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Homeopathy Can Help Lyme Symptoms
My Guest Blogger Abby Beale, who is a certified homeopath, sheds light on how she learned about Lyme disease and how to treat the symptoms. Cindy Lyme disease is one of the most misunderstood diseases of our time. How could such a small bug wreak such havoc in one's body?! Strangely enough, it really does.…Read More
"God has taught me so much about His love and compassion through my suffering"
What does one consider a challenge for a 23 year old? Peyton Leonard will tell you her story and teach you a lesson in strength from religious beliefs. Cindy Kennedy MS,FNP-BC Living with Lyme disease as a 23-going-on-24 year old woman can be very challenging. My day is mostly spent at home, unless I…Read More
List of Treatment Options for Lyme Disease
It is only fitting that Lori Dennis provides us with a list of options for treating Lyme disease. She has helped her son battle Lyme disease as a learn as you go process. Her information here is invaluable. Cindy Kennedy MS, FNP-BC HOW LYME SUFFERERS TREAT THIS 'DO-IT-YOURSELF' DISEASE by Lori Dennis, Author Lyme…Read More
LDN can help Lyme sufferers
Do you know that LDN can help with pain? LDN, (Low-dose naltrexone) is classified as an opioid receptor antagonist. That means the naltrexone looks for and binds to opioid receptors. These receptors are located in different parts of the body such as the gut and the brain. It is thought that LDN causes the blocking…Read More
Cindy Kennedy talks Lyme disease with Smallbiz America Radio
Cindy Kennedy, a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and founder of Living With Lyme, recently spoke with Smallbiz America Radio about her struggle with Lyme disease. She also discussed Lyme treatment options, difficulties diagnosing the disease and the latest on our understanding of Lyme.Read More


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[Introduction to] Sprawl, justice, and citizenship : The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life
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Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks--Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling developments over the past few decades. Americans find many of the more substantial criticisms of sprawl easy to ignore because they often come across as snobbish in tone. Yet as Thad Williamson explains, sprawl does create real, measurable social problems. Williamson's work is unique in two important ways. First, while he highlights the deleterious effects of sprawl on civic life in America, he is also evenhanded. He does not dismiss the pastoral, homeowning ideal that is at the root of sprawl, and is sympathetic to the vast numbers of Americans who very clearly prefer it. Secondly, his critique is neither aesthetic nor moralistic in tone, but based on social science. Utilizing a landmark 30,000-person survey, he shows that sprawl fosters civic disengagement, accentuates inequality, and negatively impacts the environment. Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship will not only be the most comprehensive work in print on the subject, it will be the first to offer a empirically rigorous critique of the most popular form of living in America today.
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suburban living, exurban living, America, sprawl, social problems, civic disengagement, inequality, environment
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Williamson, Thad. Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship: The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Summary of the main elements of the conflict of interest policy of NN Belgium.
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NN Belgium must take those measures which are required to perform its activities in an honest and fair way and in accordance with the interests of its Clients. One of the ways to achieve this objective is to be continually attentive to any conflicts of interest which could hamper the optimal provision of services. Pursuant to Belgian law, NN Belgium is obliged to take all the required and administrative measures to identify, prevent and manage conflicts of interest. Below you will find a summary of the conflict of interest policy of NN Belgium as well as the information required to educate the Client on what measures are being taken by NN Belgium to offer maximum protection to the interests of their Clients.
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Letters to the Editor
Mexican Men
With great respect, I direct myself to you to express my great discontent caused by the article "Mexican Men," May 2009 edition. I welcome and appreciate that people like you dedicate themselves to the task of writing about Mexico, but as a Mexican, the way she talks about Mexican men is an insult.
I refuse to accept her comments, because I believe that the lady is no one to interpret Mexicans like that. I know and have faith that Mexicans receive Americans with open arms and without judging them. I find the way in which she says how Mexican women use eyeliner or how we Mexicans think about"'balls" when we order eggs for breakfast insulting—please! Maybe the lady wanted to appear "funny or amusing," but it wasn't; not for many people.
I await a public apology; and you should be more careful about what is published. Thank you and have a nice day.
~Lilian Vega
Lilian, on behalf of the entire Mexico Living staff, I apologize to you and everyone else that this article offended. It was intended to be humorous, and in no way meant to belittle Mexican men. If you'll read it again, there is no reference to Mexican women; it merely says, "young good looking woman."
After receiving your letter, I asked my American husband to read it. He thought it was funny and said, "Honestly, this could pertain to any man of any nationality. But, for American men, we'd have to replace 'eggs' with 'nuts!'" So, some thought it was funny; others did not.
We appreciate your feedback and hope that you accept our sincere apology.
May Edition
I've read the May issue cover to cover and love how much wonderful info is packed in. For the most part the writing is fun to read. Please pass on my comments to the appropriate person(s). You guys are doing a great job with the guide and it shows Northwest Mexico in a good light for those considering living here. Thanks for your great work!
~Sue McDevitt, Ensenada
Sue, thank you so much for the wonderful feedback. I will definitely share your compliments with all the writers and the publishers.
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What a new college course devoted to the topic of Deflategate looks like
It was a frigid day in early February when Margaret McCabe suggested that I design an undergraduate sports law course around an emerging and bizarrely compelling controversy about slightly under-inflated footballs. Two weeks earlier, the New England Patriots had blown out the Indianapolis Colts 45–7 in the AFC Championship Game. But only hours after the game, grumblings about the air pressure in the Patriots' footballs would surface. They still haven't gone away.
Did the Patriots knowingly or accidentally deflate footballs? Were atmospheric conditions interfering with the footballs' air pressure? How can we be sure the footballs were even deflated? McCabe, the associate dean of academic affairs at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, wisely realized where Deflategate was headed and how it could serve as a powerful teaching device.
"This could eventually go to court," McCabe reflected, "and it implicates all sorts of interesting legal, science and journalism issues that students could learn from."
Five takeaways from 'final' Brady v. NFL hearing as ruling nears
My conversation with McCabe took place as she, UNH Law interim dean Jordan Budd and I planned how I would teach an undergraduate course at UNH in the fall. UNH's Discovery Program enables graduate faculty at UNH to instruct undergraduate students on unique and engaging subjects. Discovery is an ideal fit for a topic like Deflategate since the program emphasizes problem solving and scientific reasoning—two big themes in Deflategate.
I'm the first member of the UNH Law faculty to participate in Discovery, which reflects the newness of UNH Law. From 1973 to 2010, our law school was named the Franklin Pierce Law Center. We then merged with UNH and became part of the state university system, and it's been an amazing partnership. Our U.S. News and World Report ranking has climbed 55 spots over the last three years and we now have one of the highest job employment rates among law schools in New England. We've been ranked in the Top 10 in intellectual property law for decades and we've recently added exciting programs, including the one I direct: the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute.
On Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. ET, I'll begin a three-hour session and approximately 70 students will be in attendance. So will several TV personalities, including Fox Sports 1's Katie Nolan, as they are part of TV crews running features on this course. I realize there is a distinct possibility that U.S. District Judge Richard Berman will issue his much awaited decision right before or even during my class. I'm sure my students would let me know. I'll then tell them that, yes, Judge Berman's order will be on the final exam.
Some have asked me if this class is serious. "How could you teach a course on Deflategate? That's ridiculous!"
While Deflategate may turn out to be a fictitious controversy, my course on it will be quite real. In fact, it will be one of the most challenging courses my students take at UNH. The course will also help students prepare for the professional world, whether or not that world includes sports.
Don't believe me? Take a look at my syllabus. I have designed Deflategate to be an intensive course that first teaches students about the core foundations of law and journalism and then asks them to apply what they have learned to Deflategate.
Report: NFL never made formal settlement offer to Tom Brady
To illustrate, consider the relevance of labor law and contract law. Tom Brady, as a member of a labor union, enjoys legal rights that are very different from those of Robert Kraft. Through the collective bargaining agreement, Brady has the right to challenge the commissioner's punishment in arbitration. He also can highlight how no collectively bargained policy requires that he turn over his cell phone, texts or emails. Brady, moreover, has the right to know under which NFL rules he has been accused and challenge the application of rules that were not collectively bargained. In sum, Brady has a bundle of rights that emanate from a labor agreement.
Kraft is in a very different legal situation. By purchasing a franchise, he contractually waived away certain legal claims that he would otherwise have against the franchisor (the NFL) and those who own NFL franchises. Many Patriots fans have criticized Kraft for not challenging the NFL's steep punishment, but fans with legal backgrounds know that Kraft had few if any legal grounds to take on the NFL. This underscores how owners of pro teams are more like custodians of those teams: they agree to follow the league constitution, bylaws and other documents that restrict their ownership.
While the law has played a major role in Deflategate, other fields have also proven to be crucial in trying to untangle what happened. Physics and engineering, specifically, have proven very important. In that vein, we will consider some of the main scientific theories that have arisen about "what happened to the footballs?"
We'll also discuss how journalism has shaped the legal dynamics of Deflategate. Several widely distributed media reports filed in the aftermath of the AFC Championship Game—and notably attributed to league sources—have been proven false. Those reports contributed to the frenzy and may have played a crucial role in the NFL's decision to commission the Wells Report, a not-so-independent "independent investigation" that took four months to compile and led to a much decried 243-page document.
No settlement in Brady Deflategate case, judge to rule by Sept. 4
In actuality, only about a quarter of the Deflategate course will center on Deflategate. We'll explore other important legal controversies that have shaped the current state of American sports law. For instance, the course will examine the antitrust law implications of age restrictions in the NBA and NFL, the trademark law ramifications of the Redskins team name and the duties of being a sports agent. The path-breaking topic of whether college athletes should be paid for their labor and their names, images and likenesses, will also be studied. Group exercises will likewise play a major role in the course. For instance, there will be an exercise involving the negotiation and drafting of an NFL contract. Students will be broken up into groups of four, with two students assigned the task of representing the Patriots in a contract negotiation with a player and the other two students taking on the role of the agent for that same player. They'll need to negotiate within the confines of the CBA and team payroll expectations.
As I see it, there is no better way to teach the law than through sports. You can take complicated and occasionally dry topics—like antitrust law and arbitration law—and make them instantly accessible. All it takes is discussing them in an informed way and in the context of sports. That is why students sometimes say they learn more in a sports law course than in any other course: they are seeing the law in a setting that fascinates them and so they learn the law better. Sure, most of the students won't ever own sports teams or represent star quarterbacks in negotiations, but having an understanding of contract law, intellectual property law and labor law, among many other important legal topics, will serve them well in the professional world.
Oh, some have asked me about guest speakers. I'm still in the process of lining up guests, but my SI colleagues Peter King and B.J. Schecter will be among those who present. As of now, however, it doesn't appear that Roger Goodell, Tom Brady or Robert Kraft will be joining them. But the semester is young and if they can't reach a settlement in court, I hope they give McConnell Hall a try. I'll have seats ready for them. Plus, if there's padding on those seats, I'll make sure they are properly inflated.
Michael McCann is a Massachusetts attorney and the founding director of the Sports and Entertainment Law Institute at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. He teaches an undergraduate course at UNH titled "Deflategate." McCann is also the editor of the forthcoming "Handbook of American Sports Law" (Oxford University Press).


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In recent years, women's football has gained increasing international interest, attracting attention for its top leagues and for the introduction of communities that provide various platforms and opportunities for enjoying football. Perhaps this is related to movements towards 'gender equality' that is currently being observed not only in the world of football but also across other respective areas.
Amidst this context, the FIFA Women' s World Cup Tournament held in France –the essential birthplace of feminism, may indeed be a major turning point in the history of women' s football. Much is anticipated regarding the changes will we see in the world of football that still today remains a subject of significant gender gaps and discrepancies.
SHUKYU Stories is a special edition of SHUKYU Magazine. In this edition, we spoke with people involved in football across various different countries and fields of work to ask them about current circumstances surrounding the women' s football community.
- MATCHDAY | France × Korea Republic
- re-inc | Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, Christen Press, Meghan Klingenberg
- SEASON zine
- Spring Kicks 2019 | Romance FC
- 140 Years Harsh History of Women' s Football
- All the Things I Know about Pussy Riot
- Women's Football in Argentina
- MATCHDAY | Jef Chiba ladies × INAC Kobe
- Ami Otaki (Jef Chiba ladies)
- GIRLHOOD | Red Star FC
- Cacahuètes Sluts
- SISTERHOOD | Bled FC
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With streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music dominating the music industry in regards to sales and a resurgence of popularity for physical copies in music like Vinyl, the humble download has slowly seen a decline in sales. With the rise of physical copies of music outselling digital downloads for the first time since 2011, I wandered up to one of London's spiritual homes in regards to music (Camden) and spoke to Neil Scott, owner of 'Sounds That Swing', a record store which specialises in country and western.
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In: Records are…
Out:…collecting records again.
Link 2
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The perfect lechon, or spit-roasted whole pig, has skin as smooth and lacquered as a beetle's shell, glowing amber in parts, burnished to a deep gloss around the shoulders and neck. When a knife is plunged into the skin, there should be a sound like the crackle of Christmas wrapping paper being torn from presents. The crisp outside should slide off, in one big piece with the merest hint of fat still clinging to its underside, exposing succulent meat, having barely turned from pink to off-white. A rivulet of juices trickles down from the scoring lines as though one has punctured a water balloon. The first bite, with skin and some soft innards, with the barest dip into the sauce of your choice: this is the taste of the yuletide season.
Filipinos everywhere are having, or imagining that they are having, this traditional centerpiece of the Christmas feast; anything else on the table is supplementary. The most respected family members receive the prime cuts: the back of the neck for the Tagalog-style lechon; the ribs and belly for the Cebu-style lechon, because the flavor of the stuffing has permeated these areas the most. Every litsonero, or roaster, knows that there are two annual occasions when the usual order of a dozen a day grows to several hundred: the day of the town fiesta and the weeks in the run-up to Noche Buena.
