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It's no secret that It bags have been getting weirder and weirder for several seasons now. From Jacquemus' teeny tiny bags that only hold a single AirPod to handbags worn as necklaces and bracelets, designers have been pushing the limits on just how quirky they can go. The latest comes from Off-White's Virgil Abloh, who sent a leather bag filled with giant holes down his Spring 2020 runway.
The perplexing accessory, dubbed the "Meteor" bag, is punctured with three giant holes, including one in the bottom corner. According to the brand, the bag, which can't actually carry any of your belongings, is intentionally "unfunctional." Despite that, it still retails for $1,665.
For its runway debut at Paris Fashion Week, models put their arms through the holes of the bag, as one does. The collection was inspired by a meteor shower, hence the dramatic holes and name of the It bag. If you know anything about science, you know this is exactly the kind of effect a cosmic event has on one's accessories.
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Fans of Off-White will notice that the new Meteor bag is simply a holy-er version of the brand's Jitney bag. Earlier this year, the Jitney bag raised eyebrows with its "Cash Inside" instructions, an invitation for people to rob it.
It's clear the trend of Instagram-baiting bags isn't dying down any time soon. Perhaps designers are trying symbolize our need to carry less baggage. But perhaps it's just one big competition to see who can get consumers to spend the most money on a bag that doesn't actually serve a purpose.

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Jessica Simpson Confirms Pregnancy in New Weight Watchers Ad (VIDEO)
The mom-to-be confirmed her pregnancy in a new Weight Watchers ad released on Wednesday. “Being healthy has become a part of who I am, which is great timing, because I’m having another baby!” said Simpson, 32, in the brand-new commercial.
Simpson, who gained over 60 pounds during her first pregnancy, inked a deal with Weight Watchers for an estimated $3 million in May, the same month she gave birth to her daughter, Maxwell Drew Johnson.
Despite several tabloid reports that Simpson’s surprise pregnancy imperiled her business relationship with Weight Watchers, it seems the weight loss is thrilled for their latest celebrity spokeswoman.
“It’s wonderful news and we couldn’t be happier for Jessica, Eric and big sister-to-be Maxwell,” said Cheryl Callan, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Weight Watchers, in a statement. “We’ve seen first-hand that Jessica has a refreshed outlook on food, activity and the importance of developing healthy habits, which we hope will guide her through this next pregnancy and beyond. She has come a long way and we know her story and success will continue to inspire others.”
“Merry Christmas from my family to yours!” Simpson wrote as the caption. In the adorable snapshot, Maxwell is dressed in a red-and-white striped onesie, a red bow in her hair and has a big smile on her face.
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From Gerry Hiebert. A friend posted this article about addiction, which I found VERY interesting. “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.”[excerpt] It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned — and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments. This story is so deeply ingrained in our minds that we take it for granted. It seems obvious. It seems manifestly true. Until I set off three and a half years ago on a 30,000-mile journey for my new book, Chasing The Scream: The First And Last Days of the War on Drugs, to figure out what is really driving the drug war, I believed it too. But what I learned on the road is that almost everything we have been told about addiction is wrong — and there is a very different story waiting for us, if only we are ready to hear it.
[source] [excerpt] Loving an addict is really hard. When I looked at the addicts I love, it was always tempting to follow the tough love advice doled out by reality shows like Intervention — tell the addict to shape up, or cut them off. Their message is that an addict who won’t stop should be shunned. It’s the logic of the drug war, imported into our private lives. But in fact, I learned, that will only deepen their addiction — and you may lose them altogether. I came home determined to tie the addicts in my life closer to me than ever — to let them know I love them unconditionally, whether they stop, or whether they can’t.
… Maybe now we can stop forcing human beings who are suffering into situations of even more loneliness, pain and suffering …
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Well before Standard Chartered was whacked by a high profile investigation into busting US sanctions over Iran, ABN-AMRO, the banking giant bought by RBS was hit with a $500 million fine for doing more or less the same thing.
So it is no surprise that RBS itself is also in the spotlight over possible infringements of sanctions. In fact, it was about 18 months ago that the bank revealed that they had passed information to regulators - they are dealing with the US Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve, and the FSA here in the UK.
As part of the clean up of the bank they say they discovered evidence of dodgy 'deal practices' and informed the regulators - telling them of the potential problems before the authorities came knocking at their door. Sources at the bank suggest RBS' dealings with Iran were on a much smaller scale than the amount of business that Standard Chartered was doing.
Nevertheless, although it doesn't appear imminent, the bank that taxpayers own is likely to be hit with a fine for busting sanctions. That's on top of a likely whopping punishment for rigging market rates, Libor, like Barclays. Although the banking sector as a whole wants to look to the future, they're still paying dear for the mistakes of the past.

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Fourteen of 108 eggs deposited in May by a female Kemp's ridley sea turtle did not hatch, providing scientists with research tissue to help examine the long-term impacts of a major oil spill on the world's most endangered sea turtle.
The 94 hatchlings that survived from that spring clutch were released early Thursday before a watchful crowd at Padre Island National Seashore into a Gulf of Mexico that may or may not be more perilous in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
The national seashore and Donna Shaver, chief of the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Division at the park, are at the center of a three-year gulfwide study that could help determine the amount of monetary damages owed by companies responsible for the April 2010 explosion off the coast of Louisiana. The breach released about 5 million barrels of crude.
About 100 scientists and researchers from nearly 20 agencies, departments, bureaus and organizations from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida are involved in the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment. Next comes the recovery phase.
Texas' role in the assessment of the effects of the spill on the Gulf ecosystem is a vital component of the effort because of the Kemp's ridley recovery program, said Tom Harvey, with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The effort represents the most comprehensive natural resource damage assessment of the largest oil spill in U.S. history, according to the U.S. Department of Interior.
The national seashore annually attracts the largest number of Kemp's ridley nests in the United States, making it an ideal location for the study, Shaver said. Shaver and her team have collected tissue samples from sea turtles for more than 20 years as part of an effort to establish and protect a secondary nesting colony on the national seashore.
