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LONGMONT — A Boulder High School teacher and golf coach will have judgment and sentencing deferred for two years after pleading guilty to indecent exposure Thursday, but will not be allowed to work with children during that time.
James Kozlowski, 45, will have the charge dismissed at the end of that two years if he also registers as a sexual offender, completes treatment, and fulfills any probation the court may assign. Kozlowski also pleaded guilty to two counts of public indecency, in exchange for the prosecution dropping a second indecent exposure charge.
"We're pleased with the outcome because the defendant is taking responsibility for his actions," deputy district attorney Ben Figa said. "We take sex offenses very seriously with our office. We gave this case a lot of consideration and this was a fair outcome."
Sentencing on the public indecency charges, a petty offense, will take place Feb. 7.
Kozlowski, a business tech and social studies teacher, was arrested in August after a woman claimed he exposed himself to her at a garage sale in Longmont. The woman told police that a man in basketball shorts knelt next to a stack of clothes, at which point she could see he was not wearing underwear. The man then pulled the shorts away from his leg, exposing his genitals to her, she told police.
Police later identified the man as Kozlowski through a description of his vehicle. A second woman claimed he also had exposed himself to her at another garage sale that day, according to police. Both women told police they believed he exposed himself on purpose, with one woman claiming he had done the same thing at a garage sale four years before.
When questioned about the incident by police, Kozlowski denied the charges. He initially pleaded not guilty and was to come to trial in January, before he decided to agree to the guilty pleas Thursday in the Longmont branch of the Boulder County Courthouse.
The school placed Kozlowski on paid administrative leave after the arrest, pending investigation.
Indecent exposure is a class one misdemeanor, punishable by up to 18 months in jail and up to $5,000 in fines. Public indecency is a class one petty offense, which can carry up to six months in jail and up to $500 in fines.
Judge Karolyn Moore said Kozlowski could apply after two years to be removed from the sexual offender registry if he successfully completed all his conditions, though removal would not be guaranteed. Failure to meet the conditions would lead to sentencing on the indecent exposure charge.
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ITP had launched a 15-day campaign for awareness among road users to remove unauthorised or non-patterned number plates from their vehicles and bikes.
The campaign was launched under the directions of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, with the purpose to ensure high security alert, and maintain law and order situation in the capital.
The campaign will end after two days on April 15 after which strict legal action will be taken against drivers whose vehicles have non-patterned number plates.
All such number plates would be considered fake and a fine would be imposed on such vehicle owners. The Traffic SSP had sent letters to government and private organisations regarding this campaign. He also appealed that the citizens cooperate with ITP and display authorised number plates issued by Excise and Taxation Office.
Bidders allowed to purchase an unlimited number of private vehicle number plates in Kingdom's first ever public auction
Manama, Apr. 12 (BNA): The first public auction of private vehicle number plates will take place at 18:00 on 13 April at the Isa Sports City Hall D, adjacent to the Bahrain National Stadium.
The auction, organised by Mazad, will open for registration between 11:00 to 17:00 on 13 April. In line with the company's commitment to fairness and transparency, Mazad has announced that there will be a set amount of seats available for non-participating members of the public, which will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Mr Talal Arif Alaraifi, CEO of Mazad, stated that the fast track service opened to all interested parties generated a large amount of interest at all locations, including at the Notary Office, Gosi Commercial Complex, and the Bahrain Investors Centre in Bahrain Financial Harbour.
Mr Alaraifi also highlighted that all the necessary procedures have been put in place ahead of the auction, and that the successful preparation is a reflection of the wide-ranging stakeholder engagement that has been undertaken. Mr Alaraifi also noted that a separate office for issuing power of attorney will be allocated in the auction venue.
The CEO called on those wishing to participate in the auction to bring all necessary documentation to the venue, including ID cards, and to ensure they have signed the participation form. Mr Alaraifi noted that company owners can register in the name of their companies through individuals authorised by law, and provide original power of attorney documentation at the event.
Mr Al Araifi further noted that regardless of nationality, bidders registered to participate will be able to purchase an unlimited number of private vehicle number plates. Buyers must complete the payment process within ten days, and upon completion of payment will be provided with an official certificate of ownership and have the freedom to use and/or assign the private number plate.
In 1989 a lot of these stored old models were registered in advance of legislation that required all new vehicles registered on or after 1 January 1990 to have catalytic converters fitted. This included vehicles held in storage and out of production for several years, in some cases five years or more. By the late 1990s, the range of available numbers was once again starting to run out, exacerbated by a move to biannual changes in registration letters (March and September) in 1999 to smooth out the bulge in registrations every August, so a new scheme needed to be adopted. It was decided to research a system that would be easier for crash or vehicle related crime witnesses to remember and clearer to read, yet still fit within a normal standard plate size.
Trevor, or Stretch to his mates because he is "very tall", is a mine worker who loves his car so much that his choice of numberplate had to reflect that passion.
The GT4EVA plates take pride of place on his XY GT Falcon.
"I just wanted to put some numberplates on it that stood out from the rest," Trevor said.
He is one of 3644 Rockhampton region residents who in the past year have personalised their vehicle with unique numberplates.
The plates cost from $165 to $3300 and the region is home to a wide array of unique registrations including these beauties: OMG MUD, HIP100, L1VE1T, C1NDYS, SPUNKYB and FORD36.
For some people, personalised plates are like chips - you can't have just one.
And Trevor is a prime example of that.
He has MAC392 on his Mustang and he also has TKD11 (his initials and date of birth) on another vehicle and SRD12 on his partner's car.
"I just love them - it just makes your car different to everybody else's," Trevor said.
Personalised Plates Queensland managing director Jemma Elder said more than 750,000 personalised plates had been issued.
