs in the abortion context coming to mind — shows the court is willing to set aside precedent."
Since the Supreme Court agreed to look at the case, 25 entities filed amicus briefs, which provide courts information from people not directly involved in a case. Most of them sided with the Talevskis — including current members of Congress like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Whip James Clyburn, AARP, American Cancer Network, American Public Health Association, and Children's Health Care Providers and Advocates. Marion County will be represented by Lawrence S. Robbins, who has argued 19 cases before the Supreme Court and represented Christine Blasey Ford during the confirmation hearing of Justice Brett Kavanagh. Talevski will be represented by Andrew Timothy Tutt of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer. Recently, Tutt has argued and won a case before the Supreme Court that safeguarded the reemployment rights of thousands of veterans and servicemembers.
What exactly is at stake?
Programs like Medicaid that rely on federal money flowing from Congress to states typically come with a set of provisions or requirements that states are supposed to follow in order to receive and use this money. Civil rights lawsuits are one of the primary enforcement mechanisms beneficiaries of those programs have to hold state agencies accountable if the agencies violate their rights or fail to provide entitled services.
There are other means of oversight, which supporters of the Indiana state agency's petition tout as viable alternatives to lawsuits. One of those alternative enforcement mechanisms, for example, is federal oversight by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency can investigate and threaten to withhold funding from state programs that fail to comply with federal provisions. But this usually involves lengthy legal processes that can be counterproductive, stalling benefits to individual patients, instead of helping them.
"If [HHS] tries to turn off the money, the state could take them to court immediately and get an injunction," arguing that the ceasing of federal funds would cause irreparable harm, said Sara Rosenbaum, professor of health law and policy at George Washington University. "People [would be] left totally without their benefits, or the providers are left totally without their payments."
Former senior HHS officials say that federal oversight is far from sufficient and that civil rights lawsuits remain a crucial enforcement mechanism. Private enforcement through lawsuits is indispensable for nursing home residents, they say, especially in places like Indiana where the state owns the vast majority of nursing homes.
The former officials said in a court brief that a decision in favor of Marion County would potentially raise the risk of waste, fraud and abuse of Medicaid funds, leading to widespread underenforcement and leaving "millions of individuals, providers, and other beneficiaries more vulnerable to violations of their statutory rights."
Nearly 83 million Americans, a quarter of the U.S. population, are enrolled in Medicaid. This means HHS oversees more than half a trillion dollars in spending across 56 states and territories — and the federal agency, the former officials argue, lacks the logistical and practical capacity to "meaningfully remedy individual violations in many cases."
Why some argue beneficiaries of federal entitlements should not be able to sue
Indiana's Attorney General Todd Rokita is among allies publicly supporting the state's perspective. Rokita, in a court brief filed along with 21 other Republican attorneys general, said civil rights lawsuits burden states and cripple them with legal expenses, just to line the pockets of attorneys rather than benefit Medicaid enrollees.
"The state has litigated 1,200 civil rights cases just in the last three years," Rokita said in a written statement.
Legal experts told Side Effects that the number Rokita cites is highly misleading because it lumps together all civil rights lawsuits, not just those that have to do with federal entitlement programs, which are at the heart of this case.
For example, civil rights lawsuits can be filed by people who are wrongly denied a permit to protest, alleging the state violated their right to freedom of expression, or by people who are subjected to excessive use of force by police, or denied medical treatment while in prison. The right to file those kinds of lawsuits will not be affected by the outcome of this case.
Chris Schandevel, an attorney at the legal nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom, which sides with the state of Indiana in this case, said cases like Susie Talevski's infringe on states' autonomy, and give the power to dictate what's best for states and their beneficiaries to unelected federal judges.
This case is not about taking away people's rights, Schandevel and some nursing home associations and other state officials argue. It's about a contract between two parties, the federal government and the states, that a third party — beneficiaries of public programs — want to meddle with.
Schandevel gives a hypothetical example of a contract between himself, as an investor, and a construction company to build a shopping mall in one neighborhood. A lawsuit like the Talevski case would be akin to a neighbor suing the construction company because the shopping mall "is not being built fast enough."
"Should that third party be able to file a lawsuit in federal court against me and say that I'm not holding up my end of the deal in the contract? We would say that basic fairness says no," Schandevel said. "And the same should apply for contracts between the federal government and states, too."
But advocates and public policy experts say Schandevel's analogy is not sound. What he describes as a contract between the state and the federal government is more of a "treaty" to serve that third party — the beneficiaries of entitlement programs.
Plus, they point out, what's at stake is not a shopping mall. It's the health and well-being of the nation's most vulnerable residents.
How civil rights lawsuits have helped vulnerable people in the past
A few years ago, Sarah Jackson, a mother of six in Fort Wayne, Ind., who had hepatitis C, couldn't get access to the medication that doctors said she needed. Jackson was on Medicaid, and recovering from a substance use disorder. Indiana was among several states that severely restricted which Medicaid patients qualified for this drug, because of its high cost — despite medical opinions saying this treatment should be standard of care for most hepatitis C patients.
