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How Much do You Really Know About Calories?
Take the guesswork out of these important (and sometimes confusing) nutritional numbers
You count calories, cut calories, burn calories, and most of all consume calories. But how much do you really know about the units that power your day (and your ride)? We address some common calorie questions here to help you take the guesswork out of those nutritional numbers.
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The short answer: a calorie is a unit of energy. The cells in your body need energy to move blood, breathe air, and pump muscles—and they get it from three sources: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats (otherwise known as macronutrients). You get nine calories per gram of fat, compared to four calories per gram of carbohydrate or protein. Surplus calories are stored as fat, which can cause weight gain—so it's important to balance what you're using with what you're consuming.
Related: Cycling Calories Burned Calculator
Everybody has what is called a basal metabolic rate (BMR), or the amount of energy your body burns just to maintain essential functions like breathing, thinking, and pumping blood. Your BMR is determined by your height, weight, and age, and can range from around 1,400 calories for women to 2,000 for men, give or take. One way to think of your BMR is like an electric bill: You know the basic cost per month, but it can vary depending on whether the AC or heat is on. "When you add activity, your electric bill goes up," says Douglas Kalman, PhD., sports nutritionist with Florida International University athletics.
The long-standing guideline is this: For active adults age 31-50, men need 2,800 to 3,000 calories daily and women need around 2,200. Of course, the magic word is "active," which varies per person and depends on factors like intensity and metabolic health (i.e., how effectively your body burns calories). For most exercise-conscious people, these numbers are a solid foundation. However, the more active you are, the more calories you need.
How many should you add? "Keep a food journal to record your daily calories for a week," says sports nutritionist Heather Mangieri, MS, RDN, author of Fueling Young Athletes. That way you can adjust your intake depending on how you feel. "If caloric intake satisfies your hunger and maintains your body weight goals, but not your performance goals, try adjusting your meal timing." Mangieri adds. "Sometimes, it's just a matter of reorganizing when you take in those calories."
Related: 9 Food Swaps to Boost Your Energy
Yes, and it's important to get them at the right time, from the right sources. You've probably heard about the anabolic window—around 30 minutes post-workout—when the body is primed to accept nutrients for optimal muscle tissue repair. How much do you need? The exact amount will depend on your expenditure, and "is not as important as the proper macronutrient balance," says Mangieri. Her rule of thumb is a 2:1 carb to protein ratio.
When you are briefly calorie-deficient, the body taps into stored glycogen for energy. If you move into a more long-term deficiency, your body will start to metabolize fat, which is why long, low-intensity workouts are great if you're trying to get lean. The problem is that if you don't bring enough fuel, your body will begin to burn protein (essentially eating its own muscle), which can hurt your performance. "This is why you need to monitor your calorie-intake when exercising for longer than 75 minutes," says Kalman. Whenever possible you want to avoid forcing your body to burn protein.
Fitness trackers can give you a good estimate—especially if you're just looking at your relative output day-to-day—but no tracker is 100 percent accurate. In fact, a 2016 study in JAMA Internal Medicine found that most of the popular fitness trackers have a margin of error of around 200 calories per day in either direction.
Related: Take Your Fitness Tracking to the Next Level with These Training Variables


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Hot Dining Spot: Hendrix Now Open
The team behind Driftwood Kitchen and The Deck on Laguna Beach concepts, has introduced its newest restaurant in Orange County, Hendrix, at the Ocean Ranch Village in Laguna Niguel (32431 Golden Lantern, Laguna Niguel). This neighborhood restaurant offers a style of cuisine that reflects the current "New American" trend, which assimilates flavors from the melting pot of traditional American cooking techniques. Executive Chef Rainer Schwarz's menu items include recognizable preparations and emphasize the main ingredient at its best. These include popular cuts of fish, steaks and chops as well as rotisserie items with interesting and flavorful accompaniments and appetizers reflecting seasonal availability and quality.
Some of the standout dishes from Hendrix's rotisserie will include spit-roasted Porcetta and Colorado Rack of Lamb, which will be available for takeaway and in-house dining as entrees or sharable platters. The menu also includes Fried Catfish, Double R Ranch Bone-In Ribeye, Scottish Cedar-Planked Salmon, and Rotisserie Chicken & Fontina Flatbread. Guests may begin their meal with freshly made-to-order Zucchini Cornbread with honey compound butter with sea salt, and end with Austrian Apple Strudel, inspired by Chef Schwarz's youth.
Hendrix Restaurant features a full bar with a beverage program that will include a mix of signature drinks, a quality draft program reflecting the American craft movement, and an easy-to-navigate wine list full of favorites at recognizably good pricing. Wines will be on display in the restaurant so diners can shop for their desired bottle at near retail price.
Hendrix is now open at the Ocean Ranch Village in Laguna Niguel (32431 Golden Lantern). For more information, visit www.hendrixoc.com.

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FOR THE TOPPINGS1 tablespoon fennel seed2 cups cooked, finely crumbled Italian sausage
FOR THE CRUST4 oz warm water1/4 teaspoon instant yeast...6 ounces ice water
then add the malt syrup, flour, salt, pepper, dried oregano, sweet paprika
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Quad City pizza is getting some national love in the WaPo. In case that article disappears, here is the included recipe, which is adapted from a QC-style purveyor in Chicago. Given what we've seen from other restaurants, take this with a grain of salt, caveats galore (e.g., "Chicago deep dish has cornmeal!"), but this may be a good starting point for the style.===Adapted from a recipe by Roots Handmade Pizza in Chicago.Tested size: 16 servings; makes two 12-inch piesFOR THE CRUST4 oz warm water1/4 teaspoon instant yeast3 oz (6 T) malt syrup20 oz bread flour2 tsp kosher salt2 tsp freshly ground black pepper2 tsp dried oregano2 tsp sweet paprika6 ounces ice waterFOR THE TOPPINGS1 tablespoon fennel seed2 cups cooked, finely crumbled Italian sausage2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes1 1/4 cups no-salt-added tomato sauce18 ounces (4 cups) shredded mozzarella cheeseDIRECTIONSFor the crust: Combine the warm water and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough-hook attachment; let the mixture sit for 10 minutes, then add the malt syrup, flour, salt, pepper, dried oregano, sweet paprika and ice water. Beat on low speed for about 2 minutes, then increase the speed to medium and mix for another few minutes to form a dough that is smooth and elastic.Divide the dough in half; wrap each portion in plastic wrap, then refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours. Before shaping the pizza, bring the dough to room temperature, 2 to 3 hours.Place a pizza/baking stone on the lowest oven rack; preheat to 450 degrees. If you dont have a baking stone, invert a large baking sheet on the lower rack.Place each dough ball on top of its own 12-inch square of parchment paper. Use a rolling pin to stretch and roll each dough ball into a 12-inch round, folding the edges of the dough over about 1/2 inch and crimping with your thumb and forefinger, to form a lip.For the toppings: Stir the fennel seed into the cooked and crumbled sausage. Stir the crushed red pepper flakes into the tomato sauce. Spread half of the tomato sauce across the surface of each dough round. Sprinkle the seasoned sausage evenly over the sauce, then top with the shredded mozzarella cheese, being sure to spread it evenly over the sausage.Use a pizza peel to carefully transfer one pizza (with its parchment paper) to the pizza/baking stone; bake for up to 15 minutes, until the top is golden brown and bubbling.Let the pizza sit for a few minutes before using kitchen shears to cut it crosswise into strips that are about 1 1/2 inches wide; then cut down the center (so the long strips are cut in half). Repeat with the remaining dough and toppings.


