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0.999878	For the last two years, I've reported the Intrade odds for the leading contracts to win the top six Academy Awards (2010 and 2011), as of the day of the awards, and here is a summary of the odds and results: Best Picture: 2009: Hurt Locker (53%) YES 2010: The Kings Speech (79.7%) YES Best Actor: 2009: Jeff Bridges (92%) YES 2010: Colin Firth (94.1%) YES Best Actress: 2009: Sandra Bullock (68%) YES 2010: Natalie Portman (89.9%) YES Best Support Actor: 2009: Christoph Waltz (93.5%) YES 2010: Christian Bale (88.9%) YES Supporting Actress: 2009: Mo'Nique (86%) YES 2010: Mellisa Leo (64.9%) YES Best Director: 2009: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (85%) YES 2010: David Fincher, The Social Network (63.5%) NO Bottom Line: In 11 out of 12 cases, the Intrade contracts correctly predicted the Oscar winners. Posted 10:17 PM Post Link 2 Comments 2 Comments: At 3/02/2011 12:13 PM, Buddy R Pacifico said... If Toy Story 3 had won for Best Picture, then my return would have been 500%! Oh well, on to the next speculation. At 3/04/2011 11:33 AM, BarTaxCA said... That's all well and good to publish predictions that worked, even though you cherry-picked the winners, but to imply that prediction markets "work" is misleading. I reviewed this year's Academy Awards predictions on HSX and Inkling. I found that all of the markets where the front-runner had at least a 70% likelihood of winning, the market correctly picked the winner. Note that the markets would have been just as accurate had the front-runners lost! I counted seven upsets, some of them major upsets. I also identified another possible upset. I say possible, because the HSX market had The Social Network as the favourite for Best Direction, but the Inkling market had it tied with The King's Speech. That brings up another issue. Which market do you believe, when the predictions differ? If we can't answer that question, we shouldn't be relying on prediction markets. There are lots of other reasons not to rely on prediction markets like these ones. I will be addressing these on my blog soon. For further information about the Oscar prediction markets, please see my blog entry: http://torontopm.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/the-oscars-2011-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ Post a Comment << Home About Me Name: Mark J. Perry Location: Washington, D.C., United States Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
0.992771	Hello and welcome to Weekend Coffee Share #10! I’m glad you’re here. Please come on in, help yourself to a cup of coffee, or tea, or hot chocolate at my coffee station and let’s chat. This Week It’s been a very good week with spring-like and mostly sunny weather here. The daytime high temperature reached 17C (63F) on Thursday. I complete my meditation, body weight workouts, and yoga at home before going outside to cycle and walk most mornings. A beautiful day by the pier. When I walk in the parks and along the lake shore, I see and hear red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, starlings, woodpeckers, ducks, geese, gulls, long-tailed ducks and swans . Most trees, except evergreens, are still bare with small buds on the branches. White birch trees. Nature continues to keep me smiling and feeling positive. I also blog, chat with my family and friends by phone, learn French and Spanish online, listen to music, sort my photos, read, and write. I just finished a very good thriller, The Suspect, by Michael Robotham. A cute woodpecker. A Year Later One year after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, I reflect on some of what’s been happening: Subject March 13, 2020 March 12, 2021 Lockdown in Toronto First lockdown lasted from March 13 until June 2020. Second lockdown that started on November 23, 2020 is still on. Food and household supplies Shortage occurred (e.g. Flour, yeast, toilet paper). Stable supplies. Arts and entertainment All venues were closed. Exhibits and shows moved online or outside. All venues are closed. Exhibits and shows are available online or outside. City-led and City-permitted outdoor major events Outdoor major events were cancelled (e.g. Parades, running races, festivals). Outdoor major events are cancelled through July 1 (e.g. Parades, running races, festivals). Personal and recreational services Libraries offered digital services and closed branches. Hair salons, gyms, and swimming pools are closed. Public parks are open. Going outside is allowed for essential reasons (e.g. exercise, health care, groceries). Libraries offer excellent digital services and limited services inside library branches. Hair salons, gyms, and swimming pools are closed. Public parks are open. Going outside is allowed for essential reasons (e.g. exercise, health care, groceries). Social distancing Public Health advised people to practice hand washing and social distancing (2m or 6 ft. apart). Masks were introduced later and mandated in indoor public spaces and on public transport. The 3Ws (Wash hands, wear mask and watch distance) continue. Masks are required in indoor public spaces and on public transport. Indoor gatherings are banned, except with members in the same household. Outside gatherings limit to 10 people. International Travel Canadians abroad were advised to return to Canada. Airline and tour operators started cancelling flights and tours. Canada added travel restrictions (e.g. hotel quarantine, COVID-19 test). Non-essential travel is discouraged. Vaccines No vaccine available. Canada has approved four vaccines and vaccine rollout is in progress. There was a temporary relief in Summer 2020 when the first lockdown was lifted. I got a haircut, socialized outside, and enjoyed a fun-filled summer paddling around the Toronto Islands. This 3-geese distancing sign reminds me to do my part while keeping a sense of humour, including in difficult situations like living in a lockdown and a pandemic. Three-geese distancing. A year later, the main improvements are stable food and household supplies and vaccines. Since December 2020, Ontario has started its three-phase vaccination plan. I’m in the last phase to get the vaccine at the end of summer 2021 depending on vaccine supply. I choose optimism. Yellow is the colour of optimism. So I updated this post with some yellow flowers from my photo archive. All florals are shared with FOTD photo challenge and Life This Week. Daffodils. Sunflowers. How did your week go? What improvements have you noticed 1 year after the pandemic started? I’d love to hear your comments. You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=a8b40ada7693d64e5923 Copyright © 2021 natalietheexplorer.home.blog – All rights reserved. Like this: Like Loading... Related Health, Life, TorontoBirds, Coffee Share, Cycling, Lake Ontario, Nature, Positive thinking, Reflections, Simple living, Trees, Walking Previous Article Doors in Morocco Next Article IceFest21 A Trip Around The World 121 thoughts on “A Year Later” leannelc March 12, 2021 / 8:13 am Hi Natalie – it’s amazing how resilient we humans are – one year of a completely different way of life and we’re still going strong. We adapt and we make choices that help us to thrive despite our circumstances – and the 3 geese distance made me think about how we find humour in our difficulties too. When we were on Rottnest Island last year there was a sign with 4 quokkas lined up for distancing – it gave me a smile too. Thanks for another great link party 🙂 LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 1:20 pm Hi Leanne, “Survival of the fittest” comes to my mind. Quokkas look cute and happy. I’d welcome social distancing signs with quokkas 🙂 Thank you for linking up with Weekend Coffee Share. LikeLike Reply Jill Weatherholt March 12, 2021 / 8:23 am I’m sorry to see you all remain under such a tight lockdown, Natalie. Fortunately, here things are slowly opening and most importantly, the children are back in school. We are already in Phase 4 of our vaccine schedule. I had my first shot last week and I’ll go for the next in 3 weeks. I’m also enjoying the sights and sounds of spring slow arrival. We are going to be close to 80 degrees today, but temperatures will drop over the weekend and rain is predicted for much of next week. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous photos. Have a great weekend! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 1:32 pm Jill, I’m glad to hear you’ve got your first vaccine shot and the children are back in school in your state. In Toronto, schools have been opened, except for the usual spring and summer breaks or when there are reported cases in the school. Children in elementary and secondary schools have two options to either attend in-person or online. Post-secondary schools are online. Have a great weekend! LikeLike Reply Coffeeandcream March 12, 2021 / 9:00 am It’s so crazy how much things have changed in the last year yet also haven’t changed at all. Here’s to hoping it will continue to improve and we can return to normal life as soon as possible! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 1:39 pm Sometimes it feels like one step forward and two steps backward with this pandemic. Here’s to hoping it will continue to improve and we can return to normal life asap! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Annika Perry March 12, 2021 / 9:42 am Natalie, a beautiful reflective post of the last year! It’s lovely that the weather has brightened for you and you can go out to enjoy some of it. The goose social distancing sigh is sweet and a welcome change from the usual ones! Here we are still in deep lockdown apart from schools going back this week … see how that goes. Exciting news for me today is my first vaccine (owing to health conditions), second one in three months time. It does feel more hopeful. The biggest change I’ve noticed is the fantastically improved air quality, wildlife flourishing and deers in main roads is now a common (and dangerous) sight! Here’s to a good spring and summer full of travels and seeing family! Xx 😀🌺 LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 1:50 pm Annika, I’m so glad to hear you’ve got your first vaccine. Extra protection to covid-19 virus is a great thing. Wildlife has been more visible here, too. Deer on main roads are indeed dangerous for drivers and the animals. With nicer weather and warmer temperatures to come, I look forward to seeing my family and friends again even if we have to meet outside. Here’s to a good spring and summer! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Pingback: Emergency Gloves, and other Knitting Stories - Born in a Car Pingback: #WeekendCoffeeShare (March 12, 2021) – A Multitude of Musings Astrid March 12, 2021 / 10:01 am I’m so glad food and household supplies are available now, but so sorry not much else has improved. Same here. I already got my vaccine, had my second shot last week. It’s interesting that, if I didn’t live in a care facility, I’d be in the last group to get the vaccine too based on my age and medical status. Now, I was in the first. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 1:58 pm Astrid, I’m glad to hear you’ve got your vaccine. Does it make you feel safer to interact with people? Ontario is ramping up its vaccination program so more people are receiving their vaccine every day. Have a great week! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Astrid March 13, 2021 / 7:42 am I’m not sure it helps me feel safer. I never quite feared becoming very ill with COVID, as I am healthy and in my 30s. I hate the need to self-isolate though and that unfortunately hasn’t changed yet. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 10:16 am Self-isolation must be hard. I hope your weekend is going well and you have a great week ahead. LikeLike Reply Cheryl March 12, 2021 / 10:01 am Hi Natalie, this time 12 months ago I was one month away from leaving Russia and embarking on a 6 month plus tour of SE Asia and Australia, with plans to travel in Europe after that. Less than a week later we were quickly packing up what we could fit in our suitcases and evacuating (husband lost his job in Moscow) to Romania, to lock down, and to an uncertain future – as covid refugees. A year later and we’re now in another totally unexpected situation! We’re almost farmers! Well, we have a little vegetable garden, some flowers, 4 cats, and soon some chickens in a small Bulgarian village. Who would have thought 12 months ago that we would be living like this? Not me! LikeLiked by 4 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 2:04 pm Hi Cheryl, I was about to leave for Spain a couple of days after the pandemic was declared. Fortunately the airlines cancelled my flights and issued me full refunds. All of my subsequent trips to Iceland, California, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, etc. were cancelled. 2020 threw many curved balls yet you and your husband managed every single one of them. You now have your own home with a garden and animals to enjoy. Well done! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Cheryl March 14, 2021 / 3:18 pm We didn’t get refunded for most of our flights that we’d booked. After a few emails here and there I decided that it’s not worth the stress to try and get the money back (we bought our tickets through agents, not direct from the airlines). So we lost a lot of money on top of everything else. Some things you just have to let go of and get on with life! Yes, we managed to get through the horrors of 2020, and honestly right now I think we’re in one of the best places for us in the world. I look forward to sharing more of our new life with you! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 4:08 pm Yes, sometimes letting go is the best decision to make. I look forward to reading more about your new life in Bulgaria. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply rawsonjl March 12, 2021 / 10:05 am We’re seeing a slow return of all kids back to school (each school handles this differently though). We’re supposed to have new lighter restrictions put into place this coming week allowing more travel, gatherings, and such but we’ll see what that means… LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 2:09 pm Joanne, I hope all goes well with the lighter restrictions and return to school in your state. In Toronto, schools have been opened throughout the pandemic, except for the usual spring and summer breaks and when there are reported cases in the school. Children in elementary and secondary schools have two options to either attend in-person or online. Post-secondary schools are online. LikeLike Reply Janis @ RetirementallyChallenged.com March 12, 2021 / 10:10 am Things are getting better! We went from “this will be over soon” to “OMG, this will last forever!” to “wow, we got vaccines so soon… pretty soon, it will all be over.” My heart breaks for those who were most impacted but I do feel a great sense of hope for us all. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 2:12 pm Janis, I’m also hopeful even though this pandemic has been an emotional roller coaster for all of us. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Molly Totoro March 12, 2021 / 10:15 am I like your Covid summary chart. I think I might modify and do one of my own. In my journaling today I recalled how one year ago I went to the grocery store to “stock up” and was amazed how many staples were completely gone: flour, yeast, chlorox wipes, and toilet paper. While life here in the states is slowly progressing to an open environment, I know we will never go back to the way things were. We will establish a new normal. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 2:16 pm Molly, I thought I’d write down some of the pandemic-related changes that have been affecting my day-to-day living before things get better and the optimistic me would forget what it was like in the first year of the pandemic. We’ll adapt and thrive. LikeLike Reply Suzanne@PictureRetirement March 12, 2021 / 11:11 am Natalie, selfishly I am hoping that Canada will open up in time for summer travel. Malcolm and I are among the 67% of older Floridians who have been fully vaccinated. Next month we move into the final phase of vaccines and our daughter and her boyfriend will be eligible. We expect their respective workplaces will recall them by June or July, leaving us ’empty nesters’ once again. We are anxious to hit the road. Our warm climate and outdoor lifestyle have been a godsend for helping maintain some sense of normalcy this past year. I know you fully relate to the healing powers of nature. The next step for us is to begin socializing with friends who have also been vaccinated. One step at a time. Your optimism is contagious! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 2:25 pm Suzanne, I’m glad to hear you and Malcolm have been fully vaccinated. I presume you now feel less anxious to be outside with other people, especially with friends who have also been vaccinated. I hear you about hitting the road. I hope to get a haircut this spring and be able to see my family and friends by this summer. LikeLike Reply Gary A Wilson March 12, 2021 / 11:24 am Our version of living with the pandemic is fading too. My wife and I have decided that we’re returning to our normal church service this Sunday rather than the online version. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 5:41 pm Gary, I’m glad to hear your version of living with the pandemic is fading. LikeLike Reply Pingback: Weekend Coffee Share \| No Fixed Plans Ally Bean March 12, 2021 / 1:48 pm I’ve decided that this last year has been the making of me. Despite being stuck at home all the time, I’ve [we’ve] made the best of it. I’ve slowed down, become more intentional, and overall am happy. Suddenly good health is all that matters– and I have the pandemic for making that clear to me. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 5:43 pm Ally, Taking care of our health is the best investment. I’m glad to hear you’ve made the best of this last year and you’re happy. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Thistles and Kiwis March 12, 2021 / 2:03 pm Our first very strict lockdown started almost exactly a year ago too. At Level 4 only supermarkets and pharmacies were open, you had to stay in your neighbourhood for walks (we were lucky as we had the Botanic Gardens for our daily walk). That lasted from 25 March until 27 April. We then moved to Level 3 27 April to 3 May – that meant takeaway food could be bought and some other restrictions lifted. At level 2 we could go to the hairdresser etc. but there were restrictions on gatherings. We have been in and out of Levels 1 and 2 since then, so things have been mostly normal, as you may have seen from my blog posts! As to vaccines…guess the end of 2021 (probably our spring ie September/October). We have been so lucky in New Zealand…closing the borders early was the best thing. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 5:46 pm Early, quick and decisive actions by the government to curb the spread of the covid-19 virus are so important. I love to see the mostly normal living in New Zealand via your posts. LikeLike Reply Deborah Drucker March 12, 2021 / 2:35 pm I wrote my post about the past year and the pandemic as well. I have written a few posts during the past months about my experience. We are looking at a possible loosening of restrictions here by early next week. I hope the opening of our society will last this time. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 6:53 pm Deborah, I’m glad to hear about a possible loosening of restrictions in your area. The lockdown is still on here although this past Monday, non-essential retail stores were allowed to open at 25% of their indoor capacity and with public health measures in place. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Deborah Drucker March 12, 2021 / 7:00 pm I think we are starting out with the same as we open, about 50% capacity. I haven’t read the confirmation of that as yet. Thank you, Natalie. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Bear March 12, 2021 / 3:01 pm It HAS been a YEAR to remember, that’s for sure. I know that we’ll not soon forget the levels of fear or loss. I wrote a recap post of the year… it was hard to write. I’ll write something more positive for coffee share here in a few. Until then, I am happy for all my online friends who have survived the year and are here to tell about it. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:02 pm Bear, We’ve all experienced losses this past year, some of them are small joys from what we used to be able to do, and for some people, it’s the tragic loss of a loved one, whether from COVID, or whether from other things. I’m hopeful that things gradually improve from now on. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Sagittarius Viking March 12, 2021 / 3:45 pm Thank you for the coffee. Your weather this week sounds lovely. The difference between this time last year, and now is maybe that people are less afraid. Living in the pandemic is the new normal, sort of. Enjoy your weekend. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:07 pm Maria, The sunny and warmer days this week have been glorious. Next week we’ll be back to seasonal temperatures. You raised a good point about being less afraid while still living in the pandemic. Living without fear is less stressful and that’s an improvement. Have a great weekend! LikeLike Reply Susanne March 12, 2021 / 4:06 pm That’s some awesome weather you have there, Natalie! I just dream of warmer weather now. We’ve had 4-8 degrees and clouds for I don’t know how many weeks. Today there was some sun actually but still cold. This week has been a quiet one which is good, I guess. I’m planning for our St Patrick’s day party on Zoom which is good fun. Here it’s almost a year since the beginning of lockdowns – around today’s date, Covid-19 started spreading at more serious levels in Ireland and the Sunday before St Patrick’s day all pubs had to close. A week or so after that, we were in strict lockdown, more severe than we have now. I suspected at Christmas that this wave and accompanied lockdown would be similar to what we had a year ago. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:16 pm Susanne, The sunny and warmer days this week have been glorious. We’ll be back to more seasonal temperatures next week though. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations here are online this year. Pre-COVID, Toronto usually has St. Patricks’ Day parade with thousands of people in attendance. Have fun with your party planning! LikeLike Reply Sue from Women Living Well After 50 March 12, 2021 / 5:04 pm Hi Natalie we are heading into Autumn although where i live on the Gold Coast it is still quite hot. I can feel crisp mornings and evenings starting thought which I love. We were very lucky in Queensland during COVID and despite an initial lock down period I can’t say we really suffered too much from the restrictions especially compared to my friends who are still experiencing a restricted lifestyle. Great to take stock of one year isn’t it and to remember what the year of COVID was really like. Thanks for the opportunity to link up at #WeekendCoffeeShare and have a great weekend. xx LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:20 pm Hi Sue, It’s great that you haven’t suffered much from pandemic-related restrictions. We’re still in lockdown here. I thought I’d write down some of the pandemic-related changes that have been affecting my day-to-day living before things get better and the optimistic me would forget what it was like in the first year of the pandemic. We’ll adapt and thrive. Thank you for linking with Weekend Coffee Share. Have a wonderful weekend! LikeLike Reply Laurie March 12, 2021 / 5:15 pm Choosing optimism is usually a good strategy. Can you believe that we are marking the one-year anniversary of the pandemic? I never thought it would last a whole year! I believe we can see some light at the end of the tunnel. In our county, 15% of the population is vaccinated. Our weather was beautiful this week too. I have spring fever now! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:25 pm Laurie, More and more people in Canada and the USA are getting vaccinated every day so I’m hopeful that we’ll be in a much better situation by June. Spring nice weather is great for going outside. Enjoy the weekend! LikeLike Reply Denyse Whelan Blogs March 12, 2021 / 7:23 pm Great minds! My post today, shared here is my wrap up of the second half of 2020. I would love to say things are going well immunisation wise here in Australia but we are a country run by state premiers in some parts of health and a federal one in others. Confusion abounds but I sense as an over 70 I will be getting my first shot sometime in the next few months..then as supply is maybe a problem it might be a long while to the next. We are far more ‘free’ to get out and about and I only wear a mask as required. Have a good weekend. I am off to see some nature today and the Autumn temp is forecast to be 30Celsius. Thanks for link up. Denyse LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 7:38 pm Denyse, 30C sounds like our summer temperatures in July or August. I’m free to get out and about but the city has been quieter than normal because many businesses are online or take-outs, and outdoor gatherings limit to maximum 10 people. The cooler weather also prevents people from being outside too long. Thank you for linking up. Enjoy the weekend! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Denyse Whelan Blogs March 17, 2021 / 4:57 am Thanks so much for linking up for Life This Week #231. Glad to have you add your post as part of the community here. Next week. the optional prompt is Good. Hope to see you there. Denyse. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 17, 2021 / 9:09 am Thank you, Denyse, for the link-up. See you soon. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Jo March 12, 2021 / 7:44 pm I love your 3 geese social distancing sign. In far north Queensland it’s one cassowary apart or 1 large sea turtle. Wishing you a fabulous weekend. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 8:41 pm Jo, I had to look up cassowary to see what it looks like. It has a brilliant blue and turquoise face but I’ll keep a safe distance, away from its deadly claws. Have a wonderful weekend! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Jo March 13, 2021 / 4:44 pm Oooh yes, it looks beautiful but has quite an unpleasant temper. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Duwan @MakeLikeAnApeman March 12, 2021 / 8:08 pm Such an interesting comparison chart. It is hard for me to compare since I am in a very different part of the country from where I was this time last year. But here in the US things are opening up. Where I am in Florida now most people seem to wear masks but not all. Restaurants are open but when we driver by the library today it looked closed. Just talked to a friend in Toronto today who got the vaccine. Apparently he was able to get the vaccine before his wife who is older because this vaccine – AstraZeneca had only been tested on people in his age group. Interesting, huh? A year ago today we were just returning from being disconnected from the world for about a week to find that everything had drastically changed and the pandemic had gone from a concern to something more serious. Tomorrow we go to the Everglades in Florida to look for birds. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 9:14 pm Duwan, Good to hear things are opening up in the USA. Hope everyone stays safe and well. Toronto is vaccinating some people 60-64 years of age with the AstraZeneca vaccine since the vaccines arrived this week and they are good until April 2. It’s great that your friend received his vaccine. Concurrently, people age 80 or older are also receiving Pfizer or Moderna vaccines here. I visited the Everglades a few years ago and saw a lot of crocodiles and birds. I look forward to seeing your bird photos. Thank you for linking with #WeekendCoffeeShare. LikeLike Reply Terri Webster Schrandt March 12, 2021 / 8:28 pm What a difference a year makes, Natalie. But…a year?? Egads, I remember when people thought we would be out of the pandemic shutdowns in a couple of months. Sigh… I continually read the Commonwealth countries are in the longest lockdowns. California is finally breaking free, but here in Washington, the Spokane side (less populated) we’re now at a tier where gyms are opened, eating indoors is allowed, but wearing masks and staying socially distanced is still required. No vaccine for me yet (too young at 61 still, but since I had a mild case last fall, I don’t worry overmuch). I do love your socially distanced goose sign. Glad you can enjoy the spring air, too. I will link up on Sunday! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 12, 2021 / 9:21 pm Terri, Glad to hear Spokane is in a more open stage. Hopefully people continue to follow public health protocols and curb the spread of the virus. Toronto is vaccinating some people 60-64 years of age with the AstraZeneca vaccine since the vaccines arrived this week and they are good until April 2. People who are 80 years of age or older are also getting their Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. I’m in the last phase of Ontario’s vaccination plan towards the end of summer. Fortunately, I can get outside and enjoy spring with a lot of open space by Lake Ontario. I look forward to your post. Have a great weekend! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Pingback: Sympathy vs Empathy: Which one is better? - Midlife Stylist midlifestylist March 12, 2021 / 10:15 pm Hi Natalie, it’s amazing to think where we were a year ago. Our lockdown didn’t start til the end of March. We’re in phase 1a/1b of the covid vaccine rollout here in Australia. If I wasn’t a nurse I’d be getting it in 2A which is not long after anyway. Hopefully life will get back to normal soon LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 9:50 am Hi Christina, I’m hopeful that this year is going to be better than last year overall. Life this week is already very good with the sunshine and nice spring weather we have here. Enjoy the weekend! LikeLike Reply kirstin troyer March 12, 2021 / 10:35 pm What a year it’s been. Enjoyed your post. I’m looking forward to things returning to normal. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 9:51 am Kirstin, Glad you enjoyed my post. I’m looking forward to spring. Have a great weekend! LikeLike Reply Pingback: #ShoutoutSaturday 7 – IWD, travel, granny time and sisters – Deb's World Retirement Reflections March 13, 2021 / 12:55 am Hi, Natalie – You model ‘resiliency’ and ‘positive attitude’ brilliantly. You are incredibly inspiring! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 9:57 am Thank you, Donna, for your kind words. I often think of you and other blogger friends in BC and how you’ve all been staying active and positive. Have a great weekend! LikeLike Reply Moumita De Sarkar March 13, 2021 / 3:44 am By March 2022, I hope things (including your list which is quite impressive) get much better. You get to write: The gym and parlours are now fully open. People have started travelling once again. Wearing a mask is optional. And, physical tickets are all sold out for the upcoming rock concert 🙂 LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 10:00 am Moumita, That’s the spirit. Thank you for sharing your optimism 🙂 LikeLike Reply Ju-Lyn March 13, 2021 / 4:07 am Your comparison table is so well laid out and informative – I know restrictions are challenging, but I have to say they make me feel safer to be out when I need to be. We are able to be out and about in Singapore, as long as social distancing & masks are in place. Glad to see Spring in your images … it must be lovely to be outdoors! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 10:05 am Ju-Lyn, Yes, restrictions are also necessary over here at this time. I’m free to be out and about while following public health measures. The weather this week has been glorious for spring. Have a great weekend! LikeLike Reply Ju-Lyn March 14, 2021 / 11:24 pm You too, Natalie! Be safe and well! Enjoy more fabulous weather this week! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply PamelaS.Canepa, Writing and Living March 13, 2021 / 8:32 am Interesting post, Natalie. It’s hard to believe it has been a year! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 10:05 am Thank you, Pam, for your comment. I greatly appreciate it. LikeLike Reply trentpmcd March 13, 2021 / 8:48 am What a year it’s been! I’m glad I live in a relatively rural area so was able to spend as much time outside as needed. Sounds like you had a fabulous week 🙂 The weather was good over most of the eastern half of the continent this week. I hope your weekend is goign well and that you have a wonderful week ahead! LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 10:08 am Trent, The weather has been glorious here this week. Next week we’re back to seasonal temperatures but still sunny. I can bike or walk to Lake Ontario and love the open space there. Have a wonderful weekend! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply trentpmcd March 13, 2021 / 12:34 pm Same here. It will get pretty cold this week coming up, but it is spring! It is great that you can get out into the open spaces! You too, have a great weekend and a wonderful week 🙂 LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Pingback: If We Were Havign Coffee on the 13th of March, 2021 #weekendcoffeeshare \| Trent's World (the Blog) Pingback: #WeekendCoffeeShare: An Easier Week \| This is Another Story blogbyA March 13, 2021 / 10:54 am I particularly liked the way u started the blog post by warmly welcoming ur readers. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 11:38 am Thank you for your visit and comment. Your gravatar profile pointed me to skinfitnessandlife blog that isn’t active. I’d visit your blog if I could find it. LikeLike Reply blogbyA March 13, 2021 / 12:32 pm Sry don’t know why it’s showing inactive. Could u kindly tell me how to make it active. LikeLike Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 12:57 pm Go to gravatar.com, sign in to your WordPress account and update your profile to the correct URL of your current blog. I’d suggest that you do the same update in WordPress. I found another blog beautyandcream which looks like your current blog? Just make sure your profile points to the URL of the blog that you want people to read and comment. I hope this helps. LikeLike Reply blogbyA March 13, 2021 / 12:58 pm Thank u so much for the info LikeLiked by 1 person Reply blogbyA March 14, 2021 / 11:11 am Thank you so much for your help LikeLike Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 11:20 am You’re welcome. LikeLike Reply Regina Martins March 13, 2021 / 12:05 pm It’s amazing how the last year has unfolded; it was interesting reading your comparison. In South Africa, it has been similar too. LikeLiked by 3 people Reply Natalie March 13, 2021 / 1:06 pm Regina, I’m glad you found my comparison interesting. I wrote it for myself in the event some time in the future I want to look back to 2020 and 2021. Good to know it’s been similar to what you’ve experienced in South Africa. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Pingback: Weekend Coffee Share: The Out and About Edition \| Wide Eyed In Wonder Pingback: If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea…the weekend coffee share edition – Thistles and Kiwis csuhpat1 March 13, 2021 / 9:28 pm Such beautiful pics. One year ago today was the last day for in-person classes at the school I teach in. It was a Friday, we were told that we suppose to be back in the classroom on April 6th. On March 16th, the whole Bay Area was closed. Later that week, we were told that in-person will begin on May 4th. And we have been out for now a year. They say that SDC (Special Day Classes for Special Education students) will return for middle school on April 26th (I am a SDC teacher) for the last month school in my district. It is so weird because you can drive 15 minutes one direction and things are open and then drive 15 minutes in another direction and things are closed. It is weird. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week. LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 8:08 am Patrick, It must be hard for you as a teacher and your students not to be at school in-person. Have you been teaching virtual classes since last March? Here in Ontario, the restrictions also vary from city to city. Toronto has been under longer and stricter lockdowns as it’s the biggest city in Canada and has high case numbers. Thank you for sharing your experience with us at Weekend Coffee Share. Have a great week ahead! LikeLike Reply csuhpat1 March 14, 2021 / 8:56 pm Been teaching via “Distance Learning” since March. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Pingback: Spring is ahead — #weekendcoffeeshare 2021-03-13 – Stray Coffee Breaks Debbie March 14, 2021 / 1:48 am It was interesting to see some changes but not many, in your restrictions Natalie. I love your optimism and hope shines through your words. We are doing quite well here in Australia and our vaccination process has just started too. We are limited to where we can travel as we still can’t leave the country, and most state borders are now open. We hope things continue to carry on like they are for everyone’s sake. I have read a few of Robotham’s books (and The Suspect) and really enjoy them. I also love your spring flowers, as we start descending into autumn. Thanks again for having us drop by! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 8:16 am Debbie, I’m glad to hear you’re doing quite well in Australia. By restricting international travel, Australia is keeping the covid-19 virus and its variants outside the country. Toronto has a longer lockdown than other places in Ontario as it’s the biggest city in Canada with more movements and has high case numbers. Non-essential travel has been discouraged here to curb the spread of the virus although people can still travel anywhere in the province and to some other provinces in Canada. The vaccination program is ramping up though. I’m hopeful that we’ll be in a better situation by the time summer arrives in June. Thank you for sharing your experience and linking up with Weekend Coffee Share. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Pingback: Shades of Gray – A black and White Story – Picture Retirement Pingback: Sunday Stills: Your Best #Black-and-White Photos – Second Wind Leisure Perspectives Pingback: If We Were Having Coffee… #WeekendCoffeeShare – My Inner MishMash Hudie March 14, 2021 / 3:52 pm Three geese apart! That’s clever! Here, they say 1 moose apart! 🙂 LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 4:09 pm 1 moose apart is easy to remember 🙂 LikeLike Reply Jennifer Jones March 14, 2021 / 4:29 pm Hi Natalie really great to catch up with you after my break. Those geese made me smile. It’s quite a year that we’ve all had. We are covid free in Victoria at the moment but always aware of sticking to covid safe rules. My partner has been given permission by his doctor to go back to work so life is slowly returning to closer to normal #lifethisweek LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 5:00 pm Hi Jennifer, That’s great news in Victoria and for your partner. I hope you had a good blogging break. Thank you for stopping by. I’ll visit your blog shortly. LikeLike Reply Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid March 14, 2021 / 6:14 pm Reading your comparison of then and now reminds me of how lucky we are here in Australia to be almost back to normal, albeit a new normal and albeit at a high price – there is a travel ban so it’s almost impossible to leave the country and flight caps so almost impossible to get back in (even for citizens.) I think if the past year has taught us anything, it’s that we humans are very resilient and we can do hard things. And here’s to optimism, a little goes a long way! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 6:27 pm Sammie, Yes, non-essential, especially international travel is discouraged atm. The vaccination program is ramping up and the weather is getting nicer and warmer here so I hope we’ll be in a much better situation by June. LikeLike Reply Erica/Erika March 14, 2021 / 9:14 pm Your title is very poignant, Natalie, since we do mark a milestone this week. Your table graph is fascinating. The three geese sign made me smile. I don’t recall seeing this before? The Spring flowers, like you say with the colour of optimism always fills me with hope. A great post! Wonderful photos! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 14, 2021 / 10:21 pm Erica/ Erika, The 3-geese sign was from last Spring. Optimism and humour help us get through challenging times. How are you doing in BC? I hope all’s well with you and your family. Have a great week ahead! LikeLike Reply Erica/Erika March 14, 2021 / 10:46 pm No vaccines, yet for us because of our age. We are trying to be cautious over Spring Break. Only outdoor visiting with walks. I still count my blessings, as always, Natalie 🙂 LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 15, 2021 / 9:38 am Being cautious over Spring break is smart, Erica/ Erika. Have a great week! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Lizl Bennefeld March 15, 2021 / 1:04 am Our state never did completely shut down during the pandemic, but there were mask requirements and social distancing guidelines, as well as requirements to isolate/quarantine under some conditions. The rough part for me was the proliferation of bleaches, alcohol, hand sanitizers, &c, since I have fragrance and multiple chemical sensitivities. I am isolating from the safety precautions at this point, and I am not certain how much, going forward, that aspect will change. I finally got a call from the county public health office, this morning, and the person who asked if I wanted to take a newly vacant vaccine appointment, was kind enough to make a note in their records that I am waiting for the J&J vaccination due to allergic reactions. In the meanwhile, I am enjoying the increased social interactions via Zoom and other virtual gatherings. Saturday and Sunday, among the social, literary/professional, and online worship activities, I have to be careful to not push myself too hard. I cannot do everything that is offered, and so I now am faced with decisions… the feast after the years of famine! LOL! I kept up better with weekend coffee share, I think, when I had four days, not three, to fit in visits. The expansion of participants is somewhat daunting. Thanks, though, for bringing increased activity to the network. Is good! Thanks! LikeLiked by 2 people Reply Natalie March 15, 2021 / 9:43 am Lizl, It’s great that you’re keeping yourself safe and enjoying virtual social interactions. Don’t feel that you have to read or comment on all the blogs in the weekly Weekend Coffee Share link-up. I hope each blogger reads and comments on 3 blogs and more if you can do more. Thank you for sharing your experience during this past year and for linking up. Have a wonderful week ahead! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Beaton March 15, 2021 / 3:09 am Our lockdown has somewhat eased but this brings in new challenges as well schools are supposed to reopen today and there is going to be a bit of drama as I doubt things some things have been fully thought through fully but still we move ~B LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 15, 2021 / 9:50 am B, I hope the school re-openings go well. Thank you for sharing your experience. I don’t see your blog in the InLinkz link-up. Did the Daylight Savings Time here mess up your link up time? LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Beaton March 16, 2021 / 10:16 am yeah the schools opening is predictably off to a rocky start sigh Hahahaha yeah got entangled with the Daylight Savings and Timezones so missed the link-up. ~B LikeLike Reply Natalie March 16, 2021 / 10:54 am If you’re on WordPress.com and do ping back to my post, your blog post will appear in my Comments section so my blog readers and I can see your link. Hope that you join in the upcoming Weekend Coffee Share. LikeLike Reply Sanch @ Sanch Writes March 15, 2021 / 6:18 am I’m glad the panic buying has at least ceased! Not sure where we are with the vaccine but we did have tight borders and quarantine for people from overseas pretty early on and I reckon that’s how we got lucky. There’s still a lot of uncertainty of course, but I’m thankful for where we are. Hopefully things get better for you all soon. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Natalie March 15, 2021 / 9:55 am Sanch, With the vaccination plan ramping up in Ontario, I’m hopeful that we’ll be in a better situation by June. The weather is getting nicer here and that also helps. Have a great week ahead! LikeLike Reply Pingback: Sunday Stills – Some things are better in black and white – JP the Wide-eyed Wanderer Pingback: warmth from a snowy scene – Touring My Backyard Dr Sock April 5, 2021 / 12:18 pm Hi Natalie. Throughout most of this long period of pandemic restrictions, I’ve been fairly ok and busy with walking, skiing, writing, and looking after my grandsons and so on. But this last two weeks, with the variants on the rise and the vaccines still rolling out so slowly, it has really started to get to me. It’s the Easter Long Weekend, and I feel sad that, for the second year in a row, I can’t get together with my kids. I never thought the pandemic would last so long, and even when we do get our shots, most parts of the world will still be going through it. Jude LikeLike Reply Natalie April 5, 2021 / 2:00 pm Hi Jude, It must be hard for you not to be able to get together with your kids at Easter. The holidays heighten our emotions. I’m sending you my virtual hugs. From what I read in the last 2 days, Canada is receiving millions of vaccine doses this month so hopefully more Canadians will get the vaccine this spring and we’ll get a little closer to normality. In Ontario, just before Easter, the government announced a province-wide shutdown starting from April 3 for at least 4 weeks. Not that it changed much for Toronto residents like me because we’ve been in lockdown since November 2020. The buzz words changed but reality hasn’t. One sliver of light in the dark tunnel is that the vaccine rollout is ramped up here and I’m now eligible to book an appointment to get my first dose at a local pharmacy. LikeLike Reply Dr Sock April 7, 2021 / 12:52 pm Great to hear you can book an appointment! Rob gets his first shot today, but I won’t be eligible to book one for several weeks yet. But it’s good to see the vaccines rolling out. Jude LikeLike Reply Pingback: Visiting the World with Natalie the Explorer and a Cup of Coffee – Marsha Ingrao – Always Write Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... 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0.940821	Nursing staff involved with vaccination against the coronavirus pose for a photograph as Goddess Durga at the Ramaiah Hospital in Bangalore on Thursday. India administered its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose half a year after a devastating surge in cases brought the health system close to collapse. Manjunath Kiran, AFP Jeepney drivers protest 'crushing' oil price increases Drivers from different transport groups join a symbolic protest against the continuing rise in oil prices at a press conference at the Ikot Terminal in the University of the Philippines in Quezon City on October 22, 2021. The groups are asking for a subsidy or an increase in fare from 9 to 12 pesos to counter the hike in the price of diesel of more than 8-pesos in the past two months. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News Lower COVID-19 cases bring people outside as Christmas season nears Children play at a Christmas installation display at the Marikina Riverbanks Center on Friday, days after the easing of the COVID-19 alert level in Metro Manila. Visitors continue to flock to various tourist attractions as infections in Metro Manila decline. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News Flower vendors take advantage of early Undas 2021 visitors Flower vendors wait for customers visiting loved ones at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City on October 22, 2021 a few days before All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day. Many Filipinos have started visiting the final resting place of their departed kin to offer prayers and flowers after the Department of the Interior and Local Government ordered the closure of all cemeteries during the upcoming Undas to curb the spread of COVID-19. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News Jumping from tomb to tomb A man jumps from stacked tombs as people flock to a public cemetery ahead of the observance of All Saints’ Day in Quezon City, on Friday. While cemeteries, memorial parks, and columbaria will be closed for the second straight year due to COVID-19 during Undas, these will be open outside All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day at at 30% capacity which could go up to 50% depending on the local government. Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News Read More: coronavirus COVID19 India vaccine Bangalore hospital oil oil price hike transport jeepney drivers protest Pfizer vaccine Alert Level 3 Marikina Riverbanks Center children Undas 2021 All Saints’ Day All Souls’ Day flower vendors
0.992308	(CNN) - Add Rudy Giuliani to the list of big name surrogates who are making campaign cameos in the last remaining Senate election this year. The former New York Mayor and Republican presidential candidate teams up today with Saxby Chambliss at campaign events in Woodstock, Georgia. Chambliss is the freshman Republican senator from Georgia who is fighting to keep his seat. He faces a runoff election next Tuesday against Jim Martin, a former Georgia state lawmaker. Chambliss won a plurality of the vote on Election Day three weeks ago, but Georgia state law calls for the winner to grab 50 percent plus one vote. Due to the inclusion of a third-party candidate, Chambliss fell just shy of that threshold, forcing a runoff. Giuliani is the latest former GOP presidential candidate to stump with Chambliss. Sen. John McCain campaigned with Chambliss just nine days after losing the presidential election to Barack Obama. Nine days ago, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the Republican nomination before dropping out in March and backing McCain, campaigned with Chambliss. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney teamed up with Chambliss on Friday. Romney ended his presidential bid in February and backed McCain. Giuliani dropped out of the Republican presidential race in late January and immediately endorsed McCain. Giuliani, Huckabee and Romney could all make another stab at presidential politics in 2012. Martin is also getting some major-league help. Last week former President Bill Clinton campaigned with Martin in Atlanta and Sunday former Vice President Al Gore teamed up with Martin. Do these big name surrogates make a difference? "Generally they can help boost turnout, because of all the media attention. Turnout in a runoff election is often very low compared to a presidential election and each side needs to get as many of their voters to the polls as possible," says CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider. Democrats have so far picked up seven Senate seats in this year's election, with the Republican seats in Georgia and Minnesota still undecided. In Minnesota, freshman GOP Sen. Norm Coleman topped his Democratic challenger, Al Franken, by just 215 votes, triggering an automatic recount which will extend into December. If Democrats take both remaining contests, they'll reach their pre-election goal of controlling 60 Senate seats, which would be a filibuster-proof majority. A filibuster is a move by the minority party in the Senate that basically brings the chamber to a standstill by blocking votes on legislation. Filed under: Georgia • Rudy Giuliani soundoff (240 Responses) Michael The more I find out about Rudy, the less I like him. Stay home Mr. G. With Palin already headed to help out, who needs more of the same BS. November 25, 2008 11:19 am at 11:19 am \| shaking my head I can't believe all the HATE on these CNN ticker boards. November 25, 2008 11:19 am at 11:19 am \| zgomer Good, the libs think they own the world. November 25, 2008 11:19 am at 11:19 am \| PG Hate is back! November 25, 2008 11:22 am at 11:22 am \| Ross - Boulder, CO Maybe you can compare the senate race in Georgia with 9/11. If anyone can do it, I know you can Rudy G. November 25, 2008 11:23 am at 11:23 am \| Make it stop! Mr 911, go pick up your pal Sarah and the two of you can dream of what it would have been like to win, cause you're both loosers!!! Please go away, please!. November 25, 2008 11:23 am at 11:23 am \| Old Dominion so Rudi and Palin are going to GA to campaign on behalf of Saxby Chambliss, eh? Im sure a sanctuary mayor who is pro-choice will really help his cause down there. Its time Jim Martin took back the seat Chambliss shamfully stole from Max Cleeland. November 25, 2008 11:23 am at 11:23 am \| Bill NY This is a person with no morals whatsoever, who has no right to run for or endorse anyone. His law firm represents a major flaw in the bailout process where firms like his stand to make hundreds of millions from companies seeking bailout money. This money should be for bailing out the citizens of this country and not making Rudy richer. November 25, 2008 11:25 am at 11:25 am \| Brian MacDougall Oops, Chapman, spoke to soon. Heeeereeeee comes Sarah! November 25, 2008 11:26 am at 11:26 am \| Mickie So let me see, we have two losers running to Georgia to rescue this guy, Rudy and Sarah (what a team!). That should really seal Chambliss' fate, or at least I hope so. November 25, 2008 11:28 am at 11:28 am \| Anonymous Guiliani 911 and you guessed it "you betcha The Alaskan turkey with that bridge to nowhere " arriving to put Chambliss in a chamble . Can't stand either or . November 25, 2008 11:30 am at 11:30 am \| I can't stop laughing! "It is amazing the mean-spiritedness of the GOP "winners" on this forum. Can't you just be happy with your loss?" Yes, Obama supporters do work. Yes we can! Yes we did! Vote Martin! Don't let Chambliss spill more hate in our state! November 25, 2008 11:34 am at 11:34 am \| Anonymous Giuliani 911 and "The Turkey from Alaska with a road to no where " both loosers November 25, 2008 11:36 am at 11:36 am \| Terri Ann ~~~~~~~~~~~ Wonder if his phone will ring during his speech??? (Remember that one!) November 25, 2008 11:37 am at 11:37 am \| Losers Rudy is a total loser. Palin is a moron. Wow...the Republicans have really great new leaders....... Why not have George W show up too, afterall he will be declared yet another republican hero once out of office. November 25, 2008 11:38 am at 11:38 am \| Kelly I agree with some of the comments above. Do the republicans realize that they lost the presidential race using these same tactics? For those of you who don't live in Georgia, be thankful becuase the tv ads are ridiculous. Same old song, different day: Martin will raise your taxes; Obama, Pelosi & Reed will have complete control to do what they want; don't let the Dems take over government and destroy this country; vote for Chambliss because he will be one to stop big government, etc., etc. The last time I checked, the american people wanted and voted for something different and not necessarily one side fighting against the other in Washington. And I hear Gov. Palin is on her way to town. November 25, 2008 11:38 am at 11:38 am \| Name N. Rudy: I think Sax can handle 9/11! November 25, 2008 11:39 am at 11:39 am \| Beverly, NYC Gee Rudy and Palin,desperate much Saxby? Well I guess Rudy has some appeal to the back woods hicks since his first wife was his cousin. November 25, 2008 11:41 am at 11:41 am \| J. Dean "BIG NAME SURROGATE" ? THIS IDIOT, CALLED RUCY GIULIANI, SHOULD BE CALLED TRIPLE LOOSER. 1- RUDY LOST HIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTRION BID. 2-RUDY'S ENDORSED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOST HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID. 3-ALL THOSE WHO RECEIVED RUDY'S ELECTION ENDORSEMENT, FAILED TO BE ELECTED. CHAMBLISS'S ELECTION BID WILL END UP WITH THE SAME DESTINY. A FRIENDLY ADVICE TO LOOSER RUDY GIULIANI FROM A LIFE TIME REPUBLICAN PARTY MEMBER: RUDY FORGET POLITICS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. RETIRE AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. YOU WERE NOT BORN TO BE A SMART POLITICIAN. GO BACK TO YOUR ROOTS: JUST RETIRE. November 25, 2008 11:42 am at 11:42 am \| Brian in the ATL! It will probably be a tremendous mistake for Chambliss and the GOP to allow this Yankee to go into parts of rural GA and campaign for Senator Chambliss! November 25, 2008 11:43 am at 11:43 am \| Jazz You can stay home also Guilani. You and Sarah just want publicity so you can run on the Repub ticket. November 25, 2008 11:44 am at 11:44 am \| Hilary $10 he'll find a way to fit 911 into it. November 25, 2008 11:46 am at 11:46 am \| Stop the nonsense Please go Giuliani and remind the good people of Georgia how far the Republican Party has fallen. His RNC speech was as dishonorable as Chambliss' treatment of a war veteran. Please vote Martin...hands down. November 25, 2008 11:47 am at 11:47 am \| Three buzzards on the Roof All the nails for the coffin have come to Georgia.I love the gasping sound, as the Republicans watch as they lose the Senate for good. November 25, 2008 11:49 am at 11:49 am \| beevee One loser campaigning for another loser. Laughable. November 25, 2008 11:52 am at 11:52 am \| « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next » « Back to main « previous post next post » Follow this Blog: Twitter . 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0.984286	Michel Wenger is a physician who, by combining business and medical approach, has devoted his career to making patients feel comfortable and safe while searching for treatment and advice. Here he briefly and informatively explains what are the advantages of online health care. Edit 24.05.2020: For an update on health care in times of COVID, scroll down. Tell us a little more about yourself. I grew up in Switzerland and studied Medicine in Germany and Business in the UK. I worked in various medical institutions in different countries. I have also used my business qualification and worked in management consulting, concentrating on healthcare. I have recently taken on a new challenge where I can use all my expertise of dealing with patients, technology and business for the benefit of the patient. Your professional background is both medical and business, but where does your “heart” lie? My heart is in healthcare. My default position is still Physician and I believe that business and technology should serve healthcare for the benefit of society and the patients. Share: Facebook Twitter How does your website — DrEd — work exactly? It’s an online GP practice where patients can access our services via a platform, giving an easy, judgment free access to personal healthcare. What are the advantages of the online doctor, apart from the obvious ones, such as time saving? It’s an access to healthcare, which allows the patients to confront issues which they feel ashamed to discuss with their GP or are afraid of judgment traditionally associated with these diseases. The focus is on safety first, and then convenience, and we aim — and succeed — to provide high-standard services. What are the ways to be sure no one is misusing your services? We only treat specific conditions chosen for their safety profile and fit for remote consultation. On top of that, we have good screening and technical solutions, and together with strict adherence to laws and guidelines we are able to ensure patients’ safety and prevent risky behavior. What kind of people use your DrEd, what is the target? Everyone! The focus is mainly on services which patients are most likely to experience unease discussing face-to-face: such as sexual health topics and personal health matters. Are people prejudiced about online medical services and what is your strategy to cope with that? Usually prejudice prevails when people don’t fully understand what we offer and have never used this type of service. We are trying to change that by creating a safe and stable environment for our patients and making sure that we don’t give grounds for such doubts. You were born in Switzerland, a country famous for being innovative in the medical field. Has that affected you in some way? We are all citizens of the world. Growing up in a small country like Switzerland you understand that innovation has to come from all the corners of the world to create truly great things. Share: Facebook Twitter It has certainly helped me understand we are all human beings and that innovation — backed by data — is destined to improve the quality of life significantly. What do you like to do in your free time, how do you relax? I cook! I like experimenting with different types of cuisine and my favorite book is “Gourmet cooking for dummies” (unfortunately out of print): it is invaluable for tips and tricks to build up a good foundation and repertoire in home cooking. To my wife’s disappointment, I even tried to enhance the Bulgarian version of moussaka with some new flavors. What’s next for medicine? Many more services, even in public health systems, are going to be digitalized in one way or another. The challenge will be to align these artificial intelligence improvements with keeping the services safe and personal. Also, primary disease prevention as well as personalized medicine will remain the focus for the coming years with ongoing innovation in treating serious diseases. What do you like to do in your free time, how do you relax? I cook! I like experimenting with different types of cuisine and my favorite book is “Gourmet cooking for dummies” (unfortunately out of print): it is invaluable for tips and tricks to build up a good foundation and repertoire in home cooking. To my wife’s disappointment, I even tried to enhance the Bulgarian version of moussaka with some new flavors. What’s next for medicine? Many more services, even in public health systems, are going to be digitalized in one way or another. The challenge will be to align these artificial intelligence improvements with keeping the services safe and personal. Also, primary disease prevention as well as personalized medicine will remain the focus for the coming years with ongoing innovation in treating serious diseases. Published 01.06.2017 Edit 24.05.2020 In light of recent events, we go back to physician Michel Wenger and ask him to once again discuss the importance of online healthcare, now through the perspective of a pandemic-ridden world. Do you think that now more than ever the world needs accessible online healthcare? Both GP and mental health assistance. The need for an online GP that provides easy access for everyone is not based on such hard times as a pandemic. The advantages come to fruition also in less stressful or debilitating times. Of course, in such a pandemic when you should not leave your house unnecessarily, an online service for anything will help with your health and wellbeing. The advantages of ease of access and dependability create a safety net, which is important. It can be said that no matter for what reason, the world needs accessible healthcare. Share: Facebook Twitter This means online GP as well as services for mental health, already now and in the near future. Google is the ultimate healthcare assistance for many people. What is your opinion on that? Google has the power and the data to provide a massive impact on one’s health. Their disease cards, which give you a short and easy overview when you Google search for a condition are top-notch and represent an attempt to take responsibility for accurate medical content and for the well-being of people in need of health information. If you are talking about the information generally available through the internet, that is a different story. It is though, amazing to see, that the newer generations are extremely good at differentiating between good and bad information. Share: Facebook Twitter If you are not able to do that, that is where the misinformation starts, together with the targeting algorithms. In our previous interview you said that “health systems are going to be digitalized in one way or another.” Do you think that after COVID-19 personalized online medicine will be the main focus for many countries? How do you see the future of the public health system? Tracking for public health purposes seems to be paramount at the moment, but then that is something which could be seen as either bad or good. The verdict is still out on this, but I think that is one thing that might come now sooner than later. Then also an early consolidation of platforms and software for digital health is another possible consequence of this, bringing to the forefront of everyone’s mind the pros and cons, as well as data safety. I am talking about video conferencing, electronic patient records and other telemedical tools. The future really depends on society’s appetite for convenience at the cost of data privacy. Share: Facebook Twitter A contentious topic, as people dish out readily their data for much more mundane things than their health. On a more individual level, I expect that everyone will profit with better awareness and outcomes for their diseases (as well as more treatments available) through various channels, leading to a more equalitarian world in terms of everyone’s health. How do you see the world and humanity changing after the pandemic? Well, the world will go on. It will be interesting to see whether all these amazing stories of support and people caring for one another will continue. It could even contribute to world peace! I don’t think that political systems that are sound and based on democratic principles are at risk of default, even the European Union’ downfall would be really a surprise, and the predictions are probably most likely fantasies of eurosceptics, populists, and autocrats. I don’t think events like that will change humanity, but certainly will bring hidden traits to surface, good or bad. The amazing thing is at the moment it seems to be predominantly good traits. Share: Facebook Twitter Another effect could be that people start to refocus on the local society, economy, etc. – a trend amongst some young people that started before the pandemic. It will be interesting to see how this will play out on the ecological side. Short-term relief in terms of pollution will probably be reverted quite quickly to the old bad state, but maybe the movement will see a surge in actions and facts. What would change on a personal level – would the average person become more empathetic or more of a “lone wolf”? Whoever is empathetic now will be empathetic later, whoever is a lone wolf now will be a loner later. I don’t think you can explain a person’s behavior entirely on your surroundings or circumstances, you have a base setting. Maybe someone has forgotten to be empathetic or remembers that he actually would prefer to stay at home, who knows. But humans throughout our history have shown a remarkable consistency and resilience for their behavior, no matter which way they are leaning. In the end, you only have a finite number of possibilities how to be human. I know it is boring, but that is how it is.