Jemma said vehicle owners were happy to spend big on them because they were a "fun and creative way" to express themselves.
"A lot of people are very proud of their vehicles and it's a way for them to express themselves and their passion for their cars and to complement the look of their car," she said.
While most people opt for letter and number combinations that will not offend, there are some motorists who like to choose plates that are not appropriate for our roads.
"We work very closely with the Department of Transport and Main Roads who provide very strict guidelines to adhere to," Jemma said.
"We run every plate against the very strict assessment criteria to ensure they are clean and that they are appropriate for display."
While PPQ sells the unique regos on more than 250 types of plates and designs, it's the DTMR that produces the finished plate.
Canberrans who want to show their support for marriage equality can now do so in a novel way - rainbow number plates.
Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage, the ACT government has announced it will bring into circulation number plates with a rainbow band instead of the traditional slogan.
The colourful plates will cost a one-off fee of $60 and regulatory services minster Gordon Ramsay said he expected demand for them to be high.
The fee covers the cost of production of the plate, and unlike the rainbow buses and roundabout, Mr Ramsay said there would be no extra cost to the ACT taxpayer.
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"The government has been supportive all the way through of people's rights," Mr Ramsay said.
"We're the most welcoming and inclusive city and I want to make sure we continue to be able affirm that and celebrate that."
Three in four Canberrans voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in the recent postal survey, an "emphatic" result Chief Minister Andrew Barr said gave the government licence to make Canberra more "inclusive".
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Asked if the number plates could make cars a target given 26 per cent of the ACT voted against marriage equality, Mr Ramsay said he had "full confidence" Canberrans would respect the rights of others.
People can apply to have their existing 'Y' series plates remade with the rainbow design, although it will take about four weeks.
The government also announced on Friday it will waive $55 certificate fee for couples married previously under the ACT's Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 if they marry again.
Couples who previously registered a civil union under the Civil Union Act 2012 can also have their fee waived.
There are about 80 couples eligible in a move that is expected to cost the ACT government about $4400.
ACT Opposition leader Alistair Coe criticised the government's "grandstanding and expenditure of public resources".
"All Canberrans, regardless of their sexuality, deserve a government that concentrates on health, education and all the other actual responsibilities of the ACT government," Mr Coe said.
MOTORISTS in the UK are still being targeted by new DVLA email, message and text message scams in Britain and here's what to do if you are.
Criminals posing as the Driver Vehicle Licence Agency (DVLA) are still sending bogus messages to motorists, to attempt to maliciously acquire data or money from them.
These criminals are being exposed on Twitter now as motorists are savvily becoming wise to these messages.
DCI David Coleman, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Kent & Essex SCD tweeted a picture of a fake text he received.
The message read "We would like to notify you that you have an outstanding vehicle tax refund of GBP 220.50 from an overpayment, request refund dvlc.au1h.com."
The DVLA has been explicit in the past about its policy regarding contacting customers.
It replied to a customers reporting another potential phishing scam saying "we're already aware of this scam and we are investigating.
"We advise drivers that we don't send texts that contain links. Please ignore it and don't click on any link."
On its website it reiterates how it will never contact a driver via text or email.
"We're aware that some members of the public are receiving emails, texts and telephone calls claiming to be from DVLA.
"Links to a website mocked up to look like a DVLA online service are sometimes included in the message.
If you are buying the plates separately then you'll need to go to a registered number plate supplier to get new number plates for your vehicle. The registered supplier will need proof of your identity, as well as proof that the registration number belongs to you. The number plate supplier will need to see at least one document from each of the lists below. This will allow the number plate supplier to confirm your name, address and entitlement to the registration number. All documents must be original, not copies.
Fake number plates top the list of the many challenges the government and traffic police are going to face in implementing its clean-up plan for the Capital. According to norms, a number plate can be procured only from an authorised dealer and after producing the RC of the vehicle and other related documents.
However, when DNA accessed the black market, the reality seemed different. Shops providing fake registration number plates not only put on display a number of designs and styles but also did not bother to ask for document or ID proof.
"We have number plates starting from Rs 250 and the costliest is Rs 3,500. While the cheapest one has sticker digits, styles vary from stylish embossed fonts to illuminated digits with custom-made logos," said a dealer who owns a shop in Noida's sector 16 car market.
Another dealer, who has a shop in Connaught Place, says that a simple number plate would cost Rs 800 while a legal one with holograms can only be made after the customer provides transport authority's approval. "Last year, during the scheme, demand for fake number plates was high, the same is expected this year," he said.
When asked about the flourishing hidden business of fake registration number plates — which can lead to a severe national security threat — a senior traffic police officer said, "The only way this market can be curbed is to conduct raids on such shops and take legal action."
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2. Begin by wiping the area clean with a acetone. Mix 10-12 drops of catalyst with 1 ounce(half a jar) of Spectrum Color factory color matched Patch Paste®. Fill the damaged area with the smooth drag. A second application may be necessary. After patch paste is cured, 1-2 hours sand and buff to finish.
3. Mark the repair area with a grease pencil. This prevents over sanding. Sand the patch with a 220 grit sand paper. Sand only as much as necessary to remove the excess material and or the grease pencil's color. Keep the block or sander flat to prevent a wavy patch. Repeat process with 400 and 600 grit paper.
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Video TranscriptOkay. Well, here is the hole that we're going to repair today. This is a hole on the gelcoat, it was for an old screw hole that was holding something down. So as you can see, there's a little bit of staining from rust and whatnot around it. So, we're going to try to fix it and I'm going to take you step-by-step through the process and we will hope for the best outcome.
