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Why should I choose IVF in Russia?
Russia – famous for its rich history, proud culture and one of the world's top economies, the country is also home to one of the most extensive healthcare systems on the planet. Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, private clinics and medical centres have opened their doors to foreign patients, attracting them with impressive standards of care. Today, IVF treatment in Russia is accessed by patients from all over the world. No wonder as Russia is home to over 160 IVF clinics which offer attractive IVF treatment prices and helpful medical staff that are fluent in English.
IVF in Russia – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The cost of a single own egg IVF cycle in Russia ranges from €2,000 to €5,000 while an egg donation cycle may cost from €3,800 to €7,000. Taking into account Russia's advanced IVF procedures and English speaking clinics' staff, it's still significantly cheaper than e.g. Spain or even Latvia.
In Russia, IVF treatment is available to both married and unmarried opposite–sex couples and to single women. There is no legal age limit for neither female or male fertility patients. Preimplantation genetic screening/diagnosis (PGS/D) is commonly provided for patients, as well as ICSI, assisted hatching or embryo transfer and vitrification. Sex selection for medical causes and surrogacy are allowed. Russia allows non–anonymous donation, which means that intended parents are able to see pictures of a donor as a child or an adult or hear their voice. Anonymous donation is possible as well.
According to the ESHRE 2014 report, the overall birth rates for IVF with own eggs in Russia were 34.1% (for patients under 35 years old), 25.9% (for patients aged 35-39) and 14.5% (for patients over 40). The birth rate for IVF treatment with with donor eggs was 48.0% for all age groups.
Russia is home to over 160 fertility clinics and most of them are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Understandably, these are the cities most often chosen by foreign IVF patients.
The legal basis for all assisted reproduction treatments in Russia is the Ministry of Health order no. 107N, issued in August 2012. It outlays the legal procedures for diagnosing infertility, indications and contraindications for the use of IVF procedures, defines the procedures carried out by IVF clinics and also describes a basic IVF cycle, rules for egg/sperm/embryo donation and medical requirements for donors.
The Russian Association for Human Reproduction (RAHR) administrates a nationwide registry of IVF clinics and medical centres in Russia and releases annual reports detailing the efficacy of their treatments. They can be found under the following link: http://www.rahr.ru/registr_otchet.php
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|IVF and Egg Donation in Russia - basic information
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IVF clinics in Russia
According to the 2014 report by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), there were 167 clinics offering IVF treatment in Russia in that year, of which 133 reported the results of their treatments to ESHRE. The clinics offering IVF programmes are located mainly in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
In order to operate legally in Russian territory and perform tasks in the field of assisted reproduction, IVF centres in Russia have to obtain two licenses: one from the local authorities and the other from the federal district.
Most – but not all – Russian clinics also submit data about their treatments to ESHRE, which in turn aggregates the results into yearly reports. Unfortunately, these reports are published after a significant delay – for instance, the report detailing the year 2014 came out in 2018. Below, you can view the most important data concerning Russian IVF treatment efficacy for the year 2014, as taken from that year's ESHRE report1.
|IVF clinics in Russia- ESHRE data for 2014 (latest report published in 2018)
|Number of IVF clinics in Russia
|Number of IVF clinics in Russia reporting to ESHRE
|Own eggs cycles performed in Russia
|Donor eggs cycles performed in Russia
|IVF donor eggs - success rates
(pregnancies/embryo transfer)
|IVF with own egg - success rates
(aspirations - egg retrievals / embryo transfer)
The Russian Association for Human Reproduction administrates a nationwide registry of IVF centres in Russia and publishes its own annual reports, which are released slightly more often than their ESHRE counterparts. The latest such report details the year 2016 – according to it, 113,976 own egg cycles and 9205 donor egg cycles were performed in that year. Their success rates (calculated based on live births) were 21.3% (24282 live births from 113976 own egg cycles) and 24.59% (2264 live births from 9205 donor egg cycles), respectively.
IVF treatment options in Russia
Russian clinics cater to a wide variety of patients: both married and unmarried heterosexual couples and single women. The standing legislation, however, does not recognize same-sex relationships. One of the most interesting aspects of IVF in Russia is the fact that it does not have a set age limit for treatments. Due to this, clinics often resort to implementing limits recommended by international advisory bodies, such as ESHRE. When choosing a clinic, make sure you ask about their age limits.
Russian law differs from that in other European nations, as it allows for both anonymous and "non-anonymous" donation treatments. But don't let the name fool you – you're not going to meet your donor or learn their name or address. You can, however, receive access to their pictures – both as an adult and as a child – along with their physical characteristics, and other supplementary information, such as a recording of their voice. The precise amount and type of information, however, varies between clinics.
Anonymous treatments are also available, and these work in a similar way to those offered by counterparts in European clinics; donors are matched based on the patient's phenotype. There is no nationwide donor registry, however; clinics keep their own donor records.
When it comes to modern diagnostic techniques in the field of IVF, PGD and PGS are available to patients – as well as ICSI, assisted hatching or embryo transfer and vitrification. Sex selection is allowed, although only in cases in which the child would be likely to inherit a genetic disorder carried through sex chromosomes. Unlike most other countries, Russia also offers surrogacy services.
Egg donation in Russia
If you are considering fertility treatment abroad Russia may be a perfect solution for you. The country's large population makes for a diverse pool of donors – both European and Asian phenotypes are available, with a slight dominance of the former, reflecting the ethnic makeup of the country. Russia does not have a national registry of donors; instead, each clinic maintains its own database.Find Best IVF Clinics in Russia
Egg donor information available in Russia
Russia's rather liberal laws don't enforce anonymity in donation treatments. It means that patients get access to much more detailed information about their donor. For instance, at some Russian clinics, the patient can see pictures of the donor as a baby, hear a recording of their voice, and more. The line is usually drawn at the donor's personal information: their name, and address. Despite the possibility of non-anonymous donations, many clinics still perform treatments anonymously.
Egg donor qualifications in Russia
Regulations aren't lax, however, when it comes to the donors' qualification process. Sperm and egg donors must be aged between 18–35 years old and by law they must undergo thorough screening.
Donor qualification tests required by law:
- HIV 1 and 2
- Hepatitis B and C
- Syphilis
- Clinical blood count
- STD testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, mycoplasm, ureaplasm, trichomonas, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex 1 and 2
- Anti-Rubella, Anti-CMV, Anti-HSV testing
On top of all that, a prospective donor also requires a statement from their GP, confirming that there are no health problems present which could result in complications through the donation process. A psychological examination is also required – this ensures the donor understands the consequences and impact of their decision.
IVF and egg donation cost in Russia
IVF treatment in Russia is often chosen by foreign patients due to the reasonable costs. The country offers results and a standard of care comparable to the clinics in Western Europe – at more affordable prices. It is enough to mention that the cost of a single own egg IVF cycle ranges from €2,000 to €5,000 while IVF with donor eggs in Russia may cost from €3,800 to €7,000.