Jackson was desperate for the hepatitis C medication. She sought help from the ACLU of Indiana, and attorney Gavin Rose took her case.
Rose filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Jackson and other Medicaid recipients in her situation.
"There was a significant outbreak in Southern Indiana at the time and we ultimately ended up with a settlement that said Indiana is going to start providing [coverage] consistent with what every doctor says they should be doing," said Rose, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of Indiana. The lawsuit resulted in Jackson and thousands of others gaining access to the life-altering treatment.
If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Health and Hospital Corporation, these lawsuits may not be possible in the future, said Emily Munson, an attorney with the advocacy group Indiana Disability Rights.
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When states tried to cap the benefits of people with disabilities in Indiana and across the nation, civil rights lawsuits have helped these patients gain access to things like in-home support with day-to-day tasks, known as attendant care.
Munson has litigated similar cases. She has a disability herself, and the prospect of a Supreme Court decision in favor of Marion County terrifies her.
"I rely on Medicaid for attendant care, for wheelchair repairs," Munson said, "and losing the ability to go to federal court if need be is very scary, because the administrative procedures that folks like Attorney General Rokita say we can rely on are not effective."
What's next for the case
During the latest monthly Health and Hospital Corp. board of trustees meeting in mid-October, the monumental case was absent from the agenda. But when the meeting opened for public comment, state representatives, patients and advocates seized the opportunity to voice their concerns.
They had one demand for the agency: withdraw its Supreme Court petition.
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State Representatives like Robin Shackleford, a Democrat from Indianapolis, have been vocal about their concerns. Shackleford said many of her constituents are on Medicaid and SNAP, the USDA's supplemental nutrition program.
"They would be horrified … if they knew the board was the driver behind removing their rights," Shackleford said.
But even if the agency complies with the demands and withdraws its petition, legal experts say it might be too late. Now that the Supreme Court has shown interest in looking at such a sweeping question, there's a good chance it could pick up the next case that raises it.
This story comes from a reporting collaboration that includes NPR, KHN (Kaiser Health News) and Side Effects Public Media — a public health news initiative based at WFYI.
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DEAR ABBY: I had to respond to the letter from the writer who didn't think a minister should receive compensation for "saying a few words" at the funeral of a parishioner he has known for 20 years.
If only it were a matter of "saying a few words." My pastor-husband spends many hours with sick and dying members of our congregation. He gets out of bed at any hour of the night to go to their bedsides. He prays with them, holds their hands and offers words of comfort. He is often the liaison between doctors and family. His presence calms heated situations when people are grieving and not at their best. He does all this gladly. This is his calling.
When someone dies, my husband meets with the family, talks with the funeral director, arranges music, organizes a luncheon, prepares a service, prints a funeral bulletin and handles many other details, which can often take two or three days. This frees the family to grieve.
Families may give a monetary gift to the pastor out of gratitude for his dedication to their loved one and appreciation for his time. But if the gift cannot be given with a grateful heart, please do not give. My husband's payment is reserved for him in heaven. -- PENNSYLVANIA PASTOR'S WIFE
DEAR WIFE: When I said that clergypersons and musicians should be compensated for their professional services, I mixed apples and oranges. Many people (in and out of the clergy) wrote to point out that clergy are paid salaries and provided housing, etc., and funerals and weddings are considered part of their normal duties if they're for church members.
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DEAR ABBY: Unfortunately, I was not surprised at the content of the letter from "No Price on Friendship," concerning paying the singer at a funeral.
I am a professional musician with a master's degree in music. I'm paid to play for weddings, funerals, parties, grand openings, etc. My education, like any other, took a lot of time, effort and money, and I should be paid for my services. Fortunately, I don't have to earn a living at my profession because I'm married to a successful man. However, I have friends who have no other income than from professional appearances and private teaching.
My string quartet was once asked to play for three hours at a pig roast. The hostess offered us dinner as compensation. Needless to say, we declined the job. We do, however, frequently offer free performances at nursing homes and schools for children with disabilities.
Some people just don't "get it." Please, Abby, let your readers know that everyone -- even musicians -- needs to make a living and should be paid for his or her efforts. -- TIRED OF EXPLAINING IN MICHIGAN
DEAR TIRED: You have stated it very well. They don't need another chorus from me.


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Last season was the first time in NFL history that all teams had a pass percentage greater than 50%. Passing numbers have steadily increased over the past few decades, as teams are seeing that passing the ball leads to higher efficiency on offense, which stricter enforcement of defensive rules has helped enable.