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A recent Daily Press article revealed that water usage is up in Santa Monica despite an ongoing drought across the state.
So, this week's Q-Line question asks:
What are you willing to give up to save water in our drought-stricken region?
Here are your responses:
"It doesn't make any sense to ask the residents of Santa Monica to give up anything, per se, because of all the construction going on. … How can we save water if we keep building? In order to save water, we have to put a freeze on all building. If usage keeps going up then we can cut down on showers, watering lawns and all that, but there's no sense in cutting back on our water use if more accounts are going to get put into the water system and more people are going to be coming in and use a lot more water. So let's put a freeze on all building."
"I am not willing to give up even one more thing. I all ready take fewer showers, my lawn is brown, I flush less and wash my car less. My question is, what good does this do if the city keeps building more and more slum tenements. All of these are full of new toilet flushers who nullify my efforts. In addition, in the past in every case when the long-time citizens of an area respond effectively to a call to save water, their water bills are raised because the water provider doesn't have enough money to pay their overpriced and overcompensated employees. So it's damned if you do, and damned if you don't save water. In either case, your bill goes up."
"I'm not willing to do anything. I'll tell you why. The City Council and city planners have added 10,000 people to this city and then turn around and say, 'Oh, we're going to be short of water.' My question is where are the questions about water consumption when these developments are planned? It is not a good planning situation and the City Council and city planners had better not come back to the citizens and say, 'You need to conserve water.'"
"What am I willing to give up to save water in California's drought? Very ready to give up the mass importation of millions and millions of legal and illegal foreign workers. They all use water!"
"Drought? Right. Every time they say there is a drought, we have to use less water, and then they go and build all these big developments. So forget it, I will not have a brown, dead lawn just so they can build more and more. If there isn't enough water, shut their water off; I was here first."
"There are two simple solutions to the water shortage that our clueless government officials fail to do. 1) Stop all illegal immigration. 2) Build desalinization plants. Because government does neither, I will not give up anything to save water."
"I reduced my water consumption during the drought of 1990-91. I have kept those water saving practices up since then. It is now time for the city to reduce water demand. Large water using developments such as the Hines/Bergamot proposals should be rejected if the city expects citizens to further curtail water use."
"I have already given up overhead watering and a grass lawn. Most water in Santa Monica is used on landscaping. It's wrong for property owners to continue old Middle Western landscape habits. Turn off the sprinkler system, discontinue fertilizing, remove the grass, and don't let your gardener plant winter rye grass (why would you continue to waste money on a lawn you never use?). The best landscape advice I can give is to plant more trees (the world needs more oxygen), do small gardens or bright color bowls, retrofit the overhead sprinkler system with drippers (it's easy, you don't even need a professional to help you), and put down a 3-inch layer of mulch (often free through the city). Voila! Perfect garden, low water use, no run-off. By the way, maintaining your own yard is a great way to get fresh air, exercise, and perhaps lose a pound or two. Here you are, driving to the gym when instead, you can be improving your little slice of Santa Monica."
"I'm willing to give up an over-watered grass median on Olympic Boulevard from 10th Street all the way to Centinela. I'm also willing to give up the water functions of the multi-million dollar fountain in front of City Hall along with all the free water the city provides to all its Community Corporation tenants across the city."
"We lived in the Bay Area during the drought years of 1977-78, and while we were on strict water restrictions, we heard that in Los Angeles people were still washing their sidewalks and their cars. We learned to collect our shower water and rinse water from our washing machine to put on our plants, let our lawns go dry, and didn't wash our cars every other day. (In fact, I now keep my car clean using a polish that is superior to the hose.) It is only common sense that people shouldn't run water while brushing their teeth or after washing, shouldn't wash the sidewalks — a broom works just as well, and let their cars be a little dirty. Mainly, people should be aware that there is a severe drought and think about how they use water and try to conserve."


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The Pulaski County Recorder of Deeds preserves real estate documents for a county or local government as part of their job to ensure the accuracy of land, property, and property tax records. Recorders of Deeds may also provide information on Pulaski County unclaimed property, including property transferred through a will or gift deed. Unclaimed property information may be available on the Recorder of Deeds website through a searchable database.
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The Pulaski County Veterans Affairs Department is a federal agency that provides services to veterans, including providing life insurance to service members. In some cases, policyholders or their beneficiaries may have unclaimed insurance funds which are owed to them, which are considered Pulaski County unclaimed property. The Veterans Affairs Department provides an online search database to identify unclaimed life insurance funds owed to people in Pulaski County, Illinois.
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STS-120 to Deliver Harmony Node to ISS
A series of recent shuttle missions have added to the International Space Station's exterior with new elements for its main truss. Now, Discovery will take into orbit a connecting module that will increase the orbiting laboratory's interior space.
October's STS-120 mission will bring the Harmony module, christened after a school contest, that will provide attachment points for European and Japanese laboratory modules. Known in technical circles as Node 2, it is similar to the six-sided Unity module that links the U.S. and Russian sections of the station.
Image at right: The STS-120 insignia. Credit: NASA
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"STS-120 is such a cool mission," said Commander Pam Melroy. "Node 2 is the expansion of the space station's capability to bring international laboratories up. It's the expansion of our capability to carry additional people.
"It has additional life support equipment that will allow us to expand out beyond a three-person crew. It's this big boost in the capability which is really exciting," she said.
Built in Italy for the United States, Harmony is a high-tech hallway and Tinkertoy-like hub. It is a 23- by 14-foot passageway that will connect the U.S. segment of the station to the European and Japanese modules, to be installed later this year and early next year, respectively.
Harmony will be the first new U.S. pressurized component to be added to the station since the Quest Airlock was attached to one of Unity's six berthing ports in 2001.
"It's the gateway to the international partners," Lead Station Flight Director Derek Hassman said. "As the station is configured today, there's nowhere to put all the international partner modules until we deliver and activate Node 2. That's the piece that makes the rest possible."
jsc2003e39020 -- Harmony Node 2; jsc2003e37640 -- The International Space Station Image above: At left, is a detailed view of the Harmony Node 2. At right, is a view of Harmony attached to the International Space Station's U.S. Destiny laboratory.