Be aware that some clinics may not be as transparent as others about additional costs and fees that can accumulate over the course of treatment. Make sure you ask your clinic about whether these costs are included in their price quote:
- the donor's fee, her medications and screening (if you're interested in egg donation)
- egg retrieval
- sperm collection and preparation
- assisted hatching (or any other IVF procedure you require)
- blastocyst transfer
- vitrification (freezing) and storage of embryos/blastocysts
Russia – IVF success rates
Most IVF units in Russia regularly submit their results to the European Society of Human Reproduction (ESHRE). The results reported by Russian clinics, along with those from other countries in Europe, are compiled into a yearly aggregate report. Thanks to that, we know e.g. that in 2014 in Russia own egg treatments had an average success rate of 34,1% for woman below 35 years old, while egg donation treatments – 48%.
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|IVF in Russia
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|IVF donor eggs - success rates
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Your individual chances for a successful IVF treatment in Russia
Remember that average success rates shouldn't be the primary deciding factor for your choice of clinic. Each patient is different – they have place different emphasis and importance on infertility diagnoses and medical histories. As such, the prognoses for each patient can vary greatly and usually are different from the presented average success rates of each clinic. If you want clarification about a clinic's success rates, call the clinic before scheduling an appointment – describe your medical history in detail, including your age, weight, height, the infertility diagnosis, the number of failed cycles, performed tests and procedures etc. and ask for your individual success prognosis.
IVF in Russia – Law and Clinics Accreditation
The Ministry of Health issued order no. 107N in August 20124. This document serves as the legal basis for all assisted reproduction treatments in the country and applies to every federal state in Russia. The law lays out the proper procedure for diagnosing infertility (part 2, articles 8 to 19), indications and contraindications for the use of IVF procedures (part 3, articles 20 and 21, respectively), as well as an outline of a basic IVF cycle. Later on, it goes on to describe the rules for oocyte, sperm, and embryo donation and the medical requirements for donors.
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Russian clinics are required to acquire two licenses in order to operate: one granted by the local authorities, and a second one, granted by the federal district, which allows the clinic to perform tasks in the field of assisted reproduction. In order to acquire both licenses, clinics must pass rigorous inspections. Appendices 1 and 2 of the Ministry of Health order 107N define the procedures carried out by an IVF clinic.
The Russian Association for Human Reproduction (RAHR) runs a nationwide registry of clinics and medical centres performing assisted reproduction treatments. Like ESHRE, they release annual reports detailing the efficacy of IVF treatments in Russia. The latest such report available concerns the year 20165 – we've used data from it, as well as from the ESHRE report concerning the year 2014 in this article.Find Best IVF Clinics in Russia
1 ART in Europe, 2014: results generated from European registries by ESHRE: The European IVF-monitoring Consortium (EIM) for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/33/9/1586/5055580
2 EggDonationFriends.com, data for 2018, own elaboration
3 Data comes from 2014 ESHRE report, published in 2018. https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/33/9/1586/5055580
5 Russian Association for Human Reproduction ART Registry Report 2016, http://rahr.ru/d_registr_otchet/RegistrART2016.pdf


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Back in June I was contacted by Augusto Villalon, a former AYC member, about scheduling a meeting and presentation by David Wheelock, a water engineer with the LCRA, about their proposed Water Management Plan.
On August 11 we had that meeting in the AYC and it was attended by 50 or so AYC members as well as local marina operators. This was the first opportunity Mr. Wheelock had had to make his presentation and our club made a very informed and inquisitive venue. The questions asked by the members showed him our interest and how much attention they have been giving to the actions of the LCRA. His 25 minute presentation stretched to over an hour with questions answered.
Much of the time was taken by him presenting the history of the water rights and past operations of the water stored in Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis. These are the two lakes that provide and determine the water available for all users during a calendar year. The current plans operation is determined by the combined storage in the two lakes as of January 1 of each year.
Our most recent drop in lake levels was begun in January 2011 when the combined storage was of the level that the rice farmers could draw the maximum water for the entire year. This usage and the total lack of inflow during that year resulted in the drastic loss of water that took the lake down 40 feet. The lake eventually reached a near historic low of 618 feet in 2013.
As a result of this extreme loss of storage the LCRA has been operating under an emergency action declared by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This order has prevented the release of water since then for downstream agricultural use. One of the more interesting items that was revealed during the meeting was that the Texas rice industry has had record yields that past two years due to the use of water in the Colorado that came from rains to the east of Lake Buchanan and Travis as well as wells that they have drilled in the past few years.
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The bottom line is that the new plan would improve the chances of having our lakes stay at a better level. The big problem is that this plan needs to be approved before the end of the year if it is to take effect in January 2016. The truth is that this plan is being contested by some of the parties involved, meaning the agricultural interests. If these objections are not met by the deadline, which is likely later this year, the existing plan which measures the lake level on January 1st of each year will be in effect for 2016 and we will see a drastic drop again in our lake unless we have near to above normal rainfall in the coming months.
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Let's all hope that an agreement can be reached before the end of the year that will establish a much more reasonable and fair method of deciding how much water can be released to keep the weeds out of the rice crop.
It is certainly nice to have Lake Travis back to a full level that is more enjoyable, but it is also comforting to know that we can continue our sailing activities in the absence of all of the water we currently enjoy. The actions of the past few AYC Board of Directors have ensured us a workable harbor arrangement in spite of what the bureaucracy brings us. Keep Sailing. Have Fun.
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Archie Pitt not only starred in the British Barnacle Bill, but also wrote the story upon which the screenplay was based. Pitt plays an elderly, widowed seaman who has raised his daughter Joan Gardner all by himself. Having spent his life scrimping, saving and sacrificing to ensure Gardner's happiness, Pitt is aghast at his daughter's choice in men. Your tear ducts will likely get quite a workout in the closing scenes. Sybil Jason, later a briefly popular Hollywood child star, is seen as young Joan Gardner. Neither the 1942 Barnacle Bill (a Wallace Beery vehicle) nor the 1958 film of that name (starring Alec Guinness) has any relation to the 1935 film.
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Beauty is good. Beauty is character. Beauty is competence. That's the "halo effect." And the halo effect is alive and well and living on playgrounds everywhere.
Not so good, if you're one of the unfortunates without a halo. Especially if you're a child called Beaver or Dopey or Goofy.
Not so long ago, a study of British schoolchildren revealed that the appearance of teeth was the fourth most common target for teasing. Children suffered under nicknames like Bugs Bunny, Fang and Dracula. Furthermore, children who were teased were twice as likely to be harassed, subject to verbal or physical intimidation, lying or other abuses, than children who were not teased.
Although height, weight and hair were also factors in teasing, ridicule about their teeth caused children the greatest amount of unhappiness.
Researchers were concerned that exposure to the sustained taunts and insults of peers would predispose some children to a lowered self-confidence and self-image.
