opinion | Amazon Can't Fix America's Healthcare Crisis
What if you could get health care as quickly and easily as you would with socks and cat litter? It seems fantastic in a country where people live death Waiting to see the doctor, but Amazon thought it could do to health care what it did for shopping. praised As the "future of medicine", AmazonCare's telehealth and home calling service has been Set up To employers as "high-quality care, peace of mind."
But the company announced last week Amazon Care will be closed At the end of this year. to me again Within two years, Amazon had to admit failure in an attempt to take on the American healthcare system. It might be possible to deliver the spoon to someone's apartment within 24 hours, but applying the same approach to healthcare seems like a longer order.
However, Amazon is not giving up: it planning to buy One Medical, a membership-based primary care provider with personal and remote health services in 19 cities. One Medical could prove a better business bet, but there isn't much of a solution to bringing the healthcare system to fruition here.
Any company that claims that its innovations will revolutionize American healthcare is itself selling fiction. There is no technological miracle waiting around the corner that will solve the problems caused by decades of neglected and rampant political decisions. Forgery. A reform that targets only the top tier of employer-sponsored health coverage has no hope of providing health care more affordable For those who are really left behind.
Amazon Care and One Medical saw the same market opportunity in the crisis-ridden US healthcare system: a paid escape hatch for the wealthy. Not the really wealthy – they've always had a concierge on call – but a middle to upper class worker who has a job and insurance, and yet can't believe how hard it is to just see a doctor.
medical one, set himself up Being "not an ordinary doctor's office," it lets people with resources skip some of the hassle and wait for American healthcare, while promising longer appointments and friendlier doctors. its offices concentrated in wealthier areas and do not accept Medicaid, which pays caregivers much less than private insurance and tends to cover the sickest patients who need More expensive care.
Amazon will have a big job to make One Medical work: The company, which charges $199 a year for membership, hasn't been profitable, loser $91 million in the first quarter of 2022.
AmazonCare hopes companies will pay their employees for telehealth and on-demand home care, allowing them to skip the process of finding a provider in their insurance network, scheduling an appointment that could take weeks and take time off work to go to. Amazon is sending a nurse to you, 'to give people precious time in their day,' on its website a promise.
But those promises exceeded reality. Shortly before announcing the closure of AmazonCare, The Washington Post mentioned That former clinical staff claimed the service "prioritized patient satisfaction over providing the best standards of care," in an effort to scale it up too quickly to establish good practices. Telehealth providers have struggled with regulations and logistics for patient care in many states, unsure whether they can prescribe antibiotics or where to refer patients for X-rays.
The Post also reported that Amazon asked nurses to "store and dispose of medical supplies at home and install patients' blood samples using centrifuges in their personal vehicles." (Amazon told The Post that mobile nurses have been provided with disposal equipment. The company said it prioritizes patient and employee safety.)
The project's approach to business was a feature of Amazon. One of the nurses who formerly worked at Care Medical, the independent company founded and primarily controlled by Amazon that provided actual health care to Amazon Care, told The Post that the contract nurses who employed "essentially gig workers, and their training was really substandard." She also said that an Amazon employee told her that the nurses are considered "Amazon Care warehouse workers."
It's scary to hear, given the years of complaints from Amazon warehouse workers unfairuntil dangerous working conditions. Amazon's branding is fast and convenient – for the customer. The price for this speed is relentless toil and sometimes impossible to meet workers standards, which results in very high turnover. Such a model is difficult to maintain for a healthcare company, with workers typically requiring years of training, and mid-term nursing Shortage.
I encountered a medical one accusations from delivering profits before patient care, too, with employees complaining that executives have cut hiring periods and set unrealistic expectations for call center employees since the company went public in 2020. (One Medical has denied the accusations.)
Replacing the easy parts from Primary Care is easy. But part of the reason AmazonCare struggles is that not all aspects of primary care are so simple that it can be done in your home or through a video consultation (which nonetheless is a valuable service that will no doubt stay here). For anything more complicated, patients still have to visit the traditional clinic, which means they'll have to deal with all the most stressful things about American healthcare: insurance, phone calls, drug prices — if they can. take a vacation To visit a doctor at all.
At the same time, Amazon Care has struggled to provide enough services to compete with other remote and in-person health providers, including One Medical, which has about 200 physical services. Locations And partnerships with more than 8000 companies.
Amazon is right about one thing: American Primary Care is troubled. packet Evidence Good primary care has been shown to improve health and lower costs, yet primary care is one of the worst paying areas of medicine. Independent practices are increasingly being Absorbs With large hospital systems, which can make money more easily from referrals to their specialists; This process as well Raises health care costs. America spends more than twice as much as other rich countries on health care, while also enjoying worse health Results. We have everything back.
This imbalance is caused by a jungle of poorly understood financing systems. Hospitals say that lose money in treating Medicaid and Medicare patients, and therefore must charge more private insurance to make up the shortfall. Prices are negotiated with insurance companies for thousands of individual procedures and services, but even the hospitals themselves may not know How these numbers relate to any real costs incurred. Insurance companies offer increasing A portion of their huge profits were made by running Medicare Advantage plans, which received billions of dollars in swell Payments To claim that their patients are sicker than they are. Wealthy Hospitals abounding In rich areas while rural hospitals are closed.
Amazon might think it could fix anything with enough money, technology and logistics, but Amazon Care had no hope of solving this mess. Against most companies selling products in America, Amazon is a goliath. Put him against the woes of the American healthcare system, and he looks like David with a slingshot made of wet spaghetti.
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Yang Ji Won (양지원) is a South Korean singer and actress under B2M Entertainment. She was a member of girl group SPICA from 2012 to their disbandment in 2017.
In 2007, Jiwon was set to debut in the group called Five Girls under Good Entertainment with G.NA, Yubin (Wonder Girls), UEE (After School), and Hyoseong (Secret). However they disbanded before debuting due to their agency's finance problems.
Shortly after, Jiwon joined Core Contents Media to become a member of the upcoming group T-ARA. However she left before their official debut in 2009 despite recording a song and music video with them.[1]
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Partyzanski District Court: 54 + 2 million rubles to be exacted from Stefanovich | Belarusian Legal Portal
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Partyzanski District Court: 54 + 2 million rubles to be exacted from Stefanovich
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Valiantsin Stefanovich, Мiеnsk
On 16 December the Partyzanski District Tax Inspection of Minsk increased the sum of the claim to Valiantsin Stefanovich to 53 million rubles. A representative of the tax inspection stated that the statement that earlier information about Stefanovich's account in the Lithuanian bank SEB, provided by the Lithuanian authorities, is incomplete, mustn't be taken into account, because it wasn't specified what is incomplete.
What concerns the documents concerning financial transfers to his account, provided by Amnesty International and the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the plaintiff thinks that these documents don't contain any errands to Stefanovich, but just specify that Stefanovich received this money (more than 16,000 Euros).
The court started reading Stefanovich's testimony of 2 December. It means that Stefanovich spent means of the Danish Institute for Human Rights (16,900 Euros) and Amnesty International (1,400 Euro) on the campaign against the death penalty and preparation of a yearly review of human rights violations in Belarus.
At present Stefanovich adds that a part of the money was passed to specialists for preparing a communication to the UN on behalf of relatives of the death convicts who were executed in 2009. Stefanovich didn't mention the surnames of these people.
Valiantsin Stefanovich also stated that he acted not on his own behalf, but as a representative of the Human Rights Center "Viasna", which was deprived of the state registration in 2003. The illegality of the liquidation of "Viasna" was officially confirmed by the UN, which stated that
its members had the right to re-registration and compensation.
3.36 p.m. The trial continues. Stefanovich solicited for making a court inquiry to the Ministry of Justice of Lithuania with the aim to find out which part of the information that had been passed to the Ministry of Dues and Taxes of Belarus, was incomplete. However, Judge Veranika Abramovich dismissed his motion. The court proceeded to reading written materials of the case.