The average Filipino consumes 14.2kg of pork in a year, higher than the global average (although we all know someone who can consume almost as much in one sitting). It is our chief source of protein apart from rice, followed by chicken, with beef and seafood far behind. It can safely be said that Filipinos have a profound love for the pig. Other festive dishes, such as crispy pata (pork knuckle), are similarly porcine; but so is the sisig (sizzling pork) that serves as an everyday pulutan (snack) to go with iced beer as the day winds down.
The Spanish probably had something to do with it. They conquered the Philippines, so it is said, with the cross in one hand and the sword in the other; no one mentions the jamón strapped behind their backs. They had just finished 780 years' worth of Reconquista in their native land, ending with the capture of Granada in 1491. It was doubtless to much annoyance that they came halfway across the globe to discover that the strongest outside influence on the Philippines was their old enemy, Islam. It was "a different Islam", writes the historian Ethan Hawkley, "an Islam practiced by Southeast Asian peoples in distinctly Southeast Asian ways".
Back in Spain, the Inquisition would offer Jews and Muslims a choice between eating pork and being put to death. The pig was not new to the islands that would eventually become the Philippines. As anthropologist Fernando Zialcita puts it: "We are Austronesians. Pork-eating is a common pattern among Austronesians from the Philippines to Hawaii. Eating pork dishes did not have to be sanctioned by the colonizers. It was there all along." The colonizers, though, introduced the domestic pig and encouraged the consumption of pork, especially as a marker of Christian identity.
There are four endemic species of wild pig (often erroneously described as "wild boar" — these are another species altogether). Their conservation status in the wild is under threat due to overhunting, especially with the unethical "ping pong" method: two compounds, one yellow and one white, which react when pressed together, are smeared with bait. When the wild pig bites into it, the mixture explodes spectacularly, leaving the lazy hunter with a carcass whose head has been blown off. Despite the best efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, this kind of reckless and inhumane hunting of wild pigs continues.
This state of affairs is unfortunate, because properly regulated hunting — preferably without explosives — could maintain a stable wild pig population, while still supplying enough meat for those who enjoy its gamey flavors to eat their fill. In provinces such as Lanao, where Muslim farmers consider them pests, landowners invite Christian hunters to come in and rid them of these meddlesome beasts. This culling results in an abundance of furtive "boar" meat in the region, while the Maranao farmers retain their crops.
In Iligan, northern Mindanao, we go in search of pinakurat — now famous as a seasoned vinegar, but also the name of a local dish of wild pig that uses these same spices. Kurat means "to startle", and those who have tried the chili-spiced vinegar will have experienced this wild-eyed reaction. But in the case of the dish, it's the chunks of wild pig that receive the scare. We obtain a kilo and ask Doi Mariano, who runs a local fine-dining restaurant, to cook it for us. The chopped-up shoulder meat is marinated in strong tuba (coconut) vinegar for about five minutes, while garlic, ginger and chilies are briefly sautéed in a pot. Then everything goes into the pot for about five minutes, just enough for the meat to heat up and the acrid part of the vinegar to evaporate. The dish is done at this point: it's little more than a heated kinilaw (ceviche); perfect to have as a bar bite, when you can enjoy the chewy bits of spiced boar at length while drinking. A more tenderized version of the dish is served as part of a meal, with the chunks of meat simmered and the tough hide now more gelatinous, but it doesn't have as much punch as the quickly cooked version.
No one eats pork quite so zealously as those in the areas where the boundaries of the Christian and Muslim worlds blur. Early in the morning, the queues are long at Papa Mai's, a hole in the wall famous for its grilled pork belly, intestines (ilogon) and pig face (maskara). They sometimes run out as early as noon. Even while there is a halal section in the market, and a row of carinderias that serve Maranao food, the largely Christian town of Iligan is justly proud of its lechon, which is considered among the best in the country. For fear of incurring the wrath of pig-lovers from other parts of the country, I will abstain from saying whether it is the best or not — but I will say that it's one of the most amazing meals I have ever had. I can also testify that it's one of the purest versions of lechon that I've encountered. I find it close to Cebu-style lechon, though Iligan locals feel Cebu, er, hogs the limelight, and deride its version as over-ornamented with its use of star anise. With good pork, they say, there's no need to gild the lily — or, to use a more apropos metaphor, to put lipstick on a pig.
"All you need is a good animal to start with, freshly slaughtered, with minimal flavoring," says Marc James Abitago, who is a third-generation roaster at Jaime's Lechon (Jaime was his grandfather). The pig goes from being released from its pen to being lowered onto the spit in less than 20 minutes. It is stuffed with a minimalist mixture of lemongrass, green onions, salt and pepper. The belly is turned inside out before it is sewn, so that the fat renders and it cooks in its own oils — no extraneous flavors from coconut oil are basted on. And each pig is turned on a bamboo pole by hand, one person to each pig, controlling the heat by moving the pole away or toward the flames.
One of the worst meals I ever had, by contrast, was in a convenience store where they served me "sisig rice" zapped in a microwave: it was a slop of pulverized meat, drowned in fat and MSG. "Sisig" has become a catch-all term for mystery meats of any sort, and bad sisig can be very bad indeed: boiled cats, probably, hacked to tiny pieces and redolent of liquid seasoning. The original sisig, restaurateur and food writer Claude Tayag explains, isn't the sizzling affair popularized by restaurants like Trellis in Quezon City. "It's about asim (sourness)." It was any soured salad, from vegetables to meat in vinegar. The traditional Kapampangan sisig consists of pig's ears, face and liver carefully boiled or grilled, each timed to its own doneness; the pieces are then chopped and then mixed up.
In other words, sisig is actually "a salad", as Claude puts it. "In the early 1970s, a barbecue vendor named Aling Lucing Cunanan, by the railroad tracks of Angeles City, accidentally 'reinvented' it. According to her daughter Zenaida, Aling Lucing accidentally burnt boiled pig's ears on the grill one night. And instead of throwing it away, she chopped it up, added vinegar and onions, and then served it to the customers."
Aling Lucing's famous carinderia in Angeles created the winning formula which became the basis of sisig as most of us know it today. A mound of hacked bits of pork head was not going to become a bestseller, but fret not — everything can be made better by making it sizzling (this rule apparently goes for everything from the Ilonggo soup dish kansi to ice cream)! Sizzling gets everyone at the table excited by the spattering of hot oil, but no one seems to mind. Credit goes to one Benedict Pamintuan, who ran with Aling Lucing's recipe and put it on a sizzling platter (she copied it back). Now sisig was ready to conquer the world, starting with Trellis in Quezon City, opened by Claude's brothers Mario and Renato, who added chicken liver to the recipe. Thus was born the accompaniment to millions of bottles of cold beer.
Meanwhile, heading upmarket, The Black Pig, in Alabang, is one of the newest and most progressive Spanish restaurants in the city. The dishes served up by Carlos Garcia, who was born in Extremadura in western Spain, include duck, lamb and beef, as well as pork. At our request, he prepares a feast of cocido, favada (both stews) and cochifrito (fried pork snacks) — all traditional Spanish dishes.