Thousands of children need early care — some as young as three years old. Early diagnosis and monitoring allows us to take full advantage of a time when your child's bone and facial structure are easier to shape.
If you think the odds of a young child having orthodontic problems are remote, consider these facts: Two out of three people have orthodontic problems, which should be treated. A fourth of the problems are severe, says the American Association of Orthodontists. Orthodontic defects aren't limited to protruding teeth or underbites.
Often the problems relate to the overall structure of the mouth and face. Frequently they don't show up in a smile at all.
That's why an orthodontic checkup and braces, if necessary, should be a part of every child's health care program.
When most orthodontists meet an adult patient intent on correcting crooked teeth, they usually take it slow. Amid all the brouhaha about adult braces there are oral health concerns exclusive to adults that will affect how to plan the treatment.
Because crowded teeth and misaligned jaws are often difficult to keep clean, some adult patients have a degree of gum disease. These patients should be referred to a dental hygienist or a periodontist for cleaning and gum therapy before teeth straightening starts. Then, during orthodontic treatment, your orthodontist will need to be especially alert to new outbreaks. He or she may want to apply less pressure orthodontically early in treatment, so gum tissue attachments have a chance to strengthen. For more information on gum therapy or dental cleanings, please visit our gum disease and hygiene sections for more articles.
Orthodontic appliances need to be attached to something to provide the "push" and "pull" that move teeth. If key anchor teeth are missing, restorative dentistry may be suggested before the appliance can be placed.
More and more patients with temporomandibular or jaw joint problems (TMJ) are beginning to be seen by many dentists. TMJ disorders are very painful, and may result in uneven wearing of teeth or a jaw way out of position. The priority before teeth straightening is to address the jaw problem, and try to correct the bite before any more stress is added to the situation. So in the end you'll finish your orthodontic program with healthier gums, rejuvenated bone, a better bite, and a great smile to boot.


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Bushey-born rapper and MC Greg Rose is better known to an ever-growing fan-base simply as Skilf.
In the last couple of years he has carved-out a hard-fought reputation on the UK Hip Hop scene; releasing acclaimed album Original Visions last year and gobbling up more than his fair share of column inches along the way.
This, I must admit, had passed me by until a mysterious call from his A & R man a couple of weeks back.
Hip Hop, as I've said before, is far from my cup-of-tea, but, fair's fair, I was so taken in by said caller's enthusiasm that I just had to a take a listen to new three track EP Slow Me Down.
To cut a long story short I found out a couple of days later that the passionate A & R man was, in fact…Greg all along.
It's a pretty shabby deception but, I must admit, I liked it. I liked it a lot. I also liked (a lot) Slow Me Down.
"You've got to think outside the box with these things," explains the 24-year-old from his new base in Brighton. "It's a tough business and I'm just trying to get noticed."
With an approach as brazen as that it's just as well that a) he's got more than enough talent to back it up with and b) he's such a nice bloke.
Skilf succeeds where many of his contemporaries fail: by broadening the appeal of what remains to many (including me) a mysterious and even threatening sub culture.
Fusing laugh-aloud lyrics and first-rate musicianship he creates a sound that's as easy to relate to as it is hard not to enjoy.
Fuelled by unabashed candour and frustration, Skilf's work captures better than most the inherent frustrations many young people feel with the modern world; of a fractured and exploitative employment market and a distant, mendacious political elite.
Proof of this abounds on the magnificent final track Dead Ender – a comic but familiar tale of underachievement and unfulfilled ambitions set in a dead-end call centre.
"Hip Hop has always been about protest," he continues, "right back to Public Enemy and the Civil Rights movement "People have their own view about what Hip Hop is and isn't you should never just believe what read in the papers and see on TV – that's not how it is – it's a stereotype.
"I'm a Jewish white guy but that's not what people expect – but a lot can relate to what I'm trying to do."
Indeed, Skilf is none of the things I first imagined him to be. He's an intelligent, educated guy from a decent home who has similar background tastes, opinions and experiences as me.
The world of Hip Hop, he says, was something that he discovered as a teenager - a natural creative progression form an early penchant for acts as diverse as Bob Dylan.
"He [Dylan] made me realise the potential of word play and the endless possibilities of storytelling. More importantly his work had a big impact on my own writing."
This writing, Skilf explains, is targeted at everybody – including die hard guitar boys like me.
"So many people have the same experiences; of leaving university and ending up in a call centre or working in a job they hate and just waiting for the weekend. A lot of my music is about that type of frustration so I think it's got good cross-over appeal – even if you're new to Hip Hop and rapping."
Skilf will be playing a series of live dates with his band Astro Physics over the next few months.
For details see www.skilf.co.uk


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NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Belgian Post (bpost), the leading postal operator in Belgium, has implemented multi-vendor software from Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) across its network of 450 heterogeneous automated teller machines (ATMs). The company has also outsourced management of its entire fleet of ATMs to Diebold. As part of the agreement, Diebold will deliver a variety of services, including monitoring, maintenance and managing the compliance needs and uptime of bpost's ATM network. The combination of Diebold's class-leading multi-vendor software and services significantly reduces complexity and improves the performance of bpost's ATM network, allowing the company to focus on growing and improving its business.
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"Partnering with Diebold is helping us better align our internal resources to concentrate on growth and strengthening customer relationships," said Kristof Thys, operations support manager, bpost retail and corporate solutions. "With Diebold managing our self-service channel, our branch representatives will have more time to focus their attention on serving customers' needs rather than servicing ATMs."
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bpost is listed on Euronext (Brussels). The Belgian state holds 50,01% of the capital.
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Solomon Northup[Note 1] (July 1808–1863?)[1][2] was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born African American from New York, he was the son of a freed slave and free woman of color. A farmer and violinist, Northup owned land in Hebron, New York. In 1841, he was enticed to Washington, D.C. (where slavery was legal), kidnapped, and sold as a slave. He was shipped to New Orleans, purchased by a planter, and held as a slave for 12 years in the Red River region of Louisiana, mostly in Avoyelles Parish. He remained in slavery until he met a Canadian working on his plantation who helped get word to New York, where state law provided for aid to free New York citizens kidnapped into slavery. Family and friends enlisted the aid of the Governor of New York, Washington Hunt, and Northup regained his freedom on January 3, 1853.[3]
The slave trader in Washington, D.C., James H. Birch, was arrested and tried, but acquitted because District of Columbia law prohibited Northup as a black man from testifying against white people. Later, in New York State, his northern kidnappers were located and charged, but the case was tied up in court for two years due to jurisdictional challenges and finally dropped when Washington, D.C., was found to have jurisdiction. The D.C. government did not pursue the case. Those who had kidnapped and enslaved Northup received no punishment.