0.998723	List of top 8 famous quotes and sayings about cbecause to read and share with friends on your Facebook, Twitter, blogs. Top 8 Cbecause Quotes #1. You can never entirely rest comfortably with Michael Black or Michael Paynes. - Author: Joshua Malina #2. I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard than in the tomb of the Capulets. - Author: Edmund Burke #3. Franny liked this moment most of all: being alone in the kitchen after almost everything was finished, and listening to the assembled guests chatting happily, knowing they were soon to be fed. - Author: Emma Straub #4. I've been hit by a truck in love. - Author: Jennifer Aniston #5. If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want. - Author: Zig Ziglar #6. She used to think alone was the answer. Alone would stop the whispers and the taunts. Alone couldn't get her into any more trouble. Alone meant not getting hurt. Now, she'd give anything to see another human being. To hear someone call her name - Author: Kathryn Holmes #7. It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself and that's essential for any artist, I think. - Author: Jay-Z #8. The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you. - Author: David W Augsburger
0.999999	Reduce slideshow speed Increase slideshow speed Do not repeat slideshow Previous Pause slideshow Next Side A: The Pottery Capital of America. For nearly a century, East Liverpool dominated the United States pottery industry. Drawn to easily accessible clay deposits and ready river transportation, British-born potter James Bennett established the first commercial pottery here in 1841. His success drew other enterprising and innovative craftsmen, and by the Civil War era, the local industry was well established. During its peak production years (1865-1910), East Liverpool's potteries produced and sold the majority of America's crockery, with nearly the entire city's population employed in the industry. Competition from imports and plastics, along with limited expansion space in the narrow Ohio valley, brought a decline in East Liverpool's importance in the ceramics industry in the 20th century. Three large potteries continue the pottery tradition. The Ohio Historical Society's Museum of Ceramics displays collections of early local ware. Side B: Same. Same
0.999877	Two heads might be better than one, but are four wheels really better than two? Not in these 5 cities, where locals and tourists prefer bicycles for getting around town. Advertisement With stunning architecture and plenty of stopovers, life in these places really is better on a bike. Take a spin through 5 of the world’s greatest cities for cycling. Advertisement 5 Cities That Are Better On A Bike 1. Amsterdam The first thing you’ll notice when you get to Amsterdam, is that everyone here is cycling. And it’s easy to see why. Advertisement Cruise past flower sellers hanging fresh arrangements in the window, ogle at historic merchant’s houses that lean over glistening canals, and you’ll realize cycling really is the easiest way to take in the city. Your two wheels will let you duck into narrow alleyways a car simply couldn’t squeeze through. Advertisement It’s also helpful when making pit stops for fresh waffles, since your open-air ride helps you smell out the closest bakeries. Advertisement Advertisement Bike rental shops are located in most popular neighborhoods, offering all styles of two-wheelers to make you feel like a local as you make your rounds of the parks and cafes. If you’re looking to put some distance between you and the city, rent a road bike and head out of town, where a network of paths lead through open fields and along bubbling rivers, often ending at historic castles you’d never find on foot. Courtesy of Max Short via Flickr Advertisement Advertisement 2. Buenos Aires Argentina’s capital is pushing hard to get the attention of cyclists as a bike friendly city. In the past few years Buenos Aires has expanded their cycling networks to reach over 130km of inner city bike trails, most of them well kept and leading past fresh air parks and bustling plaza’s. Advertisement Squeeze the breaks when you’re riding downtown, where you can overhear on conversations at sidewalk cafés, while breathing in the perfume of flowers lining the streets of this musical town. Let your ears guide you to a dance hall, and park your two-wheeler at the door to watch the city’s famous dance, the tango, performed by the best in the world. Advertisement By the time you circle town it’ll be time for a cat nap, followed by a strong coffee from a neighborhood cafe, before finding out what this vibrant city has in store by night. In a place that glows with the sheen of freshly painted street murals, cycling is a great way to be a part the charm. Courtesy of Saul_xavier via Flickr 3. Portland, Oregon This Northwest city is great at combining two of life’s essentials: drinking coffee and riding bikes. With one of America’s highest ratios of cafes to people, plus endless miles of bike trail, it’s the perfect city to grab a take-out mug and get on the road. Cycling gives you quick access to Portland’s unique foodie scene, brimming with microbreweries and pastry shops that show off the city’s unique character. And there’s no need to worry about extra calories, since you’ll be burning them off while you pedal around town. Get out of the city for some of the best forest scenery in the U.S., as you cruise along trails and roads carved into the mountain side. There are plenty of tours available, helping you find the countless waterfalls surrounding this mellow Pacific city. Courtesy of drburtoni via Flickr 4. Copenhagen Push your tires over the cobblestone and explore the colorfully painted houses of Scandinavia’s coolest metropolis. Copenhagen makes huge investments into its cycling infrastructure, and it shows, with nearly half of all residents choosing to ride. In 2014 Copenhagen built the Bike Snake, an elevated orange bike ramp that rises over the city like a floating highway, carrying cyclists to the harbor bridge. The residents of Copenhagen stay focused on world class design and industrial-chic bars, making sure you’ve got trendy places to stop for sandwiches and pints of local creations whenever you get tired. Copenhagen’s bike share program stretches all over the city, letting you pick up a bike in one place and drop it off when you find a museum to explore, or stuff yourself with smørrebrød until you’re too full to ride home. Courtesy of Fiona Shaw via Flickr 5. Washington, DC With so many monuments and museums in such a small area, a bicycle is the only way to see Washington. Do a lap around the White House before your scheduled tour, then wheel over to the Washington Monument. Let the cool wind of progress blow your hair back, while Lincoln watches in deep thought as you casually cruise past. In a city where serious traffic leaves local residents tearing their hair out, you’ll be wheeling around without a care in the world. Bike share programs make it easy to borrow some wheels and drop them off wherever you end up. If you’re seeking an out of town adventure, rent a mountain bike and head for the Canal Trail, following the Pontiac River until the sound of arguing politicians fades out behind you. Courtesy of f11photo via Shutterstock Share Tweet Pin Author Recent Posts Helen Hatzis Co-founder at Trip Jaunt A Governor-General Award recipient, Helen Hatzis was also voted as one of Canada's Nicest People! A xenophile at heart, she lives to travel and loves to share her experience on Trip Jaunt (formerly Weekend Jaunt), an online travel community and hub she founded in 2010. She hopes that you will feel inspired to discover the world as well! Helen is a member of the North American Travel Journalists Association and the Academy of Canadian Film and Television.
0.999773	Architects explain how they see “massive societal sequestration” as a way of accelerating positive trends in the way people live, work, and communicate toward a more secure, sustainable future As a pandemic sweeps across the United States and the rest of the world, some designers and architects see an acceleration of workplace and lifestyle trends that were being slowly assimilated already into mainstream culture: remote work, digital socializing and relying largely on online sources for goods and services. On the other hand, some cultural norms are being completely reversed, such as traveling long distance, practicing daily commutes, and outsourcing childcare. Architects like Andrew Franz, AIA, LEED AP, a native New Yorker and founder of the nationally active design firm Andrew Franz Architect, PLLC, are carefully observing and analyzing these rapid, simultaneous shifts in daily life as they unfold – and finding some useful lessons and even some positivity in the current crisis. From an architectural and planning perspective, Franz sees many opportunities being exposed by the collective societal pause. Franz said: “This crisis is a compulsory social experiment. “It has forced many people around the world to quickly and fully adopt new technologies, ways of living, and approaches to doing business that was already becoming the ‘new normal,’ albeit very slowly.” The Covid-19 pandemic, Franz says, has fanned the flames of the technological revolution – a movement that has been spreading around the globe for decades and has the potential to support a better work/life balance for all people, as well as a smarter, more energy-efficient built environment. More people – specifically, more clients and bosses – are recognizing that face-face physical meetings and physical office attendance aren’t as critical for job performance and efficiency as they believed. Franz added: “In fact, some loosening of old-school professional rules may enhance employee or personal performance. Additionally, he adds that “because so many people – very, unfortunately – aren’t working right now, or are working from home, they aren’t moving about as much on a daily basis.” This has meant more personal time for family, but also fewer cars and vehicles on the road and ultimately less pollution. He said: “If we get used to this new, less mobile lifestyle and we end up maintaining it past the end of quarantine, the impacts for the future of transportation and the future of office buildings with their reduced occupancies might be massive.” Franz expects that offices may become smaller and more flexible, allowing for more shared desks on a “rotating” basis as professionals integrate working remotely into their permanent routine. However, he notes that offices will likely still serve a critical role, providing much needed moments of casual social interaction that is as critical to team building and creating company culture as it is to professional collaboration. “After all, many of us have spent more time with our peers than we have with our families, sleep time discounted,” says Franz. He speculates that in the short-term, individual desks and personal work stations may regain popularity as people slowly relax social distancing protocols and return to the office, but remain vigilant and protective of personal space. “Expect less density in the workplace whether that is less bench seating and more cubicles, or spread-out desks and private offices,” Franz said. Many people have seen how our homes can absorb and become our own personal offices, studios and laboratories, he added. Emphasizing that while many of the stringent lifestyle habits people are currently compelled to practice will eventually be relaxed – and many will fade away – Franz anticipates a continued and ongoing desire in people to work from home, especially once the family (or roommates) are not all there with you. As the home once again becomes the epicenter of life for so many Americans, domestic design and architecture are in the spotlight more than at any other time in recent memory. “Right now, houses and apartments have to be so much more than just a place to shower and sleep,” says Franz. “This crisis is not only revalidating the importance of having a home to go to in times like this – but almost more importantly it is asking us to question the nature of our dwellings – whether they are comfortable, functional, efficient and even inspiring to us.” With these expanded needs, the home must now serve as a workplace, a gym, a daycare, a school, a restaurant, and even a hospice. To better optimize dwellings for this wide range of functions, Franz offers some time-tested design guidance: Differentiate spaces with physical dividers – and schedule activities Especially in smaller houses and apartments, designated spaces aren’t available for each activity or need. People often have to take office work or homework to their kitchens or bedrooms with inadequate lighting or distracting smells and amid noisy or nosy family members and roommates. Dividing spaces with physical barriers or partitions to create flexible zones within bigger rooms, says Franz, is one solution. “We’ve seen the same issues people were facing in open offices taking place now inside people’s homes,” he said. “People who have to do focused tasks need a quiet environment, and meanwhile the kids need to play and the groceries need to get put away while the music or television is turned up too loud.” Physical dividers – even something as simple as hanging a curtain or fabric – can create boundaries and define different zones. Franz also adds that scheduling spaces for needed activities at different times can also help mitigate friction in cramped quarters. Use natural light and brighten up all interiors An enthusiastic advocate of using daylight, Franz points to the scientific effects of sunlight and good electric sources on human psychology, which backs up his ample and creative use of natural light in his buildings and interiors. “Natural light is proven to boost mood and productivity, so ideally you would have it coming in from multiple directions and sources,” he says. “Even if you only have one window in a room, don’t cover it – let the light spill in.” If a house or apartment doesn’t get much light, Franz suggests the next best thing: multiple electric illumination sources to flood more active spaces from multiple directions and most importantly, whether in the case of a small desk or large workroom, an LED task light. Bring nature indoors or step outside Franz stresses the importance of experiencing nature in some form every day. “Whether it’s a plant on your windowsill, or a view of the tree outside your window, or even a little balcony you can step out onto for some fresh air – don’t take it for granted,” says Franz. “In my case, I have an exterior stair and balcony that I sit out on and catch some sun, take a call or vertically socialize with my great neighbors. Some people are fortunate enough to have access to a roof garden, a yard or adjacent green space,” he adds. “At the very least, choose items made of natural materials for furnishing your home – real wood tables or chairs, stone sculptures or countertops, and artwork that represents nature are all great options. Think of Scandinavian interiors and how they introduce pattern into them to animate the long dark winters.” Get really good wifi “Staying connected is everything in our increasingly virtual world,” says Franz, “so having a great quality data connection installed in your home — perhaps even with a backup system should the first one fail — is a good idea.” Also, make sure you are creating a hard copy of your data if you’ve transitioned fully to the cloud, cautions the architect. As millennials and Generation Z come of age, their preferences for a nomadic lifestyle and untethered existence has led to a steady national decline in homeownership rates. Crashpads, monthly rentals, and a slew of other temporary accommodations are clearly favored by up and coming generations, who also largely prefer to live in urban or urban-feeling areas. But according to Franz “this crisis is reminding many of us how good it feels to have stable roots – to have a shelter to retreat to that reflects our deepest values, supports our needs, and gives us the true sense of safety, control and total belonging that we all crave.”
0.951277	A genetic variant carried by one in three people further raises the risk of bowel cancer for people who eat a lot of processed meat, a study has found. Bowel cancer is influenced by a variety of genetic and lifestyle factors and frequent consumers of processed meat were already known to be at a greater risk of developing the disease. In order to find out how common genetic variants might influence bowel cancer risk, scientists pooled data from ten diet studies involving around 9,000 colorectal cancer patients and a similar number of controls. They scanned the data, looking for any effects of 2.7 million common variants on bowel cancer risk and detected a significant interaction between the variant 'rs4143094' and processed meat consumption. Compared with people whose diet included little or no processed meat, the heaviest consumers were more than twice as likely to develop bowel cancer if they carried the 'worst' version of the variant. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer in the UK. Figures from Cancer Research UK show that in 2010 there were 65 new cases of bowel cancer for every 100,000 people. 'Diet is a modifiable risk factor for colorectal cancer', said the study's first author Dr Jane Figueiredo of the University of Southern California. 'Our study is the first to understand whether some individuals are at higher or lower risk based on their genomic profile. This information can help us better understand the biology and maybe in the future lead to targeted prevention strategies'. The variant is located on the same region of chromosome 10 that also houses GATA3, a gene involved in the immune system which has been shown to be mutated in several forms of cancer. The researchers think that the variant's proximity to GATA3 might explain its influence on bowel cancer risk. In the paper they say that 'a plausible though speculative biological basis for our findings is that processed meat triggers a [cancer-inducing] inflammatory or immunological response'. The study was published in the journal PLOS Genetics. SOURCES & REFERENCES Gene increases cancer risk posed by processed meat Telegraph \| 18 April 2014 Gene increases meat-eaters' cancer risk Sydney Morning Herald \| 18 April 2014 Gene variant makes eaters of processed meat 'more likely to get colorectal cancer' Medical News Today \| 18 April 2014 Genome-Wide Diet-Gene Interaction Analyses for Risk of Colorectal Cancer PLOS Genetics \| 17 April 2014 New gene variant found increases the risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat EurekAlert! (press release) \| 17 April 2014 RELATED ARTICLES FROM THE BIONEWS ARCHIVE Genetic marker predicts colon cancer chemotherapy outcome 25 January 2016 - by Dr Hannah Somers Scientists in the USA have identified a biomarker that could predict which patients with colon cancer might benefit from chemotherapy to prevent recurrences of the disease after surgical treatment.... Aspirin's anti-cancer actions depend on individual genetic make-up 23 March 2015 - by Rhys Baker Whether or not aspirin reduces a person's risk of bowel cancer could all be down to their genetic make-up, according to a US study... Non-invasive DNA test picks up more colon cancers and more false positives 24 March 2014 - by Daryl Ramai A stool-sample DNA test has detected 92 percent of colon cancers in a large clinical trial, compared to 74 percent picked up by the most commonly used non-invasive test... Genetic basis found for the perseverance of bowel cancer 4 March 2013 - by Reuben Harwood Losing genes that help stabilise a cells DNA may explain why some cancers are resistant to treatment, say scientists... Old drug, new tricks: aspirin may boost colon cancer survival for patients with gene mutation 29 October 2012 - by Purvi Shah Regular use of aspirin may extend the lives of colon cancer patients whose tumour carries a specific gene mutation, scientists report... Scientists unpick actions of faulty gene behind red meat bowel cancer risk 13 August 2012 - by Cait McDonagh A faulty gene linked to bowel cancer interacts with dietary iron to significantly increase the risk of developing the disease, research on mice suggests...
0.998468	Peering into 2021: Our Priorities to Support Employers and Other Purchasers - Catalyst for Payment Reform Log Out Log In The Latest Resource Library Upcoming Events Join Us All Blog Posts Share + LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Email Peering into 2021: Our Priorities to Support Employers and Other Purchasers January 04, 2021 Suzanne Delbanco, CPR’s Executive Director, wrote this blog, which was originally published in November 2020. 2020 didn’t turn out the way anyone planned. While the COVID-19 pandemic leads the list of seismic shifts, the economic downturn it spurred follows close behind. I know I’m not the only one who counted the days until 2020 was behind us, looking forward to a fresh start in 2021. But what should that fresh start entail for employers and other health care purchasers who continue the hard slog of seeking good value for their health care dollar? Catalyst for Payment Reform will focus on three strategies in 2021. We will help purchasers stimulate a more competitive and cost-conscious health care system. First, we believe it is critical that purchasers do what is within their power to make the health care system more competitive and cost-conscious. There are myriad ways to do this, but most important is for purchasers to implement strategies in their buying of health care services that give preference to higher-quality, lower-cost health care providers. Given that most health care benefits programs treat health care providers as uniform commodities, spurring local providers to compete on quality and cost is as disruptive as it is innovative. But this is the most precise way for employers to shave off the unnecessarily high costs of over-priced providers and low-value services. Examples include narrow, high-performance provider networks, centers of excellence programs, and insurance options built around an ACO product created through a direct contract with a health system. From another angle, purchasers can also work to stymie the efforts of dominant health care providers to squash competition from other providers. For instance, purchasers can push their contracted health plans to retire contract clauses that give preferential treatment to providers who do not meet the definition of high-value. Furthermore, there’s a whole new crop of alternative third-party administrators who contract with high-quality, more affordable providers. As a result, purchasers can offer more affordable insurance options in place of or alongside more traditional health plan products. We will reassess payment reform and explore new payment models. A second area on which CPR will focus in 2021 – no surprise to those familiar with us – will be a reassessment of payment reform. COVID-19 has created a natural pause in the payment reform movement. Providers have asked for reduced quality reporting burdens and a pathway out of shared risk obligations as they focus on caring for patients with COVID-19 and experience unprecedented drops in the utilization of elective health care services. We’ve come a long way since the launch of CPR 10 years ago. Alternatives to traditional fee-for-service payment abound. While many models have had lackluster results, the health care industry has learned a lot, and this could be the right moment to create new approaches that combine the best features of different payment models. While the incumbent health insurance companies may be game to explore hybrid payment models, such as combining partial capitation with fee-for-service for primary care providers, there will also be opportunities for purchasers to work directly with health care providers eager for experimentation and partnership. We will educate purchasers and policy makers on promising policy approaches. The third area worth continued and new thought is how the policy arena can help employers and other health care purchasers succeed in these areas. How can states and the federal government design policies that help to control high and rising health care prices, or come up with a sustainable and right-sized approach to paying for telehealth services? What about antitrust scrutiny and enforcement as providers continue to consolidate, a trend potentially accelerated by the revenue freefall that some physician practices and hospitals experienced when COVID-19 reduced the utilization of health care services. CPR will seek out promising policy approaches about which to educate both purchasers and policy makers. Given the pace of breaking news these days, 2021 is likely to bring its own surprises. No matter what’s in store, CPR will pursue these efforts on behalf of employers, other health care purchasers and consumers. The need for high-quality, affordable care has never been more acute.
0.990504	Two teens from an Orlando private Christian school were arrested following an incident involving shots fired near Carver Middle School. Markeith Loyd’s mother testifies during penalty phase of his murder trial The penalty phase of Markeith Loyd’s second murder trial resumed Friday as the judge and jury work to determine a punishment for Loyd following his guilty verdict in the 2017 killing of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton. BREAKING NEWS 13-year-old arrested on attempted murder charge in shooting near Carver Middle School, police say Markeith Loyd’s mother testifies during penalty phase of his murder trial HIDE Ad Business Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press Published: September 8, 2021 1:10 am Updated: September 8, 2021 9:01 am Tags: Education, Sports, Lori Loughlin, Business, Mossimo Giannulli, entertainment, William Singer, Arts, Felicity Huffman Sign up for our Newsletters Ad Ad SHOP DEALS Save over $400 off this foldable electric bike with this deal Shop these 5 nifty gifts for under $100 each LATEST NEWS 1 hour ago UCF police report recent voyeurism incident on school’s main campus 2 hours ago A look inside opening day of Guy Fieri’s Chicken Guy! in Winter Park 1 hour ago Salvation Army helping Seminole County family in need due to COVID-19 2 hours ago Omicron variant cases crop up across states as Florida averages 1,552 daily COVID cases Business 'Varsity Blues' trial promises fresh insights in old scandal Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press Published: September 8, 2021 1:10 am Updated: September 8, 2021 9:01 am Tags: Education, Sports, Lori Loughlin, Business, Mossimo Giannulli, entertainment, William Singer, Arts, Felicity Huffman Full Screen 1 / 4 Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved FILE In this April 3, 2019 file photo, investor John Wilson, left, arrives at federal court in Boston with his wife Leslie to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. The first trial stemming from Operation Varsity Blues, the federal government's crackdown on celebrities and ordinary Americans who paid a middleman to get their kids into prestigious colleges and universities, opens Sept. 8, 2021 with jury selection. While the big names like Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have pleaded guilty and served their time, the upcoming trial will feature lesser known defendants. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) BOSTON – The first trial in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions bribery scandal will begin this week, with the potential to shed light on investigators' tactics and brighten the spotlight on a secretive school selection process many have long complained is rigged to favor the rich. Jury selection is beginning Wednesday in federal court in Boston in the case against two parents — former casino executive Gamal Abdelaziz and former Staples and Gap Inc. executive John Wilson — who are accused of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to help get their kids into the University of Southern California by falsely presenting them as athletic recruits. Though they were among dozens of prominent parents, athletic coaches and others arrested across the country when the case exploded into the headlines over two years ago, theirs is the first to go trial. Ad Defense attorneys are expected to argue that they believed their payments were legitimate donations and that USC's treatment of their kids was routine for parents with deep pockets. “The government appears to want to present its one-sided evidence that the ‘school wasn’t okay’ with granting preferential admissions treatment for donations while at the same time blocking the defendants’ evidence that, in fact, the school was okay with this arrangement,” the two executives' lawyers wrote in a court filing. Prosecutors say the defense is merely trying to muddy the waters in a clear-cut case of lying and fraud. Since March 2019, a parade of wealthy parents have pleaded guilty to paying big bucks to help get their kids into school with rigged test scores or bogus athletic credentials. The group — including TV actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and Loughlin’s fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli — have received punishments ranging from probation to nine months behind bars. Ad Now, prosecutors face the challenge of convincing a jury that two of the few remaining parents still fighting are guilty. Abdelaziz, of Las Vegas, is accused of paying $300,000 to the sham charity run by the scheme's mastermind — admissions consultant Rick Singer — to get his daughter into USC as a basketball recruit. Prosecutors say Abdelaziz signed off an athletic profile that touted the girl as a star, even though she didn't even make the cut for her high school varsity team. Wilson, who heads a Massachusetts private equity firm, is charged with paying $220,000 to have his son designated as a USC water polo recruit and an additional $1 million to buy his twin daughters' ways into Harvard and Stanford. Prosecutors say Singer told Wilson he couldn't secure spots for both girls on Stanford's sailing team because Singer said the coach “has to actually recruit some real sailors so that Stanford doesn’t...catch on." Ad An attorney for Abdelaziz declined to comment ahead of the trial, and a lawyer for Wilson didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Defense attorneys have argued in court documents that their clients had no knowledge of any false information submitted about their children. They say USC can't be a victim of fraud because the school regularly rewarded donors by giving their kids special treatment in admissions. Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to turn the case into a trial on USC's admissions policies instead of whether the parents agreed to lie and trump up their kids' athletic credentials. USC has said it wasn’t aware of Singer’s scheme until 2018 when it began cooperating with investigators. The judge told the defense at a recent hearing that “USC is not on trial." The parents’ attorneys would be allowed to introduce evidence that the school admitted other unqualified students whose parents donated, the judge said, only if the defendants were aware of it at the time they paid the alleged bribes. Ad Opening statements are expected on Monday. Among issues likely to influence jury selection is the wealth of the defendants. Defense attorneys had sought to block prosecutors from introducing evidence about their incomes, wealth, spending or lifestyles, saying it would do nothing other than “unfairly prejudice the jury.” But U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton said such evidence could show the parents were motivated “to have their children admitted to elite universities so they could maintain or improve their status in the community.” Singer, the admissions consultant who began cooperating with the FBI in 2018 and recorded his phone calls with parents, has pleaded guilty and was long expected to be a key witness for the government. But prosecutors have not yet said whether they intend to call him to the stand. Defense attorneys have seized on notes revealed in court documents last year in which Singer claimed investigators told him to lie to get parents to make incriminating statements. In the notes Singer took on his phone in 2018, Singer said the agents instructed him to say he told the parents the payments were bribes. Ad The agents have denied pressuring Singer to lie, but putting Singer on the stand could present the defense with an opportunity to attack his credibility. “He can be directly confronted on statements suggesting that he may have in fact been pressured in saying certain things ... which could be devastating to the prosecution if the jury believes that,” said Brad Bailey, a former federal prosecutor in Massachusetts who isn’t involved in the case. But at the same time, not calling Singer could be even more problematic for prosecutors by allowing the defense “to raise more questions that really could result in reasonable doubt,” said Bailey, now a defense attorney. Wilson is also fighting another legal battle after filing a defamation lawsuit against Netflix in April over its portrayal of him in its “Operation Varsity Blues” documentary. Ad Wilson’s lawyers wrote that Singer deceived him and insist that his son was not a fake athlete, but “an invited member of the United States Olympic water polo development program” with grades and test scores that "were more than sufficient to gain admission to USC.” Another parent who was supposed to go on trial with Abdelaziz and Wilson pleaded guilty last month to paying $500,000 to get her son into the USC as a football recruit though he wouldn’t really play on the team. Marci Palatella, the chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company, was the 33rd parent to plead guilty in the case. Three other parents are scheduled to go to trial in January. The sprawling Varsity Blues case has been prosecuted out of Boston since authorities there began investigating the scheme years ago thanks to a tip from an executive targeted in a securities fraud probe. Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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0.976397	Nucleotides and nucleosides can be supplied to an organism by either a salvage reaction or by synthesis from smaller precursors. Salvage reactions convert free purine and pyrimidine bases into nucleotides. Additionally, free purines and pyrimidines can be degraded, the purines to the oxidized ring compound uric acid and the pyrimidines to smaller compounds (β‐amino acids, not the α‐amino acids found in proteins). Finally, purines and pyrimidines can be synthesized from smaller precursors ( de novo synthesis). Thus three interacting pathways for nucleotides, nucleosides, and the free bases exist: salvage, degradation, and biosynthesis. This complexity is due to the central role of nucleotides as energy currency, signaling molecules, and precursors to informational macromolecules in the cell. If the supply of nucleotides becomes limiting, cells couldn't make DNA or RNA, for example. Likewise, cells need to have a balanced supply of nucleotides, because A and T, as well as C and G, occur at the same proportions in DNA and in similar amounts in RNA. Thus the cell must ensure the availability of an adequate supply of precursors. On the other hand, more ATP is needed in energy storage relative to the other nucleoside triphosphates. Finally, the purine bases themselves and the purine nucleosides are toxic to humans (for a variety of reasons), so they must be readily eliminated. Salvage pathways The nucleotide and nucleosides of a cell are continually in flux. For example, DNA and RNA chains are being synthesized in the cell. Even though the overall DNA content of a cell is constant, small stretches are continually being repaired. Part of the repair process is the breakdown of one strand of the DNA double helix into nucleotides, nucleosides, and free bases. Free purines and pyrimidines are converted back into nucleoside triphosphate monomers to be reincorporated into DNA. A common step in this pathway is the reaction of free bases with phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) to yield nucleotides. PRPP is a general activator of nitrogen ring compounds. For example, PRPP is added to anthranilate during the biosynthesis of tryptophan in bacteria. PRPP is made by the activation of ribose‐5‐phosphate. Ribose‐5‐phosphate can be made through the pentose phosphate pathway. Apparently, two enzymes exist in all systems—one for purines and one for pyrimidines. The synthesis of the glycosidic bond uses the 1′‐pyrophosphate of PRPP as an energy source, and either enzyme transfers the free base to the 1′ position of the ribose, making a nucleotide. See Figure 1 . Figure 1 One enzyme uses either guanine or hypoxanthine (adenine with the amino group replaced by an OH). A second enzyme uses free adenine. A third enzyme is specific for uracil and thymine. All the enzymes carry out the same reaction: transfer of the free base to the ribose‐5′‐monophosphate of PRPP, forming a nucleoside‐5′‐monophosphate (NMP). Purine biosynthesis Purine synthesis uses a PRPP “handle” where the ring is assembled to make a 5′ NMP, inosine monophosphate (IMP). IMP is the common intermediate in purine biosynthesis, and can be converted to GMP or AMP as needed. The first reaction in purine biosynthesis is the transfer of the amide from glutamine to PRPP with release of pyrophosphate. The product is phosphoribosylamine (PRA). Then the amino acid glycine is transferred to PRA, making glycinamide mononucleotide. The amino group of glycine is formylated, with the formyl group being donated by N 10‐formyl‐tetrahydrofolate. Now the amino NH 2 is transferred to the carboxyl carbon of glycine from glutamin, with ATP as an energy source. This compound, formylglycineamidine ribonucleotide, closes to make the “smaller” (imidazole) ring of the purine. Again, ring closure uses ATP energy. Now the larger ring is built on the smaller one. A carboxylation reaction with CO 2 starts synthesis of the 6‐membered ring. Then the amino group of aspartate is transferred to the carboxyl, making an amide. This condensation uses ATP and the amide is cleaved to release fumarate, leaving behind the imidazole with a 5‐amino group (left from the amidation of glycine four steps earlier) and a 4‐carboxamide. (Note how this reaction is similar to the formation of arginine during the urea cycle.) Eight of the nine components of the ring are now present. The last ring component comes from a 1‐carbon transfer of a formyl group from N 10‐formyltetrahydrofolate. Finally, the ring is closed by dehydration to yield IMP. IMP is the key intermediate of purine nucleotide biosynthesis. IMP can react along two pathways that yield either GMP or AMP. Oxidation of the 2 position makes xanthine monophosphate, which is transamidated to GMP. Alternatively, the α‐amino group of aspartate can replace the ring oxygen of IMP to make AMP. (Note again how this reaction is similar to the synthesis of arginine from citrulline.) The rates of these two complementary reactions can control the amount of either AMP or GMP present in the cell. Each of these reactions is feedback‐inhibited by its nucleotide product. Thus, if more adenosine nucleotides exist than guanosine nucleotides, the synthesis of AMP slows down until the purine nucleotides balance. Degradation of purine nucleotides Extra purines in the diet must be eliminated. In mammals, the product of purine breakdown is a weak acid, uric acid, which is a purine with oxygen at each of three carbons. Uric acid is the major nitrogen excretion product in birds and reptiles, where it is responsible for the white, chalky appearance of these droppings. Uric acid is poorly soluble in water, and in humans, formation of uric acid crystals is responsible for the painful symptoms of gout. These crystals are deposited in joints (recall that the classic symptom of gout is an inflamed toe). Adenosine is degraded in a two‐step reaction. First, the enzyme adenosine deaminase acts on AMP or adenosine nucleoside to yield IMP or inosine. IMP is cleaved by phosphorolysis of the nucleoside to yield hypoxanthine and ribose‐1‐phosphate. (This reaction is similar to the phosphorolysis of glycogen by glycogen phosphorylase.) Guanosine is degraded in a two‐step reaction sequence. First, guanosine phosphorylase phosphorolyses the nucleoside to free guanine and ribose‐1‐phosphate. The next reaction is the deamination of guanosine to xanthine. Xanthine needs only one more oxygen to form uric acid. Xanthine oxidase oxidizes hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid, using molecular oxygen, O 2. As mentioned earlier, uric acid is only slightly soluble and individuals with impaired secretion or excess production of uric acid are subject to the pain of gout as uric acid precipitates in the joints. Most cases of gout are probably due to impaired excretion of uric acid because of poor kidney function. Because the concentration of uric acid in the blood is near the solubility limit, only a slight impairment of elimination can push the concentration high enough to precipitate uric acid. More frequently nowadays, gout appears in persons whose kidney function is impaired with age, although it is also found in individuals with genetic deficiencies in the level of hypoxanthine‐guanine phosphoribosyl transferase. In the latter case, the salvage pathway does not function well, and more purines must be eliminated through their conversion to uric acid. The drug allopurinol, which is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, effectively treats gout. Allopurinol is structurally similar to hypoxanthine, except that the 5‐membered ring has the positions of the carbon and nitrogens reversed. Xanthine oxidase is able to bind allopurinol and catalyze one oxidation, converting it to a compound that is similar to xanthine. However, after that conversion, the enzyme is trapped in an inactive oxidation state and can't carry out its normal function of forming uric acid. Additionally, allopurinol inhibits the de novo (new, from other compounds; not recycled) synthesis of purines, further decreasing the amount of uric acid formed in the blood. 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0.999981	15th November 2021 / in Supplier Onboarding, E-invoicing, AP Workflow, Paperless Office, All, P2P Automation, USA / by Roger Hatfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Billers have lots of invoice choices - paper shouldn't be one of them A traditional paper-based purchase invoice process consists of multiple manual activities: the supplier raises the invoice in their finance application; they print it out, place it into an envelope and send it on its way in the mail. Their customer receives the mail, opens and sorts the items and enters the invoice details into their accounting system. The manual activities don’t always stop there, as the invoice is often photocopied or scanned, with the copy invoice sent around the organisation for approval for payment. It often takes days – or even weeks – from invoice generation, through to it being approved and ready for payment, and is a manually intensive process prone to errors and delays. What's the typical invoice processing method? There are a few different steps to the typical invoice processing method. 1. An incoming invoice is received by the Accounts Payable department. 2. The data on the actual invoice then needs to be entered into your system, e.g. it needs to be extracted and captured in a standardised format. 3. The AP team is then responsible for handling the invoice, therefore will manually or automatically apply accurate coding using an Accounts Payable solution that has been pre-set to the business's specific rules. 4. The next step is invoice approval, which differs slightly to the invoice processing procedure, based on the type of invoice. This could be either an expense invoice or a PO-based invoice. For PO-based invoices, invoice processing can be performed automatically, without human intervention, using invoice matching technology through an AP automation solution like CloudTrade. The problem with paper-based invoice processing It is costly for the customer receiving paper (mailroom, handling, registration, storage, destruction etc.) It is costly for the supplier sending paper (printing, handling, postage). There is a lack of visibility and control for both supplier and customer. It is slow, manually intensive and prone to error (invoices getting lost, delayed, duplicated and data entry issues). The benefits of streamlined invoice processing operations through E-Invoicing In addition to removing manual activities and cost savings delivered, e-invoicing also enables greater control and visibility within the finance function and increases the ability for the buyer to pay on time and take advantage of supplier discounts. For an organisation to realise those benefits, it is clear they must convert suppliers from paper to electronic. E-invoicing has been around in various guises for over 40 years, yet there is still confusion and misunderstanding about the different types of e-invoicing. Improve supplier collaboration for faster onboarding and faster error detection and resolution. Increase efficiency within your AP department while reducing operating costs by accelerating invoice processing, validation and approval. Increase accuracy by minimising or eliminating paper processes and manual errors for entry procedures. Optimise and simplify the matching of invoices, purchase orders and receiving reports. Quick, simple access to invoices enhances payment control and the response times for your accounts payable department. Boost savings and spend management. Ensure continuity of your business in times of disruption. Automation options Let’s look at the automation options available and why some approaches are having more success than others at on-boarding suppliers. XML or EDI invoicing: The traditional e-invoicing approach was for a supplier to send XML or EDI files. Conceptually it is simple: the billing system of the supplier sends (often via a service provider) an XML or EDI invoice document to the finance application of their buyer. But for suppliers, it is less simple. In the majority of cases, the supplier needs to change their billing application and infrastructure in order to send XML or EDI documents. If the supplier is sending 1,000 invoices a year to the buyer, they may be able to justify the effort and cost to do this (assuming they also have the skills available that is). But if they are only sending 100 invoices a year, it is far less likely they will be willing to make the changes to support this method of invoicing. As a result, on-boarding rates remain low and paper invoicing remains. Invoice Portals: Portals were supposed to remove the barriers to e-invoicing which exist with XML and EDI. And they do, but only for a minority of suppliers. The problem for all except the very smallest, micro business, is that to use an invoice portal creates duplication and operational inefficiencies. If an organisation already raises their invoice in an accounting application, why would they want to do it all over again in a 3rd party portal? Duplicate time, duplicate effort and duplicate cost. They also add risk that the invoice details recorded in the supplier’s finance application are different to those in the portal. So, portals may help the very smallest of suppliers who don’t use an accounting package, but for everyone else, it makes no business sense. As a result, on-boarding rates remain low and paper invoicing remains. Pay to send an invoice: Not a type of e-invoicing per se, but this is a commercial model many service providers adopt when offering the invoice submission options above and which can have a serious impact on on-boarding rates. Many suppliers balk at the idea of paying for the privilege of sending in their invoice (and I must say I am with them on that!). PDF e-invoicing: It is common knowledge (backed up by reports from the likes of Accounts Receivable Network) that PDF invoicing is the second most popular way to invoice after paper. It simply requires the supplier to create their invoice as normal within their own accounting package and send as a PDF file via email instead of printing and sending as a paper document via snail mail. Almost every billing application can generate an invoice as a PDF, what many people aren’t aware of is that when a PDF is generated by a billing application, in almost every instance it will be a text PDF with all the invoice data items embedded in the document and visible to the right technology. This type of e-invoicing is accessible to all, large and small companies alike. Suppliers are not required to change their processes, or incur any technology or infrastructure changes or costs, nor to pay to send their invoices. As a result onboarding rates are extremely high. Achieve e-invoicing success through high supplier adoption For an e-invoicing solution to be a success in your business it needs to achieve high supplier adoption rates, and to do this it needs to be simple to use and non-disruptive to your suppliers: Don’t ask suppliers to change their applications or infrastructure to send XML or EDI. Don’t ask suppliers to raise their invoice in their own accounting package and then do it again in a 3rd party portal. And don’t charge them! By adopting these principles, you can pretty much guarantee high supplier adoption rates in your e-invoicing programme. This article was published by PaymentsSource Tags: Supplier Onboarding, E-invoicing, AP Workflow, Paperless Office, All, P2P Automation, USA Share this entry Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail You might also like Sustainable invoicing: Why it's vital for the office of the future About the Author Roger Hatfield Roger is a seasoned executive with 30+ years of management, sales, marketing, IT product and process strategy expertise and heads up CloudTrade's North American team. Spanning a wide range of industries and technology-based organisations, Roger brings unique insight into how to solve complex P2P problems and how efficient and accurate data capture can truly transform a business. 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0.999979	Liverpool have been urged to sign Fulham full back Ryan Sessegnon to rotate with Scotland international Andrew Robertson by Reds legend Steve Nicol. ESPN pundit Nicol certainly thinks that’s the case. “Still a teenager,” Nicol said, as quoted by the Express. “Well he [wouldn’t be] starting, he’s pushing. He’s there to push and he’s there to make the eleven that start better. “He’s still a teenager, still has a lot to learn, but, what, in two or three years time, he’s pushing Robertson or anybody else down that left-hand side.” The left back is into the last year of his contract at Craven Cottage, and has been subject of interest from Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. This is purely speculation, of course, but Alberto Moreno has just left the club and we likely need someone to fill in for Robertson now and then. A new left-back needs to be better defensively than Alby, but content to wait for his opportunities, while also pushing the Scotland skipper in training – the young Englishman could be the answer. Sessegnon is an excellent option for Liverpool, if he’s up for the move. The youngster is out of contract next summer too – so we may even be able to sneak in there. The only issue would be any club that’s willing to cough up the £40million that Fulham are reportedly asking for, as per the Express. Share this: Share Twitter More Stories: Andrew Robertson, Fulham, Liverpool, Ryan Sessegnon Comments are closed. Football News 24/7 Related Stories (Image) Major Anfield Road End update as Liverpool’s stadium development continues News Posted November 29, 2021 16:58 (Video) Watch Liverpool loanee produce brilliant double extra-time save to guide St. Pat’s to FAI Cup glory News Posted November 29, 2021 10:01 (Video) Watch as the Everton supporters boo their players off the pitch ahead of the Merseyside Derby News Posted November 29, 2021 9:26 Context needed when discussing Liverpool’s lengthy injury list claims medical expert News Posted November 28, 2021 16:53 (Video) Watch a new angle of the Porto pitch invaders who stole the Champions League match ball before escaping past the stewards
0.961591	Kim Mulkey's crossroads: Her Baylor past, her LSU present and why she's not apologizing for any of it 2dMechelle Voepel Seton Hall suspends Espinoza-Hunter vs. UConn 5h Staley vague on status of injured PG Henderson 1d Griner wants 'special moment' with Baylor honor 1dMechelle Voepel Kim Mulkey's crossroads: Her Baylor past, her LSU present and why she's not apologizing for any of it 2dMechelle Voepel NCAA announces expansion of women's college basketball tournament to 68 teams Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Email Nov 17, 2021 Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The NCAA announced Wednesday that the women's basketball tournament will move to a 68-team field, up from 64, starting this season. In addition, the women's selection show will be Sunday, March 13, on ESPN. The show had been on Mondays since 2006, but it moves back to Sunday to accommodate the extra games, which will be played March 16-17. The last four at-large teams and teams seeded 65 through 68 will compete in the opening-round games prior to the start of the first and second rounds of the championship, which begin March 18-19. The top 16 seeds will host first- and second-round games. For the 2022 tournament, the four new opening-round games will be held at four of those 16 sites. Starting in 2023, the opening round will be held at a neutral site to be determined. Editor's Picks Women's Bracketology: Unbeaten Arizona ascends to No. 1 seed 6hCharlie Creme The men's tournament went to 68 teams in 2011, resulting in the First Four, which precedes the start of first-round play. The men's First Four has been played in Dayton, Ohio, every season except in 2021, when due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was held in Indiana along with the rest of the men's tournament. "This was another important step in providing additional championship participation opportunities for women's basketball student-athletes," Nina King, chair of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee and director of athletics at Duke, said in a statement. "The committee was in support of implementing this as soon as possible and were pleased that the expanded championship field will be in play immediately for the upcoming championship and beyond." The NCAA women's tournament began in 1982 with 32 teams and grew over the years until reaching 64 teams in 1994. The move to 68 teams follows other NCAA measures in recent weeks regarding women's basketball, such as opting to use the March Madness branding for the women's tournament. The changes come in the wake of the gender equity report by the law firm of Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, which the NCAA commissioned regarding its championships after disparities between the men's and women's basketball tournaments came to light in March. "The expanded bracket and championship opportunities for Division I women's basketball student-athletes are paramount," Lisa Campos, chair of the Division I Women's Basketball Oversight Committee and director of athletics at UTSA, said in a statement. "While the 2022 championship will be conducted at top-16 seed campus sites, this is a transition year for the tournament, and strong consideration will be given for other improvement areas, including opening-round games taking place at a predetermined site, in order to improve the championship experience in 2023 and beyond." The Division I Women's Basketball Committee, which now consists of 12 members versus 10 as in previous years, also approved an updated Selection Principles and Procedures document for 2021-22. The document will reflect the move to 36 at-large teams along with the 32 automatic qualifying teams, as well as updated bracketing principles language. ESPN channels will broadcast all games of the 2022 women's tournament. UConn women's coach Geno Auriemma said he thinks the move to 68 is primarily "because the men do it." But he added that if it means more mid-major and small-conference schools have a chance to make the women's NCAA tournament field, it could be a positive. "Then I'm all for it," said Auriemma, whose Huskies play in the Big East. "If it's more about getting the eighth- or ninth-best teams in from the power conferences, I'm not sure why they deserve to play in the NCAA tournament." LSU women's coach Kim Mulkey said, "You don't want it to water down the tournament. And I say that here at LSU, when I might need that 68th spot this season. If it's beneficial for the tournament and something that should have been done, that's OK. But you don't want it going to 72 a few years from now." The four women's regionals this season are slated for Bridgeport, Connecticut; Greensboro, North Carolina; Wichita, Kansas and Spokane, Washington. The women's Final Four is at Target Center in Minneapolis from April 1-3.