But Garcia also understands the need to innovate, and that the weather in the Philippines is too hot for the classic hearty stews of the Iberian Peninsula's winters. His fabada asturiana (bean stew), for example, is light and delicate, with distinct yet earthy flavors. The pork has been marinated on koji, a fungus used by the Japanese to break down the tough tissues and impart a deep, complex flavor to the meat. This is classic Spanish food, yet it feels edgy, contemporary — and very local.
The accepted wisdom is that the colonial Spanish largely kept their cuisine to themselves, but Fernando Zialcita disagrees: "The dishes are found among ordinary people in Pampanga and the Tagalog region as well," he says. Longganisa, too, is everywhere. Puchero, originally a kind of pot-au-feu (French beef stew) that was a colonial adaptation of cocido — the word "puchero" comes from the Latin "puls", an ancient Roman dish of grains cooked in water — came to be adopted, and adapted, by the Filipino and Chinese mestizos alike.
The popular contemporary version of puchero is a tomato-based stew that can be made from pork, chicken or beef, or any combination thereof. Dishes that used to be cooked by secretive abuelas (grandmothers) began to be served in Spanish restaurants. This is a relatively recent phenomenon; Ambos Mundos in north-central Manila, established in 1888, claims to have been the first restaurant to serve up such dishes.
These days, local dishes that have been given Spanish names, such as adobo — recipes that reach back far into our pre-Hispanic past — can be found side by side with dishes such as morcon (meat roll). And new ones are being invented every day, such as the sisig at Manam in Manila's Greenbelt mall, which is crunchy, like chicharon (fried pork belly or rind), rather than chewy. Dedet de la Fuente of Pepita's Kitchen in Makati, known as the "lechon diva", stuffs her suckling pig lechon with truffles.
The porcine romance continues to reinvent itself. For centuries, perhaps even millennia, the Philippines has enjoyed a love affair with the pig. Fortunately, the pig loves us back.
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How to make lechon in 5 steps
Jaime's Lechon has been serving up purist Iligan-style lechon for three generations, eschewing metal prongs and motors in favor of traditional bamboo poles and the skilled hands and trained eye of a litsonero or lechon specialist. The pigs are kept on the premises, and Jaime's can get a live pig onto the spit in under 20 minutes. The process is brisk, humane and scrupulously clean. There's no sorcery here, just mastery of craft.
- After the pig is slaughtered, it is immediately plunged into hot water, which allows the bristles to be shaved off with a sharp knife. The temperature of the water is important — if it's too hot, the pig begins to cook in the water rather than on the spit.
- The pig is stuffed with a proprietary mixture of lemongrass, green onions, salt and pepper. Only one woman, Gloria Buhion, one of Jaime's daughters, knows the recipe, and carefully eyeballs the right amount for each pig by size and weight.
- The belly is sewn shut, but with part of the belly fat turned inside out with careful incisions made. This fat renders while the pig is over the open fire, and so the pig naturally bastes in its own fat. No additional oil is added if they can help it, which avoids the contaminating tastes of other oils.
- The pig is threaded onto a bamboo pole. The roasters at Jaime's believe that the bamboo imparts its own flavor to the lechon, which can't be replicated by an industrial, mechanized rotisserie setup. The wood used is a combination of fast-burning recycled timber and fruitwood, including mango and santol.
- An average 25kg to 30kg pig takes around two hours to roast in the pit. The lechon is served with dinuguan, a stew made from the fresh blood, and paklay, a spicy side-dish made from the minced offal. The first cut crunches through the crackling to expose the ribs and belly; the favored part for the Iliganons.
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Where to eat in Iligan
- Papa Mai's Grill. The roadside stall is most famous for its grilled pork belly, but what you should really get is the ilogon (grilled pork intestines), maskara (grilled pig face) and the spicy halang-halang soup. Alquizar Ave, Tubod
- Kopi Luwak Coffeeshop. Third-wave coffee in Iligan? Absolutely. With a more-than-decent selection of beans from Mindanao and a team of enthusiastic young coffee-lovers who know their stuff, Kopi Luwak Coffeeshop — which occupies a stately old house — is a must-visit. 46 Seminary Dr cor Orchids St
- Fat Pauly's. From crowd-pleasing session ales to complex steam lagers, the beers on tap at one of the oldest craft breweries in the country are as good as you'd get anywhere. GT Lluch St, Isabel Village, Pala-o
- Jaime's Lechon. They have a shop near Gaisano Mall where you can get a kilo or two à la carte, but the main action takes place at the roasting house, where pigs are dispatched to fiestas and dining tables all over the region. They will deliver by air, so you can arrange to have the flying pig land at the destination of your choice. To arrange orders by air, contact Marc at +63 916 656 5575. Roxas Ave Extension, across Gaisano Mall
- Mariano's. This upscale casual restaurant is a hidden gem, tucked away behind an unassuming gate. Modern, sophisticated cuisine, fresh ingredients from the region and honest prices make this place a must-visit. Meadowlark St, Isabel Village, Pala-o; +63 917 717 5071 or +63 63 221 0095
This article first appeared in the December 2018 issue of Smile magazine.


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Marking its 160th year of making wines in Australia, Hardys have released a special limited edition fortified to mark this special occasion. Since its establishment, Hardys has been renowned as a producer of fine vintage fortified's. Today it enjoys an enviable position as one of the premier makers of Australian vintage fortifieds.
Sourced from very old vines grown in the Upper Tintara sub region of McLaren Vale the vines produced grapes with great flavour, texture and ultra fine tannins. A very warm year with exceedingly low yields produced super concentrated fruit with outstanding colour and intensity of flavour. As the house style warrants this wine displays classic blackcurrant notes and in combination with the brandy spirit used we have managed to produce a classic Australian style fortified Shiraz.
A classic fortified Shiraz showing abundant spicy, blackberry, plum pudding aromas, with clean fortifying spirit. A powerful, spicy black fruit palate combined with fine tannins which gives the wines the structure to live for many decades in the bottle. This is a limited release with limited bottles produced. The bottle comes in a beautiful gift box for cellaring.


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State Representative Connie Scott (right) visits with CASA of the Coastal Bend board member Cheryl Reed on Jan. 7.
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Austin — Capitol Inside's Texas Lobby Power Rankings 2011 names Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP as the second most powerful law firm lobby team in Texas. "We're honored to be recognized for our hard work and dedication to our clients at the Texas State Capitol," says Gardere Managing Partner Steve Good. "Advocating for our clients' interests
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The Fort Worth Perspective is a photo exhibit featuring images by award-winning Cowtown snappers Karl Thibodeaux, Byrd Williams, and Mike Winfrey that offer unusual angles on the city's neighborhoods and landmarks, including downtown architecture and city parks. The show runs through Jan 15 at the downtown Central Library, 500 W 3rd St, FW. It's free, of course.