In his first year of freedom, Northup wrote and published a memoir, Twelve Years a Slave (1853). He lectured on behalf of the abolitionist movement, giving more than two dozen speeches throughout the Northeast about his experiences, to build momentum against slavery. He largely disappears from the historical record in 1857 (although a letter later reported him alive in early 1863);[4] some commentators thought he had been kidnapped again, but historians believe it unlikely, as he would have been considered too old to bring a good price.[5] The details of his death have never been documented.[6]
Northup's memoir was adapted and produced as the 1984 PBS television movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey, and the 2013 feature film 12 Years a Slave. The latter won an Academy Award in 2014 for Best Picture.
Solomon's father Mintus was a freedman who had been a slave in his early life in service to the Northup family. Born in Rhode Island, he was taken with the Northups when they moved to Hoosick, New York, in Rensselaer County. His master, Capt. Henry Northup, manumitted Mintus in his will.[7][8] After being freed by Henry Northup, Mintus adopted the surname Northup as his own. The name appears interchangeably in records as Northup and Northrup.
Mintus Northup married and moved with his wife, a free woman of color, to the town of Minerva in Essex County, New York. Their two sons, Solomon and Joseph, were born free according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, as their mother was a free woman.[Note 2][9] Solomon described his mother as a quadroon, meaning that she was one-quarter African American, and three-quarters European.[10] A farmer, Mintus Northup was successful enough to own land and thus meet the state's property requirements. From 1821 on, when it revised its constitution, the state retained the property requirement for black people, but dropped it for white men, thus expanding their franchise. It is notable that Mintus Northup was able to save enough money as a freedman to buy land that satisfied this requirement, and registered to vote.[Note 3][8] He provided an education for his two sons at a level considered high for free black people at that time.[11] As boys, Northup and his brother worked on the family farm.[1][8] Mintus and his wife last lived near Fort Edward. He died on November 22, 1829,[8] and his grave is in Hudson Falls Baker Cemetery.
In 1829[Note 4][1][8] Solomon Northup married Anne Hampton. A "woman of color," she was of African, European, and Native American descent.[12] Between 1830 to 1834 the couple lived in Fort Edward and Kingsbury, small communities in Washington County, New York.[13]
They had three children: Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alonzo.[14] They owned a farm in Hebron and supplemented their income by various jobs. In his later memoir, Northup describes his love for his wife as "sincere and unabated", since the time of their marriage, and his children as "beloved".[15]
Northup held various jobs, including working as a raftsman. He built a fine reputation as a fiddler and was in high demand to play for local dances. Anne became notable as a cook and worked for local taverns, which served food and drink.[8]
After selling their farm in 1834, the Northups moved 20 miles to Saratoga Springs, New York,[16] for its employment opportunities.[1][8] Northup played his violin at several well-known hotels in Saratoga Springs, though he found its seasonal cycles of employment difficult. He was busy during the summer, but work was scarce at other times. He worked at an assortment of jobs, constructing the Champlain Canal and the railroad, and as a skilled carpenter. Anne worked from time to time as a cook at the United States Hotel and other public houses, and she was highly praised for her culinary skills. When court was in session at the county seat of Fort Edward, she worked at Sherrill's Coffee House in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls) to earn extra money.[17][18]
In 1841, at age 32, Northup met two men, who introduced themselves as Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton. Saying they were entertainers, members of a circus company, they offered him a job as a fiddler for several performances in New York City.[1][8] Expecting the trip to be brief, Northup did not notify Anne, who was working in Sandy Hill.[19] When they reached New York City, the men persuaded Northup to continue with them for a gig with their circus in Washington, D.C., offering him a generous wage and the cost of his return trip home. They stopped so that he could get a copy of his "free papers," which documented his status as a free man.[8] His status was a concern as he was traveling to Washington, where slavery was legal.
The city had one of the nation's largest slave markets, and slave catchers were not above kidnapping free black people.[20] At this time, 20 years before the Civil War, the expansion of cotton cultivation in the Deep South had led to a continuing high demand for healthy slaves. Kidnappers used a variety of means, from forced abduction to deceit, and frequently abducted children, who were easier to control.[21]
It is possible that "Brown" and "Hamilton" incapacitated Northup—his symptoms suggest he was drugged with
Northup's full and descriptive account has been used by numerous historians researching slavery. His description of the "Yellow House" (also known as 'The Williams Slave Pen'), in view of the Capitol, has helped researchers document the history of slavery in the District of Columbia.[Note 8]
Northup's biographer, David Fiske, has investigated Northup's role in the book's writing and asserts that he made it authentic.[52]
Twelve Years is convincingly Northup's tale and no one else's because of its amazing attention to empirical detail and unwillingness to reduce the complexity of Northup's experience to a stark moral allegory.[18]
Although the memoir is often classified among the genre of slave narratives, the scholar Sam Worley says that it does not fit the standard format of the genre. Northup was assisted in the writing by David Wilson, a white man, and, according to Worley, some believed he would have biased the material. Worley discounted concerns that Wilson was pursuing his own interests in the book. He writes of the memoir:
Northup was not listed with his family in the 1860 United States Census.[45] The New York state census of 1865 records his wife Anne Northup (but not Solomon, although Anne is recorded as married, not widowed) living with their daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Philip Stanton, in nearby Moreau in Saratoga County.[46] In 1870, Northup's wife was enumerated in the household of Burton C. Dennis, as a cook.[47] At the time Dennis kept the Middleworth House hotel in Sandy Hill, New York. Northup is not listed among those living at the hotel. That same year, his daughter, Margaret Stanton, and his son-in-law appear in the census schedule for Moreau, New York, [48] but Northup's name is not there, either. Northup's son, Alonzo is included in the 1870 census for Fort Edward, New York, but his household includes only him, his wife and his daughter.[49] In 1875 Anne Northup was living in Kingsbury/Sandy Hill in Washington County, New York,[50] and, in census information, her marital status was given as "now widowed." When Anne Northup died in 1876, some newspaper notices of her death said that she was a widow. One obituary, while praising Anne, says of Solomon Northup that "after exhibiting himself through the country [he] became a worthless vagabond."[51] The 21st-century historians Clifford Brown and Carol Wilson believe it is likely that he died of natural causes.[5] They think a kidnapping in the late 1850s was unlikely as he was too old to be of interest to slave catchers, but his disappearance remains unexplained.[6]
Years later, in The Bench and Bar of Saratoga County (1879), E. R. Mann mistakenly wrote that the Saratoga County kidnapping case against Merrill and Russell had been dismissed because Northup had disappeared. Mann speculated, "What his fate was is unknown to the public, but the desperate kidnappers no doubt knew."[44] In 1909 John Henry Northup, Henry's nephew, wrote: "The last I heard of him, Sol was lecturing in Boston to help sell his book. All at once, he disappeared. We believe that he was kidnapped and taken away or killed."[5] According to John R. Smith, in letters written in the 1930s, his father Rev. John L. Smith, a Methodist minister in Vermont, had worked with Northup and former slave Tabbs Gross in the early 1860s, during the American Civil War, aiding fugitive slaves on the Underground Railroad.[4] Northup was said to have visited Rev. Smith after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and hence after January 1863.[4]
The location and circumstances of his death are unknown. Rumors ran rife. In 1858 a newspaper reported, "It is said that Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped, sold as a slave, and afterwards recovered and restored to freedom has been again decoyed South, and is again a slave."[41] Shortly thereafter, even his benefactor Henry B. Northup is said to have believed he had been kidnapped from Canada while drunk.[42] During the summer of 1857 Northup was in Canada for a series of lectures. It was widely reported that Northup was in Streetsville, Ontario, but that a hostile Canadian crowd prevented him from speaking.[43] There is no contemporaneous documentation of his whereabouts after that time.[6]
After regaining his freedom, Solomon Northup rejoined his wife and children. By 1855 he was living with his daughter Margaret Stanton and her family in Queensbury, Warren County, New York.[38] He again was working as a carpenter. He became active in the abolitionist movement and lectured on slavery on nearly two dozen occasions throughout the northeastern United States in the years before the American Civil War.[39][40]
The New York trial opened on 4 October 1854. Both Northup and St. John testified against the two men. The case brought widespread illegal practices in the domestic slave trade to light. Through testimony during the court case, various details of Northup's account of his experience were confirmed.[8] The respective counsels argued over whether the crime had been committed in New York (where Northup could testify), or in Washington, DC, outside the jurisdiction of New York courts. After more than two years of appeals, a new district attorney in New York failed to continue with the case, and it was dropped in May 1857.[8][37] Washington DC declined to prosecute Merrill and Russell, and no further legal action was taken against those who had kidnapped and sold Northup into slavery.