In order to help project offensive tendencies for the upcoming season, let's take a look at each team's play calling from a season ago. Take a look at the chart and then let's discuss some teams that may show the biggest swings in run/pass percentage this season, and how it might help or harm the fantasy stocks of your season-long players, or your targets in DFS contests.
Here's the table, via The Football Database:
Cleveland Browns
I expect most of the top 10 teams to remain pass-heavy offenses in 2017, but think the Browns will move down from the two-hole. The 1-15 Browns spent much of the season playing from behind, which didn't leave Hue Jackson with much choice but to go to the air game. The Brownies boosted their offensive line this offseason and will feature rookie QB DeShone Kizer in Week 1, so I expect Jackson to fire up running backs Isaiah Crowell and Duke Johnson with regularity in the early going. Cleveland's over/under for wins on the season is 4.5, indicating they ought to be more competitive and shouldn't have to air it out as much. They'll still throw plenty when trailing, but I anticipate them a healthy drop lower in pass percentage, which should reflect with an increase in Crowell and Johnson's rushing yardage and touchdowns.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jags are now built around their defense, which will likely keep games closer and allow Doug Marrone to run more. Until Blake Bortles shows improvement or at least lessens his penchant for the interception, the Jags will run a lot more this season. At least they invested the #4 overall pick in LSU stud rusher Leonard Fournette with the intention of running more effectively. When asked how many passes he'd like Bortles to throw in a game, Marrone responded, "None. Zero. I want to go back to the old way. I want to change the game. For me, I like to run the ball every play." It's hard to predict how carries will be spread among Fournette, Chris Ivory, and TJ Yeldon, but the arrow is pointing up.
Minnesota Vikings
After finishing 2015 with the second lowest pass percentage in the league, Minnesota vaulted all the way up to 9th last season. Their running game was basically nonexistent in 2016, finishing dead last in yards per game with just 75.3. With no solid option at running back and a dismal offensive line, the Vikings relied on Sam Bradford to make short completions in order to move the ball. There's a reason he finished with the highest completion percentage for a QB in NFL history. Their rushing attack should be much better this year with Dalvin Cook and Latavius Murray in the backfield, so look for Minnesota to have a much more even distribution of run vs. pass this upcoming year. In this article I explored the possible "vulture" situation that may develop between Cook and Murray.
Seattle Seahawks
Pete Carroll's team had finished in the bottom five of pass percentage for the previous four seasons before ending up at 15th in 2016. However, no running back played more than nine games or rushed for over 500 yards for Seattle last season, a truly incredible statistic. In fact Seattle's 2016 leading rusher, Christine Michael (469 yards), finished the season as a Green Bay Packer. Seattle hopes to have found an answer in off-season acquisition Eddie Lacy. Carroll will hope for production out of him and Thomas Rawls, as I'm sure he'd love to get back to his running ways. If either or both can stay healthy and Seattle develops more consistency and continuity on the offensive line, Seattle just might have a 1,000-yard rusher.
San Francisco 49ers
I was pretty shocked to see the Niners so low in passing rate after finishing the year 2-14, but I expect that placement to change with Kyle Shanahan at the helm. Brian Hoyer should be a bigger passing threat at QB than Blaine Gabbert and Colin Kaepernick, and Pierre Garcon should be the biggest benefactor as the team's No. 1 option on the outside. It may also be worth trying a Hoyer-Garcon DFS stack when the right opportunity presents itself.
Mark Dankenbring (affectionately known as Dank) graduated from Miami University (OH) with degrees in Sports Management and Business Analytics. He's been playing fantasy sports for nearly 10 years and has started to invest much of his time playing DFS since his graduation in May of 2017. He's a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan and currently lives in Cincinnati, OH. Follow him on Twitter @MarkDank.