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A car parts parts shop which opened almost 50 years ago is closing down due to a loss of trade and increasing rent.
F Smith in Joel Street, Northwood Hills, will close its doors for the last time on Tuesday.
It opened in the early sixties, making it one of the oldest shops in the high street, and Geoffrey Shepherd has run the business for almost 40 years.
He said: "The business has gone down and the rents are too high.
"The cars are too good now so people can't do their own repairs on them because they don't know how.
"We still sell a lot of the retail stuff like spray paint and polish, and we sell oil but that is expensive."
Mr Shepherd, 65, got a job at the shop after returning from the merchant navy 40 years ago.
He said: "I was born in Cricklewood which was pretty rough at the time, and I came out here after the navy and thought this was the country.
"About two or three years after I got the job the owner, Fred Smith, sold the business to me.
"He had about four shops and this one wasn't doing any good so we came to a deal.
"I was young then and I thought I could make it better, which I did.
"At one time it used to make some money but not anymore. I used to have
a few people working for me but as it has gone downhill I couldn't afford to employ people.
"The lease is running out and the rent goes up and that will be far too much for me."
Mr Shepherd spends most of his day sitting outside the front of the shop and has seen a lot of changes over the years.
He said: "When I first got a job here I loved it but that has changed and people have changed. The younger generation don't seem to be getting any better.
"The area has changed terribly. It's full of restaurants and all the ordinary shops have gone. We used to have a cobblers here and a butcher, and there was a cinema. It's not a normal shopping area anymore.
"We used to have two banks here and they closed down and that made a lot of difference. There was no reason for people to come down here and I think Nationwide closing will cut a few people down.
"S H Harrold opticians across the road has been here longer than me but I don't think any other shop has. I used to have a second hand clothes shop next door to me, and a record shop, but you don't get anything like that now.
"I will miss being here. You can't be here for that length of time without feeling a bit sad about it. The customers are all a bit sorry but it's because there are not many of these shops left.
"I will miss seeing people. It's like a village shop. I always sit outside and people come up to talk to me. It's a community thing and I have made lots of friends down here as well.
"I don't think I will ever retire. I am sure I will find things to do.
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Double NoScriptPosted by: Giorgio in WebExtensions, Mozilla, NoScript
Later today In a couple of days, if everything goes fine, and definitely by the end of this week, NoScript 10, the first "pure" WebExtension NoScript version, will be finally released for Firefox 57 and above, after years of work and months NoScript 5.x living as a hybrid one to allow for smooth user data migration.
NoScript 10 is very different from 5.x: some things are simpler, some things are improved, some are still missing and need to wait for WebExtensions APIs not available yet in Firefox 57. Anyway, whenever you decide to migrate, your old settings are kept safe, ready to be used as soon as the feature they apply to gets deployed.
If you're not bothered by change, you're ready to report bugs* and you're not super-paranoid about the whole lot of "NoScript Security Suite" most arcane features, NoScript 10 is worth the migration: active content blocking (now more configurable than ever) and XSS protection (now with a huge performance boost) are already there. And yes, Firefox 57 is truly the most awesome browser around.
If, otherwise, you really need the full-rounded, solid, old NoScript experience you're used to, and you can't bear anything different, even if just for a few weeks, dont' worry: NoScript 5.x is going to be maintained and to receive security updates until June 2018 at least, when the Tor Browser will switch to be based on Firefox 59 ESR and the "new" NoScript will be as powerful as the old one. Of course, in order to keep using NoScript 5.x outside the Tor Browser (which has it built-in), you have to stay on Firefox 52 ESR, Seamonkey, Palemoon or another pre-Quantum browser.
Or you can even install Firefox 58 Developer Edition, which allows you to keep NoScript 5 running on "Quantum" with the extensions.legacy.enabled trick. Just please don't block your updates on Firefox 56, it would be bad for your security.
Let me repeat that: your safest option for the next few days is Firefox 52 ESR, which will receive security updates until June 2018.
So, for another half-year you there will be two NoScripts: just sort your priorities and choose yours.
Update 2017-11-15
As you probably noticed, yesterday's today has gone away in most time zones and we're not ready yet (Murphy law and all) :(
But we're definitely on track for the end of this week, and in the meanwhile your awesome patience deserves a couple of preview screenshots...
Update 2017-11-18
* in the next few weeks will move NoScript 10.x source code and bug tracking on GitHub, in the meanwhile please keep using the forum.


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For the enjoyment the mind feels must come from the beauty and harmony which it perceives…
Dr. Conrad has been recognized by the Governor General of Canada for accomplishments and contributions to his profession. Dr. Conrad is also a proud recipient of the Senate of Canada Award of Merit for outstanding service to Canada.
A Toronto Facial Cosmetic Surgeon – Otolaryngologist, and Head and Neck Surgeon who is respected internationally, Dr. Kris Conrad specializes in facial plastic surgery, with a particularly distinguished reputation based on his results as Toronto rhinoplasty, Toronto facelift, Toronto necklift and Toronto Blepharoplasty patients can confirm. His reputation is founded on credentials, skill, compassion, attentiveness, and results.
The Nasal and Facial Plastic Cosmetic Surgery Institute in Toronto, founded by Dr. Conrad, was created to provide the highest level of professional medical service and patient comfort. With two locations in Richmond Hill and Toronto, the Institute is an extension of Dr. Conrad's established and internationally renowned Toronto-based cosmetic surgery practice.
The most important part of your decision to have facial cosmetic surgery is choosing a suitably qualified surgeon. Your wisest decision will be based on the surgeon's scientific qualifications, training, experience and the results of his/her work.
I wish to express my great appreciation and gratitude to all my patients who agreed to assist the new visitor, by showing their results on this web site to share their satisfaction and giving me significant professional fulfillment.
There are many more patients who are pleased with their new faces, but after such dramatic transformations, prefer not to have their photos displayed here. I thank them as well for their trust and for allowing me to share their satisfaction.
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Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Hello everyone!! Kahotan here! (@gsc_kahotan) Every now and then I get a craving for french fries. I'm the kind of person who caves in and buys a large size serving straight away!*nom*( '༥' )*nom* Today I'll be taking a look at… Nendoroid Taiga Kagami From "Kuroko's Basketball", the ace of Seirin High, Taiga Kagami, has…Read details


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PHILIPPINES | Dominican Priestly Fraternities Continue to flourish in the Province
As the Order celebrates its Jubilee, the Dominican fraternity of priests continues to flourish in the Province of the Philippines. The recent months witnessed various members being received, renewing their promise of commitment, and making profession to follow the rule of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic for their entire life.