Information from those samples will be compared with data collected immediately after the spill and since. Results from the $1 million three-year Texas study could take years to analyze, said Jim Haas, chief of the Resource Protection Branch of the National Park Service.
Research on birds and marine life will involve extensive chemical and toxicology analysis to look for evidence of exposure to toxic elements of oil that can be traced to the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Shaver said she has seen no obvious evidence of harm in turtles here since the spill. Some evidence could be buried in the tissue or DNA of turtles, which could result in genetic abnormalities in offspring or other reproductive problems, biologists said.
"It's too early to tell," she said.
Possible DNA damage has been detected in Florida Gulf sturgeon that were exposed to the spill, said Nancy Regalado, media and public outreach coordinator for the Department of Interior.
There have been 205 Kemp's ridley nests found along the Texas this year, including 105 at the national seashore, setting a record for the nesting season, which ends in early August. The turtle's primary nesting beach is in Rancho Nuevo, Mexico.
About 1,150 sea turtles were collected in the spill area within the first six months. Of the more than 600 turtles found dead, nearly 500 were Kemp's ridleys, according to Tom Shearer, with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
The range of adult Kemp's includes most of the Gulf. So it is reasonable to assume some of the turtles found after the spill may have had connection to the Texas population, Harvey said.
Part of the ongoing research involves an extensive tagging program to track the movements and migratory habits of Kemp's ridleys. In Texas, much of this work is being conducted along the upper coast, Shaver said.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
I made quesadillas and all I have to show for it is a blurry iPhone photo
Make no mistake about it, I am not the master chef that Tracy is. I can follow a recipe. Kind of. But cooking off the top of my head, in any type of freestyle situation, is way beyond me.
But Tracy challenged me to make a quesadilla instead of going to the outside world and picking up some junk food.
So that's exactly what I did.
I know it's still junk food, but it was MY junk food.
There's no recipe per se. A recipe for a quesadilla, even for a pure, clueless amateur like myself, is over the top. Just kidding. I needed a recipe:
-Put a teaspoon of butter in a medium-heat pan and let it melt. Swirl it around.
-lay down your flour tortilla and get your Daiya cheese on it immediately.
-(optional)chop up some prepared Gardein and put it on top of the cheese
-cover the pan and let the cheese melt
-Put the top tortilla on and flip the quesadilla
-Don't leave the 2nd side on too long.
-BAM! Eat that stuff.
I do have a few tips for the complete novice though.
1) a little bit of butter in the pan goes a long way. Don't soak it though because then your finished product ends up greasy. If you like that sort of thing, go for it though.
2) Once your pan heats up, flour tortillas burn fast. Especially after you flip to the 2nd side and there's not as much butter in the pan. Peel it up with a spatula quickly and make sure it doesn't burn. I burned one pretty bad and it still tasted good.
3) Gardein breaded chicken and Daiya's Pepperjack style cheese are the bomb. So make your quesadilla with those things and you can't go wrong. Tracy's cilantro-lime sour cream doesn't hurt either.
4) Apply the hot sauce of your choice if you like that sort of thing. I sure do.

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US energy giant ExxonMobil today revealed a 59% drop in second quarter earnings, blaming low crude prices and weak returns from refining.
ExxonMobil said its global upstream earnings slumped 82% year-on-year to $294million (£223million) during the three months.
Downstream earnings came to £625million, down £516million from the second quarter of 2015.
But ExxonMobil, which has an interest in about 40 producing North Sea oil and gas fields, said it posted slight increases in oil production and sales in Europe.
Global production volumes held firm at 4 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day and income from chemical remained strong at £910million.
The company also managed to cut its spending by 38% to £3.9billion during the period.
It ended the quarter with net earnings of £1.29billion compared to £3.18billion a year ago.
And ExxonMobil booked pre-tax profits of £1.8billion, down 65% year-on-year, on revenues of £44billion.
Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer, said: “While our financial results reflect a volatile industry environment, we remains focused on business fundamentals, cost discipline and advancing selective new investments across the value chain to extend our competitive advantage.
“The corporation benefits from scale and integration, which provide the financial flexibility to invest in attractive opportunities and grow long-term shareholder value.”
ExxonMobil paid out £2.3billion in dividends to shareholders.
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Wow. Wisconsin should take note. Big, global businesses can locate anywhere. *cough* Foxconn *cough*
New York (CNN Business)Amazon is ditching its plans to build a new headquarters in New York after facing backlash from members of the community.
“After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens,” Jodi Seth, an Amazon spokeswoman, said in a statement.
In the statement, Amazon noted that “a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence and will not work with us to build the type of relationships that are required to go forward with the project we and many others envisioned in Long Island City.”
Amazon selected New York City and Northern Virginia in November to split duty as its second headquarters (nicknamed HQ2) after a year-long search. Each city was expected to have more than 25,000 workers over time.
At least Queens won’t be gentrified with all of those good jobs and better standard of living.
I spoke to a friend who lives in the Queens area. Their major concerns were:
1. 15 years of tax breaks for this company that makes HUGE profits.
2. Non-union labor issues.
3. Fear of extreme price increases of near by apartments and homes driving people out.
I personally don’t have a take on this. But, I don’t see this as a major loss for Queens.
I love the DEMOCRAT gov. Cuomo ripping on AOC about this!
Liberals kill jobs and hurt people!
Cuomo is now done with the progressive left for ripping on totalitarian socialist darling AOC.
I enjoy liberals eating thier own, they deserve it.
Gee, nobody saw this coming. A national political party whose foundation is built upon the hateful misery of fractionalized victimhood suddenly having unity issues? Apparently some New York Democrats are still more equal than others.
The truly sad component here is that when they finish with all of the finger pointing they will have collectively learned nothing by the experience.
I guess both halves of HQ2 will be in northern Virginia.
And the Ocassional-Cortex Imbicile Train rolls on….
“ ‘We need to create dignified jobs in New York City,’ Ocasio-Cortez said to applause.”
…because high-tech jobs are sooooooo demeaning.