Installing Harmony should be straightforward, Hassman said. But actually opening the gateway will require some shuffling. The shuttle will be docked to an existing adapter port where the node is meant to attach, so Harmony will be installed in a temporary spot on the first connecting node, Unity, until the mission is over. It will be moved by the station crew once the shuttle leaves.
"It's kind of a shell game," Lead Shuttle Flight Director Rick LaBrode said. "We're going to put it on the left side of Node 1, and then, after the mission undocks, we'll robotically remove the port the shuttle docks to from the end of the lab and put it on Node 2. And then we're going to take the Node 2 and put it on the end of the lab."
After that, it'll be ready for the European and Japanese laboratories. But labs require electricity. So Melroy's crew – which includes Pilot George Zamka, mission specialists Scott Parazynski, Douglas Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency, and Daniel Tani, who will trade places with station Flight Engineer Clay Anderson as an expedition crew member – will continue to set up the station's exterior support truss and its power system.
After Harmony is installed, they'll move the truss segment holding the station's first set of solar arrays to a new home. The Port 6, or P6 arrays, as they are known, have been attached to the middle of the truss for the past seven years, positioned vertically to the rest of the station, acting as a temporary power system.
With the addition of two sets of arrays brought to the station on recent shuttle flights, the original arrays can be relocated during STS-120 to their permanent position at the very end of the left side of the truss. But that has its own trials and tribulations.
sts120-s-002 -- The STS-120 crew Image above: The official portait of the seven member STS-120 crew.
"This truss was the one where, when they retracted the solar array in December, they had difficulties," LaBrode said. "Well, we're going to take that during our mission and actually move it all the way outboard. It's tight clearances, and the way that the robotics operations are here, the arm is completely extended out."
In fact, the space station's arm was designed with this move in mind. Engineers knew the arm would never need to reach farther than this segment – or it's mirror on the right side – and so they built it to go just that far and not much farther. That creates some challenges. LaBrode compared it to trying to do something with your arm completely straight, rather than bent at the elbow – it limits your flexibility.
"It's the design-limiting case," Melroy said. "It's the maximum capability of the robotic arm's reach, and there are no cameras out there. So our spacewalkers are going to have to be out there going, 'OK, a little bit to the right,' guiding the robotic arm operator."
Hassman said he's confident they can pull it off.
"The good thing about the robotics stuff is the experience we have and all the tools the spacewalkers have allow us to really nail that stuff – knock it flat in terms of the planning," he said.
And this is one case where familiarity does not breed contempt – or even boredom.
"It's funny," LaBrode said. "This is my fourth lead, but I see myself saying this every time. I know all the other ones have been pretty exciting, but this has got to be the most exciting one. They're all completely critical to the success, all the way up to completing our president's vision, going to the next step. But they just seem to get more and more complicated as they go along."
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So I am taking an online course (for fun) called "Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective". One cool thing that I learned today was how to calculate the moisture content of any food. But I won't get ahead of myself, let's start with the basics.
What is food? Food is…
- Things that give us nutritional value
- Things that gives us energy
- Things that taste good to us
- Things that are not poisonous
Food is made up of some basic components. This helps create an amazing diversity of foods we have today.
- Water
- Carbohydrates
- Proteins
- Fats
Here is a question for you. What do you think has more water a cucumber or milk?
If you guessed cucumber, you are correct! Here is how you calculate how much water each one has. Let's take a look at the nutrition label for both foods.
1. Look at the Total Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein for Cucumber. Add all the grams together, here is how:
Total Fat = 0g
Total Carbohydrate = 3g
Protein 1g
TOTAL: 4g
2. Now subtract 4 from the Serving Size (133 g), this will equal to 129. Divide 129 by 133, and you get 97%.
Cucumber Moisture Content is 97%
Now, let's calculate moisture content for milk.
1. Look at the Total Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein for Milk. Add all the grams together, here is how:
Total Fat = 8g
Total Carbohydrate = 13g
Protein = 8g
TOTAL: 29g
2. Now subtract 29 from the Serving Size (244 g), this will equal to 215. Divide 215 by 244, and you get 88%.
Milk Moisture Content is 88%
So side-by-side comparison: Cucumber moisture content is 97% and Milk is 88%.
Cool huh? Now you can calculate moisture (water) content of your favorite foods. Use this website to find nutrition labels and compare!
What foods did you find about and what shocked you the most, comment below!!!


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An avid creative, Greg has made his skills available to many clients for major broadcasts including: CBS News, TBS Sportsnet, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, and Dateline NBC, among others. Greg has also had the opportunity to work with diverse power players in the Washington D.C. circle, such as President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Karl Rove.
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Final Recommendations for a Voluntary National Accreditation Program for State and Local Health Departments
The current article presented recommendations from the Steering Committee (SC) of the Exploring Accreditation Project. The project began work in 2004 on the feasibility of establishing a national public health accreditation program. Project workgroups explored governance, standards development, financing and incentives, and evaluation.
Key Findings:
- The SC recommended a not-for-profit entity administer the national public health accreditation program. The SC proposed considering applicant eligibility to the program broadly and maintaining relationships with organizations operating under current public health performance initiatives.
- The SC did not specify standards for the national public health accreditation program but delineated 11 domains (e.g., working with communities and enforcement of public health law and policy) in which health departments at various levels would be measured. Standards developed for the program would exist within each of the 11 domains.
- SC recommendations in the area of financing included finding an array of funders for initial development, covering operation of the program with fees from applicants and agencies along with resources from other funders, and ensuring that fees for accreditation are kept affordable.
- The SC recommended positive incentives be used in the accreditation program in areas such as quality improvement and recognition of a public health department's work.
- The SC recommendations also included program evaluation and plans for research by the organization being accredited.


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Children in institutions in Northern Ireland were exported to Australia like "baby convicts," a witness has told a public inquiry into historical abuse in Northern Ireland, reports news.com.au.
The Sisters of Nazareth were responsible for the removal of 111 child migrants aged as young as five before and after World War II, some of whom faced grave sexual and physical violence after arrival. Another 20 were sent by other institutions.
In some cases parental consent was not sought, migrants were separated from siblings, and some deprived of their real identities by withholding of birth certificates, a lawyer for the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry said yesterday.
Reasons for transport included boosting "Catholicisation" in Australia, propping up the number of white inhabitants of the Empire or saving money and emptying overcrowded workhouses, the investigation heard.
A statement from one witness said: "We were exported to Australia like little baby convicts."
The inquiry was established by ministers in Northern Ireland following a campaign by alleged victims. Survivors have given graphic details of their ordeals, according to inquiry chairman Sir Anthony Hart.