Professions in the UST Central Seminary
On 12 October 2015, during the celebration of vespers in the chapel of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Central Seminary, three secular priests made the solemn promise to follow the Rule of the Priestly Fraternities of St. Dominic until death: Fr. Randy N. Boiser, OP (Diocese of Talibon), Fr. John Egbert B. Dumali, OP (Archdiocese of Capiz), and Fr. Simplicio C. Pugasan Jr., OP (Archdiocese of Cebu). On the same occasion, 13 seminarians made the temporary promise, while 4 other seminarians renewed the same promise of commitment to the Rule. The rite was presided over by Br. Florentino A. Bolo, Jr., OP, International Coordinator for the Priestly Fraternities of the Order, with the assistance of the Provincial Promoter, Br. Romualdo P. Cabanatan, Jr., OP, and of the Prior of the Fraternity, Fr. Carlo del Rosario, of the Archdiocese of Manila.
On 10 December 2015, Thursday, 18 more Theology students of the UST Central Seminary were welcomed into the family of St. Dominic in a rite of admission presided over by Br. Cabanatan, also with Fr. del Rosario assisting. Prior to their reception, the candidates underwent formation on the Rule, the Dominican Family, and the spirituality of the Order, with particular emphasis on the aspects of community, prayer, study and apostolate. In his talk, Br. Cabanatan asserted that membership in the fraternity involves following a spirituality, that is, a style of living that is guided by the inspiration of St. Dominic and his entire spiritual family. The event was witnessed by the entire seminary community, as well as family and friends of the candidates. Also present were some members of the lay fraternities of UST with whom the seminarians occasionally share moments of common prayer and fellowship.
Profession in the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
On 10 January 2016, on the occasion of his 18th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, Fr. Allan Morris Abuan, a priest of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, made a solemn promise in the priestly fraternities of the Order. The rite was held at the St. Dominic de Guzman Parish Church in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, where he is currently assigned as its pastor. Br. Cabanatan presided over the ritual, which was held within the celebration of the Eucharist with the main celebrant Br. Napoleon Sipalay Jr., OP, Prior of the Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag, Pangasinan. The joyous occasion was attended by parishioners as well as by some members of the Dominican Family in the Archdiocese. Fr. Abuan was received into the fraternity when he was still a seminarian at the UST Central Seminary. Though he had long since left the seminary after his academic formation and subsequent reception of the Holy Orders, he continued to maintain the affinity he made with the Dominicans, placing himself under the spiritual guidance of St. Dominic. This long and continuous journey of spiritual bond with the Order finally found the opportune time to be formally manifested, providentially also since his new parish of assignment was evangelized by the early Dominican missionaries in the Philippines centuries ago, hence the patronage of the church. Expressing his gratitude to those present during the event, Fr. Abuan said, "Indeed, God's mercy is immeasurable for allowing me to become a part of a family formed by saints and sinners. And beyond doubt, receiving God's mercy entails a responsibility to embrace the Dominican family and the people it serves with heartfelt mercy."
From its long-standing practice of receiving seminarians even before the tertiaries became known as fraternities in the Order, the current priestly fraternity in the Philippines has continued to maintain in its local norms the admission of seminarians who are at least in their Theology stage of formation. This is through a temporary promise, which the individual seminarian renews periodically until he is ordained. This practice also explains the existence in the fraternity of a number of bishop-members, having been received into the family of St. Dominic when they were seminarians, and since then have continued to live the spirituality of the Order even after their ordination as bishops. It was only in June 2015 that the fraternity received for the first time two members who are already ordained as bishops: Most Rev. Socrates Villegas of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, who is the current president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, and Most Rev. Rudolfo Beltran of the Diocese of San Fernando, La Union. Today, the Dominican Clerical Fraternity of the Philippines has a membership of 193, of which 134 are clerics with 14 bishops.
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reside in me
petition to my heart,
rest child
the world at war
I give a silent night.
Thought to say
a prayer for you,
my heart to plead a cause,
treasure each day
as best you can
learn to take a pause.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-Matthew 6:34
Van Gogh hoped to express the "special mood" of the holidays. "Just as much as an old man of that kind, I have a feeling of belief in something on high."
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My family is directly in the path of out of control fires burning in San Diego. Everyone is safe right now and we are hoping their houses stay out of the path of the fire heading down Interstate 15.
Update: Sorry about the wording confusion, by family I mean mother, father, brother, sister, etc. My wife and I and the kids are in Virginia so we're getting reports from them via cellphone. Most have been evacuated from their residences as they live along the I-15 corridor. We appreciate the thoughts though, because we are not at all sure that the houses are going to make it at this point.


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As part of TOS Crew I received a free one-month trial to ALEKS which is an online mathematics course. We put away our regular math curriculum so that we could spend more time on this product. I'll tell you what we thought of the program and then I'll give you some details on how it works.
Amber (9), and Delaney (8) used the program every school day. Amber was hooked from day 1, after school was over she logged back in and actually spent 6 hours doing math that day! Delaney isn't much of a computer person even when it comes to games, so she wasn't as willing to give her evening up to do math. Amber and Delaney both were a little proud of themselves after taking the assessment, because they had dark areas in their Pie Charts and that meant they had already mastered those topics and didn't have to work on them. They both liked the fact that they had a choice on what type of problems to work on. The biggest thrill was from the Pie Chart, they loved to watch it fill up with the darker color. The only complaint from using ALEKS was from Amber, she thought they shouldn't limit you on the amount of Quick Tables (speed drills) you could do in one day.
I really like ALEKS, math has never been mine or my kids strong subject and I always wonder if we should be spending more time in one area or are we going to slow. The main thing for me is that the curriculum is individual based, after taking the assessment your child is given a curriculum that will work for them and where they are in their mathematical understanding. You can forget about wasting a lot of time working on topics they already know or getting lost because they didn't do enough exercises in an area. If a problem is missed the student knows right away and can correct it or get an explanation on how to work it. As the teacher I have access to a master account. From this account I can check on my students, how they are doing, how much time they are actually working and how much time they are idle while logged in. I have the option of assigning quizzes, new assessments, or printing off worksheets for each child.
We were pleasantly surprised when ALEKS decided to extend our free trial for 2 more months. I am very eager to see how much progress the girls make with this program.
ALEKS stands for Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces. It is a Web-based, assessment and learning system that uses questions to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows in a course. No two students will experience the same path while working through ALEKS because the individualized instruction meets the student at their level and instructs them only on topics they are ready to learn.
ALEKS can provide you with the instruction and support that you need to homeschool your children in mathematics for grades 3-12. With a comprehensive course library ranging from elementary school math to complex subjects such as PreCalculus, ALEKS acts much like a human tutor to help take the stress off of homeschooling parents.
Each student must first take an assessment test. This lets you know what your child already has mastered, what they need to work on and what they have not learned yet. The ALEKS program then gives the student a pie chart which indicates the assessment results.
The questions in ALEKS are not multiple choice, they actually give you tools to work out the problem. My students didn't have trouble following the directions on how they were to use the tools to answer the questions.
In the Learning Mode there is an explanation of topics and procedures needed for the new problems. Once the student has shown mastery in the Learning Mode, the topic is added to their Pie Chart, and that material is now ready to be worked on. There is also a quick help on each of these type of problems that will explain how to use the tools to answer each one.
If the student doesn't know how to work a problem there is an "Explain" button that will give them an explanation of that problem. The problem is explained in a step-by-step solution.