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Accelerating MedTec: Lucid Reality Labs joined the Medical Enterprise Technology Consortium
Lucid Reality Labs entered 2024 with another significant partnership by joining the Medical Enterprise Technology Consortium (MTEC).
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium is an internationally dispersed biomedical technology consortium, collaborating with multiple government agencies under a 10-year renewable Other Transaction Agreement (legal contract with the federal government to streamline the R&D) with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The Consortium focuses on accelerating the development of revolutionary medical solutions that protect, treat, and optimize the health and performance of U.S. military personnel and civilians.
With the number of members exceeding 600 organizations, MTEC collaborates with federal health agencies and enhances relations with the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Development Command (USAMRDC), American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF), the Milken Institute Health Summit, the American Brain Coalition, the Orthopedic Research and Education Foundation, and many more.
MTEC focus areas:
- Military Infectious Diseases: aims to prevent, predict, and treat infectious disease threats to eliminate their impacts on operational readiness and performance.
- Combat Casualty Care: reduce mortality and morbidity associated with combat-related trauma – from the battlefield to U.S. hospitals.
- Medical Simulation and Information Sciences: transition more capable healthcare information and medical simulation technologies into relevant military healthcare applications.
- Military Operational Medicine: maximize health, readiness, and performance by countering stressors and preventing physical and psychological injuries during training and operations.
- Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine: reconstruction, rehabilitation, and definitive care for injured Warfighters to improve the standard of care and outcomes, return Service members to full form and function, and ultimately restore the Warfighter to duty and improve his or her quality of life and more.
From the non-invasive, portable solution for on-the-spot detection and continuous monitoring of concussions and strokes to the development of a Universal Bioreactor Platform for Regenerative Medicine Clinical Manufacturing, the Consortium aims at keeping the “military medical enterprise healthier and stronger than ever”, stresses MTEC Chair Ellen Embrey.
“We are looking forward to a productive collaboration in order to bring the most of the XR potential to the military healthcare solutions and impact,” says Lynn Welch, Chief Growth Officer at Lucis Reality Labs.
Learn more about MTEC projects here.
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Moths are important pollen transporters in English farmland and might play a role in supporting crop yields, according to a new UCL study.
The research, published in Biology Letters, shows that moth pollen transport networks are larger and more complex than networks for daytime pollinators.
The team found that moths transport pollen from a high number of plants also visited by bees, butterflies and hoverflies, but also interacted with plants not commonly visited by these insects.
The study also shows that pollen transport occurs most frequently on the moth’s ventral thorax (chest), rather than on the proboscis (tongue), allowing it to be easily transferred to other plants.
Lead author of the study, Dr Richard Walton (UCL Geography) said: “Nocturnal moths have an important but overlooked ecological role. They complement the work of daytime pollinators, helping to keep plant populations diverse and abundant. They also provide natural biodiversity back-up, and without them many more plant species and animals, such as birds and bats that rely on them for food, would be at risk.
“Previous studies of pollen transport among settling moths have focused on their proboscis. However, settling moths sit on the flower while feeding, with their often distinctly hairy bodies touching the flower’s reproductive organs. This happy accident helps pollen to be easily transported during subsequent flower visits.”
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The Rhythm Hut is amazed to have the great Mitch Grainger in the house!!
Mitch Grainger is a perfect paradox. A white guy from Australia, that infuses the blues genre’s traditional styling’s with a confidence, and depth of spirit, that has him being compared to the likes of Robert Johnson* by American music critics.
His sound, built on a talented configuration of vocals, harmonica and guitar, that has seen him perform and record behind the scenes for over 25 years with some of Australia’s greats, such as Malcolm Young (AC/DC) and Harry Vanda (to name but two) speaks to those that listen, like a field holler echoing from the deep dark south through a dusty 50’s tube amplifier.
Since his breakout 2015 acoustic release ‘The Blues’, Mitch Grainger and his high-energy stage show have repeatedly packed houses in the US, Australia and Scandinavia; seen standing ovations while opening for Tommy Emmanuel across the North East of the USA, and garnered invitations to perform at prestigious festivals, such as the American Folk Alliance in Kansas City.
All this while his YouTube audience continues to flourish. With now over 100,000 subscribers, and a view count in the millions, that ticks up by over 3,000 views every day.
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Draft Master Plans for Bruce Steer Pool, Short Point and the Pambula Surf Club precinct are on public exhibition for comment and feedback until August 21.
Bega Valley Shire Council’s Leisure and Recreation Coordinator, Justin Welsford, said Council hopes the broader community will take the time to look over the plans and to express their opinions.
“Providing opportunity for strong stakeholder engagement has been a real focus for both Council and the consultants, Spiire, throughout the master planning process,” he said.
“After the public surveys, key stakeholder meetings and well attended community workshops, we are very keen to keep the momentum going.
“The master plans will establish how the sites should look and function in the future through providing a clear framework and direction for staged ongoing improvements.
“As these are public assets we see constructive community feedback as a vital aspect in the sites being able to best meet community needs and expectations.
“There are some exciting elements proposed in the draft plans with accessibility and functionality key focusses, among various other elements at each site. An all-abilities access into the water at Bruce Steer Pool, substantial revegetation work at Short Point and a major reconfiguration of the Pambula site have been proposed,” Mr Welsford said.
The draft plans can be viewed and feedback submitted by visiting the Have Your Say page on Council’s website.
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Scotland's school pupils are being offered the chance to capture "the power of the sea" in a junior photography competition, which will invite them to highlight the awesome force and natural resource of the waters around their homeland.
The Deputy First Minister, Nicola Surgeon, announced details of the new competition, which is being run under the auspices of the Saltire Prize for marine energy technology.
It promises to attract a high level of interest and the renowned Scottish photographer, David Eustace, has agreed to cast his expert gaze over the pupils' efforts and act as judge.
"The Saltire Prize junior photography competition can inspire young people to focus on the aims of both this year of Creative Scotland and 2013, the Year of Natural Scotland, and to capture the beauty and benefits that Scotland's seas offer so many of our communities," said Sturgeon.