Approximately 130 young children, in the care of religious voluntary institutions or state bodies after being orphaned or taken away from unmarried mothers, became child migrants, most in the decade after the war.
The experiences of around 50 of them will be examined in person or via video-link and their statements furnished to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia.
The Sisters of Nazareth, based in Londonderry and Belfast, sent 111 children between 1938 and 1956. Many were Queensland-bound in eastern Australia because it was seen as a very Catholic state and considered best for the girls. Others went to Fremantle near Perth or other parts of Western Australia.
Read full article: Historical abuse inquiry hearing evidence from Northern Ireland (news.com.au)
N Ireland orphanages sent children to Australia until 1950s, inquiry told (The Guardian)
Photo: Historical abuse inquiry members David Lane, Sir Anthony Hart and Geraldine Doherty inside the courtroom at Banbridge, Northern Ireland


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Members of the Potomac School Robotics program are working with SySTEMic Solutions to make robotics available to students in Fairfax County Public Schools. We are mentoring students at community centers in the Gum Springs, Bailey's Crossroads, and Reston areas to aid them with the robot building process and programming. To learn more about this amazing program, visit their website:
VEX Programming Workshop Hosted by SySTEMic Solutions
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The top two teams from the MIAA meet in the second round of the NCAA playoffs Saturday when third-ranked Northwest Missouri State (10-1) hosts 10th-ranked Pittsburg State (11-1) at Bearcat Stadium. Kickoff is noon CST.
Northwest, the second seed in Super Region Four, handed third-seeded Pittsburg State its only loss of the 2008 season. The Bearcats beat the Gorillas 35-10 Oct. 4 in Kansas City on their way to a third consecutive 9-0 mark in conference play. Kendall Wright caught 11 passes for 157 yards and LaRon Council rushed for 144 yards and four scores to pace the Bearcats.
The win proved to be the difference in Northwest earning a first-round bye and a home game in round two. Pittsburg State, meanwhile, held off sixth-seeded Nebraska-Omaha 33-21 last weekend at The Pitt.
Because of the Arrowhead series, the Gorillas haven't played in Maryville since 2000. The teams split a pair of playoff games in Pittsburg, Kan., in 2004 and 2005 with the Bearcats winning the latter.
Northwest is 3-0 and has outscored its opponents 117-42 in playoff games after receiving a first-round bye. The Bearcats are 9-1 in opening games of the NCAA playoffs and 13-3 at home under head coach Mel Tjeerdsma – the winningest postseason coach in DII history.
Northwest is the only team since 2002 to hold Pittsburg State to less than 100 yards rushing and its happened three times in the team's last four meetings (all Northwest wins).
Gorilla quarterback Mark Smith managed 56 yards and tailback Caleb Farabi a season-low 28 against the Bearcats earlier this season. The duo in its six games since has combined to average 204 yards rushing per game.
Only four running backs have reached 100 yards against Northwest in the last 44 games. The Bearcats lead the MIAA and rank 15th nationally against the run, allowing 94 yards per game.
Northwest and Pittsburg State rank 1-2, respectively, in the MIAA in scoring, total offense and total defense. The Bearcats' 42 points per game rank fifth nationally and their 483 yards of offense rank sixth.
Northwest senior quarterback and MIAA Most Valuable Offensive Player Joel Osbornleads the nation's 21st-ranked passing attack. Osborn has the third-highest completion percentage in the nation at 68.8 percent. He threw for 263 yards and two scores against the Gorillas earlier this season. He's passed for more than 1,000 yards with eight touchdowns and one interception in five games since.
Council's 27 touchdowns lead the nation and is a Northwest regular-season record. He ranks seventh nationally in rushing and has five 100-yard efforts in his last seven games (the other two were 56-7 Northwest wins).
Anchoring the top defense in the league is Northwest junior safety Myles Burnsides, the MIAA's Most Valuable Defensive Player. Burnsides has a team-high four interceptions and ranks third on the team with 46 tackles. His 10 stops in the season opener remains the Bearcats' single-game high.
Northwest has allowed 24 first-half points in its last seven games. In that span, teams are averaging less than three yards a carry and less than four yards per play.
The winner of Saturday's game will play the winner of Lone Star members West Texas A&M and Abilene Christian, the four and one seeds, respectively. Abilene would host next Saturday's game should they win otherwise Northwest or Pittsburg State would host.
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Like the rest of the world, Africa is still re-building from the impact of COVID-19, however, there continues to be an optimistic view of the opportunities the continent presents. An example of the appetite for investment into Africa was captured in a report we commissioned, titled Legal Leaders in MENA. Our survey of legal leaders revealed a resounding desire to expand into new territories, with 81% naming Africa as their investment destination of choice.Read the full edition
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The Use of Trust Receipts
Trust receipts assist importers in refinancing their payment obligations upon the maturity of a letter of credit ("LC"). Following payment of the purchase price by the LC issuing bank (or after an agreed period), the importer is required to reimburse the issuing bank. Until such time as the importer reimburses the LC issuing bank, the documents of title relating to the goods imported (e.g. bills of lading) are retained by the bank and this will prevent the importer from on-selling the goods. Law No 27 of 2006 (the "Commercial Code") states that the LC issuing bank has a lien over the bills of lading until such time as the importer (being the LC issuing bank's customer) reimburses the LC issuing bank for payments made towards purchase of the goods that have been imported.
The key issue here is one of cash flow management for the importer. The importer will prefer to first sell the goods imported before settling its payment obligations to the LC issuing bank. The trust receipt arrangement allows the LC issuing bank to release the documents of title relating to the imported goods to the importer while retaining its ownership interest in the said goods.
Trust Receipts Generally
The trust receipt arrangement provides the bank with a form of quasi-security by virtue of the bills of lading relating to the imported goods being made to the order of the bank. The bank releases the bills of lading to the importer and permits the importer to sell the goods on the condition that the proceeds of sale are used to repay the bank.
The following are the typical steps in a trust receipt transaction:
Under the trust receipt, the bank is the owner of the goods and the Customer undertakes to deal with the goods represented by the bills of lading as the agent of the Bank. The proceeds of the sale of such goods are to be deposited by the Customer with the Bank and used to repay the LC Reimbursement Amount. The trust receipt ensures that the Bank retains its title in the goods while releasing the right to deal in the goods to the Customer.
Trust Receipts under Qatar Law
Trust receipts are not defined under the laws of Qatar, however they are used in Qatar as a method of import financing.
At the outset it is pertinent to consider the status of a bill of lading under Law No 15 of 1980 (the "Maritime Code"). Under Article 146 of the Maritime Code a bill of lading can be negotiated by endorsement (unless the bill of lading restricts negotiation). The holder of a bill of lading is entitled to take possession of the goods represented by the bill of lading. Further, Article 970 of the Civil Code (Law No 22 of 2004) states that possession of a moveable object or a negotiable instrument representing the movable object creates a presumption of ownership.