If the student misses a problem they are told right away that the answer is incorrect. The student can then try to answer it again or click the "Explain" button for an explanation.
Worksheets can also be printed out for extra work, they are generated based on the student's current knowledge.
ALEKS also has Quick Tables, or speed drills, for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Of course there are games to be played to build the students speed.
As the teacher I had a Master Account which gives me access to all of my students records in one place. I could log in and check on each students progress.
The Attendance Report lets you see how much time the student has spent in ALEKS per day and shows the topics attempted, mastered and added to the Pie Chart.
On the Student Progress Report you can track each students progress. The blue bar represent the material the student had mastered during the ALEKS assessment. The green bar represents the new topics from the Learning Mode since the last assessment. The yellow bar represents topics the student has yet to learn to complete the course.
When a quiz is taken, the results are available for the teacher and student immediately.
ALEKS offers several ways to purchase a homeschool subscription. It is $19.95 per student, per month, or only $99.95 every 6 months, or only $179.95 every 12 months. They also offer family rates for 6 or 12 months.
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As a follow up to last week's blog some of you have wanted to learn more about the highly recognized certification for ASC Administrators.
BASC (Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification) President Norman Burnette, CPA, CASC graciously shed some light on this topic.
DJ: What year did CASC credentialing began?
NB: The first exam was given in the Fall of 2002 in St. Louis MO, 91 individuals sat for the first exam.
DJ: What is the number of people that have been credentialed each year and is there a growing trend?
NB: There is presently 517 CASC credentialed individuals in the ASC industry, the number of candidates that have taken the exam has variety each year, the exam has been offered twice a year, at the annual ASC Conference and with a sponsoring organization or event in the fall. Recent trend has seen a decline in the number of candidates due to the economy however marketing efforts are underway by BASC to increase awareness of the value of this credential in the industry and for those individuals career in the ASC industry.
DJ: Would you mind sharing the percentage of people who pass the exam?
NB: The passing rate is approximately 75-80% of those candidates that sit for the exam.
DJ: Why is it important for people in an ASC leadership position to have CASC?
NB: The CASC credential is the only such industry recognition awarded to individuals who have demonstrated their depth knowledge, understanding and expertise in the field of ambulatory surgery administration. This credential acknowledges that ASC administrators and other industry professionals have reached a higher standard of professionalism in their career in the industry by demonstrating their commitment to the industry in addition to their comprehensive understanding of the knowledge and skills that the role of an administrator requires.
DJ: Who would benefit from taking the CASC exam? (Example: ASC Administrators, Perioperative Directors).
NB: Those who would benefit from the CASC credential is very broad, obviously the exam was established for ASC Administrators but is also beneficial to those desiring to advance their career, knowledge and expertise in the industry, those individuals are Director of Nursing (Mgrs), Business Office Directors (Mgrs), ASC Management Company leaders, Medical Directors. Physicians, others involved in the healthcare industry.
DJ: Where can people find a list of CASC testing opportunity locations or events?
NB: www.aboutcasc.org is the website established by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification and is the sole source of all information that any potential candidate should reference who may desire to make application to qualify to take the CASC examination.
DJ: What are the steps that someone should follow if they want to become CASC?
NB: The CASC exam is a representation of the knowledge, skills, expertise and experience in the ambulatory surgery industry that an individual possesses and therefore is for those individuals employed or working within the industry in various capacities. Preparation involves extensive knowledge of a variety of area within the industry. These areas include Delivery of Patient Care, Quality Management, Human Resources, Financial and Regulatory and Legal Issues. There are also certain eligibility requirements which must be met in order to qualify to set for the CASC exam. Information on study resources are listed on the CASC website referenced in this information about CASC.
DJ: Is there anything else that you would like to share with CASC candidates?
NB: The CASC (Certified Administrator Surgery Center) credential is a distinction earned by those in the ASC industry with a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge and skills that the role of an ASC administrator requires. Since its inception its recognition in the ASC Industry is unparalleled as the single highest accomplishment an individual in the field of ambulatory surgery. CASC recipients not only receive greater industry recognition among their peers but research has shown that they earn approximately 15-20% more based on their demonstration of their comprehensive knowledge and skills as demonstrated by having achieved this recognition.
For more information about CASC or the BASC, click here.


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Both of the new Regulations retain the existing principles and fundamental components of the current regulatory system but each element is strengthened and better defined.
These improvements are:
The new Regulations have also been developed in line with experience of implementing the EU Commission's 2012 joint plan for immediate action on medical devices, which has resulted in a step-change improvement in the EU regulatory system for devices.
The HPRA believe that these improvements will allow for an effective, consistent and robust regulatory framework for medical devices across Europe and will afford the public appropriate levels of health protection and access to safe and effective medical devices. Each of the foundations of the system are all significantly strengthened:
Both the MDR and IVDR significantly increase the definition and clarity in the requirements that a certification organisation must have to become a notified body for medical devices.
The Regulations also build on experience of the EU joint assessment scheme for designation of notified bodies which provides for an independent EU level assessment of candidate notified bodies.
The new Regulations also place very specific obligations on national authorities to continue to monitor the performance of notified bodies based in their territory on an ongoing basis. These elements make the requirements and standards for notified bodies more consistent and will help ensure that their ongoing oversight by authorities is effective. This will lead to further improvements in the consistency, transparency and performance of notified bodies across the EU.
The MDR provides increased clarity on the requirements for clinical data for medical devices, in particular those of the highest risk and improves the mechanisms for the assessment of clinical data throughout the lifecycle of a medical device.
The requirements for clinical studies (investigations) of medical devices are significantly enhanced and include many specific provisions to ensure that people enrolled in clinical studies are appropriately protected.
Further and increased emphasis is put in place on the need to gather and evaluate clinical data to demonstrate the safety and performance of a medical device on an ongoing basis.
Increased clarity about how clinical data from predicate or equivalent devices can be used as part of clinical dossiers is also provided.
In addition, across the Regulations a significantly increased amount of clinical data on medical devices will be made available to the public and to healthcare professionals.
The MDR will drive improvements in both the quantity and quality of clinical data available for medical devices.
The MDR places greater emphasis and increases the possibilities to develop specific criteria and specifications for high risk medical devices.
This may be of particular relevance in defining clinical data criteria and specifications to ascertain the performance and safety of a medical device.
Clarifying the requirements for medical devices, in addition to existing technical standards, will afford better protection to public health and help ensure medical devices available are safe and effective.
Clarity in the requirements and expectations will also allow for a great deal more consistency and predictability in the assessment of medical devices which results in a fairer, more secure system for manufacturers and device innovators.
The new Regulations provide for additional pre-market scrutiny of the highest risk medical devices by an independent expert panel operating on behalf of the European regulatory system.
The devices subjected to scrutiny can also be selected for review based on specific clinical concerns or emerging safety issues with similar devices.
The independent panels who will complete these assessments will also be available to provide advice to manufacturers and innovators on the requirements for their device early in the development process.