Okay. Now, here is the hole as it stands right now. We're going to grind it down a little bit. We're going to use a drill bit, a drill with a countersink bit just to grind it down just a little bit. I can't get in to it that way so I'm going to back off a little bit and here we go.
All right. So, we're just going to grind it down just a little, don't want to get too carried away with this. So, there you go. Ground the edges down a little bit. Try to get it flush with the surrounding surface and camphor the edges just a little bit. So, might get a little bit more grinding on this and then we're going to clean it up and mask in off.
Now we're going to clean up this with a little bit of acetone. We got a can of acetone and we got a rag and I've got some gloves on to protect my hands from the chemical. Basically, what we're going to do here is we're going to soak a little bit of acetone onto the rag and we're going to clean up the surface as best we can trying to get rid of any residual silicone or any kind of adhesive that might be inside the screw hole, that would prevent the gelcoat from adhering properly to this particular repair.
So, we clean it up as well as we can right now and I'm going to clean up a little bit more, and then we're going to come back here and tape off the hole and get it ready for applying the gelcoat.
All right, here we are again. This time we've taped off the area immediately surrounding the repair area and that is we make a little bit carried away with the masking tape. But the idea here is to protect any of the surrounding material, such as the stainless steel, the underlying gelcoat, or the starboard structure to the left there from any damage or any gelcoat for that matter that might occur while we're doing the repair. All right, now we're going to mix up the gelcoat and get it ready to apply to the repair area.
Here we have the main ingredients of our gelcoat repair. We have a mixing cup right here, we have the resin. In this case I'm using a paste or a gel resin. We have some whitening agent and this is the whitening agent here. It's just kind of a white creamy paste that you add to the gelcoat. And finally, we have the hardener or the catalyst that you add to the gelcoat once you've mixed up the color with the gelcoat the way you want it. All right, let's get started.
All right well, the first step is to take out a bit of the gelcoat. I'm using just a little popsicle stick here and I'm going to add it to the mixing cup. Now I'm probably going to mix up more that I'm going to need for this particular application, but better to have more than you need than not have enough.
Now, the next step is to add the whitening agent. You don't really need to add a lot of the whitening agent, about 20% of the volume of the gelcoat is what you're really looking for. And on this particular case, the whitening agent is a little runny so we didn't mix it up. So, there we go. We got a little bit of whitening agent in there, now we're going to mix that up.
Now that we've mixed up our color we've added a white pigment, and I'll say I had a just a hint of some black because the gelcoat in this repair is a little bit on the grey-white side, but not much. So, next step is to actually add the hardener which we have right here or the catalyst.
We're going to add about eight drops per teaspoon of gelcoat. So, we got about a teaspoon here, maybe a little bit more, so we're going to go a little bit heavy on the hardener. Probably add about 10 drops and it goes kind of like this: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten drops. That's 10 drops right there.
And now the hardener. This is going to work with the gelcoat and it will create a chemical reaction that'll start to make it gel and then eventually get hard. But before that happens, we're going to go out and we're going to apply this to the repair area.
All right. So here we are with the gelcoat on the boat and we're going to make the repairs to the area. So, I've mixed up the catalyst and the gelcoat thoroughly, got to do that make sure you've mixed it up thoroughly. And here we go with our repair.
So, you're just going to kind of drip it in to this particular hole. The trick here is to make sure it gets deep inside and doesn't just sit on surface and create an air pocket. So, we're kind of shoving it down there a little bit, making sure that it gets down inside the repair area. So, we're going to put just a little bit more on here. We mixed up way more gelcoat than we needed but that's kind of part of the process.
By the way, if you have any other repairs, we can do those now although gelcoat's going to harden up here pretty quickly and we won't have a whole lot of working time--we can see it's starting to gel already, maybe about 10 minutes maximum working time on this. So try not to get too much gelcoat anywhere other than the actual repair area, though you want to make sure that that gets in there really good.
So there we go. But right now, I'm going to let it sit. I'm going to let it harden. Also, we don't want to get too much on there because then we'll have more sanding to do, so let's smooth that out a little bit. So there we go. There's our gelcoat repair. At this stage, we're going to let it harden and we're going to come back and we're going to start our sanding process.
All right. Here we are now with our gelcoat setup. Some people like to spray polyvinyl alcohol on here to let it dry. I prefer to just let it dry on its own and maybe a little tacky on the outside, but we're going to sand it down anyway. So what we got here is three grades of sandpaper. I got a fairly aggressive grade, this is a 320-grit. We got a 600-grit, and I've got an 800-grit, and I got a little bit of water here because this is wet/dry sandpaper, so I'm going to be wetting the sandpaper as I start sanding.
So, I will start with my fairly aggressive sandpaper first, and then we're going to work our way down to the finer sandpaper as we finish up the job.
We've taken the repair down about as far as we can. As you can see, we're starting to sand through some of the masking tape and that's not good, you don't want to be sanding areas that don't need to be sanded down. So, at this point, we're going to remove the masking tape and we'll see that the repair is still a little high, but it's down to the level of the masking tape at this point, so that's a sign that we need to be taking the tape off.
Here we are with the tape peeled away. You can see the immediate repair area. I've worked it down at this stage with 320-grit wet/dry sandpaper. This point, now I'm going to start going to work on it with the 600-grit. You'll notice I left a little bit of tape on the sides of objects immediately surrounding this repair. That's just so I don't inadvertently sand other areas that I don't want to sand. So, better get to work now with the 600-grit. This process is going to take about five minutes. Previous to this it's going to take another five to ten minutes to finish it up.
I'm working away on the repair with the 600-grit at this point. You'll see that I'm keeping the sandpaper fairly wet and confining my sanding just to the immediate area of the repair. Believe it or not, keeping the sandpaper wet actually improves the abrasive qualities of the paper. So, we're almost ready to go to our 800-grit.