4.45 p.m. The court finished studying the case materials. The court read granted Stefanovich's motion for reading his explanations from the administrative violation report. In these explanations he stated that he had spent the money for human rights activities. The court debates started. The representative of the tax inspection Sviatlana Alesik stated that the ruling concerning the fine to Stefanovich was lawful, as the money he had received was taxable income.
4.50 p.m. Valiantsin Stefanovich expressed his disagreement. He said that he was the deputy head of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" which rendered aid to victims of political repressions, prepared human rights reviews and participated in nationwide campaigns, including the campaign against the death penalty. HRC "Viasna" concluded agreements with international human rights organizations in order to receive support or such activities. Bank accounts were opened in Lithuania for this purpose, and finances were transferred to them by Amnesty International and the Danish Institute for Human Rights. This is also confirmed by documents submitted by these organizations. Stefanovich again stated that he had never used this money as personal income.
5 p.m. Stefanovich referred to the letter from the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice, where it was stated that the information that had been provided about his account, was invalid, and the court failed to disprove it. He also said that the administrative case against him was directly related to the KGB pressure on "Viasna" and reminded about the letter of the head of the KGB Zaitsau to the deputy Prosecutor General Shved where it was stated that the opposition was financed through "Viasna". Stefanovich said it was false and "Viasna" protected political prisoners and victims of repressions and will continue doing it. He added that tax inspectors held check-ups concerning him and his relatives every year and failed to find any discrepancies between profits and expenditures. That's why he considered it as unlawful persecution and asked the court not to grant the lawsuit of the tax inspection.
5.35 p.m. The court granted the lawsuit of the tax inspectors and ruled that 54 million Belarusian rubles and also 2 more million rubles were to be exacted from the defendant. Stefanovich stated that he would appeal against this verdict.
Source: spring96.org
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Sacked French Sony workers release boss from captivity
Chief executive held hostage in protest over severance deal is escorted to union negotiations
Serge Foucher leaves the factory. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
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Fri 13 Mar 2009 07.07 EDT
Sacked Sony France workers this morning freed the chief executive they had been holding hostage, on the condition that he was escorted directly to talks with trade unionists.
Angry at their severance packages, the workers had taken Serge Foucher captive yesterday at the videotape plant in Pontonx-sur-l'Adour, in the Landes region of south-west France. He had travelled to the factory for a final courtesy visit to more than 300 sacked workers before the plant closes next month. But dozens of staff took him hostage and barricaded the entry to the site with tree trunks.
Patrick Hachaguer, a representative from the communist-leaning CGT union confirmed that Foucher had spent the night shut in a meeting room. "He won't listen to us, we didn't find any other solution," the union delegate told Agence France-Presse news agency earlier today.
At 10am, unionists escorted Foucher and his director of human resources from the factory and travelled with them in a mini-bus to negotiations to be held in the presence of local authorities in the nearby town of Dax. "I'm happy to be free and to see the light of day again," Foucher said before climbing into the minibus.
Earlier this morning, around 80 workers were gathered on picket-line and guard duty at the factory. They protested that their payoffs were less than other Sony workers had received in France.
Taking a boss hostage is becoming an increasingly common protest gesture in France. Last year, the English boss of a car-parts factory in eastern France was held for 48 hours in his office, sleeping on a massage table and being provided with blankets and sandwiches. He said he felt like "a prisoner in Alcatraz".
In another incident last year, police stormed an ice-cream factory in Saint-Dizier to free a manager who had been held hostage by workers angry over job cuts. At least 14 staff were injured trying to stop police releasing him.
The mood of French factory workers seeking justice and revenge has spawned France's cult film of the year, Louise-Michel, a gothic comedy in which a group of women laid off from their factory in northern France hire a hit man to kill their boss.


CIRCUS:
By: Richard Gottheil, Samuel Krauss
Hellenists and Herodians.
Rabbinical Opinions.
Ordinances Against Attendance.
Christian View.
In antiquity a large enclosure used for horse-and chariot-races, and sometimes for gladiatorial combats, etc. Public games and theatrical representations being such important factors in the life of the Greeks and Romans, the Jews living in the classical age had to take a definite attitude toward them. As in the case of everything else characteristic of paganism, the Jews had little to say in favor of the circus, though only after numerous differences of opinion among them, and even of concessions in favor of the popular amusement. This applied also to all public amusements; and Jewish rabbinical literature discusses especially two types of these—the circus and the theater—so frequently together and from so similar a point of view that they must be treated as a unit in this article.
The pre-Maccabean Hellenistic party had introduced gymnasia into Jerusalem (I Macc. i. 14; II Macc. iv. 12), greatly to the abomination of the orthodox. Herod the Great founded, in honor of the emperor, quinquennial gladiatorial contests, built a theater and an amphitheater in Jerusalem (Josephus, "Ant." xv. 8, § 1; "B. J." i. 21, § 8), and also helped maintain such contests in foreign cities. The pious Jews thought it criminal that men should be thrown as food to wild beasts to amuse the multitude. They were most shocked, however, by the trophies and images set up in the theaters ("Ant." xv. 8, § 1): upon one occasion a riot occasioned thereby was quelled by Herod only after much bloodshed. The other Herodians also had a predilection for the theater, Agrippa I. contracting a mortal malady in that at Cæsarea. As a matter of course there were theaters in the Palestinian cities which held a Hellenistic population; hence the Rabbis knew this side of the Greco-Roman life at first hand. A circus at Cæsarea is especially mentioned (Tosef., Oh. xviii. 16), as well as the theater ("Ant." xix. 7, § 4); a hippodrome at Jerusalem ("B. J." ii. 3, § 1); and a stadium at Tiberias, in which 1,200 Jews were killed by Vespasian ("B. J." iii. 10, § 10). Hence the Jews looked upon the circus, the theater, and the stadium as distinctive institutions of pagan Rome.
The Midrash interprets the "sinner" denounced by the Psalmist (Ps. xiv. 1) as being Rome, which fills the whole world with iniquity by building temples for idols, theaters, and circuses. "In four ways the Roman empire eats up the wealth of the nations: with taxes, with baths, with theaters, and with imposts" (Ab. R. N. xxviii.). "The feet of man will take him as he wills either into the house of God and the synagogue, or into the theater and the circus" (Gen. R. lxvii. 3). "What confusion there is in the games that the heathens give in their theaters and their circuses! What have the doctors of the Law to do there?" (Pesiḳ. 168b). The Jews are accused of keeping away from the circus, and thus diminishing the revenues of the state (Esther R., Preface).
Nevertheless, Jews probably often went to the circus; and it is even permitted in the Halakah to go to the theater and the circus on the Sabbath, if public affairs are to be discussed there (Ket. 5a). It is well known that the theaters were frequently used for assemblies of the people, since they were the largest public buildings (Josephus, "B. J." vii. 3, § 3). R. Judah I. was even inclined to find something good in the public games: "We must thank the heathens that they let mimes appear in the theaters and circuses, and thus find innocent amusement for themselves, otherwise they would be constantly getting into great quarrels as soon as they had anything to do with one another" (Gen. R. lxxx. 1). It was even hoped that the time would come when the theaters and circuses would become the homes of the Torah ("Meg. 6a). R. Nathan also found reasons to justify visiting the circus ('Ab. Zarah 18b).