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One of the topics that True North covers in its various wilderness medicine programs, like Wilderness First Aid, is how to properly manage a snakebite. Although, despite popular belief, such incidents are not common, and so few people actually die as a result, I still feel the need — almost an obligation — to cover this topic for two reasons. The first is, even if it's just a 1:1,000 chance that you or someone else could be bitten, it still remains a possibility, so if it does happen, then you'll likely be darn happy that I spent the extra time teaching you. But the main reason is that I am routinely shocked by all of the misinformation and hyperbole that abounds — from newspapers to medical journals to even first-aid manuals — and the still too common belief in old fashioned treatments and remedies, not just in lay persons, but […]Read more →
With cold weather overnights having just arrived this week, and Winter just around the corner, I wanted to offer some often overlooked tips to help you sleep more warmly at night … Even if you use a winter-rated bag. They will not only help you to feel more rested in the morning, but help reduce the chances of a cold-related medical emergency. Put on a Hat: While my grandmother exaggerated a bit when she told me that we lose "80%" of our body heat through our heads, research has indeed shown that we still tend to lose a lot of heat there through radiation due to blood flow. So simply wearing a hat when we are cold will generally make us feel warmer, whether or not we are already wearing a warm coat. Wear Wool: When it comes to clothing, wool is regularly disregarded in favor of cotton. After all, […]Read more →
On Saturday morning, I read the sad news account of the death of a South Korean exchange student a day earlier at the famous Seven Sisters Cliffs in England. Business Insider reported that Hyewon Kim, who was touring the area by herself, asked someone to take a photograph of her as she "jumped" from the cliff. Kim walked by numerous posted signs that warned her of the danger along the cliffs to find the perfect spot for her photograph, which presumably she intended to then text to family and friends back home. However, her simple hop into the air caused the ground to crumble so Kim fell 200 feet to the shore below, suffering "catastrophic injuries." What most of us would have considered a typical lark in the outdoors is now a tragedy for a family Do you think that this is the first time that I've read about such […]Read more →
If I were to ask you what kills more people in the backcountry than anything else, what would you guess? Based on talks that I have had with students in our various survival and medicine courses over the years, your answer might likely be some wild creature. Topping the list of the usual suspects are bears, cougars, and snakes. I certainly cannot blame them because deaths due to such attacks are featured most prominently in the news media, not to mention that they make a good plot thread in a screenplay. After all, few movie trailers could be more dramatic and exciting than Leonardo DiCaprio fighting off a grizzly (even if it was computer-generated). But the simple (even if boring) fact of the matter is that what kills more people in the outdoors, either directly or as a significant contributing factor, isn't wildlife (which is exceedingly rare), but rather an easily understood and […]Read more →
I realize that first-aid for teeth isn't as exciting as more lifesaving procedures, like using a tourniquet or providing CPR, but, let's face it, if your tooth happens to get knocked out — root and all — I'm going to bet that it'll feel almost as important. After all, the potential of such a tooth injury is a relatively common consequence of many outdoor activities like rock climbing, skiing, and, of course, mountain biking. On the upside, it can be fairly easily implanted by your dentist with a high probability of lasting success. But if you are in a wilderness location with delayed access to a tooth doctor, how then can you best preserve it in the meantime? That's because the dislodged tooth is really not much different than any other amputated body part, like a finger … It must be kept "alive" until it can be reattached. Here are […]Read more →
At True North, our instructors teach our clients that when dealing with an emergency, a response that is simple and quick is usually best. That's because in an emergency, a survivor is almost always handicapped in some way by limited resources, whether it be gear, energy, or time. So a survivor often must make the most of these limited resources by making good decisions as quickly as possible, and taking action as automatically, almost robotically, as possible. One survival skill, then, that should reflect this is tying knots. Why is knowing such a skill so well so important? Because this ability can help you to hit all seven of your survival priorities. So with the right knot, or set of knots, the survivor can more effectively and efficiently build a shelter for the night; create a bow to make a fire by friction; or make a litter to haul an injured […]Read more →
Would you like to know a little more about True North's wilderness survival philosophy directly from the source? Now you can! Last week, Erik sat down with Aaron Watson, host of the podcast Going Deep. Amongst various topics, the two discussed the attraction of Nature, outdoors education, and Erik's philosophy of wilderness survival. In particular, that wilderness survival doesn't just apply to some remote location … It's about Life too! To listen to their conversation, check out Episode #29.Read more →
As I sat on the beach last week during my vacation, I managed to relax and have fun. One of the many highlights of my days, then, was listening to the waves crash as I read with great interest my newest book. Of course, being a wilderness survival instructor, I tend to read non-fiction accounts of survival. After all, reading offers a great way to help learn from others about what it it takes to deal with adversity, often when you may most feel like giving up. This book was unique, however, in that it's main focus is on the only official canine POW of World War II. No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII, written by Robert Weintraub, describes almost incredible accounts of heroism, fortitude, and devotion between dog and human alike. Born in Shanghai, China in 1936, Judy, an English Pointer, was […]Read more →
Earlier this month, Gregg Stebben, co-host of Men's Health Live, a weekly syndicated radio show from Men's Health magazine and Entertainment Radio Network, recently interviewed Erik Kulick for it's "Better Man Project." This interview is now available online. You'll find links below to the full episode as well as the interview segments: July 18, 2015 | FULL SHOW | #134 From Pluto to your kitchen table, we explore it all this week on Men's Health Live (@MensHealthRadio). Click to find out how to cook like a pro-chef, survive a dinosaur attack, and truly connect with Mother Nature. Segment 9: Wilderness Survival There is no safety net in the great outdoors, warns survival expert Erik Kulick (@SteelCityEK). Before you become stranded or injured, start prepping! Click now. Segment 10: Wild Man at Work Squaring off against Mother Nature will make you a better man…if you survive! Find out from survival expert Erik Kulick […]Read more →
As part of our everyday lives in our front-country worlds, blisters on our feet are not that big of a deal. That's because you probably rarely get them, and, if you do, they are usually easy to remedy and protect. In fact, they are likely little more than an inconvenience. However, in a backcountry setting, you will definitely view blisters from a completely different perspective. To write that they are "painful," as many of you would likely agree, is more than an understatement. Not only can they can easily ruin an otherwise wonderful day of hiking, but at worst, they can be truly debilitating. So, rather than risk letting the time, effort, and money that you spent preparing for your much anticipated hike go to waste, I thought that I would share with you two related articles from Wilderness Medicine magazine which is published by the Wilderness Medical Society. After all, I believe […]Read more →


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Welfare State or Warfare State?