0.565062	On the fifth of Iyar, 5708 (May 14, 1948), three years after the conclusion of World War II and the destruction of European Jewry, including the murder of six million Jews, fifty-one years after the First Zionist Congress, and close to two thousand years after the destruction of the second Beit Ha-mikdash, David Ben-Gurion declared the independence of the State of Israel, based upon the UN Partition Plan (United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181) approved on November 29, 1947. The next day, the armies of five Arab countries—Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq—attacked Israel, launching the War of Independence, which lasted close to a year. Nineteen years later, shortly after Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser expelled the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) from the Sinai Peninsula (May 1967), Egypt amassed 1,000 tanks and nearly 100,000 soldiers on the Israeli border. Jordan and Syria signed mutual defense treaties, and Iraqi tanks lined the Jordanian border. Fearing an imminent attack, Israel launched a preemptive strike on the Egyptian air force on June 5, 1967. Jordan responded by attacking Jerusalem, Netanya, and the outskirts of Tel Aviv. On June 9th, Israel attacked the Syrian controlled Golan Heights, from which Israeli settlements in the Galilee were shelled for the previous seventeen years. By June 10th, Israel had Israel had seized the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank, including the Old City of Jerusalem, which had been under Jordanian control for seventeen years. Israel's territory grew by a factor of three. The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, representing the first Jewish autonomy in the Land of Israel in almost 2,000 years (see Rambam, Hilkhot Megilla Ve-chanuka 3:1), as well as the ensuing military victory, signaled the return of Am Yisrael to Zion and the rescue of the Jewish People – those who lived in the Land of Israel, as well as those who now had a nation to which they could flee. The victory of the Six Day War not only saved the young country from almost certain defeat at the hands of its Arab neighbors, but returned Jerusalem and the Temple Mount to the Jewish People, as well as the heart of the Biblical land of Israel, including Judea and Samaria. For the religious Jew, such events demand a spiritual response. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 94a) teaches: The Holy One, blessed be He, wished to appoint Chizkiyahu as the Messiah, and Sancheiriv as Gog and Magog, whereupon the Attribute of Justice said before the Holy One, blessed be He: “Sovereign of the Universe! If You did not make David the Messiah, who uttered so many hymns and psalms before You, will You appoint Chizkiyahu as such, who did not praise You in spite of all these miracles which You wrought for him?” Chizkiyahu was due to be appointed the Mashiach, but his lack of gratitude denied him, and the Jewish People, this opportunity. Therefore, all who recognize God’s hand in modern historical events feel obligated to respond – but how? What are the proper, permissible, or obligatory means of thanking Ha-Kadosh Barukh Hu? In this shiur, we will discuss two issues raised regarding Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim: the establishment of a new holiday and the recitation of Hallel. We will also discuss whether one should distinguish between these two significant days. At the outset, I would like to state: Whether or not one embraces the recitation of Hallel on Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim is not a litmus test of one’s level of Zionism or commitment to the State of Israel. However, it behooves all of us to acknowledge the significance, both historical and spiritual, of these events and grapple with the proper means to respond. The Establishment of New Holidays – Bal Tosif Upon the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, halakhic authorities discussed the legitimacy of the establishment of a holiday, Yom Ha-atzmaut, as a day of praise and thanksgiving. Numerous posekim looked for prior historical/halakhic precedents. Centuries earlier, the Acharonim debated whether a community may establish a “Purim” – a day of thanksgiving commemorating a miraculous event that occurred – and whether the observance of such a day would be obligatory upon the residents of a given city even for generations afterwards. R. Moshe Alshakar (1466-1542), in his Teshuvot Maharam Alshakar (49), rules that a community certainly has this authority to establish a “Purim in order to publicize a miracle that happened on a specific day,” and it is binding upon generations to come. The Magen Avraham (686) cites this responsum. R. Chezekiah da Silva (1659-1698), in his commentary to the Shulchan Arukh, the Peri Chadash (Orach Chaim 696), confirms that numerous communities have instituted festive days in order to commemorate miraculous events. He cites R. Alshakar, but disagrees. He contends that nowadays we rule that “batla Megillat Ta’anit” – the days enumerated by the chronicle known as Megillat Ta’anit, which commemorate joyful events that occurred to the Jewish People during the time of the Second Temple and were celebrated as festive days, are no longer in practice. Therefore, not only are these days not observed, but one may no longer institute holidays that commemorate festive events. R. Moshe Sofer (1762-1839), known as the Chatam Sofer, rejects the Peri Chadash’s argument. In a teshuva written in 1805, he argues that although one may not establish a day which commemorates an event related to the Beit Ha-Mkdash, one may certainly establish days which commemorate other miracles. Furthermore, the Talmud never meant to discourage or prohibit establishing festive days for cities or countries, but rather only a festival meant to be observed by the entire Jewish People. In fact, he relates that the Sefer Yosef Ometz (1109) records a miracle that occurred in Frankfurt am Main on the 20th day of Adar, and they established it as a festive day for generations to come. He relates that his teacher, R. Natan Adler, as well as his community, which was located far away from the city, also observe this festive day. Interestingly, in a different responsum (Yoreh De’ah 234) he criticizes the celebration of the “hilulla” (yarhtzeit) of R. Shimon bar Yochai on Lag Ba-omer in Tzfat. He claims that this celebration may constitute the establishment of a holiday not in commemoration of a miraculous event, which even he maintains would be prohibited. Indeed, throughout the Middle Ages and until modern times, communities have instituted their own festive days, often known as Purim Sheini or Purim Katan. R. Ovadia Hadaya (1890-1969), in his Yaskil Avdi (Orach Chaim 44:12), cites examples of other communities that observed their own local “Purims.” Yehuda Dovid Eisenstein (Otzar Yisrael, erekh Purim) also records over twenty “Purims” observed by different communities (see http://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/tetzaveh/gel.html#_ftnref2). R. Avraham Danziger (1748-1820), author of the Chayei Adam (155:41), also rules in accordance with the R. Alshaker, and relates that each year he celebrates the day his family was saved from a fire that destroyed his home and homes of others in 1804. His family emerged unharmed. He describes how they would like candles, as on Yom Tov, recite specific Tehillim, participate in a festive meal for those who learn Torah, and give money to charity. He called this day the “Pulver Purim” – “Purim of the Gun Powder.” Although these sources relate to personal or communal commemorations, some argue that instituting a festive day for the entire Jewish People to celebrate, even those who did not personally experience the miraculous events of 1948 or 1967, constitutes a violation of the Biblical injunction of bal tosif, derived from the verse, “You shall not add [to the mitzvot]” (Devarim 4:2). Although in the Talmud, we find that this prohibition applies to adding parts to already existing mitzvot, such as adding an extra parasha to tefillin, wearing five tzitzit instead of four, or sitting in the Sukka after the seventh day with the intention of fulfilling the mitzva, the Ramban (Devarim 4:2) implies that this injunction may also include adding a new holiday. He writes: In my opinion, evening creating a new mitzva by itself, such as the holiday which Yeravam made up (Melakhim I 12:33), violates this prohibition. Similarly, they said regarding the reading of the Megilla (Megilla 14a), “There were 180 prophets who prophesied for Israel, and they did not subtract or add to what is written in the Torah even one letter, except for the reading of the Megilla…” Ramban alludes to the conclusion of the gemara, which describes how the Sages found a Biblical precedent for the establishment of the reading of the Megilla. Others argue that this view of the Ramban is not cited by other Rishonim. Indeed, we often see that the Rabbis instituted mitzvot. Rather, the distinction lies in whether these mitzvot are perceived as biblically obligatory, as the Ramban himself mentions. Furthermore, the Ramban may have only questioned the institution of the mitzva of megilla reading, and not the establishment of a festive day (see the Ramban’s comments to the Rambam’s Sefer Ha-mitzvot, shoresh 2). In addition, Yom Ha-atzmaut is not perceived as an obligatory festival, but optional. Finally, commemorating Yom Ha-atzmaut is not an addition to the Torah, but rather an application of the well-established principles of gratitude and thanksgiving (hakarat ha-tov and hoda’ah) to God for saving the Jewish People and giving them a country in Eretz Yisrael. R. Hadaya (Yaskil Avdi 8, hashmatot 4) strongly argues in favor of establishing a festive day marking the establishment of the State of Israel. Similarly, R. Meshulam Roth (1875-1963), a member of the Israeli Chief Rabbinic Council, also authored a responsum (Kol Mevasser 1:21) arguing that it is certainly permitted to establish a festive day which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish People, and that the Ramban cited above referred to the establishment of a holiday without any purpose. He writes: Indeed there is no doubt that that day [the 5th of Iyar], which was established by the government and the members of the Parliament, who are the elected representatives of the people, and the majority of the great Rabbis to celebrate through the land, to commemorate out salvation and our freedom – it is a mitzva to make it [a day of] happiness and Yom Tov and to recite Hallel. Hallel on Yom Ha-atzmaut The Talmud (Arakhin 10a) records the eighteen days upon which one recites the full Hallel (twenty-one days in the Diaspora, due to Yom Tov Sheini). The Talmud (Berakhot 14a, Ta’anit 28b) seems to present contradictory evidence regarding the origins of Hallel. The Rishonim therefore debate whether the recitation of this Hallel constitutes a biblical mitzva or a rabbinic one. The Rambam (Hilkhot Megilla Ve-chanuka 3:6) writes that the recitation of Hallel on the festivals and on Chanuka is only a mitzva mi-derabbanan. The Ramban (Sefer Ha-mitzvot, shoresh 1), however, disagrees. He writes that Hallel on the festivals is either a halakha le-Moshe mi-Sinai or included in the fulfillment of the biblical obligation of simcha (rejoicing) on the festival. The Ra’avad (Rambam, ibid.) describes the obligation to recite Hallel as “mi-divrei kaballa” – from the prophets. In addition to these eighteen days upon which the entire Hallel is recited, the Talmud (Ta’anit 29s) mentions the custom of reciting Hallel on Rosh Chodesh and omitting part of two of its psalms. This “half-Hallel” is recited on Chol Ha-moed Pesach as well. The Rishonim debate whether one should recite a berakha upon reciting this Hallel or not, or whether to do so only when it is recited publically. The custom of Ashkenazim is to say the blessing, while Sephardim omit the blessing. While seemingly all would agree that the Hallel recited on Chanuka is surely mi-derabbanan, the Chatam Sofer (Orach Chaim 208) writes: Commemorating the miracles which saved us from death which occurred on Purim, Chanuka, and the days enumerated in the Megillat Ta’anit is certainly mi-de’oraita… However, the quality and amount of commemoration is mi-derabbanan. In other words, the Chatam Sofer (see also Yoreh De’ah 233 and Orach Chaim 191) believes that through reciting Hallel on Chanuka or fulfilling the mitzvot on Purim, one fulfills a biblical commandment of commemorating deliverance from near death. While the Hallel recited on the festivals expresses one’s simchat Yom Tov, the Hallel of Chanuka relates directly to the miracle of Chanuka. What is the source for this type of Hallel, and may it be recited on other occasions? The Talmud (Pesachim 117a) teaches: And who recited this Hallel? The prophets among them ordained that Israel should recite it at every important epoch and at every misfortune — may it not come upon them! And when they are redeemed, they recite [in gratitude] for their redemption. According to this passage, the prophets instituted that Hallel be recited on every holiday and upon the redemption of the Jewish People from misfortune. Rashi (s.v. ve-al) explains that an example of such redemption from misfortune is Chanuka. To what extent does this source serve as a precedent for reciting Hallel upon being saved from danger? The posekim raise a number of issues: First, what kind of “redemption” obligates one to recite Hallel? R. Tzvi Hirsch Chajes (1805-1855), known as the Maharatz Chayot, suggests in his commentary to Shabbat that the Talmud (Shabbat 21b) refers only to the miracle of the flask of oil, and not to the military victory. Hallel, he believes, was instituted only because the miracle of the oil was a “nes nigleh” – blatant and apparent to all. Some argue that the pronouncement of Israeli independence and the ensuing military victory do not constitute a “nes nigleh.” Those who disagree may argue that other sources (Rambam, Hilkhot Megilla Ve-chanuka 3:2; Megilla 14a) indicate that Hallel may even be recited over a redemption that occurred through natural means. Others simply maintain that the victory of the small Jewish army against the surrounding Arab states constitutes a “nes nigleh.” Second, when the gemara states that upon being redeemed, “they” should say Hallel, of whom is the gemara speaking? The Behag (Hilkhot Lulav, p. 35), commenting on this gemara, writes: When our Rabbis remarked that there are eighteen occasions during the year on which the individual Jew recites Hallel, they did not mean to imply that it must be recited in private; rather … whenever we speak of the entire house of Israel as opposed to the individual Jew, they are not restricted to the eighteen occasions in the year, and they may recite Hallel whenever they are delivered from trouble. Similarly, Rabbenu Tam (cited in Tosefot, Sukka 44b( writes: Hallel was introduced to be recited only on those occasions when all of Israel has been saved by a miracle; then, a new festival is introduced and Hallel is recited together with its blessing – but this is only if the miracle happens to all of Israel… These Rishonim clearly limit this gemara to cases in which all of Israel was saved, such as during the Chanuka miracle. This gives rise to the question of how we view the miraculous events of 1948 or 1967, and whether they can be said to have affected “all of Israel” in the same manner as the Chanuka miracle. The Meiri, however, disagrees. He writes: Any person who was delivered from trouble is allowed to establish a custom for himself to recite Hallel on that day every year, but may not do so with a berakha. A similar ruling applies to a community [of the Jewish People]. This is, in fact, the institution of the Prophets, i.e., to recite Hallel when delivered from trouble. According to the Meiri, even an individual person or community that experiences salvation should recite Hallel, but without a berakha. In summary, we see that a number of Rishonim derive from the passage in Pesachim (117) that if the entire nation is saved from danger, they may recite Hallel. They disagree as to whether this applies to individuals as well and whether this Hallel should be recited with a blessing. Incidentally, the Netziv, in his commentary to the She’iltot (26), disagrees with the Chatam Sofer, and limits the obligation to commemorate one’s deliverance from danger to the time of the miracle, and not years later. May one invoke these sources in order to justify or mandate reciting Hallel on Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim? R. Ovadia Hadaya (Teshuvot Yaskil Avdi, Orach Chaim 10:7) cites a responsum from R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai (1724-1807), known as the Chida, who discusses a case in which a community wished to recite Hallel after escaping great misfortune. R. Azulai (Chaim She'al 2:11) notes that the central halakhic codes of the Rif, Rambam and Rosh do not cite the passage from Pesachim (117a). In addition, numerous Rishonim (including Rabbeinu Tam and Meiri cited above) rule that a miracle which does not occur to an entire nation does not warrant Hallel. And even according to the Meiri, this Hallel is recited without a blessing. Based upon the above reasoning, R. Hadaya rules that Hallel should be recited without a blessing on Yom Ha-atzmaut. He adds that due to the precarious security situation, one should not recite Hallel with a blessing. R. Ovadia Yosef (Yabi’a Omer, Orach Chaim 6:41) also rules that Hallel may be recited without a blessing, as did R. Yitzchak Herzog (cited by R. Yosef). Nevertheless, R. Meshulam Roth, in the responsum cited above, argues that Yom Ha-atzmaut should be observed as a festive day, and that naturally one should recite Hallel as well. The non-Zionist religious community, who in large part oppose the recitation of Hallel on Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim, have generally not formulated their halakhic objections. R. Yitzchak Yaakov Weiss (1902-1989), former head of the Eida Chareidit, recorded his opposition to the establishment of Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim and to the recitation of Hallel (Minchat Yitzchak 10:10). Aside from his general belief that supporting the State of Israel constitutes heresy and his adherence to the doctrine developed by the former Satmar Rabbe, R. Yoel Teitelbaum, that the establishing a Jewish State violates the “three oaths” (Ketuvot 111a) God made the Jewish People swear to uphold, which include not returning to Israel by force (“she-lo ya’alu ba-choma”), R. Weiss also raises halakhic objections. He, like R. Azulai, notes that the Shulchan Arukh does not codify the passage from Pesachim, which teaches that the prophets established that one should recite Hallel when one is redeemed from danger. In addition, even according to that source, as we mentioned above, some limit it to a miracle experienced by the entire nation. Furthermore, he cites the Peri Chadash (see above), who opposed local annual festive commemorations. Interestingly, R. Soloveitchik (Nefesh Ha-Rav, p. 97), whose recognition of the significance of the events of 1948 and 1967 is well-documented (see Kol Dodi Dofek, for example), objected to reciting Hallel, as he objected to any other change of the liturgy. He sanctioned, however, reciting half-Hallel, without a blessing, at the end of Shacharit, as this does not constitute a major change in the liturgy. Although we have seen different motivations for reciting Hallel without a blessing on Yom Ha-atzmaut, either due to doubt, because the takana of the prophets never included reciting a blessing over Hallel, or due to the undesirable security and spiritual situation of the State of Israel, we might suggest a different approach. In addition to the eighteen days upon which one recites the full Hallel, one recites Hallel on the evening of Pesach during the seder. This Hallel has puzzled the commentators for centuries, as it appears to violate numerous classic halakhic norms: it is recited at night (the mishna in Megilla 20b teaches that Hallel is recited only by day), it is interrupted by the meal, and it is not preceded by a berakha. The Rishonim question the nature of this Hallel and why it does not conform to the classic models of Hallel. R. Hai Gaon, as cited by the Rishonim, offers an intriguing explanation. He distinguishes between Hallel of the eighteen days, upon which one is obligated to read (korei) Hallel, and the Hallel of the seder, which one is obligated to sing (shira) in response to the miraculous events of yetziat Mitzrayim. (R. Yitzchak Ze’ev Soloveitchik, in his Chiddushei Ha-Griz, Chanukah 3:4, elaborates upon this distinction.) This Hallel of “shira” is meant to be a spontaneous outburst of song expressing praise and gratitude to the Almighty for the redemption from Egypt. A berakha before such a Hallel is not only unnecessary, but also inappropriate, as it undermines and negates the very essence of this Hallel. One might suggest the Hallel described by the gemara in Pesachim, which one recites in response to a miracle, should also be “spontaneous,” a “shira,” and not preceded by a blessing. The closer one is to an event, the less formal and more “natural” the Hallel becomes. If so, then this model of Hallel, without a blessing, may actually be the more appropriate Hallel for Yom Ha-atzmaut. Those who daven (or have davened) in Religious Zionist communities in Israel on Yom Ha-atzmaut can most likely testify to the genuine feeling of fervor and relevance with which Hallel is recited on Yom Ha-atzmaut. While what is written above may be applied equally to Yom Yerushalayim, some believe that the victory of the Six Day War more closely resembles the redemption described by the Talmud. Therefore, the Chief Rabbinate, in a ruling signed by Chief Rabbis Isser Yehuda Unterman and Yitzchak Nissim, along with the renowned R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin and R. Shaul Yisraeli, ruled that Hallel on Yom Yerushalayim should be recited with a blessing. Yom Ha-atzmaut and the Mourning Practices of Sefirat Ha-omer Yom Ha-atzmaut falls on the fifth of Iyar, during the customary period of mourning during which weddings, haircuts, and other public festive events are forbidden. Do the Yom Ha-atzmaut celebrations suspend the minhagei aveilut of the omer? R. Yitzchak Nissim (1896-1981), Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel (1955-1972), ruled that one may hold weddings and take haircuts on Yom Ha-atzmaut (Sinai, April-May, 1958). His ruling is partially based upon a ruling of R. Chayim Palaggi (1788-1869), who records that in his city, certain individuals observed festive days commemorating a miraculous event that occurred to them during the omer, upon which they would shave (Mo’ed Le-Khol Chai 6). R. Hadaya (Yaskil Avdi 6:10) rejects this argument and rules that one should continue his observance of the mourning practices of the omer. R. Soloveitchik (Nefesh Ha-Rav, ibid.) also maintained that the mourning practices of the omer should not be suspended in order to celebrate Yom Ha-atzmaut. Many are accustomed to suspend the prohibition of live music, and even shaving, but refrain from taking a haircut, which would undermine the entire mourning for the duration of the sefira period. Conclusion As demonstrated, one can certainly build a strong case in favor of establishing a day dedicated to praising God for the creation of the State of Israel, as well as the victory from near certain national destruction of the Six Day War. Over the past six decades, rabbinic figures have grappled with the appropriate means of celebrating these days, including the recitation of the berakha of she-hechiyanu (see Kol Mevasser, cited above), reading a portion from the prophets during the morning service, and reciting Hallel at night and/or during the day, and even at mincha time! Ultimately, Klal Yisrael, guided by their sages, will determine the most fitting means of celebrating these days. One should view, in retrospect, these attempts in their proper context: finding the proper means to offer thanksgiving to Ha-Kadosh Barukh Hu. This website is constantly being improved. We would appreciate hearing from you. Questions and comments on the classes are welcome, as is help in tagging, categorizing, and creating brief summaries of the classes. Thank you for being part of the Torat Har Etzion community! Topic - Select a value -Error in the lessonSuggestion of brief summaryComment on the lessonOther issues
0.999998	How do you prefer having your cookies? I love my cookies with a glass full of plant based milk or a lactose free milk. I love making these cookies for a weekend brunch. The warm gooey center and the added tartness of dried raisins makes it a perfect combination to go with your morning black coffee or for your kids to drink up the milk. Three characteristics I look for in cookies? chewy, lots of raisins and ultra soft. I prefer making a batch of cookie dough and store it in the freezer and bake the cookies when cravings start. Scroll down to check the recipe: INGREDIENTS 1 cup unsalted butter: softened 3/4 Cup(s) firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 Cup(s) granulated sugar 2 Large Eggs or 4 tbsp Flaxseed Egg for vegan options (check notes below) 1 Teaspoon(s) vanilla- optional 1 1/2 Cup(s) gluten free flour or all purpose flour 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 Teaspoon baking soda 1 Teaspoon(s) ground cinnamon 1/2 Teaspoon(s) salt (optional) 3 Cup(s) Gluten Free Quick Oats 1 Cup raisins NOTE: Store the cookie dough in the fridge for 30 minutes and then shape it and put it in the oven to make perfect cookies. INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs OR flax eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add gluten free flour blend, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Stir in oats and raisins; mix well. Optional step- Store dough in the fridge for 30 minutes. If you are storing the cookie dough in the fridge, then after half an hour, start the oven to heat at 350degree F/180 degree C and then drop cookies into the oven to bake. Chilling the cookie dough is important, it helps in your cookies not spreading while baking. I definitely recommend this step if you have time on your hand. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a cookie sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered. Don't forget to leave your comments. Scroll down further. NOTES 1. Instead of gluten free flour, you can also use 2 3/4cup of almond flour. Almond flour is very soft to mix, so go gently while handling your cookie dough. 2. How to make your own gluten free flour at home? 1 1/2 cups brown rice flour 1/2 cup potato starch 1/4 cup white rice flour 1/4 cup tapioca flour/arrowroot starch is a good replacement for tapioca 1 tsp xanthan gum (optional // not necessary) Blend together and store in a secure container in a dry place. Adding rolled oats to the mixture yield desirable results compared to just the gluten free flour. This blend works perfectly for all your gluten free baking needs whether its muffins or pancakes etc. 3. For an eggless version, here's how you make a flax egg: To make a flax egg, mix one tablespoon ground flaxseed meal with three tablespoons of water. Mix together, and let sit in your fridge for 15 minutes to set up and thicken. This will make one flax egg. The above recipe calls for 4tbsp of flax egg so mix 4 tbsp flax meal with 12 tbsps. of water. Flaxseed meal is just grounded flaxseed powder. Do not use whole flaxseeds to make flax egg. 4. MAKE AHEAD AND FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS Prepare the dough up to 2 days in advance and chill it covered in the fridge. Let it stand at room temperature for 20-30 minutes until it's a smooth and easily moldable dough. Make the dough as described and chill for 1 hour. Then scoop balls of cookie dough, roll, and flatten them, and transfer to freezer bags and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw them at room temperature for 1-2 hours before baking, or thaw in the fridge overnight and then let them stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking. Wrap baked and chilled cookies in plastic wrap, place in freezer bags and freeze for up to 3 months. Let thaw at room temperature for 1-2 hours. Masala Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese) Naan Tacos These masala paneer tacos are so easy to make and the combination of having naan as taco drizzled with yogurt cilantro sauce makes a perfect Meat and Ayurveda- A Simple Guide It is a common misconception that following Ayurvedic lifestyle means saying good bye to your favorite meat dishes. Vegetable Jambalaya Rice This one pot dish is a family favorite. The trinity of celery, onions and peppers is sautéed well. Vegetable broth, tomatoes, seasonings and
0.983649	Why is it called "to be or not to be"? I don't see how that's reflected in the content of the article, and in the context of Shakespeare it had to do with contemplation of suicide. I think using a cliche phrase as a title, especially when it is not clearly associated with the content, is confusing and also (apologizes, but this is how I feel) seems juvenile or at least unprofessional. Though sometimes it is, unfortunately, done for magazine articles, etc. But if you look how many things under the sun are called "to be or not to be" there are bazillions of them and you'll get lost in the noise... I don't really don't get into titles much, but unfortunately they are necessary. I haven't decided on anything definite for it yet. Maybe you have some ideas?
0.998136	(BPT) - During a time of national crisis, it can be harder than ever for vital messages to cut through the noise of constant news alerts and social media clutter. But powerful images have a way of communicating emotions and ideas in a way that words cannot, helping to break through the noise and deliver important messages. With this idea in mind, three artists specializing in public murals from across the country took up the challenge of conveying an important moment — and message — during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this summer, the artists were tasked with depicting the long-awaited and joyful moment of finally being able to safely welcome friends and family back into the home after months of separation, thanks to the COVID-19 vaccine. All three resulting murals encapsulate the meaning of the "It’s Up To You" COVID-19 vaccine awareness effort, born out of a partnership between the COVID Collaborative, the Ad Council and Lysol. "With the COVID vaccines widely available, it's critical that Americans with questions know where to turn for reliable answers," said Lisa Sherman, president and CEO of the Ad Council. "We are thrilled that Lysol, a brand deeply trusted by consumers, is joining our initiative. Together, we can inspire individuals who are still hesitant to get the facts about the safety and efficacy of these vaccines." To that end, each mural does more than just convey the emotions and excitement of these happy reunions after more than a year of isolation. They also provide a public service by featuring a QR code that people can scan, taking them to GetVaccineAnswers.org to learn more information about COVID-19 vaccines. The murals were painted on walls in three different U.S. cities: Washington, D.C. Still on display at 3925 Minnesota Ave. N.E. in Washington, D.C., the D.C. mural was created by local artist Aniekan Udofia. Udofia chose to paint several vivid, colorful and stylized portraits of people celebrating being together once again. His mural captures the feelings that so many have experienced when reuniting with friends and family after a long separation. “It's one of my best pieces that I’ve done in a long time because of the storytelling in it, the vibrancy of it,” said Udofia. “You can see all the activity going on — when someone is walking into the room, the gift-giving, the hugging.” Detroit, Michigan The mural that was painted in Detroit, Michigan, was created by Bakpak Durden, who displays larger-than-life, close-up and highly realistic images of people in motion — and in the midst of intense emotion — to show how the vaccine enables safe reunions with loved ones. “After a little over a year of wanting to keep our loved ones safe, finally being able to run into the arms of our chosen family for a long-coveted embrace is an amazing feeling,” said Durden. “Inside the home, everything is in full color. 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0.999115	August 26, 2015 - 13:39 BST hellomagazine.com Kanye West to receive the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday Kanye West will be the recipient of the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. The 38-year-old rapper will receive the ceremony's highest honour, known as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award, in recognition of his "ground-breaking videos, legendary performances and continued impact on music, art, fashion and culture". VIEW GALLERY Kanye West is set to receive a lifetime achievement award on Sunday Kanye follows in the footsteps of previous winners including Madonna, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Rolling Stones. Of course, Kim Kardashian's husband already holds a special place in VMAs history. In 2009, he famously interrupted a young Taylor Swift while she was accepting the award for Best Female Video for You Belong With Me, besting Beyoncé, who Kanye believed should have won. Jumping up on stage, he declared: "Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish, but Beyoncé has one of the best videos of all time." VIEW GALLERY Kanye West will most likely attend the ceremony with wife Kim Kardashian Taylor and Kanye have since reconciled, and were spotted hanging out together at this year's Grammy Awards. "I feel like I wasn't ready to be friends with (Kanye) until I felt like he had some sort of respect for me," the Bad Blood singer told Vanity Fair. "And he wasn't ready to be friends with me until he had some sort of respect for me - so it was the same issue, and we both reached the same place at the same time." Taylor leads this year's nominations with nine awards, followed by Ed Sheeran with six - including video of the year for Thinking Out Loud. Mark Ronson, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé each have five nominations. The awards ceremony - which is being held at the Microsoft Theatre in LA - is being hosted by Miley Cyrus, who won the 2014 video of the year for Wrecking Ball. Performers include Demi Lovato, Pharrell Williams, The Weeknd, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Twenty On Pilots with A$AP Rocky. HELLO! RECOMMENDS Candice Brathwaite reveals epic teeth transformation More on: Kanye West More about kanye west Stars and royals who have tested positive for the coronavirus or say they've likely had it Kanye West sells mammoth $11million ranch he shared with ex Kim Kardashian - inside Kim Kardashian makes bold statement about relationship with Kanye West More news Register FOR HELLO!'s NEWSLETTER By registering to HELLO!'s newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. If you wish to change your mind and would like to stop receiving communications from hellomagazine.com, you can revoke your consent by clicking on "unsubscribe" in the footer of the newsletter.
0.974324	Nearly a billion total streams with “She’s Crazy But She’s Mine”; a role on Netflix’s Space Force (recently #1 in the US and globally) with Steve Carrel and John Malkovich; a champ on X-Factor, Wipe Out, and Dancing With The Stars; surviving a car wreck and massive stroke… is there anything Alex Sparrow hasn’t accomplished? This Russian born and Austrian aristocracy raised singer, multi-instrumentalist, actor, professionally-trained stuntman, dancer, director, and screenwriter is a star in his native land – and with nothing left to prove at home, he’s brought his talent to the United States. Not one to coast on his laurels, Alex Sparrow wants to inspire: he wants to show everyone that with a healthy lifestyle, a positive mental attitude, and lots of hard work, anything is possible. About the video On August 28, 1963, civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. gave what would become one of the most famous speeches of all time: his “I Have a Dream” speech, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd – a 46-year-old black man living in Minneapolis – was killed by a white police officer, prompting nationwide protests against racism and police brutality. Soon, Black Lives Matter grew to be what might be the largest civil rights movement in history: on June 6, nearly half a million people turned out in more than 550 protests across the United States. Alex Sparrow’s “Love Is All That Matters,” released on June 19, feels applicable to so many different situations – the Black Lives Matter movement, the current COVID-19 pandemic, countless environmental tragedies, to say a few. It seems the world – and our hearts – is full of negativity – but Alex pleads, “Every day is the same old story / But every minute is a chance to change our lives”; maybe we can be the ones to make that change. “The world could either change us / Or we could change the world / Cuz love is all that matters,” he reminds us in the chorus. Alex Sparrow is a colorful character – he’s known for his big smile, infectious melodies, and impeccable dance moves – but in the “Love Is All That Matters” video, he’s shown in black and white. The video opens with a clip from MLK’s “I Have A Dream” interspersed with recent Black Lives Matter protests. Performing with the intensity fans have come to love him for, Alex shows us that there is hope – hope for a better world, hope for life, and hope for love – in all the chaos. Want more from Alex Sparrow and HIP Video Promo? Once again, we are thrilled to work with Alex Sparrow to share “Love Is All That Matters” with the world! 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0.955735	People across Suffolk and north Essex no longer have to wait for NHS invitations to have their Covid-19 booster jabs. Anyone in an eligible group - who had their second dose of Covid vaccine at least six months ago - can now go to a walk-in, no appointment clinic for a booster vaccination. The move, aiming to encourage speedier take-up across the area, comes as figures reveal nearly 35,000 booster vaccines have been administered across Suffolk and north Essex up to October 14. People are eligible for a booster six months after receiving their second dose, and include those aged 50 and over, frontline volunteers and health and social care staff, people with severely weakened immune systems and their resident household contacts and those aged under 50 with an underlying health condition. Elizabeth Moloney, who is leading the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, said: “The booster rollout began last month and it’s pleasing that so many people have taken up the offer. “Yet we are mindful that we need to administer as many booster vaccinations as possible to those who are eligible, so that their health can be best protected over the winter months. “We know too that vaccinated people are far less likely to suffer complications of Covid-19, helping reduce the number of hospitalisations and pressure on our busy health services this winter, which is another reason for getting the booster into as many people as quickly as possible. Most Read expand_more More 1 Things you should know before visiting Spoon World Buffet and Bar 2 Cycle wands being removed from Ipswich roads 3 Rudolph starts his run - when is he coming to your Ipswich street? 4 Plans submitted to turn special measures care home into hotel 5 Ipswich School named among the best in the region 6 Illegal immigrant caught running cannabis factory is jailed 7 Suspected drink-driver charged after three-car collision in Ipswich 8 Four charged over alleged samurai sword attack 9 Gang jailed for 'horrific' torture attack on man in Ipswich home 10 Emergency road closure in place on busy Ipswich road “If you meet the eligibility criteria, please don’t wait to get your booster.” Meanwhile, children in England aged between 12 and 15 will now be able to secure their Covid-19 jabs at existing vaccination centres following concerns about rollout delays. Health secretary Sajid Javid told MPs on Tuesday that the national booking service will be opened up to younger teenagers to book their Covid-19 vaccinations outside of school to "make the most of half-term". Geoff Barton, former Bury St Edmunds headteacher, welcomed the news over 12-15 year-old vaccinations - Credit: Archant It comes after headteachers' unions called for vaccines to be offered to pupils in walk-in centres, as well as school, after figures revealed the scale of the low take-up of the Covid-19 jab among the cohort. The latest attendance data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows the number of children out of school for Covid-19 related reasons in England has risen over the past fortnight. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and former headteacher of King Edward VI School in Bury St Edmunds, said: "The key to bringing levels of Covid-19 infection back under control in our schools and colleges is clearly the vaccination programme for 12 to 15-year-olds but it has not been happening fast enough. "It was painfully slow to get underway in some areas and has been beset by logistical problems, not to mention being disrupted by the irresponsible actions of anti-vaccination protesters. "The announcement from NHS England that young people can attend vaccination drop-in centres during the half-term holiday is a big help and we hope they will do so in sufficient numbers to help slow the spread of the virus in schools and colleges." For more Suffolk and north Essex vaccination information, click here. Coronavirus Suffolk Essex Become a Supporter This newspaper has been a central part of community life for many years. Our industry faces testing times, which is why we're asking for your support. Every contribution will help us continue to produce local journalism that makes a measurable difference to our community.
0.966323	The doorway to Jones Hall is shown at Utah State University in September, where about 300 students were being quarantined to their rooms as a precaution. Federal health officials are likely to shorten their recommendation for how long people should quarantine to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus from the current 14 days to as few as seven. Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations call for two weeks of isolation from the last contact with a person known to have COVID-19. However, Adm. Brett Giroir, a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, said Tuesday that health officials were rethinking that recommendation, citing "a preponderance of evidence that a shorter quarantine complemented by a test might be able to shorten that quarantine period." "We are actively working on that type of guidance right now, reviewing the evidence, but we want to make absolutely sure," he said, adding that "these kind of recommendations aren't willy-nilly." The exact language of the new guidelines and when they might be announced remains unclear, but according to a federal official who asked not to be named because they weren't authorized to speak publicly about the issue, the recommended quarantine time is likely to be just seven to 10 days for people who then test negative for the virus. Jennifer Nuzzo, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said she would welcome such a revision. "I was really glad to hear CDC is considering this," she told NPR in an email. "Shortening quarantine recommendations to focus on the period of time during which the vast majority of people who are exposed to the virus are likely to become contagious is a smart, pragmatic move that is likely to boost compliance." "Right now, contact tracing efforts in the U.S. are severely hindered by deep disincentives for contacts of cases to quarantine," Nuzzo said. "A seven or ten day quarantine recommendation may be easier for people to bear and hopefully may help get more contacts of cases to comply." Last month, the CDC revised its language on what it defines as "close contact" with a COVID-19 infected person. Previously, health officials considered close contact to be spending 15 consecutive minutes within 6 feet of a person with a confirmed case. But the CDC changed its definition to being within 6 feet of an infected person for a total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period. The change followed a study by the CDC and Vermont health officials finding that multiple short exposures to people confirmed to have COVID-19 led to transmission of the virus. Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Scott Neuman Scott Neuman is a reporter and editor, working mainly on breaking news for NPR's digital and radio platforms.
0.962675	Quick links... News Weather Community Coronavirus Sports Positively Montana Two Americas One Class at a Time Pet of the Week Workers Wanted Christmas Shoppe Stream Q2 News 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays NewsNational News Actions Facebook Tweet Email Job seekers don’t feel urgency to get back to work, that could change in the fall, survey finds Elise Amendola/AP A "Now Hiring" sign is displayed on a business window, Thursday, March 4, 2021, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) By: Sam Cohen Posted at 9:04 AM, Jun 30, 2021 and last updated 2021-06-30 11:04:58-04 Employers across the country have been increasing new hire benefits and offering increased wages or signing bonuses as they struggle to hire for more than 9 million job openings. At the same time, unemployment remains elevated and the millions of people out of work do not appear to be snapping up these available jobs. A recent survey from Indeed.com finds many unemployed Americans do not feel an urgency to find a job right away, but plan to return to the workforce sometime in the next three months. “Many employers want to ramp up hiring quickly, but a large portion of job seekers are hesitant to start jobs now,” the online job site said. About 40% of the participants said they were only “passively searching” for jobs right now, and another 10% said they are actively looking but not for an immediate position. About 30% of participants said they were “not open to searching” either because they have a job or for other reasons. The ongoing infection rates of coronavirus are a major factor for those who do not feel pressured to re-enter the workforce. Nearly 25% said concerns about COVID-19 are the reason they are “not urgently” searching for a job. That percentage is higher among participants without a college degree, who are more likely to end up in jobs that require more in-person contact like retail or food service. The three other major reasons people gave for not urgently seeking a job include “care responsibilities,” likely for school-age children, as well as being able to rely on a spouse who is employed and having a financial cushion. Just 10% of respondents said enhanced unemployment benefits were a reason for delaying their job search. Many of those who said they were not seeking to start a job immediately said they were waiting for either a higher vaccination rate in their region or for school to restart this fall. Report a typo Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
0.999819	Nicola Sturgeon to announce whether Scotland Covid restrictions will be eased \| Milton Keynes Citizen News you can trust since 1981 How to get one of Costa’s one million free drinks in December This is what happens when you win the EuroMillions - and how long it takes to receive your prize News Traffic and Travel Crime Weather Politics Business Education Health People Read This Coronavirus MK Dons Sport Football Other Sport What's On Arts and Entertainment Things To Do Retro Lifestyle Cars Homes and Gardens Pets Recommended Entertainment Technology Lifestyle Home and Garden Fashion and Beauty Deals Public Notices Advertise My Business Free Happy Ads Read This Nicola Sturgeon to announce whether Scotland Covid restrictions will be eased By Iain Leggat Tuesday, 13th July 2021, 10:32 am First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce whether Scotland’s coronavirus restrictions can be eased as planned on Monday. The First Minister has said she hopes to move the whole country to Level 0 from July 19, depending on the latest case numbers, hospital admissions and the vaccination rollout. At a glance: 5 key points Nicola Sturgeon is set to announce whether the easing of Scotland’s current coronavirus restrictions will go ahead as planned on Monday (19 July). The decision will be based on the latest case numbers, hospital admissions and vaccination rollout. The move to Level 0 would reduce the two-metre distancing rule to one metre in indoor public spaces. Indoor gathering restrictions would be further lifted to allow up to eight people from up to three households to meet. The 11pm closure time for pubs operating indoors will also be scrapped, with local licensing conditions applying instead. However, nightclubs and adult entertainment will have to remain shut. July 19 is expected to be the date when all Scottish adults will have been offered their first vaccine dose as well as being three weeks on from over-50s being double jabbed On Monday, the latest Covid-19 statistics showed 2,134 coronavirus cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, but no deaths. A total of 469 people were in hospital on Sunday with recently confirmed Covid-19, up 24 on the previous day, with 40 patients in intensive care. What’s been said The first minister said she wanted to move "beyond level zero" by scrapping the bulk of legal restrictions from 9 August, while maintaining some mitigations such as the use of face coverings in enclosed areas. Ms Sturgeon has warned that these dates were "not set in stone" after Scotland was hit by a wave of new infections which at one point saw the country have the worst daily case rates in Europe. Scottish Conservative Party leader Douglas Ross said ministers had failed to boost the vaccine programme and the Test and Protect system, but said "the public should not be punished" for this. He added: "If Tuesday's statement does not deliver a plan of action for tackling the virus and a clear timetable for exiting r Nicola SturgeonDouglas RossFirst MinisterScotlandEurope Most Popular Most Popular 6 Best kids bedding UK: cosiest duvet sets for children from Dunelm, Wayfair, Argos and the Happy Linen Company 7 How to stay warm without using central heating - including blankets, hot water bottles and teddy bedding 8 Best affordable LED TVs UK: cheap TVs with great resolution, from Samsung, Sony and LG 9 AllSaints Cyber Monday deals 2021: sale now on, with 30% off everything on site - including leather jackets 10 Beauty advent calendars UK 2021: this year’s best, from Charlotte Tilbury, MAC, The Body Shop, Revolution This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) Follow us on Explore News Sport MK Dons What's On Lifestyle More from Milton Keynes Citizen Announcements Jobs Public Notices Must Read Buy a Photo Directory Newspaper Archive Useful Links Contact Us Advertise My Business Advertise a Job Place your Ad Subscribe Events Archive Readers Charter ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.Cookie SettingsTerms and ConditionsPrivacy policyModern Slavery Statement
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0.972938	Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Flipboard Share via Email Comments U.S. Coronavirus Donald Trump Swing states President Donald Trump will be hoping to win come November have seen coronavirus cases on the rise, while the president's handling of the pandemic continues to be brought into question. The COVID-19 outbreak could prove a key factor for voters come the election, with public perception of Trump's handling of the situation hitting an all-time low coinciding with a sustained polling lead for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona will all be targets for the Trump campaign's reelection efforts, with the president having won them in 2016. Over recent days, each has seen its situation with COVID-19 worsen. Read more Asymptomatic People Can Spread Coronavirus All Over Surfaces, Study Finds McConnell Says U.S. Needs 'More Testing, Not Less' After Trump Comments U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit One-Day Record Sweeping Across 3 Largest States CDC Coronavirus Symptoms List Added 3 New Symptoms, Including Runny Nose Florida saw a record number of daily confirmed cases on Wednesday, with 5,508 cases and it again saw more than 5,000 on Thursday. These figures topped a high recorded just days before, when 4,600 new cases were reported on Saturday. The state's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has suggested that Florida is not ready to move to its next phase of reopening due to the spike in cases. "We are where we are," he told a news conference in Tampa. "I didn't say we're going to go on to the next phase, you know, we've done a step-by-step approach and it was an approach that's been reflective of the unique situation of each area." He has also suggested the state's reopening could be playing a part in the increase of cases, though has previously spoke of his desire to continue with lifting measures. DeSantis previously said: "If you follow guidelines everything works out fine." Healthcare workers from University of South Florida (USF) Health administer coronavirus testing at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Florida is currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Octavio Jones/Getty Images Arizona has seen an increase in cases of more than 3,000 on four days in the last week, with a latest rise on Thursday of 3,056. On Tuesday, the state saw a record daily high of 3,591 new cases in a single day, while on Monday hospitalizations from COVID-19 surpassed 2,000 in Arizona for the first time since the outbreak began. A briefing from the Policy Lab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said the rise of COVID-19 in Arizona was out of control, stating: "With the direst forecasts we have seen to date, alongside greatly elevated reproduction numbers and significant disease burden, it is fair to say that the state of Arizona has lost control of the epidemic." Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, has urged people to stay home where possible, wear masks when not and to stop gathering in large groups-though stopped short of taking further steps to mandate public behavior. A nurse takes a swab sample at a COVID-19 testing center at the Navajo Nation town of Monument Valley in Arizona on May 21, 2020. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images He also warned of more spikes in the future due to the changes to stay at home measures, stating: "We expect that our numbers will be worse next week and the week following, in terms of cases and hospitalizations. "Whenever we make changes it takes several weeks for the numbers to catch up and the numbers affecting real people." North Carolina has seen daily cases rise by more than 1,000 twice this week, with 1,721 on Wednesday and 1,009 Thursday. The latest figure for people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 891 on June 25, up from 627 a month before on May 25. The increasing spread has seen the state put a pause on its reopening plans, with its Governor Roy Cooper stating on Wednesday: "North Carolina is relying on the data and the science to lift restrictions responsibly, and right now our increasing numbers show we need to hit the pause button while we work to stabilize our trends. Asymptomatic People Can Spread Coronavirus All Over Surfaces, Study Finds Read more Asymptomatic People Can Spread Coronavirus All Over Surfaces, Study Finds "We need to all work together so we can protect our families and neighbors, restore our economy, and get people back to work and our children back to school." Cooper, a Democrat, also said that face masks have been mandated to be worn in public spaces amid work to get the spread down. Wisconsin has seen its number of daily cases rise in the last two days, with 464 on Thursday and 432 confirmed Wednesday. Thursday's figure was its highest in around two weeks. Gov. Tony Evers has continued to tell those living in the state "we are not out of the woods yet." "We know this virus is still very present and spreading in our communities," he said, as he urged people to continue to wear masks when going out, washing their hands and to social distance from those not within the same household. This comes after the state's stay home measures were controversially knocked down, with Wisconsin's High Court ruling to remove them on May 13, nearly two weeks sooner than they had been planned to begin being lifted. Adriana Cardenas, a medical technologist processes test samples for the coronavirus at the AdventHealth Tampa labs on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida, as the state experiences a surge in COVID-19 cases. Octavio Jones/Getty Images Michigan has seen confirmed cases rise by 353 on Thursday and 323 Wednesday. The 353 reported Thursday was the highest this month and ahead of this week the state had seen an increase of more than 300 since June 3. The state's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had hoped to move forward to the next stage of its plans for reopening, though said recent spikes have caused this to slow down. Whitmer had faced criticism over putting into place some of the toughest stay-at-home restrictions in the U.S., including push back from the president himself, though these had begun to lift due to an earlier decline in rates. However, she has now also suggested that if there is heightened community spread in the state, it could have to revert to previous measures. She told 7 Action News: "I don't want to do that, I know that no one wants to. "If we have community spread, we will all have to make a sacrifice again." Pennsylvania saw 579 new cases Thursday, its biggest daily rise in around two weeks, following a spike of 686 on June 13. While the state reopens, it has mandated mask-wearing in businesses, in a bid to stem COVID-19 spread. Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine said: "As we move closer to having the entire state in the green phase, we must remain committed to protecting against COVID-19. Biden Leads in 6 Key Swing States Trump Won in 2016 Read more Biden Leads in 6 Key Swing States Trump Won in 2016 "Pennsylvania has been a model for the country on how to reopen effectively using a careful, measured approach. However, the virus has not gone away. Each of us has a responsibility to continue to protect ourselves, our loved ones and others by wearing a mask, maintaining social distancing and washing our hands frequently. Together we can protect our most vulnerable Pennsylvanians, our essential workers and our healthcare system." Newsweek has contacted the Trump campaign and the governors mentioned for comment. As well as individual figures showing these states facing increased coronavirus figures, they have each also been placed on a list of states "trending poorly" in regards to COVID-19, by a group of health experts. Covidexitstrategy.org sees them all placed in this category, with each of their 14-day trends of COVID-19 infections said to be increasing. Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the U.S., with more than 2.4 million confirmed since the start of the outbreak, according to Johns Hopkins University figures. The graphic below, from Statista, shows a surge in cases across the use, with daily case numbers until June 24.
