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You can say that again. If it's true those jewels were left unprotected (with 18th Century glass on the windows, no less), not only should people be fired, but I'd wonder if the negligence doesn't rise to the criminal level... This will go down in history as one of the most asinine museum thefts of all time, from what is perhaps the most famous (and cash rich) museum on the planet.

They didn't disclose the cause of death. I suspect it may have been an uncontrolled bleed, given the rapid deterioration (an infection could probably have made it to the hospital in time). If the gravida (woman giving birth) was even more foolhardy and didn't get prenatal care, eclampsia could be another common cause of rapid death. I remember hearing in the hospital where I did my residency training that a gravida without prenatal care died in the elevator on the way up to the delivery ward. She had a massive seizure which left her brain basically exploding in the skull. 🫣

It's been barely over a century since 10% of childbirths ended up with the mother dying. Because it's so rare these days, some seem quite unaware how dangerous it used to be to give birth naturally. 😪 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/food-influencer-stacey-hatfield-dies_n_68f7a0cfe4b0dbac45910c1b?fbclid=IwY2xjawNmUxVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFKbEFZUGtaWWlqTG05ZEdrAR6t37pgMqAvhOOwuhySw3LQLyG_Steo4TUGcAeFygKZcKNXml_nGW63cuD8kA_aem_enI77E6npsgggIdqjMvWug "An Australian food influencer has died after giving birth to her first son at home. Stacey Hatfield’s husband, Nathan Warnecke, announced in a touching tribute on Instagram Monday that she died on Sept. 29. “Its with heavy heart that i share with you the unexpected passing of my beautiful wife, soul mate and best friend, Stacey Warnecke (Hatfield),” Warnecke wrote on Hatfield’s “Natural Spoonfuls” Instagram page..."

Well, the word "si" (without the accent as in Spanish) also means yes in French. It's actually used quite frequently, and is most commonly used as emphasis "Mais si!" (but of course!). The saddest fact about these jewel heists is that the metal will probably just be melted down for the value of the metal, and the gems sold for their value as individual gems, although, of course, their value was many times that as works of art. Stolen paintings don't have any value, since they could never be sold or displayed (although I suppose a selfish SOB could keep it just so that he himself could look at it). Taken apart, however jewels can be untraceable once the metal has been melted.

I was at a medical conference today, and there is a new HIV prevention injection which lasts 6 months between injections. Unlike the previous injection, which is given in the muscle every 2 months, this one is injected under the skin. The big catch of this medication (Yeztugo/lenacapavir) seems to be that a majority (64%) of patients get a sizable lump under their skin, which averages 3 cm in diameter and lasted, on average, about a year! Although less common (31%), pain could last over 52 weeks! Half of the subjects received a placebo injection and were given Truvada or Descovy (FTC/TAF or FTC/TDF) pills, and half received the lenacapavir and dummy pills. The most frequent adverse reactions associated with LEN SUBQ injection use in PURPOSE 1 and PURPOSE 2 were ISRs. The most common ISRs (all Grades) in at least 2% of participants who received LEN in either PURPOSE 1 or PURPOSE 2 are presented in Table 1. Table 1. ISRs (All Grades) Reported in 2%a of Participants Receiving LEN in PURPOSE 1 or PURPOSE 2 Injection Site Reactions PURPOSE 1 PURPOSE 2 LEN (N=2140) FTC/TAF or FTC/TDFb (N=3205) LEN (N=2183) FTC/TDFb (N=1088) Nodule 64% 17% 63% 39% Pain 31% 24% 56% 53% Induration 4% <1% 16% 10% Swelling 4% 5% 7% 10% Pruritis 2% 1% 3% 3% Erythema 1% 1% 17% 19% Bruising <1% <1% 3% 4% Warmth <1% <1% 2% 2% a Frequencies are based on all injection site reactions attributed to study drug (or to the procedure) by the investigators. Nodules Injection site nodule was reported in 64% of participants who received LEN and resolved more slowly than other ISRs. The median duration of nodule associated with the first injections of LEN was 350 days (IQR: 182–470). The median of the maximum observed nodule diameter from each participant was 3 cm (IQR: 2–3.5). Qualitative descriptions of the visibility of injection site nodules were not routinely reported, but, where reported, the majority of injection site nodules were palpable but not visible. Other ISRs The other ISRs reported in more than 2% of participants who received LEN were pain (31%), swelling (4%), induration (4%), and pruritus (2%). The median duration of induration, of 8 which resolved more slowly than most ISRs, was 173 days (IQR: 22–267). (ISR stands for injection site reactions)

I should also add that if your "HIV test" was an antibody test only, then you very definitely need to be rechecked in 2 months, as one wouldn't expect a seroconversion so soon, and that test result could easily change. If the test also included an antigen test (i.e. viral RNA), then it's quite unlikely to be a false negative.