Before I start, I feel that initially there should be clarity in the concepts of welfare and warfare states. A Welfare State
is a state where government spends to provide all basic amenities of life to its citizens including peace, security, health, education, clean drinking water, public transport and ideal environment to do business or job etc. Todays modern welfare states normally spend half of their GDP; even some governments spend 60% of their GDP on the welfare of their citizens.
You will be surprised to know that no warfare state admits itself to be the one, as it claims its acts as acts of protecting their interests. It covers its warfare intentions under the masking of protecting the lives of their citizens. Currently, the whole world is facing the protection measures of these nations. Starting from Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Palestine and North Korea, there is a long list of warfare states where different nations and powers are protecting their citizens rights and interests at the cost of other nations citizens.
Nine years long SovietAfghan War left Pakistan as a sole victim of this bloodshed. People of Pakistan suffered from terrorist attacks and the tyranny of power hungry terrorist groups, trained as Mujahedeen by a super power and then thrown away as useless material. This bloody bath caused economic, social and psychological damages to the people of Pakistan. Difference of opinion between political and military leadership also played its role in damaging the image of our country.
Now the time has come that after passing through different crisis and phases, every stakeholder is convinced that welfare and prosperity of masses is the only way for any nation to survive and move forward. No proxy war or expansion plan, but only political stability, economic prosperity and peoples welfare can guarantee the strength of any nation. If people of Pakistan will be deprived of their rights, then no stakeholder will be able to survive. Honesty, trust, transparency and across the board accountability are the only solutions to survive.
The nations misled by their leaders automatically become warfare states and now it is on us to maintain either a welfare state image or turn into a warfare state in future. I am very much clear that we donot need external enemies if we ignore our people and do not work on making Pakistan a modern welfare state.


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There are anywhere between 3,000 and 5,000 Texas Tech fans that visit VTM on any given day and I have been thinking about asking you all about where you stay just to get an idea as to the audience. If you have no idea what "where you stay" means, it means, where do you live.
I've always put this off because I didn't know how to organize it, but I actually put some thought into it. In order to do this without folks asking what region they live in, I'm trying to do this systematically and I've decided to break down the poll in three steps.
I would also like to thank Wikipedia for the image and if you need a list of the counties, then that link is where you go.
1. If You Live in Texas.
If you live in Texas, then pick one of these options ( Central Texas, East Texas, Southeast Texas, North Texas, Rio Grande Valley, South Plains, Panhandle, South Texas, Trans-Pecos, West Texas) and see the corresponding map below:
Click here for full size to see your specific county.
2. If You Don't Live In Texas, But Live In The US
If you don't live in Texas, then fill in the option of one of the four major time zones (Eastern, Central, Mountain, or Pacific) and please leave a comment as to where. I know that the time zones don't really narrow things down all that much so leave a comment as to where.
3. If You Don't Live In Texas or the US, but Live on Planet Earth
If you don't live in Texas or the US, then pick the last option and tell us where you stay in the comments.


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Professor Guruprasad Aithal - From an individual to the general
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Abstract: None of the arts theorise about individual cases' was one of Aristotle's rhetoric which refers to the inter-individual variation in response to a medication. Two thousand years since, fact is that vast majority of medicines work in half of those who take them. 'Idiosyncratic' adverse reactions remain a challenge during drug development and patient care.
Metabolism and immune system have been critical for survival of species enabling the organism to withstand starvation and infections. With an overlap of two xenophobic systems in the form of drug metabolising enzymes (evolved to deal with plant based compounds) as well as immune system (designed to respond to 'foreign' proteins) liver encapsulates the pre-conditions that generate 'idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury'.
Buoyed by the rich set of genomic information provided by the Human Genome Project and introduction of genome wide association studies, we have been able to unravel genetic basis of inter-individual variation in drug response. Capacity to induce stem cells from an individual to develop into liver cells and organoids in the laboratory will provide invaluable resource for studying biology underpinning individual's response to drugs.
A 'polygenic score' that captures the risk of one developing common diseases can be estimated in a meaningful way. In precision medicine, therapies are designed and chosen on the basis of underlying biological processes, identifying those who benefit the most and protecting patients from side effects. Now reliable tests might be just around the corner.