0.935508	If everyone were a homosexual, the species would become extinct. That simple fact forms a rational basis for discriminating against homosexuals (unless, of course, one does not give a damn about one's own species). There are so many things wrong with this. For one, the premise isn't even true: gay people can still have children, just not with their preferred partner. Even if everyone was gay, I imagine there would still be many people who wanted children enough to do what's necessary to achieve that end. More importantly, this is a ridiculous misapplication of Kantian-style reasoning. As Jason once put it (just replace 'marriage' with 'relationship'): "But see, I don't for a moment believe that the principle behind gay marriage is to force all people into a gay marriage." "I should hope not," she replied. "I like men far too much." "It's a false derivation of principle, and exactly the problem with the Categorical Imperative. So all of this brings me to the other maxim that we might derive from the act of gay marriage, and it's one that I have to say I strongly prefer: Let every couple be married who desires it, and let them spend the rest of their lives in a mutually supportive and faithful relationship, full of a deep, authentic, and abiding love. This satisfies the Imperative quite nicely: Gay marriages and straight marriages both operate on the same principle, and this principle applies equally to all. If Immanuel Kant himself wouldn't necessarily have supported gay marriage, well, at least we might hope to bring around the latter-day Kantians." Later in the thread Dallas responds to another commenter: Dallas: I'm heterosexual and married, but my wife and I have chosen not to have children. If everyone were like us, the species would also become extinct. Should I be discriminated against too? Yes. Selfish, narcissistic behavior should be discouraged, officially and unofficially. Given how overpopulated the world is already, it seems a bit odd to call childless couples 'selfish'. Even more odd is the implication that one should have children out of a sense of duty. That's surely a recipe for disaster - what sort of a parent do you suppose would result? I personally would love to have kids one day. But my motivation is not at all one of 'duty'. Rather, I genuinely want to have children (er, not any time soon, however!). One hopes most other would-be parents feel similarly. But given that we're just acting from our own preferences, isn't it a bit unreasonable to call those with different preferences 'selfish'? Yet this seems a fairly common attitude towards the childless (or so I gather from Butterflies & Wheels' old posts on the issue). One can imagine (counterfactual) situations where perhaps it would be appropriate. If nobody wanted to have children, then we would have a genuine problem. If that were the case, then it would be appropriate to start talking of 'duty', as doing so could help us overcome the collective action problem. But at the moment, there is no collective action problem (or if there is, it's in the opposite direction)! To highlight the absurdity, note that Dallas' logic implies that being an urban professional is immoral. After all, if everyone lived in the city, there would be no-one to grow crops, and we'd all starve. But a strict adherence to universality neglects the value of individual differences and the benefits of specialization. Things will work out just fine if we accept the current diversity of preferences, and let people pursue their own ends as they see fit. So long as we have enough farmers, there's no need to admonish urbanites. Likewise, so long as we have enough voluntary parents to sustain the population, there is no obligation to reproduce. Posted by Richard Y Chappell at 10:33 pm Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Related Posts by Categories 30 comments: Anonymous 1:54 am, December 24, 2004 the problem is that while we want less people on earth the economics of an individual country are generally helped by having lots of children (population increaces tend towards the country being more influential and leaves more children to take care of the elderly) Posted by GeniusNZ ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 2:14 pm, December 24, 2004 If everyone was an accountant, the species would become extinct. If everyone was a doctor, the species would become extinct. If everyone was a teacher, the species would become extinct. Repeat until you grasp the principle. Posted by Jason Kuznicki ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 2:47 pm, December 24, 2004 if everyone was a male the human race would be extinct - therefore no more males!! hmm sounds like a feminist chant... Posted by GeniusNZ ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 3:00 pm, December 24, 2004 Go back to what I said: "That simple fact forms a rational basis for discriminating against homosexuals (unless, of course, one does not give a damn about one's own species)." The point is this: One MAY rationally conclude that society should discriminate against homosexuals. It doesn't follow that I am saying society SHOULD discriminate. To read my remark in that fashion is to conclude that two opposing viewpoints cannot both be "rational." The upshot of this is that questions relating to homosexuality are political questions to be resolved by majority vote. These questions are unlike questions regarding racial or sexual discrimination, where no rational basis exists for discrimination. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 6:30 pm, December 24, 2004 Breeding Populations? The value of a human life as long passed the point where an individual can be judged on reproductive potential. Many years ago I had one son and then a vasectomy while still in my middle twenties. Since my marriage had broken up I thought I was being responsible. Should I or anyone else not reproducing anymore be discriminated against? I realize that Dallas isn't saying exactly that, but since I've taken myself out of the gene pool, I've certainly contributed to the education and well being of hundreds of other people's children. Everyone in a free and open society has something to offer. Discrimination is discrimination however you hedge your language. Jason got it in his post. "If everybody was…" is something that will never happen and is ridiculous to even consider much less use as a basis for a value judgment. Posted by OGeorge ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 8:46 pm, December 26, 2004 1. Discrimination is discrimination however you hedge your language.But, we discriminate all the time. E.g., we don't allow minors to vote (even though many of them are much more knowledgeable than many adults). 2. I'm not suggesting it would be rational to discriminate against people on the basis of their reproductive potential. Many, if not most, homosexuals are fertile. I'm suggesting it's rational to discriminate against homosexuality because it does not serve the long-term interests of society. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 8:57 pm, December 26, 2004 Dallas, you're failing to engage our counterarguments. (Did you even read my post?) Healthy pluralism is the key here. Having a moderately sized homosexual population is entirely consistent with the best interests of human society. Your entire argument rests on the idea that we can infer "X is bad" from "If everyone were X then there would be bad consequences". But that's a ridiculous inference. Like Jason said, "If everyone was a teacher, the species would become extinct." Do you think it is rational to discriminate against teachers? Do they somehow "not serve the long-term interests of society"? Your logic simply doesn't work. Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 7:38 am, December 27, 2004 Like Jason said, "If everyone was a teacher, the species would become extinct." Do you think it is rational to discriminate against teachers? Do they somehow "not serve the long-term interests of society"? Your logic simply doesn't work. Educators, physicians, and accountants fall within a class we call "professions" - those who perform specialized work deemed useful to society. It does not serve our purposes to discriminate against those performing useful work. [Nonetheless, we do it all the time by the imposition of a progressive income tax structure.] Quite obviously, "homosexual" does not fall within the same class. You are equating "sexual orientation" with "labor" - a gross error of categorizaton. I fail to see how the counterargument advances the discussion. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:15 am, December 27, 2004 Having a moderately sized homosexual population is entirely consistent with the best interests of human society.This isn't a self-evident proposition. Please explain how it serves society's interests to have a moderately sized homosexual population. Does your proposition mean that it would be proper to discriminate against homosexuals if that population became "too large"? How many would be too many? If the population became too large, how would we stem further growth in the size of the population? Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 10:46 am, December 27, 2004 "questions relating to homosexuality are political questions to be resolved by majority vote" No, they are not. Questions relating to homosexuality are questions of individual right, and individual rights are not subject to majority vote. We do not permit, or at least we should not permit, the majority to impose its religion on the minority, or to censor the expressions of the minority. The same principle applies here. As to the question of professions versus sexual orientation, you are right that doctors, teachers, and accountants all do valuable work, while homosexuals do not. A slight correction of the analogy is in order: If everyone always used birth control, the species would become extinct. Therefore no one should use birth control. If everyone always practiced oral sex, the species would become extinct. Therefore no one should practice oral sex. If everyone always practiced abstinence, the species would become extinct. Therefore no one should practice abstinence. The key is that, like all of these practices, homosexuality cannot be viewed as a serious threat to the continuance of the species, even in principle. Posted by Jason Kuznicki ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 5:36 pm, December 27, 2004 Questions relating to homosexuality are questions of individual right, and individual rights are not subject to majority vote. We do not permit, or at least we should not permit, the majority to impose its religion on the minority, or to censor the expressions of the minority. The same principle applies here.I'm not questioning the right of people to practice consensual sexual behaviors of their own choosing in privacy. The issue is whether there is a rational basis for discriminating against homosexuality. (The manner of discrimination is a different issue.) If everyone always practiced abstinence, the species would become extinct. Therefore no one should practice abstinence.I have not said that people should not engage in homosexual behaviors. For that reason, alone, this analogy fails. Your other ones fail for the same reason. My point, again, is that a rational basis exists for discrimination against homosexuality. The basis is: homosexuality does not serve the long-term interests of society. Perhaps you would like to attempt to offer an explanation as to how homosexuality serves society's long-term interests? Posted by Anonymous ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 6:43 pm, December 27, 2004 The last post was by me. I forgot to attach the personal information before hitting "post." Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 8:26 pm, December 27, 2004 "Please explain how it serves society's interests to have a moderately sized homosexual population." I said it was consistent with society's interests. Homosexuality doesn't do any harm, so there's no rational basis to discriminate against it. You were arguing it was harmful because if everyone were gay there would be bad consequences. But as we've repeatedly demonstrated (and you've repeatedly ignored), that's simply not a valid inference. Now, if (contrary to fact) there was a massive shortage of babies, then it might be appropriate for the state to encourage people - whether gay or straight - to reproduce. Like I said in the main post, we could meaningfully speak of a 'reproductive duty'. (In our present situation, however, there is no need and therefore no such duty.) Even then (and recall the real world is nowhere near this situation anyway), I don't think it would be appropriate to discriminate against all homosexuals. Rather, we might discriminate against those who failed to meet their reproductive obligations - again, whether they were gay or straight is irrelevant here. So even if we consider the 'worst case scenario' of a world entirely divorced from our own, your argument still doesn't really work. And it certainly doesn't work in the actual world, because of the 'healthy pluralism' issue you keep refusing to address. Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:25 pm, December 27, 2004 "Homosexuality doesn't do any harm" rather then giveing us more people to worry about and more people to think about, it does alot. Homosexuality breeds uneasyness in the hearts of many. This is because we all feel wronged when some one of the same sex looks at us in a sexual way. Don't denie it. I have friends that are more "Out of the colest" then most of you are most likely willing to admit. They have all told me that it is weird when the other checks them out. But since i know someone on the other end of this neverending string of wires, is going to disagree with me. Most likely being a gay indivual them selfs, i will just say this. Fighting over this is stupid. We are all, most likely, set in our ways, no one here is going to say any thing that is going to change anothers mind. I just ask that you all think about the moarl lines of this. History is a great thing to learn from. Look at rome, why did it fall. Moral corruption. Do we want to see the USA broken in 20 years cause a small group of people ACTED there soul away. Chase Whittemore Posted by Chase Whittemore ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:54 pm, December 27, 2004 Homosexuality doesn't do any harm, so there's no rational basis to discriminate against it. The problem with this position, of course, is that you have already implicitly admitted that it might become problem. This was implicit in your assuming the stance that a moderately sized population was consistent with society's best interests. If a behavior might become a problem, it necessarily follows that society has a rational basis for discouraging that behavior. As in the case of numerous other behaviors that are discouraged without outright prohibition, such as measures to abate emissions asserted to cause global warming, where advocates explicitly rely upon the precautionary principle as basis for discrimination against emitters. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 10:23 pm, December 27, 2004 "you have already implicitly admitted that it might become [a] problem" Not at all. My point was that even if we grant for the sake of argument that universal homosexuality would be a bad thing, it's still no problem for us. And - to answer your current point - nor will it ever be, because universal homosexuality will never come to pass. (Seriously, do you think straight people will suddenly turn gay if the State doesn't treat us with favouritism?) So there's no need at all to take 'precautions' against it. "If a behavior might become a problem, it necessarily follows that society has a rational basis for discouraging that behavior." Homosexuality 'might' become a problem in the exact same sense that teaching 'might' become a problem. That is to say, it is an extremely weak sense of 'might', which isn't the least bit relevant to making decisions in the actual world. So, depending on how strong a sense of 'might' you had in mind, either the general rule quoted above is false, or the claim that "homosexuality might become a problem" is false. Lastly, pollution and global warming are examples of collective action problems (like the famous 'prisoners dilemma'), so we can justifiably appeal to 'duty' to try to overcome them. This is not the case in a healthy pluralism, however, where there is no need to get everyone to act in the exact same way. This is the point I've been making all along. Frankly, I'm getting sick of having to repeat myself. Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 6:28 am, December 28, 2004 Lastly, pollution and global warming are examples of collective action problems (like the famous 'prisoners dilemma'), so we can justifiably appeal to 'duty' to try to overcome them. This is not the case in a healthy pluralism, however, where there is no need to get everyone to act in the exact same way. This is the point I've been making all along. Frankly, I'm getting sick of having to repeat myself.Your healthy pluralism argument, as I understand it, boils down to this: But a strict adherence to universality neglects the value of individual differences and the benefits of specialization. Things will work out just fine if we accept the current diversity of preferences, and let people pursue their own ends as they see fit.I have not, and I do not, argue that society should take steps to "stamp out" homosexuality - to enforce universal heterosexuality. My basic contention has consistently been that a rational basis exists for discrimination - that one may reasonably conclude that it is within the bounds of propriety to treat homosexuals differently than heterosexuals. You have failed to explain how the "individual difference" of homosexuality has "value." You have failed to explain how "specialization" in homosexuality has "benefit." If homosexuality isn't "valuable" or "beneficial" to society in some significant manner, then the "pluralism" justification amounts to nothing more than a narcissistic contention that "anything goes" or "I am different; therefore, you must leave me alone and allow me to do what I want to do without any social consequences." Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 8:18 am, December 28, 2004 An addendum to the previous post: If non-discrimination against homosexuality is justified by healthy pluralism, why wouldn't polygamy be justified on the same ground? Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 7:18 pm, December 28, 2004 I don't need to show a benefit. If you want to discriminate, the onus is on you to show a harm to provide your "rational [sic] basis". The one you've come up with here is based on poor logic, so is not rational at all. "If non-discrimination against homosexuality is justified by healthy pluralism, why wouldn't polygamy be justified on the same ground?" You seem to be having trouble following the logic of this debate. You suggested that we could infer from "If everyone were X then there would be bad consequences" to "X is bad / can be justifiably discriminated against". My point about pluralism is simply to show why that's a bad inference. It's not a positive case for non-discrimination. (I take it non-discrimination is the default position.) Rather, it's a counterargument which shows why your specific argument fails. (This leaves open the possibility that there is some OTHER argument against homosexuality which may fare better.) So polygamy is entirely irrelevant here. (Unless you want to argue something like "if everyone was polygamous the world would explode, therefore polygamy is wrong", in which case YES, the 'pluralism' counter would show why such an inference is a bad one.) As to the more general point of whether polygamy should be allowed, that depends on whether doing so (in the actual world, not the silly "if everyone did it" world) would be detrimental to society or not. If it does no harm, then presumably it should be allowed too. (You seem to be tipping your hand here anyway - if reproduction was really the reason for your anti-gay attitudes, why would you oppose polygamy? See the discussion here.) While we're so far off-topic anyway, I might as well respond to Chase: "This is because we all feel wronged when some one of the same sex looks at us in a sexual way." Er, no. If another guy found me attractive, I'd be flattered, not offended. (At least I think so... it's never actually happened so I suppose I can't be sure how I'd react.) It seems to me one would have to feel pretty insecure about their sexuality to feel 'wronged' by such a trivial event. Lastly, feeling "uneasy" or offended does not count as a harm. (Anyone who thinks otherwise really needs to read more J.S. Mill!) Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 8:06 pm, December 28, 2004 > It seems to me one would have to feel pretty insecure about their sexuality to feel 'wronged' by such a trivial event. But to an extent a normal person does feel that way. Maybe a lesbian woman feels the same if a man looks at her in that way. Anyway it is possible to argue that it is irrelevant wether it is a result of insecurity or not . you just have to accept that some people are 'insecure" about their sexuality (whatever that means). Posted by GeniusNZ ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:28 pm, December 28, 2004 Here's the way it is, Ricardo. I didn't bring value and benefit into the discussion. You did - as part of your healthy pluralism contention. If you're going to define healthy pluralism as the protection of behaviors that have value or benefit to society and then rely upon healthy pluralism as a basis for society assuming a neutral stance toward homosexuality, then the burden is upon you to demonstrate that homosexuality fits within the behaviors worthy of healthy pluralism - especially since you have castigated me for ignoring your healthy pluralism argument. If you can't do that, then you might as well throw in the towel, cuz the emptiness of your argument has been exposed. My mentioning of polygamy is especially relevant. Healthy pluralism cannot be some sort of a catch-all that protects all behaviors on the fringes of the bell curve. There must be a standard by which society determines what will be tolerated and what won't be tolerated. The burden is on you to demonstrate why homosexuality should be distinguished from polygamy. Either that or you must admit that polygamy is also worthy, in your estimation, of neutral status. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 10:34 pm, December 28, 2004 Dallas, I suggest you carefully re-read my previous comment, particularly the paragraph beginning: "You seem to be having trouble following the logic of this debate." (Hint: You've completely missed the point about 'pluralism'. It doesn't require explicit benefits, but simply a lack of harm. Further, I'm not using it as a positive argument, but rather a counter-argument. It highlights why your inference from "if everyone were X" is faulty. And that's what your entire argument was based on. You've done nothing to defend that inference, and without it, your argument fails. That's the way it is.) Just an advanced warning: I probably won't bother to reply again unless you actually come up with something new. My previous comments make all the necessary points, and I don't want to waste my time repeating them. Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 10:53 pm, December 28, 2004 I think the quesiton at hand is not if it is wroung or right, because who can know that for sure? But why people are insacure. If we could all anwser that, maybe we could come to a better understanding of this incurity. And by understanding why we are that way, decide what is better for socity as a whole. I think that if you look to the past. To Rome. You will find that Homosexulity is not good for the whole. It is a selfish act to ask for spechil rights anyway, and when it hurts socity by doing so, the person is Wrounging something larger then him. He is in an act of treason to the state. Posted by Chase Whittemore ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 5:03 am, December 29, 2004 Dallas claims: "1. Discrimination is discrimination however you hedge your language.But, we discriminate all the time. E.g., we don't allow minors to vote (even though many of them are much more knowledgeable than many adults)." But Dallas seems to be unfamiliar with everyday English usage, whereby discrimination, when condemned in the way under consideration, is usually shorthand for abitrary discrimination. But not allowing minors to vote (selecting qualified surgeons to perform surgery, using licenced electricians to fix the wiring, etc. etc.) is not arbitrary. Posted by Immanuel Kant ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:01 am, December 29, 2004 To: His Excellency, King Ricardo I While I understand that you have a high-falutin' image of yourself as a student of philosophy and while I recognize that narcissistic arrogance runs rampant among the gliberals heirarchy, I'm nonetheless surprised by your patronizing tone. I had the impression you were capable of suppressing your majestic tendencies while mingling with the hoi polloi in the marketplace of ideas. Not wanting to unduly offend Your Highness, I'll just respond to one of your points, and then you can decide whether or not you will deign to descend again from your interplanetary throne as a Master of the Universe for further conversation. It matters not whether a proposition is posed as an argument or a counter-argument. A proposition is either sound or it is unsound. If one relies upon it, one has the burden to demonstrate its soundness. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 9:06 am, December 29, 2004 But Dallas seems to be unfamiliar with everyday English usage . . . I was just sweeping the floor for those who are too lazy to express themselves with precision. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 11:04 pm, December 30, 2004 sigh ... One last try then... Dallas, your argument rested on the harm of species extinction which would purportedly result from universal homosexuality. My response was that in the actual world (which is what matters here), there is no such harm. We are not in danger of being driven to extinction by homosexuals. Really, we're not. The current pluralism is quite sustainable in this regard. I wouldn't have thought it that hard an argument to follow. It's a pity you felt the need to resort to petty mockery. Posted by Richard ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 7:48 am, December 31, 2004 We are not in danger of being driven to extinction by homosexuals. Really, we're not.No, we are not. I have not asserted that we were. We should consider why this is so. The reason is that heterosexuality has been and continues to be the predominant mode - a mode that leads - surprise, surprise - to reproduction of the species. Thus, ironically, homosexuals depend upon heterosexuals for the existence of a risk-free environment - an environment in which their sexual proclivities, and the behaviors that flow from them, present no present danger to society. Now, if one mode serves the long-term interests of society so exceptionally well that it enables society to tolerate other modes which do not serve the long-term interests of society (but which may serve the interests of particular individuals), I suggest that it is obviously rational for society to be biased in favor of the mode on which the happy state of affairs depends. Posted by Dallas ReplyDelete Replies Reply Anonymous 3:56 pm, December 31, 2004 This argument seems to be based on what seems to me is a glaring mistake: that homosexual women cannot bear children. As they are still women, they sure can still have children, and they do have children. Lots of single women, be they straight or gay, have children. Some of them pay a lot of money for it. Anyway, the assumption should not be so much that as long as there are heterosexual families the species can continue, but as long as there are women the species can conitnue. And certain scientific developments are making that less and less a necessity. What I find troublesome in this logic is the idea that if a behavior, any behavior, has the capacity for becoming problematic at some future time, then society should do its best to discourage it. This sounds like a kind of normalization (even possibly including state intrusion) which I think is just unaccpetable in liberal societies. How can we know what behaviors will turn out to be a problem later on? Especially since we as a society can't seem to agree on what is problematic now (and for good reasons). Huffing paint is bad for you, but we still have paint. Having sex itself can be very bad for you, as it leads to contrating disease, etc.; if it were all for the sake of the species, we'd just give up on sex and all have state-sponsored artificial inseminations. It'd be a lot cleaner, a lot safer, and a whole lot more scary. If the goal is to have stable families to raise children, then there are many ways to do that. The whole "against nature" problematic doesn't seem to bear out the facts, IMHO. There's a lot that humans do thats not in keeping with nature (whatever that is). Posted by Educated Ice ReplyDelete Replies Reply Roscoe 7:09 am, January 07, 2009 This is all assuming the Kantian framework: Your arguments, Richard, about homosexuals being able to procreate with a partner that is not their preferred, seems to deal with the universalist claim that "If everyone were homosexual, there wouldn't be any new babies". In this case, it's obvious that homosexual's fertility debunks this claim. However, it doesn't really address the universalist claim that, "if everyone were in a homosexual marriage, there wouldn't be any new babies." Depending on one's belief about fidelity in a marriage, (though according to the categorical imperative, infidelity can't be logically universalized because it presupposes marriage, but then universal infidelity cancels it out, much like the theft and property case) it may be morally impossible for the gay couple to actually conceive. (Though recent scientific discoveries may undermine this claim). A better way to refute both, is that because the whole fact that homosexuality is not a choice, and thus the "choice" to have a homosexual marriage is not universalizable (can you really choose to marry homosexual or heterosexual unless you are bisexual in which case the above argument may hold?), it would be ridiculous to say much about anything concerning homosexuality or homosexual marriage under the Categorical Imperative. Homosexuality is not really a moral choice. It's just as absurd as applying the Categorical Imperative to hair color or eye color. Incidentally, your arguments that "in reality we have nothing to fear from homosexuals because there aren't enough of them to cause mass human extinction" actually fall out from the only real conceivable choice in these matters that could be scrutinized by Kant's imperative: "If someone were gay it would be permissible for them to marry/have sex or whatever it is homosexuals do =P" In this case, everyone would not be homosexual, everyone would not be homosexually married, merely every homosexual would be married and that's fine because there is no logical contradiction. Nonetheless, (still keeping within a Kantian framework) one would still be using the woman or man with who they actually conceive as a means to an end, and thus violating the second maxim. As for the Kantian framework itself, it seems as though you are not analyzing the statement, "it should be impermissible for me to be a teacher because if everyone was a teacher blah blah blah", correctly. That is more of a hypothetical imperative, which should only be regarded as a subjective preference (and thus allows for your hallowed plurality) and not as an objective end; it is a means to the end that you so interestingly hinted at when you suggest that everyone should be allowed to do as they see fit, as only this kind of mentality can be logically consistent and only this imperative is really the end we ought to choose (and thus it doesn't matter what profession you choose as long as you saw it fit to be chosen). However, it should be noted that even this, "allow everyone to do as they see fit" must be tempered by a regard for others (we wouldn't want murder now would we), which sounds a lot like Kant's imperative in the first place, one has a perfect duty to the end-nature of others and an imperfect duty to seek perfection for himself and everyone else, in essence allowing people to do as they see fit. Sooo, while I have addressed all of your concerns with the use of the categorical imperative, I must also add that another way to challenge Dallas is by pointing out that he automatically assumes that the long-term interests of society are more important than long-term individual interests (and the absurd thought that society is some sort of holistic entity that shares the rational nature of its components). An assumption that really has nothing to do with Kant at all and thus it becomes hard to do the whole universalizing bit. ReplyDelete Replies Reply Add comment Load more... Visitors: check my comments policy first. Non-Blogger users: If the comment form isn't working for you, email me your comment and I can post it on your behalf. (If your comment is too long, first try breaking it into two parts.) Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Name: Richard Yetter Chappell University of Miami Search This Blog Recent Posts Loading... Recent Comments Loading... 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0.99978	Over 160,000 or 1 in 6 children experience the all-encompassing effects of childhood poverty in Alberta – a staggering statistic which has been made even more dire by the dramatic economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report highlights the communities most affected by systemic poverty and lack of access to support services such as Indigenous communities, immigrants and refugees, and families in rural environments. It details the effects of poverty on the development of children, including issues affecting mental health, educational attainment, employment, and housing throughout their lives up to adulthood. Read the new report from Public Interest Alberta, the Edmonton Social Planning Council, and the Alberta College of Social Workers. Media Release Read our media release Watch our webinar In the news COVID-19 has led to more children in poverty: report Lethbridge Herald Pandemic is increasing child poverty Toronto Star, reposted by Yahoo News Recent news September 17, 2021 Public Interest Alberta Calls on Premier Jason Kenney to Resign as 4th COVID Wave Throws Healthcare into Chaos September 13, 2021 Vote Housing! September 03, 2021 What are pronouns? September 01, 2021 2021 Annual General Meeting August 30, 2021 Fighting back makes a difference – even with Alberta’s extremist government May 31, 2021 Mourning the loss of 215 children at the Kamloops residential school May 26, 2021 One year after the murder of George Floyd, we need to do better to urgently address systemic inequality and racism
0.957311	The Colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni), the world's largest invertebrate, is anything but a ferocious predator, according to research to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. The Colossal squid is known from the circumantarctic Southern Ocean, where it reaches an estimated maximum size of 12–14 metres in length (slightly larger than the giant squid, Architeuthis, which is estimated at a maximum size of 10–13 metres). This poorly known inhabitant of the deep sea was previously thought to be an aggressive hunter like its cousin, the giant squid (this was supposed on the basis of the Colossal squid possessing the largest eyes and beaks of any cephalopod and the presence of large, predatory fishes such as the Antarctic toothfish, Dissostichus mawsoni, in their guts). Because the squid is so rarely captured, let alone observed in the wild, authors Rui Rosa and Brad Seibel used data regarding the metabolic rates of other deep-sea squids (most notably in the family Cranchiidae, to which the Colossal squid also belongs), and extrapolated this data to scale it up to the Colossal squid's size. They also took into account the relatively low temperatures of the Southern Ocean by applying a co-efficient to their calculations. The estimated metabolic rate was found to be considerably lower than that of giant squids and other actively hunting deep-sea squids. The authors also projected the daily energy consumption of the Colossal squid, and found it to be 300–600 times lower than the daily energy requirements of other similar-sized top predators (baleen and toothed whales) of the Southern Ocean. Based on their results, the authors estimate that the Colossal squid is able to survive on as little as 30 grams of Antarctic toothfish per day, and that a 5 kg toothfish would provide sufficient nourishment for a 500 kg colossal squid for approximately 200 days. As the data indicates that the Colossal squid is not a voracious predator capable of chasing prey at high speeds, the authors hypothesise that the Colossal squid is an ambush or sit-and-float predator that uses the hooks on its arms and tentacles to ensnare prey that unwittingly approach. The authors also speculate that low temperatures may be the main cause of the Colossal squid's gigantism. For more information, see the paper: Rosa, R and BA Seibel (2010) Slow pace of life of the Antarctic colossal squid. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, doi:10.1017/S0025315409991494
0.971094	The share of all grocery sales made online reached 10% in the last four weeks ending 18th April as UK lockdown shifts shopping habits away from multiple trips in-store and towards bigger baskets as well as shopping more at convenience stores and online. This is a rise from the 7.5% at the end of 2019, as UK shoppers opt to do more of their weekly grocery shopping online amid the COVID-19 lockdown, reveals data released today by Nielsen. Nielsen data shows that over 6.8m consumers shopped for groceries online in the last four weeks, with almost one in three being new shoppers. Moreover, the share of sales made at convenience stores – across all formats from independent to co-operatives and those of the big supermarkets – reached a new high of 30%, with sales increasing by 9%. Over the latest four week period, shoppers made fewer trips across fewer retailers but they spent more, with the average spend per visit increasing by +35% during each trip¹. In terms of category performance, Nielsen data shows that in the last four weeks ending 18th April, UK shoppers remained focused on purchasing ambient groceries – shelf stable goods (+17.6) and frozen foods (+13.5%), as well as beers, wines and spirits (+6.5%), which all increased in sales compared to the same period last year. Sales in confectionery (-20%) and delicatessen (-21%) declined the most, the latter also being attributed to the majority of counters being closed in larger stores, as retailers redirected resources elsewhere to keep up with demand³. Beers, wines and spirits was the fastest growing category online in terms of sales – with a huge 78% growth. This is likely due to the category being more convenient to shop online – as it’s both heavy and shoppers don’t need to personally check it over, as they would with fresh groceries. British shoppers also purchased fewer products on promotion in the last four weeks ending 18th April, with the percentage of sales falling to an all time low of 16%, down from last year’s average of 26% during. This reflects the change in focus, as retailers and manufacturers place more importance on maintaining stock availability and ensuring everyone is able to purchase key supplies, following the earlier stockpiling. Over the last 12 week period, and due to the surge in sales pre -lockdown, all retailers experienced growth. Iceland had the biggest increase in sales, growing by 14.9% compared to the same period in 2019, closely followed by Lidl (+14.3%) and The Co-op (+13.6%). Of the major supermarkets, Sainsbury’s was the fastest growing with sales up +7.8%. Mike Watkins, Nielsen’s UK head of retailer and business insight, said: “Retailers have increased online capacity significantly in the last few weeks, and they have worked quickly to adapt to the demands of shoppers amid the COVID-19 lockdown. This has been done by increasing the number of delivery slots whilst prioritising the more vulnerable and improving order sizes so that shoppers can minimise the frequency of shopping. Though this has taken away some of the footfall to stores, retailers’ impressive efficiency online in the last few weeks has relieved a lot of the pressure on store operations, which have been impacted by social distancing requirements that have limited both how we shop and what we buy.” Watkin continues: “However, it is too soon to know whether the larger trend that we’ve seen in the last four weeks with the fall in visits and the shift to online will continue as we slowly begin to exit restricted living over the next couple of months” Table: 12-weekly % share of grocery market spend by retailer and value sales % change The figures in the table are based on 12 week sales through to 18 April 2020 compared with the same 12 week period in 2019 Source: Nielsen Total Till, Nielsen Homescan Related posts: Royal wedding sees cider, sun care and Champagne sales pop as shoppers celebrate in the sun, Nielsen reports Despite Brexit fears, UK consumers are optimistic about their financial wellbeing, finds Nielsen Tagged Nielsen Tweet Stay in touch… twitter linkedin email rss ▼ Have your say … In my opinion Why it works Page Navigation Home Page About us Advertising Contact us Copyright Privacy policy What are you looking for ? 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0.993784	to curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb huddle to crowd together as when distressed or in fear During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within. huddle a dense and disorderly crowd huddle {n} a crowd, collection, confusion, tumult huddle {v} to do or put on in a hurry, to crowd huddle A brief gathering among members of the offensive or defensive teams in order to receive instructions for the upcoming play huddle crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain huddle To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd huddle The action of the players grouping together to plan the next play(s) As a noun, the group itself huddle a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" huddle If you huddle somewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened. She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping. = hunch huddle a quick private conference huddle to curl ones legs up to the chest and keep ones arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb huddle {i} small cluster of people or animals; bunch, closely gathered mass; secret conference; group of players gathered to receive playing instructions (Football) huddle To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together huddle crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" huddle If people huddle in a group, they gather together to discuss something quietly or secretly. Off to one side, Sticht, Macomber, Jordan, and Kreps huddled to discuss something The president has been huddling with his most senior aides Mrs Clinton was huddled with advisers at her headquarters huddle a brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play huddle a quick private conference a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!" crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain huddle A meeting that occurs each day, morning, or other agreed-upon time, wherein the entire staff reviews the daily schedule and patient charts huddle a quick private conference a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women" huddle A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion huddle {f} crowd together, gather together; snuggle; consult together secretly; gather into a group to receive playing instructions (Football) huddle If people huddle together or huddle round something, they stand, sit, or lie close to each other, usually because they all feel cold or frightened. Tired and lost, we huddled together The survivors spent the night huddled around bonfires huddle to form a huddle huddle A huddle is a small group of people or things that are standing very close together or lying on top of each other, usually in a disorganized way. We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air huddle A longer than usual pause preceding an action in the bidding or the play of a hand huddle crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" huddle When the offensive team makes a circle behind the line of scrimmage, to call the next play huddle A meeting where the quarterback announces the play to his teammates huddle To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system huddling Türkçe nasıl söylenir hʌdlîng Telaffuz /ˈhədləɴɢ/ /ˈhʌdlɪŋ/ Etimoloji [ 'h&-d&l ] (verb.) 1579. probably from or akin to Middle English hoderen to huddle. Resimler Google Resimler Bing Resimler Günün kelimesi irrefragable Geçmiş huddling Daha fazla... 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0.999979	Being able to talk to your computer as if it were human has always been considered the ideal computer user experience. Many saw the Star Trek computer as that ultimate computer experience. You talk to the computer; it knows who you are and understands the topic of what you are asking it. It responds with personalized information or asks additional questions to yield optimal information or performs a specific task. This type of user experience can speed search and input processes in a natural, humanized way. To further engage the user, text to speech voice has a personality that makes user experience fun and more likely to engage the user. This is the next generation of user interface, which is commonly referred to as a Conversational User Interface (CUI). While speech technology has been around for over half a century, in the last decade the accuracies of these systems have inched up to provide an enhanced user experience. Speech recognition is regularly used for transcription, interactive voice response, auto command and control, and information searching on mobile devices. Increases in processing power, storage, cloud computing, and recent developments in deep learning have all contributed to this. Today's technology can be easily added to web and mobile applications to input information and control the application. On smaller devices, audio is streamed over the Internet to servers that process the audio and convert into text. Yet the process is so seamless that the user doesn't notice the role of the cloud technology. When combined with natural language processing, text can be converted to structured data. For example, patients are interviewed by virtual physicians and nurses about their medical problems. The problems can be spoken by patients or physicians and codified into clinical concepts for diagnosis and analytics. Smart phones and tablets have stimulated new demand for next generation speech recognition in the form of CUIs. These devices are designed for mobile speech input and benefit tremendously from speech technology, because typing on phones and tablets is difficult. Apple's Siri, Google's speech recognition and Microsoft's Cortana are the first generation CUIs. These applications have been embraced by the average consumer as a new way to interact with their devices. The next phase shall extend the same concept to industry specific mobile applications. As speech evolves to a conversational interface, the system becomes more intelligent and humanized. Natural language processing technology and unstructured information management software are combined with speech recognition and text to speech to produce a conversational interface. Unstructured information management is used to store personal and topic specific information, which is the core knowledge base used to build the intelligent dialog. Mobile and Internet applications are capturing more personalized. information about the user, her location, the context, and subject matter. This information helps build a profile of the user that can be accessed by the CUI to deliver the information that makes sense given the context, despite an ambiguous question. The CUI knows when more information is needed so that an intelligent question is asked to capture complete information to deliver the best answer or to perform the proper task. Clearly, the user interface of speech enabled applications needs to be built from a user centric perspective rather than the technology, data structure or algorithms. Domain and context knowledge play a critical role in the performance of these systems. Knowledge of the location of the user helps prune the unlikely but similar sounding destinations from map search. Knowledge about the popularity of web searches plays an important role in understanding spoken web queries. Many of the CUIs commonly seen today lack the conversational context. Consider the example of making an appointment. The user may say "I want an appointment with Dr. Dillon tomorrow". Through NLP analysis, the doctor and date are now known. The system now needs to find out if the doctor is really busy, and in that case respond with a negative or a limited number of choices, or if the doctor is not busy at all then they want to narrow down the patient preferences first. This is where a good CUI interface starts deviating from traditional click and type interface. Eventually this CUI can be mapped to a form that needs certain fields to be filled in to narrow down to a particular appointment that is available. The technology for such applications is not new, but the recency of technological advancements that allow for usable implementations leave the playing field wide open for a plethora of domain specific CUI applications that will become a reality in the coming years. A mechanic would find it very useful to have an application that makes repair manuals and datasheets easily accessible in a hands and eyes busy scenario. A doctor's office would love to have a conversational assistant that collects the patient problems prior to the visit, or educates them and helps them stay compliant to the treatment plan after the visit. This type of solution can reduce the cost of care by reducing the time it takes a human to interview the patient and the time to write the problem and history of present illness. The diagnostic process will have fewer errors and perhaps be more comprehensive. Patients may reveal more information than actually speaking with a real person, because they are uninhibited in the process. Best of all this process can be performed anywhere the patient happens to be at the time as long as they have their mobile phone with them. Several other new applications of speech technology have also emerged. Conversion to text allows for large scale data mining of audio archives. In this era of identity thefts, voice biometrics is starting to play a role of growing importance. Language, accent, gender and emotion detection are finding wide ranging applications from connecting to the best suited agent in a call center to identifying a national security threat. Students learn new languages and correct pronunciation of words using speech enabled software. Elderly with hearing disabilities can communicate better with simple mobile speech to text. Next time you develop a mobile application; evaluate how a CUI can make your application stand out as the best user experience.
0.953217	Opened in 1994, the Railway Museum of San Angelo showcases the history of railroading in San Angelo and the surrounding region. It features exhibits, model trains, and a research library. A locomotive and a few other railroad stock are on display outside. The museum is housed in the historic Santa Fe Passenger Depot, which was built in 1910 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Directions Images The Santa Fe Passenger Depot was built in 1919. Backstory and Context Text-to-speech Audio The Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad built the depot from 1909 to 1910. The two-story building was designed in the Prairie School style and features a tile roof, dormers, and overhangs. The railroad was founded by mining and railroad businessman Arthur Stilwell, who was a prominent figure in the Southwest. His intent was to connect Kansas to Asia (the Orient) by building a line from Kansas to the Pacific coast of Mexico. The company never fully realized this goal as it struggled financially. However, it played a key role in transporting oil during the 1920s and establishing San Angelo as key retail and wholesale center in the surrounding region. The depot, which the company also used it for its district offices, is one of the few buildings the company built that are still standing. The Santa Fe Railroad bought the company in 1928. It is not readily apparent how long passenger service continued at the depot or what happened to it before it became the museum. Sources "Santa Fe Passenger Depot." National Parks Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. November 27, 1989. https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/media/40970237/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002561.pdf. Sutton, Samuel. "San Angelo Railway Museum back on track thanks to new contract with city." GoSanAngelo.com. February 5, 2019. https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2019/02/05/city-san-angelo-announces-new-contract-railway-museum/2778057002. Image Sources(Click to expand) Michael Barera, via Wikimedia Commons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Tom_Green_County,_Texas#/media/File:San_Angelo_September_2019_54_(Santa_Fe_Passenger_Depot).jpg Additional Information Facebook page Share Address 700 S. Chadbourne San Angelo, TX Hours Every Saturday from 10am until 4pm Phone Number 325-486-2140 Tags Architecture and Historical Buildings Railroads and Transportation Loading... This entry has been edited 3 times. Created by Ben M on December 5th 2019, 9:31:22 pm. Last updated by Ben M on December 10th 2019, 8:46:05 pm. Tours that feature this entry Walking Tour of Downtown San Angelo, Texas This walk through historic San Angelo begins at City Hall and includes historical markers, museums, landmarks, and many of the city's oldest churches and buildings. The tour concludes at the Santa Fe Railway Freight Depot and the Railway Museum of San Angelo.
0.999985	Mónica Gómez, terapeuta nutricional y holística, terapia Dra. Hulda Clark - CyberScan: medicina Cuántica y Energética del siglo XXI, dieta del Tipo Metabólico según la genética de cada persona Country: 176.121.68.3, Europe, ES City: -3.9578 Jaen, Spain i like cheese - Love it This book I'd amazing it has a deep story along with a comedy and I would recommend this book to anyone. There is one problem the auto read is monotone and if you fix this I would give this book a five star rating A Salute to a Great Cancer War Veteran - A Salute to a Great Cancer War Veteran If you've ever wondered why cancer has somehow taken hold in your life or in that of someone close to you, you will find some surprising common sense theories here with some common sense strategies on how to get healthy again. A friend gave me this book early on in my uphill cancer fight and I finally felt "armed" and ready to wage war, instead of helpless and at the mercy of allopathic medicine's limited range of therapies (and few natural ones.) It's not a criticism of modern oncology techniques-this book lists ways to AUGMENT them with some simple common sense, supplementation of various kinds (detailed nutrition & vitamin regimens, spirituality, family support, etc..) and a belief in positive outlook/outcome. The most educational aspect of this book was that it taught me so much about our horrid American/Western diet and how much is has likely contributed to all kinds of diseases...including cancer. When 1 in 3 of us will experience cancer during our lifetimes, it can't hurt to consider the points that Mrs. Frähm highlights that not only speak to the ways our natural immune system becomes vulnerable, but how to strengthen this unrivaled form of chemotherapy.This book should appeal, in particular, to the active/critical patient or family who wants to explore the realm of natural cancer fighters that-unlike traditional oncology-work to get the body back in balance vs. kill the cancer at ALL COSTS. Mrs. Frähm not only takes you through her personal battles and how she arrived at her system, but explains in simple terms how these things work. I'm grateful beyond belief that a thoughtful friend passed along a copy of this powerful book and it's the first one I name when asked what book I'd recommend for a newly-diagnosed cancer patient. It's a hard-core, disciplined outline for those who believe in making some serious lifestyle changes in order to better their odds of keeping cancer from taking hold or ever coming back. At the same time, it doesn't claim to be the cancer gospel-anyone who claims to have THE cancer answer or THE cure is either disillusioned or a flat-out liar...thankfully, Mrs. Frähm doesn't attempt to do that.I appreciated her candor and personal courage during her difficult cancer fight and the specific things she shared in her personal nutritional regimen that I, too, incorporated that made me a much stronger cancer patient. I'm not only a smarter soldier in my own cancer war but I feel like I have a hold on the arsenal of natural weapons that my cancer enemy doesn't like. I have Mrs. Frähm-and the friend who gave me this powerful book-to thank for that.Just know this book isn't for everyone-especially those who are wary of anything their doctor doesn't rubber stamp with approval. But some of us didn't have the luxury of such enlightened, infallible oncologists and Mrs. Frähm just shows the reader some natural, alternative ways to bolster our immune systems & fight cancer without destroying ourselves in the process. And if your cancer situation is beginning to look a little bleak, this may well point you in some directions that no one else will tell you about. It's a shame that her 'Battle Plan' is only well-known within the cancer survivor community when it contains so many sound principles. If you're in the 'battle' against the Big C, it's difficult to NOT become a smarter soldier with this book. I only wish I had known about some of these principles years ago as I might not have even been diagnosed with cancer to begin with.p.s. As far as how Mrs. Frähm is doing today? I don't personally know...but given the fact that she only had 2 months to live- many years ago, mind you- after her "last" medical option expired and failed, whatever time she cultivated beyond that is due to the gifts of a higher power and a determined woman who took some brave steps to meet her enemy head-on. TERRY B. - Poor Fit, Disappointing Product I purchased mats for my 2005 Chevrolet Silverado about 1 year ago. They did not fit from the start; a noticeable crease near the middle of the mats never relaxed. The mats also slide. So much for computerized fit. Mats purchased from Max Liner for a family member's Cadillac are MUCH better.
0.96603	Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bulgarian Bengali Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Marathi Nepali Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content. Additional information may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, Indpaedia.com. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. This is a collection of articles archived for the excellence of their content. Additional information may please be sent as messages to the Facebook community, Indpaedia.com. All information used will be gratefully acknowledged in your name. Contents 1 Briefly 2 Some prominent names in the Pandora Papers 2.1 A-C 2.2 G-J 2.3 K-L 2.4 M 2.5 P-R 2.6 S 2.7 T 2.8 V-W Briefly Oct 4, 2021: The Times of India NEW DELHI: The names of several Indian businessmen, celebrities and politicians have been revealed in an unprecedented leak of financial documents known as the "Pandora Papers". As many as 380 Indians are on the list of the global elite who have been exposed for ringfencing their wealth through shadowy financial transactions and using offshore tax havens to hide assets worth millions of dollars. The "treasure trove" of nearly 11.9 million confidential files has been obtained by a global network of reporters and publication houses called the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). As many as 600 journalists from 150 news organisations sifted through the documents for two years to come up with the findings. Prominent Indians in Pandora Papers The ICIJ and its partner in India, The Indian Express, mentioned the names of famous Indians such as cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, businessman Anil Ambani, diamantaire Nirav Modi's sister and Biocon promoter Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's husband. The documents show that Tendulkar, along with family members, owned an offshore entity in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) that was liquidated in 2016 shortly after the leak of a similar set of financial documents called the Panama Papers. However, Tendulkar's representative said the transactions were completely legitimate and also declared to the income tax authorities, according to the report. Businessman Anil Ambani, who recently filed for bankruptcy in a UK court, is also mentioned in the documents concerning off-shore entities. The younger Ambani's lawyer, however, also told the newspaper that his client had followed all required procedures and made declarations before the concerned authorities. Furthermore, the Indian Express revealed that a month before fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi fled India in January 2018, his sister Purvi Modi set up a firm in the British Virgin Islands to act as a corporate protector of a trust formed through the Trident Trust Company, Singapore. Purvi Modi's lawyer, however, denied all allegations of wrongdoing, the newspaper reported. The report also named the husband of Biocon promoter Kiran Mazumder Shaw, who had set up a trust with keys to a person who was banned by Sebi for insider trading. The Biocon promoter, however, refuted the documents and said that her husband's offshore trust is "bonafide" and "legitimate". Pakistanis in the pack As many as 700 Pakistanis, including members of Prime Minister Imran Khan's inner circle, have been named in the leaked documents. According to the ICIJ, members of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s inner circle, including current and former cabinet ministers, secretly owned an array of companies and trusts holding millions of dollars of hidden wealth. Documents accessed by Pakistani investigative journalists show that Khan’s water resources minister, Chaudhry Moonis Elahi, contacted a Singapore-based offshore services provider Asiaciti in 2016 about setting up a trust to invest the profits from a family land deal that had been financed by what the lender later claimed was an illegal loan. The bank told Pakistani authorities that the loan had been approved due to the influence of Elahi’s father, a former deputy prime minister. Asiaciti records say that Elahi backed off from putting money into a trust in Singapore after the provider told him it would report the details to Pakistani tax authorities. Elahi did not respond to ICIJ’s requests for comment. According to the investigation's findings, Pakistan finance minister Tarin and his family members own four offshore companies. It quoted Tariq Fawad Malik, a financial consultant who handled the paperwork for the companies, as saying that they were set up as part of the Tarin family’s intended investment in a bank with a Saudi business. Pakistani generals The leaked documents also provide a rare glimpse into the secret financial dealings of the Pakistani generals. According to Dawn.com, the investigation revealed that "a luxury London apartment was transferred from the son of a famous Indian movie director to the wife of a three-star general". The general told ICIJ the property purchase was disclosed and proper. According to details, the wife of retired Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah, a former aide to then-president Pervez Musharraf, acquired a $1.2 million apartment in London "through a discreet offshore transaction" in 2007. The investigation found that the property was transferred to Lt Gen Shah's wife by an offshore company owned by Akbar Asif, the son of famous Indian film director K Asif. Interestingly, Akbar’s sister, Heena Kausar, is the widow of Iqbal Mirchi, a key figure in the Dawood Ibrahim-led crime syndicate "D-company". Some prominent names in the Pandora Papers Excerpted from various issues of The Indian Express A-C Adani, Vinod Shantilal Shah: Adani brother set up a company in BVI; says it has been closed now The records show that Vinod Shantilal Shah Adani, elder brother of Gautam Adani, set up Hibiscus RE Holdings Limited in the British Virgin Islands in 2018. Advani, Hiroo: 3 offshore companies connect Swiss bank, top arbitrator and his wife, Gulf tycoon Hiroo Advani founded Advani & Co, India’s “oldest specialised arbitration practice” in 1986. The law firm’s website describes him as a “world authority on arbitration law” and “one of only two Indian lawyers ever listed in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitrators”. Ambani, Anil: What ‘bankrupt’ Anil Ambani didn’t tell: his $1.3-billion web of offshore firms Made disclosures to Indian authorities as required to be made in compliance with law: Anil Ambani's lawyer. Bharat Ram, Vivek and Sukanya: DCM scion, his wife held shares in BVI company The offshore firm, Socina Ventures Limited, was set up by Trident Trust Company in the British Virgin Islands in February 2008 and existed at least till February 2015. Records show that shares of Socina Ventures were issued to Vivek and Sukanya between March 2008 and December 2011. Bhartia, Abhishek and others: Family behind premier hospital in Delhi set up offshore firm with assets worth $35 mn Documents show that of $35.39 million assets of Carmichael Inc, $12.4 million was in cash and equivalent, and $22.9 million (market value $24.25 million) in investments. Burman, Gaurav: Offshore footprint found in origins of IPL teams Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab The documents reveal the links of Gaurav Burman, fifth generation scion of Dabur’s Burman family and husband of Lalit Modi’s stepdaughter Karima, with the Kings XI Punjab franchisee. And also that of Indian businessman in Nigeria, Suresh Chellaram, whose wife Kavita is sister of Lalit Modi’s late wife Minal, with the Rajasthan Royals franchisee. Choudhrie, Bhanu: Cyprus via British Virgin Islands: Arms agent family widens empire Records of Demetrios A Demetriades & Co (Dadlaw), a law firm that provides corporate services, show that it received direct instructions from Bhanu Choudhrie on managing Lifedream Trading Ltd which was incorporated in Cyprus in 2001. G-J Gandhi, Ajay: Antrix Diamonds defaults on bank loans, its owner sets up web of offshore companies Records pertaining to Antrix Diamonds Exports Pvt Ltd, an Indian firm promoted by Ajay Gandhi, show that Singapore-based Andin Investments owned more than 20 per cent stake in Antrix Diamonds which owes over Rs 500 crore to public sector banks in India and has been declared a wilful defaulter. Gupta, Shravan of MGF: He owned BVI firm, JV with Emaar got $2 million Gupta was the beneficial owner of a company in BVI where its Finance Ministry issued two notices after his name surfaced in the HSBC Bank (Geneva) list of Indian account holders. Hiranandani: Mumbai real estate major Hiranandani: Link to BVI, trust with $60 million in assets Niranjan was the “reserve director” in at least three firms set up in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) by his Dubai-based son. Jiwrajka brothers Alok Industries ex-owners, top defaulters, set up offshore network According to the Pandora Papers, Alok Worldwide was incorporated in July 2013 with the three Jiwrajka brothers as directors and Alok Industries Ltd as sole shareholder. K-L Kerkar, Peter: Held for fraud, Peter Kerkar of Cox and Kings linked to offshore firms Documents investigated by The Indian Express show the two BVI vista trusts —The Welcome Trust and The Castle Cove Trust — were both set up in March 2010 with Kerkar, his wife Emma Patience Tully, and their two daughters as the ultimate beneficial owners and Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Ltd as their trustee. Khaitan: Owners of Radico Khaitan, manufacturer of IMFL, have their assets in offshore trusts The Register of Directors of Beecool Global Holdings Limited states that ever since September 4, 2012, the Timberlane Trust held 50,000 ordinary shares of USD1 each of Beecool Global Holdings Limited. Khorakiwala, Habil Fakhruddin: Wockhardt founder, family hold shares worth $20 million in Panama firm Records show that at the time of incorporation in 2011, the capital of Barrymil Investments SA was $10,000, divided into 10,000 shares of $1 each. Loomba, Lt General (retired) Rakesh Kumar Ex-chief of Military Intelligence and son set up firm in Seychelles; pegged inflow at $1 mn In December 2016, Lt General (retired) Rakesh Kumar Loomba registered Rarint Partners Ltd in Seychelles along with son Rahul Loomba. M Mehta, Dilip: Rosy Blue rejigged its offshore network after Panama expose None of these entities has any connection with India nor are within ambit of any Indian law: Dilip Mehta Mirchi, Iqbal: Iqbal Mirchi family expands offshore empire, with links to ex-Pak General, Iqbal Mirchi was a trusted aide of underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim and was wanted by the Mumbai Police and the Enforcement Directorate. He was arrested by Scotland Yard in 1994 and died of a heart attack in London in 2013. Mirji, Chiranthan: Son of former Bengaluru police chief opened firm in Seychelles According to the Incorporation Order/ Instruction Sheet of Seychelles-headquartered corporate services firm Aabol (All About Offshore Limited), the offshore entity’s name was Mesh Jyot Global Ltd. Mittal, Pramod: How Pramod Mittal ‘owed’ $1 bn to Pramod Mittal — and got his deal In 2008, show records of Appleby, Mittal made an “inter group transfer” of an aircraft registered in the name of Global Aircraft Limited, a Bermuda company, by transferring its shares from GSHL to Prasan PTC Ltd, the BVI Trust company. Modi, Purvi: Before Nirav Modi fled, sister founded offshore firm to act as trust protector Records investigated by The Indian Express show that the firm, Brookton Management Ltd, was set up in December 2017 to act as the corporate protector of The Deposit Trust. P-R Prasad, Manoj: Booked by CBI, Manoj Prasad owns 2 offshore companies Son of a former officer of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), Prasad was booked by the CBI when the agency’s then Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana were engaged in an acrimonious public faceoff. Radia, Niira: Niira Radia set up a dozen firms, asked Trident Trust to not contact her directly Radia, whose name earlier figured in both The Panama Papers and The Paradise Papers, once again figures in the Pandora Papers with about a dozen offshore firms and a more detailed account of transactions executed by these firms including the purchase of a $251,500 watch in Dubai through one of her BVI companies. Rajapaksa, Nirupama & Nadesan, Thirukumar: Sri Lankan power couple piled up luxury homes, artworks and cash offshore as ruling family rose and rose As of 2017, Nirupama Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan’s offshore holdings, which haven’t previously been made public, had a value of about $18 million, according to an ICIJ analysis of a Nadesan trust’s financial statements. Rajvansh, Homi : IRS officer and an ex-IT Chief Commissioner In 2019, Homi Rajvansh was put on compulsory retirement; IT Commissioner pegged assets at $500,000. S Sadanandan, Satyajit & Gilani, Syed Mohsen: India-Pakistan duo passed proceeds from football deals to Seychelles firm Bengaluru-based Satyajit Sadanandan is a former FIFA grassroots instructor “specialising in sports investments and talent development”. Syed Mohsen Gilani is a Pakistani settled in Colombo and a former FIFA development officer. Salve, Harish buys BVI firm to acquire London apartment Salve was allotted 50,000 shares in Marsul on September 15, 2015, according to the Register of Members prepared by the company’s agent, Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Ltd or Alcogal. A Register of Members is essentially a list of a company’s shareholders. Sandesara, Nitin formed 6 offshore firms to expand oil trade after fleeing India Nitin Sandesara is the sole beneficial owner of these firms and he has declared that the funds infused in these companies are his “savings”. Saraf, Radhe Shyam who owns a group of companies running a chain of Hyatt hotels in the country, has settled his properties in tax haven Belize through two trusts. Shaw, John McCallum Marshall: Offshore entities of Kiran Mazumdar Shaw’s husband have Biocon shares, $85 million; trust advisor banned by Sebi Glentec is disclosed to Sebi and RBI, says Shaw, beneficiary kin are foreign nationals. Shetty, BR: is a bankrupt billionaire — with a network of BVI firms Once famous for his fleet of Rolls Royces, private jets and yachts, Shetty is now under intense pressure from lenders and banks to declare his full list of assets, holdings and investments. Shroff, Jackie: Jackie Shroff linked to New Zealand trust, BVI firm, Swiss bank account Responding to queries from The Indian Express, Ayesha Shroff said: “My family and I have absolutely no knowledge of any such Trust. My mother, who passed away over ten years ago, was a Belgian citizen and not a resident of India.” Singh, Malvinder and Shivinder: Post-Ranbaxy, Singh brothers, now in jail, opened 2 offshore firms Malvinder Singh and his younger brother Shivinder Singh set up two offshore firms in the British Virgin Islands. Suris/ Jyotsna Suri took tax haven route to hotel projects in Dubai, London According to records of Trident Trust (BVI), a corporate service provider, investigated by The Indian Express, Bharat Hotels promoter Jyotsna Suri’s interests in hotel projects Dubai and London were held by an offshore subsidiary of Deeksha Holdings Limited, the largest shareholder (40.41%) in Bharat Hotels Limited. T Tendulkar, Sachin: Sachin Tendulkar, wife, her father, had BVI company, wound up after Panama expose Shares bought back in 2016 for $2.68 million; all investments under LRS, declared to tax authorities, says Sachin Tendulkar's spokesperson. Thapar, Samir: Samir Thapar owns BVI firm holding ‘non-promoter’ stake in JCT Ltd A certificate of incumbency issued by Trident Trust (BVI) in September 2011 records Thapar as the holder of all 50,000 shares of Musk Holdings Ltd (BVI). In the same year, records show, he acquired Zanha International Ltd (BVI) as its beneficial owner. Tiku, Arvind: India-born Singapore billionaire takes offshore route. His business associates include LN Mittal, chairman of the world’s largest steel and metal company, ArcelorMittal, and Timur Kulibaev, son-in-law of former President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. Timblo: Family trust of Goa miner Timblo’s son, transactions under Singapore scanner The IRAS asked for details of Timblo’s Colares Trust in Singapore and its three underlying firms – Calheta Holdings Ltd in Samoa, Cazar Finance SA in the British Virgin Islands and Panama-based Corylus Assets Inc. V-W Vashisht, Tushar, son of former Haryana DGP Shriniwas Vashisht HealthifyMe’s parent entity linked to former Putin aide’s fund We have been transparent to tax authorities, says company on declaration of its interests. Vazirani: Art auction major linked to clutch of offshore companies Records of Panamanian law firm Alcogal show that in 2006, the Vaziranis registered a set of companies in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and some were “in good standing” at least until January 2017. Retrieved from ‘http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Indian_money_in_offshore_entities:_The_Pandora_Papers&oldid=115747’
0.999458	If a pitch track has been successfully classified, the call type and Mahalanobis distance will be reported below the call. Call types are as follows: Sei whale: 1, 2 and 3 Fin whale: 4 Right whale: 5, 6, 7 and 8 Humpback whale: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 Dashed vertical lines indicate the following DMON events: MUTEON: the hydrophone is muted to assess system noise and to provide a time mark in the audio recording MUTEOFF: the hydrophone is unmuted and normal recording has resumed ADDET_OFF: a maximum of 8 KB of pitch track data per hour is transmitted by the glider. The ADDET_OFF message indicates that this limit has been reached. ADDET_ON: transmission of pitch track data has resumed $ADRUN, 0: the glider has reached the surface and will begin data transmission home, so pitch tracking is terminated $ADRUN, 3: the glider has finished data transmission at the surface and is initiating a dive, so pitch tracking has resumed
0.999999	Want to start making money? When you're a kid, you might be too young to get a job, but you're usually not too young to do some basic household chores. If you want to get paid to do them, you can learn what kinds of chores might be good for making money, as well as how to ask and keep track of your work. Steps Part 1 Doing Chores 1 Clean the house. If you want to look for an easy way to make a difference at your house, look no further than cleaning. You can clean year-round, and if you do a good enough job you can ask to be paid. Talk to your parents about taking on cleaning responsibilities in different rooms and getting paid for it. Start with your room. That's usually your responsibility, and not something that you'll be able to get paid to do. But if your room is clean, you'll be able to do other stuff and actually get paid for it. Cleaning the bathroom, living room, and the kitchen are always good choices that get dirty quickly. Think of other spaces, like the attic, garage, and sheds that might need to be cleaned. You might not need to clean these regularly, but once or twice a year you might do it for money. 2 Do other basic chores. There are lots of basic household things that you can learn to do, if you don't know how to do them already, and possibly get paid. All of the following are common household chores you might be able to volunteer to get paid for: Taking out the garbage Feeding pets Walking dogs Washing the dishes Doing the laundry Folding the laundry Changing and making up the beds 3 Do some outdoor work in the spring and summer. When it is nice and sunny out, you might as well get outside and get paid for it, right? Summertime means there's lots of things to do in the yard, in the driveway, and around your neighborhood: Try doing a car wash, or washing your parents cars. Try doing a lemonade stand when it's hot out. Walking your neighbors' dogs. Offer to babysit your neighbors' kids while you're on summer vacation. Mow the lawn, or your neighbors' lawns. Care for the garden, pruning and planting vegetables. 4 Do yard work in the fall. As summer turns to fall, there will be different kinds of outdoor activities that you can do to keep your chore business going. If you have a yard, talk to your parents about caring for it to prepare for winter. Any of the following can be good autumn chores: Cleaning gutters Trimming bushes Raking leaves Picking up sticks, acorns, or other debris 5 Do some wintertime jobs. When winter and other holidays roll around, offer to hang or design decorations for the house, or for your neighbors houses. Bring in firewood, if you've got a fireplace that needs tending, and offer to be the one who cleans up snow. Shoveling the driveway can be a great chore if you live in a very snowy area. It can be tough, so you can usually get a good price. Clean ice off the cars as well, or offer to scrape them each morning for a more regular chore. Offer to do your neighbors driveways, too, if you can, or scrape their cars for them in the mornings. Find out about delivering groceries to elderly neighbors, or checking in on them during long winter months. 6 Do computer chores. If you're a techno-wizard, you might be able to get paid to do things you would do in your free time. Instead of getting paid to do boring old cleaning chores, see if you can get paid to help your parents and neighbors do computer stuff for money. Help elderly people learn to navigate a computer. Teach them to do the basics, like turning it on, using the keyboard and touchpad, and getting online. Help people set up email accounts and email their friends and relatives. Help people set up social networking accounts, like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Show them how to start accounts, make friends, and upload pictures and updates. Part 2 Getting Paid 1 Ask your parents. If you want to get paid to do chores, the best people to talk to are your parents. Sit them down when they're not busy, and explain what chores you plan on doing, and whether or not they'll pay you to do them. If they say no, ask what you could do that they would pay you for. It might be that you haven't chosen enough chores, or hard enough chores to get paid to do them. They might ask you what you want money for, and what you plan to do with it. It's important to have a good answer ready to go, and make sure that it's something you'll be allowed. A good answer is always, "I just want to learn to make money for myself." They'll love that. 2 Find other customers, if possible. Your parents are the obvious choice, but neighbors, local elderly persons, people from church or school, and anyone close enough to walk might also be good employers for your chore-doing business. Whoever you talk to about making money, make sure you trust them first. Always talk to your parents before offering to work for a stranger. Never go over to a strangers house without a parent or trusted adult accompanying you. 3 Pick a price. There are two ways to pick a price. You can either get paid for a whole job, or get paid by the amount of time it takes you to do that job. Bigger jobs are usually better to do by the hour, because they'll take longer, while smaller or easier jobs are usually better to do for the whole job, if they won't take long. If you mow a lawn, it might take two hours. If you say you want to get paid a reasonable price, like 5 dollars an hour, you'll get paid 10 bucks. The laundry might take several hours, but it's mostly just waiting. That's probably a better by-the-job choice. Say you'll do all the laundry for 10 bucks. If you want your parents to pay you to do chores, it's likely that they'll pick the price point. That's ok. Just be glad you're getting paid. 4 Keep a written record of your work. Get a notebook for your chore job. Make a list of the chores that you'll do, how much you'll get paid, and when you completed the chore. When you do a job, write it down in your notebook and how much money you're owed for that job. When you get to certain amount or selected day of payment, add the total cost of all your extra chores and you have a bit of extra cash. You might consider taking pictures of the work you've done with a phone, for proof. If you say, "Here's what the room looked like messy, and here it is after I cleaned," you'll be in a lot better shape. 5 Do a good job. If you're going to make chores your job, you have to take it seriously and do good work. You're not going to get paid if your lawn mowing is sloppy, or only gets done half the time. You have to be serious if you're going to get paid. Tips Try to get who ever is paying you out of the house. Most people are more "giving" when they're not expecting such a gift. If you already have set chores to do to get your pocket money, you could ask them to raise it if you do certain extra chores. Warnings Ask the person who is paying you (mom, dad, etc.) to look through the prices of the chores, and check to see if they agree. Article Info Categories: Money Management for Young People Can you please put wikiHow on the whitelist for your ad blocker? wikiHow relies on ad money to give you our free how-to guides. Learn how.