In addition, the provisions relating to the routine assessment of medical devices by notified bodies are clarified and in particular in relation to the notified body's assessment of clinical data presented to demonstrate the safety and performance of a device.
Both the MDR and IVDR further define and develop the requirements for the continued surveillance of medical devices on the market both by manufacturers and by regulatory authorities.
Manufacturer's obligations in relation to operating effective post-market surveillance of their medical devices are more prescriptive leading to greater clarification as is the need to continuously update risk analysis and clinical documents.
The Regulations place specific obligations on regulatory authorities in relation to ensuring effective market surveillance systems are in place at national and European level. This includes increased assessment of regulatory compliance of devices, increased provisions for sampling and testing of devices and greater legal powers to address non-compliant products.
In addition the new Regulations increase the definitions and provisions relating to the reporting and assessment of adverse incidents (vigilance). Additional reporting obligations are defined for manufacturers of high risk devices including the compilation of Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs). Specific obligations are placed on authorities regarding the assessment and coordination of vigilance issues.
To help achieve all of these improvements and ensure an effective regulatory system is implemented, the MDR and IVDR have specific requirements and structures defined to provide for governance and coordination of the system.
Throughout both Regulations the national authorities are required to work closely together in a coordinated fashion and in conjunction with the European Commission.
The European Commission's role and functions in coordinating the system has also been significantly enhanced with obligations for the provision of administrative, scientific and technical coordination of the system. The HPRA anticipates that this will include support from the policy unit in DG Grow D4, DG Santé Unit F (Food and Veterinary Organisation) and the DG Joint Research Centre.
Graphic: Potential EU governance model for device regulation as per new Regulations (©HPRA)
Significant improvements in coordination of the regulatory system have been made over the last number of years by the Competent Authorities for Medical Devices (CAMD) network. The CAMD allows for a close cooperation between all of the regulatory authorities responsible for medical devices across Europe and the European Commission. Further information can be found at www.camd-europe.eu.
The CAMD will also serve as a forum for coordination on implementation on these new EU Regulations at European level and help ensure each authority takes a consistent approach. The CAMD will also provide opportunities for a common communication on the new Regulations by EU authorities and the EU Commission.
The first stakeholder day on the new Regulations, arranged jointly by the CAMD and EU Commission was held in Brussels on the 9th March 2017. Please find The EU Commission's presentation from this stakeholder day. We wish to thank the EU Commission for allowing us to publish this presentation.
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Stevens: Sutherland's 59 comes with 'what if' attached
- 50-year-old professional from California treats Dick's Open spectators to once-in-a-lifetime treat
- Turns out the man of the hour was playing to the gallery as well as grinding to career-best round
A disappointing 59?
Absurd, perhaps. But got a better way to size up that time capsule-worthy round sculpted by Kevin Sutherland on Saturday at En-Joie Golf Course?
The guy who holed 185 feet worth of putts on the day required three to get down from 40 feet just off the front of the 18th, where 2 minutes shy of 3 p.m. he polished off a record-setter in an unforgettable Round 2 of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
Dude attached his signature to a Champions Tour-record 59. Stood 9-under as he put a peg in the ninth tee's turf. Was 11-deep through 11 holes.
Get outta here, right?
Nevertheless … Damn!
Damn that skittish first effort that zoomed seven feet past at the last, and double-damn the par putt that rolled by to deny Sutherland and all present a solo slice of golf history. Born before us was the most momentous, memorable and history-altering bogey that'll ever be logged at the venerable muni that opened for play in 1929.
A perfect game gave way to a no-hitter, was about the size of it, with great anguish in the last of the ninth by virtue of a four-pitch walk off the arm of a pitcher who'd faced no worse than a 2-2 count the game long!
And it was to be baseball rather than golf that would snatch Sutherland's attention when he exited the grounds and slid the room key through the slot. Forget basking in what has rightfully taken off as big-time sports news nationwide, his team was to tote the majors' best record to Turner Field for a 7:10 start.
"I'm definitely going to be paying attention to my Oakland A's though, watch them on the computer," he said. "But I'll probably tune in to see what they say" about his outta-this-world 18 at En-Joie.
The 27-year pro from Sacramento gifted us with the most surreal round of golf we'll ever see first-hand. Banged out seven birdies and an eagle before making the turn. Tacked on five back-side birdies before that heart-thumpin' toe stub at the last.
And get this: He was playing for the spectators as well as himself.
"The gallery was great out there, just so supportive," he said, "As the round went on there were more and more people there and they seemed to get more and more excited — I was trying not to let them down. There was almost that pressure of not letting them down, they wanted to see a 59 and I was trying not to let them down.
"I'm sure they would have loved a 58, too."
But it was a Johnny-come-lately following, in truth, one that didn't swell to the numbers Sutherland's unprecedented display warranted until midway through his back nine.
Mathematics were the order of the day once he got rolling, between his ears as well as for those scoreboard-watchers outside the ropes. The 59 watch kicked in in earnest the moment he holed a four-foot character-builder for birdie after driving the 16th.
Then came that piece of artwork with 6-iron in hand at the 17th, where a back hole location afforded no view of results from the tee box. A television camera man kindly informed, "Just so you know, the ball's a foot from the hole."
But what followed that relative tap-in, just up the embankment on No. 18 tee box, was an admittedly uneasy 50-year-old flirting with history belting a drive that prompted from behind that dreaded right-leaning sign to indicate an off-target trajectory.
He did well from the shadows off the fairway to deliver one up near the front edge. Alas, 58 was thwarted, undone by an overenthusiastic initial stroke that left too much green between cup and coin.
"Amazing day," Sutherland called it. "Who'd a thought you bogey the last hole and still feel great about it?"
He added, "Eighteen, I probably wasn't playing as aggressively as I was earlier in the round, and as a result I make a bogey."
He bested by three strokes his previous career low on Tour, a 62 in Round 2 of the 2010 RBC Canadian Open — in which he finished joint-17th. As for his best of any kind, he recalled a 61 decades back at Sunnyside Country Club in Fresno, which presently measures 6,950 from the big-boy tees. On that tract in 1951 and '52, Babe Zaharias went back-to-back in the LPGA Tour's Fresno Open.
A call to Sunnyside on Saturday evening was answered by a hand in the pro shop who, though busily tending to members' needs, pegged a 61 by Sacramento native Nick Watney — 54-hole leader of this weekend's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro — as the acknowledged course record.
Sutherland and Watney are products of Fresno State University's golf program. Suffice to say, the boys sipping one post-round in Sunnyside's 19th will have eyes on a couple television screens Sunday.
Next comes the tough stuff for Sutherland, 2002 Accenture Match Play champion with $15.7 worth of Tour career bankroll. Six competitors stand within four of his pace-setting 14-under total, and mega-work is to be done if he is to be toast of the 18th-green ceremony Sunday evening in this, his third Champions Tour event.
Regardless, Sutherland has already pulled of the unthinkable by upstaging Friday's Zac Brown Band show as highlight of the Dick's Open's eighth edition.
Stevens can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, or find him on Twitter at @PSBKevin.


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