We got it damn pretty close to the surface of the existing gelcoat. I have a little bit of a match issue here, the gelcoat doesn't match exactly but that's pretty normal with these kind of gelcoat repairs, shouldn't be a major issue. And I got a little trick, I'll show you a little bit later on to help resolve any coloring match issues.
All right, here we are. We're almost finished up here with this. We've used just a little bit of sanding with the 800-grit but we got it down to the level, and it's nice and smooth, same level as the surrounding gelcoat. So, you can say we have just a little bit of a coloring match issue. That is because the gelcoat sometimes turns a slightly different color when you add the catalyst to the hardener, but as I promised you, I'm going to show you a little trick that will be able to fix that just as soon as we get this all cleaned up.
Here we've got our repair pretty much cleaned up. You can see, this is the repair area right here. Once again, have a little bit of a coloring match issue but a solution I have in this particular case is, I found a paint that very, very closely matches the gelcoat on my boat. This particular case, it's a Rust-Oleum Appliance Epoxy, comes in a little bottle that's almost like a Wite-Out. But it is almost an exact match for the gelcoat on my boat so I'm going to show you. I'm going to apply it and then I'm going to show you how well the repair matches after that.
All right. Well, we are all done. Our repair is pretty nice, not bad, not bad. We have a nice color match with thanks to that little vial of Rust-Oleum paint that I have for appliances, it's a perfect match for the boat. So, that's how you do a gelcoat repair and this one turned out to suit my liking.
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New Year's Day calls for a menu of cabbage and black-eyed peas — at least in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, where the superstition runs deep.
New Year's Day calls for a menu of cabbage and black-eyed peas — at least in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, where the superstition runs deep.
"Many people follow the tradition. I guess that's why they eat it. They hope to have good health and wealth," said Bayou Blue farmer Marty Rogers, who grows cabbage and sells it at the Thibodaux Main Street Farmer's Market.
Folklore has it that cabbage brings wealth while black-eyed peas ensure good fortune and health.
"I eat cabbage, and I tell you what, I am still not rich," Rogers said, laughing.
The Rogers family likes their cabbage smothered with pork chops or any kind of pork.
Jessica Prestenbach of Chackbay uses pork ribs.
"I love to cook cabbage with pork ribs. It is so tasty. The pork ribs give the cabbage a good flavor I think," she said.
As for the black-eyed peas, Rogers said his mother makes them cream-style with onion and shallots to taste.
There's no scientific proof these traditional foods bring any type of fortune, luck or good health. Many people just joke about it.
"My husband doesn't eat cabbage. He wonders why enough money doesn't come," Chantell Price Mccorkel said on Facebook.
Rogers and his wife, Monica, have been selling cabbage at the farmer's market for 10 years.
"I was one of the first vendors there," he said. "Since we moved to where we're at now, it's a lot better."
The market used to be located next to City Hall on Second Street and later moved to 314 St. Mary St., next to Jean Lafitte National Park.
"We moved it because we need more visibility," market manager Joyce Benoit said.
Now is the time Rogers said he usually sells the most cabbage. But this year he had to cope with drought conditions and Hurricane Isaac in late August, which cut down on his crop.
"We started early September when we put them in the field. We are picking them up now. The best time to grow cabbage is when it's cool. It usually grows well in this area," he said.
Despite the setback, Rogers said he gets a little wealth from his crop.
"Mother Nature was a little rough on us this year. It put us way behind. We will have cabbage all the way through January though," Rogers said.
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"Sugar is so harmful that it should be controlled and taxed in the same way as tobacco and alcohol," according to health experts quoted in today's Daily Express. The researchers say that sugar indirectly contributes to 35 million deaths a year worldwide.
The news is based on a comment article by US health scientists, who argue that there has been a massive rise in diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes since we began eating more sugar contained in processed food. The researchers argue that many of the health effects of excess sugar consumption are similar to those of alcohol, and that sugar should, therefore, be controlled and taxed in a similar way. They advocate introducing a tax on processed foods with added sugar, limiting sales during school hours and placing age limits on purchase. Interestingly, the authors rate sugar as more dangerous to health than saturated fat and salt, which they call dietary "bogeymen".
It is important to highlight that the researchers' article is a comment piece and, therefore, primarily reflects their views and opinions, rather than presenting direct research on the issue. While it is certainly an interesting concept, there is still a lack of evidence supporting the effectiveness of such measures and, crucially, whether the public would actually accept them.
Where did the story come from?
The article was written by researchers from the University of California. There is no information about any external funding. It was published in the comment section of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature.
The article was covered fairly by the papers, many of which included comments from UK experts including the UK Food and Drink Federation, which represents food manufacturers. The BBC also quoted an expert from the British Heart Foundation, who reportedly said that taxing salt and fat alongside sugar should also be considered.
What kind of article was this?
This was a comment piece in which experts discuss the global burden of general chronic disease related to sugar consumption and the need to regulate certain dietary items. In particular, the authors draw parallels between the health effects of sugar and the use of alcohol and tobacco, arguing that sugar should be regulated in a similar manner.
It is important to highlight that this was a comment piece only and, as such, it primarily reflects the views and opinions of the authors. A formal systematic review of the literature does not appear to have been conducted and, as such, it is not certain whether all relevant evidence and resources related to sugar consumption and its health effects will have been consulted.
Also, the short piece looks at the issue from a global perspective and, therefore, is not a direct commentary on sugar consumption in the UK. In fact, a map showing average added sugar consumption per day across different nations shows that people in the UK consume a relatively low amount of sugar, at least compared with the rest of the world. Much of the article's content may be focused on policies suited to the US, which has by far the greatest per-head sugar consumption, at more than 600 calories worth of sugar per day.