0.999682	Everyone wants to know how they can decrease their environmental impact, but they also don’t want to give up anything. This is impossible; to make a positive impact on the environment, sacrifices have to be made. By choosing a plant-based, or vegan, lifestyle you could decrease your carbon footprint by 73%. Additionally, cutting out animal products has numerous health benefits. If you still aren’t convinced here are some quick reasons why you should go vegan: - Livestock farming accounts for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. - 90% of water consumption is due to agriculture. - Eating plant-based takes up ⅓ the amount of land that is needed to support a diet with meat and dairy. - You can save the lives of 200 animals per year. - You can reduce your risk of developing type II diabetes, cancer, heart disease, etc. - Going vegan can help improve weight loss. - Eating vegan is more humane and doesn’t support poor treatment of livestock animals. Going vegan doesn’t have to be difficult. Instead of focusing on what you cannot eat, focus on what you can eat: fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes. Being vegan forces you to be more aware of what you put into your body, which is why veganism is great for the planet’s health and your health. Getting started can be a big leap to take, but there are so many resources available for you to learn more about veganism. Minimalist Baker has simple 30 minute or “One Bowl” vegan recipes like this 1-Pot Vegan Pasta Linked: 1-Pot Vegan Pasta Earthy Andy has colorful and nutritious recipes that leave you feeling full Linked: Earthy Andy Plant Based on a Budget has simple and affordable vegan recipes Linked: Plant Based on a Budget Deliciously Ella has so many yummy vegan friendly ideas such as this Sweet Potato, Lentil, and Coconut Curry
0.999682	In times of personal distress, how do you typically react? Are you critical, complacent, doubtful or empathetic, understanding, and compassionate towards yourself? If you fall somewhere along the latter, then you might be familiar with a practice commonly known as Self-Compassion. I first learned about this term from the book Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself written by Dr. Kristin Neff and since then I’ve been working on improving the level of compassion I apply to myself. Before we dive into breaking down the concept of self-compassion, let’s first understand the meaning of compassion. Compassion is defined as sympathetic pity or concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It means “to suffer with”. Compassion involves being sensitive to the experience of suffering, coupled with a deep desire to alleviate that suffering. This means that in order to experience compassion, you must first acknowledge the presence of pain. Self-compassion is the act of treating yourself with the same kindness, concern, and support you’d show to a good friend. It is compassion directed inward. When faced with difficult life struggles, or confronting personal mistakes, failures, and inadequacies, self-compassion responds with kindness rather than harsh self-judgment. For example, if a friend came to you distraught and expressed frustrations about their stressful work environment or some form of personal struggles they’re experiencing, you wouldn’t react by saying, “you’re not good enough” or “you’re unworthy”. You’re more likely to be a resounding voice of love, encouragement, and speak to them in a way that uplifts their spirits. Self-compassion takes the idea of “Think Positive” to a whole new level. Instead of replacing negative feelings with positive ones, positive emotions are generated by embracing the negative ones. Rather than telling yourself false narratives about your current misfortunes or evoking positive notions to distract you from the realness of your troubles, self-compassion allows you to fully embrace all aspects of your circumstances and acknowledge that what you are experiencing is not a burden you hold alone. When practicing self-compassion, you are expressing sympathy towards your own personal suffering rather than being self-critical. There are three elements of self-compassion: Self-kindness, Common Humanity, and Mindfulness. Self-Kindness Self-kindness offers a supportive and understanding way of dealing with ourselves and an awareness of one’s own self-talk. Our inner dialogues are gentle and encouraging rather than harsh and belittling. For example, when going through personal setbacks in life, more often than not, I’m extremely harsh in the way I treat myself. I’ll often negatively characterize my actions by making statements such as “I can’t get anything right” or attack my intelligence by calling myself stupid or dumb. As an alternative to berating oneself for past mistakes or unfulfilled goals, kindly acknowledge that you’re doing the best you can and recognize the efforts you’ve made. Common Humanity Common humanity gives us the understanding that imperfection is a shared human experience that we all go through. Everyone fails, makes mistakes, and often gets things wrong. We do not always get what we want and are often disappointed either in ourselves or in our life circumstances. By recognizing this shared emotion, we feel less alone and less isolated when dealing with personal tribulations. Instead of being consumed by a “woe is me” attitude, take the focus off yourself, accept the fact that we all suffer, and accept that imperfection is a common part of the human experience. Mindfulness Mindfulness entails being aware of the present moment in a clear and balanced manner. When we are mindful, we are open to the reality of the present moment without judgment, avoidance, or repression. We must be willing to go inward and acknowledge our pain in order to immerse ourselves with compassion. Being mindful of our negative thoughts and feelings means that we don’t over-identify with them and we can rationally distinguish our actual selves from negative self-concepts. Our thoughts and feelings are viewed as simply that: thoughts and feelings. People who have traits of self-compassion or are in a self-compassionate frame of mind tend to experience more happiness, optimism, curiosity, creativity, and positive emotions such as enthusiasm, inspiration, and excitement versus those who are self-critical. Other benefits of adapting self-compassion methods into your wellness and self-care practice include: emotional intelligence wisdom life satisfaction feelings of social connectedness protection against anxiety and depression when controlling for self-criticism Visit Dr. Neff’s site to browse through self-compassion exercises, guided meditation material, and research publications which helped me put this post together. I took the quiz to see how self-compassionate I am, and my results showed that I fall at the overall average for self-compassion, but my score for over-identification was high, which I will acknowledge is an area I struggle with. Here is a link to the quiz if you’re interested in finding out your own score. After a week of working with my fears, unearthing some uncomfortable truths, and now this quiz score, I’m learning to enter the week with a bit more self-compassion. This week I will be writing letters to myself daily, and if you worked on your fear setting list last week, I’m sure this simple 5-minute exercise will be the self-compassion you need right now. It’s kind of a daunting task when faced with all the negative things that I’ve allowed myself to believe, but I will incorporate lettering into my daily letters and share them with you next week. Remember that self-compassion helps lessen the hold of negativity; the more you practice it, the more you learn it. I would love to hear how the new year has been treating you. What moves are you making to move you? And how will self-compassion play a role in your life moving forward? You get to decide! Till next week curious creatives! January 23, 2019 0 Comments Make A Move That Will Move You Wellness As the year kicks off into full swing, my hope was to report that I had an awesome week where everything flowed perfect and effortless, but not only would I be lying to you, I would be lying to myself. This past week was rough and a bit unproductive to say the least. My idea of making moves that will move me involved spending time avoiding the things I needed to do and substituting important tasks with binge-watching Netflix and HBO GO day in and day out. This time would have been better spent on setting things in motion to bring my online store to life but instead, I found it easier to avoid making moves that would move me. It was a harsh reminder that just because a new year rings in doesn’t mean old habits quickly fade. I’m caught in-between the push and pull between my goals and fears of the unknown and right now my fears are getting the best of me; leading me back to self-sabotaging behaviors I’ve found comfort in. It dawned on me that this pattern of falling back on old behaviors stems from holding onto negative beliefs about myself. If I’m operating from a place of fear and an idea that I’m not good enough, it’s important to take actions to demystify these fears which have evolved into habits. Every time I have an idea of things that I want to create, I’m immediately gripped by my fears of not knowing where to begin, how to approach it, where to start, and how to decrease the level of stress and anxiety I already feel before anything has happened. In other words, my fear of being defeated keeps me from starting hence why it’s easier to stay in my comfortably crafted discomfort. To combat this feeling of not being good enough, I needed to gain some perspective of what I was experiencing and tackle the problem head-on. Since fear is the common denominator, I want to share with you an exercise I read about in The Artist’s Way and pitched by Tim Ferris as the best way to overcome the fears that hold you back. Here are the steps: Write down your fears. Define - List the worst possible outcomes of pursuing your fears. Prevent - What steps can you take in preventing the worst possible outcome? Repair – What steps can you take if unable to prevent one of those worst possible outcomes? Write down the benefits of succeeding (or trying) what you’re afraid of. Write down the cost of inaction (the outcome of not trying). Tim Ferris refers to this exercise as Fear-Setting and the goal is to help you disarm your fear. By getting specific and clearly identifying your fears, you can then start building the courage to face them. Facing your fears leads to controlling your fears. To help put this practice into perspective, here’s a glimpse of my Fear-Setting list. My Fears I fear I won’t be successful in my business ventures. I’m afraid of not being good enough and the negative opinions of others. I’m afraid of trying and failing. Define – What are the worst Possible Outcomes? 1. I fear I won’t be successful in my business ventures I will feel like a failure No one will buy my product I will lose money I will have to stay at my job or pursue less creatively fulfilling career options 2. I’m afraid of not being good enough and the negative opinions of others I will get criticized for my work People will judge me, in the same manner, I judge others My work will be referred to as shitty or mediocre 3. Afraid of trying and failing My business won’t get to the point where it’s my full-time career I will have to start over I won’t get past the learning curve I will put in the work and it won’t turn out how I envisioned Prevent – Steps to prevent the worst possible outcome. Research products consumers want to buy that aligns with my values Draw daily to improve lettering and illustration skills Look up information on running and building a successful business Seek advice from other creatives in my position Repair – Step to take if unable to prevent worst possible outcomes. Ask for help Lean on God for guidance Look for work alternative that aligns with my creative interests Continue doing the work Use the skills I have acquired in new ways Find a partner to work with Benefits of succeeding (or just trying) what you’re afraid of. I will feel like I’m capable of doing the things I say I will I will have my own business I will be the first business owner in my family I will learn to push past my fears and have faith in God and myself Cost of Inaction Regret! Staying stuck in an uncomfortable position in life Spending the rest of my life working for other people Never actualizing my goal of being a business owner due to fear and lack of courage As a bonus, I took all my fears, resentments, hopes, dreams and worries and placed it in a “God Jar”. I got the idea for this from The Artist’s Way and it’s essentially a container (box, vase, or jar) to place all my thoughts and inhibitions, serving as a visual reminder that “God’s got it” and my role is to simply take action and move forward. After doing this exercise I feel more in control over my fears because I have clearly identified them and set clear, concise actions to move me. I know change will not and does not happen overnight but I’m confident that consistently performing an action coupled with a consistent application, a renewed frame of mind awaits. The road ahead is not always a straight path but brace yourself for the ride and enjoy the process. As stated from my favorite yogi, “The journey is the reward, the process is the candy”. If you find yourself stuck like I have or unable to push yourself out of your funk, I encourage you this week to take a step back, give this exercise a try, identify your fears, and get specific and honest with yourself. It might just be the move you need to move you. Till next week fellow curious creatives. January 16, 2019 0 Comments What To Expect in 2019 Personal This new year, expect to see some changes as For Tha Masses slowly but steadily veers into a new direction. As a multi-passionate creative eager to learn more, this space will be used as a hub to share more of my creative side thus giving myself permission to explore them. Moving forward, For Tha Masses will focus around 5 areas of curiosity. Art & DIY’s Fashion & Beauty Food Simple/Sustainable living Wellness & Personal Development My vision is to integrate these topics into the blog over the course of the year and use the space to track my progress while sharing what I’ve learned along the way. In the next coming month, here is what to expect. January thru March will be focused on Art & DIYs. With the opening of my shop in late March, I have a ton of work ahead of me. I have products to create, printing to do and overall figuring out the logistics of opening and running an online store. The first 3 months of the year will be my time to hone in on my lettering skills and lay the foundation down to becoming a business owner and content curator. April thru June will center around Fashion & Beauty. Since going through the Konmari method and minimizing my wardrobe, my closet has become a bore and lacks pieces that spark joy. As I continue to transition into being a more conscious consumer, I want to create a wardrobe that highlights my personal style, ethically curated, and full of color and personalized pieces. I also want to learn more about the fashion and beauty industry in general and how the lack of representation affects POC in these areas. July thru September will focus on Food. Some of you may know this but I have a budding interest in growing my own food. Jon and I have been working towards creating our own sustainable method of growing food for the past 3 years. I wouldn’t refer to myself as a foodie but living a healthier lifestyle that is supported by good food is something that is deeply important to me. My goal during this time frame is to educate myself on food, eat well, and gain a better understanding of some of the politics that dictate the quality of our food. October thru December we’ll finish off the year talking about Simple/Sustainable living. Part of my goals for this new year is to make small changes in my life that reduce waste, saves money, and promotes the sustainability of the world for future generations to come. I want to know the root of some of the environmental issues we’re currently experiencing that impacts us daily. I will also like to learn of ways to be more resourceful and overall educate myself on what it really means to live a simple yet sustainable life. As for Wellness and Personal Development, I will continue to talk about these topics throughout the year as part of my personal growth plan. I still struggle and have areas in my life that need work such as building my self-confidence, battling self-doubt and insecurities, not comparing myself to others, and not over-identifying my self-worth to personal accomplishments. I've laid out the year in this manner as a guide to keep me accountable and as a reminder to show up for myself every day. In time, my focus will become clearer so I can continue to provide quality and thoughtfully crafted content. My goal for 2019 is to fully embrace being a beginner and selfishly chase my curiosity. I don't know what all this will bring but I know that I'll have fun in the process. Let's spend the year putting our thoughts into action and sowing seeds for our curiosities to blossom. Your fellow curious creative, Nkem January 09, 2019 0 Comments 2019 The Year of Passion Projects Personal “You can become successful at something without knowing what you’re doing. You can become successful at something without having much particular talent at it. But you can never become successful at anything without taking action. Ever.” One of the hardest lesson to learn in 2018 was the idea that “Action leads to Inspiration which leads to Motivation.” Finding motivation to do what ought to be done felt like a tug of war between my fears and desires. When you’re depressed, dealing with anxiety, or feeling overwhelmingly stressed, pushing yourself into action is another battle in itself. For me, springing into action starts after I muster up the strength to push myself out of bed and brush my teeth but not before ruminating over all the worst case scenarios of my entire life while beating myself up over not doing that thing I said I was going to do last week that's now 3 weeks past due. My cycle of getting things done centered around being emotionally inspired/grounded. The problem with this approach was my emotions were never consistent week to week, day to day, or even throughout the day. There would be long stretches of days where all I wanted to do was lay in bed and sulk over thoughts of not living the life I envisioned I would be. Operating under this model caused numerous setbacks and missed opportunities. What I eventually started to comprehend was my best days were the days when I actively and consistently worked towards my goals one at a time. They were the moments where I planned my days accordingly, was self-aware, and was not overly critical of my accomplishment. I wanted to experience days like this more frequently and consistently. Whenever I felt myself getting triggered and the sea of negative thoughts started taking hold, I first had to recognize what was happening, take stock of how I felt and what caused this feeling then consciously remove myself from that situation. Little things that helped included getting out of bed, caring for myself in some way whether that was taking a shower or not wearing the same lounging around clothes for the 3rd consecutive day, cleaning my space, or getting out the house. Those easy acts of self-care would eventually lead me to look up information related to something I wanted to talk about on the blog or searching for inspiration for a new project. Over time I started to grasp that the things I've been complaining about and mentally berating myself over required grappling with vulnerability and getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. It meant doing things that scare me and being okay with being a beginner. I began understanding that the underlining issues at hand were that I felt inadequate and avoiding those feeling by not acting only prolonged my distress. Action → Inspiration → Motivation This idea presented by Mark Manson has been the catalyst that’s pushed me to set my sights high this new year. As mentioned in last week’s post, this year I’m opening my online business and becoming a more dedicated and consistent blogger. For years I’ve dreamt about being a business owner and creating a website of some sort but my confidence and ability to believe in myself were not as strong as my desires. I struggled with comparisons, self-doubt, over-identifying my self-worth with my accomplishments and to be honest it is still a challenge. But what I’ve come to learn over time but most profoundly in 2018 is that laying idly by will not make any of these hardships any easier. It’s the reason why I've deemed 2019 as the year of passion projects aka Do Something Year. I’ve talked extensively in the past about my desires to diversify the blog and branch out into other areas of interests outside of personal development. 2019 is the year I’m taking the plunge and doing just that. As the year progresses topics will include Art & DIY's, Fashion and Beauty, Food, Simple/Sustainable Living and of course Wellness/Personal Development. I’ve been intimidated by other blogs that are very polished and well put together and never gave myself the room and permission to try, fail, and try again. I’ve grown tired of second-guessing myself so 2019 is the year for more action and less judgment, more mistakes and less complaining, more fun and less doubt. Life is challenging and it’s delusional to think that one can get through it unscathed. Take notice of how self-protection might be hindering you from going after what you want. If you find yourself feeling unfulfilled in your daily life, ask yourself, “How do I want to spend my days?” Figure out those simple pleasures that keep you satisfied and fulfilled. Then ask yourself, “Am I actively doing these things?” If the answer is no, figure out what might be holding you back, then start injecting some of those things back into your daily life. Instead of complaining, redirect that energy and simply Do Something, ANYTHING! The sooner you act the better you’ll feel over time. Staying stuck in fear, doubt, or frustration is not the solution. Remember: Action → Inspiration → Motivation. To start off the new year I challenge you to listen to yourself and follow your curiosity alongside with me. What new experiences are you going to emerse yourself in that will move you forward? And what old habits are you leaving behind in 2018? If you're unsure of where to begin, consider dedicating the 1st month of the year to being physically active. I recommend joining Dedicate a 30-day yoga journey on the Yoga with Adriene youtube channel which starts today! This will be my 3rd year of partaking in Adriene's 30-day yoga journey's and every year I feel energized and renewed both physically and mentally and the overall experience helped me grow in my yoga practice. If you're new to yoga, Yoga with Adriene is perfect place to start and is great for all levels. It's also been my only form of yoga since I began and over the years Adriene has taught me so much and I am forever grateful for her dedication to providing free at home yoga practices so I invite you to give it a try. Whatever you decide to do this new year, make sure you make a move that will move you. Get into action and start creating the life you want this new year. Till next week fellow curious creatives! January 02, 2019 0 Comments Newer Stories Older Stories Newsletter Sign Up About Me Hi there! My name is Nkem and I’m a multi passionate curious creative living in Tennessee. I started this blog as a personal challenge, to hone my creative voice and explore creative interests. The goal: learn what it takes to make a living through creative pursuits, my educational background, and most importantly, things I make with my own two hands. Follow Me Popular Posts 2017 Year in Review Hey there and Happy 2018! 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0.932773	“The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped.” – Hubert Humphrey passionate pachyderms Pharmacist Steve [email protected] 502.938.2414 Email [email protected] 502-938-2414 Top Posts & Pages CVS Pharmacist: dies on the job from Cardiac MI - forced to wait for relief pharmacist to show up Vanderbilt Burn Center (Nashville) refused to provide the young patient sufficient pain medication for SIX WEEKS Opioid Crackdown Leaves Pain Patients in Limbo call their bluff with a letter from attorney ? crackdown on opioid pain medications, experts have concluded the policy has been a miserable failure Phil Mypockets – PBM – this is your life Recent Posts Pfizer COVID Vaccine Antibodies May Disappear in 7 Months, Study Says If you want to share your #PatientStory please send to NationalPainCouncil.org. 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She works with facts, I have been a student of our bureaucracy for 30 + yrs… I read what they put to print… but.. often it is what is “between the lines”… I listen to what they say… but.. often it is more important in what they DON’T SAY. There is some 2 million federal employees … most we will never hear their name, never see their face, but they are working in the “background” and ” off the radar”. The primary function of a bureaucrat and the bureaucracy is to perpetuate and grow the bureaucracy. The DEA started with 1200 employees in 1973… today they have over 12,000 employees and it is claimed that > 50% work at a desk. The question has to be asked… how do you arrest members of the various cartels … sitting at a desk ? The CDC opiate dosing guidelines seem to be a just a mid-way point in a much longer battle/goal…. I have been talking about civil rights violations under American with Disability Act and Civil Rights Act for several years… All of this may have started about TWENTY YEARS AGO… when Congress passed a law “Decade of pain” that started in early 2000. Healthcare professionals were told it was mandatory to treat pain as a 5th vital sign. The Joint Commission (JC) jumped on this with both feet, which meant that all the hospitals – nearly 100% – had to make sure that pt’s pain management was taken seriously and JC made it a MAJOR STANDARD… meaning if a hospital failed to meet this standard … they risked losing their accreditation… which is necessary for hospitals to have “deemed status” and able to bill for services provided to Medicare/Medicaid pts… typically about 70%+ of a hospital revenue. I am sure than a large number of con artists got controlled substances from well meaning prescribers and a lot from prescribers who were not so well meaning, but was more focused on the money they could generate. This “decade of pain law” expired as a new President was just coming to office… Bush (43) was “tapped out”… in 2009 we were going to get a NEW PRESIDENT. Was it a coincident that we had a new Democratic President and a Democratic controlled Congress and in 12 months the decade of pain law was to expire. The Congress did not renew that law and Obama signed “Obamacare” into law a few months later. Was the decade of pain law a “set up” for the idea that prescribed opiates causes a lot of addictions ? We know that we have 30-40 million people addicted to the two drugs alcohol and Nicotine.. could it be that we really have a untreated mental health epidemic and substance abuse and this decade of pain law and careless prescribing and prescribing driven by prescriber’s greed. We have to remember that Congress is generally 40% attorneys and Congress created the controlled substance act and assigned this law to be handled by law enforcement and the only tool that law enforcement has to deal with the mental health issues of substance abuse is jail/prison. The Obama administration was headed by a “trinity” of attorneys – Obama, Biden & Holder. Biden graduated 5 yrs before the Controlled Substance Act and the other two afterwards… but the “brainwashing” of everyone dealing with controlled substances, back in the early 70’s and going forward was pretty intense back then. Tom Frieden the then head of the CDC and Kolondy were coworkers in their younger years and it has been reported that Kolondy first took this “opiate dosing guidelines” to the FDA and reportedly told him to “get lost”… Frieden, probably expected that he would be replaced with a new administration coming into power in 2017. Was he trying to help a old friend, or just trying to “make his mark” before he left ? Chronic painers and substance abusers have a few things in common, both are dealing with a disease/illness – one if physical and other other is mental health. As Shasta pointed out, “they” are just trying to make the chronic painers functional… and… that is the same things that they are trying to do with substance abusers… If they are successful, a couple of things could happen… all of these people could get back into the work force and start paying taxes – getting off Medicare/Medicaid rolls and the cost of their health issues will be pushed onto their employers’ health insurance costs and the private insurance industry and SS & Medicare starts getting an increased inflow of money. A lot of dollars are going to be moved from the bureaucracy’s balance sheet and on to the profit and loss statement of public businesses. Just have to follow the money trail ? Share this: Share Facebook Email Twitter LinkedIn Like this: Like Loading... Related Filed under: General Problems « Medical care in NEW YORK seems to be “the pits” Could this be why we have so many “opiate related OD deaths ” on death certificates ? » 6 Responses Kimberly, on June 10, 2020 at 8:31 pm said: This is proof we have been experimented on without our permission. There are legal avenues to address this, as it happened with HIV years ago & there is precedent to support the civil rights case. I am so on this! If anyone is already working on legal action, please let me know. This isn’t about trying to convince the CDC & everyone else that the “guidelines” need to be changed. The entire hellish fiasco must be stopped, including all contributors knowingly torturing & killing people for profit. Thanks so much for this Shasta & Steve. Do you know what specific document she is referring to & how we can access it? I saw a lawyer who has discussed violation of our civil rights & has legal instructions & documents to file. Reply canarensis, on April 27, 2020 at 8:44 pm said: one thing that has ticked me off ever since the whole “decade of pain” thing started, & is now being blamed for creating billions of addicts, is that even during the period when supposedly doctors were falling all over themselves to treat pain, I always ran into the ones that didn’t get the memo. From the mid 90s til around 2011, I went to ERs maybe 12 times, when my migraines got so severe that I was wanting to kill myself if only I wasn’t in too much pain to stand up or do anything at all. I don’t consider 12 visits in about 25 years as evidence that I was a “frequent flyer”/drug seeker/addict. Of those 12 times, I actually received help instead of vicious (sometimes literally screaming) abuse TWICE. i haven’t gotten abused by ER doctors since, because I’d rather die than go to an ER again for any reason; if I’m going to croak, I’d just as soon not have the people that are supposed to be helping me calling me vicious names instead as I shuffle off the proverbial mortal coil. With luck, I’ll get to haunt every SOB who abused me & every one who created this BS opioid hysteria. Reply Margaret Drumheiser, on April 28, 2020 at 9:04 am said: Absolutely , although I only went twice to the er in my 15 years or mor dealing with my debilitating pain. I went once because I fell after getting thr non FDA approved epidural shot and that I had a reaction to and fell down my steps. I was to go to the er for xray but was treated horrifically. Was verbally yelled at and told over 10 x cant give you narcotic pain meds even though I didnt ask for any , I was simply answering their question do you have any pain which it was 7out of 10 which wnit as around my normal for my debilitating intractable chronic pain. But again I didnt ask for anything which I stated I am here for an cray . Although if they were compassionate they could have given toradol iv which wasnt a narcotic but an anti inflammatory med . (,I csnt take oral NSAIDS ) but they were too busy repeating themselves about not giving narcotic pain meds the compassion was thrown out the window. I was belittle by the er doctor (who also was the er director at the time again about pain meds when I didnt ask) he proceeded to throw some tylenol my way as I said again I’m here for an xray ( which costs a hell of alot more money for my ins but makes them money) I was by thos time really now hurting ,then numbing from the epidural procedure had warn off , I’m tired and sick to death of explaining myself why I was their . And if he even read my chart prior t on coming in he wouldnt have thrown tylenol at me because he would have seen I take percocet which has tylenol in it. But again moreceorried about telling me what they cabt give because the only thing ant of th4m read on my chart or saw was that I. A 15 year or more sufer with debilitating intractable chronic pain that’s all they needed to see !!that was back in the 2000’s Reply kim Buchholtz, on April 27, 2020 at 3:52 am said: THANK YOU SHASTA FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FIGHTING FOR CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING THANK YOU TO STEVE THIS IS THE COMMENT I SENT TO THE CDC − kimmarie a few seconds ago THE COMMENT I MADE HAD NO VULGAR. ABUSIVE OR RACIST LANGUAGE SO PLEASE DON’T DELETE. THANK YOU Edit Reply − kimmarie4 minutes ago IF THE CDC KNEW THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL FENTANYL THAT WAS KILLING ADDICTS. WHY DID THEY BLAME CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS AND VETERANS AND STOP OR LOWER OUR PAIN MEDICATIONS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO RELIEVE TERRIBLE UNBEARABLE PAIN AND TORTURE US TO THE POINT OF TAKING OUR OWN LIVES BECAUSE WE CAN’T HANDLE THE PAIN .PLEASE HELP US. IM SUFFERING 24/7 .IVE TRIED EVERYTHING TO GET OUT OF PAIN AND THE LADY I HAVE FOR MEDICARE KNOWS EVERYTHING I TRIED SHE COULDN’T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE I COULD OF TRIED. PAIN MEDICATIONS ARE THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS AND RELIEVES THE PAIN ..WE ARE ALL OUT HERE SUFFERING AND KILLING OURSELVES..PLEASE GIVE US BACK OUR MEDICATIONS. I WOULD OF NEVER BELIEVED THAT YOU COULD BE IN THIS MUCH HORRIFIC PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR YEARS AND YEARS UNTIL IT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN YOU OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS END UP IN A BAD ACCIDENT OR BAD SURGERY OR DISEASE AND YOU GET CHRONIC PAIN YOU WILL SUFFER TO UNTIL YOUR DEATH. CHRONIC PAIN IS THE WORST PAIN IMAGINABLE EVERYDAY AND IT NEVER STOPS LIKE IT SHOULD OUR PAIN SIGNALS DON’T TURN OFF LIKE THEY SHOULD. WHY BEING IN CHRONIC PAIN IS SUCH A CRIME THAT WE ARE PUNISHED FOR. WE DID NOT CHOOSE THIS LIVE OF PAIN BUT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES BY HELPING US WITH THE MEDICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND DON’T HARM US .LEAVING US IN PAIN DISTROYS US PHYSICALLY MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. CAUSING US SO MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS OUR HEARTS ARE BODIES FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE OR TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES. IT CAUSES TRAMADIC STRESS SYNDROME..PANIC ATTACKS..ISOLATION. LONELINESS. BROKEN HEART. IT STEALS OUR LIVES ARE HOPES & DREAMS OF HOLDING AND LOVING OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND IT HURTS THEM THEY FEEL HOPELESS TOO THEY DON’T KNOW HOW TO HELP US . WE CAN’T GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING. WE’RE LOCKED IN A BODY OF THE WORST PAIN IMAGINABLE. AND LONELINESS. PLEASE DON’T FORGET ME OR ALL OF US WE ARE DEPENDING ON YOU IF WE LIVE OR DIE………..HELP ME….DON’T FORGET US OUT HERE IN PAIN.. Reply Jaime, on July 15, 2021 at 5:41 pm said: Please don’t give up. You’re never forgotten. Stand up and wash your face; we’re not finished, yet. Take a break and a breath. Psalm 71 and 91 have comforted me. You are not alone. Reply F1 Rocket Engine, on April 27, 2020 at 12:01 am said: If legitimate incurable severe pain sufferers only get into trouble with their prescription at %0.6. The remedy would seem to be using an improved system of qualification, for them at least. Certainly the need to treat acute severe pain in the young and old similarly needs compassionate dosing. Who knows what will happen and when with Opio-phobia now part of the air everyone breaths. And I don’t think there are enough level heads in Washington or in Doctor’s offices for a quick solution.
0.906017	Why they kill: Male bonding + religion = disaster \| The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine Search this site: COVER STORIES Why they kill: Male bonding + religion = disaster By J. ANDERSON THOMSON, JR., M.D. Published online Thursday Sep 30th, 2004 and in print issue #0339 dated Thursday Sep 30th, 2004 Religion kills. From the ancient Egyptians to the Roman emperors who declared themselves gods, to the death of Christ to al Qaeda to Beslan to beheadings, religion has been a catalyst or an excuse for killing. Of course, like the gun lobby, religious leaders can say "religion doesn't kill people; people kill people." But religion is unique to man, a cultural construct, a product of human minds. And men– the males of our species– have evolved to bond together with other men and kill, often in the name of religious beliefs. Maybe that's why religious fundamentalists prefer to reject evolution: When you do the math and combine evolution with religion, you come to a sum that equals 9/11 or Beslan Middle School No. 1. The September 11 Commission missed the fundamental causes of that day's tragedy. Religious belief now imperils the safety of the world. If we want to understand the genesis of terrorism– including September 11– we must confront the horrors of our evolutionary history, the murderous legacy it has left in men, and the violence that lurks at the core of religion. The terrorists who hijacked four planes on September 11, 2001 and began the most recent madness were 19 young men bound together by their faith in Islam and their loyalty to al Qaeda. War and terrorism, martyrdom and religion– they twine together like strands of DNA. And the bond between them is just as ancient. Anthropologists have a name for attacks like those of 9/11, a name, in fact, for war itself. It's called "male-bonded coalitionary violence with lethal raiding against innocents," and it's part of human nature, specifically male human nature. It has been continuous, in some form or another, for some seven million years of hominid evolution. And religion has often been its catalyst. Religion is a product of human minds. But it contains a fatal design flaw that allows religious leaders to hijack an ancient, violent propensity of men in coalitions and use it to serve political ends in the guise of serving a god. Finding the weakling In lethal raids, a party of allied males collectively seeks a vulnerable neighbor, assesses the probability of success, and conducts a surprise attack. This coalitionary violence has been favored by Darwinian natural selection. Even during the brief 150,000 years of Homo sapiens' history– 90 percent of which they spent as hunter-gatherers– men have been ruthlessly violent. Males evolved brains that allow them to assess and seek opportunities to impose such deadly violence. This complex behavior arose in our ape ancestors prior to the chimp/human split. In 1974, a field worker in Jane Goodall's preserve in Africa watched a group of male chimpanzees– a species with whom we share 98 percent of our DNA– come together and with coordination, stealth, and surprise, move through a neighboring community to find and kill a lone victim. Since then, such violent raids have been observed repeatedly. Chimpanzees do not engage in one-on-one killing: All murderous violence occurs in male-bonded coalitions. This behavior offers the strongest evidence that murderous violence existed in our common ancestor and has remained in the two separate developmental trajectories, chimp and man, over the next five to seven million years. Lethal raids reflect the essence of primitive war; 20 to 40 percent of male deaths in the few still-remaining hunter-gatherer societies are at the hands of other men. The equivalent death rate– if the world's population were still hunter-gatherers– would be two billion war deaths in the 20th century alone. Why? What's happened? How could such deadly behavior ensure or enhance survival? Why would that be part of human nature? It is, literally, a long story. A violent history Adaptations always deal with fitness, the ability to pass genes to later generations. As man evolved, lethal raiding permitted males to successfully attract or secure reproductive-age females, weaken neighbors who might compete for those women, inspire fear, protect themselves from incursion, expand their safe borders, and– by attacking in groups– incur very little risk. Through the few existing hunter-gatherer tribes, we can see into deep time and catch a glimpse of how we lived for most of our evolutionary history as fully formed Homo sapiens. Constant tribal warfare, in the form of male-bonded coalitionary violence with lethal raiding, characterizes life. A study of one such remaining hunter-gatherer society, the Yanamamo of South America, reveals that such murderous behavior is adaptive, even to the present day. Men who have killed have more wives and far more children. Traits that promote reproductive success are the ones that proliferate in a population. As Steven Pinker says, the mind is what the brain does. The psychological mechanisms that provide survival and reproductive advantages– and the behaviors they initiate– become embedded in the human brain. The fossil evidence is overwhelming. Violent death at the hands of other men speaks out through the skeletal fractures, the frequency of cranial trauma, the presence of arrow wounds, the predominance of male skeletons, and the rate of left-side wounds, a sign of being struck by a predominantly right-handed species. Across all cultures, the spontaneous play of boys centers on the techniques of primitive war: male-bonding, coalitions, and surprise attacks on "enemies." We may not like to admit it, but the propensity resides in male brains, and men start to practice it when they are just boys. Add to that embedded, male bonded murderous trait the cultural construct religion, and you have the potential for explosion. Central to understanding religion's role in human groups is what is called our naïve sociology, our "groupishness." One of humanity's weaknesses is the inability to appreciate groups as groups of individuals. If you arbitrarily divide a roomful of people into two groups and give each group tasks, competition inevitably ensues. Individuals quickly feel loyalty towards their group, idealize it, and devalue the capabilities of the other group. We easily use group tags and explain complicated groups in a singular, reductionist way: "The French are rude..." or "the Russians think that...." We all need enemies and allies. That explains what we all believe to be true: The groups to which we belong are superior. Religious leaders prey upon this groupishness to insure loyalty to the faith and to co-religionists. Religion historically has served as one of the crucial tags that instantly distinguish a group, dividing the world into us and them. Throughout recorded history, in the Beslan school, on September 11, and in today's and tomorrow's terrorism, religion has served as an identifying marker for death-deserving enemies. Once identified as an infidel, you are the target for a lot of scripturally sanctioned hatred. Tyranny of the messenger Groups can grow cumbersome. What happens to the dominant male in a successful social group that becomes too large to be effectively managed? Our more cunning ancestors discovered the power of a declaring that one was a "mere messenger," a representative of a higher power– a divinity immune to challenge. As a divinity's representative, the messenger gains authority without the risk of full responsibility and without the need to respond to challenges from other males who are not "messengers." Such challenges might even be punished as heresy. Defeat is never the leader's failure; it is God's will. Two of the many "mere messengers" who currently plague our world are Osama bin Laden and Moqtada al-Sadr. Osama bin Laden himself lives freely and speaks out, urging Muslims to continue Jihad. Americans still live in the shadow of September 11, yet look away from its root causes. We now witness the rise of another Osama in Iraq. In April, surrounded by thousands of followers, part of his Mahdi army, the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hid in the holiest shrine of his sect, the Imam Ali mosque. As the leader of the resistance to the new Iraqi government and the American occupational forces, he has inspired millions of Shiites. Hundreds of them died in the Wadi al-Salam cemetery in suicidal combat as al-Sadr aspired to outright power in a future Iranian-like Islamic Iraqi republic. An ayatollah negotiated a deal that permitted al-Sadr, who is wanted for the murder of another cleric, to escape and his followers to blend into the pilgrims who could come again to the Imam Ali mosque. That will hardly be the last we hear of al-Sadr and his holy warriors. Anbar province and the cities of Fallujah, Samarra, and Ramadi, just west of Baghdad, now suffer under the control of Islamic militants. A Sunni cleric, Abdullah al Janabi, leads the militants from a mosque in Fallujah and rules in Taliban style with public lashings and beheadings. Suleiman Marawi, a battalion chief of the American-trained Iraqi National Guard, was beheaded August 13 to the accompaniment of chants from the Koran that ordain death to those who "make war on Allah." The videotape of the atrocity sells for 50 cents in the Fallujah marketplace. On September 20, American contractor Eugene Armstrong was beheaded after his masked executioner read a statement announcing to President George Bush, "Now you have people who love death just like you love life. Getting to your soldiers and allies are their happiest moments, and cutting the heads off the criminal infidels is implementing the orders of our lord." The following day, Jack Hensley suffered the same fate. Religion's reach September 1, 2004: The children assembled in the schoolyard, accompanied by parents and brothers and sisters to begin the school year. Just as the first graders were to be introduced, armed gunmen burst in yelling, "Allahu Akhbar"– God is great. The deadliest terrorist attack since September 11 left over three hundred dead in Beslan, mostly children, with more expected to die from their wounds. Faith-based suicide terrorism showed a new, more horrible face: direct assaults on children. The Islambouli Brigades, a little-known group connected with al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for destroying two Russian planes and for the fatal Moscow subway bombing that occurred in the same week as the attack in Beslan. Religion's power derives from its ability to utilize mental mechanisms designed for other tasks: our attachment to parental figures, our wish for help in distress, submission to authority, our sensitivity to hierarchies, our love of kin, and our inclination to see human-like intention as the explanation for any unknown. Religions are cultural mechanisms that facilitate terrorism and war. By promising an afterlife, religions devalue this life. They permit the takeover of groups by disenfranchised men. Belief in an afterlife and a reward for dying in a holy war help minimize the fear of death. Religious adherence can turn off mechanisms of compassion and turn on and maximize dehumanization. Religions can be fatally effective at guiding in-group morality and out-group hatred, providing leaders the ability to assess and maximize followers' commitments to dangerous tasks. Oaths have the imprint of psychic terror and serve as costly advertisements, broadcasting the superiority and commitment of those who swear allegiance. Religions prepare for war to exterminate out-groups and guarantee warriors their share of the spoils. Promises of rewards such as 72 virgins in paradise for those who die "martyr" deaths help bond and manipulate disenfranchised young men. The body count of human history, September 11, the cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine, now Moscow and Beslan, the Sudan, and the Najaf cemetery stand as blood-soaked proof. On September 11, 2001, such a coalition of young men, bonded together in the name of Islam, attacked the United States and murdered 3,000 people. The widespread cheering in the Islamic world reverberated for all to hear, even though many Islamic leaders decried this twisted use of their faith. Religious moderates wish to avoid submitting to the full implications of their faith but then tolerate the worst irrationalities and violence of their fundamentalist coreligionists. In Pakistan the number of fundamentalist Islamist madrassa schools has grown from 3,000 to 40,000 since 1978. For the first time since the 13th Century, Muslim assassins killed fellow Muslims and Crusaders to purify Islamic lands. The year 2003 witnessed more suicide attacks (98) than any year in modern history. In the first three months of 2004, three dozen Muslim suicide attackers struck in six countries, killing 600 and wounding thousands. Between February 1 and March 2 of this year, 10 suicide bombers killed more than 400 people in Iraq, more than any single country for any 31-day period since September 11. In one morning rush-hour attack in April, 68 people were killed– including 10 kindergarteners and a similar number of older students incinerated in their school buses. Although it is tempting for Westerners to point the finger at Islam, it behooves us to remember that the cross has accompanied the sword everywhere, including into the Arab world of the Middle Ages. Parts of the Old Testament are blueprints for murder and genocide. Deuteronomy 20:16 instructs those entering the cities promised to them by God to "leave alive nothing that breatheth." Face the truth Meanwhile in our own country, the two principal presidential candidates compete to display their piety. Michael Peroutka, the current candidate for President of the United States representing the Constitution Party, runs a "divinely inspired" campaign to remake the U.S. into a Christian state, one that no longer adheres to the First Amendment separation of church and state. Will we ever face the truth? Will we ever acknowledge that we are risen apes, not fallen angels? There is no heaven. This life is all we have. It is far too precious to throw away for those who would exploit our vulnerabilities and violent passions with supernatural fantasies and non-existent eternal worlds. Can we any longer afford the luxury of tolerating religion and its deadly supernatural beliefs? Does its diplomatic free-pass, the deference we pay, deserve to be revoked? If we could only realize that all humans are truly brothers and sisters. We are all each other's keeper on this fragile planet. Our different races and ethnicities hide an essential truth. We are all Africans, all siblings, descendants of a small group of hunter-gatherers who arose in Africa less than 200,000 years ago and conquered the world. Maybe that awareness would give us pause. But as long as we tolerate the divisive pretensions of religious belief, especially those of the three great Abrahamic faiths, we will all be in the line of fire. J. Anderson Thomson Jr. is a psychiatrist and assistant director of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He is the author of a paper, with Max Harris and Vamik Volkan, "The Psychology of Western European Neo-Racism." Clare Aukofer provided assistance for this piece. New York firemen hose down the smoldering wreckage of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, destroyed by al Qaeda zealots on September 11, 2001. REUTERS PHOTO BY JIM BOURG Officials begin to identify the remains of 322 people, including 155 children, killed September 3 at Beslan School #1 by terrorists linked to al Qaeda. REUTERS PHOTO BY SERGEI KARPUKHIN An Iraqi Shiite militiaman aligned with radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, joins other militia members April 19 brandishing weapons in the southern Iraqi city of Diwaniya. REUTERS PHOTO BY IMAD ALKHOZAI After US troops killed three men who attacked Mosul's city hall, an escaping member of the insurgents carries a rocket propelled grenade launcher down a back street April 9. REUTERS PHOTO BY NAMIR NOOR-ELDEEN The author of this essay, J. Anderson Thomson Jr. PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO # PULL QUOTES Will we ever face the truth? Will we ever acknowledge that we are risen apes, not fallen angels? There is no heaven. This life is all we have. Addressing President Bush, the executioner said: "Now you have people who love death just like you love life. Getting to your soldiers and allies are their happiest moments, and cutting the heads off the criminal infidels is implementing the orders of our lord." – statement by terrorist at the September 20 beheading of American Eugene Armstrong
0.932521	Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, many of the deals and offers mentioned are not currently available. Please check with individual suppliers before making travel plans. ShareThis Tuesday, 14 January 2014 Celebrate Australia Day 2014 in Sydney and New South Wales On 26 January each year, Australians come together to celebrate their national day. This year, around Sydney and New South Wales, a busy calendar of Australia Day activities unfolds with local celebrations, official ceremonies and lots of fun for all. If you're thinking of taking the family on a short break over summer, check out what's on across the State. Here are just some of the activities taking place in Sydney on Australia Day: Much of the action takes place on and around Sydney Harbour. More than 1,000 participants are expected to take part in the Body Science Great Australian Swim Series Final. Swimming enthusiasts are encouraged to join in the 2.2km swim around Farm Cove, which starts at the Opera House. Less experienced swimmers can opt for the 750m swim, or the Junior Kids 300m event where entrants swim alongside some of open waters' best swimmers and sports stars. www.bodysciencegreataustralianswimseries.com.au A highlight of the Australia Day program, the Harbour Concert series in association with Destination NSW, will feature music performances by several major artists including Jessica Mauboy, Samantha Jade and Justice Crew. The concert takes place on-board an impressive floating stage, with the best vantage point for visitors located at Blues Point Reserve. Other harbour highlights include the ever-popular Ferrython races and a 21-gun salute followed by an aerial display by FA 18 Hornets from the Royal Australian Air Force. The Sydney's Tall Ships will lead a fleet of historic vessels from Bradley's Head to the Harbour Bridge, while the 178th Australia Day Regatta turns the harbour into an aquatic spectacle. In the evening, Darling Harbour becomes the site of more Australia Day activities. The Harbour Concert kicks off from 6.00 with a line-up of great performers followed by the Darling Harbour Australia Day Spectacular with lights, more music and fabulous fireworks. http://www.darlingharbour.com/whats-on/australia-day.aspx Further south, the two-day Australian Boardriders Battle national final will take place at Sydney's Cronulla beach. The biggest grassroots, boardriding event in Australian surfing history involves more than 100 of Australia's best boardriding clubs. The national final will see 16 clubs battle it out for the title over the Australia Day Long Weekend. www.australianboardridersbattle.com From Balranald to Bathurst and Bryon to Young, here are some of the events taking place throughout New South Wales: In Gunnedah, activities include the annual raft and craft race, free entry to the town's pool, the rubber duck race, a pet parade, free family breakfast and a brand new event, the dog dash. In Young, Australia Day activities start with a barbecue breakfast. The Young Shire Band will keep everyone entertained while bush poetry and dancing provide a touch of country style. Australia Day at Carcoar, the third oldest settlement in the Blue Mountains, is busy with more than 60 street stalls, Cobb & Co. coach rides, music, wood chopping demonstrations, children's rides, games and great food. In Goulburn, Australia Day features an official ceremony and plenty of family fun with markets, rides and entertainment. Local musicians will perform while classic cars and vintage farm machinery roll into town. At Shellharbour on the South Coast, join in the annual Australia Day breakfast on the shores of Lake Illawarra from 7.00am. The day's events also feature a citizenship ceremony, free entertainment, face painting, and a sand modelling competition. Bombala, in the foothills of Kosciuszko National Park, celebrates Australia Day in conjunction with two other local events, the Monaro Wool and Wood Festival and the Lavender Festival. A busy day of celebrations includes wood chopping and chainsaw events, wood carving, sheep-shearing competitions and much more. You'll even have the chance to learn all about lavender with distilling and information sessions throughout the day. The 2014 Saltwater Freshwater Festival will be held in Taree on Australia Day. 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0.999995	You have to give a valid email address. Your address is not given to any other parties and will be only used for this purpose. your email address: Your country will be added to the bottom of the email. your country: We strongly encourage you to change the subject of the email. That decreases the chance that your appeal is blocked by the recipient's email program. subject: INDIA/South Korea: Call for respecting freedom of expression as well as participation to development of the tribal villagers instead of use of force by police in Orissa Please do NOT remove the place holders like [salutation] or [fullname], as they will be replaced with the actual names. Please feel free to edit this text as you like. body text: Dear [salutation], INDIA: Call for respecting freedom of expression as well as participation to development of the tribal villagers instead of use of force by police in Orissa Name of victim: 1. Natha Swain, male, 32 years old, Nuagaon village 2. Ramesh Das, male, 35 years old, Dhinkia village 3. Mounabati Das, female, in her fifties, Dhinkia village 4. Bharat Bardhan, male, Dhinkia village 5. Tikki Barhdan, female, Dhinkia village 6. Shantilata Mahapatra, female, Dhinkia village 7. Gujuri Mahanti, female, Dhinkia village 8. Other villagers injured by force of police Name of the alleged perpetrators: 25 platoons of police or about 1500 police officers Date of incident: May 15 2010 Place of incident: Balitutha village, Jagatsingpur district, Orissa, India I am writing to you to express my deep concern about an incident in which the police opened fire at peaceful protestors from Balitutha village, Jagatsingpur District in Orissa state. The incident happened on 15 May, leaving at least 100 tribal villagers injured. I am informed that the villagers from Dhinkia, Gobindapur and Nuagaon in Jagatsingpur district have been peacefully protesting in Balitutha village since 26 January 2010. I am aware that the villagers have been opposing the setting up of the POSCO steel plant that will require the villagers to vacate the place and a large extent of deforestation of the forest the villagers have depended on for generations. According to the information I have received 25 platoons of police or around 1200 police officers were dispersed to the area a few days before the firing incident. I am further informed that the police used tear gas, rubber projectiles and shotguns to fire at the protesters. According to the witness as well as photos and videos published, around 50 of the injured are women. I am further informed that two villagers, Mr. Natha Swain (32 years old, Nuagaon village) and Mr. Ramesh Das (35 years old, Dhinkia village) were seriously injured by metal projectiles from the firing. I have seen the photos of women injured in the incident, including that of Ms. Mounabati Das, Ms. Tikki Barhdan, Ms. Shantilata Mahapatra, Ms. Gujuri Mahanti and Mr. Bharat Bardhan. I am informed that no medical facilities were made available in the villages to provide prompt and essential treatment to the injured until the police was withdrawn on 20 May and that a doctor who went into the villages to treat the seriously injured left on the same day. Furthermore it is alleged that the police took five women away in a vehicle and since then their whereabouts are not known. I have also learned that the police destroyed not only the facilities setup by the protesters but also shops and houses in the vicinity. I am aware that prior to the firing the District Magistrate declared a temporary emergency in the locality under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. The District Collector and the Superintendent of Police who were present at the scene demanded that the protesters disperse, prior to the firing which the protesters refused. It is reported that on May 20, the police was withdrawn from the area. I am raising the question as to how much effort the government, as well as POSCO, have make to communicate with the villagers who should be the main actors and the beneficiaries of the proposed development project. According to the UN Declaration on Right to Development of which India is a state party, development aims at the constant improvement of the well-being of the entire population and of all individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of benefits. I am told that despite several petitions and letters sent to the government, the government did not properly respond to the villagers or tried to establish communication with them. I am also aware that the use of force and firearms by the law enforcement agencies is limited according to the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. The Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials require that "the law enforcement officials shall not use firearms against persons except in self-defense or defense of others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury, to prevent the perpetration of a particularly serious crime involving grave threat to life, to arrest a person presenting such a danger and resisting their authority, or to prevent his or her escape, and only when less extreme means are insufficient to achieve these objectives. In any event, intentional lethal use of firearms may only be made when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life." In addition to this, the Principle recommends to "ensure that assistance and medical aid is rendered to any injured or affected persons at the earliest possible moment", which the law enforcement agency in this case ignored. I therefore, urge you to ensure the villagers' right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression and further participation to the development. I am of the opinion that the government and POSCO should create proper and open communication channels with the villagers instead of using force which may lead to serious injury to the villagers as well as the police. In addition, if there are villagers who are allegedly arrested by the police, they should be immediately released. I look forward to your prompt and positive response to the case. Yours sincerely, [fullname] [country] Thank you! Disclaimer: The AHRC is proposing draft letters here. However, as people are free to make changes, they are responsible for the content they give their consent to. Please do not use this system to distribute non-UA related information or abusive language! 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0.995875	Coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused disruption across the globe with travel bans, quarantines and sporting postponements coming into effect. Here’s a round-up of the main events that have been altered or postponed due to the outbreak. Football All games in the English Premier League and Football League have been suspended until at least April 3rd. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea Winger Callum Hudson-Odi have both tested positive for the disease. The England national team‘s fixtures against Italy and Denmark, scheduled for 27th and 31st March respectively, have also been called off. In Scotland, the rest of the season has been suspended indefinitely. UEFA has postponed all of this week’s matches in the Champions League and Europa League. Tomorrow, the possibility of delaying Euro 2020 for a year will be discussed. Elsewhere on the continent, Italy‘s top division – Serie A – has been halted until April 3rd. In France, both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 have been suspended until further notice. La Liga is on hold for “at least two rounds”, while in Germany the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga are to be stopped until the beginning of April. The Dutch Eredivisie and MLS in the US are also suspended for now. Basketball NBA is suspended after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for COVID-19. As part of this, the annual March Madness event has also been cancelled. Other sports The NHL season is on hold as a result of the outbreak, which has affected over 100,000 people worldwide. The Masters has been suspended in golf, while Wales v Scotland in the Six Nations was postponed over the weekend. There is no set date for this rugby tournament to be completed yet. In tennis, the ATP is suspended for a minimum of six weeks. Formula One is also on hold. Tomorrow, we’ll be sharing a blog post about how sports betting affiliates can soften the blow during this challenging period. 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0.999997	To cancel your Shutterfly order, first, go to the Shutterfly website and login to your account. Next, click "Order History". If you're within the 30-minute cancellation window that Shutterfly provides you, you'll see a blue "Cancel this order" link. Click on that link and your order will be canceled immediately. You can also cancel your order by clicking on the "Made a mistake? You have 30 minutes to cancel your order." link in your confirmation email. Here's the scenario: you've gone to Shutterfly and placed an order for a photo book, holiday card, birth announcement, or another related item, but you'd like to cancel your order. What should you do? You're in luck! We're going to show you how to cancel your Shutterfly order in this guide. You'll be able to cancel your order without an issue and continue your life filled with happiness. However, before we get started, be sure to have your Shutterfly account information so that you can login. Also, it's important that you know what kind of orders cannot be canceled. Because of fulfillment time restrictions, orders that you may have placed for "in-store pickup" are not eligible for the "30-minute cancellation period" like other orders. These orders cannot be canceled once they have been placed. Additionally, orders for annual savings plans, video plans, prepaid plans, and electronic gift certificates are not eligible to be canceled. Ready to begin? Excellent. Let's go: 1) The first step is to go to the Shutterfly website. Examine the home page carefully. It's hard to see, but at the very top of the home page you will see a very small grey link that says "Sign In". Click that link. 2) On the next page, you'll be able to sign in to your Shutterfly account. Under the "Sign in to your account" heading, you'll see two text boxes. Enter your email address in the one that says "Email Address" inside of it. Next, enter your password in the text box that says "Password" inside of it. Then, click the big red button underneath that says "Sign In". Optionally, you can click the "Keep me signed in" checkbox. 3) You'll now be logged in to your Shutterfly account. After you have placed an order, you can cancel that order for any reason within 30 minutes. There are a couple of ways you are able to cancel your order. 4) After you've logged in, click on the "Order History" link in the drop-down menu next to your name on the "My Account" page. 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0.964566	With the Astrobe compiler, SYSTEM.PUT(adr, val) transfers either eight or 32 bits, depending on the type of 'val'. But what if 'val' is an expression? I had this procedure interfacing a device in the FPGA hardware. Code: Select all PROCEDURE SetSignal(dev: INTEGER; sig: BYTE); BEGIN SYSTEM.PUT(Adr, LSL(sig, DataShift) + LSL(dev, SelectShift) + SetSignalCtrl) END SetSignal; The BYTE parameter had unfortunately "survived" from an older implementation of both the hardware and the software, where it was the correct type to use. The above procedure does not work as intended. Here's why. Consider this simple test case. Code: Select all CONST Adr = -144; VAR i: INTEGER; b: BYTE: SYSTEM.PUT(Adr, i + b) ( case 1 ) SYSTEM.PUT(Adr, b + i) ( case 2 *) The two puts don't produce the same result. Case 1 transfers 32 bits, case 2 transfers eight bits. Below, 'i' and 'b' are on the stack at SP + 4 and SP + 8, respectively: Code: Select all SYSTEM.PUT(Adr, i + b) . 22 80E00004H LDW r0, sp, 4 . 23 91E00008H LDB r1, sp, 8 . 24 00080001H ADD r0, r0, r1 . 25 5100FF70H MOV r1, r0, -144 . 26 A0100000H STW r0, r1, 0 SYSTEM.PUT(Adr, b + i) . 34 90E00008H LDB r0, sp, 8 . 35 81E00004H LDW r1, sp, 4 . 36 00080001H ADD r0, r0, r1 . 37 5100FF70H MOV r1, r0, -144 . 38 B0100000H STB r0, r1, 0 Consequently, the above 'SetSignal' procedure only transferred eight bits, and thus didn't work. Some head-scratching ensued, and it took me quite some time to figure this out. With a new device design in the FGPA it's the first place where I suspect my mistakes. If one is aware of the potential issue, it can easily be resolved in different ways. I could simply change the BYTE parameter to INTEGER, which was now appropriate for the new driver. In other cases we can formulate the expression in a different order, or use an intermediate local variable to "enforce" the transfer width. The Astrobe manual contains a fair warning regarding the use of BYTE. And I shall better heed it going forward, and always check the assembly code when juggling with BYTE in device drivers. At first, I had thought that SYSTEM.PUT should always use 32 bit transfers as soon as an expression is used, but this might not be the correct solution in every case either. Probably better keep manual control, and pay attention.