In the course of time, however, it was formally forbidden to visit the public games. Sad remembrances connected with the circuses, especially the massacres of thousands of Jews in the theaters under Vespasian and Titus, made those places hateful to the Jews, who came to regard them as scenes of bloodshed, as indeed they were. But even at peaceful representations, when there was no bloodshed, the Jews were jeered and flouted on account of their peculiarities. In reference to this there is an interesting Midrash to the passage, "They that sit in the gate" (Ps. lxix. 13 [A. V. 12]): "The heathens are meant who sit in the theaters and circuses; after they have feasted and become drunk they sit and scoff at Israel. They say to one another: 'Let us beware that we do not resemble the Jews, who are so poor that they have nothing to eat but locustbeans.' Furthermore, they say: 'How long are you going to live?' 'As long is the Sabbath garment of the Jews lasts.' Then they bring a camel swathed in clothes into the theater and ask: 'Why does this camel mourn?' And they answer: The Jews are now celebrating their Sabbatical year; and since they have no vegetables, they eat up the camel's thistles: hence it mourns.' Then a mime with shaved head comes into the theater. 'Why is your head shaved?' 'The Jews are celebrating their Sabbath, eating up on that day everything that they earn during the week-days; hence they have no wood for cooking, and they burn up their bedsteads. They must, therefore, sleep on the ground, getting entirely covered with dust; then they must cleanse themselves freely with oil; and the latter, in consequence, is excessively dear'" (Lam. R., Introduction, No. 17).
Every public place of amusement was looked upon as a "seat of the scornful," in reference to Ps. i. 1. "He who frequents the stadia and the circuses, and sees there the magicians, the tumblers, the 'buccones,' the 'maccus,' the 'moriones' the 'scurræ,' and the 'ludi sæculares'—this is 'sitting in the seat of the scornful'" (Tosef., 'Ab. Zarah, ii. 6: Yer. 40a, Bab. 18b; Yalḳ., Ps. 613). "I sat not in the assembly of the mockers nor rejoiced" (Jer. xv. 17) is the cry of the Jewish congregation. "Lord of the world! never do I set foot in the theater and the circus of the 'people of the earth'" (Pesiḳ. 119b). Still a third passage isinterpreted as being an ordinance against the pagan theater (Sifra, Lev. xviii. 3). It is reprovingly said—apparently in reference to Ex. i. 7, but really to Roman times—that the theater and circus are filled with Jews (Tan. on the passage). Hence an actual anathema is pronounced against attendance at the circus (Targ. Yer. Deut. xxviii. 19). Devastating earthquakes come in consequence of the theater and the circus (Yer. Ber. 13c). A Talmudic sage writes an especial prayer of thanks that Israel has no part in the heathen circus: "I give thanks to Thee, O Lord my God and God of my fathers, that Thou hast placed my portion among those who sit in the house of learning and the house of prayer, and didst not cast my lot among those who frequent theaters and circuses" (Yer. Ber. 7d; Bab. 28b). This prayer is even now found in many prayer-books as a part of the daily morning prayer. According to this prayer, people should keep away from the theater because it is a waste of time, and study is more profitable. It was, moreover, felt that these diversions had their root in idolatry, especially as images of royalty were placed in the theater and circus (Lev. R. xxxiv.).
Similar reasons also induced early Christianity to look askance at the pagan games, and perhaps it was against them that Paul spoke in I Cor. xv. 32. It is certain that Christians as well as Jews furnishied victims for the theaters (Renan, "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme," 3d ed., iv. 163): they likewise recognized their idolatrous origin; and Tertullian, in forbidding attendance ("De Spectaculis," ch. iii.). refers to Ps. i. 1, as do the Rabbis. Tertullian's phrase (ch. x.), "Theatrum proprie sacrarium Veneris"(the theater is a place for sexual immorality), is not, however, put so strongly by the Rabbis.
It is curious that, in spite of the iniquity attaching to the circus, the later Midrashim have much to say of a splendid circus and hippodrome which was said to have existed at Solomon's court, the description being based on the Byzantine pattern of Constantinople. Even in the later Middle Ages Jews attended the races, often at their peril (Malalas, "Chronicle," p. 446; Grätz, "Gesch. der Juden," 3d ed., v. 16). See Athletes; Games.
Wagenseil, De Ludis Hebrœorum. Altdorf, 1697;
Sachs, Beiträge zur Sprach-und Alterthumsforschung, i. 70, Berlin, 1852;
J. Perles, Thron und Circus des Königs Salomo, in Monatsschrift, xxi. 122 et seq.;
I. Abrahams, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages, ch. xiii.;
Bacher, Ag. Tan.;
idem. Ag. Pal. Amor. passim (Index: Theatre and Circus);
S. Krauss, Lehnwörter, i., "Excurs." No. 10.
G. S. Kr.


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Buford, John R. Diary (1862-1870)
1862, Dec. 19
Diary/ John R. Buford
Dec. 19th, 1862  We left camps near Knoxville  today at two o�clock and are now encamped about three miles west of the city.
Saturday 20 We arrived at Clinton an hour or two by sun this evening, but it was dark before we got all of our teams ferried across. Clinton, the county seat of County of Clayburn is situated on the west bank of Clinch river, a butiful stream that rises in the western part of Virginia and is one of the principal branches of the Tennessee. Clinton is a place of little note it seems to have had from between two and five hundred inhabitants before the war
Title Buford, John R. Diary (1862-1870)
Creator Buford, John R.
LC Subject Headings American Confederate voluntary exiles -- Brazil -- Social life and customs
American Confederate voluntary exiles -- Brazil -- History
Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877
EOA Categories History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
Peoples -- Immigrant Life
Description This document is the diary of John Ridley Buford that he carried with him during his service in the Civil War. The final pages include his immigration to Brazil. John Ridley Buford was a resident of Eufaula, Alabama. He enlisted in April 1862, at Eufaula, Alabama and was appointed Sergeant in Captain Reuben Koulb's Battery of the Barbour Alabama Light Artillery. He was transferred on November 6, 1864, with the rank of private to the Eufaula Battery of Alabama Light Artillery. He was in St. Mary's Hospital at Union Springs, Alabama from September 29, 1864, until November 6, 1864. Buford took part in the battles of Kentucky Campaign, Hood's Tennessee Campaign, and Chickamauga, and was paroled at Meridian, Mississippi, on May 10, 1865. At his parole, he listed his residence as Eufaula. In late February of 1867, Buford moved to Santa Barbara, Brazil where he farmed tobacco.
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Title 1862, Dec. 19
Transcript Diary/ John R. Buford Dec. 19th, 1862 We left camps near Knoxville today at two o�clock and are now encamped about three miles west of the city. Saturday 20 We arrived at Clinton an hour or two by sun this evening, but it was dark before we got all of our teams ferried across. Clinton, the county seat of County of Clayburn is situated on the west bank of Clinch river, a butiful stream that rises in the western part of Virginia and is one of the principal branches of the Tennessee. Clinton is a place of little note it seems to have had from between two and five hundred inhabitants before the war
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Familiar to television audiences as the illusive Candace Wilmer from Heroes, Missy Peregrym stands out in the industry as one of Hollywood's most promising young actors. She began her career in modeling when she was 18. Her print advertisements soon led to commercials for Mercedes Benz, Sprint Canada and the Olympics. Peregrym caught the eye of casting directors and quickly transitioned into acting, landing her first television role on the action-drama series Dark Angel.
In addition to her role on Heroes, Peregrym starred in the martial arts series Black Sash and the drama Life as We Know It as Jackie, the sarcastic beauty with a troubled family life. Additional guest appearances include The Chris Isaak Show, Smallville and Andromeda.
Peregrym made her feature film debut last summer with Stick It. She starred as a rebellious girl who is ordered to participate in a regimented sports world to clean up her act.
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Airtel will Connect over 2100 Uncovered Villages in North East India
Bharti Airtel announced that it has signed an agreement with the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) for supplying of mobile services in recognized uncovered villages and national highways in the North Eastern States of India, such as Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.
Under the agreement, Airtel would set up over 2000 mobile towers/sites in the unconnected pockets of the area and provide telecom connectivity to natives in over 2100 villages over the next 18 months. The deployment will also boost up the connectivity along with important National Highways in the region. Airtel would receive Rs.1610 crores approximately from the USOF for executing the project.