Under trust receipt arrangements, the bill of lading is either endorsed to the Bank or made to the order of the Bank. Therefore, there is a presumption of ownership of the goods (underlying the bill of lading) in favour of the Bank. The Bank can then deal with the goods by appointing the Customer as its agent to sell the goods on its behalf.
Under the trust receipt, the relationship of the Customer and the Bank is one of principal and agent. Article 716 of the Civil Code defines an agency as a contract by which an agent undertakes to perform a legal action for the principal. The agent should not exceed the limits of the scope of the agency unless it is impossible to obtain the consent of the principal for the overreaching of the scope (Article 722).
Article 362 of the Penal Code states that with respect to breach of trust "a penalty of not more than three years in prison and a fine of not more than ten thousand Riyals [USD 2,800] shall apply to a person who misappropriates, uses, or misuses amounts of money, bonds or any other movable properties to harm the holders or the possessors whenever delivered under a contract of trust, rent, mortgage or a proxy".
The Qatari Court of Cassation, in judgment No. 70 of 2005, also confirmed that there are five types of "trust" or "Amana" contracts in light of Article 362 of the Penal Code. These are:
Therefore, the breach of any of the trust receipt arrangements (being a form of agency) would constitute a breach of trust which is subject to a penalty under Article 362 of the Penal Code.
Re-Characterization Risk
Under other GCC laws (such as the UAE Commercial Code) there is a clear reference to the trust receipt structure described above. However, in Qatar while there is a legal basis to establish the trust receipt arrangement, there are no specific provisions in the Commercial Code governing the same. There is therefore a risk that a Qatari court may treat the trust receipt arrangement as a simple loan and security arrangement and not accept the presumption of ownership in favour of the Bank.
To counter this, in addition to endorsement of the bill of lading in favour of the Bank, the rights under the sale contract or invoice relating to ownership of the goods should also be transferred to the Bank. The court may then construe this as a security under Article 234 of the Commercial Code where possession of the goods has been transferred to the Bank as security such that the ownership of the goods is vested in the Bank and not the Customer.
Tracing and Comparison with position in the UAE
From the Bank's perspective, if the Customer fails to deposit the sale proceeds from the goods with the Bank, the Bank will want recourse to such proceeds. The Commercial Code in Qatar does not have a specific provision that gives the Bank recourse to the proceeds of sale. The position in other GCC states is different. In the UAE the situation is covered by Article 439(5) of the UAE Commercial Transactions Law (UAE Law No 18 of 1993), which states that the Bank will have recourse to the goods as well as the proceeds of sale of the goods under a trust receipt arrangement. In Qatar, the Bank will rely upon the rules of agency to have such recourse. That said, there are some inherent practical difficulties with this arrangement as the control over the goods will ultimately remain with the Customer.
Although Qatar does not have a specific law addressing the use of trust receipts, their use remains common and is likely to remain so. Nonetheless, it would give users of trust receipts more confidence and clarify a number of issues if Qatar adopted the legislative measures taken in other GCC states, in particular the UAE.
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Meanwhile, Mayor Jack Madison (Nicolas Coster) was as desperate to find Sara, as Peter (Kristos Andrews) was to find his big brother, but why? I suspect Father's Day may come early in Bay City...
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I don't know about you but I am SO messy. I don't know what it is but little explosions are being set off at all times resulting in a BIG mess. My art space is no exception- if anything it's worse! I get so into whatever I'm creating that I end up pulling everything out and piling it up around me. Most of the time I work myself down to 6 inches of space.
This afternoon I decided to tackle some chores around the house- studio space included. I moved a couple items from the counter to the cabinet to give me more table space. Before, the cupcake tray was overlapping my work mat and none of my paint supplies were out. Since I've mainly been working in a
few art journals lately, I need my paint supplies more accessible. I still have a lot more to put away. I think I need to go to IKEA soon for more boxes for the cabinet. I've been separating supplies in those little pink boxes (the ones I used in my old studio) but without the lids- this way I can see directly into them since I'm really not a labeling kind of gal. ;)
It's a tight space so I really need to think about what I want and need up here. In the garage I have an entire section of art supplies (1/3 of what we store, can you believe it!) set up in plastic bins and boxes. Most of that actually is labeled and organized thanks to our move so I've just got to keep it that way!
I'm starting to get into Holiday mode. I've been brainstorming ideas and imagine a transition will be happening in a week or so- time to bring out the fabric and sewing machine! I have a few custom orders for special Tweets that I am excited about. These ones will be slightly different than the ones in the shop. I've also been noting some fabulous finds to share with you in the form of gift guides, which I plan to post next week. If you're making your gifts this year, what types of projects are you planning?
Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and a lovely day. The weekend went by way too fast for my liking but today ended up being a good day afterall. :) I found out that this week is 'Roid Week 2008- so fun! I've really been needing a reason to get out there with my camera. I fear I've been hoarding my film since I won't be able to find it after the end of the year. As you can imagine this has driven the price up quite a bit until stocks are out.. I purchased my last 10 pack of 600 film for $20 but it's totally worth it! I'm asking everyone for film for Christmas and have made a special request that Santa put some in my stocking. Save Polaroid!
So, there's this little spot near my home that always draws my attention as I'm driving by. The way the sun shines through the patch of trees is really magical and it screams of Fall (unlike this weather of high 80s and 90s). I've been meaning to check it out for some time and that was exactly what I thought to do for today's polaroid shoot.
I went to an antique store this afternoon and bought an old children's book for $8. The binding was in pretty good condition and was made more sturdy with book binding tape. I hadn't intended it when I purchased it but decided to make it into my fertility art journal. It's smaller than I thought I would make it, so it won't fit my two previous journal pages- a bummer but that's ok. I'm thinking I may just put them in my other journal and print smaller copies for this book. I don't know yet. The cover is a work in progress. I want to find the perfect text to use so we'll see when I find that. :) I covered the red book binding tape with masking tape for a more cohesive look. The second image is my first entry in the journal. Thank you for your kind words and support regarding this project. I look forward to sharing this experience with you. Happy weekend, friends! xo
One of the gazillion jobs I would have if I could, would be an illustrator. I am so inspired by illustrations + hand written type. I play around a bit (here are a few of my own illustrations) but I'd love to get formal training. Someday. Maybe. :) Here are a few illustrators I'm inspired by:
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♥ Anke Weckmann
♥ Penelope Dullaghan
♥ Karen Katz
♥ Tania Howells
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When Drake rolled out the trailer for his Nothing Was The Same trailer in a big, shiny Maybach, the Toronto rep sounded the trumpets in his grand entrance. The track in question was "Trophies," produced by Hit-Boy and Raymond "Rey Reel" Martin.