0.961722	According to New Brunswick's Health Minister Dorothy Shephard, a new epidemiological report has found there was no known food, behavior, or environmental exposure that caused the symptoms of a mystery brain syndrome. “I think what we wanted to convey today, in particular to patients and their families is that our work isn’t quite finished,” Shephard told CTV’s Steve Murphy. Shephard released the information following another recent outside report, which examined eight New Brunswick deaths that were initially linked to the mystery syndrome and concluded they were all due to known diseases. Shephard would not say whether the individuals were initially misdiagnosed. Instead, she wants to wait for the outcome of another study being conducted by an oversight committee of six neurologists. “This is an exploratory tool that we will now pass on to the clinical team, as they do their assessments,” said Shephard, who added the report is expected to be released in early 2022. At a news conference on Wednesday, Shephard also said there have been gaps in the reporting process and that the situation was allowed to escalate, in some instances without proper oversight. “A preliminary investigation was never really done, which was paramount to launching a determination that we had an unknown neurological disease and that we were dealing with it,” said Shephard. “Then they realized a step was missed. It is incumbent upon the Province of New Brunswick, our department and public health, to ensure that the preliminary study was done. That’s why we have an epidemiological team in place.” Of the 48 suspected cases, 46 of them were referred by a single neurologist. None of those 46 patients have died, and many families have requested that more information be released. Atlantic Top Stories Nova Scotians could be paying less at the pumps Wednesday after NSUARB invokes interrupter clause Maritime provinces testing some travellers for COVID-19 Omicron variant 'I'm here to give my support': Dozens of rallies take place in N.S. in support of long-term care workers, residents N.B. reports 55 COVID-19 cases Tuesday; 86.7 per cent of eligible residents fully vaccinated N.S. offers employees under vaccination mandate the option of the one-dose Janssen vaccine N.S. reports 61 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday; active infections increase to 200 New Brunswick Wolastoqey chiefs seeking compensation in new land title claim P.E.I reports one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday, 29 active cases Search CTV News Advertise on CTVNews.ca Political Ads Registry About CTV Careers CTV News Stox Press Room Editorial Standards & Policies Contact Us CTV News Programs CTV National News Power Play W5 CTV Question Period Pop Life Local News AtlanticBarrieCalgary EdmontonGuelphKitchener LethbridgeLondonMontreal Northern OntarioOttawa Prince AlbertRed DeerRegina SaskatoonToronto VancouverVancouver Island WindsorWinnipegYorkton CTV News App Video Help Stay up to date on the latest, breaking news Subscribe to newsletter © 2021 All rights reserved. Use of this Website assumes acceptance of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy
0.912209	Bats flying mammals They have been popularized by pop culture references and mainly through the Batman series. They are nocturnal and mostly omnivorous, with some, like flying foxes, who are megabat, live in fruit. Small bats use ultrasonic sound for echolocating. They are amazing creatures. However, although this nocturnal mammal flies under the cover of the night, it has long been associated with many ancient legends and cultures.
0.921215	nonprofit marketing, donor newsletter, nonprofit newsletters, how to create a donor newsletter August 29, 2018 This a guest blog post by Jeff Brooks A “donor newsletter” is a newsletter for and about donors. Its message: Your giving to our organization is making the world a better place. You are accomplishing what you meant to accomplish when you gave! A donor newsletter is not an education piece – rather, it’s about what our donors have accomplished through us. And it’s not meant to be a chronicle of our successes. It tells the stories of success… and gives the donor the credit for helping make it possible. So, does your nonprofit need to produce a donor newsletter? When you produce a donor newsletter and send it to your donors, here’s what you can expect: A donor newsletter will increase... [Continue Reading...] Enter your email address below to begin receiving invitations to our latest FREE, premium, live, and on-demand nonprofit training webinars! Recent Posts Categories Fundraising (49) nonprofit marketing (31) Donor Management (23) Nonprofit Tips & Tricks (20) Social Media for Nonprofits (15) grants (14) monthly giving (14) event sponsorships (10) fundraising for nonprofits (9) nonprofit fundraising (9) Facebook for Nonprofits (8) donor retention (8) grant writing (8) Donor Relationships and Acquisition for Nonprofits (6) Email for Nonprofits (6) marketing (6) monthly donors (6) Nonprofit Professionals (5) Nonprofits and Coronavirus, COVID-19 (5) Twitter for Nonprofits (5) Get Invited to FREE Nonprofit Trainings! Join our email community of over 250,000 nonprofit professionals to start receiving exclusive invitations for webinar trainings that will help you grow your nonprofit's impact!
0.999503	The urban housing industry is seeing major changes. From a shift in the millennial mindset when it comes to housing to revitalization and redevelopment of suburbs, an increased focus on sustainability and the implementation of AI. All these different factors are slowly, but surely, reshaping the future of urban property development. Below, five urban planning trends investors should watch out for this year. Implementation of artificial intelligence The emerging digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), are becoming an integral part of urban design. We can already see them in the design and organization, building management, and market analysis. Also, the construction industry is sure to profit from implementing such technologies. The benefits that come with digitization are numerous. For instance, by monitoring the consumption of resources, such smart structures could reduce energy costs, which means higher building efficiency. The integration of AI also translates to higher levels of safety and security in buildings. The trend of implementing built-in smart devices and elements such as LCD screens and computer automation is increasingly being embraced in urban areas. Designing future-proof cities The contemporary urban design is a direct response to the current global changes. Developers are paying more attention to all the different factors as a way of designing future-proof cities. Some of the factors influencing urban design are: Technological advances Changes in temperatures Sea levels Demographics, and Frequent natural disasters The idea is to design buildings that would address specific issues such as storm surges, rainfalls, and floods. They should also provide practical solutions to those problems, thus future-proofing urban properties. Redevelopment of suburbs and cities Contemporary urban design is all about meeting the demands and needs of modern consumers. Because of that, single-use downtowns that are the result of years of urban sprawl are no longer acceptable. As a result, they’re being re-imagined to promote continual engagement of: Residents Shoppers Tourists, and Employees With the help of urban planning services provided by urban development experts, it is possible to achieve commercially viable development outcomes and ensure the consumers’ expectations are being met. Generally speaking, we can expect to see a redevelopment of mixed-use neighborhoods in suburbs and cities, with the particular emphasis on improved access to culture and the design of no maintenance residences. Focus on sustainability As environmental awareness continues to rise, property investors and urban developers shift their focus to a more sustainable urban design. This shift is primarily a response to the significant climate report that warns of consequences of climate change, risks of a crisis we could face, and hints at possible solutions that would help avoid the damage. Being more mindful about the world around us and adopting new environmental policies is one of the emerging trends that will shape real estate not just in 2020 but also in the years to follow. Millennials migrating to the suburbs Despite the massive investments that are being poured into the redevelopment and revitalization of downtowns, many millennials want to move to suburbs. The result of this trend is an increased demand in housing that surrounds big cities, and it’s only expected to continue in the following years. While this may come as a surprise, the decision to purchase a property in the suburban areas could help revive those areas. Suburban homes are also more affordable housing options, so moving away from urban city centers can seem like a logical step to millennials looking to settle down and reduce their housing costs. Conclusion Keeping up with the changes in the urban construction market is essential for meeting the consumers’ ever-evolving needs and expectations. Although the shifts and transformations in urban design are rather radical, being up to date with the residential housing industry will help investors familiarize themselves with the upcoming changes. 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0.999995	This paragraph in a eulogy for Jim Anderton on Newsroom, got me thinking about generational change in politics: Trapped in near-perpetual opposition since the first Labour Government of 1935-49, with only brief single-term governments in 1957 and 1972, younger members of the party, the so-called ‘Vietnam Generation’ were desperate to modernise the party and reform it into an organisation capable of establishing a lasting government. To this generation, commitment to the party’s union origins was less important than social justice and, ultimately, power; compromise was needed. It’s been clear for the past decade or more that a significant change is needed in progressive politics and activism. Centrism has drained the passion out of the left; the old ways of organising workers don’t apply to a casualised/”gig” economy; and the problems of poverty, inequality and injustice just keep getting worse (no thanks to the “compromises” the Vietnam Generation decided to make to achieve power – instead of driving genuine democratic and political change through the unions and other progressive movements of the day.) It’s easy to point at the election of Jacinda Ardern as our second-youngest-ever Prime Minister, with new faces like Grant Robertson and Kelvin Davis at the Cabinet table, and say “things are obviously going to be different.” That thinking certainly drove a lot of Labour’s last-minute poll boost, which came from the disillusioned left, not “soft” National voters. But it’s more complex than that. We have to reject the kind of “logic” which insisted in the early 2000s that having women in multiple important roles – Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker of the House, Governor-General – proved sexism was dead, or more recently in the USA, where Barack Obama’s election “proved” racism was over, even as more and more black people were murdered by the police at “routine” traffic stops. There’s always a system, a structure, a machine behind the fresh young faces. Hence rightwing pundits crowed at the news that Heather Simpson, who achieved legendary nemesis status as Helen Clark’s chief of staff, had been brought into the new administration and was exercising a high level of control over its setup. Other Clark veterans like Mike Munro and GJ Thompson were also announced as senior members of Ardern’s team. Never mind that the same rightwingers would have hammered Labour equally hard for its lack of credibility (and did, over issues like the allocation of Select Committee seats) if the new PM hadn’t picked anyone with previous experience in government. It would be worrying if Labour’s strategy were driven by people still operating in an early-2000s mindset, both in terms of policy direction and campaigning strategy. Especially with the Greens not delivering a strong election result and thus not in a position to exert as much pressure or provide cover for ambitious, progressive policies. The government sits on a knife-edge; even if you don’t necessarily agree with the need to push a strong leftwing, socially liberal set of policies, it’s a simple matter of survival. National know how to bounce back from defeat and adapt to new political circumstances. Once they’ve figured out who’s going to knife whom for the leadership and who’s going to strategically defect to ACT with a safe seat, they’re coming on hard. A Labour-led government which tries to focus-group and commission-of-inquiry its way through not offending anyone will not survive. But it’s also a trap to think that progressive change requires youth, and there are no better examples than Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn. Yes, little centrists, I know neither of them “won”; but I also know – as I suspect they both do – is not about single short-term election campaigns. It’s about changing the world and changing what’s achievable in politics, and if you want to argue that Corbyn and Sanders haven’t fundamentally altered the political activism of their respective countries, you’ll need to let me get a glass of water so I don’t choke on my cackling. Sanders’ run took the word “socialist” from being a Fox News epithet levelled at anyone who suggested healthcare was a nice thing people should have to a badge of honour; combined with Trump’s victory, the Democratic Socialists of America have gained 27,000 members and seen their average age drop from 68 to 33. In 2017, socialists kept winning elections. Corbyn – who we all know is totally unelectable except for all those elections he keeps winning or increasing Labour’s vote share in at almost unprecedented levels – is embracing new styles of campaigning, at the cost of traditional party structures: If Corbyn gets his way, when you think of Labour, you won’t imagine rows of MPs on green leather benches, or a smartly suited minister chatting to a reporter. Instead, you’ll think of activists reinvigorating their estate’s tenants association, while others organise their co-workers and stand with them on picket lines. The fly in the ointment for us is that a pillar of Sanders’ and Corbyn’s success is in their respective decades of unwavering commitment and activism, which gives them a credibility young up-and-comers can’t get; but there’s no one I can think of in New Zealand politics with similar bona fides. Ultimately, it’s simply too early to say which way our new government will go. In the most refined managerial terms, there are risks, and there are opportunities. There are other obstacles to be overcome – like entrenched ideologies and ass-covering instincts among our public sector leaders, or the simple inertia of any large organisation which is used to doing things a certain way. But age doesn’t determine whether you’ll change the world: what does is having the will to do it and the skills to do it well. Posted on 6 July 2015 5 July 2015 QOTD: Aunty Helen on women, leadership and NZ Great interview of our former Prime Minister in the Sunday Star-Times yesterday, including these gems on the campaign to elect a woman Secretary-General of the UN: “I’m of the view that all the great citadels of power should be aiming to have women as leaders on a reasonably regular basis,” And the distance yet to go for women’s equality in NZ: “When I was Prime Minister, we had a lot of women at the top of things and I always had a slight concern that there might be a relatively small group of over-achieving baby boomers that made it look like we were doing really well as a nation on these things, and then when the over achieving baby boomers move on to other things, was there a critical mass behind? The answer is not yet – but it will come.” … “There are still structural issues. Women are still more likely to have the care of small children, of the elderly, frail and otherwise indisposed relatives, and there’s more call on them for family duties than men and that impacts on career structure. Posted on 15 April 2015 15 April 2015 QOTD: Jackie Blue on feminism From an entirely excellent open letter to renowned progressive thinker Paul Henry: Feminism is a belief that gender should not limit anyone’s chances at life and quite frankly people are deluded if they believe women currently get the same opportunities as men to make it in business, politics and the like. … Only yesterday lawyer and international public servant Vicky Robertson was announced as the Ministry for the Environment’s new chief executive, however the headline just described her as a “Former Hockey Player”. I can’t help but wonder if this headline would have been the same if she were a man. Jackie Blue’s appointment to the Human Rights Commission in 2013 raised some eyebrows at the time – and fair enough, when a Cabinet Minister with a reputation for making self-serving appointments just happens to name a fellow National MP to a key role in a non-government organisation. But she’s more than proved herself in the role, with no-nonsense statements on the abysmal Roger Sutton sexual harassment case, the Roastbusters investigation, and now on Paul Henry’s sneery mansplaining. Posted on 26 January 2015 24 January 2015 Obama is not a “lame duck” President This post was inspired by a comment on the State of the Union post at The Standard, but it’s something I’ve been annoyed by for a while: the current framing of Barack Obama as a “lame duck” President. It’s not just the cringey outmoded language, it’s the blatant spin involved – just another attempt by the Republican Party and their stooges to paint the duly-elected President of their United States as illegitimate and his decisions as optional parts of the law. Like I said over there (why retype perfection?): I really hate this usage of “lame duck”. Traditionally, especially in US politics, a “lame duck” President is one whose successor has already been elected, i.e. in the period between an election and the subsequent inauguration. The whole point of the idea is that it’s seen as inappropriate to be using Presidential powers when you’re quite literally done and shouldn’t force policy on the new representative of the people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame_duck_%28politics%29#United_States Of course the US Republicans are desperately trying to extend the meaning to imply that Obama’s administration is illegitimate (just like they have since the day he won the nomination) but FFS, the next election is in November 2016. Unfortunately it happens all the time in NZ politics too, especially if you’re talking to a leftwinger who really likes to emphasise that Helen Clark was our first elected woman Prime Minister. Sorry, lefties, but it’s a bad argument and it just makes us look insecure. Jenny Shipley got there first. There’s a great story to tell in that a rightwing politician became our first woman PM by virtue of knifing her leader in the back in the time-honoured masculine power-grabbing traditions of capitalist power structures and the New Zealand National Party, but we’re not winning any hearts and minds by pretending she didn’t exist. Also if we could stop importing terrible American political jargon (looking at you, Beltwaygate) that would be choice.
0.919853	A technical system underpinning the European Union’s plan for a pan-EU ‘digital pass’ for verifying COVID-19 vaccination or test status across the region has gone live today, with a handful of EU Member States connected to the gateway and more expected to follow ahead of a July 1 full launch. The idea for the EU’s COVID-19 digital certificate is to offer a single system for securely verifying EU citizens’ COVID-19 status — whether vaccination; a recent negative test; or proof of recovery from the virus — as they cross borders within the bloc to help facilitate safer travel. The digital pass relies upon QR codes and digital signatures — verified using public key cryptography — to prevent falsification. Paper-based certificates can also be used by those who do have access to a device. Member States that have passed technical tests and are ready to do so can start issuing and verifying certificates on a voluntary basis, the Commission said today — with seven countries (Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Croatia and Poland) intending to do so at this point. Other countries have decided to launch the EU Digital COVID Certificate only when all functions are deployed nationwide, it added. Further details about Member States’ status on activating the system are available via this webpage. Since 10 May, 22 EU countries have tested the gateway successfully, according to the Commission, which wants maximum update of the system by 1 July — when the associated regulation will apply. Although it’s allowed a “phasing-in period” of six weeks for the issuance of certificates for Member States that need additional time to get everything hooked up. That means it’s possible the tardiest implementations could happen when summer is all but over. (An earlier goal of EU lawmakers that everything would be up and running everywhere by June always looked ambitious.) The Commission says no personal data is “exchanged or retained” during the COVID-19 digital certificate verification process, noting that the signature keys for the verification are stored on servers at a national level. These keys can be accessed — via the gateway — by national verification apps or systems all across the EU. Europe’s rush for a COVID-19 ‘digital pass’ stirs concerns The Commission has also developed reference software and apps for the issuance, storage and verification of certificates — which it’s published on GitHub — to support the rollout by EU Member States. The Commission said 12 Member States have made use of this code so far. National authorities in respective EU countries are in charge of issuing the COVID-19 digital certificate to individuals — with various potential routes for citizens to obtain one, such as from a COVID-19 test centre or from their local health authority or directly via a national eHealth portal. Commenting on the gateway launch in a statement, Stella Kyriakides, the EU’s commissioner for health and food safety, urged Member States to get on and complete their implementations. “The EU Digital COVID Certificate shows the value added of effective e-health solutions for our citizens,” she said. “It is important that during the coming weeks, all Member States fully finalise their national systems to issue, store and verify certificates, so the system is functioning in time for the holiday season. EU citizens are looking forward to travelling again, and they want to do so safely. Having an EU certificate is a crucial step on the way.” Also touching on the COVID-19 digital certification launch today, Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the system will only be in place for one year — presumably that’s assuming the pandemic is actually over by summer 2022. “The EU certificate is a prime example of digital tools that represent our values,” she said, in a speech addressing the 2021 Digital Assembly. “The EU values privacy. No personal data will be exchanged or retained. The EU is inclusive. Whoever is not vaccinated, can get a digital certificate for test or recovery. Whoever does not have a smartphone, can get it on paper. With the certificate, we want to help people to move freely in times of pandemic. This is why it will only be in place for one year. Europe is a front-runner here and can set standards at the global level.” In the speech, the Commission’s president also trailed another incoming digital proposal which she said would provide Europeans with a trusted online ID they could use to interact with regional governments and businesses without being forced to hand over more data than is strictly necessary. “We want to offer to Europeans a new digital identity. An identity that ensures trust and protects users online. We are about to present our proposal,” she said. “It will allow everyone to control their identity online, and to interact with governments and businesses, across the EU. Nobody should be forced to give more data away, than is necessary for the purpose at hand. To book a hotel room online, no-one needs to know where I am from and who my friends are. With our proposal, we are offering an alternative to the models of big online platforms. 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0.739312	The native form of this personal name is Bartók Béla Viktor János. This article uses the Western name order. Béla Bartók in 1927 Béla Viktor János Bartók (/ˈbɑːrtɒk, -toʊk/; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒrtoːk]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers (Gillies 2001). Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology. Biography Childhood and early years (1881–98) Béla Bartók was born in the small Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (since 1920 Sânnicolau Mare, Romania) on 25 March 1881. Bartók had a diverse ancestry. On his father's side, the Bartók family was a Hungarian lower noble family, originating from Borsodszirák, Borsod county (Móser 2006a, 44), although his father's mother was of a Roman Catholic Serbian family (Bayley 2001, 16). Béla Bartók's mother, Paula (born Paula Voit), was an ethnic German, though she spoke Hungarian fluently (Bayley 2001, 16). Béla displayed notable musical talent very early in life: according to his mother, he could distinguish between different dance rhythms that she played on the piano before he learned to speak in complete sentences (Gillies 1990, 6). By the age of four he was able to play 40 pieces on the piano and his mother began formally teaching him the next year. Béla was a small and sickly child and suffered from severe eczema until the age of 5 (Gillies 1990, 5). In 1888, when he was seven, his father (the director of an agricultural school) died suddenly. Béla's mother then took him and his sister, Erzsébet, to live in Nagyszőlős (today Vinogradiv, Ukraine) and then to Pozsony (German: Pressburg, today Bratislava, Slovakia). Béla gave his first public recital aged 11 in Nagyszőlős, to a warm critical reception (Griffiths 1988, ). Among the pieces he played was his own first composition, written two years previously: a short piece called "The Course of the Danube" (de Toth 1999). Shortly thereafter László Erkel accepted him as a pupil. Early musical career (1899–1908) Bartók's signature on his high-school-graduation photograph, dated 9 September 1899 From 1899 to 1903, Bartók studied piano under István Thomán, a former student of Franz Liszt, and composition under János Koessler at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest. There he met Zoltán Kodály, who made a strong impression on him and became a lifelong friend and colleague. In 1903, Bartók wrote his first major orchestral work, Kossuth, a symphonic poem which honored Lajos Kossuth, hero of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The music of Richard Strauss, whom he met in 1902 at the Budapest premiere of Also sprach Zarathustra, strongly influenced his early work. When visiting a holiday resort in the summer of 1904, Bartók overheard a young nanny, Lidi Dósa from Kibéd in Transylvania, sing folk songs to the children in her care. This sparked his lifelong dedication to folk music. From 1907, he also began to be influenced by the French composer Claude Debussy, whose compositions Kodály had brought back from Paris. Bartók's large-scale orchestral works were still in the style of Johannes Brahms and Richard Strauss, but he wrote a number of small piano pieces which showed his growing interest in folk music. The first piece to show clear signs of this new interest is the String Quartet No. 1 in A minor (1908), which contains folk-like elements. In 1907, Bartók began teaching as a piano professor at the Royal Academy. This position freed him from touring Europe as a pianist and enabled him to work in Hungary. Among his notable students were Fritz Reiner, Sir Georg Solti, György Sándor, Ernő Balogh, and Lili Kraus. After Bartók moved to the United States, he taught Jack Beeson and Violet Archer. In 1908, he and Kodály traveled into the countryside to collect and research old Magyar folk melodies. Their growing interest in folk music coincided with a contemporary social interest in traditional national culture. They made some surprising discoveries. Magyar folk music had previously been categorised as Gypsy music. The classic example is Franz Liszt's famous Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano, which he based on popular art songs performed by Romani bands of the time. In contrast, Bartók and Kodály discovered that the old Magyar folk melodies were based on pentatonic scales, similar to those in Asian folk traditions, such as those of Central Asia, Anatolia and Siberia. Bartók and Kodály quickly set about incorporating elements of such Magyar peasant music into their compositions. They both frequently quoted folk song melodies verbatim and wrote pieces derived entirely from authentic songs. An example is his two volumes entitled For Children for solo piano, containing 80 folk tunes to which he wrote accompaniment. Bartók's style in his art music compositions was a synthesis of folk music, classicism, and modernism. His melodic and harmonic sense was profoundly influenced by the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and other nations. He was especially fond of the asymmetrical dance rhythms and pungent harmonies found in Bulgarian music. Most of his early compositions offer a blend of nationalist and late Romanticism elements. Middle years and career (1909–39) Personal life In 1909, at the age of 28, Bartók married Márta Ziegler (1893–1967), aged 16. Their son, Béla III, was born on 22 August 1910. After nearly 15 years together, Bartók divorced Márta in June 1923. Two months after his divorce, he married Ditta Pásztory (1903–1982), a piano student, ten days after proposing to her. She was aged 19, he 42. Their son, Péter, was born in 1924. Opera In 1911, Bartók wrote what was to be his only opera, Bluebeard's Castle, dedicated to Márta. He entered it for a prize by the Hungarian Fine Arts Commission, but they rejected his work as not fit for the stage (Chalmers 1995, 93). In 1917 Bartók revised the score for the 1918 première, and rewrote the ending. Following the 1919 revolution in which he actively participated, he was pressured by the Horthy regime to remove the name of the librettist Béla Balázs from the opera (Chalmers 1995, 123), as he was blacklisted and had left the country for Vienna. Bluebeard's Castle received only one revival, in 1936, before Bartók emigrated. For the remainder of his life, although he was passionately devoted to Hungary, its people and its culture, he never felt much loyalty to the government or its official establishments. Folk music and composition Béla Bartók using a gramophone to record folk songs sung by peasants in what is now Slovakia After his disappointment over the Fine Arts Commission competition, Bartók wrote little for two or three years, preferring to concentrate on collecting and arranging folk music. He collected first in the Carpathian Basin (then the Kingdom of Hungary), where he notated Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, and Bulgarian folk music. He also collected in Moldavia, Wallachia, and (in 1913) Algeria. The outbreak of World War I forced him to stop the expeditions; and he returned to composing, writing the ballet The Wooden Prince (1914–16) and the String Quartet No. 2 in (1915–17), both influenced by Debussy. Raised as a Roman Catholic, by his early adulthood Bartók had become an atheist. He believed that the existence of God could not be determined and was unnecessary. He later became attracted to Unitarianism and publicly converted to the Unitarian faith in 1916. As an adult, his son later became president of the Hungarian Unitarian Church (Hughes 1999–2007). Bartók wrote another ballet, The Miraculous Mandarin influenced by Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, as well as Richard Strauss. A modern story of prostitution, robbery, and murder, it was started in 1918, but not performed until 1926 because of its sexual content. He next wrote his two violin sonatas (written in 1921 and 1922 respectively), which are harmonically and structurally some of his most complex pieces. In 1927–28, Bartók wrote his Third and Fourth String Quartets, after which his compositions demonstrated his mature style. Notable examples of this period are Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936) and Divertimento for String Orchestra (1939). The Fifth String Quartet was composed in 1934, and the Sixth String Quartet (his last) in 1939. In 1936 he travelled to Turkey to collect and study folk music. He worked in collaboration with Turkish composer Ahmet Adnan Saygun mostly around Adana (Özgentürk 2008; Sipos 2000). World War II and last years in America (1940–45) In 1940, as the European political situation worsened after the outbreak of World War II, Bartók was increasingly tempted to flee Hungary. He was strongly opposed to the Nazis and Hungary's siding with Germany. After the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s, Bartók refused to give concerts in Germany and broke away from his publisher there. His anti-fascist political views caused him a great deal of trouble with the establishment in Hungary. Having first sent his manuscripts out of the country, Bartók reluctantly emigrated to the U.S. with his wife Ditta in October that year. They settled in New York City after arriving on the night of October 29–30, 1940 via a steamer from Lisbon. After joining them in 1942, their son, Péter Bartók, enlisted in the United States Navy where he served in the Pacific during the remainder of the war and later settled in Florida where he became a recording and sound engineer. His oldest son, Béla Bartók III, remained in Hungary where he survived the war and later worked as a railroad official until his retirement in the early 1980s. Although he became an American citizen in 1945, shortly before his death (Gagné 2012, 28), Bartók never felt fully at home in the USA. He initially found it difficult to compose. Although well known in America as a pianist, ethnomusicologist and teacher, he was not well known as a composer. There was little American interest in his music during his final years. He and his wife Ditta gave some concerts, although demand for them was low. Bartók, who had made some recordings in Hungary, also recorded for Columbia Records after he came to the US; many of these recordings (some with Bartók's own spoken introductions) were later issued on LP and CD (Bartók 1994, 1995a, 1995b, 2003, 2007, 2008). Supported by a research fellowship from Columbia University, for several years, Bartók and Ditta worked on a large collection of Serbian and Croatian folk songs in Columbia's libraries. Bartók's economic difficulties during his first years in America were mitigated by publication royalties, teaching and performance tours. While his finances were always precarious, he did not live and die in poverty as was the common myth. He had enough friends and supporters to ensure that there was sufficient money and work available for him to live on. Bartók was a proud man and did not easily accept charity. Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets. Although he was not a member of the ASCAP, the society paid for any medical care he needed during his last two years. Bartók reluctantly accepted this (Chalmers 1995, 196–203). The first symptoms of his health problems began late in 1940, when his right shoulder began to show signs of stiffening. In 1942, symptoms increased and he started having bouts of fever, but no underlying disease was diagnosed, in spite of medical examinations. Finally, in April 1944, leukemia was diagnosed, but by this time, little could be done (Chalmers 1995, 202–207). As his body slowly failed, Bartók found more creative energy, and he produced a final set of masterpieces, partly thanks to the violinist Joseph Szigeti and the conductor Fritz Reiner (Reiner had been Bartók's friend and champion since his days as Bartók's student at the Royal Academy). Bartók's last work might well have been the String Quartet No. 6 but for Serge Koussevitzky's commission for the Concerto for Orchestra. Koussevitsky's Boston Symphony Orchestra premièred the work in December 1944 to highly positive reviews. The Concerto for Orchestra quickly became Bartók's most popular work, although he did not live to see its full impact. In 1944, he was also commissioned by Yehudi Menuhin to write a Sonata for Solo Violin. In 1945, Bartók composed his Piano Concerto No. 3, a graceful and almost neo-classical work, as a surprise 42nd birthday present for Ditta, but he died just over a month before her birthday, with the scoring not quite finished. He had also sketched his Viola Concerto, but had barely started the scoring at his death, leaving completed only the viola part and sketches of the orchestral part. Béla Bartók's portrait on 1,000 Hungarian forint banknote (printed between 1983 and 1992; no longer in circulation) Béla Bartók died at age 64 in a hospital in New York City from complications of leukemia (specifically, of secondary polycythemia) on 26 September 1945. His funeral was attended by only ten people. Among them were his wife Ditta, their son Péter, and his pianist friend György Sándor (Anon. 2006). Bartók's body was initially interred in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. During the final year of communist Hungary in the late 1980s, the Hungarian government, along with his two sons, Béla III and Péter, requested that his remains be exhumed and transferred back to Budapest for burial, where Hungary arranged a state funeral for him on 7 July 1988. He was reinterred at Budapest's Farkasréti Cemetery, next to the remains of Ditta, who died in 1982, the year after his centenary (Chalmers 1995, 214). The two unfinished works were later completed by his pupil Tibor Serly. György Sándor was the soloist in the first performance of the Third Piano Concerto on February 8, 1946. Ditta Pásztory-Bartók later played and recorded it. The Viola Concerto was revised and published in the 1990s by Bartók's son, Peter; this version may be closer to what Bartók intended (Chalmers 1995, 210). Concurrently, Peter Bartók, in association with Argentinian musician Nelson Dellamaggiore, worked to reprint and revise past editions of the Third Piano Concerto (Somfai 1996). Statues Statue of Bartók in Makó, Hungary A statue of Bartók stands in Brussels, Belgium near the central train station in a public square, Spanjeplein-Place d'Espagne (Anon. 2014; Dicaire 2010, 145) A statue stands outside Malvern Court, south of South Kensington Underground Station, and just north of 7 Sydney Place, where he stayed when performing in London. An English Heritage blue plaque, unveiled in 1997, now commemorates Bartók at 7 Sydney Place (Anon. n.d.(a); Jones 2012). A statue of him was installed in front of the house in which Bartók spent his last eight years in Hungary, at Csalán út 29, in the hills above Budapest. It is now operated as the Béla Bartók Memorial House (Bartók Béla Emlékház) (Tudzin 2010). A bust and plaque located at his last residence, in New York City at 309 W. 57th Street, inscribed: "The Great Hungarian Composer / Béla Bartók / (1881–1945) / Made His Home In This House / During the Last Year of His Life". A bust of him is located in the front yard of Ankara State Conservatory, Ankara, Turkey right next to the bust of Ahmet Adnan Saygun. A bronze statue of Bartók, sculpted by Imre Varga in 2005, stands in the front lobby of the Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A statue of Bartók, sculpted by Imre Varga, stands near the River Seine in the public park at Square Bela Bartok, 26 Place de Brazzaville, in Paris, France (Anon. n.d.(b)). Also to be noted, in the same park, a sculptural transcription of the composer's research on tonal harmony, the fountain/sculpture Cristaux designed by Jean-Yves Lechevallier in 1980. An expressionist sculpture by Hungarian sculptor András Beck in Square Henri-Collet, Paris 16th. A statue of him also stands in Targu Mures city centre. Compositions Further information: List of compositions by Béla Bartók and List of solo piano compositions by Béla Bartók Bartók's music reflects two trends that dramatically changed the sound of music in the 20th century: the breakdown of the diatonic system of harmony that had served composers for the previous two hundred years (Griffiths 1978, 7); and the revival of nationalism as a source for musical inspiration, a trend that began with Mikhail Glinka and Antonín Dvořák in the last half of the 19th century (Einstein 1947, 332). In his search for new forms of tonality, Bartók turned to Hungarian folk music, as well as to other folk music of the Carpathian Basin and even of Algeria and Turkey; in so doing he became influential in that stream of modernism which exploited indigenous music and techniques (Botstein [n.d.], §6). One characteristic style of music is his Night music, which he used mostly in slow movements of multi-movement ensemble or orchestral compositions in his mature period. It is characterised by "eerie dissonances providing a backdrop to sounds of nature and lonely melodies" (Schneider 2006, 84). An example is the third movement (Adagio) of his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. His music can be grouped roughly in accordance with the different periods in his life. Youth: Late-Romanticism (1890–1902) The works of his youth are of a late-Romantic style. Between 1890 and 1894 (nine to 13 years of age) he wrote 31 pieces with corresponding opus numbers. He started numbering his works anew with "opus 1" in 1894 with his first large scale work, a piano sonata. Up to 1902, Bartók wrote in total 74 works which can be considered in Romantic style. Most of these early compositions are either scored for piano solo or include a piano. Additionally, there is some chamber music for strings. New influences (1903–11) Under the influence of Richard Strauss—among other works Also sprach Zarathustra (Stevens 1993, 15–17), Bartók composed in 1903 Kossuth, a symphonic poem in ten tableaux. In 1904 followed his Rhapsody for piano and orchestra which he numbered opus 1 again, marking it himself as the start of a new era in his music. An even more important occurrence of this year was his overhearing the eighteen-year-old nanny Lidi Dósa from Transylvania sing folk songs, sparking Bartók's lifelong dedication to folk music (Stevens 1993, 22). When criticised for not composing his own melodies Bartók pointed out that Molière and Shakespeare mostly based their plays on well-known stories too. Regarding the incorporation of folk music into art music he said: The question is, what are the ways in which peasant music is taken over and becomes transmuted into modern music? We may, for instance, take over a peasant melody unchanged or only slightly varied, write an accompaniment to it and possibly some opening and concluding phrases. This kind of work would show a certain analogy with Bach's treatment of chorales. ... Another method ... is the following: the composer does not make use of a real peasant melody but invents his own imitation of such melodies. There is no true difference between this method and the one described above. ... There is yet a third way ... Neither peasant melodies nor imitations of peasant melodies can be found in his music, but it is pervaded by the atmosphere of peasant music. In this case we may say, he has completely absorbed the idiom of peasant music which has become his musical mother tongue. (Bartók 1931/1976, 341–44) Bartók became first acquainted with Debussy's music in 1907 and regarded his music highly. In an interview in 1939 Bartók said Debussy's great service to music was to reawaken among all musicians an awareness of harmony and its possibilities. In that, he was just as important as Beethoven, who revealed to us the possibilities of progressive form, or as Bach, who showed us the transcendent significance of counterpoint. Now, what I am always asking myself is this: is it possible to make a synthesis of these three great masters, a living synthesis that will be valid for our time? (Moreux 1953, 92) Debussy's influence is present in the Fourteen Bagatelles (1908). These made Ferruccio Busoni exclaim 'At last something truly new!' (Bartók 1948, 2:83). Until 1911, Bartók composed widely differing works which ranged from adherence to romantic-style, to folk song arrangements and to his modernist opera Bluebeard's Castle. The negative reception of his work led him to focus on folk music research after 1911 and abandon composition with the exception of folk music arrangements (Gillies 1993, 404; Stevens 1964, 47–49). New inspiration and experimentation (1916–21) His pessimistic attitude towards composing was lifted by the stormy and inspiring contact with Klára Gombossy in the summer of 1915 (Gillies 1993, 405). This interesting episode in Bartók's life remained hidden until it was researched by Denijs Dille between 1979 and 1989 (Dille 1990, 257–77). Bartók started composing again, including the Suite for piano opus 14 (1916), and The Miraculous Mandarin (1918) and he completed The Wooden Prince (1917). Bartók felt the result of World War I as a personal tragedy (Stevens 1993, 3). Many regions he loved were severed from Hungary: Transylvania, the Banat where he was born, and Pozsony where his mother lived. Additionally, the political relations between Hungary and the other successor states to the Austro-Hungarian empire prohibited his folk music research outside of Hungary (Somfai 1996, 18). Bartók also wrote the noteworthy Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs in 1920, and the sunny Dance Suite in 1923, the year of his second marriage. "Synthesis of East and West" (1926–45) In 1926, Bartók needed a significant piece for piano and orchestra with which he could tour in Europe and America. In the preparation for writing his First Piano Concerto, he wrote his Sonata, Out of Doors, and Nine Little Pieces, all for solo piano (Gillies 1993, 173). He increasingly found his own voice in his maturity. The style of his last period—named "Synthesis of East and West" (Gillies 1993, 189)—is hard to define let alone to put under one term. In his mature period, Bartók wrote relatively few works but most of them are large-scale compositions for large settings. Only his voice works have programmatic titles and his late works often adhere to classical forms. Among his masterworks are all the six string quartets (1908, 1917, 1927, 1928, 1934, and 1939), the Cantata Profana (1930, Bartók declared that this was the work he felt and professed to be his most personal "credo" (Szabolcsi 1974, 186), the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936), the Concerto for Orchestra (1943) and the Third Piano Concerto (1945). Bartók also made a lasting contribution to the literature for younger students: for his son Péter's music lessons, he composed Mikrokosmos, a six-volume collection of graded piano pieces. Musical analysis Béla Bartók memorial plaque in Baja, Hungary Paul Wilson lists as the most prominent characteristics of Bartók's music from late 1920s onwards the influence of the Carpathian basin and European art music, and his changing attitude toward (and use of) tonality, but without the use of the traditional harmonic functions associated with major and minor scales (Wilson 1992, 2–4). Although Bartók claimed in his writings that his music was always tonal, he rarely uses the chords or scales of tonality, and so the descriptive resources of tonal theory are of limited use. George Perle (1955) and Elliott Antokoletz (1984) focus on alternative methods of signaling tonal centers, via axes of inversional symmetry. Others view Bartók's axes of symmetry in terms of atonal analytic protocols. Richard Cohn (1988) argues that inversional symmetry is often a byproduct of another atonal procedure, the formation of chords from transpositionally related dyads. Atonal pitch-class theory also furnishes the resources for exploring polymodal chromaticism, projected sets, privileged patterns, and large set types used as source sets such as the equal tempered twelve tone aggregate, octatonic scale (and alpha chord), the diatonic and heptatonia secunda seven-note scales, and less often the whole tone scale and the primary pentatonic collection (Wilson 1992, 24–29). He rarely used the simple aggregate actively to shape musical structure, though there are notable examples such as the second theme from the first movement of his Second Violin Concerto, commenting that he "wanted to show Schoenberg that one can use all twelve tones and still remain tonal" (Gillies 1990, 185). More thoroughly, in the first eight measures of the last movement of his Second Quartet, all notes gradually gather with the twelfth (G♭) sounding for the first time on the last beat of measure 8, marking the end of the first section. The aggregate is partitioned in the opening of the Third String Quartet with C♯–D–D♯–E in the accompaniment (strings) while the remaining pitch classes are used in the melody (violin 1) and more often as 7–35 (diatonic or "white-key" collection) and 5–35 (pentatonic or "black-key" collection) such as in no. 6 of the Eight Improvisations. There, the primary theme is on the black keys in the left hand, while the right accompanies with triads from the white keys. In measures 50–51 in the third movement of the Fourth Quartet, the first violin and cello play black-key chords, while the second violin and viola play stepwise diatonic lines (Wilson 1992, 25). On the other hand, from as early as the Suite for piano, Op. 14 (1914), he occasionally employed a form of serialism based on compound interval cycles, some of which are maximally distributed, multi-aggregate cycles (Martins 2004; Gollin 2007). Fibonacci intervals (counting in semitones) in Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, 3rd mov. (1937) (Maconie 2005, 26, 28, citing Lendvai 1972) Play Ernő Lendvai (1971) analyses Bartók's works as being based on two opposing tonal systems, that of the acoustic scale and the axis system, as well as using the golden section as a structural principle. Milton Babbitt, in his 1949 critique of Bartók's string quartets, criticized Bartók for using tonality and non tonal methods unique to each piece. Babbitt noted that "Bartók's solution was a specific one, it cannot be duplicated" (Babbitt 1949, 385). Bartók's use of "two organizational principles"—tonality for large scale relationships and the piece-specific method for moment to moment thematic elements—was a problem for Babbitt, who worried that the "highly attenuated tonality" requires extreme non-harmonic methods to create a feeling of closure (Babbitt 1949, 377–78). Catalogues and opus numbers The cataloguing of Bartók's works is somewhat complex. Bartók assigned opus numbers to his works three times, the last of these series ending with the Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, Op. 21 in 1921. He ended this practice because of the difficulty of distinguishing between original works and ethnographic arrangements, and between major and minor works. Since his death, three attempts—two full and one partial—have been made at cataloguing. The first, and still most widely used, is András Szőllősy's chronological Sz. numbers, from 1 to 121. Denijs Dille subsequently reorganised the juvenilia (Sz. 1–25) thematically, as DD numbers 1 to 77. The most recent catalogue is that of László Somfai; this is a chronological index with works identified by BB numbers 1 to 129, incorporating corrections based on the Béla Bartók Thematic Catalogue. On 1 January 2016 his works entered the public domain in the European Union. Discography Bartók, Béla. 1994. Bartók at the Piano. Hungaroton 12326. 6-CD set. Bartók, Béla. 1995a. Bartok Plays Bartok – Bartok at the Piano 1929–41. Pearl 9166. CD recording. Bartók, Béla. 1995b. Bartók Recordings from Private Collections. Hungaroton 12334. CD recording. Bartók, Béla. 2003. Bartók Plays Bartók. Pearl 179. CD recording. Bartók, Béla. 2007. Bartók: Contrasts, Mikrokosmos. Membran/Documents 223546. CD recording. Bartók, Béla. 2008. Bartok Plays Bartok. Urania 340. CD recording. Bartók, Béla. 2016. Bartók the Pianist. Hungaroton HCD32790-91. Two CDs. Works by Bartók, Domenico Scarlatti, Zoltán Kodály, and Franz Liszt. On 18 March 2016 Decca Classics released Béla Bartók: The Complete Works, the first ever complete compilation of all of Bartók's compositions, including new recordings of never-before-recorded early piano and vocal works. However, none of the composer's own performances are included in this 32-disc set (Decca 2016). References Anon. n.d.(a) "Bartók, Béla (1881–1945) Plaque erected in 1997 by English Heritage at 7 Sydney Place, South Kensington, London SW7 3NL, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea". English Heritage website (Accessed 19 October 2012). Anon. n.d.(b). "Square Béla Bartók in Paris" Eutouring.com website (2 August) (accessed 4 July 2014). Anon. 2006. "Gyorgy Sandor, Pianist and Bartok Authority, Dies at 93". The Juilliard Journal Online 21, no. 5 (February) (accessed September 15, 2010). Anon. 2014. Location Map. Brussels Remembers: Memorials of Brussels (accessed 17 June 2014). Antokoletz, Elliott. 1984. The Music of Béla Bartók: A Study of Tonality and Progression in Twentieth-Century Music. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-04604-8. Babbitt, Milton. 1949. "The String Quartets of Bartók". Musical Quarterly 35 (July): 377–85. 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"Béla Bartók: A Biography". Bela Bartok Biography Liner notes to Béla Bartók: Complete Piano Works 7-CD set, Eroica Classical Recordings. Decca. 