When the book and case were publicized, Thaddeus St. John, a county court judge in nearby Fonda, New York, recalled having seen two old friends, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, traveling with a black man to Washington, DC at the time of the late President Harrison's funeral. He saw them again while returning from Washington, but they were without the black man yet with some new extravagantly expensive items, and he recalled an odd conversation with them during the first trip. They had asked him then to call them Brown and Hamilton when in company with the black man, rather than Merrill and Russell, as he knew them. After contacting authorities, St. John met with Northup, and the two recognized each other from the first encounter on the train. With his identification, Merrill and Russell were located and arrested.
Later that same year, Solomon Northup wrote and published a memoir, Twelve Years a Slave (1853). The book was written in three months with the help of David Wilson, a local writer and journalist.[5] Published by Derby & Miller of Auburn, New York[36] In the period when questions of slavery generated debate and the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe was a bestseller, Northup's book sold 30,000 copies within three years.[5]
At the time, Northup did not file a legal complaint against the men with the circus, Alexander Merrill and Joseph Russell, because they could not be found, having used false names with Northup. At first, Northup had trouble believing they could be complicit.
Following his acquittal, Birch demanded charges be filed against Solomon Northup for trying to defraud him of Northup's $625 purchase price by falsely claiming he was a Georgia slave for sale. Northup, eager to prove the veracity of his own story, urged the trial against himself to proceed. However, upon the advice of his lawyer, Birch withdrew the complaint, against the protests of Northup. Northup was aware that Birch's complaint could only make Birch look bad, since had Northup actually told the tale of being a slave from Georgia, it would not make sense for him to, upon regaining his freedom, risk it only days later by contacting the law to bring charges against Birch.
As Solomon Northup and Henry Northup made their way back to New York, they first stopped in Washington DC to file a legal complaint with the police magistrate against James H. Birch, the man who had first enslaved him. Birch was immediately arrested and tried on criminal charges. However, Northup was unable to testify at the trial due to laws in Washington DC against black men testifying in court. Birch and several confederates who were also in the slave trade business testified that Northup had approached them to tell them that he was a slave from Georgia and that he was for sale. No note of the sale was made in Birch's accounting ledger, however. The prosecution consisted of Henry B. Northup and another white man asserting that they had known Northup for many years, and he was born and lived a free man in New York until his abduction. With no one legally able to testify against Birch's tale, Birch was found not guilty. However, the sensational case immediately attracted national attention, and The New York Times published an article about the trial on January 20, 1853, just days after its conclusion and only two weeks after Northup's rescue.[3][35]
Northup was one of the few free black people to regain freedom after being sold into slavery. Represented by attorneys Senator Salmon P. Chase of Ohio, a General Clark, and Henry B. Northup, Solomon Northup sued Birch and other men involved in selling him into slavery in Washington, DC.[Note 7][3][5]
Northup later wrote, "He [Epps] thought of nothing but his loss, and cursed me for having been born free."[8][33] Attorney Henry B. Northup convinced Epps that it would be futile to contest the free papers in a court of law, so the planter conceded the case. He signed the papers giving up all claim to Northup. Finally on January 4, 1853, four months after meeting Bass, Northup regained his freedom.[14][34]
In cooperation with U.S. Senator Pierre Soulé from Louisiana and other local authorities, Henry B. Northup arrived in Marksville on 1 January 1853. Tracing Northup was difficult as he was known locally only by his slave name of Platt. When the attorney confronted Epps with the evidence that Platt/Northup was a free man, with a wife and children, Epps first demanded of the enslaved man why he had not told him this at the time of purchase. Then Epps said, had he known that men were coming to take "Platt," he would have ensured they could never take the slave alive. Epps cursed the man (unknown to him) who had helped Northup, and threatened to kill him if he ever learned his identity.
Bass was itinerant and had no local family (unbeknownst to his friends in Louisiana, he had left a wife and children in Canada. He also lived with a free black woman in Louisiana). He had left the area before Henry B. Northup arrived with legal documents to demonstrate to Epps that Northup was a free man of New York, which provided an additional hurdle to identification. Henry B. Northup also took the precaution of bringing with him the sheriff of Marksville, the parish seat, to enforce the law. Because of the risk, Bass did not reveal his own name in the letter. Henry Northup managed to find him, and Bass revealed that Solomon Northup was held by Edwin Epps on his plantation.[32]
Bass wrote several letters: one reached Cephas Parker and William Perry, storekeepers in Saratoga. They contacted attorney Henry B. Northup, the son of Solomon's father's former master. Henry B. Northup contacted New York Governor Washington Hunt, who took up the case, appointing the attorney general as his legal agent. In 1840, the New York State Legislature had passed a law committing the state to help any African-American residents kidnapped into slavery. Once Northup's family was notified, his rescuers still had to do detective work to find the enslaved man, as he had partially tried to hide his location for protection in case the letters fell into the wrong hands, and Bass had not used his real name. They had to find documentation of his free status as a citizen and New York resident; Henry B. Northup also collected sworn affidavits from people who knew Solomon Northup. During this time, Northup did not know if Bass had reached anyone with the letters. There was no means of communicating, due to the secrecy they needed to use, and the necessity of preventing Northup's owner from knowing their plans.[8][18]
Bass did this at great personal risk as the local people would not take kindly to a person helping a slave and depriving a man of his property. In addition, Bass's help came after passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, which increased federal penalties against people assisting slaves to escape.[31]
In 1852, itinerant Canadian carpenter Samuel Bass came to do some work for Epps. Hearing Bass express his abolitionist views, Northup eventually decided to confide his secret to him. Bass was the first person he told of his true name and origins as a free man since he was first enslaved.[29] Along with mailing a letter written by Northup, Bass wrote several letters at his request to Northup's friends, providing general details of his location at Bayou Boeuf, in hopes of gaining his rescue.[30]
Epps held Northup for almost 10 years, until 1853, in what is Avoyelles Parish. He was a cruel master who frequently and indiscriminately punished slaves and drove them hard. His policy was to whip slaves if they did not meet daily work quotas he set for pounds of cotton to be picked and other goals.[28] Northup wrote that the sounds of whipping were heard every day on Epps' plantation, from sundown until lights out. Epps sexually abused a young enslaved woman named Patsey, repeatedly raping her. This led to additional severe physical and mental abuse prompted by Epps's wife, the mistress of the plantation.