The telecom infrastructure set-up by Airtel will also facilitate other telecom service providers to provide services in the area, thus, providing a major boost to telecom connectivity in the region that is characterized by tough terrain. Growing telecom connectivity will also add to the economic and social growth of the region.
Commenting on the agreement, Ajai Puri, COO (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel stated, "Airtel has been leading the expansion of telecom services in North East India and as the largest operator in these markets, we have gained a deep understanding of the region. This project will provide a massive boost to telecom connectivity in these areas and truly connect them with the rest of India and the world. Customers in these areas can look forward to affordable world-class mobile services very soon."
Airtel is the largest mobile operator in the North Eastern States and is the only operator to provide 2G/3G/4G services in the region. It has made significant investments to expand service availability in the region.
Posted by: DQW Bureau
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We learn about Baby Henry's adoption in "Save Henry". (Photo credit: ABC)
Well Oncers, it seems 'Once Upon A Time' has delivered another shocking and upsetting twist. Just when we think things will be settled, more trouble arises for our band of misfit heroes. In "Save Henry" sweet flashbacks reveal the story of Henry's adoption and expose Regina's softer side. Henry has been her one weakness in life. As Regina works with the Charmings & Co. to save her son in Neverland, she vows to stop at nothing to save the boy who is everything to her.
Fairytale Land/Storybrooke past: "You must put your child first no matter what."
Grumpy sounds the alarm as the Evil Queen's curse hits the Enchanted Forest. While everybody freaks out, the very stoic Regina pays imprisoned Rumple a visit. During their chat, Regina assures Rumple that nothing can stop her from exacting revenge and taking her father's heart was simply a price to pay in the grand scheme of things. Rumple begs to differ and tells her that "The Savior" will foil her plans in the future. But that's not all… Rumple foresees that Regina will have a hole in her heart. He says, "Someday you'll come to me to fill it…There's more you need." When Regina wonders if Rumple wants more than the deal agreed upon for his new life in Storybrooke, the Dark One tells her, "I'm exactly where I want to be." Nearly a decade later, Rumple's prophecy comes to pass.
Eleven years ago in Storybrooke Regina opens up to Archie about the emptiness in her life. "I'm feeling nothing," she laments. Life is meaningless if there is no one to share it with. Thanks to her short stint of playing house with Owen (aka Greg), Regina realizes she needs a child. She storms over to Mr. Gold and tells him she wants a baby. I absolutely love his response: "I'm flattered…but not interested." Regina isn't amused and gets back to business. It will take two years to adopt, so she wants Rumple to put a baby on the fast track. He asks if she's ready to make the necessary sacrifices a child requires. This is something Regina needs, no matter what it takes.
Gold works his magic and an adoption in Boston falls through at the last second. Regina agrees to the terms of the closed adoption and doesn't care about the boy's past because his future is what really matters. As she holds the baby in her arms she sweetly says, "It was fate wasn't it?" and she names him after her father, Henry. Once Regina returns home to Storybrooke with baby Henry, she learns that motherhood is harder than it seems.
When Granny's suggestion to tell Henry a bedtime story doesn't work, Regina takes the crying baby in to Dr .Whale for a check-up. He promptly prescribes "10 ccs of maternal love," but Regina isn't feeling his cheeky attitude. She's afraid something is seriously wrong. If there is a problem with Henry, it could be genetic, so Regina orders Sydney to get the scoop on Henry's family tree. While she barks her orders over the phone, she hands Henry to Mary Margaret. Suddenly, Henry stops crying. Aww. Regina is heartbroken to discover that she is the cause of Henry's troubles. But sadness quickly turns into rage when she discovers his true identity.
She storms into Gold's shop and confronts him on orchestrating this whole scheme. Regina knows Henry's mother is the Savior and she doesn't understand why Gold would want the curse to end. She vows, "Nothing will tear me away from my revenge." Regina returns to Boston Angels Adoption to give the boy back.
As Regina prepares to give Henry away she admits to the baby, "You deserve better than me." But then she has a change of heart. Baby Henry is the only person who believes in her and she decides to keep him. Unlike Emma, she is mother who would never let go of her son. Once Regina's decision is finale, we discover Wendy's brothers, Michael and John, were second in line to adopt Henry. Peter Pan seems to have been one step ahead all along.
Although Regina decided to keep Henry, she is worried about the future. What happens when the Savior shows up? Archie gives her some more good advice; she should "revel in love" and enjoying being a mom. With that, Regina visits her father's tomb and goes to her secret room below. She tells Henry the story of the curse. She says how she felt all alone until she found her little prince. Unfortunately, they could not live happily ever after because evil lurked in their future. Nonetheless, Regina chooses to put her child first and concocts a forgetting potion, which helps her forget her troubles. Regina drinks the potion and forgets her fears about the future, so that she may live happily in the present with Henry.
Now it all makes sense. It always seemed strange that Regina was surprised by Emma's arrival and her destined role as Storybrooke's Savior. I have to admit, despite Regina's craziness and evil acts of vengeance, she has been a good mother to Henry for the most part. Even after Emma's arrival, Regina tried to maintain her bond with her son. Now, more than ever, Regina proves that Henry truly is the most important thing in her life.
Neverland present: "Pan never fails."
We pick up where we left off. Henry lies heartless on the cave floor. Peter Pan assures Neal, Emma and Regina that he will maintain possession of Pandora's Box, containing Rumple. Emma takes a stab a Pan with her sword. He says that nothing can hurt him anymore and flies away in victory.
Regina immediately casts a preservation spell on Henry to keep him alive until they can get his heart back from Peter Pan. Emma lets Regina "run the show" after hearing how much Henry means to her. In a beautiful and vulnerable moment, Regina tells Emma, "You have everything…All I have is Henry…He is everything." We are truly seeing Regina at her very best and Lana Parrilla is knocking it out of the park in this episode. Regina takes the lead by pointing out Pan's weakness. He bled when Emma slashed him. If they can hurt him, then Regina believes they can kill Pan. They just need to find out where he's hiding.
They join the others and bring them up to date. Mary Margaret fears she and David will never be able to the island now that Rumple is stuck in the box. David shrugs it off; he made his peace with being stuck on Neverland long ago and they should focus on Henry instead. Regina is ready to fry the Lost Boys to get the info she needs, but Emma insists on taking a softer approach by giving the Boys something they never had- a little love and tenderness. Emma promises they'll take the Boys back to Storybrooke if they just reveal where Pan is hiding. She identifies with them as an orphaned Lost Girl and assures them they will have a family when they get to Storybrooke. Pan's loyal pal Felix resists, but the little ones cave in. Pan is hiding in his "Thinking Tree" located in the Pixie Woods. Neal stays behind with Henry and Hook prepares the Jolly Roger, while Mary Margaret, Emma and Regina go after Pan.
Once the three mommas find Pan's tree, he binds them to the trunk and taunts them; they will only be reunited with Henry in death. Pan then explains the significance of the tree. This is where Pan "let go" of Rumple, his son. Like us, the women are shocked by this revelation. Pan then explains that regret is what is holding them back and keeping them bound to the tree. But Pan is in for a surprise: Regina regrets nothing. She breaks through the bondage, rips out Henry's heart, takes Pandora's Box and leaves Pan in shock.
They board the Jolly Roger and Regina quickly replaces Henry's heart. He still says he wants to save magic and gradually realizes what has transpired. Hook cutely offers him the captain's quarters. Before letting Henry catch up on some much needed rest, Regina casts a spell on his heart so that it can never be taken again. Henry says, "Thanks, Mom." Regina sweetly replies, "We'll be home soon my little prince." So sweet!
Once Regina leaves, Pan approaches Henry. Sadly, everyone is too preoccupied with the commotion above board to realize there's an intruder below.