2016. “Béla Bartók: Complete Works: Int. Release 18 Mar. 2016: 32 CDs, 0289 478 9311 0”. Welcome to Decca Classics: Catalogue, www.deccaclassics.com (accessed 19 August 2016). Dicaire, David. 2010. The Early Years of Folk Music: Fifty Founders of the Tradition, p.145. McFarland. ISBN 9780786457373. Dille, Denijs. 1990. Béla Bartók: Regard sur le Passé. (French, no English version available). Namur: Presses universitaires de Namur. ISBN 2-87037-168-3 ISBN 978-2-87037-168-8. Einstein, Alfred. 1947. Music in the Romantic Era. New York: W. W. Norton. Gagné, Nicole V. 2012. Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6765-9. Gillies, Malcolm (ed.). 1990. Bartók Remembered. London: Faber. ISBN 0-571-14243-5 (cased) ISBN 0-571-14244-3 (pbk). Gillies, Malcolm (ed.). 1993. The Bartók Companion. London: Faber. ISBN 0-571-15330-5 (cloth), ISBN 0-571-15331-3 (pbk); New York: Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-931340-74-8. Gillies, Malcolm. 2001. "Béla Bartók". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers. Also in Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed May 23, 2006), (subscription access). Gollin, Edward. 2007. "Multi-Aggregate Cycles and Multi-Aggregate Serial Techniques in the Music of Béla Bartók". Music Theory Spectrum 29, no. 2 (Fall): 143–76. Griffiths, Paul. 1978. A Concise History of Modern Music. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20164-1. Griffiths, Paul. 1988. Bartók. London: JM Dent & Sons Ltd. Hughes, Peter. 1999–2007. "Béla Bartók" in Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography. [n.p.]: Unitarian Universalist Historical Society. Jones, Tom. 2012. "See Béla Bartók". Tired of London, Tired of Life blog site (8 October) (accessed 4 July 2014). Lendvai, Ernő. 1971. Béla Bartók: An Analysis of His Music, introduced by Alan Bush. London: Kahn & Averill. ISBN 0-900707-04-6 OCLC 240301. Lendvai, Ernő. 1972. "Einführung in die Formen- und Harmoniewelt Bartóks" (1953). In his Béla Bartók: Weg und Werk, edited by Bence Szabolcsi, 105–49. Kassel: Bärenreiter. Maconie, Robin. 2005. Other Planets: The Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. Lanham, MD, Toronto, Oxford: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-5356-0. Moreux, Serge. 1953. Béla Bartók, translated G. S. Fraser and Erik de Mauny. London: The Harvill Press. Móser, Zoltán. 2006a. "Szavak, feliratok, kivonatok". Tiszatáj 60, no. 3 (March): 41–45. Özgentürk, Nebil. 2008. Türkiye'nin Hatıra Defteri, episode 3. Istanbul: Bir Yudum İnsan Prodüksiyon LTD. ȘTİ. Turkish CNN television documentary series. Perle, George. 1955. "Symmetrical Formations in the String Quartets of Béla Bartók". 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"Statue: Bela Bartok", BrusselsRemembers.com. Stevens, Halsey. 1964. The Life and Music of Béla Bartók, second edition. New York: Oxford University Press. ASIN: B000NZ54ZS (Third edition, prepared by Malcolm Gillies, 1993, ISBN 978-0-19-816349-7). Szabolcsi, Bence. 1974. "Bartók Béla: Cantata profana". In "Miért szép századunk zenéje?" (Why is the music of the Twentieth century so beautiful), ed. György Kroó. Budapest. Tudzin, Jessica Taylor. 2010. "Schooled in Bartók". Bohemian Ink blog site (2 August) (accessed 4 July 2014). Wilson, Paul. 1992. The Music of Béla Bartók. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05111-5. Further reading Anon. 2003. "Béla Bartók 1881–1945". Websophia.com. (Accessed March 25, 2009) Bartók, Béla. 1948. Levelek, fényképek, kéziratok, kották. ("Letters, photographs, manuscripts, scores"), ed. János Demény, 2 vols. A Muvészeti Tanács könyvei, 1.–2. sz. Budapest: Magyar Muvészeti Tanács. English edition, as Béla Bartók: Letters, translated by Péter Balabán and István Farkas; translation revised by Elisabeth West and Colin Mason (London: Faber and Faber Ltd.; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1971). ISBN 978-0-571-09638-1 Bartók, Béla. 1976. "The Influence of Peasant Music on Modern Music (1931)". In Béla Bartók Essays, edited by Benjamin Suchoff, 340–44. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-10120-8 OCLC 60900461 Bartók, Peter. 2002. "My Father". Homosassa, Florida, Bartók Records (ISBN 0-9641961-2-3). Bónis, Ferenc. 2006. Élet-képek: Bartók Béla. Budapest: Balassi Kiadó: Vávi Kft., Alföldi Nyomda Zrt. ISBN 963-506-649-X. Boys, Henry. 1945. "Béla Bartók 1881–1945". Musical Times 86, no. 1233 (November): 329–31. Cohn, Richard, 1992. "Bartok's Octatonic Strategies: A Motivic Approach." Journal of the American Musicological Society 44 Czeizel, Endre. 1992. Családfa: honnan jövünk, mik vagyunk, hová megyünk? [Budapest]: Kossuth Könyvkiadó. ISBN 963-09-3569-4 Jyrkiäinen, Reijo. 2012. "Form, Monothematicism, Variation and Symmetry in Béla Bartók's String Quartets". Ph.D. diss. Helsinki: University of Helsinki. ISBN 978-952-10-8040-1 (Abstract). Kárpáti, János. 1975. Bartók's String Quartets, translated by Fred MacNicol. Budapest: Corvina Press. Kasparov, Andrey. 2000. "Third Piano Concerto in the Revised 1994 Edition: Newly Discovered Corrections by the Composer". Hungarian Music Quarterly 11, nos. 3–4:2–11. Leafstedt, Carl S. 1999. Inside Bluebeard's Castle. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510999-6 Loxdale, Hugh D., and Adalbert Balog. 2009. "Bela Bartok: Musician, Musicologist, Composer, and Entomologist!." Antenna – Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London 33, no. 4:175–82. Móser, Zoltán. 2006b. "Bartók-õsök Gömörben". Honismeret: A Honismereti Szövetség folyóirata 34, no. 2 (April): 9–11. Nelson, David Taylor (2012). "Béla Bartók: The Father of Ethnomusicology", Musical Offerings: Vol. 3: No. 2, Article 2. Sluder, Claude K. 1994. "Revised Bartok Composition Highlights Pro Musica Concert". The Republic (16 February). Somfai, László. 1981. Tizennyolc Bartók-tanulmány [Eighteen Bartók Studies]. Budapest: Zeneműkiadó. ISBN 963-330-370-2. Wells, John C. 1990. "Bartók", in Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 63. Harlow, England: Longman. ISBN 0-582-05383-8. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Béla Bartók. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Béla Bartók Works by or about Béla Bartók at Internet Archive The Lied and Art Song Texts Page Original texts of the songs of Bartók with translations in various languages. Bartók Béla Memorial House, Budapest The Belgian Bartók Archives, housed in the Brussels Royal Library and founded by Denijs Dille "Béla Bartók material". BBC Radio 3 archives. Gallery of Bartók portraits Virtual Exhibition on Bartók Excerpts from sound archives of Bartok's works. Free scores by Béla Bartók at the International Music Score Library Project Béla Bartók Operas Bluebeard's Castle Ballets The Miraculous Mandarin The Wooden Prince Concertante Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 3 Viola Concerto Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 Rhapsody No. 1 Rhapsody No. 2 Orchestral works Concerto for Orchestra Dance Suite Divertimento for String Orchestra Kossuth Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Chamber music 44 Duos for Two Violins Contrasts Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Sonata for Solo Violin String Quartet No. 1 String Quartet No. 2 String Quartet No. 3 String Quartet No. 4 String Quartet No. 5 String Quartet No. 6 Choral works Cantata Profana Piano compositions Allegro barbaro Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs For Children Mikrokosmos Out of Doors Petite Suite Piano Sonata Rhapsody, Op. 1 Romanian Christmas Carols Romanian Folk Dances Slovak Dance Sonatina Suite, Op. 14 Two Romanian Dances, Op. 8a Arrangements Hungarian folksongs for voice and piano Collaborations Homage to Paderewski Named for Bartók Bartók (crater) Béla Bartók Music High School Related articles Hungarian folk music Magyar Rádió Musical cryptogram Neoclassicism Night music Polymodal chromaticism Suite paysanne hongroise Triptych Lists Compositions Solo piano String quartets Modernist composers Europe Béla Bartók Alban Berg Pierre Boulez Benjamin Britten Ferruccio Busoni Jacques Calonne Paul Dukas Henri Dutilleux Hans Werner Henze Arthur Honegger Leoš Janáček György Ligeti Witold Lutosławski Gustav Mahler Igor Markevitch Olivier Messiaen Nikolai Myaskovsky Luigi Nono Gavriil Popov Sergei Prokofiev Nikolai Roslavets Arnold Schoenberg Alexander Scriabin Dmitri Shostakovich Karlheinz Stockhausen Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Michael Tippett Ernst Toch Fartein Valen Edgard Varèse William Walton Kurt Weill Iannis Xenakis N. 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0.99999	I believe that the word inspiration speaks volumes to what happens as I engage in poetry, to be in-spired is to be spirited with a zealous creative bent splattering the canvas of my mind with words and colors and narrative imagery. I draw from this to create a “piece” and the “piece” is rightly described as only a fragment of the inner realm. That’s my source. It’s a chipped and beaten brick from my private gallery. For me, I find the question best rephrased given this metaphor: what are the building materials of this inner life and who is the architect? This is a mystery for me and a question fascinating to ruminate upon. I believe that the primal source is my spiritual life. I truly believe that I commune with my God and whether it is the doctrine of the Holy Spirit indwelling within me or images of Ezekiel before the throne of the Father, my Christian faith provides more than enough fervent energy to impassion my art. From the depths of Sheol in the Psalms to the Most High depicted as Alpha and Omega in Revelation, The Bible has been the foundational literary source for my sense of existential truth; and therefore I cannot help but watch it bleed up into everything I do. Recognizing the foundation, I turn now to the walls and to the pillars upholding this ethereal basilica… Philia-Sophia also known as philosophy or the love of wisdom. I love to discover new and needlessly complex words for simple concepts like “ontological” synonymous with “what has being.” I love abstractions and dwelling on the particulars of words and the most simple of concepts. I am the person that makes mountains out of molehills. Beyond philosophic ideas and texts, I find that innumerable scientific models of the world through contemporary advancements in neuroscience, biology, astronomy, psychology, and physics, all congeal into a symbiotic pillar. Third, I’d say the relevant personal experiences with the world from my memories on high school sports teams to the back of cop cars, psych wards, and the Grand Canyon; from living in Cambodia for 5 months and hiking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, to rebuilding homes in Toa Baja and walking the cobblestone streets of Prague; my experiences have each significantly challenged the global and interpersonal perspective that I have. Hilarious day to day experiences and soul-crippling stares into the abyss of tragedy are what I lean on as another personal pillar. Lastly, in this meta-basilica, is reverberating the eclectic sounds of the rap group “beautiful eulogy” and alternative-rock Christian worship music from the bands “Kings Kaleidoscope,” “Citizens and Saints,” and “Ghost Ship.” Hymns and pleas and jam sessions galore, countless other bands and musical artists have sang and played in this cathedral and I know they have each had their role in carving into my walls. I think that it is under these three pillars: philosophy, science, and experience, and in the presence of much music and art, that my stain-glassed pupils attempt to project out onto the page a poem, a picture, or some other piece of prose. TagsContemporary Poem 3 Replies to “This Ethreal Basilica” Tanya Korichkova says: 01/24/2020 at 1:56 pm I am far from a spiritual person. I was raised pretty much as an atheist with my dad being a critic of organized religion. However, I was born in Bulgaria, and their main religion is Orthodox Christianity. I would really recommend looking at all the old churches, not just in Bulgaria but in many European countries. Even to this day, the priests speak Latin. Whenever I go back home, I go to these church services because of the deep culture. The churches are beautiful, and I am sure that some inspiration will come from them and their very traditional ceremonies. You mention that you use life experience as one of your inspirations, and I really recommend bell hook’s Appalachian Elegy. This piece is centered around nature, like your hiking and the Grand Canyon, as well as her spiritual involvement. It is not necessarily a religious piece, but it definitely is spiritual. I also believe that you would like this poet because she does not use any punctuation in her poems as a rebellion of Western norms, and after reading your piece that uses a lot of punctuation, I feel as though this would be a good exercise to try to mimic her style. Once again, I am not Christian, so I cannot speak to religious bands. However, since you like rock music, I would recommend The 1975’s “If I Believe You” to see the other side of the spectrum. It has an agnostic feel while the narrator questions his beliefs. The lead singer is technically an atheist, but even atheists question their beliefs at times. I know that I did when I was a child, and sometimes I still question them. The song itself mixes gospel music with modern rock and pop sounds. It will give you a different perspective on religion, I believe. Reply Kayla says: 01/28/2020 at 5:13 pm I love poems that deal with the Bible— you should absolutely look into C.T. Salazar’s works. Any poem he writes about God leaves me resonating for a while, and I think you could really get some inspiration from the way he discusses Him in a way that is both reverent and beautiful. I know that ‘Noah’s Nameless Wife Takes Inventory’ is the most readily available online, but you should really check them all out. When it comes to writing about travel and nature, I think that the NYT travel section is always super evocative and beautiful, so you could probably find inspiration in that. I also agree that you should check out Mary Oliver. She has a way of shining her attention onto a landscape or plant or animal, then showing the way she loves it via her poems. Reply Lytton Smith says: 02/02/2020 at 9:52 pm I’d definitely recommend Joshua Kryah’s Glean to you; Kryah wrote it while at (or shortly after being at) Seminary, and its interestingly steeped in religious knowledge and a question of personal searching. (Funnily enough, while trying to check the details of Kryah’s writing Glean, I found this .pdf from Pius Library which might have some other poets to explore: http://libraries.slu.edu/archive/files/3_10.pdf). One of the fascinating challenges for writers inspired by spirituality is navigating the goals of communicating (or communing, as you note) that spirituality. A similar challenge can face the political poet: is the goal to document/witness, to recommend, to question/explore, to narrate, to bring to light the hidden? In reality, of course, the answer is a combination, but it’s going to be worth paying attention to how a range of poets see their relationship to a poem’s goal. Finally, if you’ve not come across Thomas Merton’s writing, I think you’ll find some paths forward within it. “Poetry and the Contemplative Life” and “Rain and the Rhinoceros” would be good starting points, I think.
0.999997	What are the best places to visit? Most people would say Paris, London, or New York City. These, certainly, are the top of most lists, but there may be some places off of the beaten path that would be worthy of your time and travel. Here are some suggestions of ten great places to visit. DESTINATION 1: GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK Great Basin National Park 102007 034 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you like getting close to nature, the Great Basin National Park in Nevada is one of the most under-appreciated national parks in the U.S. Here, you will find the Alpine Lakes, the Lehman Caves, and a glacier. You can backpack on desert trails and climb all the way up Wheeler Peak at 13,000 feet. If hiking isn’t your thing, you can actually drive 10,000 of those feet on a gorgeous, scenic drive. Once you reach the end of the drive, it’s a fairly easy hike to 3,000 year-old bristlecone pine trees. These twisted, contorted, and ancient trees are a testament to nature’s tenacity. You’ll also find the Northern Hemisphere’s southernmost glacier on Wheeler Peak. After your hike, you can enjoy Lehman Caves. This tour is guided by rangers, and you weave through caves full of beautiful crystals, marble, and limestone. This beautiful part has about 90,000 visitors a year, simply because it’s not a big name like Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. DESTINATION 2: BAHNHOFSTRASSE Sure, New York City and Paris may offer some of the best shopping in the world, but, don’t forget Bahnhofstrasse. Located in Zurich, Switzerland, this incredibly beautiful street stretches for a mile in Zurich. The tree-lined boulevard features some of the most exclusive boutiques in the country. You’ll have your choice of high-end clothing, designer shoes, accessories, furs – you name it. Bahnhofstrasse offers the best shopping in Europe, according to many, and don’t forget, you can find the best of Swiss watches right here! DESTINATION 3: WHISTLER/BLACKCOMB If skiing is your milieu, give Whistler/Blackcomb, in British Columbia, Canada a try. These two mountains tower over the landscape, and were once accessible only to intrepid hikers. But, 20 or 30 years ago, the village of Whistler realized they were sitting on a gold mine, and started to gear up for a tourist trade. Since this is not one of the most well-known skiing destinations, it leaves more room for you. The village is beautiful enough to enjoy, whether you ski or not, with its cafes, stores with international goods, and all kinds of restaurants. Plus, snowboarders and skiers can get all of the supplies and access they want to some great skiing. DESTINATION 4: VENDIMIA Every February, on the last Sunday of the month, the Vendimia celebration begins in Mendoza, Argentina. The Archbishop blesses the first grapes of the season and dedicates the crop to God, and the citizens begin a month long celebration. Why fight the crowds at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, when you can participate in the celebrations in this colorful city. Parades with beauty queens on regional floats, musicians, dancers, and entertainment abound, and the festival ends in the stunning amphitheater, topped off with a great fireworks show. DESTINATION 5: TEATRO DI SAN CARLO Teatro di San Carlo in Rome, Italy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You’ve probably heard of La Scala in Milan, Italy. But, have you ever heard of Teatro di San Carlo, in Naples, Italy? Probably not, because it is overshadowed by its famous cousin. However, the Teatro di San Carlo is actually the oldest theater in the world that is still in use. Not only that, it is only surpassed by that late comer – La Scala. Gioachino Rossini’s most famous operas debuted on this stage, and its astounding red and gold theme is a feast for the eyes. Beat the crowds, and go to Naples. DESTINATION 6: BRIMFIELD ANTIQUE SHOW Ok, so maybe the opera isn’t your idea of a fun evening. Try a garage sale! Actually, the Brimfield Antique Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts, is the largest flea market in New England. Are you tired of the crowds at Canton, Texas? Brimfield has over 5000 antique dealers onsite, and you can find food, music, furniture, clothes, and just about anything else you could want. DESTINATION 7: KALAUPAPA Ok, any guide on travel must include at least one location in Hawaii. The Kalaupapa National Historical Park is located on Molokai, Hawaii. It’s not as crowded because, well, you have to ride a mule to get there. This spectacular destination has restricted access, and is closed on Sundays. DESTINATION 8: HOLIDAY LIGHTS Did you know that some people actually take tour of lights? If you have a chance to travel over Christmas, visit Brussels, Belgium. The Grand Place during the Plaisirs d’Hiver are dramatic and beautiful, setting the stage for a fabulous Christmas season. And, you get Brussels in the package deal! DESTINATION 9: WEST COAST That’s the west coast of Ireland. Now, you can go to the west coast of the U.S. and see San Francisco Bay, but you’ll have to fight crowds. But, the wild, rugged cliffs of Ireland offer an ancient vista, punctuated with lilacs and thatch-roofed cabins. This incredibly beautiful drive through the verdant hills of Ireland will instill peace and awe, as you soak in the view. DESTINATION 10: PANGKOR LAUT RESORT Pangkor Laut, Malaysia, offers one of the most luxurious, yet isolated resorts in the world. Escape the racket and action of big cities and tourist traps within this tropical paradise. Luxury villas, built in the Malaysian style, hosts only 250 guests at a time. However, the resort employs 400 staff members to take care of the guests and facilities. The gardens are exquisite and perfectly maintained, and the palm trees and quiet surf will lull you to sleep every night. Pangkor Laut is an island, located in the Straits of Malacca. No noise, no traffic – a true get-away. There you have it: 10 great places to visit. This offers a variety of destinations that will please the most adventurous or the most stressed. Enjoy your trip, and remember – if you haven’t heard of it, it may be perfect for you! This guest post was written by Jack Sadler who runs a travel site at http://travelconfidently.com/. He is a travel and Lifestyle blogger, through my life experiences, I’ve been sharing travel tips and interesting facts about women and men through my blogs.
0.999999	There has been some studies that perhaps Vitamin D3 deficiency was found in people contracting COVID-19 and possibly effecting the individual with severe outcomes. What is Vitamin D - Mayo Clinic It is interesting to me that coronaviruses seem to circulate here in the United States in the winter time. Vitamin D, is naturally produced by our body with exposure to sunshine. In the winter time, much of America is sunshine staved (due to length of day and frigid temperatures). Also, up to 35% of adults are deficient on Vitamin D. I heard rumors that Dr. Fauci Sept/Oct 2020 said was taking Vitamin D, and in follow-on email he indicates he is taking 6,000 IU of Vitamin D. In one of the studies, it says 35% of adults are deficient in Vitamin D. I wonder if there could be some correlation between Vitamin D deficiency and the 25% of 65 and older people who end up in the hospital?? CNBC: The supplement Dr. Fauci takes to help keep his immune system healthy Dr. Fauci says to take vitamin D if you're deficient — here's how to know What Dr. Fauci does to Protect Himself from Covid-19 Interesting, what clinical Studies would correlate a deficiency of Vitamin D is found in people either testing positive for COVID-19 or hospitalization. August 2021- Vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19: A case-control study at a tertiary care hospital in India Conclusion: “Vitamin D status appears to be strongly associated with COVID-19 clinical severity. After COVID-19 confirmation, Vitamin D level should be measured in all patients and curative plus preventive therapy should be initiated.” July 2021: Vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 risk: a population-based, cohort study” Conclusions: “In this large, population-based study, we observed that patients supplemented with cholecalciferol (Vitamin D) or calcifediol (Vitamin D) achieving serum 25OHD levels ≥ 30 ng/ml were associated with better COVID-19 outcomes.” June 2021: Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19 Incidence, Complications, and Mortality in 46 Countries: An Ecological Study December 2020: Increased risk for COVID-19 in patients with vitamin D deficiency Results: Patients with vitamin D deficiency were 4.6 times more likely to be positive for COVID-19 … September 2020: Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcome of COVID-19 Patients Our study demonstrates an association between VitD deficiency and severity/mortality of COVID-19, highlighting the need for interventional studies on VitD supplementation in SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals. April 2020: Vitamin D insufficiency is prevalent in severe COVID-19 Conclusions VDI (Vitamin D insufficiency) is highly prevalent in severe COVID-19 patients. VDI and severe COVID-19 share numerous associations including hypertension, obesity, male sex, advanced age, concentration in northern climates, coagulopathy, and immune dysfunction. Thus, we suggest that prospective, randomized controlled studies of VDI in COVID-19 patients are warranted. Based on that Data, what is Dan doing? The risk of side-effect with Vitamin D is extremely low, the potential benefit seems extremely high. I would rather build-up a baseline before infection, so I am taking Vitamin D3 daily. I know Dr. Fauci takes 6,000 IU, but I personally take 5,000 IU of Vitamin D3 daily with Vitamin K2.
0.999851	How to install a ceiling fan, explained in easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions that show you how, including information on installing a hanger bar for the necessary support. Installing a ceiling fan is a good project for the do-it-yourselfer, as you can simply replace a traditional lighting fixture with a fan or fan-and-light kit. You can wire the fan’s light to be controlled by the light switch on the wall and allow the fan to be turned on manually by pulling a cord, install a second switch to control the fan, or purchase a unit operated by remote control. © Herspiralnotebook \| Dreamstime.com RELATED POSTS: How a Ceiling Fan Works Ceiling Fan Troubleshooting & Repair Ceiling Fans Buying Guide You’ll need to ensure that the junction box to which you will connect your fan can support its weight (it should say “suitable for fan support”), that you have enough clearance between the fan blades and the ground (at least 7 feet), and that your fan is the appropriate size for your room. For more, see Sizing & Locating a Ceiling Fan. Ceiling fan mounting bar fits into ceiling hole and locks between joists to secure electrical box. Buy on Amazon. Westinghouse How to Install a Ceiling Fan: Step-by-Step Following are instructions for how to install a ceiling fan at an existing ceiling box. 1 Remove the old light fixture. (See How to Replace a Light Fixture for information about how to do so.) 2 Install a ceiling fan mounting bar. If the ceiling box is connected at its center to a bar hanger attached to two joists, then continue on to Step 3. If it is not, you will have to install a ceiling fan box with a mounting bar. Take out the old ceiling box, and insert the hanger bar for the mounting box into the ceiling hole. Ram the edges (or “feet”) of the bar toward the two ceiling joists by turning the center of the bar, and use a wrench to tighten the bar and embed the sides into the joists. Attach the ceiling box to the hanger. 3 Insert the fan’s downrod through the canopy. Thread the motor’s wires though the downrod and canopy. Screw the downrod onto the motor. Assemble the fan unit, inserting the wires through the downrod. ©Don Vandervort, HomeTips 4 Screw the fan’s ceiling plate to the electrical box, first threading the wires from the box through the plate. Suspend the fan from the ceiling box’s support. 5 Wire the fan according to the manufacturer’s directions. Mount the fan to the box and assemble the wires with wire nuts. ©HomeTips 6 Remove the fan from the hook, put the canopy over the ceiling plate, and screw the canopy into place. Affix the fan blades. Screw the ceiling canopy in place. ©Don Vandervort, HomeTips 7 Finish by wiring the fan’s light fixture (if your fan has one) according to manufacturer directions, and screw the fixture into place. Featured Resource: Find a Pre-Screened Local Ceiling Fan Installation Pro NEXT SEE: Ceiling Fans Buying Guide About Don Vandervort Don Vandervort has developed his expertise for more than 30 years, as Building Editor for Sunset Books, Senior Editor at Home Magazine, author of more than 30 home improvement books, and writer of countless magazine articles. He appeared for 3 seasons on HGTV’s “The Fix,” and served as MSN’s home expert for several years. Don founded HomeTips in 1996. Read more about Don Vandervort Next See: Evaporative Air Coolers (Swamp Coolers) Buying Guide Ductless Mini-Split Air Conditioner Buying & Installing How to Replace a Central AC Capacitor or Contactor How to Install Fiberglass Insulation Like a Pro Search for: Why We’re Experts Don Vandervort writes or edits every article at HomeTips. Don has: • Over 30 years’ experience as a remodeler and builder. • Written more than 30 home improvement books. • Served as Senior Editor at Home Magazine. • Appeared as a segment host on HGTV’s “The Fix” for 3 seasons. • Been a featured expert on MSN.com, US News, and many others. • Learn more about the trusted HomeTips brand! Related Articles How a Ceiling Fan Works Ceiling Fan Troubleshooting & Repair Ceiling Fans Buying Guide Affiliate Disclosure HomeTips articles may contain links to Amazon.com and other partner programs that provide helpful products and services. As an Amazon Associate, HomeTips earns from qualifying purchases which allows us to continue creating helpful DIY content.
0.999821	Write a function called contains that takes two arguments, big_string and little_string and returns True if big_string contains little_string . For example contains("watermelon", "melon") should return True and contains("watermelon", "berry") should return False Write a function called common_letters that takes two arguments, string_one and string_two and then returns a list with all of the letters they have in common. here is the answer but I don’t understand the lines I’m asking help for:https://gist.github.com/8053a37ef95830a3e4972fb8a0f57169 brinbrody September 28, 2020, 8:33pm #2 Line 7 is a conditional designed to check if the letter being iterated on in the for loop (variable letter) also exists in string_two, and also to check that the letter does not already exist in the common list. So, for each letter in the first string, you’re checking to see if the letter also appears in the second string, and if it does, you’re checking to make sure you haven’t already identified this one as a common letter. Line 8 is responsible for adding letter to the common list: Since it’s already passed the aforementioned conditions, it’s free to be added to our resultant list which is returned at the end of the function.
0.998629	May is Mental Health Awareness Month and while it is always an important topic, it is even more imperative that we discuss it amid this COVID19 pandemic. According to a study published in 2005 “dancers had a significantly higher distribution of PTSD (20.2%) compared to the normal population (7.8%).” While there may be many variables, why is this so? Shouldn’t dancers, who reside, work, and exist in the body, have a greater awareness of their physical and emotional health? If dancers are in good shape and eat well, wouldn’t their mental health be healthy as well? The answer, plain and simple, is no! It is my belief as a dance/movement therapist that all experiences are housed in the body. The body experiences everything the mind does and vice versa. We may feel we have verbally processed everything about a situation. We may even talk to a professional about it until there is nothing left to say. That is precisely when the body needs a chance to speak. The body holds answers to the questions the mind doesn’t even know to ask. We must give the body the opportunity to speak and be heard. So if the body houses all experiences it makes sense that moving in a certain way can bring those experiences to the surface. And unless there is an appropriate outlet for the emotions that come with that experience, dancers can find themselves overwhelmed, unable to cope, and perhaps even using negative coping strategies to manage. Let me give you an example: Sarah was the principal at in a prestigious ballet company. She never told anyone, but she was sexually abused as a child and had spent most of her adult life in a series of abusive relationships. Dance was her escape and always seen as a safe place. One day while working with a new dance partner, Sarah was embraced forcefully from behind. Although part of the choreography, Sarah’s nervous system didn’t know the difference between the present and past experience. This caused her to flashback to a personal experience that caused her anxiety and panic. She ran out of rehearsal in tears. Dance culture itself has been known to cause trauma. The pressure to look a certain way, perform a certain way, or even keep up with the ever-changing demands of the dance community can be overwhelming for even the most seasoned dancer. Imagine a young dancer born with the passion for dance, but not the body type. She is graceful, poised, and expressive with her body and moves effortlessly across the floor. She has always been at the top of her class and a role model for other dancers. One day she is pulled aside by her teacher, who not only states that she is “big” for a dancer, but that she will not be considered for solos unless she “gets in shape.” She is humiliated in class when the teacher pinches parts of her body and points out how different she looks from the rest of her peers, calling her the “fat” one. The young dancer starts to hate her body and herself. Concerned for her future as a dancer, she starts to constrict her eating. At 5’7” and 110 lbs, she is commended for losing weight and looking “so thin.” She is rewarded with a solo, except her thin frame and lack of nutrition cannot support the grueling routine and rehearsal schedule. She pushes herself harder to keep up with her competition; popping pain killers and consuming energy drinks. The feeling that at any moment she could be replaced weighs on her like a ton of bricks. She suffers from joint pain, muscle fatigue, and exhaustion, but she continues to push through it all until one day she collapses on the dance floor. These two examples are a just a few of the reasons that dancers may be more susceptible to trauma. You see the body and mind are connected and as much as we try to separate them there is an undeniable relationship. Dancers, athletes, anyone that uses the body for their livelihood must consider the implications it has on mental health. While all dance is movement, not all movement is dance. It is that movement that we need to focus on in order to come back to the self, regulate emotions, and re-pattern the brain. So what can be done to create more awareness and empower dancers to get the emotional support they need? Find ways to relate to movement outside of the dance studio. Noticing how we move, where we hold our emotions, and how we communicate non-verbally are great places to start. Take time to move for you. As dancers, we spend a lot of time taking on and performing other people’s choreography. Tapping into your own movement affinities, patterns, and habits can help you establish a strong connection to yourself; your likes and dislikes, your beliefs, and even your identity. Don’t be afraid to get help. It is a sign of strength, not weakness, to ask for help. After all, you didn’t become the dancer you are without great teachers along the way. We all need help to be the best version of ourselves and therapists can help illuminate the best ways to do that. About Erica Hornthal Erica Hornthal is a licensed clinical professional counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist. Erica uses a person-centered approach to work with individuals of all ages and abilities. Her interests are working with movement and cognitive disorders as well as trauma and anxiety. Erica works with all of her clients to enhance the mind-body connection so that each individual can live their greatest quality of life. Erica’s mixture of talk therapy and body-centered interventions is what has earned her the nickname “The Therapist That Moves You.” Instagram: @chicagodancetherapy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifermilnerbodiesinmotion Website: https://www.chicagodancetherapy.com/ Email: [email protected] Find her on Doctors For Dancers: https://doctorsfordancers.com/625/chicagodancetherapy/ Doctors For Dancers and its Affiliates does not provide medical advice. It is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never ignore professional medical advice in seeking treatment because of something you have read on the Doctors for Dancers Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or dial 911.
0.999582	Many years ago, Jim’s parents, Bill and Virginia, noticed a squirrel that hopped up on their patio, day after day. They started to feed the little fellow and looked forward to his daily visits. One day the power went out. A couple of linemen from the electric cooperative where I worked drove out to fix the problem. The line superintendent called me on the intercom and said, “We found the problem. Their pet squirrel got into the transformer.” Later, my grandson Colby told me that the squirrel had “an unfortunate accident.” People have unfortunate accidents too. I recently read about a couple who heard the president talking about an anti-malarial drug, chloroquine, showing promise as a treatment for COVID-19. They knew that they had chloroquine phosphate to treat their koi. They mixed up a small amount and took it. They both immediately became ill. The woman vomited and lived; her husband, unfortunately, died. Why would they do such a thing? They had probably heard about off-label use of drugs for years. Once they heard about the studies, they probably felt fortunate enough to have some on hand. Other people are enrolling in studies and trying other drugs to stave off or shorten the effects of COVID-19. France and Italy are using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 although its effectiveness is unknown. The unfortunate thing about experimental off-label use of a drug in a pandemic is that people who take the drug for chronic conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or sarcoidosis find it “out of stock.” India, where many of our drugs are manufactured, is not exporting the raw ingredients for hydroxychloroquine. They are recommending their medical professionals take the drug to prevent developing COVID-19. In the USA, pharmacists are reporting shortages as off-label use of the drug for the pandemic soars. People who have used the drugs for years to maintain their health are now finding it unavailable. It is unreasonable for healthy people to take a drug for off-label use when it might endanger the health of people whose lives depend on an uninterrupted supply of medication. These drugs have side-effects and it may be a case where the cure can be worse than the disease. Off-label use can be a slippery slope. I took issue with the anti-psychotic drugs physicians prescribed for Jim. First, Jim was on a new Alzheimer’s drug that caused him to start bleeding and to feel bad. He had only been off the drug for a few days when he got into a scuffle with another resident and was kicked out of the nursing home. Fast forward to “regenerations.” They prescribed an anti-psychotic drug that made foam flow out of his mouth. Jim couldn’t eat or drink and he paced constantly, and acted as if he were an angry insane man. He dropped weight and appeared to be on the verge of dying. My son and I told the doctor to him off the drug, or we would take him to a different hospital. The doctor said that the drug couldn’t have those side effects and that the hospital “would not be responsible” for how he acted without the drug. We insisted. Signed papers, etc. Within a few days of being off the drug, he returned to his normal self. Throughout Jim’s disease, we fought the anti-psychotic drugs since most of them did not work on him and made him worse. Drugs that “calmed” or more accurately “zoned out” other residents would agitate Jim. My feelings are that when using a drug off-label, use with extreme caution and only under a physician’s close supervision. If you start having strange side effects, stop taking the drug! In addition, don’t try a long shot off-label use when others need them for chronic conditions. Maybe the best route to take with COVID-19 is to wait until the studies are complete. I wouldn’t want any of my friends or family to have an unfortunate accident. Copyright © March 2020 by L.S. Fisher http://earlyonset.blogspot.com #ENDALZ Posted by L S Fisher at 5:26 PM 3 comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Saturday, March 21, 2020 Decluttering the Calendar My life is usually so busy that my calendar can have as many as three events on the same day. I toss so many balls into the air that occasionally one smacks me on top of my head. Lately, meetings and events have been scheduled, and cancelled. My calendar was covered with so many changes, delays, and rescheduled events, that I finally gave up and bought a dry erase board. It’s been handy for changes, because I can just erase a date, or time, and write in the new info. Sometimes, I don’t feel like I’m in Missouri anymore, but have entered a strange world where everything is just a half bubble out of plumb. Each day brings changes: social distancing, sheltering in place, self-quarantine, businesses closing, and the stock market changing at warp speed. After the Alzheimer’s forum was cancelled, I thought I’d be able to go with the family band to play at the nursing homes. The first home cancelled because of the flu. Shortly after our first practice, all nursing homes were on lockdown—no visitors or volunteers. I can’t help but think how stressful it would have been for me if I hadn’t been able to see Jim when he was in long-term care. When anyone asked me why I did things for him that the nursing home should have been doing, I had to admit that it was for my own peace of mind. It helped me to know that he was fed, dry, and clean. Jim was like a part of me. He became dependent on me to see about his well-being. When he could no longer remember our life together, his memories lived with mine in my heart. Looking back I see how crazy it was for us to get married when we did. Jim had to finish his tour in Vietnam. Then, he was stationed at Ft. Riley for a year. We lived in Manhattan, Kansas, in a one-room apartment. Yes, one room, not one bedroom. We had no air-conditioning and it must have been one of the hottest summers in history. Before Eric was born, we moved to a bigger apartment in the same house. The point I’m getting at is that we barely had enough money to live on. We paid our rent and utilities and carefully shopped for a month’s worth of groceries. After Jim got out of the service, we lived below the poverty level until I went to work at the Rural Electric Cooperative ten years later. We went through some hard times, but we always managed to have money in a savings account for even harder times. Jim could keep any old car running and he could fix anything. If the washing machine broke down, no problem. We had family, we had love, and that’s what makes a person’s heart wealthy. So yeah, a lot of people are going to face some tough times. My 401k is taking a major hit right now, but just like the last recession—if worse comes to worse, I’m not afraid. I’ve been poor before and living through that time is what made me, me. The economy doesn’t scare me for myself. I do worry about those who have never known how to budget, how to wear the same clothes and shoes for several years, or how to plan a healthy meal with limited funds. I hurt for the kids who depended on school for their only meals. I hope that we work together as decent human beings to change the trajectory of this virus. When we come out on the other side, more people are going to learn that hard times make us stronger. When life, as well as our calendars, is decluttered, we will rediscover the worth of simpler times. Copyright © March 2020 by L.S. Fisher http://earlyonset.blogspot.com #ENDALZ Posted by L S Fisher at 11:55 AM 2 comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Monday, March 16, 2020 Something Important to Say “I have something important to say,” I said to my husband. He got a worried look on his face with this preface to an announcement. We had been talking about COVID-19 so he may have thought I had a fever. “What’s that?” he asked, cautiously. “I love you,” I said, thinking that we just didn’t say it enough. “I have something important to say too,” he said. I smiled in anticipation of words of love. “You snore.” He then proceeded to tell me he had spent several hours in the living room watching TV and eventually catching some ZZZs. Life has certainly changed over the past few weeks. We Americans are used to going where we want and socializing often. Now to stem COVID-19, we are spending more alone time than ever. The first indication that things were getting serious in my world was the cancellation of the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement (AIM) Forum in DC. My mom and my husband both had tried to talk me out of going to DC and were thankful the decision had been taken out of my hands. I spent a day cancelling hotel rooms and plane tickets. To stop the spread of COVID-19, we as a nation and as individuals are taking extreme action. People have been placed in quarantine, and prohibited large group gatherings have shrunk from 1,000 people to 50 or less. It’s not easy or inexpensive to shut down venues, concerts, schools, after school activities, professional sporting events, and to hang out the CLOSED sign on restaurants, small businesses, and physical therapy clinics. Today, our pastor announced our church would be closed for deep cleaning and they have postponed other activities. The next Sedalia Business Women’s meeting has been cancelled, and other upcoming meetings will probably be cancelled too. Personally, I’ve been in a funk and can’t seem to get motivated to do much of anything. Lack of sleep and not going and doing as usual, has zapped my enthusiasm. I have something important to say: Although the AIM Forum has been cancelled, advocacy work must go on. · Approximately 5.8 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. Presently, there is no cure or effective treatment for Alzheimer’s. This is why research funding is so important! · In 2019, unpaid caregivers provided 18.6 billion hours of care for people with Alzheimer’s, at a value of $244 billion. · Two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women · Two-thirds of dementia caregivers are women. Thirty percent are older than 65. Only 10% are caregivers for their spouse while over half provide care for a parent or in-law. I have some upcoming telephone conferences, and possibly video conferences. I dread video because that means I should fix my hair and put on makeup. That’s been optional for a while. The only place I’ve been lately was to practice music at my brother’s house. We’ve decided to have more jam sessions while we wait for the nursing homes to open their doors to volunteers. I just need to keep reminding myself that there’s still work to be done and, eventually, life will get back to normal. When my husband left home the day of our conversation, I asked him, “Don’t you have anything important to say?” “I love you,” he promptly replied. “I love you,” I said, “but you snore too!” Copyright © March 2020 by L.S. Fisher http://earlyonset.blogspot.com #ENDALZ Posted by L S Fisher at 1:34 PM 1 comment: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest Thursday, March 5, 2020 Memory Day Thoughts On Memory Day, March 4, at the Missouri State Capitol, advocates from across the state spoke with their legislators about establishing the Missouri Alzheimer’s State Plan Taskforce, fund Alzheimer’s grants for respite, and to Build a Dementia-Capable Workforce. After our visits, we gather in the rotunda for a Memory Day Ceremony. This year, I was asked to share some of my thoughts as an advocate. Here are my thoughts: My Fellow Advocates, Some of you have been Alzheimer’s advocates for years, and for some of you this is your first time. For you who are first-timers, I have to warn you—advocacy gets into your blood. Each of us has a story that brings us to Capitol Hill. The pinwheel flower shows your connection to the disease. I always select a purple flower because I have lost a loved one. My husband Jim developed dementia at 49 years old. For the next ten years, the disease stole him away from me, his sons, and his grandchildren. He never met his youngest grandson. Caregiving for a loved one with Alzheimer’s is on-the-job training for a job that you never wanted to do. From the time you wake up in the morning, until you wake up again the next morning, you are on-the-job. When Jim lived at home, I averaged about four hours sleep each night—and not always consecutive hours. I was in my forties and worked fulltime. I was lucky to have an abundance of family support. Jim’s mom, his sisters, my mom and my sisters, our sons and daughters-in-law all pitched in to keep him at home for as long as we could. No matter how hard we tried to keep him safe, Jim kept wandering off. When I made the heartbreaking decision to put Jim in long-term care, I never relinquished my role as his primary caregiver. My daily routine was to feed him, toilet him, and bathe him. It is safe to say that Jim had more family members dropping by the home than any other resident. Becoming an advocate gave me power over a disease that made me feel powerless. I’ve been an advocate on the state and national levels for two decades. When more than 1,000 Alzheimer’s advocates wearing purple sashes storm our nation’s capitol, everyone notices! We hear “thank yous” and stories from passersby. We hear “go-get-’em” and “God bless you.” An important part of being an advocate is building relationships with your senators and representative. That does not happen with one visit a year—it happens through district visits, mobile offices, emails, thank you notes, phone calls, using social media, and letters to the editor. One of the best things I did was to join AIM, the Alzheimer’s Impact Movement. AIM provides the tools to make me the best advocate I can be. Don’t let your advocacy for 2020 end here today; let it be a beginning. Take the power you have as an individual and become passionate about legislation that improves quality of life for persons with the disease and their caregivers. Let’s work together to end Alzheimer’s before our target date of 2025. Know that your voice is powerful, and you, individually, and all of you collectively can make a difference. As an advocate, I do not vote red or blue, I vote purple. Being an advocate is not just what I do; it is what I am. 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0.962677	UKIP are putting up just 377 candidates at the general election, well short of the 624 they had in 2015. Given that the polls are showing that around half of former UKIP voters are planning on voting Conservative this year, and given that the Conservatives clearly benefitted from the collapse of the UKIP vote in the local elections, surely UKIP dropout is a big advantage for Theresa May? Perhaps not. A good way of assessing this question is to look at the experience of local elections and analyse how much other parties benefitted when UKIP stood a candidate in 2013 but not this year, compared with where they had candidates both times. To make the context more like a general election I focus just on places fought by the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats both in 2013 and 2017. There were 969 such divisions where the BBC collected the full details of the result. Of these 523 had UKIP candidates both times, and 446 had a UKIP candidate last time but not this time – only a slightly higher (46%) dropout rate than that for the general election (40%).
0.942836	Delphi 2 - 7 Delphi 2005 Delphi 2006 Delphi 2007 Delphi 2009 Delphi 2010 Delphi XE Delphi XE2 Delphi XE3 Delphi XE4 Delphi XE5 Delphi XE6 Delphi XE7 Delphi XE8 Delphi 10.0 Seattle Delphi 10.1 Berlin Delphi 10.2 Tokyo Delphi 10.3 Rio Delphi 10.4 Sydney Delphi 11 Alexandria Delphi Community Edition Search Content Cancel Found 1 result Sort By Date Relevancy Linking errors with FacebookAudienceNetwork Chris Pim posted a topic in Cross-platform Hi all, I've been trying to integrate Facebook Audience Network into my Firemonkey app for ads and I'm getting a very strange error when linking for iOS. I use the "fake loader" approach to linking the framework. const libFBSDKCoreKitBasics = 'FBSDKCoreKit-Basics.framework/FBSDKCoreKitBasics'; //required as it's a dependency for the FBAN library libFBAudienceNetwork = 'FBAudienceNetwork-5.2.0.framework/FBAudienceNetwork'; function LibFBCoreKitBasics: Pointer; cdecl; external libFBSDKCoreKitBasics name 'OBJC_CLASS_$_FBSDKURLSessionTask'; function LibFBAN: Pointer; cdecl; external libFBAudienceNetwork name 'OBJC_CLASS_$_FBNativeAdView'; The error when I try to link, is this: ld: file is universal (4 slices) but does not contain a(n) arm64 slice: ..\Libraries\FBAudienceNetwork-5.2.0.framework/FBAudienceNetwork for architecture arm64 I've Googled and the only reference to this kind of error is related to armv7 when trying to link frameworks into a 64bit app that only contain 32bit versions. So I try building a 32bit version of my app in Delphi and see: ld: file is universal (4 slices) but does not contain a(n) armv7 slice: ..\Libraries\FBAudienceNetwork-5.2.0.framework/FBAudienceNetwork for architecture armv7 Which doesn't make any sense! It looks like the FBAudienceNetwork framework is essentially empty with neither 32 or 64bit code which can't be true as it's 1.7Mb and fresh from the official download page. I've tried different versions of the framework but get the same error each time so I've ruled out a corrupted download. I've tried linking through the "Linker Options" in the project settings instead but get the same errors. Linking the FBSDKCoreKit libraries works using the same approach. Does anyone have any ideas or know why I'm getting this error? Thanks in advance!