"I'm delighted that David has agreed to bring his professional eye to the judging and I look forward to seeing the entries from around Scotland."
The competition is open to school pupils, across three age groups, covering Primary, S1-S3 and S4-S6. The winning entry will receive photography equipment and professional lessons for the successful entrant and their school.
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….Firm unveils plan on local tractor assembling
The Federal Government Thursday signed an agreement with an international tractor manufacturing firm to provide 10, 000 tractors for rural farmers in the country.
The project will ensure effective delivery of the tractors to farmers in the 774 Local Governments through 2,500 Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprises (AEHE) to be established in the LGs.
At the pact signing among the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Nigerian Agricultural Mechanization and Equipment Leasing Company (NAMEL) and John Deere in Abuja, the Agriculture Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh said for over 30 years, the federal government repeatedly made efforts to addressing mechanization challenge in the country which unfortunately failed and contributed adversely to development of the sector.
Describing the initiative as first segment of the AIMS scheme, Ogbeh explained that the project will be closely monitored as farm inputs are being distributed across the local governments.
He said the solution newly invented will help increase food production with expectation to realize 1 million tractors in 15 years.
“We have invented something because I do not see any country in Africa that wants to grow its agriculture that can avoid adopting the method Tractors Owners and Hiring Facility Association of Nigeria (TOHFAN) have perfected in the last four years. Managing to rise from five tractors to almost 600 is a feat. If you want to know how difficult it is to own and operate a tractor, try and buy one,” Ogbeh said.
He applauded the farm equipment hiring associations for their ingenuity stressing need to improve on the relationship with John Deere.
“In the next 15 years, we should be looking at something close to a million tractors in this country because dry season and irrigation agriculture has to grow. Not every farmer needs a tractor, not every farmer should or can afford a tractor and since the bulk of our farmers are small holders, they rely on the services you provide,” he added.
The minister appealed to the firm to consider establishing fabrication and assembling plants in the country adding that the country had renewed efforts to fix the local steel industry.
He argued that the population of 450 million people in 30 years is a good market for the firm to explore.
The Managing Director in charge of Sub Saharan Africa for John Deere, Mr. Jason Brantley at the meeting disclosed plans by the firm to set up assembling plants in Nigeria and ensure technological transfer.
Brantley said the Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement is expected to ensure easy deployment of high quality mechanized equipment to the farmers with support from the AEHE .
Through smart campaign, the partnership according to him was to expand farmers’ access to farm machines in order to improve yields and make more money.
“On access to financing, we will offer local currency financing under 10 per cent which is almost unheard of. The reliability and support is built into the machines so that they run – tractors don’t run or feed anybody, they have to run and it takes a significant investment we prepared to make that a reality.
“Every of these tractors will have hello tractor telematics solutions to enable efficient management, operation and maintenance. We have plans to train the operators and technicians. That’s what we are bringing to the table,” Brantley said.
“It is part of this agreement; we will all establish assembling facility in Nigeria for John Deere equipment. Plans are on the way to do that is quickly as possible. So we will begin assembling all the tractors and implements. They will be put together by Nigerians in the country and we will be adding value. That creates a foundation we can continue to grow as the industry grows,” he added.

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New Video & EP Issued To Celebrate David Bowie’s Birthday
A new video and EP have been released to mark what would have been David Bowie’s 70th birthday today. The four-song No Plan EP features the three previously issued final recordings made by Bowie prior to his death on January 10 of last year, including the title track which is the focus of the newly shared video.
Co-produced by Bowie and longtime collaborator Tony Visconti, Bowie recorded “No Plan,” along with fellow EP tracks “Killing A Little Time” and “When I Met You,” with the same group of musicians led by Donny McCaslin that created the bulk of the legendary musician’s final album ★ (BlackstarLazarus Cast Album which also presented recordings by the cast of the original New York production of Bowie’s play Lazarus.
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Danielle Bregoli's dad says his estranged daughter is such a big shot making loads of dough he shouldn't have to pay child support anymore.
Ira Peskowitz filed docs in Palm Beach County, Florida saying the 14-year-old's a celebrity who can provide for herself, so he shouldn't have to fork $1,100 a month to provide for her.
In docs, obtained by TMZ ... Ira slams Danielle's mom for allegedly exploiting their kid. He says Barbara Bregoli "is exploiting the minor child as a 'celebrity' for the child's bad behavior."
He goes on to say it "is fueling a downward spiral of dangerously inappropriate, antisocial and possibly criminal behavior."
It's ironic ... the alleged exploitation is the basis for him asking the judge to terminate his obligation.
Say what you want about Danielle, but we're told she's earned a small fortune since February.
As we've reported ... Danielle shot back at her estranged dad for trying to get into her business ... long after their relationship went kaput.
Danielle tells us, "I never heard from my father until I got famous. Believe what y'all want but it's all bulls*** and I'm doing great. He just wants money."


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The Palestinian Authority (PA)'s President Mahmoud Abbas says the Israeli regime“does not believe in peace,” citing Israel's litany of chronic abuses against Palestinians.
The Palestinian official condemned the Israeli regime for conducting“a frantic campaign to confiscate our lands, to build settlements, to loot our resources as if this land is empty…,” Abbas told the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
“Our trust in the possibility of achieving peace based on justice and international law unfortunately is waning due to the Israeli occupation policies,” he noted, adding, the occupying regime“has decided not to be our partner in the peace process.”
Abbas said he was speaking on behalf of more than 14 million Palestinians whose fathers and ancestors“lived through the tragic Nakba, 74 years ago.”
The Nakba (Catastrophe) Day in 1948 saw the Israeli regime claiming existence after forcibly driving some 700,000 Palestinians from their homes during a heavily-Western-backed war.
The Palestinians, Abbas added,“are still living the spillover of this Nakba, which is a humiliation for the whole of humanity, especially for those who have conspired, planned, and executed this heinous crime.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, he demanded the United States–the Israeli regime's biggest international supporter–to pursue the regime's assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American journalist, who was shot and killed by Israeli snipers in the occupied West Bank in May.