Neal opens Pandora's Box and releases Rumple. He hugs him and calls him "Papa." He asks why Rumple never revealed Pan's identity. Rumpy was ashamed because they both abandoned their sons. Neal assures him that they are not the same because Rumple came back for him. With Rumple's return, Mary Margaret is relieved. The Charmings can be a family and live together in Storybrooke. Suddenly, Rumple senses that something is wrong and rushes downstairs to Henry.
Pan couldn't take Henry's heart, so he starts tearing off his shadow. Rumple bursts in, Pan's eyes light up, then Henry's eyes glow. Rumpy opens Pandora's Box. As Pan gets sucked in he screams for dear life, "Noooo!"
Rumple and Henry go back above board. Rumpy compliments Regina, "He's a strong boy, Regina. You raised him well." Despite all of her wrongdoings, Regina managed to be a good mother. You can tell that this accomplishment means the world to her. They crack open Neal's magic coconut and release Pan's shadow. They bind the shadow to one of the sails, making the Jolly Roger fly once more. Emma asks to leave Neverland and without missing a beat, Hook quips, "As you wish my lady." (Sigh. This will never get old. I'm glad 'The Princess Bride' reference is sticking around.)
Scattered sweet moments begin to fill up the ship:
David goes over to Emma and expresses his paternal pride. He didn't think they could pull it off, but Emma stood up as a leader and made everyone work together despite their major differences.
Tinker Bell tells Wendy she'll be reunited with her brothers in Storybrooke. Wendy gives Tink back her pixie dust. When the fairy fears she'll never make it work again since she's lost her wings and magic, Wendy says she still believes in her.
Neal tells Henry that he will always have a dad "now and forever." He promises never to leave his son. Aww.
Tinker Bell is proud of Regina's progress. She always knew the Evil Queen would be able to truly love someone. As she says this, the pixie dust lights up. Regina brings this to her attention. For a second, Tink believed in herself, so there's still hope she'll regain her magical mojo.
Just when everything seems to be going so well, 'Once Upon A Time' throws yet another curveball. Henry takes Felix some food and is extra friendly. Henry even thanks Felix. When the Lost Boys resists his act of kindness, Henry whispers, "Pan never fails." Peter Pan switched places with Henry! I don't know how he did it, but he must've worked some kind of spell when both of their eyes lit up moments before Rumple trapped him in the Box.
In possession of Henry's sweet little heroic body, Peter Pan snickers, "Now, let's play!"
Afterthoughts:
This is not good, Oncers. This is actually super annoying. The only upside is that the cat comes out of the bag in next week's episode. I really hope the Pan issue is resolved before the winter hiatus. This kind of treachery is unbearable to wait out. Jared Gilmore is such a sweetheart, it will be hard watching him play the bad guy. Although, this must have been great fun for Gilmore and Robbie Kay. It will be interesting to see how they capture each other's likeness.
The promo for "The New Neverland" teases Ariel's reunion with Prince Eric, Regina's plot for more revenge, and Henry's grand reveal as Pan! Will they believe him?
Get ready for another wild ride next week!
What did you think of "Save Henry"? Were you surprised by the switch? Did you sense that something like this was going to happen? How did you feel about the Storybrooke flashbacks? Did you enjoying seeing Regina's softer side?
Share your thoughts below and stay tuned for more news!
'Once Upon A Time' airs Sunday at 8 p.m. on ABC.
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An year old woman working as a hostess in a rural Pennsylvania restaurant decided to try e-cigarettes, perhaps another of the innumerable bistro workers hoping to calm frayed nerves with a smoke — or in this case, a vape. E-cigarettes heat liquid and turn it into vapor, which a user inhales and then exhales in a large puffy cloud.
The liquid is known as e-juice, and it contains flavorings, propylene glycol, glycerin and often nicotine — though many users are unaware of this final addictive ingredient. There, doctors recorded her issues: cough, difficulty breathing that was worsening by the minute, and sudden stabbing pains in the chest with every inhalation and exhalation. Not yet feverish, she showed no upper respiratory symptoms such as a runny nose or nasal congestion. In the past, she said, the only lung problems she had were from mild asthma, which rarely required the use of an inhaler.
When her coughing became more frequent, the ER doctors admitted her to the pediatric intensive-care unit and started her on antibiotics. But her condition rapidly worsened. Soon, the young woman experienced what is commonly known as respiratory failure, said Dr. Not only did the hostess require a breathing machine, she needed tubes inserted on both sides of her chest to drain fluid from her lungs. The woman was treated with an IV of methylprednisolone, a drug used to treat severe allergic reactions.
She improved swiftly and was weaned off the mechanical support system five days after being admitted to the hospital. Ilona Jaspers, a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the case study suggests that e-cigarettes will cause negative health consequences that had not been seen with conventional cigarettes. Nicotine is known to be addictive, and children can become hooked on electronic cigarettes. Sommerfeld agreed.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Close Modal Suggest a Correction Your name required. Your email required. Report a typo or grammatical error required. More News.The lungs are connected with the pharynx through the trachea and larynx. The base of each lung rests on the diaphragm, and each lung apex rises from 2. The lungs include the lobes, lobules, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli or air sacs, and pleural covering.
The right lung has three lobes and the left two. In men, the right lung weighs approx. The lungs containalveoli and their respiratory surface is about 70 sq m. Respirations per minute are 12 to 20 in an adult. The total capacity of the lung varies from 3.
The left lung has an indentation, called the cardiac depression, for the normal placement of the heart. Behind this is the hilum, through which the blood vessels, lymphatics, and bronchi enter and leave the lung. Air travels from the nasal passages to the pharynx, larynx, and trachea. Two primary bronchi, one on each side, extend from the trachea. The primary bronchi divide into secondary bronchi, one for each of five lobes.
These further divide into a great number of smaller bronchioles. The pattern of distribution of these into the segments of each lobe is important in pulmonary and thoracic surgery.
An 18-Year-Old Developed 'Wet Lung' After Vaping For Just 3 Weeks
There are about 10 bronchopulmonary segments in the right lung and eight in the left, the actual number varying. There are 50 to 80 terminal bronchioles in each lobe. Each of these divides into two respiratory bronchioles, which in turn divide to form two to 11 alveolar ducts. The alveolar sacs and alveoli arise from these ducts. The spaces between the alveolar sacs and alveoli are called atria. In the alveolus, blood and inspired air are separated only by the cell of the alveolus and that of the pulmonary capillary.
This respiratory membrane is thin 0. The lungs are innervated by parasympathetic fibers via the vagus nerve and sympathetic fibers from the anterior and posterior pulmonary plexuses to the smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchial tree.
Teen Develops 'Wet Lung' After Vaping For 3 Weeks, Doctors Say
The bronchial arteries and veins circulate blood to the bronchial tree. The pulmonary arteries and veins circulate the blood involved in gas exchange. The primary purpose of the lung is to bring air and blood into intimate contact so that oxygen can be added to the blood and carbon dioxide removed from it.Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. In recent months health officials have reported a spike of people in Kings, Fresno, and Tulare counties coming down with wet lung syndrome.
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If you see comments in violation of our community guidelinesplease report them. Studies are showing more and more how smoking e-cigarettes is harmful, adding to the concern about teens who are attracted to vaping. Louisville Courier Journal. South Valley public health officials are warning people who vape they may be exposing themselves to a potentially dangerous respiratory illness.
Teen gets 'wet lung' after vaping for three weeks, prompting doctors to issue warning
Symptoms may include rapid breathing, nausea, a low blood-oxygen level, low blood pressure, confusion, and extreme tiredness. Wet lung can be caused by vaping cannabis, CBD oils or similar products, health officials say. Vaping is using a battery-powered device to heat liquid-based nicotine into an inhalable vapor. The liquids often come in enticing flavors, like cotton candy or bubble gum.
Many of the devices, including Juul, look more like a flash drive than a cigarette. Others looks like candy and have been targeted by proponents of vaping because they believe children are more likely to use if the cartridges look like candy. More medical news: 4 people infected with a disease spread by mosquitoes, Tulare County health officials say. Here's why a Tulare doctor may have his medical license revoked over opioids.