His third effort finally descended this past summer but the record was nowhere to be found until his recent show in Brooklyn where a preview of the track blared throughout the Barclays Center. However, Drake reveals that it's an upcoming attraction.
"It was definitely on the album. I know Hit-Boy is gonna watch this interview and (shakes head) but I'm not a throw-it-together kind of guy," he tells Revolt TV, adding that there were different hooks that he was playing around with.
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Activists pack Iowa courtroom as judge hears arguments over tossing 'fetal heartbeat' abortion law
A lawyer defending Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law argued in court Friday morning that "a human child with a heartbeat is a living child."
But that was not the legal argument Judge Michael Huppert wanted to hear about the nation's most restrictive abortion law.
"We're probably getting far afield from what I need to do today," Huppert said. "I've got enough on my plate."
Lawyers gave Huppert plenty to consider Friday in an hourlong hearing over the law that dealt with a range of issues surrounding abortion, from the accuracy of ultrasounds to the point at which a fetus is viable and whether that even matters.
At stake: Whether Iowa can continue to battle in the courts over a law that would limit abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected by doctors.
The law, which has drawn national attention, is now on hold but anti-abortion activists hope an eventual decision allowing it to go into effect would pave the way to limits on abortion across the country. That decision may be months or years from being reached.
The only issue Huppert needs to decide for now is whether there are any facts in dispute in the lawsuit that seeks to toss the law for good. If there are no facts in dispute, the Polk County judge can decide the case without a trial.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the Emma Goldman Clinic, which sued over the law, say there is no need for a trial.
Defending the law, the state's lawyers said there are many facts on which the two sides don't agree. They argued Friday that the law is not a blanket ban, as it has been described, but a tailored regulation.
Attorneys representing the abortion providers, who say the law is unconstitutional, accused the state of trying to "muddy the picture" and urged Huppert to strike the law down.
Both sides will have to wait for their answer. Huppert said he could take up to 60 days to issue a written decision. Whatever he decides, his ruling will set up a likely appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
Anti-abortion activists packed the courtroom
More than 80 people waiting to get into the hearing crowded the halls of the courthouse. Most were there with the Family Leader, an anti-abortion group, but others came through other anti-abortion movements.
Shelley Pitts, a board member of Iowa Right to Life, said she has been organizing against abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision — and she sees the"fetal heartbeat" law in Iowa and similar abortion restrictions in other states as major progress.
"I'm hoping that someday this will go to the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade will be overturned," she said. "I pray it does."
The law would ban nearly all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur about six weeks into a pregnancy and often before a woman realizes she's pregnant.
The two abortion providers sued in May, shortly after the law was signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. The lawsuit claims the law violates Iowa women's due-process rights, their rights to liberty, safety and happiness and their rights to equal protection under Iowa's constitution.
Abortion providers argue: The law is 'plainly unconstitutional'
Lawyers for two abortion providers say a trial isn't needed for Huppert to declare the law "plainly unconstitutional".
The state's high court in June found a fundamental right to abortion under the state's constitution. Planned Parenthood lawyers argue the heartbeat law "would not only restrict but actually foreclose this fundamental right for 98 percent of Iowa women."
Many of the topics raised by state lawyers Friday were already decided in the previous case, said Alice Clapman, a lawyer for Planned Parenthood. That includes the idea that women would change their behavior based on the law and would come in for an abortion earlier in their pregnancy.
"Respondents lost on those arguments," Clapman said.
The Iowa Supreme Court's June decision means abortion restrictions in Iowa must survive strict scrutiny — the most stringent legal standard.
"It's the most protective standard of review a court can give to a right and it's in recognition that that right is fundamental," she said.
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'This bill does not ban one single abortion'
Martin Cannon, a lawyer for the Thomas More Society, a conservative law firm representing the state, said in court that the law wouldn't ban abortions at all. Instead, women would seek abortions earlier in their pregnancies, he said.
"This bill does not ban one single abortion. Not one," Cannon said. "It simply requires that all abortions be done earlier. If you're going to have an abortion, do it promptly before the child reaches this milestone."
After the court hearing, anti-abortion activists gathered for lunch near the courtroom. In that meeting, Cannon said he had hoped he would have been able to tell them in advance that he would they would hear him argue that the law wouldn't ban abortion.
"We need to make that argument because at least in theory its completely correct," he told the activists. He said he needed to counter the abortion-providers' claim the law would be an abortion ban.
But he also said the law, if it takes effect, would, indeed, eliminate, "a huge number of grisly murders of children."
"Of course we feel that its human life from conception. Of course," he said. "But at least we've knocked out all the abortions that are being done later even at the cost of having a number of them done sooner. We are still making history."


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Mar 27, 2018
Argentina Corn 13.3% Harvested, Rains Disappoint Again
Author: Michael Cordonnier/Soybean & Corn Advisor, Inc.
The problem with the corn estimate is the same as the problem with the soybean estimate. In a situation such as this, where is the bottom of the estimates? Unfortunately, we will not know the answer to that question until all the corn is harvested. Probably the last 20% of the corn crop in Argentina will not be harvested until at least the middle of May. The later corn is expected to be lower yielding than the early corn, so the most disappointing corn may be the last corn harvested. Therefore, there is a high probability that my estimate will decline further.
The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange is reporting that 13.3% of the corn was harvested as of late last week. The most advanced harvest is in Entre Rios where more than half of the corn has been harvested. In the northern and southern core regions, the corn is 30% to 50% harvested. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange is now estimating the corn yield thus far at 7,240 kg/ha or 111.4 bu/ac. This represents an increase of 10 bu/ac compared to last week and it is probably a function of where the corn has been harvested.
The corn in general is 34% mature with the early planted corn 62% mature and the late planted corn mainly filling grain. The corn in general is 75% rated poor to very poor with 90% of the crop rated short to very short on soil moisture. The later planted corn is doing worse than the early planted corn, which is the same case for soybeans.
The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange lowered their Argentine corn estimate 2 million tons to 32.0 million. Corn yields are also highly variable, with some areas reporting as much as 20% of the crop abandoned and other areas with very high corn yields. One such lucky area is the municipality of Corral de Bustos in Cordoba where corn yields have been reported as high as 14,000 kg/ha or 215 bu/ac.
Temperatures dropped to near freezing earlier last week in Cordoba, San Luis, Buenos Aires, and western Santa Fe. There is a concern that these low temperatures may slow down the grain filling process making the crop even more vulnerable to potential frosts in the future.


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Therefore one of the most effective ways to reduce energy is to reduce this airflow. In some situations, turning the cabinet off when not in use is an appropriate solution. However when you turn a cabinet off, aseptic conditions are not maintained, and in most cases the cabinet needs to be decontaminated and then disinfected before being placed back in service. This process can be time-consuming and decreases productivity.