“As well as having Palestinian nationality, she was also an American citizen,” Abbas said.
“I dare the United States to prosecute those who killed this American national, but they won't. Why? Because they are Israelis,” referring to the Washington-backed impunity, with which the Israeli regime kills Palestinians and violates their rights on a daily basis.
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The defense industrial base relies on basic materials like critical minerals and rare earth elements. The problem is many of these materials come from China and, to a lesser extent, Russia.
- There has been a “drastic reduction” in the National Defense Stockpile, a federally owned stockpile of these minerals, since 1952, said Defense News Congress Reporter Bryant Harris.
- He said Congress has authorized many sell-offs of the stockpile over the years to help fund other programs but is realizing that was a bad idea.
- Congress is looking at allocating more money for the stockpile and establishing more regular appropriations to bolster it, Harris said.
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In 1636, King Injo hides in the mountains to avoid being part of the Qing dynasty.
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The Genesis GV80 SUV has been shown at the New York motor show, with a new plug-in hydrogen fuel cell powertrain.
Hyundai’s upmarket sister brand Genesis hasn’t yet produced an SUV, so it’s likely that the GV80 concept gives us a glimpse at the brand’s first such production model, given the prevalence of the segment in the US and European markets. It appears that Genesis has squarely aimed the car at the same market segment as the Jaguar F-Pace, given the two cars' design-led approach and similar size.
Genesis claims that the GV80’s powertrain is similar to examples which will be used further down the line, as parent company Hyundai continues hydrogen fuel cell and electric vehicle (EV) development.
Inside, ash wood has been used on the dash as well as the floor, with carpets eschewed in favour of floorboards. The dashboard is dominated by a curved 22.0in digital display, which can be used separately by the driver and passenger, and extends into the instrument cluster. Software incorporated into the system includes handwriting recognition and capacitive touch, so the touchscreen can be used with gloves on.
There are two seats in the rear of the QV80, each with an infotainment touchscreen.
The styling of the GV80, including the spine running the length of the car, and the 23in alloy wheels, are likely to be toned down before production. However, the car carries an evolution of the brand’s current design language which is likely to make it to the next generation of Genesis models.
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China has over 600 million people with their monthly income below 1,000 yuan ($140) and their livelihood was further worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday.
The government head said at a news conference that a bulk of the population can’t afford to rent in a medium-sized city with their low monthly income of less than $140.
Chinese people have an average per-capita annual disposable income of 30,000 yuan($4,000), but over 40% of 1.4 billion Chinese people are still living on a daily income of less than $5 and at the risk of falling back into poverty when their household income declined due to the Covid-19 struck.
Looking ahead, Li said ensuring people’s livelihoods and employment will play key roles in the government’s work agenda after the epidemic.
Labor force base, aged 16 and over and capable of working, in the world’s second-largest economy, reached 900 million and the government tried to add 9 million in the urban area, according to Li.
“If they are out of work, there will be 900 million mouths to feed but if they are all put to work, 900 million pairs of hands will be able to generate tremendous wealth,” Li said in the press.
China’s urban unemployment rate rose to a near-historic high of 6% in April, up from 5.9% in March, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in May.
The government set the unemployment rate at 6% for 2020. It’s not surprising, given that nearly half a million Chinese companies close in the first quarter, and GDP growth fell 6.8% in the first quarter.
Li shared a story he read at the official government website about a rural migrant worker, over 50 years old, who can’t find a job after he returned back to cities. He worked for over 30 years but it was the first time he can not find a job and his whole family encountered difficulties.
Rural migrant workers in China belong to vulnerable groups, amounting to 300 million with a monthly income of $530 in 2018, according to the national statistics center. At the end of April, 90% of migrant workers had returned to their jobs in the cities.
However, the People’s Bank of China said in April that each Chinese urban household has assets over $450,000 by the end of 2019, including property and financial assets after a survey with 30,000 samples.
The central bank said that the household wealth distribution of urban residents in China is more balanced than their U.S. peers. The top 1% richest U.S. citizens own 38.6% of the total net assets while the 1% only accounts for 17.1% of net assets in China.

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The April 18th Lemont Artists Guild meeting, will begin at 7 PM at the Homer Township Public Library, 14320 W 151st St, Homer Glen, IL. George Ceffalio will demonstrate how to do n oil paint still-life, His enthusiasm and love of art transcends to his students. He is an award winning artist whose works have been displayed in several local, regional, and national exhibitions He has received numerous awards including several Best of Show. He has been teaching oil painting classes and workshops in the Chicago area for the past several years and his students are now winning awards! George is associated with Palette and Chisel Academy of Art, Oil Painters of America, and Portrait Society of America among others. George is best known for his rich vibrant colors and creative depiction of subject. Design is foremost and each painting is unique. His paintings are classical realism focusing on lights and darks. Portraits and landscapes are painted from life, sometimes using photographs for reference. Search online for more information about George, by inputting: George Ceffalio.
The public is welcome; a donation for the local food pantry is appreciated.
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In Bengaluru, a city fast losing the luxury of space, The Paul, Bangalore's motto 'space as luxury' is bound to work. Its Premier Suites are, at 1,050 square feet (care is taken to advertise the dimensions), the size of a standard Bangalore apartment and these are not their largest — there is the even bigger Club Suite with its living room, dining area and two large bedrooms. Having thus used up their precious real estate, the hotel has no grounds — despite the expectation created by all that lush indoor foliage of a rainforest just around the corner. It makes up for this lack of a garden with a lovely, soaring atrium, naturally air-conditioned and lit by a semi-open, tensile fabric covered top. The pool is similarly covered which makes it great for a swim in the monsoon but more than a bit chilly because it never catches the sun. There are plans afoot for a heating facility, though.