Tibaut hired Northup out to a planter named Eldret, who lived about 38 miles south on the Red River. At what he called "The Big Cane Brake", Eldret had Northup and other slaves clear cane, trees, and undergrowth in the bottomlands in order to develop cotton fields for cultivation.[14][27] With the work unfinished, after about five weeks, Tibaut sold Northup to Edwin Epps.
Tibaut, who had a low reputation locally, decided at another point to kill Northup. When the two men were alone, Tibaut seized an axe and swung it to hit Northup, but he again defended himself. With his bare hands, he strangled Tibaut to the point of unconsciousness. Northup ran away through swamps so that dogs could not track him, making his way back to Ford, with whom he stayed for four days. The planter convinced Tibaut to "hire out" Northup to limit their conflict and take the fees he could generate.
Under Tibaut, Northup suffered cruel and capricious treatment. Tibaut used him to help complete construction at Ford's plantation. At one point, Tibaut whipped Northup because he did not like the nails Northup was using. But Northup fought back, beating Tibaut severely. Enraged, Tibaut recruited two friends to lynch and hang the slave, which a master was legally entitled to do. Ford's overseer Chapin interrupted and prevented the men from killing Northup, reminding Tibaut of his debt to Ford, and chasing them off at gunpoint. Northup was left bound and noosed for hours until Ford returned home to cut him down.[25] Northup believed that Tibaut's debt to Ford saved his life. Historian Walter Johnson suggests that Northup may well have been the first slave Tibaut ever bought, marking his transition from itinerant employee to property-owning master.[26]
In the winter of 1842, Ford sold Northup to John M. Tibaut,[8][Note 6] a carpenter who had been working for Ford on the mills. He also had helped construct a weaving-house and corn mill on Ford's Bayou Boeuf plantation. As Tibaut did not have the full purchase price, Ford held a $400 chattel mortgage on Northup. Tibaut owed Ford $400 and Northup was the security for the loan.[24]
At Ford's place in Pine Woods, Northup assessed the problem of getting timber off Ford's farm to market. He proposed making log rafts to move lumber down the narrow Indian Creek, in order to transport the logs more easily and less expensively than overland. He was familiar with this process from previous work in New York, and Ford was delighted to see his project was a success. Northup used his carpentry skills to build looms, copying from one nearby, so that Ford could set up mills on the creek. With Ford, Northup found his efforts appreciated. But the planter came into financial difficulties and had to sell 18 slaves to settle his debts.
Northup's regard for Ford did not lessen his drive to escape. He made many attempts to get word to his family and friends as to where he was held, and numerous efforts to run away. He had no access to writing paper or the postal service, which made communication almost impossible. The slaves were constantly watched, and the punishments for non-compliance were brutal.[8]
In my opinion, there never was a more kind, noble, candid, Christian man than William Ford. The influences and associations that had always surrounded him, blinded him to the inherent wrong at the bottom of the system of Slavery.[8]
At the New Orleans slave market, Birch's partner Theophilus Freeman sold Northup (who had been renamed Platt) to William Prince Ford, a preacher who engaged in small farming on Bayou Boeuf of the Red River in northern Louisiana.[1][8] Ford was then a Baptist preacher. (In 1843, he led his congregation in converting to the closely related Churches of Christ, after they were influenced by the writings of Alexander Campbell). In his memoir, Northup characterized Ford as a good man, considerate of his slaves. In spite of his situation, Northup wrote:
Northup persuaded John Manning, an English sailor, to send, upon reaching New Orleans, a letter to Henry B. Northup reporting Solomon's kidnapping and illegal enslavement.[23] Henry was a lawyer, the son of the man who had once held Solomon's father as a slave and freed him, and a childhood friend of Solomon's. The New York State Legislature had passed a law in 1840 to protect its African-American residents by providing legal and financial assistance to aid the recovery of any who were kidnapped and taken out of state and illegally enslaved.[21] Henry Northup was willing to help but could not act without knowing where Solomon was held.
A slave named Robert died of the disease en route.
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UPDATE 2/13/19: Wilmington Police arrested Courtnay Danielle Lawrence, 21, Tuesday evening. Lawrence is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, felony hit and run and driving without a license. The investigation into a hit and run revealed Lawrence intentionally attempted to strike a pedestrian, who is the father of her four children, and did strike the pedestrian with whom he was walking on Rutledge Drive last week. Magistrate Laura Barnes issued Lawrence a $25,000 unsecured bond.
WANTED: Wilmington Police are searching for Courtnay Danielle Lawrence, 22, for her involvement in a hit and run that left a pedestrian with multiple injuries.
Police identified Lawrence as the driver of the suspect vehicle on Rutledge Drive Wednesday morning after receiving multiple tips from the public. The male pedestrian has been identified and has a known dating relationship with Lawrence.
Investigators located a photo of Lawrence posing with the damaged car, a 2016 Hyundai Elantra, that was posted to social media immediately after the incident.
Police obtained warrants for Lawrence for assault with a deadly weapon, hit and run failure to give information/aid to personal injury, and driving without a license.
WPD issued a public statement on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 in regards to the initial incident where a surveillance camera nearby captured the entire scene on camera.
The victim told officers she was walking back from the store with an acquaintance when she heard a horn honking and saw the man whom she was walking with jump out of the way around 9:50 a.m. Wednesday. The driver of the vehicle was then believed to have intentionally swerved off the roadway to strike the pedestrians. The suspect struck the victim on her right hip, launching her into the air several feet, before landing her on her left side. The victim suffered multiple injuries to her head, shoulder, hips and knees.
After nearly being struck, the male pedestrian fled the scene and did not return to provide his information.
Video received from Wilmington PD.