What does the article say?
The article points out that, for the first time in human history, non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes, pose a greater health burden worldwide than infectious disease. While alcohol, tobacco and diet are all targeted as risk factors for these diseases by policymakers, only the first two – alcohol and cigarettes – are regulated by governments to protect public health. (Although, as the report points out, Denmark taxes food high in saturated fats and is now considering taxing added sugar.) The authors argue that fat and salt have become the current "dietary bogeymen" in the US and Europe, but that most doctors no longer believe that fat is the "primary culprit" of such disease. Doctors are apparently calling for attention to be turned towards the dangers of excess sugar consumption.
The authors estimate that over the past 50 years sugar consumption has tripled worldwide, mainly as a result of it being added to cheap processed foods. While excess sugar is thought to be a key cause of the obesity epidemic, they argue that obesity itself is not the root cause of disease but that its presence is a marker for metabolic damage. This, they say, could explain why 40% of those with metabolic syndrome (a collection of the key metabolic changes that lead to heart disease and diabetes) are not obese.
Why do they think sugar is dangerous?
The authors say that although sugar is described as "empty calories", a growing body of evidence suggests that fructose (one component of table sugar) can trigger processes that lead to liver toxicity and a host of other chronic diseases. "A little is not a problem but a lot kills – slowly," they say.
The authors argue that sugar meets all the four criteria used by health policy makers to justify the regulation of alcohol. These are:
- Unavoidability. While sugar was only available as fruit and honey at certain times of the year to our ancestors, it is now present in nearly all processed foods. In some parts of the world people are consuming more than 500 calories worth of sugar per day.
- Toxicity. There is growing evidence that excess sugar has an effect on human health beyond simply adding calories and can cause many of the same problems as alcohol, including high blood pressure, high blood fats, insulin resistance and diabetes.
- Potential for abuse. The authors argue that, like tobacco and alcohol, sugar acts on the brain to encourage dependence. Specifically, it interferes with the workings of a hormone called ghrelin (which signals hunger to the brain) and it also affects the action of other important compounds.
- Negative impact on society. The economic and human costs of these diseases place excess consumption of sugar in the same category as smoking and drinking.
What do they think should be done?
While the authors accept that sugar is "natural" and a "pleasure", they argue that, like alcohol, too much of a good thing is toxic. Strategies to reduce consumption of alcohol and tobacco show that government controls, such as taxation and imposing age limits, work better than educating people. They make several proposals for controlling sugar, including:
- taxing any processed foods with added sugar, including drinks
- reducing the hours during which retailers can sell food containing added sugar
- tightening the licensing requirements on vending machines and snack bars selling sugary products
- controlling the numbers of fast food outlets and convenience stores
- limiting sales during school hours or imposing an age limit for drinks with added sugar
Finally, they argue that regulating sugar will not be easy, but it can be done with enough pressure for change, citing bans on smoking in public places as an example of what can be achieved.
What does this mean for me?
This article will be of interest to food scientists, health policy makers and the public alike, but the use of strategies to restrict the consumption of added sugar is complicated and, indeed, controversial. The implications of such moves would need to be considered in both medical and societal terms. They would need both medical evidence to support their effectiveness and assurance that the public would accept drastic changes, such as age limits on buying sweets. For example, in recent years, Denmark has imposed taxes on fatty foods, a move that has divided opinions greatly.
It is generally accepted that excessive sugar consumption is bad for health and dietitians advise restricting sugar intake to the occasional "treat". However, to what extent sugar is directly to blame for the rise in chronic disease and how much is due to other dietary components, such as saturated fat and salt, is open to debate. The current article does not appear to be a formal systematic review of the literature, and it is not certain whether all relevant evidence and resources related to sugar consumption and its health effects have been consulted. As such, it should be considered primarily to reflect the views and opinions of the authors.
In the UK at present, policymakers generally favour encouraging healthier eating through education and the provision of healthier options. This is carried out through public health campaigns such as 5 A DAY or by introducing new food ranges to schools. Whether this approach alone is adequate and whether healthier eating patterns should be encouraged by government regulation, is a crucial area of debate.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Sugar 'is toxic and must be regulated just like cigarettes', claim scientists
Daily Mail, 2 February 2012
Sugar tax needed, say US experts
BBC News, 2 February 2012
Daily Express, 2 February 2012
Links to the science
Lustig RH, Schmidt LA, Brindis LD.
Public health: The toxic truth about sugar
Nature, February 2 2012


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Iran: British-flagged Tanker Seized in Gulf
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had captured a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf after Britain seized an Iranian vessel earlier this month, further raising tensions along a vital international oil shipping route.Britain said it was urgently seeking information about the Stena Impero after the tanker, which had been heading to a port in Saudi Arabia, suddenly changed course after passing through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Gulf.The Revolutionary Guards said they seized the tanker at the request of Iranian maritime authorities for "not following international maritime regulations," state television reported.
Interview: Fredrik Johansson, Tillberg Design of Sweden
Tillberg Design of Sweden has been a central player in the six-year quest to envision, design, build and launch The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection brand. It has had a hand in all design aspects, from vessel exterior and interior, down to the service organization and the crew uniforms, as Fredrik Johansson, MA, Partner, Executive Project Director, explains."Everything was designed from scratch with one thing in mind: the guest experience," is how Fredrik Johansson neatly summarizes the quest to deliver the Ritz-Carleton brand to the water. The ship, when delivered from Hijos de J. Barreras Shipyard in Vigo, Spain, later this year, will measure 624 ft.