Some of the latest biosafety cabinet designs utilize a new technology called a low-flow or "night set-back" mode. In our design, the low-flow mode (ReadySAFE™) is automatically engaged when the user closes the sash of the biosafety cabinet – the motor switches to a reduced flow mode and the light in the cabinet turns off. This significantly reduces energy consumption. Upon opening the sash the motor switches to it normal operating speed and the cabinet light turns back on. Product protection and containment are maintained.
This mode can be used during meetings, work breaks and overnight. Productivity increases because you have immediate access to safe working conditions upon opening the viewscreen and ongoing work can be left in the cabinet without fear of contamination.
Below is a comparison of the power consumption during normal operating mode versus low-flow mode on a Class II Type A2 (4' nominal with sash at 8") cabinet and a Class II Type B2 (4' nominal) cabinet. Because Type A2 and Type B2 cabinets have different airflow requirements, the savings vary depending on which type of Class II cabinet you are operating.
The savings are derived from the specifications for each cabinet. The kilowatts (kW) per hour (how electricity usage is charged) is determined by calculating wattage (Amps x Volts = Watts), then converting it to kW. It shows that the low flow operating mode cuts electricity requirements by 56% in the A2 cabinet and 70% in the B2 cabinet.
|Cabinet in Operation Mode
|Cabinet in Low-Flow Mode
|Voltage Required
|Operating Amperage
|Hourly Power Consumption
|0.414 kW
|0.184 kW
|0.230 kW – 56%
|Cabinet in Operation Mode
|Cabinet in Low-Flow Mode
|Voltage Required
|Operating Amperage
|Hourly Power Consumption
|0.115 kW
|0.035 kW
|0.080 kW – 70%
In a typical usage scenario, the cabinet would be in operation (turned on) for 8 hours a day and in low-flow mode for 16 hours (cabinet not in use). If you calculate the electricity cost (based on U.S. average of $0.13 per kW hour), you can see that a savings of 37% can be realized with the A2 cabinet and a savings of 47% can be realized with the B2 cabinet. Over time, especially when you have many cabinets in your lab, these savings can really add up.
It is important to note that these cost savings are calculated for the electricity required to run the cabinet (plug load) only. Additional energy savings are realized when utilizing the low-flow mode, including reductions in static pressure, heat load, and volume of exhausted air.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennesseans drawing unemployment benefits will soon lose a weekly $15-per-child allowance as part of a new law signed by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam.
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Friday that the change will help bolster the state unemployment trust fund, which could lead to a reduction in unemployment taxes paid by businesses.
According to the department's projections, ending the allowance for dependent children in the budget year beginning July 1 will save the state $40 million per year.
Lawmakers created the child allowance in 2009 in order to qualify for a nearly $142 million federal stimulus grant. Now that that money had been spent, the Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year passed a bill to end the program. It passed 66-23 in the House and 24-5 in the Senate.
"That benefit was nice while it lasted and while it was being paid for with federal dollars," said Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, a main sponsor of the bill to make the benefit changes.
Advocates for low-income families are criticizing the change.
"They're balancing the trust fund on the backs of these kids," said Michele Johnson, the executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center. "It will have real consequences for families across the state."
Facing dwindling funds in the state's unemployment trust fund in 2010, lawmakers raised the amount of wages subject to the unemployment insurance taxes from the first $7,000 to $9,000, and increased premiums by 0.6 percent. The fund, which was insolvent as recently as March 2010, has a current balance of nearly $800 million.
The law includes provisions for reducing the taxable income to $8,000 if the fund reaches $900 million, and back to $7,000 if it reaches $1 billion. The premium hike could already be eligible to be undone because the fund has more than $650 million in it.
Sen. Johnson said that while he's sympathetic to the plight of unemployed parents, he argued that reducing the amount owed by business owners will have a beneficial effect.
"And we want to leave as much money in their hands as we can so they can create more jobs, which will reduce the unemployment rate and get these people off of unemployment compensation," he said.
Conversely, allowing the fund to be drawn down hurt the state's jobs picture, Johnson said.
"If we continue to make those payments for dependent children, it is going to potentially make our unemployment trust fund insolvent," he said. "Which means we're going to have to go and raise premium payments for employers … putting an unfair burden on people who were creating jobs in the state."
Haslam spokesman David Smith said the Republican governor deferred to the sponsors and the Department of Labor to work on the bill.
"The governor was comfortable with the final language," Smith said in an email. "The department continues to work with Tennesseans to connect them with new opportunities."


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"Art of War 15: Ueyama vs. Aohailin" took place Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the National Olympic Sports Center in Beijing, China. The main event saw undefeated submission expert Ao Hai Lin (6-0) continue his win streak by out-pointing the much more experienced Ryuki Ueyama (10-13-4), and taking home a tough fought unanimous decision victory. It was the first time in Ao Hai Lin's professional career that anyone had ever taken him the distance, or even past the first round for that matter.
"Art of War 15" had a significance for the promotion beyond the fights themselves. For the first time, the Chinese MMA organization implemented a new judging system that would prevent fights that go the distance from automatically being ruled a draw. Art of War's Chief U.S. Representative, Al Yu, spoke to ProMMA.info about the new system:


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Security Gaps Found in Virginia Medicaid Claims Processing Systems
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General released a report of an audit of Virginia Medicaid's claims processing systems. The audit uncovered several vulnerabilities that left the data of Medicaid beneficiaries exposed. OIG investigators determined that Virginia had not secured its Medicaid data to an acceptable standard in line with Federal requirements.
The report does not detail the specific vulnerabilities OIG discovered, as that would potentially allow those flaws to be exploited, although full details of the findings of the audit have been submitted to the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) – the entity that administers and supervises the state Medicaid program. OIG has also provided several recommendations for improving the security of its information systems.
The audit involved a review of information system general controls, including conducting staff interviews, reviewing policies and procedures and conducting a vulnerability scan of network devices, servers, databases and websites.
Even though a security program had been adopted for the DMAS Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), several vulnerabilities had not been addressed. Those vulnerabilities were allowed to persist as a result of insufficient controls over Medicaid data and systems, and a lack of oversight over its contractors to ensure sufficient security measures had been applied.
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The vulnerabilities were severe in some cases, potentially allowing Medicaid data to be accessed and critical Medicaid operations to be disrupted. Together, the vulnerabilities could have compromised the integrity of the Virginia Medicaid program. However, OIG uncovered no evidence to suggest that the vulnerabilities had already been exploited.
OIG made several recommendations in various areas including the risk management process, system and information integrity controls, audit and accountability controls, system and communication protection controls and configuration management controls. OIG also recommended access and authentication controls be augmented.
Virginia concurred with all of the recommendation and has developed an action plan to implement those recommendations and correct all vulnerabilities that have yet to be addressed.