If you can't remember to take your pills every day, oral PrEP is not for you. There are injectable alternatives which can be dosed months apart.

Anyone care to summarize the video?

He's basically a con-man who's managed to find fellow con-men to do his bidding with him. Essentially he's turned the federal government into a mafia-like criminal enterprise. Since he knows 2/3 of the US Senate will never convict him of anything, even blatant crimes, he knows he's untouchable. His cabinet consists of similar psychopathic lunatics. I don't know if his unspeakable sexual crimes will ever come to light. You listen to all of the lies spewed out by his press secretary and cabinet members, and would think they'd be embarrassed--but the nature of sociopaths is that they have no shame. No crime is too despicable. I just hope that this country and can survive another 3+ years of his presidency. In 2.5 centuries, we've never seen anything like it.

No, he doesn't. He's always been a con-man. That's how he operates.

No need to suspect. 😄 One of his many failed ventures...

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Trump's belief that he's in the running for a Nobel Prize only provides more evidence for his delusional state.

That reminds me of the time HRH Elizabeth II visited Jamestown, Virginia to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its founding in 2007. Apparently some official told her something along the lines of "You will recall this was the first permanent British settlement in North America..." which resulted in a dirty look from the octogenarian Queen. He then specified "from the history books, I mean."

That quantity of drugs would have almost certainly led to multiple deaths, and a substantial number of shortened lives. Not that I approve of the death penalty for drug trafficking, but in those quantities, the difference is only in the directness of the killing.

How old do you think I am??? 😬

Reasons #2 and #3 seem the most likely explanations. Regardless, this episode comes off as someone with no moral compass. Sometimes maternal methamphetamine use during pregnancy can damage the fetus's brain beyond salvation. This video describes a pair of 19 year-old sociopaths, both of whose mothers probably used meth during pregnancy. One was adopted at birth by a loving family, who tried everything they could to help out, including counseling, residential rehab, and reform school. As this one even admitted, he'd been given every chance possible, yet still ended up a callous multiple murderer. The other grew up in an abusive home, but ended up a tiny bit less sociopathic. The adopted one was executed, and the one who grew up in the abusive family received 40 years to life. It seems extremely doubtful that the adopted one, Michael Perry, could ever be trusted to go back into society. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Perry_and_Jason_Burkett "After Perry dropped out and started stealing from his adoptive parents, they admitted him to various reform schools and therapy programs, all of which were unsuccessful. In an interview years later, Perry said, "I had opportunity after opportunity and I wasted them and rebelled. That's one of the reasons why I got the death penalty."..." Of course, this case could simply represent the problem of rich children who are spoiled rotten, like the Menendez brothers, sometimes labeled "affluenza." I read Paris Hilton's autobiography, and she could have gone that way, but seemed to be able to eventually channel her character into a positive direction. It took a lot of hard lessons, though, to teach her that bad actions have bad consequences.

Hurst Lodge School Location Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap Yateley Hall, Firgrove Road Yateley , Hampshire , GU46 6HJ [1] England Information Type Independent Established 1945 Founder Dorice Stainer[2] Specialist performing arts Headmistress Victoria Smit[1] Staff 30 full-time, 20 part-time[3] Gender Co-educational Age 3 to 18[1] Enrolment 250[1] Houses Stainer, Scott, Randall, Eden Website https://www.hurstlodgeschool.co.uk/

It looks as though the school he was in, Hurst Lodge, is the 3rd most expensive in the entire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurst_Lodge_School "...In 2001 The Daily Telegraph reported that Hurst Lodge was the third most expensive prep school in Great Britain, coming just after Colet Court, the junior school of St Paul's, and the Dragon School, Oxford, but before Horris Hill, Papplewick, St John's Beaumont, Cheam and Ludgrove, all eight of which then charged more than £13,000 a year...". His case brings to mind that of the infamous "affluenza teen," Ethan Couch, who killed four people and injured a dozen others while driving drunk and high on drugs. That man received a very lenient sentence, which reinforced his sense of rich entitlement. He continued to behave like the sociopath he is after serving only 2 years in prison, and continued to be spoiled and abetted by his parents. In one instance, his mother foolishly even took him to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, despite his being on probation for his felonies. I think both are still carrying on with their sociopathic ways. Trump is another example of a sociopath who believes he's above the law, and that he can behave any way he pleases with no fear of consequences (and, with his current position, he is de facto above the law). Unfortunately for George Wilson, he's not as clever, and maybe the law will actually come down on him.

Is this a recent phenomenon that Thailand has effectively gotten rid of the death penalty? According to Wikipedia, the death penalty is still enforced in Thailand. Or are death penalties only commuted for drug offenses, rather than for other crimes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Contemporary_use Abolitionist countries: 110 Abolitionist-in-law countries for all crimes except those committed under exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in wartime): 9 Abolitionist-in-practice countries (have not executed anyone during the past 10 years or more and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions): 23 Retentionist countries: 53