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I don't know about you, but Sunday mornings are the one day of the week we linger over coffee in our jammies and we usually make an effort with breakfast. During the week, it's cereal, oatmeal, bagels…quick food. But, on Saturday mornings, we try a little harder. Today, I decided to bake off Pillsbury Crescent rolls to use for egg sandwiches with turkey pastrami, aged cheddar cheese and fresh arugula.
The beautiful thing about Pillsbury Crescent rolls, is they are convenient. It took me less than 5 minutes to unroll the dough and pop in my Advantium oven. Meanwhile, the eggs and pastrami are sizzling on the pan and breakfast will be ready in about 12 minutes.
Just the right enough time to make another Americano and get back to being inspired over at Pinterest.
Oh, Pinterest, how we love thee! If you haven't discovered this little world, you should! It's like a virtual inspiration board. You can set up your own themed boards and anytime you see something on the internet that inspires you, you can click the little "pin it" icon and stick it to your board. Being a visual person, this is so much more up my alley than clicking "bookmark". You have to have an invitation to join Pinterest…not sure what that's all about. We think everyone should have access to Pinterest! So, if you need an invitation, send us a gmail at lovefeasttable at gmail dot com and we'll be sure to send you one.
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Trazodone, although commonly prescribed for sleep, does not mean its a sleeping pill. The intended purpose for Trazodone was as an antidepressant but it was found in the clinical trials that the antidepressant qualities were limited yet it appeared to help with insomnia. People can start taking Trazodone having no idea its an antidepressant that can lead to a discontinuation syndrome (withdrawals). If you have become addicted to Trazodone, are weaning off Trazodone, or are even just curious about it, keep reading.
Trazodone Is Actually an Antidepressant
This means that it was created to prevent or decrease depression. However, after being tested and researched, professionals found that it didn't work well as an antidepressant.
Sleep Was a Side Effect
What researchers did see, however, was that users were getting calmed and appeared to have an improvement in sleep. Trazodone then became known as an 'off label' drug for sleep issues because of the effect it had on users' ability to sleep. However, ultimately, it is not meant to be a sleeping pill and being an antidepressant, Trazodone does have a discontinuation syndrome and therefore must be tapered slowly.
How Does Trazodone Work?
Trazodone upregulates serotonin, the natural mood stabilizer in your body, while blocking other chemicals in the brain that negatively interact with it. This causes users to feel more tired and relaxed which is why Trazodone is more commonly used as a sleep aid.
Problems with Trazodone For Benzodiazepine Users
One of the common issues is for patients taking benzodiazepines that then add Trazodone. They usually start taking Trazodone once the effects of the benzodiazepines stop working. This does two things.
- It creates a greater dependency on multiple drugs.
- It begins to alter both serotonin and gamma-Aminobutyric acid (otherwise known as GABA). This rewires the brain and impacts other interactions within the body. With both Serotonin and GABA altered, its common to have an increase in symptoms.
Taking Trazodone with Benzodiazepines contributes to more complicated issues known as polypharmacy, where side effects from each independent drug is amplified when they are combined.
Educate Yourself
Overall, Trazodone is not just an antidepressant. It has addictive qualities to it. Users need to be educated about its actual purpose and how it alters the body long-term. Although Trazodone is not as addictive as benzodiazepines, users still have to taper off Trazodone. Some may even have trouble getting off of it as they go through Trazodone withdrawal.
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What Does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?
Traditionally, businesses are seen as entities that exist to provide a product or service. A growing number of consumers and entrepreneurs are embracing the idea that companies can be a lot more. Purpose-driven companies go beyond their role of offering a product or service and develop programs that have a social or environmental impact. Social entrepreneurship is bringing more meaning to what businesses do, and it's an exciting trend to explore if one wants to make a difference in their career.
What sets purpose-driven companies apart?
Modern consumers know that the choices they make have an impact on their environment and community. For 20% of them, how a company treats the environment is a top issue when choosing a brand, and 19% look at what a brand does to support the community.
Businesses are adapting to these new expectations by embracing social entrepreneurship. A purpose-driven model allows businesses to go beyond selling products and make a difference through their decisions and strategies, or through their support of social and environmental programs.
What are the advantages of adopting a purpose-driven model?
The reason businesses need a purpose is multi-fold. It benefits not only the business itself, but also the customers and employees:
• For 79% of business leaders, purpose is central to success. It's a key element for differentiation, and it ultimately allows the company to have a transformative effect instead of only achieving linear growth.
• Customers see that their purchase makes a difference. They get more satisfaction from choosing a brand with meaning.
• Believing and belonging are important for employee satisfaction. Thus, purpose-driven companies are good at creating a sense of community and attracting top talent.
How purpose-driven businesses drive impact and make a difference
Purpose-driven businesses often approach hiring differently. Besides looking for those who possess the skills and expertise required to perform their job, they look for people who are passionate about making a difference. They foster the talents of impact experts, and the overall culture is shaped by social entrepreneurs helping each other grow.