Rabid bats invade Visalia, Tulare. County health officials urge caution. This is seen as a win for health advocates and activists. Khalil Diab, a pulmonologist for Indiana University Health. But what harm does vaping do to users, especially teenagers? There's still research to be done, but here's what we know:. It depends on what specific product you buy, and ingredients vary by manufacturer.
Generally, vape juice, or e-liquid, contains nicotine, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin and flavorings. Users with lung conditions may be at higher risk for issues down the line, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD to lung diseases.
Juul is one type of flavored e-cigarette that contains nicotine. The lightweight device can fit in the palm of the hand. Juul devices charge by plugging into a computer's USB port.
A pro-vaping advocate accuses a prominent tobacco researcher of publishing an "invalid" study saying vaping causes heart attacks. The two work in different ways, said Dr. Richard Feldman, director of medical education in Indiana, Cigarettes involve combusted, or burned, tobacco.
E-cigarettes are heated, but not to the point of combustion.A teenager was hospitalized with a condition known as "wet-lung" after vaping for three weeks, in a case which calls into question whether the habit is as healthy as widely thought. The unnamed year-old developed hypersensitivity pneumonitis, also known as "wet lung," after smoking e-cigarettes, according to a study in the journal the American Academy of Pediatrics. The teenager, who is from rural Pennsylvania according to CNNbegan suffering from a cough, stabbing pains in the chest and had trouble breathing after smoking for three weeks.
Believing her condition may be caused by a chest infection, doctors at University Pittsburgh Medical Center prescribed her with antibiotics. But her condition worsened. She was later hospitalized after developing respiratory failure and hypoxia, where not enough oxygen reaches tissue in the body. Doctors were forced to hook her up to a respirator and used tubes to drain fluid from her chest for five days.
Doctors believe this is the first reported case of wet lung in a teenager caused by e-cigarette use. Wet lung occurs when matter breathed into the lungs triggers an immune response called hypersensitivity.
This results in the lung tissue becoming inflamed, known as pneumonitis. In acute wet lung, symptoms can include coughing, shortness of breath, as well as a fever and joint pain which can come on suddenly.
The chronic form can take many years to develop, prompting symptoms like a cough and breathlessness caused by scarring of the lungs. Those diagnosed with wet lung must avoid the trigger, and can be prescribed steroids to treat the symptoms.
The teenager was dosed with methylprednisolone, used to treat severe allergic reactions. The authors noted e-cigarettes are gaining popularity as an alternative to conventional cigarettes among teenagers, but the health risks remain unclear. Doctors should therefore speak to their adolescent patients about the potential damage caused by the habit, they said.
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Ina report by the Surgeon General showed a percent spike in high school students using e-cigarettes between and Casey Sommerfeld, the patient's pediatrician and lead author of the study, told CNN: "there are a few case reports involving adults that developed respiratory distress following electronic cigarette use. Ilona Jaspers, a professor in pediatrics, microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told CNN experts do not know the long-term health effects of exposure to e-cigarettes, and whether the potential health effects are more pronounced in teenagers.
Weekly magazine, delivered Daily Newsletter Website access.Smoking has become a very common phenomenon among youngsters, teenagers to be specific and an alternative to it is vaping or e-cigarette.
A study by a U. The electronic gadgets imitate the feel of smoking, which comes in different flavors and different smokes and have grown its popularity. This device performs in a way where it vaporizes the liquid that is in the tube. The liquid is a mixture of water, propylene glycol, glycerin and nicotine an addictive substance.
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Somehow this has been promoted as a safer option to smoke than actual cigarettes. Recently, there have been a handful of incidents where vaping were found to be the cause of some serious disorders. One of them being that vaping can leave water in your lungs. There is a mixture of proteins and lipids, which protects the alveolar region of the lungs. It reduces the surface tension that is created by the alveolar fluid which further prevents the lungs from collapsing. The very tiny particles in these e-cigarettes can go deeper in the lungs while vaping.
Studies have proved that vaping attacks the lungs directly, and it affects the major cells in it which can leave water there. An ingredient in the traditional cigarettes is found to damage the pulmonary surface layer. Vaping protects the lungs from damage as well.
It might be a safer option to get rid of initial surface damage provided it is not addictive. This leads to the tissues present in the lungs to inflame and proceed to abnormal behavior of the immune system of the body.
It has been brought to their knowledge that the popularity of e-cigarettes has suddenly increased than the conventional cigarettes. Vaping has gained popularity amongst the teenagers but the health risk remains unclear with the repeated cases faced. There is no other diagnosis than physical examination.
It is very important to be really careful with the diagnosis.The American Lung Association warns against the use of all e-cigarettes. Food and Drug Administration, along with state and local health departments, have been investigating multi-state reports of lung injury referred to by CDC as EVALI associated with e-cigarette and vaping product use.
This guidance is intended to support healthcare providers in their understanding and tracking of this important issue. Similar to the tracking of tobacco use, tracking of e-cigarette or vaping product use is important to understanding a patient's health status.
As this investigation continues, CDC encourages clinicians to report possible cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use or vaping to their local or state health department for further investigation.
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Select your location to view local American Lung Association events and news near you. For Health Professionals. Section Menu. Guidelines for Everyday Tracking of E-cigarette Usage Similar to the tracking of tobacco use, tracking of e-cigarette or vaping product use is important to understanding a patient's health status. The Lung Association recommends that questions be added to an institutions' Electronic Health Records EHR to ensure that the use of e-cigarettes be incorporated into all patient tracking so that the health impacts can be followed.
Automated prompts and language which reflects the words used by patients to refer to vaping should be incorporated into EHRs. Additional questions should be asked regarding e-cigarette use when the patient is being examined by a healthcare professional.
For example, have you ever used and if so, do you now use every day, some days, or not at all electronic cigarettes?
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If a physician suspects e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury EVALI the CDC has recommendations for initial clinical evaluation and follow up, which include patient history, physical examination, laboratory testing, imaging and consultation with specialists. As these recommendations may change as more information becomes available, please check here for specifics. Doctors may also be aware of e-cigarette products as vape-pens, JUULs, vapes, e-hookahs, or e-vaporizers.
Some look like cigarettes, and others look like thumb drives, pens or small pipes. These are battery-powered, usually contain liquid nicotine, and produce vapor instead of smoke. Guidelines for More Serious Cases As this investigation continues, CDC encourages clinicians to report possible cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette use or vaping to their local or state health department for further investigation.
If e-cigarette or vaping product use is suspected as a possible cause for a patient's lung injury, a detailed history of the substances used, the sources, and the devices used should be obtained.
Health Departments can be supported by obtaining and sending products and devices in additional to clinical and pathologic specimens for testing. Additional advice can be found here.
If a lung biopsy or autopsy is performed on a patient suspected of lung injury related to e-cigarette or vaping product use, consider submission of fixed lung biopsy tissues or autopsy tissues to CDC for evaluation. Testing can include evaluation for lipids on formalin-fixed wet lung tissues that have not undergone routine processing.
Routine microscopic examination will be performed, as well as infectious disease testing, if indicated, on formalin-fixed wet tissues, or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue specimens. Guidance is available on general specimen collection and storage for healthcare providers and public health laboratory personnel involved in the care of patients who meet, or are highly suspected of meeting, the case definition for lung injury related to e-cigarette use or vaping.
Healthcare providers can share this information with patients who use e-cigarettes, parents and teens, and anyone else to help educate about the potential dangers of e-cigarette use. For youth, Not On Tobacco is available through school and community settings. The Lung Association has tobacco cessation programs that have been proven effective in helping people quit.Symptoms generally develop gradually, and can include dry cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, and fatigue.
It used to be a common chemical used in the production of popcorn and has even been used in coffee and cookie dough manufacturing. Employees that were exposed to diacetyl in the workplace were at a much greater risk of death after experiencing symptoms of bronchiolitis obliterans.