While the specific vulnerabilities discovered by OIG were not disclosed in the report, they all fall within areas that other private and public sector organizations have experienced problems with in the past.
Recent healthcare data breaches have also resulted from unaddressed vulnerabilities in similar areas. The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks have shown that vulnerabilities can all too easily be exploited by threat actors.
Healthcare organizations should therefore conduct periodic risk assessments – as required by the HIPAA Security Rule – and conduct vulnerability scans to determine whether any vulnerabilities exist. Organizations must then ensure any identified are vulnerabilities are addressed, prioritising the critical vulnerabilities that have the highest potential of being exploited and those that are likely to cause the most damage.


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A 60-year-old woman who had been suffering from nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) for many years presented complaining of progressive shortness of breath. A worsening of her NSIP was suspected, yet a computed tomogram (CT) of the chest revealed no change, and her pulmonary function tests were not significantly worse than before. No decline in blood oxygenation was seen under stress. Her echocardiogram, too, was unchanged. The already known enchondromas of the trachea and main bronchi were no larger in size.
The patient's subjective dyspnea improved spontaneously over her further hospital course, and a psychogenic component was considered likely.
The enchondromas seen in the CT scan are impressive, particularly on the left. The literature contains no report of an association of these very slowly growing tumors with NSIP or with diabetes insipidus, from which the patient had also been suffering for many years (since 1976). If an enchondroma causes bronchial obstruction, the treatment is resection by surgery or by a laser technique.
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Q: Should I switch my company's URL to one of the new domain extensions?
A: You're referring to the recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to open up more than 1,000 generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) to domains outside of the .com, .net and .biz variety. Now, new gTLDs--.florist, .gallery, .repair, .homes, .technology and more--are just as easy to register as .com. This means a small business such as Sunrise Coffee in Las Vegas could switch from its current URL, SunriseCoffeeLV.com, to the simpler Sunrise.coffee.
We asked Joseph Peterson, a domain-name and branding consultant in the greater Seattle area, for his thoughts on the pros and cons of such a shift.
Should any business with a .com or .net domain switch to an extension that may describe its product or service better?
Not necessarily--.com will always be dominant. It works across all languages and borders, unlike English words such as .company or .cool. For branding purposes, .com is a nice blank and generic canvas. Microsoft is Microsoft, eBay is eBay, Amazon is Amazon, Wikipedia is Wikipedia--each is followed by .com. Such websites can only lose their brand authority and identity by relaunching tomorrow as Microsoft.technology, eBay.auction, Amazon.store or Pedia.wiki.
But what about businesses with burdensome URLs, such as TheLawOfficesOfInsertNameOfFirmHere.com?
Then it makes sense. In the case of your law-firm example, it works to change its URL to, say, the .legal domain name extension to simplify things.
Shouldn't I lock down these gTLDs and prevent competitors from using them?
It would be silly for Disneyland to ignore Disney.land--and it didn't. But in most cases, I view this fear as a colossal waste of money. For example, I see no benefit to registering TDAmeritrade.plumbing, TDAmeritrade.diamonds, TDAmeritrade.bike and other expensive yet irrelevant domains and then having them forward to TD Ameritrade's main site. Domain forwarding only makes sense when it helps people find you online, not as a protection measure.
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As we all know, the strongest typhoon in the world Haiyan, more known in the Philippines as Yolanda, has brought so much pain to the country the past week.
I know I am not alone when I say I can't bear to look at the photos or hear the news as my heart breaks for my fellow countrymen who were affected by this calamity. So instead of talking about the extent of the destruction it has caused, I collated information on how you can help victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. Feel free to share more information in the comments section or email me at joeiandme @ yahoo.com.
What NOT To Give to Relief Aid
List of Tacloban survivors
Please be responsible and not post selfies when using hashtags connected to the typhoon, most especially #RescuePH. The rescuers use this to mobilize their efforts and it would be a waste of their time to have to sort through all the photos and what-nots before they get to the people who are in need of rescuing. For prayers, messages of hope and encouragement, you can use other hashtags such as #PrayforthePhilippines.
If you live outside the Philippines, here's how you can help.
"TIME to get to know the hardy Filipino people.…unbelievably resilient, long-suffering, good-natured, uber friendly, loyal, ingenious and a bunch of survivors. At the end of the day, the Filipinos will just shake off the dirt from their clothes and things, and go about their business…and SMILE. They do not complain much, they will bear as long as they can. Maybe this is why they were given the 'privilege' of bearing the burden of the strongest typhoon ever recorded."
God Bless the Philippines.


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The Republican presidential candidates are revolting! Angry over what they saw as petty questions and liberal bias at last week's CNBC debate—several candidates spent the better part of last week talking about how unfair they felt the whole thing was—the campaigns met in Washington, D.C., Sunday night to try and overhaul their party's debate process.
So what do they want? A lot of stuff, mostly depending on how they're situated in the primary.
According to a report from The Washington Post, Jeb Bush wants to see a Telemundo debate reinstated. Donald Trump, for reasons that are perhaps obvious, said that is a non-starter. The lowest polling candidates want to see the so-called undercard debate done away so that their campaigns can receive "equal treatment." Unsurprisingly, the Republicans who had been relegated to the kiddie table debates—Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, and Bobby Jindal—were behind the push to divide the 14 candidates, evenly and at random, into two debates that would receive equal airtime.
The impetus for the meeting—Republican candidates getting their fee-fees hurt by CNBC moderators who they claim asked "gotcha" questions—might be kind of silly, but restructuring the debates so that, moving forward, candidates have more time to talk about substantive policy questions that voters actually care about probably makes sense.
But not all of the reported requests were quite so reasonable. According to The New York Times, Trump's campaign reportedly demanded that moderators no longer ask questions that require candidates to raise their hands. The reason? Trump was the only one to stick his paws up when Fox News moderators asked candidates during the first debate about refusing to rule out a third-party run.
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The campaigns are expected to produce a full list of demands, which will be sent directly to the networks scheduled to host them, by Tuesday. And we won't have to wait long to see how they shake out in practice: the next Republican debate is set for Nov. 10.


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Creating portraits and scenes that are lifelike, Taiwanese artist and Art Educator Hsi Chun Huang is a master of realism and vibrant expressions of color. The accomplished painter is particularly known for his detailed watercolor paintings of intimate moments between people captured in public settings. Every wisp of hair and fiber of clothing is rendered to perfection, with careful details that stand out in sometimes blurred away images within each scene. Bold, warm color tones overpower each image, resulting in warm and soothing moments that invite his viewer to step into the life of another. Light is used as an element that infuses his work with different directions of entry, playing a role with how Chung paints the rhythm through each line. Backgrounds are subtly distorted through the movement of his brush on the surfaces of objects, and layers creating a unique result of both expressionism and photo-realistic images.
"When We Were In Talaat's House", Watercolor