Putting together a team of passionate individuals is only the beginning. Indeed, there are other strategies purpose-driven businesses use to have an environmental or social impact, including:
• Using strong core values to inform business decisions.
• Donating products or services to those in need.
• Donating money to nonprofit partners.
• Leveraging talents and resources to support community projects.
• Transforming an industry's best practices.
• Funding R&D projects to find solutions for social and environmental issues.
• Supporting employees so they can volunteer for a few hours every week.
Top trends of purpose-driven companies
The following trends are shaping how companies make a difference and are creating exciting opportunities for employees and customers alike.
Finding strength in numbers
More purpose-driven businesses are opting for partnerships that have a bigger impact. Some support existing movements like Black Lives Matter, while others partner with charities and nonprofits on social projects.
Redirecting profits
During COVID-19, many businesses redirected profits to support their employees or community. This trend could continue in the future as businesses create special funds to make a difference during emergencies or natural disasters.
Measuring results
Purpose is more than just a word. There is a growing trend to take more concrete initiatives, measure the impact of different programs and release these numbers to the public for transparency.
Addressing new issues
Environmental and social issues remain the two key categories businesses focus on. In 2021 and beyond, organizations are looking to address issues like waste disposal, water quality, access to healthcare and even police violence.
Becoming triple bottom line companies
Profit is often seen as the ultimate goal of a company. Triple bottom line companies are rethinking this approach and combining profit, people, and the planet when assessing their impact or setting goals.
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had issued Telecommunication Consumers Education and Protection Fund Regulations, 2007 (6 of 2007) on 15th June 2007. As per the regulation any excess amount collected by service providers from the subscribers to be transferred to the said fund in a separate account being maintained in Corporation Bank. Out of this fund a large portion of the amount are kept in Fixed Deposits in the Corporation Bank only.
It is being observed that different banks are offering different rates of interest and there are instances when other banks offered higher rate of interest in comparison to Corporation Bank. Keeping this aspect in view, it is felt that to earn higher rate of interest, other Scheduled Banks are also included in the regulation and accordingly the relevant provisions have been amended.
Due to restructuring of divisions in TRAI, the members of the CUTCEF representing TRAI have been suitably amended. Further, the current regulation does not stipulate any specific period for re-appointment of the auditor. The Authority decided to specify the period for re-appointment of the auditor and accordingly, the maximum period for re-appointment of the auditor for auditing the TCEPF has been fixed as three years in the amendment.
The full text of the regulations is available on TRAI™s website (www.trai.gov.in). For any further clarifications please contact Mr. A. Robert J. Ravi, Advisor (QOS) on 011-23230404.


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Auditory Neuroscience Unit
Dr Bryony Nayagam
Research Overview
Hearing loss is a major international health problem which currently affects an estimated 360 million people (World Health Organisation, 2013) and at least one in six Australians (predicted to rise to 1 in 4 Australians by 2050). The annual economic cost resulting from hearing loss is 1.2 billion in Australia alone. Hearing loss is irreversible and results primarily from the damage to the cochlear sensory hair cells and/or auditory neurons. Whilst cochlear hair cell loss can be partially overcome by a cochlear implant, there is no routine treatment for cochlear neural loss.
- Basic neuroscience: using in vitro models to differentiate cells towards auditory phenotypes of interest (including cochlear hair cells and neurons)
- Pre-clinical studies: transplanting new (stem cell-derived) neurons into the deaf cochlea to rewire the lost circuitry (both with and without electrical
- Clinical: using advanced MRI to visualise and quantify the major structural pathways in the human auditory brainstem and the effect of disease on their integrity.
Research projects are not prescriptive and intended to give a high level overview of the main areas of current interest. Students are therefore encouraged to contact Dr Nayagam to discuss potential future projects.