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The very first production vessel destined for operations offshore Guyana has departed Singapore en route to the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek block off the northeastern coast of South America.The Liza Destiny floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is expected to arrive in September ahead of first oil planned in 2020.The FPSO, which was converted from a very large crude carrier (VLCC) at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, is designed to produce up to 120,000 barrels of oil per day, will have associated gas treatment capacity of circa 170 million cubic feet per day, water injection capacity of circa 200,000 barrels per day and an overall storage volume of 1.6 million barrels.
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Sean Renfree found receiver Jamison Crowder in the end zone with a five-yard strike with 13 seconds left to lead the Blue Devils to the come-from-behind victory.DURHAM, N.C. – Duke used a 14-play 87-yard drive in the final three minutes of the game to capture a thrilling 33-30 victory over rival North Carolina in front of a capacity crowd of 33,941 at Wallace Wade Stadium Saturday evening. Quarterback
Duke improves to 6-2 overall and 3-1 in ACC play and is bowl eligible for the first time since 1994. North Carolina is now 5-3 overall and 2-2 in conference action.
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North Carolina struggled offensively throughout the opening three quarters, scoring only nine points in three red zone opportunities. The Blue Devils outgained North Carolina 366-206 after three periods and led 23-9 with a pair of rushing touchdowns by quarterback Anthony Boone and Duncan and three field goals from kicker Ross Martin.
Trailing by two scores, the North Carolina offense started clicking on all cylinders in the fourth quarter. The Tar Heels amassed 200 yards of offense, including 154 yards through the air, and two touchdowns to go in front 30-26 with 3:12 remaining in the game.
North Carolina, for the first time since early in the second quarter, pulled within one score to start the fourth quarter. The Tar Heels came up big on 4th-and-6 from the Duke 43-yard line as quarterback Bryn Renner threw a 34-yard strike to tight end Eric Ebron to the Duke nine-yard line. Three plays later, tailback Giovani Bernard powered into the end zone to make it a 23-16 game with 13:14 to play.
The Blue Devils answered with the running game of Snead and Duncan, eating up 3:47 on the clock and setting up Martin for a career-long 43-yard field goal and a 26-16 Duke lead. Snead picked up 24 yards on three carries on the drive, while Duncan had four.
With 9:22 remaining in the game and trailing 26-16, North Carolina found the end zone on consecutive possessions for a 30-26 advantage in the waning minutes of regulation. The first was a five-yard Renner to receiver Sean Tapley pass, while the second was a fumble recovery by Bernard at the four-yard line.
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Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss
NewSage Press, 2002 - 119 pages
When former Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts' husband, Frank Roberts, was dying from lung cancer, she had to look inside of herself as well as beyond herself to find ways to survive what felt unbearable. What Barbara Roberts learned during the final year of her husband's life, and her subsequent years of grieving, fill the pages of this honest and inspiring new book.
At the time of Frank's cancer recurrence, Barbara was governor of Oregon, and Frank was an Oregon State Senator--both passionately committed to their work and to one another. Together they had faced many challenges, but Frank's impending death would be their final, and perhaps their most trying and enriching journey. The Roberts turned to hospice for guidance and assistance once Frank decided to stop medical intervention.
This practical and compassionate guide looks at the personal as well as the societal issues surrounding death and grief. Written for both the individual facing death and for those who must grieve after a death, Roberts offers readers enthusiastic support to abandon the silence that too often accompanies impending death and those who must grieve. Chapter titles include "A Culture in Denial," "Hospice," and "Permission to be Weird."
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ICD-10 Code S32.001B
Stable burst fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture
|Short Description:
|Stable burst fracture of unsp lum vertebra, init for opn fx
|Long Description:
|Stable burst fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 S32.001B is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of stable burst fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)
Information for Medical Professionals
Convert S32.001B to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 805.5 - Fx lumbar vertebra-open (Approximate Flag)
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms:
- Burst fracture of lumbar vertebra
- Closed fracture lumbar vertebra, burst
- Open fracture lumbar vertebra, burst
Information for Patients
Also called: Broken bone
A fracture is a break, usually in a bone. If the broken bone punctures the skin, it is called an open or compound fracture. Fractures commonly happen because of car accidents, falls, or sports injuries. Other causes are low bone density and osteoporosis, which cause weakening of the bones. Overuse can cause stress fractures, which are very small cracks in the bone.
Symptoms of a fracture are
- Intense pain
- Deformity - the limb looks out of place
- Swelling, bruising, or tenderness around the injury
- Numbness and tingling
- Problems moving a limb
You need to get medical care right away for any fracture. An x-ray can tell if your bone is broken. You may need to wear a cast or splint. Sometimes you need surgery to put in plates, pins or screws to keep the bone in place.
- Broken bone (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Closed reduction of a fractured bone (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Closed reduction of a fractured bone - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Spine Injuries and Disorders
Your backbone, or spine, is made up of 26 bone discs called vertebrae. The vertebrae protect your spinal cord and allow you to stand and bend. A number of problems can change the structure of the spine or damage the vertebrae and surrounding tissue. They include
- Infections
- Injuries
- Tumors
- Conditions, such as ankylosing spondylitis and scoliosis
- Bone changes that come with age, such as spinal stenosis and herniated disks
Spinal diseases often cause pain when bone changes put pressure on the spinal cord or nerves. They can also limit movement. Treatments differ by disease, but sometimes they include back braces and surgery.
- Compression fractures of the back (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Foraminotomy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Kyphosis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Laminectomy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Lordosis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Spinal fusion (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Spine surgery - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Spondylolisthesis (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.