Having successfully run the Kumarakom Lake Resort in Kerala’s backwaters for the last eight years (with its artful combination of a cosy old Kerala homestead feel and a chic, modern one), the group Paul Resorts and Hotels launched The Paul, Bangalore, this February. They seem poised to take on the competition from the Taj by offering a clever combination of large suites in a relatively small hotel (a total of 54), impeccable service and what is known as the ‘Kerala touch’. This mostly consists of lots of gorgeous dark teakwood furniture, a red laterite brick façade, lashings of wrought iron and a fascination with windows — charupadi (traditional window seats), louvred windows, French windows, bay windows...
As in the Kumarakom Lake Resort, the aesthetic is stylish understated rather than colourful Baroque (thereby avoiding the path taken by some other five-star Bangalore hotels). Swedish blond wood saunas and jet showers in the swanky health club sit comfortably with the traditional, tiled, gabled roofs outside. The conference facilities are deliberately small because, as the Director of Operations points out, they don’t necessarily want two hundred noisy medics pouring into the lobby every week.
All rooms are en-suite and even the smallest allow for double occupancy, while the largest have a third, spare bathroom and kitchen counters with a sink, storage space and bar. No cooking allowed, of course, but it all helps to further the spacious feel, as do the balconies and the preponderance of natural light.
The Kerala touch extends only fleetingly to the menu at Sidewalk — the hotel’s only restaurant at the moment, which doubles up as a coffee shop. There is the stray mutton coconut fry and aviyal on a menu of standard North Indian and Continental fare. More specialised cuisine is promised in the form of an Italian restaurant as well as a Mughlai one — both of which will be running by the end of the year.
The Paul, Bangalore is looking to attract leisure travellers by opening more hotels on the Karnataka tourist route—there are plans to open hotels in Mysore, Hassan and Coorg. Expect thoughtfully-designed, well-maintained properties—The Paul appears serious about the boutique hotel concept.
Location 39/28 Domlur Layout, off Intermediate Ring Road, Bangalore
Accommodation 54 suites, in the categories of Studio, Junior, Executive, Premier and Club
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Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT)’s ambitious proposal to develop a multi modal logistics park in an extent of 500 acres, near Anakapalle is likely to face rough weather. Locals who have been cultivating the land for the past 25 to 30 years are not ready to give up the land. Vizag port had identified around 500 acres at Valluru near Anakapalle to develop the mega warehousing and logistics hub on the lines of the one at Bhiwandi near Mumbai.
The plan is that the state revenue department acquires the required land and hands it over it to the VPT to develop the logistics park. It is learnt that the VPT is ready to invest around Rs 600 crore in setting up the logistics park which will also give a fillip to the state government’s ambitious port-led development plan.
VPT chairman M.T. Krishna Babu on an earlier occasion said that Vizag has the location advantage being exactly in the middle of the east coast and infrastructure and logistics facilities are being created, augmented to cater to the vast hinterland of 500 km covering 7 states.
And the mega logistics park planned near Anakapalle will be a shot in the arm for the VPT. Peasants who have been cultivating the proposed land since some years have recently formed into an association to oppose the state government’s land acquisition plan for the logistics park. They have also stopped the revenue department’s teams entering the land to survey at least three times in the last one month. They have decided not to allow government teams to enter their land for any kind of work.
“We have been cultivating the land since more than 30 years. While a few have D Pattas, some of us don’t have any kind of papers. But we have been dependant on this land. We have also appealed to the government earlier so many times to give us pattas. Now, they have come to us saying the land would be acquired for logistics park. We will not allow them to acquire the land,” newly formed Land Oustees Association president Ganisetti Satyanarayana told this correspondent. He added, they may give up the land if the state government comes up with a impressive compensation package....
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Central Queensland University is inviting applications for up to 100+ Equity Study Supplement Scholarships in Australia. These scholarships are available to pursue Bachelor programme.
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Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian dual sector university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in North Rockhampton, Queensland. CQUniversity began as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Capricornia) in 1967, and after two years under the name of the University College of Central Queensland, in 1992 became an official university named the University of Central Queensland.
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Democratic legislators and officials, business and labor representatives, and water suppliers took turns Wednesday flailing a November ballot measure that would require voter approval of major state revenue bond issues.
If the measure is passed, critics said, using bond financing for critical public works projects, including emergency work after a natural disaster, would become more difficult.
The forum was a legislative hearing on a pending ballot measure under a new state law that also allows initiative sponsors to withdraw their proposals even after they have qualified for the ballot. The Legislature cannot, however, change a measure on its own.
A wealthy San Joaquin County farmer and businessman, Dean Cortopassi, has spent millions to place the bond vote measure on the ballot, complaining that the state has run up too much debt of all kinds. It’s clear, however, that his major target is the twin tunnel project that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to carry Sacramento River water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Los Angeles, who chaired the hearing, said he personally invited Cortopassi to attend but the sponsor refused. Hertzberg called him “one guy who’s mad.”
While voters must approve “general obligation” bonds backed by tax dollars, state and local governments can issue “revenue bonds” that are repaid from fees and other non-tax dollars without voter approval. The tunnels presumably would be built by bonds to be serviced from water fees on San Joaquin Valley farmers and Southern California water customers.
Subjecting tunnel bonds to a statewide vote would, in effect, be a referendum that project supporters want to avoid. A previous version of the project, called a “peripheral canal,” that Brown sponsored during his first governorship was rejected by voters in 1982.
The Cortopassi measure would apply to any project financed with revenue bond issues of $2 billion or more. It drew criticism from Treasurer John Chiang, who complained that “key provisions are undefined” and said its ambiguities could adversely affect the state’s ability to borrow.
Brown opposes the measure and two of his top officials, Resources Secretary John Laird and Transportation Secretary Brian Kelly, joined in the critical barrage, Laird declaring that it would “constrain crisis management.”
The California Chamber of Commerce and the State Building and Construction Trades Council, which are often at odds, also voiced their opposition, and were joined by the Association of California Water Agencies.
However, Hertzberg was the most vociferous critic, sparring repeatedly with Kurt Oneto, whose prominent law firm, Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross and Leoni, drafted the measure.