What about diacetyl use in e-cigarette products? E-cigarette manufacturers put diacetyl into e-liquids, which are vaporized and then inhaled. Untreated respiratory failure can be fatal. Lung scarring is permanent.
A particularly startling case of Wet Lung arose when a young patient entered the Emergency Room with a prolonged cough, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. She was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, but her condition took a turn for the worse. She went into respiratory failure and was intubated with a breathing tube.
The cause of this, according to an article her doctors published in Pediatrics, was likely her new e-cig vaping habit. Numerous studies have found a strong link between the inhalation of diacetyl and the development of Bronchiolitis Obliterans.
For example, one study found that exposure to diacetyl led to significant damage to the epithelium, the thinnest outer layer of tissue lining the bronchioles. The study also indicated that diacetyl can be the cause of peribronchial lymphocytic inflammation, or fibrohistiocytic lesions in the terminal bronchioles. A further study indicated that diacetyl can reach much deeper into human lungs than into rat lungs, exposing humans to a great risk of injury.
E-cigarette use has become popular only recently, and studies investigating the dangers are ongoing. What we know so far shows vape use is far from safe.
One preliminary study conducted with newborn mice found that exposing the mice to e-cigarette smoke resulted in slightly smaller lungs, decreased cell growth, and a lower body weight than mice who had not been exposed. Another study found that exposing mice to e-cigarette smoke containing nicotine contributed to symptoms normally exhibited in the development of chronic lung disease.
Read more about vaping mice and lung damage. Studies done with human lung cells and the cells of airway passages have also begun to show the negative effects of e-cigarettes.
When the cells were incubated with e-cigarette smoke, there was an increase in cell death, an increase in the production of substances that cause harmful inflammation, and weaker defense against bacterial infections, along with what may have been cancerous characteristics. Vape and vape mods have also exploded. Vape battery explosions have killed, and serious third and second degree burns can result in scarring, nerve damage, and the need for skin grafts.
Levin Simes Abrams is investigating claims of lung damage from vape devices, exploding vape batteries, as well as underage addiction from Juul devices and illegal marketing to children.
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On March 28, 2018 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Prince George's County filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Plaintiffs sued the U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of Commerce, and President and the United States for "conspicuous neglect" ... read more >
On March 28, 2018 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Prince George's County filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. Plaintiffs sued the U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of Commerce, and President and the United States for "conspicuous neglect" of their duty to ensure an "actual enumeration" through the Census as per Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
Plaintiffs claim that this neglect has led to undercounting in the past, and will lead to higher undercounting, particularly of disadvantaged and minority populations in the 2020 Census. Prince George's County alleged it has been the victim of large undercounting of their population by 1.9% in 2000 and 2.3% in 2010. These undercounts impacted the distribution of public funds, determined representation in the U.S. House of Representatives, and impacted redistricting. Plaintiffs claimed that the 2010 Census undercounted African Americans by roughly 1.5 million while overcounting home owners and non-hispanic whites.
Due to Prince George's County's demographics and history of being undercounted in the Census, these detrimental effects are likely to be exacerbated for the county due to the lack of staff, leadership, design flaws, and underfunding of the Census. For example, whereas the budget for the Census has typically grown with each successive Census, the budget for the 2020 Census has gone down from $4.2 billion in 2010 to $3.9 billion. Moreover, plaintiffs claim that the plan to administer more of the Census digitally will lead to undercounting for areas will little broadband access as well as open the Census to cyber attacks.
Plaintiffs requested the court to declare that defendants have an obligation to administer a fair and accurate census and enjoin them from violating that duty. Moreover, plaintiffs request that the court issue an injunction requiring the government to propose and implement a policy that ensures a hard count subject to court monitoring. The case was assigned to Judge Paul W. Grimm.
The plaintiffs subsequently filed two amended complaints adding the parties' addresses. The defendants filed a motion dismiss on July 13, 2018, arguing the plaintiffs lacked standing, the claim was not ripe, the decision constituted a political question beyond judicial review, and that the Enumeration Clause required only that the defendants conduct a person-by-person headcount of the population. The plaintiffs responded a month later. They argued they had standing, citing the specific injury of a "severe differential undercount" resulting in vote dilution a loss of federal funding. On ripeness, the plaintiffs claimed to be at imminent risk of harm, and waiting until the census began would leave them without remedy. They cited decades of census-related litigation to negate the argument that the defendants had unreviewable discretion in conducting the census. Finally, the plaintiffs claimed the defendants were inventing an overly restrictive Enumeration Clause standard. In November, the plaintiffs submitted a supplemental notice of Judge Hazel's recent decision in La Unión del Pueblo Entero v. Ross, rejecting a similar argument on a motion to dismiss.
The court set a hearing for January 14, 2019, however, the defendants moved to continue the hearing in light of the government shutdown and resulting lapse in appropriations. The plaintiffs opposed the motion, as the census count would occur in just over a year, and other courts had refused to delay ongoing census litigation for the same reason. They argued the shutdown demonstrated a disruption to the defendants census preparations, bolstering the plaintiffs argument that the census will produce inaccurate results. The court denied the motion to continue the hearing, finding the case involved the protection of property, the shutdown supported the plaintiff's argument that the defendants will not be prepared to conduct an accurate census in 2020, and this motion has been denied in similar census cases also pending.
The court issued its opinion on January 29, 2019 granting and denying in part the motion to dismiss. 2019 WL 355743. The court noted this case was unique from the other pending census litigation, as this suit did not include a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act. Instead, this case challenged the agency's action before it had finalized the 2020 Census preparations. The court thus denied without prejudice the request for injunctive relief, finding this claim not yet ripe because preparations were ongoing. However, the court recognized the potential for declaratory relief to ensure sufficient funds for census preparations, found that the plaintiffs had standing on this claim, and allowed this claim to proceed.
On February 28, the court granted and denied in part the plaintiff's letter to file an amended complaint. While the Administrative Procedure Act claims would not have been futile, the court found the Enumeration Clause claim was still unripe. The court thus permitted the plaintiffs to add the Administrative Procedure Act claims and factual developments without reinstating the Enumeration Clause claims. The court also permitted the defendants to file a motion to dismiss on the new claims.
The parties are engaged in discovery and there has been no further activity as of March 29, 2019.
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Defendant(s) President of the United States
Plaintiff Description NAACP, Prince George County, and several of its residents.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Class action status sought No
Class action status granted No
Filed Pro Se No
Prevailing Party None Yet / None
Nature of Relief None yet
Source of Relief None yet
Case Listing PB-CA-0049 : California v. Ross (N.D. Cal.)
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A drone flies around a giant statue of the pharaoh Ramses II as it is relocated to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to show off Egypt's ancient treasures while attracting tourists to help fund its future development. Photo: AP
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On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are labouring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs.
The Grand Egyptian Museum has been under construction for well over a decade and is intended to showcase Egypt's ancient treasures while drawing tourists to help fund its future development. But the project has been subject to repeated delays, with a "soft opening" planned for next year scrapped in favour of a more triumphant inauguration in 2020. Costs have meanwhile soared from an initial US$650mil (RM2.7bil) to well over US$1bil (RM4.2bil), with most of the financing coming from Japan.
It's the latest mega-project to be championed by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who is wagering that massive investments in infrastructure will revive an economy weakened by decades of stagnation and battered by the unrest that followed the 2011 uprising.
The museum is a series of towering concrete halls that will eventually hold some 50,000 artefacts, including the famed mask of Tutankhamen – popularly known as King Tut – and other treasures currently housed in the century-old Egyptian Museum in Cairo's congested Tahrir Square. The hope is that tourists will stay awhile, and provide the foreign currency Egypt needs to buttress its economy.