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Debt Ceiling and Budget Deal Hinges on $22 Billion for Veterans Health CareBy Michael Rainey
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she's "hopeful" that she can make a deal with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that would both raise the debt ceiling and set spending levels for the next two...
Pelosi Pushes for Spending Parity in Deal to Raise Debt CeilingBy Michael Rainey
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said over the weekend that she wants to see equal increases in defense and nondefense spending in the budget deal currently under negotiation between Congress and the White...
Trump Has Rejected Many of Mick Mulvaney's Proposed Spending Cuts: Report
The Washington Post has a deep, insidery look at President Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, and how the former tea party congressman has built his own power center inside the White House...
US Could 'Run Out of Cash' in September, Treasury WarnsBy Michael Rainey
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Friday that the federal government could run out of cash sooner than expected and urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling...
Budget Deficit Totals $747 Billion So Far in 2019, On Pace to Top $1 TrillionBy The Fiscal Times Staff
The federal budget deficit grew to $747 billion in the first nine months of the 2019 fiscal year, a 23% increase over the same period a year earlier, the U.S. Treasury said Thursday. The deficit is...
The Race Is On to Avoid a Debt Ceiling Crisis
Eager to avert a debt ceiling crisis, the White House is pushing lawmakers to agree to a budget deal and raise the nation's borrowing limit within a few weeks — and is signaling a willingness to...
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The Trump administration has abandoned a key part of its plan to lower prescription drug prices, withdrawing its proposal to eliminate the rebates drugmakers give to pharmacy middlemen. The...
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Congress has until the end of September to fund the government for the next fiscal year and avoid another shutdown. It might have even less time to raise the government's borrowing limit and avoid a...
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Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said Tuesday that in his view the $22.5 trillion national debt is not a pressing issue. "I don't see this as a huge problem at all right now...
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Security Blanket
Life used to be simpler, especially in the world of embedded systems. I've worked on a lot of systems that, if they didn't work right, could cost people their lives. However, it seems lately there's a new kind of safety to be worried about: safety from hackers.
When systems were not connected to networks, security wasn't such a problem. A locked box or a password on the serial console port would suffice to keep people out of your computing device. Today, things are more and more connected.
Obviously, if you are controlling a chemical plant or an automated vehicle, you can see the need to protect your network connections. There have been some high-profile cases in the past where hackers (sometimes organized hackers) have hacked into control systems for various reasons.
But what about consumer electronics? A recent hack lets you take over a nearby Chromecast with a Raspberry Pi and show the unsuspecting owner a Rick Astley video. Even the FitBit has been the target of hacking.
You might not be concerned about some trivial hacks to a Chromecast or a FitBit. What about your thermostat or a smart TV that contains account information? If your fitness-tracking device has a GPS, you might not appreciate people being able to find your whereabouts. Even if you aren't anywhere you aren't supposed to be, it probably isn't a good idea to advertise to hackers when you are far away from your home or office.
As things get more connected, we are going to have to get more adept at using public key cryptography, secure authentication, non-repudiation, and encryption. The FitBit, for example, apparently uses regular HTTP to transfer data, which exposes everything to anyone who cares to listen. With so many security breaches, you would think more web traffic would be encrypted. Sure, it takes a little setup, but network bandwidth isn't as scarce as it used to be for most people. Google apparently came to the same conclusion as they recently announced they'd rank secure sites higher in search listings and have called for HTTPS everywhere.
I suppose it isn't surprising. As "little" computers get more like the desktop computers of yesterday, we've had to embrace mass storage devices, networking, and now security. Safety and quality measures are still important for most systems, but for the future, they won't be sufficient.


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SmartBear Software has launched LoadComplete 2.6 as a tool designed to load and stress test web applications on premise or from the Amazon cloud. The proposition here is "best of both worlds"; i.e., the agility of on-premise deployment and, secondly, the scale of load generation from the cloud.
Essentially, LoadComplete is a performance, stress, and load testing tool that requires no programming knowledge to start as it comes with automation and wizards for workflow acceleration. Users can record and play "user scenarios" and optimize the load model using the freehand workload modeling tool. LoadComplete then collects server performance data and integrates it in performance reports.
"This latest version of LoadComplete takes our testing solution to another level, safeguarding website performance particularly under extreme traffic conditions," said Goran Begic, senior product manager at SmartBear Software.
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April 22, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale had 28 teams honored by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards for their latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores Wednesday, seven more than any other school in the country. This is the fourth year in a row Yale has led the nation in teams recognized for high APR scores.
For the previous two years Yale led the nation with 28 Public Recognition Awards, four more than any other school each year. In 2006 Yale also led the nation, with 26 of its 29 teams that were eligible to be rated earning the award. These teams posted multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads nationwide in their respective sports.
The Public Recognition Awards are part of the broad NCAA Division I academic reform effort. The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. This year's APR is based on enrollment throughout the 2004-05 through 2007-08 academic years. The APR includes eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. It awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic eligibility standards and who remain with the institution.
A team's APR is the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible. The NCAA "commends" teams that have APR scores in the top 10 percent within their sport. The minimum score necessary for a Public Recognition Award ranges from 975 to 1000 (perfect), depending on the range of team scores nationwide within that sport.
This year a total of 767 teams across 211 Division I institutions were honored with the Public Recognition Awards. The Ivy League was the Division I conference with the largest number of honorees, with 144 teams receiving awards this year. Yale (28 teams) was followed by Brown (21), Dartmouth (21), Penn (19), Harvard (18), Princeton (18), Columbia (10) and Cornell (9).
Multiyear APR scores for all Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving Public Recognition Awards, will be announced Wednesday, May 6.