Oneto asserted that requiring big revenue bonds to face voters would foster fiscal responsibility, citing the recent Bay Bridge project that wound up costing four times its original estimate, all paid through revenue bonds. He noted that the Legislature’s own budget analyst, Mac Taylor, concluded that it would affect only a “small handful of projects that have statewide significance.”
Taylor’s Legislative Analyst’s Office would have ordinarily testified at a hearing on bond financing, but Hertzberg said he decided to invite “the treasurer (Chiang) as opposed to the LAO.”
“This is about responsible government,” Hertzberg told Oneto, terming him “a young lawyer” whose legal assertions are suspect.


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The Premier says the under-fire Office of Police Integrity has been "an outstanding success".
The Bracks Government was forced to defend Victoria's new police corruption watchdog yesterday, amid renewed calls for a royal commission.
The calls followed comments by one of the Office of Police Integrity's senior investigators, that were revealed in The Age. The investigator described the new body as "something that looks more like a crime commission" but which lacked the power to investigate police corruption and organised crime.
Opposition Leader Robert Doyle leapt on the comments, calling for a royal commission into links between police and organised crime and describing the watchdog as having been "cobbled together".
"The only way to go is a royal commission," Mr Doyle said. "The model set up here by the Bracks Government, and in particular the failed police minister Andre Haermeyer, has been cobbled together."
Premier Steve Bracks said the current flow of gangland cases through the courts showed that the Government's approach to fighting corruption was working. "Look at what's happening with people coming before the courts, having charges heard," he said. "We are cleaning up problems that have occurred and I think it's an outstanding success."
Police Minister Tim Holding said the investigator was wrong to say former police officers could not be investigated by the office. "That is not true," he said.
"The DPI (Director of Police Integrity) has the power to look at both serving police officers and former police officers. Not only did the investigator comment too soon . . . but the investigator was also not commenting correctly on the substance of the director's powers."
The investigator's comments were made during a taped interview with child psychologist Dr Reina Michaelson, who had complained to the integrity office that Victoria Police failed to properly investigate her allegations that a child pornography and pedophile ring involving influential figures was operating in Victoria.
The integrity office said last week it would be taking no further action over the claims.
Dr Michaelson yesterday joined Queensland child sex abuse campaigner Hetty Johnston and the head of Parents Victoria, Gail McHardy, in calling for a royal commission into their claims and Victoria Police's failure to investigate them.
Ms Johnston told a media conference that she did not understand why the claims had not been properly investigated. Five victims and three other witnesses had come forward and were prepared to be interviewed by the integrity office, she said.
Mr Holding defended the integrity office's actions. "There's nothing wrong with bringing allegations forward so they can be properly tested," the minister said.
"But by the same token, when those same allegations have been properly tested, when they've been put before the relevant authorities and it's been concluded that they are without basis and without foundation, then the time comes for us to move on."

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- The Good Doctor stars actor Freddie Highmore as Dr. Shaun Murphy, a surgical resident with autism.
- In real life, Freddie does not have autism.
- Freddie does lots of research and works closely with an autism consultant to help him with his role.
- Season 4 of The Good Doctor premieres Monday, November 2 on ABC.
Since ABC's hit show The Good Doctor first premiered in September 2017, 28-year-old British actor Freddie Highmore has played Dr. Shaun Murphy, a surgical resident with autism, on the medical drama.
Playing a character with autism on a popular network TV show is a role that Freddie (who does not have autism himself) takes very seriously — and one that he's been applauded for doing exceptionally well on many occasions. Here, we take a look back at what The Good Doctor actor has said about his time playing Shaun.
On doing research for the role:
Before playing Shaun, Freddie said he was "aware" of autism because he knows people in his personal life with the condition. But in order to properly portray a person with autism himself, Freddie and The Good Doctor showrunner David Shore did a ton of research before even filming their first episode. They also hired autism consultant Melissa Reiner to help them get the character just right.
"David Shore, our wonderful main writer and showrunner, and I sat down before the pilot — and also between the pilot and making the show — with the consultant that we still have on-board," Freddie said on ABC podcast Popcorn With Peter Travers. "And [we] also just traded back and forth books and pieces of literature and documentaries that we thought were useful or gave us some sort of insight into building this one, very particular character."
Freddie's research hasn't stopped since, even now that he's three seasons into playing his character: "I'm constantly learning," he told Digital Spy in March 2019. "Aside from continual research, or working with the consultant that we have, I'm also talking to people who feel that they have a personal connection to the show through autism, and are pleased or thankful that the show is seeking to raise awareness in that way."
On Shaun's mannerisms:
Fans of The Good Doctor know that Shaun can often be seen holding his hands clasped together in front of him throughout the show. This is very intentional, according to Freddie, and the result of two main factors.
"The way that Shaun holds his hands is something that makes him stand out," he told the Los Angeles Times. "For me, that came from two places. Kids with autism [used to be] encouraged to clasp their hands together in order not to stim, [a term describing repetitive movements or sounds]. It's called 'quiet hands.' Surgeons, in an operating room, consider the front of the body as sterile and often stand in this position to keep their hands sterile. So that particular mannerism is sort of half something that's a trauma, that's been forced upon him, and is also something that's natural for surgeons to do, so there's a comfort there too."
On Shaun's evolution as a character:
"[David Shore and I] spoke mostly about Shaun and the development of his character over time," Freddie told the LA Times. "People who aren't aware of autism in a personal way or haven't watched the show sometimes say, 'How will Shaun change? He'll always have autism. What's his arc going to be?' So one of the things we discussed early on is, 'Yes, he'll always have autism. But he's going to change continuously as an individual as he adapts to this new world that he finds himself in.' That was exciting to me: This individual, regardless of whether or not he's on the spectrum, is going on a journey as a character."
Specifically, as Freddie said on Popcorn With Peter Travers, he's enjoyed watching Shaun evolve from the naive young man he was when he first arrived in the "big city" for his residency after growing up in the countryside: "Just because Shaun has autism, that doesn't mean he's not going to grow and change as a person," he said.