Crime Stoppers of the Lower Cape Fear, in conjunction with the Wilmington Police Department, is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the woman who is seen on video purposely striking the pedestrian with her car on Rutledge Drive Wednesday morning and then fleeing the scene.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call WPD at (910) 343-3609 or use Text A Tip to remain anonymous.


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A Will or Trust contest is a legal action to contest the validity of all or part of a Will/Trust or the validity of the revocation of all or part of a Will/Trust.
Who Can Contest a Will or Trust?A protesting party may only contest a Will/Trust if he or she falls within one of two categories. First, those mentioned in the Will/Trust, known as the named beneficiaries, may formally challenge it. This includes individuals named in a prior document but omitted from the current document. Alternatively, if the challenger stands to inherit according to laws of intestacy (such as a family member), but is not named in the Will/Trust, or is expressly disinherited, he or she may seek to contest. Grounds to ContestIn order to successfully contest a Will/Trust, the protesting party must prove that the Will/Trust is invalid. There are several scenarios under which a Will/Trust may be voided, including but not limited to:
Time Limitations
There are very critical time limits involved in estate matters and unless the protesting party preserves his or her rights, they may waive them unknowingly. There are various ways the estate can limit the time available for a protesting party to file a claim. For example, if they are served formal notice by the estate, they may only have a 20 day window to file a Will contest or Trust contest. Whether you are filing a contest or a Personal Representative or Trustee defending against a contest, an experienced attorney can review the facts of the case, determine the limitations of the parties and develop a litigation plan to ensure that the intent of the creator is carried out.
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Flemish writer draws curtain on exceptional 30-year career
Walter van den Broeck, one of Flanders' best storytellers, says he has written his final novel – for now
"Just in case"
De vreemdelinge, however, is something quite different – much more subtle and dark than the writer's usual fare.
After discovering that he had a knack for writing, former teacher van den Broeck (pictured) published his debut novel De troonopvolger (Heir to the Throne) in 1967, and he has released numerous novels and plays since then. His most famous play, Groenten uit Balen, was adapted to the big screen in 2011.
His big break as an author came with Brief aan Boudewijn (Letter to Boudewijn) in 1980, a novel in which he gave the former Belgian king a tour of his hometown and, in the process, offered a compelling portrait of Flanders. The book also functioned as the precursor to his magnum opus, the four-volume series Het Beleg van Laken (The Siege of Laken).
But royalty isn't the only reccurring theme in the oeuvre of van den Broeck, who was born in Olen, Antwerp province, and now lives in Turnhout. His novels are also often packed with autobiographical elements, which he uses to depict small-town Flanders from the viewpoint of the ordinary citizen.
Such is the case with De vreemdelinge, which tells the tale of Bram de Landsheer, a retired book salesman and an avid reader. He has left his business to his son, Raf, an idealist who prefers to offer literary classics and first editions rather than bestsellers.
A revealing encounter
Because he struggles to connect with his son, Bram spends a lot of time with his grandson, Dries, who also shows more interest in books than girls – to the chagrin of Bram who longs for a (great) granddaughter. But the old man turns hopeful when Dries meets Tess, an enchanting stranger in this melancholy male world.
After the first sentence of my debut novel, I wondered what would follow
Van den Broeck's writing process isn't straightforward, he says. "I have all kinds of thoughts, feelings and ideas, and then suddenly something triggers one of them and everything falls into place," he explains.
The trigger for De vreemdelinge was an encounter with a childhood friend at a reception. "He was accompanied by his daughter, who is as old as my eldest grandson, which made me realise that I have two sons and three grandsons. The main character in De vreemdelinge has even more sons, and I would have loved to have a daughter or a granddaughter."
This longing for a daughter or granddaughter isn't the only thing the writer has in common with his main character. Bram is a member of a men's club, de Koninklijke Kamer van Reflectie en Consideratie (The Royal Chamber of Reflection and Consideration), just like van den Broeck. "It's basically an excuse to get together and contemplate the world and our surroundings," he says.
In De vreemdelinge, those surroundings don't inspire much hope; the novel is filled with extreme meteorological phenomena and doomed characters. "There might be other planets where there's life, but Earth just happens to have all the variables to sustain it," the writer says. "However, if we keep continuing the way we are, that might not be the case in a few hundred years. That might sound pessimistic, but it's also realistic."
This kind of fatalist mood permeates the novel and is hinted at in the title, a clear reference to French writer Albert Camus' 1942 masterpiece The Stranger. "Camus and his existential ideology are woven throughout the novel," says van den Broeck. "He said that man is the only living being that knows it will die, so what is the point of living if you know it will end?"
Statistically speaking …
For van den Broeck, that means that the only worthwhile question in philosophy is whether to end it yourself or not. "Camus went on to say that despite knowing the outcome, you should go forth anyway. But Tess, 'the stranger' in this case, doesn't agree with him."
The result is a haunting and fascinating piece of fiction, evidence that van den Broeck's prose is still as rich as ever.
Van den Broeck, who turns 74 this month, has been writing for almost 50 years and still hasn't found a method to his madness. "I don't have subjects I want to write about," he explains. "I'm inspired by certain things, and then I start to write. I've written novels that are completely autobiographical and novels that are complete fiction. When I was writing my debut novel, I started typing, and, after the first sentence, I wondered what would follow. It ended up being another 304 pages."
Van den Broeck has said De vreemdelinge will be his final book. "I'd find it terrible if I left a novel unfinished, which is why I am calling De vreemdelinge my last novel," he says. "I might write another one but, statistically speaking, I only have another six years to live. So I'm calling this one my last, just in case."
Pessimism aside – or should I say realism – let's hope he's mistaken.
De vreemdelinge (★★★☆) is published by De Bezige Bij
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In 2013, the wheel of a truck crashed into the car of author Peter Verhelst on the E40. Though his car flipped over three times before coming to a halt, he survived the accident unscathed. Verhelst has now turned the traumatic event into a novel, or at least the beginning of one. De kunst van het crashen recounts what Verhelst saw and felt during those frightening seconds in which the accident occurred. Chaotic, mesmerising and intriguing, this is classic Verhelst. ★★★☆
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Rock music journalist Marnix Peeters is on a roll. He debuted as an author just three years ago, but this is his fourth novel. Main character Antoine Guldentops is a stair car driver at the airport, a profession that is slowly becoming obsolete because planes now pull up to the terminal at most airports. He likes to keep notes about his long days and spends time with his deaf mother, farting sister and the local pita mobster, Hussein. Peeters' characters are wacky and wonderful; the writing is undiluted and hilarious. De trapchauffeur is pure entertainment, plain and simple. ★★★☆
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Annelies Verbeke's new novel is peopled by an eclectic array of characters – an unhappily married doctor, an ageing historian, a journalist with irritable bowel syndrome, a victim of a paedophile priest … the list goes on and on. These seemingly unrelated protagonists are connected through Alphonse, a musician who leaves Brussels to become a handyman in West Flanders. His arrival profoundly changes the lives of the characters, and Verbeke offers a memorable and multilayered account of their experiences. ★★★☆


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Swimmer's Shoulder: What Causes It and How to Treat the PainNovember 14, 2018 2:02 am Leave your thoughts
You're probably familiar with tennis elbow, but how about swimmer's shoulder? What causes this type of shoulder injury in Las Vegas, NV? Read on to find out, as well as learn some of the ways to manage and treat the pain of swimmer's shoulder.