"It's a place where you can linger to enjoy ancient Egypt," said project director Tarek Tawfik on a recent tour of the site, which will also include a conference centre, a cinema, 28 shops, 10 restaurants and a boutique hotel. Giant windows open onto the 5,000-year-old pyramids, and the museum will feature an intact wooden ship and a towering statue of Ramses II.
Tawfik describes it as "a fantastic experience of ancient Egypt in a very modern building that provides all kind of modern, comfortable functions."
Thousands of Egyptians are labouring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs. Photo: AP
That would mark a major change from the current set-up, in which tourists visiting the pyramids and the Sphinx are routinely hassled by touts and camel-drivers.
Tourists are gradually returning to Egypt, but the industry has yet to recover from the 2011 uprising, which toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak and ushered in a period of instability, culminating in the military overthrow of the country's first freely elected president, an Islamist whose brief rule sparked mass protests.
El-Sissi, who led the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi in 2013 and was elected the following year, has presided over an unprecedented crackdown on dissent. Political demonstrations, heavily restricted under a 2013 law, are now unheard of. A Sinai-based insurgency that gathered steam after Morsi's overthrow has carried out a series of attacks in recent years, mainly on security forces and Christians, but has only rarely targeted foreign tourists.
El-Sissi has meanwhile sought to use large-scale projects to bolster the image of the state – with mixed results. A trumpeted expansion of the Suez Canal in 2015 has yet to deliver the soaring revenues the government promised, as global trade has eased. A grandiose new administrative capital under construction outside Cairo is still in the early stages, with negligible foreign investment and foreign embassies not keen to move so far out into the desert.
A statue of Pharaoh Ramses II at the Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in Giza. Photo: AP
Egypt's pharaonic heritage remains a major draw, however, and Tawfik expects the museum to attract eight million people a year once it opens. An estimated eight million tourists will have visited Egypt in 2018, an increase from previous years but well below a peak of 14.7 million before the 2011 uprising.
Egypt's multi-national construction giant Orascom built the museum, with initial loans from the Japanese government. The Japanese continue to advise on the museum's development and artefact restoration, but it is unclear who will provide the additional financing for the project. A bidding process is underway to find someone to operate the site.
Much of the financing may end up coming from the military or affiliated companies, which play a major role in the economy and have been heavily involved in other mega-projects. Tawfik said the military is helping with "value engineering" – the sourcing of local components like stone cladding and materials to reduce reliance on more expensive imports. Egypt floated its currency in 2016 in order to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, leading to a devaluation that has taken a heavy toll on poor and middle-class Egyptians.
"Today, despite all the increases in costs and the floating of the Egyptian pound, it's quite amazing that the project will be completed, thanks to good management and value engineering," he said. – AP
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PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - France's prime minister on Tuesday suspended planned increases to fuel taxes for six months in response to weeks of sometimes violent protests, the first major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron's administration after 18 months in office.
In announcing the decision, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said anyone would have "to be deaf or blind" not to see or hear the anger on the streets over a policy that Macron has defended as critical to combating climate change.
"The French who have donned yellow vests want taxes to drop, and work to pay. That's also what we want. If I didn't manage to explain it, if the ruling majority didn't manage to convince the French, then something must change," Philippe said in a TV address.
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He warned citizens, however, that they could not expect better public services and to pay lower taxes, and that therefore compromises needed to be made on both sides.
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Trinity Rep has offered theater tours since 1984. These fantastic travel experiences, curated and led by artistic director Curt Columbus, combine some of the best theater in the world with unique sightseeing experiences. Traveling with Trinity Rep is a great opportunity to meet other theater lovers and to support the theater that you love.
Trinity Rep typically runs two theater trips per year. Recent tours have gone to London, Dublin, New York City, Oregon, Chicago, and Washington, DC.
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For details, restrictions, payment schedule, and registration forms, please review the 2019 Trinity Rep London Tour brochure here.
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To prep for our upcoming production of "Little Shop of Horrors" our digital marketing coordinator took a wild ride into the history behind the show - plus man-eating plants - in our latest blog post!
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UPDATE! Since our original post Clive Palmer has come out and denied all reports that he's planning to build a real-life Jurassic Park. He says, "It's just a beat-up of a story and untrue." Our original report follows….
Eccentric Australian mega-billionaire Clive Palmer is interested in cloning a dinosaur for a Jurassic Park-like attraction at one of his resorts in Australia's Coolum Beach. Palmer has "spared no expense" and has been in talks with the same scientists and researchers who successfully cloned Dolly the sheep at the Roslin Institute in 1996. They're hoping to re-create dinosaur life from fossilized dino DNA.
The scientific validity of cloning a dinosaur is up for debate and seems virtually impossible. According to the Roslin Institute, finding an appropriate surrogate to carry a dinosaur egg would be difficult to find. It is also unclear if one complete dinosaur cell exists today. The process of cloning would require about 100,000 whole dinosaur cells to successfully clone a living dinosaur.
This isn't the first time Palmer wanted to bring a movie to life. Earlier this year, there were reports of Palmer working on a replica of RMS Titanic that he wants to use as an ocean liner and casino due to set sail in 2016. Hopefully they'll have more lifeboats on board than the original Titanic did in 1912.
Palmer also plans to build towering hotels, a 20-story sky needle, and a giant London Eye-style Ferris wheel for his resort, with a monorail system to transport guests to their desired destinations. It seems like Palmer didn't take the themes of Jurassic Park or Titanic to heart, that tampering with nature and testing the bounds of your hubris can only spell disaster. Maybe Palmer should hire Steven Spielberg and James Cameron to help him bring his vision to life.
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On the eve of Everton's League Cup third round meeting with West Bromwich Albion, the spectre of the club's financial abyss has returned after it was revealed Everton has mortgaged future broadcast income in a deal with Vibrac Corporation, a business registered in the British Virgin Islands, in return for a £14m, one-year loan.
Matt Scott, editor of the Digger column in the Guardian reported that not only is money received for the season 2011-12 included in the deal, but also next season's money too. Scott said: "To sell future seasons' income is intrinsically more risky, both for the lender and the mortgager. There can be no guarantees that Everton will even be in the Premier League next season, and…that risk is normally priced into what yield the creditor must pay, making the rate more expensive." Much like the sale-and-lease back of the club's new training facility Finch Farm, it appears this move may bring short-term respite at the risk of long-term pain.
Combined with a report from football finances blog The Swiss Ramble, the last few days have been another instalment in the long-running saga of Everton's precarious business model. Writing before the revelation of the club's involvement with the Vibrac Corporation, The Swiss Ramble said: "…to do the job [of taking over Everton] properly would require investors with very deep pockets…they would have to buy out the directors' shares which…would cost £75m…they would also have to repay the loans [of] £45m, fund a new stadium [£250m], buy new players [£50m] and inject working capital to cover losses [£50m]." There are few people in the world with that sort of money, estimated by The Swiss Ramble at around £500m, and even fewer willing to spend it on a football club, generally a money-losing proposition.
Removing the new stadium from the equation would, using The Swiss Rambles' estimates, half the cost of buying and transforming the club, but would not address a pressing issue also raised by the blog: "Although Everton's debt is by no means excessive compared to other football clubs, the problem is that they appear to have no realistic way of paying it off." Goodison Park is part of that problem: the old ground generates less than half the income per match of the similarly-sized and located Anfield, around £700,000 to Liverpool's £1.6m. In the absence of a billionaire businessman willing to throw money at the club, any long-term strategy to solving Everton's calamitous financial situation will have to include a viable new stadium, which itself is a massive expense the club cannot presently afford.
In light of the latest doom-laden news about Everton's finances, the League Cup fixture with West Brom almost pales in comparison. However, a run to Wembley – should Everton make the final – would bolster the club's coffers as it did with the FA Cup final appearance in 2009 and, as such, the game cannot be separated from events in the boardroom. Perhaps the only cheer at the moment for Evertonians is, after the victory over Wigan Athletic on Saturday, matters on the pitch are far rosier than off it.
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