- Ms Tomoko Hyakumura (post-doctoral research fellow)
- Ms Brianna Flynn (research assistant)
- Ms Madeline Nicholson (research asssitant)
- Ms Jackie Ogier (PhD student, MCRI: Mechanisms of hair cell apoptosis)
- Ms Christiana Mattei (PhD student, Centr for Neural Engineering: Using organoids to study inner ear phenotypes)
- Mr Julien Zanin (PhD student, Imaging the Auditory Branistem Using MRI)
- Mr Basil Rasi (MBBS research student)
- Mr Matthew Wilson (Masters of Audiology student)
- Mr Marcus Zavou (Masters of Audiology student)
- A/Prof Mirella Dottori, Centre for Neural Engineering
- A/Prof Alice Pebay, Centre for Eye Research Australia
- Dr Rebecca Lim, University of Newcastle
- Dr Rachel Burt MCRI
- A/Prof Gary Rance, University of Melbourne
- A/Prof Alan Connelly, Melbourne Brain Centre, Florey Neuroscience Institute
- A/Prof Alex Hewitt University of Tasmania
- Prof Rob Shepherd, Bionics Institute
- Prof Albert Edge, Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Harvard
- Professor David Ryugo, Garvan Institue, Sydney
- A/Prof James Fallon, Bionics Institute
- Garnett Passe & Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation
- The National Health and Medical Research Council
Research Publications
Gill KP, Hung SS, Sharov A, Lo CY, Needham K, Lidgerwood GE, Jackson S, Crombie DE, Nayagam BA, Cook AL, Hewitt AW, Pébay A, Wong RC. (2016) Enriched retinal ganglion cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. Scientific Reports Aug 10;6:30552. doi: 10.1038/srep30552
Gunewardene, N., Crombie, D., Dottori, M. and Nayagam, B.A. (2016). Innervation of developing mammalian hair cells by iPSC-derived auditory-like neurons. Stem Cells International 2016:1781202. doi: 10.1155/2016/1781202
Atkinson, P.J., Wise, A.K., Flynn, B.O., Nayagam, B.A., and Richardson, R.T. (2014) Hair cell regeneration after ATOH1 gene therapy in the cochlea of profoundly deaf adult guinea pigs. PLOS One 9(7) e:102077, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102077
Gunewardene, N., Van Bergen, N., Crombie, D., Needham, K., Dottori, M. and Nayagam, B.A. (2014). Directing human induced pluripotent stem cells into a neurosensory lineage for auditory neuron replacement. BioResearch Open Access 3(4):162-175
Atkinson, P.J., Wise, A.K., Flynn, B.O., Nayagam, B.A., and Richardson, R.T. (2014) Viability of Long-Term Gene Therapy in the Cochlea. Scientific Reports (accepted 02/04/2014: doi: 10.1038/srep04733
Nayagam, B. A.(CA), Edge, A.S., Needham, K., Leung, J., Nayagam, D.A.X., Dottori, M. (2013) An in vitro model of developmental synaptogenesis using cocultures of stem cells and cochlear explants. Stem Cells and Development, 22:901-912
For a list of all recent papers (last 5 years) please visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=nayagam+ba
For a list of all older papers visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=coleman+b+and+shepherd+r
Research Projects
- Directed Differentiation of stem cells to cochlear phenotypes
- Disease modelling
- Application of stem cell-derived neurons to the deaf cochlea
- Using MRI to examine the human auditory brainstem
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Key Contact
For further information about this research, please contact Senior Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer Dr Bryony Nayagam
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Audiology and Speech Pathology
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Day Scholar
Day scholar is a student who comes to study in a school or college but does not sleep there. A student who is a day scholar goes back home every day after studying. Day scholar attend the classes and go back home when the classes are over. Students should be serious about their studies if they want to become successful. Many students don't opt for hostel management facilities because they want to stay somewhere else. It is not bad to be daily scholars, students should have the right to decide where they want to stay. Some students don't feel comfortable living with others so they can live with their family or somewhere else on rent. Students who stay in hostels have to pay a lot of money for the facilities provided to them. Not everyone could afford to go to the hostels because sometimes it's expensive. It doesn't matter where the students stay, they should focus on their studies for a better future. Some students study better in hostels and some study better at home. So it depends on the students where they can study more. If a student faces any kind of problem then they should inform the teachers and parents. Students should stay wherever they feel comfortable and happy, sometimes home is far away from home. So in that situation, students should prefer staying at the hostel after the classes are over. Students should not take stress, they should love to study no matter where they live. To give them an enriching learning experience from their comfort zone, schools and colleges can use the school lms.


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Co. Cavan → Tullygarvey → Larah Civil Parish → Laradh North Electoral Division → Knockatudor
Knockatudor is in the Electoral Division of Laradh North, in Civil Parish of Larah, in the Barony of Tullygarvey, in the County of Cavan
Knockatudor is not matched up to Logainm.ie yet.
It is located at 54° 0' 20" N, 7° 11' 47" W.
Knockatudor has an area of:
Nationwide, it is the 32022nd largest townland that we know about
Within Co. Cavan, it is the 795th largest townland
Knockatudor borders the following other townlands:
We don't know about any subtownlands in Knockatudor.
Curious to see who lived in Knockatudor in the past? Maybe even seeing scans of their handwritten census returns?
Knockatudor was added to OpenStreetMap on 9 Dec 2015 by Stephen_Co_Antrim.


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i love this time of year , i love the sunny day you wake up and suddenly the fields are a mass of cheerful golden dandelions, the colour brought alive by the spring sunshine. this is a series of images that i've had in mind for ages but never been able to get before as the dandelion days never last long , this year everything came together for some gorgeous portrait shots – the weather , the weekend & the fun and i shot some very happy memories … hope you enjoy
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I love these! There are so many flowers coming out around us now, it's such a beautiful time of year. A great set of memories 😉