On representing autism on TV:
While Freddie was creating his character on The Good Doctor, it was incredibly important to him that Shaun wasn't just a one-dimensional "person with autism" but rather a complete individual with his own complexities, just like any other character on your favorite TV shows.
"I appreciate the way in which Shaun is a fully formed character," Freddie told USA Today. "Often, people with autism on screen have been represented as somewhat emotionless or singularly focused on one thing and that isn't true. We get to see Shaun in moments of joy, what makes him excited, alongside the very real struggle he's facing."
On why he loves playing Shaun:
"I feel very fortunate to have been offered the part of Shaun," he told Digital Spy. "It seemed like an incredibly important project, and that's why I wanted to be a part of it. I'm proud to be a part of it."
Heather Finn is the content strategy editor at Good Housekeeping, where she heads up the brand's social media strategy and covers entertainment news on everything from ABC's 'The Good Doctor' to Netflix's latest true crime documentaries.


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After scientists started discovering the benefits of CBD oil on human health, there was a spike in interest for evaluating its benefits on animals too.
This is how “CBD for dogs” research is started.
Research on pets with CBD started in the past few decades where scientists were amazed to find that CBD can also benefit the health of pet animals especially, dogs.
How CBD for dogs works?
The reason behind the potential benefits of CBD on dogs is because of its similarities with the human brain.
Like in the human brain the same way CBD for dogs also working, the complete details are give below,
CBD or cannabidiol is extracted from the seeds and leaves of the Cannabis plant which is naturally rich in a chemical compound called as cannabinoids.
These cannabinoids are found to have several pharmacological benefits including anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidepressant, anti-anxiety and anti-proliferative effects.
List Show TV also added a video on YouTube channel about this. Here we have attached that video,
Therefore, these cannabinoids can be one of the potential therapeutic agents for curing many mental and neuron-related disorders in humans.
In humans, there is a endocannabinoid system in the brain which primarily produces cannabinoids on its own for performing several neuronal functions in the body.
Researchers have found that the cannabinoids in the Cannabis plant act exactly at in the same way as cannabinoids produced by the human body to regulate various functions in the body.
And further research in the veterinary industry brought to light that endocannabinoid system in humans is also present in the brains of dogs which led to the hype in evaluating its potential therapeutic effects on dogs too.
In recent years there have been many research undergone to evaluate the effects of CBD on the health of dogs.
Preliminary clinical trials have shown that CBD has been effective in treating some neurodegenerative disorders in dogs which affects humans as well.
The prime factor that highlights the potential use of CBD for dogs is its non-psychoactive and non-toxic properties.
CBD does not cause any intoxicating or highness in humans or animals.
There are also no reported cases of CBD overdose or side effects in the recent years.
Here are the few preliminary evidences available that prove that CBD oil can be a potential treatment for many disorders in pet animals such as dogs.
How CBD Control Seizures in Dogs?
Seizures are the common symptoms experienced by dogs with the neurodegenerative disorder, epilepsy.
Epilepsy is a chronic condition that affects only 4 in every hundred dogs because it is not that common and has a variety of causes.
Blue Cross of UK points out that seizures are an on-off symptoms in dogs without causing any long-term impact. Canine epilepsy causes the pets to have sudden fits where they collapse and become unconscious for few minutes.
Research conducted at the Colorado State University (CSU) found that CBD had the potential to reduce the recurrence of seizures in epileptic dogs.
Latest studies suggest using CBD oil for decreasing the frequency of epileptic seizures in your dogs without causing any long-term damage or side effects.
How CBD Helps to Manage the Dogs Anxiety?
Many people take CBD for reducing stress, tension, excessive fear and worry which are the common symptoms associated with people with anxiety disorders.
Most of these symptoms occur in dogs as well as they also experience feelings of stress, mood swings and sadness. There are many reasons that might induce anxiety and paranoia in dogs because of everyday lifestyle changes.
Dogs with anxiety can act erratic by displaying abnormal actions such as excessive barking, biting, running erratically and other abnormal activities.
Since CBD has greater effects on anxiety disorders in human, the same can be used in dogs with anxiety to suppress their symptoms effectively.
How CBD Reduce Chronic Pain in Dogs?
Chronic pain is associated with a number of mental health and neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple sclerosis, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
Neuropathic pain and chronic pain are the two most difficult to treat pain that affects dogs as they are also prone to these disorders.
They were surprised to find that it greatly reduced chronic pain and neuropathic pain in dogs with arthritis.
It also improved muscle and joint movements in dogs after a significant period of treating with the .
You can give your dog a few drops of CBD oil regularly to improve the mobility and flexibility of their limbs for preventing osteoarthritis in future.
If your dog is suffering with arthritis, then it is best to consult a veterinarian to formulate the optimal dosage of CBD to suppress the chronic pain.
Is CBD May Reduce Cancer in Dogs?
Unfortunately, dogs can also develop deadly cancers such as leukemia and skin cancer.
There are anecdotal evidences that prove that CBD has anti-proliferative properties that help suppress the growth of tumor cells in pets as well as increase apoptosis; leading to increase in the survival rates of dogs with cancer.
Depending on the type of breed and cancer, you can use CBD to help or treat cancer in dogs.
Consult your pet doctor before administering CBD oil for your dogs to ensure that it is taken along with the other cancer treatments to improve the quality of life of your dog.
How CBD Increase Appetite?
If your dog is suffering with certain mental or neurodegenerative disorders, then it can experience a lack of appetite and also if you are giving medications to your dog then side effects such as dry mouth can lead to a decrease in your dog’s appetite.
Scientists researching the effects of CBD on cancer in dogs also found that dogs that took CBD regularly had improved appetite when compared to the previous dietary regimen.
Therefore, you can give a few drops of CBD regularly for your dog to improve its appetite and keep it healthy in the long haul.
On the whole, the potential uses of CBD for dogs have been extensively researched because of its numerous pharmacological properties.
Soon we can expect that CBD oil will be approved as an alternative treatment for many health conditions in dogs too.
Until then, you can definitely include CBD in small doses regularly in your dog’s diet to keep it healthy and energetic.

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