What causes swimmer's shoulder?
"Swimmer's shoulder" is a broad term used to describe a range of painful shoulder overuse injuries that occur among swimmers. There are a number of parts that make up your shoulder—including bones, joints, ligaments and muscles—and any of these parts can be injured during typical swimming motions. The pain can range from local pain in the shoulder joint to a radiating pain that runs from your shoulder and neck all the way down your arm. As an overuse injury, swimmer's shoulder is typically caused by repeated trauma, as opposed to a single isolated incident.
How is this condition diagnosed?
The shoulder is a mobile joint controlled by muscles and ligaments that cover it. It's the most used joint in your body, so overuse is not uncommon in a lot of people whether they are swimmers or do heavy lifting every day.
It's very important to get a correct diagnosis so you can receive the best treatment and get back to your regular routine more quickly. For this reason, be sure to see a doctor who specializes in swimmer's shoulder injuries and treatment. Your physician will run tests on your shoulder to determine where the pain is coming from, as well as talk to you to figure out what seems to be causing your shoulder pain.
What are the treatment options?
The best way to prevent swimmer's shoulder is to ensure proper stroke technique. Poor technique is the number one cause of shoulder pain among swimmers, followed by general overuse of the shoulder joint. Overworking your joint's muscles and ligaments over a period of time can cause rotator cuff tears, tendonitis, bursitis, rotator cuff impingement, capsule and ligament damage or cartilage damage. Here are a few ways physicians treat this type of injury:
- Rest, ice and compression: Shoulder injury patients want relief from pain and inflammation—the initial treatment for soft tissue shoulder injuries is the combination of rest, ice packs, compression and elevation. Early on in your treatment, lifting your arm and sleeping may be uncomfortable. Avoiding pain-inducing movement or activities, applying ice as directed and supporting the injured shoulder are crucial for healing.
- Physical therapy: Repetitive overhead motions during swimming put a person at risk for swimmer's shoulder, which is different from other types of shoulder trauma. Once your injury gets evaluated, your doctor may refer you to a specialist or physical therapist to begin retraining your muscles and ligaments.
- Surgery: Because severe cases of rotator cuff impingement could lead to a tendon tear, you must seek medical help immediately following this type of shoulder injury. Icing the area and taking medications might not be enough for you, so your doctor may recommend a surgical approach.
Contact Bernard Ong, M.D. for an evaluation of your shoulder injury in Las Vegas, NV. If you need to proceed with surgery, rest assured that you are in good hands. Call Dr. Ong's office today to schedule an appointment!
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May 11, 2018By Nathan Bentley
"PwC and VeChain today jointly unveiled the 2018 Market Survey Report for (Non-financial) Application of Blockchain in China. Survey findings highlight logistics, government and medical industries as areas that stand to benefit most from adapting blockchain technology. Further, while industry-specific concerns exist, there is common agreement among respondents that the most pressing challenge now is the formation of standardised policy structuring continued development of the technology."Essentially, PwC and VeChain have carried out extensive research into the futures of blockchain technology for professional services, they highlight that logistics and transport, government and medical industries could best benefit from this sort of technology, with 85.7% of participants referring to 'tamper resistance' as one of the key features of blockchain technology, something that the aforementioned fields could very much benefit from. Interestingly, according to PwC:
"In terms of industry, traditional industries are more optimistic about the potential of blockchain than new technology industries, according to the report. Respondents from retail, education and science formed the highest percentage of participants who recorded seeing a "significant impact" from and remaining optimistic about blockchain. These were followed by the manufacturing industry, service industry, IT or high-tech industry and media."It is clear here, that PwC really do wish to explore the potential of blockchain technology and do believe that this is something their clients can indeed benefit from. With such a huge client base, by experimenting in this way, PwC can provide a number of institutions with blockchain based solutions to issues they probably don't even know they have yet, therefore, the PwC x VeChain partnership may very well prove to bring huge benefits to the blockchain industry, and to those in the pursuit of blockchain, mainstream adoption. I would recommend reading the full press release by PwC, it provides great insight into the work carried out by PwC and VeChain here and outlines a very optimistic future for the pair.


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Nerve cells react, or transfer information to
each other, by producing an electrochemical signal
called the action potential. This signal
travels down a part of the nerve cell called the
axon, which is like a wire that carries the signal
to other nerve cells.
On average a nerve cell sends a signal at
about 50 meters per second, which is over 100
miles an hour! This means that when you step
on something sharp it does take some time for that
signal to go from the nerves in your foot to your
brain, although not very much time. In fact in
taller people it takes longer for a signal to go
from one area to another than in shorter people,
but the difference is too fast to tell outside of
a laboratory.
Depending on a number of factors, signals can
be sent even faster. One important factor is how
myelinated the axon is.Myelin is a fatty
substance that acts as an electrical
insulator, increasing the speed at which the
signal is sent. A highly myelinated nerve cell
can send a signal at up to 120 meters per second,
or nearly 270 miles per hour, quite a bit
faster than an airplane taking off! These quick
speeds are the basis for everything the brain
does, from making sense of what your eyes see to
deciding what you're going to have for lunch.
Thanks for the question,
How quickly your nerves react will depend on
which kind of nerve impulses you are talking
about! On average, however, it is estimated that
neurons fire about 200 times per second.


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Belgrade Polymer Products claims its 'nosing ahead' in the renewable energy sector by offering proven expertise in manufacturing bespoke ABS nose cones for wind turbines.
The Wellingborough thermo-forming specialist says it can supply energy companies with a comprehensive service tailored to their exact requirements, due to developments in prototype testing, sample production and equipment investment.
Typical nose cone products supplied measure up to 1.6m in diameter and are available in black or white from stock or any colour can be specified, subject to a minimum order quantity.
"We are well placed to serve the growing wind energy market with a range of in-house specialist and flexible capability," said Patrick Burke, Belgrade General Manager.
"We can undertake the complete process of product development from design and prototype to manufacturing items to customers' bespoke specifications."
Belgrade has a 'zero waste' philosophy where no plastic goes to incineration or landfill in its manufacturing operation.
Its 'closed-loop' manufacturing process contributes to this process with in-house sheet extrusion, vacuum-forming and recycling, enabling the business to boost its eco-credentials.
ISO9001-accredited, Belgrade can supply customers in the UK, Europe and worldwide.