Yale's 28 NCAA Public Recognition Award recipients for 2008-09 are:
- Baseball
- Men's Basketball
- Men's Cross Country
- Men's Fencing
- Football
- Men's Golf
- Men's Ice Hockey
- Men's Lacrosse
- Men's Soccer
- Men's Swimming and Diving
- Men's Tennis
- Men's Indoor Track and Field
- Men's Outdoor Track and Field
- Women's Basketball
- Women's Crew
- Women's Cross Country
- Women's Fencing
- Field Hockey
- Women's Golf
- Women's Gymnastics
- Women's Ice Hockey
- Women's Soccer
- Softball
- Women's Swimming and Diving
- Women's Tennis
- Women's Indoor Track and Field
- Women's Outdoor Track and Field
- Women's Volleyball
Note: Heavyweight crew, lightweight crew, sailing, women's sailing, men's squash and women's squash are not included in the NCAA's APR ratings.
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Many questions await health care implementation
May 27, 2013
Rutland Heraldwww.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article
By Art Edelstein, Correspondent
Green Mountain Care, the state-mandated health care program that will affect businesses with less that 50 employees when implemented in 2014, has many in the business community confused and apprehensive about what the new law means for their companies.
"It's confusion wrapped up in mystery," asserts George Malek, who heads the Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
"There is a lot of competing advice out there," agreed Don Mayer, the owner of Small Dog Electronics, an Apple products distributor in Waitsfield, Rutland, and South Burlington. His company has more than 50 employees so the Green Mountain Care program does not affect it. He is also a member of the Governor's Business Advisory Council on Health Care Finance. However, he said, he has a keen ear for what business owners are going through as they try to understand how the law will affect them. Since the law essentially provides health care exchanges, he feels insurance brokers "would prefer that employers not go through the exchanges. That could be the brokers' last gasp, they could be out of a job."
"Our concern is we won't know the details until we have to sign up people and the rates come out in October and November," said Lilli Cain, the CFO of the 48- employee Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Montpelier.
She worries about how late it will be before the new rates are announced, shortly before the program takes effect in the new year, and how well the company will be able to advise their workers about the new health care options before them and the choices they'll need to make. "We won't have enough time to inform our staff about the benefits in a short time, " said Cain.
"We haven't been able to grasp the whole concept," admitted Debbie Richer at L&D Safety Markings in Berlin, a highway marking company. L&D employs 55 people, but not all of them are year-round workers. And to complicate matters, 18 of those employees are from other states.
"It's confusing," she explained. "Do you know anything that government is involved in isn't confusing?"
"We have a lot of questions. Some key pieces of data are not known yet and that's frustrating," said Lee Lauber with the Family Center of Washington County, a nonprofit with a budget of $2.4 million and 60 employees — 39 of them full-time. "What are going to be the rates?"
"The biggest issue is: what it will cost us, will it cost more?" asks Floyd Dickinson, the chief operating officer at Barry T. Chouinard Inc. in Northfield. With 43 employees this fabric dying company is looking for many answers. "Will we have the same type of coverages? (As its current insurance plan has.) "Who do we go to when we do have problems? If we have issues with the insurance without having a broker, like we have now? How much will Green Mountain Care side with the employer if you have problems with claims? Who helps you out trying to get (it) resolved? Who's going to help the employer when there are problems?" Dickinson asks.
The signing of H.202, the legislation that led to the creation of Green Mountain Care, has been described as "a state-funded-and-managed insurance pool that would provide near-universal coverage to residents with the expectation that it would reduce health care spending."
Under the new laws next year, small businesses with 50 employees or fewer will use Vermont Health Connect to find coverage. In 2016, small businesses with 100 or fewer employees will be able to offer coverage for their employees through Vermont Health Connect.
Small businesses with 25 or fewer employees who currently offer health coverage may already qualify for a federal tax credit. A business with 50 employees or fewer deciding not to offer coverage to its employees will not be subject to a federal penalty as employees will be able to purchase a plan through Vermont Health Connect as an individual or family. Starting in 2014, there will be a federal penalty for large employers (more than 50 employees) that do not provide what is termed "affordable" health coverage.
"The most common comment is 'I don't know about offering or dropping insurance — people can't figure it out,'" said Malek.
"We are seven months away and nobody is clear what will happen, and next to wages the second most expensive item on an expense sheet is health care," he explained. Since costs for Green Mountain Care are not defined yet, he says businesses are apprehensive as they try to decide if they should carry insurance or allow their employees to obtain it through the new marketplace. Many businesses, he said, do not yet know what is best for them and their employees "And when it's hard to calculate, that is scary and your most important item is your people, and when you could get them angry that is not good."
"There is no good outcome, no ideal way to do it, only the lesser of not goods," says Malek.
"The biggest thing I'm hearing is confusion on whether a company should drop coverage and give the money they would have spent to employees to buy their own," said Mayer. "The rates in health care exchanges are means-based," he explained. "Lower-waged employees may quality for substantial subsidies through exchanges and overall costs to employee may be less."
To learn more about Green Mountain Care and what is the best implementation strategy, companies are relying on the state and their current insurance agents. "The state is starting to have meetings as well as our agent," said Cain, who will continue using her agent for information.
"I'll probably go to my industry associations, the state chamber, and Associated General Contractors," said Richer. "I just don't know enough about it to know what to do. I do know I can't afford more costs with all the other increases such as the gas tax."
"I really have a lot of homework to do," she admitted.
"We have participated in a Blue Cross Blue Shield webinar," said Lauber. She's also using the state website and attending small business seminars to familiarize herself with the new law.
As she sees it, "The information is extremely complex." Lauber is depending on the state, her current insurance carrier, and the soon-to-be-in-place "navigators" the state is hiring "to help us sort out the decisions."