0.912088	Some of the meaning behind St. Vincent’s saying “Jesus, the Lord, expects us to have the simplicity of a dove.” Read More #IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. \| February 25, 2016 \| Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections \| 1 Comment Watch this short video and then we'll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm5DWa2bpbs Can you see? Remember how Vincent talked about simplicity? "He added that simplicity was a virtue that... Read More A Daughter of Charity reflects on simplicity by John Freund, CM \| July 14, 2015 \| Formation, Reflections \| 0 Comments SIMPLICITY AND LIFE’S JOURNEY Essay on_Simplicity by Sister Thérèse Haywood DC, Province of Australia Simplicity comes from the Latin roots sine (without) and caries (decay), or sine and cero (to smear or coat). Therefore we gain the understanding of simplicity as... Read More The reality of Vincentian Virtues in our lives by John Freund, CM \| April 26, 2015 \| Congregation of the Mission, News \| 0 Comments The reality of Vincentian Virtues in our lives Read More #IamVincent: Simplicity and Racism by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. \| Feb 25, 2016 \| Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections Watch this short video and then we'll talk about the interface of racism and simplicity in the Vincentian tradition.... A Daughter of Charity reflects on simplicity by John Freund, CM \| Jul 14, 2015 \| Formation, Reflections SIMPLICITY AND LIFE’S JOURNEY Essay on_Simplicity by Sister Thérèse Haywood DC, Province of Australia Simplicity comes... The reality of Vincentian Virtues in our lives by John Freund, CM \| Apr 26, 2015 \| Congregation of the Mission, News The reality of Vincentian Virtues in our lives Formation Friday – Vincentian Virtues and Charism by John Freund, CM \| Mar 20, 2014 \| Vincentian Family How would you answer these questions in a paragraph or two: What kinds of virtues should the followers of Vincent and Louise be known for? What is the Spirituality of Louise?… Elizabeth?... Frederic? Is there a Vincentian Christology? What is the place of Mary in the... A Bethlehem Spirituality and renewal by John Freund, CM \| Dec 22, 2013 \| Uncategorized A Bethlehem spirituality offers a perspective on renewal both ecclesial and personal according to an article The Meaning of Bethlehem, translated from the Peruvian publication La Republica. The Catholic Church is experiencing a time of reform and renewal whose... Masters of being real – Pope Francis and St. Vincent by John Freund, CM \| Sep 22, 2013 \| Uncategorized The similarities between Vincent and Pope Francis are striking! The "Pope Francis Interview" provides an insight into his simplicity. In an unplanned coincidence VinFormation celebrates the feast of Vincent on September 27 with the release of "Vincent: Real, Simple"... The language of Francis … and Vincent by John Freund, CM \| Apr 13, 2013 \| Pope According to someone who knows him well, the Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Francis' actions reveal five characteristics of Francis - simplicity, approachability, continuity and fidelity to the Magisterium, tenderness and service. Those who know him closely say... When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself (Jn 12:32) by Ross Dizon \| Apr 12, 2013 \| Reflections Third Sunday of Easter (C), April 14, 2013 - Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-41; Rev 5:11-14; Jn 21:1-19 Many qualify as promising Pope Francis’ elevation. I myself have the fond hope that his gestures of simplicity, humility, poverty and love for the poor will stop dead in their... Did anyone notice a similarity between Vincent, Pope and WYD Vincentians? by John Freund, CM \| Sep 1, 2011 \| Vincentian Family Simplicity and transparency! Simplicity was Vincent's gospel. The Pope called for authenticity in his Message for World Communications Day. Vincentian youth were challenged to be who they appear to be. The Pope writes.. Truth, Proclamation and Authenticity of Life in... A parable of Vincentian Simplicity by John Freund, CM \| Aug 14, 2011 \| Vincentian Family Vincent must be smiling! Fr. Dennis Holtschneider writes in his blog from WYD with Vincentian Youth...10:30 a.m. Saturday. The young people are given masks to wear on the back of their heads (click on graphic to enlarge), and instructed to leave them on all day. ... 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0.969567	A nursing home in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is reporting a significant rate of serious side effects (including death) from booster shots of the experimental mRNA treatment against SARS-CoV-2. Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Politically Incorrect: Oberhausen: One dead and two resuscitations after a third vaccination According to the North Rhine Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, there have been numerous serious complications in an old people’s home in Oberhausen after 90 booster vaccinations against Corona, including one death and two resuscitations. “A total of nine out of 90 vaccinated people are seriously ill, most of them with cardiopulmonary problems,” writes Dr. Arno Theilmeier, Chairman of the Mönchengladbach Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, in a circular on Tuesday to colleagues who are making the rounds on the Internet (see below). This means that ten percent of those who have been vaccinated would be “seriously ill” and three percent would have died or been resuscitated. The incidents are worrying because “there is currently neither a drug approval by the EMA ( European Medical Association ) nor a STIKO recommendation for these booster vaccinations!” “I would like to ask you to make a medical decision yourself whether you prefer to wait for approval or a recommendation, or whether the third vaccinations are now so urgent for your own patients that you have to do them without a recommendation,” says Theilmeier. “It is irritating that the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians is apparently not concerned about serious illnesses in ten percent or death or near-death in three percent of people vaccinated with the third dose, but rather focuses on the liability of doctors,” said the deputy group leader of the AfD [Alternative für Deutschland, Alternative for Germany], Beatrix von Storch. ”This document is the perfect task of any medical ethics. A policy that directly or indirectly forces people to expose themselves to such a risk is fundamentally wrong.” The WDR [Westdeutscher Rundfunk, regional public broadcaster] reported on the issue on Tuesday — but without mentioning the dead person and the two resuscitations. This entry was posted in Europe, Legal action, Life in a dystopia, Medical, News, Plagues by Baron Bodissey. Bookmark the permalink. 9 thoughts on “Booster Trouble” billrla on September 16, 2021 at 9:40 pm said: The fourth “booster” should work better. Reply ↓ Sara on September 16, 2021 at 9:56 pm said: Yes, 6 monthly population reductions. Reply ↓ johnf on September 17, 2021 at 2:02 am said: This is hearsay from July, as in, I am reporting what a physician has said from what he has heard from friends recruiting patients. He wrote that the studies of a third and fourth mRNA shot, as a booster, are not going well at all. An “astronomically elevated” number of patients are turning down the fourth shot because their reaction to the third is so bad. Reply ↓ Barn Swallow on September 16, 2021 at 11:32 pm said: As much as I would love to, I still can’t get on the “vaccine is depopulation” bandvagon, because I personally don’t know anyone who would die from it. That is why I found it rather surprising, on a beer fest last weekend, how many of my vaccinated neighbors started talking about people they know who died right after the vaccine. One neighbor knows 2, another neighbor knows 2 and one crippled for life. Well, I pray for all my friends to be ok. Reply ↓ Hellequin, Gentleman Bastard on September 17, 2021 at 5:42 am said: My cousin died on February 7, 2021 – 9 days after receiving the AstraZeneca Poison. Beginning of December 2020 she and her daughters came down with the CCP-flu and said it wasn’t any worse than the common flu, although her husband didn’t come down with it. She would have turned 45 on the 6th. of June One of my oldest Friends died in March from the Jab, he would’ve turned 55 on the 12th. of December. BLOOD-Clots throughout their bodies. My mum took the Pfizer poison in April, spend 4 days in a Coma and 6 weeks in Hospital, she went beginning of June for “seconds”. She sits now in a Wheelchair, because she has now fainting spells, and one happened while she was going up the stairs. She spend after that fall another 6 weeks in hospital and 6 weeks in Rehab. I warned ALL of them, I gave all of them the Information and they folded to Propaganda Pressure and paid the Price. Reply ↓ Barn Swallow on September 19, 2021 at 12:20 am said: Very sorry to hear that. I have warned my friends and family as well, but since all of them seem to be ok, I ran out of steam. But it is also possible that they are hiding their true condition. All of them are proffessionals in their fields and can’t simply leave their jobs “for some flu”. But if all that is true, I mean the deaths from the vaccines, I am really starting to think that not all covid vaccines have been created equal. Reply ↓ Harry_the_Horrible on September 17, 2021 at 9:17 am said: Working as designed. Politicians: “Gee, those old farts are not going to generate any further tax revenues. Instead they going to consume public resources at an enormous rate.” Pharmaceutical Corporations: “We might be able to help with that…” Reply ↓ Alex Lund on September 17, 2021 at 12:54 pm said: The vaxx has nothing to do with those side-effects. (IRONY) On monday 13.09.2021 on television WDR Aktuelle Stunde at about 21:50 Karl Lauterbach, the Dr Fauci of Germany, said that the vaccines have absolutely NO side effects. Only if you are unvaccinated you have side-effects.
0.992523	This was inspired by the project rpitx which allows you to transmit signals from 5 KHz - 1500 MHz from a single GPIO pin. There is a lot of really cool stuff in rpitx, but this only focuses on the sendiq binary for transmitting an I/Q recording file. If you're new to radio, SDR, and replaying radio signals, I have a full write-up about the motiviation for this library and how to go through the full process at Nerves @ 434 MHz You can see this in action and a little more on it's use-case in this lightning talk I presented at ElixirConf 2019: How to Use Install the dep: def deps do { #...other deps {:replex, "~> 0.1"} } end Then you need to make sure you have your recording files as part of your project. The easiest way to do this is to put into the priv/ under your project root. From there, you can use it like so: defmodule Radio do def fan_light() do file = Path.join(:code.priv_dir(:radio), "fan_light.iq") Replex.replay(file, 433907740, sample_rate: 250_000) end end iex()> Radio.fan_light :ok Caveats Because of the nature of replaying radio signals, there is no guarantee on the success or failure of your radio signal actually being received. Devices won't send back an ack or any response to the action. So this will always return :ok as long as the binary ran and signal was attempted but you won't really know that it worked. A recommendation would be to just obnoxiously blast the signal asyncronously and play the numbers game. Surely the device will receive it 1 out of 5 times: Task.async(fn -> Room.lights_on Room.lights_on Room.lights_on Room.lights_on end) That said, if the signal is binary (meaning it is the same signal to toggle on and off), then this process won't really work. Unless you're hoping to bring back disco and flashing lights 🕺 Goals Support compiling sendiq (I mainly compile and include in release) Support more raspberry pi than rpi3 [] Support GPIO 6 and 20 pins for transmitting About Reply radio signals on a raspberry pi to control RF devices Topics hacktoberfest Resources Readme License Apache-2.0 License Releases 6 v0.4.0 Latest Nov 30, 2021 + 5 releases Packages 0 No packages published Contributors 2 Languages Elixir 61.8% Makefile 38.2% © 2021 GitHub, Inc. Terms Privacy Security Status Docs Contact GitHub Pricing API Training Blog About You can’t perform that action at this time. You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.
0.998064	May, 2020 - More than two months into state-sanctioned quarantines to combat COVID-19. As the population continues to adjust to this new reality, millions are anxious for a return to normalcy. Most people are just patiently waiting; a vaccine or treatment will be found or we’ll simply take extra steps of caution when returning to pre-COVID routines. For citizens with underlying conditions, however, there’s no clear end in sight. Clara Health spoke with Anna Legassie, head of strategy and development for a health policy and economics research group at an academic medical center in Boston. Anna lives with recurrent pericarditis, a rare heart condition, and also suffers from autoimmune arthritis for which she takes immunosuppressant medications. She shared her experience living with the danger of COVID-19 When did it sink in that COVID-19 was the "real deal"? I can tell you the exact moment - Friday, March 6th I was leaving a meeting at the hospital, and when I walked out of the conference room the hospital’s incident command center (which is across the hall) opened and the entire executive team plus other department heads walked out. This room is typically reserved for major events like the marathon bombing or the labor strike we had a few years ago. The expression on everyone’s faces was grave - and I realized then, Oh my God, this is really bad. It's so much worse than I’ve allowed myself to believe because I think even then there was a part of me that already knew the implications for myself as a high-risk person. How has COVID-19 impacted your life and your loved ones? I'm completely isolated for both personal and practical reasons. Those closest to me are either essential employees or they live with someone who is, so I've made the decision to go with the strictest possible precautions because the risk of asymptomatic transmission is so high. I had an E. coli infection from a contaminated burger two years ago, and by the time I sought treatment for it I needed blood transfusions because of the internal bleeding in my gut. My body constantly serves up these reminders about how susceptible I am to severe infections. Another person could have eaten that same burger, had a little upset stomach and then been fine whereas I was in the hospital for a week. The stakes are just so high for me that I feel like isolation is the safest course of action based on what we know (and don’t know) right now. But even knowing all of that, there are times that it’s been pretty brutal. Ten weeks ago I slept over at my sister’s house to help out with my nieces. When I went home the next day we hugged, and that was the last time I’ve had any physical contact with another person. I’m incredibly lucky to have really supportive friends and loved ones and so I talk to multiple people multiple times a day and FaceTime and do Zoom sessions, but when we all hang up and my friends go back to the partners and/or kids, I don’t think any of them fully grasp what it means to do this alone. You've talked about what COVID-19 means for you socially as a high-risk person. What are the heightened medical concerns? Autoimmune arthritis patients like me are thought to have impaired immune systems (regardless of whether or not they’re taking any medications) and on top of that, many of the treatments that are available are immunosuppressing medications. The concern is that not only am I potentially more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 but that the systemic nature of my disease may also put me at a higher risk of serious complications - especially because of my pericarditis. Has there been a singular moment that you've faced thus far that really stands out in your mind as being the most difficult? I come from a big extended Greek family, and recently my favorite Greek auntie passed away from COVID-19. She was the kind of person who would meet mine and sister’s friends at a family party, friend them on Facebook, and stay in touch with them for life. She loved in such a big way and gave the absolute best hugs, and so not only is the loss itself devastating but to not be able to gather with our family and honor what an incredible person she was just deepens the pain we’re all feeling right now. How has COVID-19 impacted your ability to access medications for your chronic illness? I’ve been fortunate so far - while I’ve had some insurance hiccups along the way, I’ve been able to obtain all of my medications. Working at a hospital means that I was aware of preparation efforts as early as the beginning of March, so I had a bit of a head start on my own preparations compared to other patients. I was able to work with my care team to get a 60-day supply of all of my medications before quarantining - including hydroxychloroquine. Recently I was able to refill my hydroxychloroquine for a 90-day supply, but I know many patients are still having difficulty refilling theirs. Having said that, supply chain disruptions for medications and medical supplies remain one of my top concerns knowing that we’re only at the very beginning of this pandemic. How have you seen COVID-19 impact the ability of other patients access medications? While the news has been focused on hydroxychloroquine shortages and the cancellation of elective procedures, I know cancer patients whose treatments have been canceled without a rescheduled date. These are people with treatable cancers - if they have access to treatment, they will likely survive. But if they don't have access to their chemotherapy, immunotherapy, etc. and their tumors have a chance to grow or spread or both, you have the possibility that a stage one treatable cancer advances to a point that it becomes a terminal diagnosis. Before we can begin to reopen the economy, we must stabilize our healthcare systems to not only treat current and future surges of COVID-19 patients, but to restore critical care like cancer treatment. What does the development of a COVID-19 vaccine mean to you? I was supposed to run a race a few weeks ago, but it’s been rescheduled for September and I already know that I won’t be running it because even then it will be too soon for that kind of large gathering of people - whether you’re high-risk or not. States across the country have started “reopening” and easing restrictions - even in places that have yet to see peak infection rates. Whether it’s at the state or federal level, all of these reopening plans include some sort of language around “all vulnerable individuals should continue to shelter in place,” and it’s clear that there’s a fundamental lack of understanding of just how many tens of millions of people, especially young people, are considered vulnerable to COVID-19. It will take months of proactive monitoring and surveillance, testing, and tracing of infections before I’ll feel safe leaving my house in a meaningful way. And I’ll just have to continue living like that until we have a treatment and/or a vaccine. People who aren’t high-risk need to realize that just because they might be able to go to a restaurant by this summer, I won't be. Millions of other Americans can’t and won’t be there. It's hard to underscore that enough. What would you say to someone who is considered healthy and low risk or a COVID-positive person about volunteering for a clinical trial? This is going to sound hyperbolic, but this is a once in a lifetime chance to potentially save the lives of millions of people. And not just people here in the US. We're talking about millions of people across the globe. You have the chance to be a hero, truly a hero. I keep thinking back to that picture of the first person in the world to receive a trial coronavirus vaccine - here’s this woman in her 40s, healthy mother of two, sitting there getting the shot in the arm. Every time I look at it, I just start crying. That woman said ‘I’m safe, I’m healthy. I can do this. Why wouldn't I do it?’ My greatest hope for people right now is that they will embrace that spirit too. That's really going to be the only way we get through this: ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
0.999998	There is a reasonable case to be made that Gojira may be the most transformative, influential and important band in heavy music over the course of the past twenty-five years. Much like ground breaking heavy bands before them such as Slayer and Metallica, Gojira have steadily pushed the envelope of not only their own music but the genre of heavy music itself. Early career records such as Terra Incognita, The Link and From Mars to Sirius not only challenged what many believed heavy music should be, they also laid the ground work for albums that may ultimately end up altering the landscape of heavy music for generations to come. Gojira’s last three studio releases 2012’s L’Enfant Sauvage, 2015’s Magma and the band’s most recent album, the resplendent Fortitude, have set the band’s course on the exact kind of trajectory that Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood and South of Heaven did for southern California’s thrash masters Slayer in the mid to late 1980’s. In other words, each of the band’s last three records not only built upon the framework of Gojra’s signature sound and approach to making music, each subsequent studio effort has also been its own beast with a pulsating heart and soul all their own. 2020’s Fortitude is nothing short of triumph as it encapsulates everything Gojira seemingly has been working towards throughout their entire career. The record is a combustible amalgamation of earlier sounding material from records such as the more brutish and forceful The Way of All Flesh, mixed with the same kind of progressive complexities and sonics that can be found on Gojira’s more recent releases such as Magma. JOE DUPLANTIER – GOJIRA – ALBANY CAPITAL CENTER – ALBANY, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30, 2021 In an age where most bands struggle to produce a mere single off an album worth touring on, Gojira have managed to push into existence an entire record in Fortitude that finds the listener discovering something new each and every time they press play. Fans worldwide have eagerly anticipated the band being able to properly tour on Fortitude for over a year now and this past weekend in Albany, New York, Gojira did everything in their power to reward the dedicated masses for their enduring patience. Any fan of Gojira had to be beyond stoked in Albany not only by the evening’s set list but how fortunate they were to be able to share such an intimate setting with the band due to the venue’s, lets just say, unique stage configuration. Initially some may have been concerned upon entering the main stage area in Albany, as it looked as though the venue’s set up was more aligned with Gojira giving a power point presentation than it was the band performing an actual concert. Fortunately, once the music began the stage’s close and unique proximity to the crowd as well as the acoustics of the room ended up providing a high quality live experience for all those in attendance. Despite the fact that the music Gojira plays is heavy in nature, their live performances often come across as these deeply personal and even quite joyous experiences. Gojira’s records also provide the listener with the opportunity to peel back the many layers and intricate nuances that exist within their music’s DNA. However, it’s only in a live setting where those emotions are allowed the freedom to expel themselves from inner thought, to unbridled restraint. All of that visceral emotion their music can spur on is fueled that much more by the star of the show on Gojira’s current tour, Fortitude. GOJIRA – ALBANY CAPITAL CENTER – ALBANY, NEW YORK – OCTOBER. 30, 2021 Whether it was the tight dynamics of songs such as show and Fortitude album opener “Born for One Thing”, the crunching Sepultura-esque groves of “Amazonia”, or the progressive technicality of “Another World,” all of the Fortitude material flat-out floored the audience in Albany. Fans reacted to the songs off of Fortitude as though they were as intimately familiar with the new record as they were some of Gojira’s more beloved and much older releases. A few years back the Magma tour featured over the top production values which allowed the band’s performances to come across as one part art installation, one part live music experience. However, this time around whether it be due to being budget conscious in the wake of today’s touring landscape or Gojira simply choosing to put the music out in the forefront, the results in Albany proved to be as palpable as any of the band’s performance in the past. Gojira die hards in Albany must have been ecstatic that the band chose to bring out long time classics such as “Backbone” from 2005’s From Mars to Sirius and the title track from 2012’s L’Enfant Sauvage for a twirl. Additionally what Gojira fan couldn’t have been elated to both see and hear the band perform favorites that included “Toxic Garbage Island,” “Flying Whales” and eventual show closer, “Vacuity.” MARIO DUPLANTIER – GOJIRA – ALBANY CAPITAL CENTER – ALBANY, NEW YORK – OCT. 30, 2021 To date, Fortitude has hardly been toured on. Thus it’s safe to assume that fans spanning the globe are likely going to be able to come together and celebrate all things Gojira with one another for at least the next twelve months or so. Gojira already has the rescheduled Deftones tour on their calendar for next year as well as myriad of other dates whose list is only likely to grow as 2022 draws closer. Should you be a fan of Gojira’s music you’d be doing yourself quite the disservice by missing out on experiencing the Fortitude material performed live. I assure you not only will you walk away from your next Gojira live show grinning from ear to ear, you’re likely to pull out your phone in the parking lot to try and find out when and where the band is playing next. To the four lads from Onders, France who at this very moment could be watching the landscape of the United States pass them by in fleeting blurs and waves from the windows of their tour bus, I want to leave you with one simple but heartfelt statement from Albany, New York. Thank you. PHOTOS – GOJIRA – ALBANY CAPITAL CENTER – ALBANY, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 30, 2021 Discover more like this on HEAVY: # Christian Andreu, Death Metal, fortitude, france, Gojira, Heavy Metal, jean-michel labadie, joe duplantier, live reviews, Mario Duplantier, metal, Progressive Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Roadrunner Records
0.998089	WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand says it was not able to get everybody it wanted out of Afghanistan in time before the deadly attacks near Kabul’s airport brought its rescue mission to an end. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday she is not yet sure how many people were left behind or whether they were New Zealand citizens, residents or visa holders. She said the New Zealand military had gone to great lengths to try and find people in recent days and had been able to fly several hundred people to safety. “We went to extraordinary efforts to bring home as many as we could who were either New Zealanders or who had supported New Zealand. But the devastating thing is that we weren’t able to bring everyone,” Ardern said. “And now, we need to look to see what we can do for those who remain.” Both Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison strongly condemned the attacks that took place Thursday. Morrison described them as “evil” and “inhuman.” ___ MORE ON AFGHANISTAN: — Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 12 US troops — Explainer: How dangerous is Afghanistan’s Islamic State? — ‘Was it worth it?’ A fallen Marine and a war’s crushing end — Biden left with difficult choices after deadly Kabul attacks — Female Afghan robotics team hopes to work for country — UK animal charity staff caught up in deadly Kabul blast — Afghanistan’s top high school graduate fears for her future — Find more AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/afghanistan ___ HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING: TIRANA, Albania — The Albanian government said that a first group of Afghans evacuated from their country arrived early Friday. A government spokesman confirmed the arrival without giving more details. A civilian airplane of the Egyptian Almasria Universal Airlines was seen landing at the Tirana international airport with men and women, children and old people leaving it. A government spokesman, speaking anonymously due to security reasons of the operation, said before the plane’s arrival that 171 Afghans were expected. The Afghans were first taken to military tents, where they had a rapid virus test, other medical and psychological assistance, registration before being moved to hotels. The government has said the Afghans may stay at least a year while proceeding with applications for special visas for final settlement in the U.S. Prime Minister Edi Rama has said that the tiny Western Balkan country may house up to 4,000 Afghans. Albania was among the first to offer temporary shelter to the Afghans leaving their country after all western military left and the Taliban took power. ___ SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says it strongly condemns the Kabul airport attack, saying “terrorism cannot be justified for whatever reason.” South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Friday it will join international efforts to root out terrorism and conveyed “deep sympathy” to those killed during the attack and their family members. South Korea had already evacuated 391 Afghans to Islamabad before Thursday’s attack occurred. The ministry said 378 of them came to South Korea on Thursday and the other 13 are to arrive later Friday. They had worked for South Korean-run facilities in Afghanistan or were their family members. ___ WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff in honor of the U.S. service members and others killed in the attack in Afghanistan. The speaker’s office said she had ordered the flags lowered Thursday after the bombings outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The toll of service members who died has risen rose to 13, according to Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman at Central Command. The latest number of injured is now 18, all of whom were in the process of being evacuated from Afghanistan on specially equipped C-17s with surgical units. At least 60 Afghans also died. ___ WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden presided over a moment of silence for U.S. service members on Thursday following attacks at the Kabul airport that killed at least 60 Afghans and 12 Americans. Biden held his moment of silence for those in uniform during somber remarks at the White House. Suicide bombings and gunfire killed 11 Marines and one Navy medic — attacks the U.S. is blaming on the local affiliate of the Islamic State. The American service members had been carrying out screenings at the gates of the airport, where thousands of Afghans have crowded in for nearly two weeks in hopes of an evacuation. “These American service members who gave their lives — it’s an overused word, but it’s totally appropriate here — were heroes,” Biden said. ___ WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden says the U.S. servicemembers who were killed in attacks outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, were “heroes.” Addressing the nation from the White House, Biden says they were “engaged in a dangerous, selfless mission to save the lives of others.” At least a dozen U.S. servicemembers were killed in Thursday’s attacks, along with scores of Afghans. Biden addressed those responsible for the attack, telling them, “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.” The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the attacks. ___ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the attack outside the Kabul airport. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday, killing at least 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said. The IS branch, known as The Islamic State-Khorasan Province after a name for the region from antiquity, said in its claim of responsibility that it targeted American troops and their Afghan allies. The statement carried a photo of what the militant group said was the bomber who carried out the attack. The image shows the alleged attacker standing with the explosive belt in front of the black IS flag with a black cloth covering his face, only his eyes showing. The statement made no mention of a second suicide bomber or gunmen. The claim could not be independently verified. IS also said the bomber managed to get past Taliban security checkpoints to come within 5 meters (yards) of a gathering of U.S. soldiers, translators and collaborators before detonating his explosives. It said Taliban were also among the casualties. The extremist IS group has battled the Taliban, which it views as traitorous for agreeing to a peace deal with the United States. The statement also said the bomber got around U.S. security measures and that the camp that was targeted was where U.S. forces were gathering paperwork for those who’ve worked with the military. ___ WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to speak following the deadly explosions outside the airport in Kabul that killed 12 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans. The White House says Biden will address the nation from the White House at 5 p.m. on Thursday. Two suicide bombers and gunmen struck crowds of Afghans waiting in Kabul to flee life under the Taliban on departing flights. A U.S. operation airlifting American citizens and vulnerable Afghans to other countries is set to end Tuesday, a deadline set by Biden. The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the attack. Biden has been under intense pressure to extend the evacuations beyond Tuesday, but repeatedly has cited the threat of attack for sticking to his deadline. ___ WASHINGTON — The State Department says it is tracking roughly 1,000 American citizens who it believes may still be in Afghanistan, as evacuation efforts proceed despite deadly suicide attacks outside the Kabul airport. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had said Wednesday that some 1,500 U.S. citizens were still thought to be in the country but the department said Thursday that it confirmed about 500 of them had been evacuated. In the meantime, it said another 500 people claiming to be Americans wanting to leave had gotten in touch with the U.S. Embassy but that it expected the majority of them would turn out not to be U.S. citizens. Of the 1,000 Americans the department believes to be in Afghanistan, it said about 75% were making preparations to leave. ___ WASHINGTON — The U.S. general overseeing the evacuation from Afghanistan says the United States will “go after” the perpetrators of the Kabul airport attacks if they can be found. Gen. Frank McKenzie said the attacks on Thursday were believed to have been carried out by fighters associated with the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate. He said the attacks, which killed 12 U.S. service members, would not stop the United States from continuing its evacuation of Americans and others. McKenzie warned there are still “extremely active” security threats at the airport in the Afghan capital. “We expect these attacks to continue,” he said, adding that Taliban commanders have been asked to take additional security measures to prevent another suicide bombing on the airport’s perimeter. He said he sees no indication that the Taliban allowed Thursday’s attacks to happen. Also Thursday, Defense Secretary LLoyd Austin suggested the evacuation will go on and expressed his “deepest condolences to the loved ones and teammates of all those killed and wounded in Kabul today.” “Terrorists took their lives at the very moment these troops were trying to save the lives of others,” he said. “We mourn their loss. We will treat their wounds. And we will support their families in what will most assuredly be devastating grief. But we will not be dissuaded from the task at hand.” “To do anything less — especially now — would dishonor the purpose and sacrifice these men and women have rendered our country and the people of Afghanistan,” the statement also said. ___ DUBAI — Saudi Arabia says it strongly condemns the Kabul airport attack and reaffirms that such criminal acts contradict religious principles and human values. The kingdom said on Thursday that it extends its deepest condolences to all those killed and wounded. The Saudi Foreign Ministry statement added that Saudi Arabia stands with the people of Afghanistan at this time. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron also condemned “in the stronger terms” the attacks at Kabul airport. Macron expressed in a statement France’s condolences to the families of victims and praised the “heroism of those on the ground who are carrying out the evacuation operations.” Also later Thursday, Albania’s foreign minister strongly condemned the attacks at the Kabul airport. In a tweet, Olta Xhacka condemned “the horrific terrorist attack,” adding that “our hearts and our prayers go out to all those who lost their loved ones.” Albania, a NATO member country since 2009 and aspiring to join the European Union soon, will be one of the transit hubs for the Afghans evacuated from their country. Prime Minister Edi Rama said the country could house up to 4,000 Afghans. See also Want to attend Hamilton? Not unless you meet virus protocols The first group may arrive early Friday. “We remain committed to guarantee the lives and security of all our Afghan allies,” said Xhacka. ___ WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a phone call after the attacks in Kabul on Thursday that also killed at least 12 U.S. service members, including 11 Marines and one Navy medic. Pelosi’s office dismissed the House Republican leadership’s calls to bring Congress back into session as “empty stunts” amid the extraordinary evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan. “Right now, American heroes are risking & giving their lives to execute an extraordinarily dangerous evacuation,” Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill said on Twitter. “What’s not going to help evacuate American citizens is more empty stunts & distraction.” ___ WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that those responsible for the attack in Kabul on Thursday “will be sought and brought to justice.” The New York Democrat said in a statement that he had just spoken to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about the “heinous attacks” on U.S. personnel and the Afghan partners. “I strongly condemn this act of terrorism and it must be clear to the world that the terrorists who perpetrated this will be sought and brought to justice,” he said. Meanwhile, the U.S. House Republican leader called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call the Congress back into session so lawmakers can consider legislation would prohibit the Aug. 31 withdrawal until all Americans are out of Afghanistan. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California said, “It is time for Congress to act quickly to save lives.” A return to session before the deadline is highly unlikely. The Democrats aligned with President Joe Biden hold majority control and are not expected to consider such legislation to alter the withdrawal date. Republicans have been highly critical of Biden’s handling of the situation in Kabul. ___ BERLIN — The German defense minister says her country has ended its evacuation mission in Afghanistan. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening. She said that, in all, Germany evacuated 5,347 people from at least 45 nations, including more than 4,000 Afghans. Germany hadn’t publicly specified ahead of time when exactly its flights would end but other European nations also have been wrapping up their evacuation efforts ahead of an Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last flights had been loading at the time of Thursday’s attacks just outside the airport and the German commander then set in motion plans for an “emergency departure.” She added that “the attacks we saw this afternoon … have made clear that an extension of the operation in Kabul was not possible. The security situation on the ground, and also the Taliban’s decision not to tolerate an extension beyond Aug. 31, made it impossible.” The minister said Germany offered a medevac plane that was overhead at the time to bring out wounded from other nations but “according to my information, that wasn’t the case so far.” She said the plane, which flew on to Tashkent, will be provided if needed. ___ ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister say the international community should help the Afghan Taliban to restore peace after their takeover of Afghanistan. Imran Khan spoke at a gathering of his ruling party on Thursday; the speech was televised. The remarks are the most openly supportive by Khan of the Taliban since they swept into Kabul on Aug. 15 and practically took over the entire country. Khan says “the Taliban are talking about peace” and “the world community should help them.” He added that the Taliban have stated that they want to form an inclusive government, respect human rights and not allow anyone to use the Afghan soil to stage attacks. The prime minister — a famous former cricket player who turned to politics and became a conservative Islamist — said the Afghan people need peace. Khan’s speech came shortly before twin suicide bombings and gunmen outside the Kabul airport killed at least 13 people and wounded 15 wounded. Several Marines were killed and a number of other American military were wounded. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said children were among those killed and added that “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.” ___ LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the “barbaric” bomb attack at Kabul airport has caused “many” casualties, but that the U.K. evacuation operation in Afghanistan will continue for a bit longer. The U.S. says several Marines were among those killed when two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans outside the airport on Thursday. Johnson offered condolences to the U.S. and Afghanistan, saying Americans “very sadly have lost their lives,” and there were also “many Afghan casualties.” He said Britain would continue with the evacuation operation, though “we’re now coming towards the end of it.” He said that “what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work in as fast and as efficient manner as possible in the hours that remain to us.” Johnson did not say when the British effort would end. U.S. forces are due to leave the airport by Aug. 31, and other countries’ missions will have to wrap up before then. Several countries have already announced the end of their airlifts. ___ TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Afghanistan’s neighbors should support the formation a broad-based government in Kabul. Raisi spoke on Thursday during a meeting with visiting Pakistani foreign minister to Tehran, saying other nations should only play the role of a “facilitator for establishing a broad-based and inclusive government with presence of all people and groups.” The remarks were posted on Raisi’s website. He said Iran has hosted some 4 million Afghan refugees in the past four decades and it has supported the people of Afghanistan. The presence of Western nations in the region would not be conducive to its “security,” he alleged. Iran has seen the presence of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and Iraq as a threat on its doorstep. It has welcomed the U.S. evacuation even as it cautiously looks to the next moves by the Taliban. Unlike in 1998, when Iran came to the bring of war with the Taliban over the killings of several Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power, Iranian state media have in recent weeks claimed that the Taliban have changed and pose no threat to Iran. Critics, however, warn that the Taliban will return to their anti-Iranian stance as soon as they shore up their full control of Afghanistan. ___ THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The foreign minister of the Netherlands says the last Dutch diplomats and troops have flown out of Kabul as the international airlift winds down and that her thoughts are now with the people left stranded in the Afghan capital. Foreign Affairs Minister Sigrid Kaag said in a tweet on Thursday: “It’s terrible to have to leave Afghanistan this way after 20 years.” She says her thoughts are with people left stranded in Afghanistan after the international flights out of the country end. Kaag also said the Netherlands and its allies remain committed to helping “all those entitled to return or evacuate and to continue to support the Afghan people.” The Netherlands has in recent days flown more than 20 flights out of Kabul to airports in the region. More than 1,700 people have been flown back to the Netherlands, including over 1,000 Afghans who worked with Dutch forces and diplomats. ___ TBILISI, Georgia — The government of Georgia says about 2,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan to Tbilisi, the country’s capital. A government statement on Thursday said NATO cargo planes are making daily flights from Tbilisi to Kabul and that evacuations are also conducted by charter flights. The former Soviet republic is not a NATO member but in recent years has cooperated closely with the alliance. The statement said Georgia is cooperating with international institutions including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to evacuate their personnel from Afghanistan. ___ WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, in a statement called the situation unfolding in Kabul “a full-fledged humanitarian crisis.” He said that “U.S. government personnel, already working under extreme circumstances, must secure the airport and complete the massive evacuation of Americans citizens and vulnerable Afghans desperately trying to leave the country.” “I understand that American personnel were among the casualties and my prayers are with the victims of this cowardly attack and their families,” Menendez said. “As we wait for more details to come in, one thing is clear: We can’t trust the Taliban with Americans’ security.” ___ THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATO chief has condemned the twin suicide bombings at the Kabul airport as a “horrific terrorist attack” that targeted desperate Afghans trying to leave the country and the alliance’s efforts to evacuate them from Afghanistan. Jens Stoltenberg said on Twitter after the explosions on Thursday: “I strongly condemn the horrific terrorist attack outside #Kabul airport. My thoughts are with all those affected and their loved ones. Our priority remains to evacuate as many people to safety as quickly as possible.” The bombings struck outside Kabul’s airport, where large crowds of people trying to flee Afghanistan have massed, killing at least 13 people and wounding 15, according to Russian officials. Western nations had warned earlier in the day of a possible attack at the airport in the waning days of a massive airlift. ___ LONDON — A former Royal Marine who runs an animal shelter in Afghanistan says he and his staff were caught up in the aftermath of the explosion near the Kabul airport. Paul “Pen” Farthing said the group was outside the airport when the blast occurred on Thursday. “We’re fine but everything is chaos here at the moment,” he told Britain’s Press Association news agency. “All of a sudden we heard gunshots and our vehicle was targeted, had our driver not turned around he would have been shot in the head by a man with an AK-47. “We’ve been in the airport, and back out of the airport; the whole thing’s a mess,” he added. Farthing is trying to get staff of his Nowzad charity out of Afghanistan, along with the group’s rescued animals. They have been stuck outside Kabul’s airport as they try to get a flight out. See also No. 17 Indiana's Penix faces No. 18 Iowa's veteran secondary He spoke as reports emerged of two suicide bombings outside the airport that killed at least 13 people and wounded another 15. U.S. officials meanwhile have said that American personnel were wounded in the blast, without elaborating. ___ DUBLIN — French President Emmanuel Macron said “the situation has seriously deteriorated” near the Kabul airport after “several explosions happened in the last hours.” Speaking in a news conference during a visit to Dublin, Ireland, Macron said “we are facing an extremely tense situation that makes us coordinate obviously with our American allies and call for the utmost caution in a context we don’t control.” He added France will seek to protect and evacuate French nationals, people from allied countries and Afghans “as long as the conditions will be met” at the airport. Macron said he did not have more details about the circumstances of the explosions. The Russian Foreign Ministry has said there were two suicide bombings outside Kabul airport that killed at least 13 people on Thursday and wounded another 15. U.S. officials meanwhile have said that American personnel were wounded in the blast, without elaborating. ___ MOSCOW — The Russian ambassador in Afghanistan says 360 Russian citizens have been flown home from Kabul. Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov said in televised remarks Thursday that all those Russians who wanted to leave Afghanistan were taken home the previous day aboard four Russian Defense Ministry planes. He said that along with 360 Russians, the planes also evacuated 38 nationals of other ex-Soviet nations. Zhirnov said that the embassy was now trying to help a few Russians who were unable to leave for logistical reasons. He noted that about 100 Russians who remain in Afghanistan haven’t expressed a desire to leave. The Russian Foreign Ministry says the flights were organized with the assistance of the Taliban and the United States, which controls Afghanistan’s airspace. The ambassador said that Russian diplomats in Kabul are also working to help about 400 Afghan students who have enrolled Russian universities travel to Russia for studies. He said the embassy maintains close contacts with the Taliban. ___ WASHINGTON — The acting U.S. ambassador to Kabul, Ross Wilson, says the security threat at the Kabul airport overnight was “clearly regarded as credible, as imminent, as compelling.” But in an interview with ABC News on Thursday, he would not give details and did not say whether the threat remained. Wilson also said there remain “safe ways” for Americans to reach the airport for evacuation. He said “there undoubtedly will be” Afghans who had worked with or for the U.S. in Afghanistan who will not be able to get out before the U.S.-led evacuation ends. ___ TORONTO — Canada has ended evacuations from Kabul’s airport, a Canadian general said Thursday, as the clock ticks down on dramatic Western efforts to help people flee the Taliban takeover ahead of a full American withdrawal. General Wayne Eyre, the country’s acting chief of Defense Staff, said all the other countries have to leave the airport before the Americans can wrap up their mission. Canadian military flights evacuated about 3,700 people. “We stayed in Afghanistan for as long as we could. We were amongst the last to cease evacuation operations. We wish we could have stayed longer and rescued everyone who was so desperate to leave. That we could not is truly heartbreaking, but the circumstances on the ground rapidly deteriorated,” Eyre said. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing the U.S. pullout as the Taliban insisted he must, ramping up pressure on the already risky airlift from Kabul to get out as many people as possible in the coming days. Canada and European allies pressed for more time but lost the argument. Canada is one many countries taking part in the evacuation of people facing Taliban reprisals from Kabul’s airport. Over 1,000 refugees are in Canada now. Canada has plans to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees. ___ BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister says terror threats in Kabul have become “significantly more concrete” as the international evacuation effort from the airport in the Afghan capital is nearing its end. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Thursday that the effort is “now in what is certainly the most hectic, dangerous and sensitive phase. We know that the terror threats have intensified massively and that they have become significantly more concrete.” She said Germany’s foreign ministry told people in Kabul overnight that they should not try to get to the airport on their own, in line with warnings by the U.S. and others. The German military was still flying between Kabul and Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. It wasn’t immediately clear when exactly the German evacuation effort would end. Germany’s top military commander, Gen. Eberhard Zorn, said that as of Thursday afternoon German flights had evacuated some 5,200 people from 45 nations, including about 4,200 Afghans. Zorn said two small German helicopters that were flown into Kabul a few days ago, intended to help get individuals to the airport, were flown out to Tashkent overnight. ___ WARSAW, Poland — A deputy foreign minister in Poland said on Thursday that his country is looking for the family of 13-year-old Afghan boy, Fawad, who got separated from his parents in the crowd pressing on the Kabul airport. Fawad has been brought to safety in Poland but his parents’ whereabouts were not immediately known. Marcin Przydacz said that Fawad’s parents could have been evacuated on another flight to a Western country, such as the United States or Britain, but have not yet been localized. The first appeal for help in finding Fawad’s family, with the boy’s photo was made on Twitter by Poland’s government official, Michal Dworczyk, on Tuesday. ___ LONDON — Britain’s prime minster says the “overwhelming majority” of people eligible to come to Britain have been evacuated from Afghanistan, but time is running out on the airlift. Boris Johnson said about 15,000 people have left Kabul airport on Royal Air Force flights. He said that “in the time we have left, which may be — as I’m sure everybody can appreciate — quite short, we’ll do everything we can to get everybody else.” U.S. forces are due to leave the airport by Aug. 31, and other countries’ missions will have to wrap up before then. Visiting a military base in London where the British evacuation effort is being coordinated, Johnson said Britain hoped to continue evacuations after the end of the month, and urged the Taliban to facilitate it. Johnson said “the safe passage for those who want to come out is the key precondition” for development aid and access to international funding for Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. ___ BRUSSELS — The European Union still has a skeleton staff in Kabul working to evacuate people as the end of airlifts from the chaotic airport looms. A number of European nations have said that they are ending their evacuation efforts ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. European Commission foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said Thursday that a small EU team “will be on the ground as long as necessary in order to complete the evacuation operations.” He declined to give more details, saying he didn’t want to share more details “because they are operating in an environment which is not exactly friendly.” Stano says that more than 400 Afghans who worked for the EU in Afghanistan, along with their families, have already been evacuated. He adds that “there are still some people who we need and want to get out” but would not give more detail, citing “operational reasons.” Commission spokesman Eric Mamer says that the 400 Afghan EU workers and their families “are in the process of being transferred to member states who offered places.” He called discussions about their relocation “a very intense process” but adds that members of the 27-nation bloc “are very clear that they are they are willing to help” accommodate the EU’s Afghan staff. ___ MOSCOW — The Kremin says that Russia will closely follow the developments in Afghanistan before making a decision on whether to recognize the Taliban’s rule. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Moscow will watch the Taliban’s “future steps to ensure order and security of the country’s citizens and provide security for the Russian diplomats.” Peskov emphasized that Russia wants to see peace and stability in Afghanistan and hopes that efforts will be taken to stem the flow of drugs coming from the country. Moscow, which fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with the Soviet troops’ withdrawal in 1989, has made a diplomatic comeback as a mediator over the past few years, reaching out to feuding Afghan factions including the Taliban even though the group was added to the Russian list of terrorist organizations in 2003. ___ BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s Supreme Council of National Defense says Romania will contribute a maximum of 200 troops to NATO missions to “evacuate and relocate Afghan citizens.” “The NATO operation will, in principle, consist of taking Afghan citizens from temporary bases in Kuwait and Qatar and relocating them to temporary stationed bases on the territory of allied states,” the supreme council said in a statement after a meeting Wednesday. The council said that Romanian troops would contribute for a maximum of six months and that operations would start in August. The security council also said that during the meeting it decided “further steps would be taken to bring Afghan citizens,” such as journalists, human rights activists, magistrates, and students to safety in Romania. It did not provide further details on how or when this would happen. Romanian authorities have earmarked a number of Afghans for evacuation to Romania, but none could make it safely to Kabul airport last week when Romania carried out three evacuation flights, officials said. The security council also said in the meeting that Afghanistan’s swift takeover by the Taliban “may have security consequences” for Romania, “due to the dangers posed by extremism, terrorism, the export of instability in the region, drug and arms trafficking, (and) illegal migration.” ___ LONDON — A former Royal Marine who runs an animal charity in Afghanistan says he, his Afghan staff and dozens of dogs and cats are stuck outside Kabul’s airport as they try to get a flight out of the country. Paul “Pen” Farthing appealed to the Taliban to allow the group safe passage into the airport. He tweeted to Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen that “we have been here for 10 hours after being assured that we would have safe passage. Truly would like to go home now.” See also Greek health care workers protest against mandatory vaccines Farthing has been pressing for days to get staff of his Nowzad charity out of Afghanistan, along with the group’s rescued animals. Dominic Dyer, a British animal campaigner who is assisting Farthing, said a plane had been chartered and was due to leave the U.K. later Thursday for Kabul. Farthing’s supporters have clashed with Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who refused to airlift the animals on a Royal Air Force plane. saying “I have to prioritize people at the moment over pets.” The U.K. defense ministry later said it would help Farthing, his group and the animals leave on the privately funded chartered jet. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said Thursday that U.K. forces at the airport would “facilitate” the flight. He told ITV that “the difficulty is getting Pen into the airfield.” ___ HELSINKI — Finland said Thursday it had evacuated 51 people from Kabul to the Nordic country, adding that its total number of evacuees has risen to close to 340 people. The Finnish Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter that Finland too had assisted four people on their way to other countries Wednesday when the people were evacuated. “Cooperation is power,” the ministry wrote, adding that Finland in total had assisted 30 persons from “our partner countries.” ___ MILAN — The Afghan director of a school for girls dedicated to an Italian newspaper correspondent killed in Afghanistan is trying desperately to gain access to the Kabul airport for evacuation, with anxiety growing as the end of flights nears. Shir Ahmad Mohammadi has sent messages to contacts in Italy as well as Italian officials in Kabul, saying that the Taliban are not allowing him and his family near the airport, Corriere della Sera reported on Thursday. “Help me, I can’t go on. The Taliban are not allowing us to pass. They are asking for U.S. documents that we don’t have,” Mohammadi wrote. He is the director of a school in Herat province named for Maria Grazia Cutuli, a Corriere correspondent killed in 2001. He traveled by bus with his wife and two daughters, finding himself in the capital controlled by the Taliban and with foreign troops by now closed off in the airport. “I served female students in Afghanistan, giving them the chance to study in the name of your country. Now it is time that I think of my daughters, and try to get them to safety,” he wrote. “I have my two daughters with me, what should I do, I cannot leave them to be treated in this way. I have to take care of their security and their dignity. That is why I made this trip.” He said his wife and daughters are under increasing strain. “I don’t know how long we can keep going in these conditions,” Mohammadi wrote. ___ WARSAW, Poland — Poland says the reason it has halted its evacuation flights was so that the United States could meet its Aug. 31 deadline to quit Kabul. That is the “date when the last U.S. soldier is to leave Kabul airport,” Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said Thursday, but to make that possible all others must leave first. Przydacz said that some countries have not yet evacuated all their citizens and associates and for this reason they were continuing their evacuation missions. Poland however has met its evacuation goals and ended its mission. Przydacz said that “no matter how long the mission would have taken and how many people would have been evacuated, if a Polish diplomat or a soldier got hurt, the mission would not have been a success.” Przydacz said it was a difficult decision to wrap up the evacuation but that “today, with such high level of terrorist threat, amid the growing instability, we see no possibility of putting the lives of our people at risk any longer. They have really done an immense job.” He mentioned the consuls at the spot, finding people in the crowd, diplomats in various countries securing instant permission for Polish planes to fly over their territory, and officials in Warsaw who worked round the clock to bring people to safety. Poland has evacuated some 1,300 people in 14 flights, through Uzbekistan. Some 200 of the evacuees were rescued at the request of other countries, and of the IMF. The last group arrived Thursday morning. Przydacz said that Poland will be ready to air lift more people if commercial flights from Afghanistan are restored. ___ ISTANBUL – The first Turkish troops evacuated from Afghanistan arrived back in Turkey on Thursday. TV footage showed a Turkish Airlines flight carrying 345 soldiers land at Ankara’s Esenboga Airport, having departed Kabul on Wednesday evening. Some 600 Turkish troops were based in Afghanistan. “We aim to complete the transfer as soon as possible,” Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in a statement. ___ COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The foundation created by toymaker Lego and its parent company say they will donate 100 million kroner ($16 million) to support vulnerable children in Haiti and Afghanistan. “The humanitarian crises that are happening in Haiti and Afghanistan are unimaginable and only intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, chairman of the LEGO Foundation. Since May 2021, more than 500,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan. As for Haiti, the Aug. 14 violent earthquake that was followed by a tropical storm “has left half-a-million Haitian children with limited or no access to shelter, safe water, health care, and nutrition.” “With COVID-19 still (being) an imminent threat to the health and safety of Haiti’s population, the loss and damage associated with these most recent natural disasters only further compounds the dire situation so many children and families are experiencing,” they said in a joint statement. Based in Denmark, the Lego Foundation and parent company KIRKBI A/S said that they had partnered up with, among others, two U.N. agencies — UNICEF and UNHCR — as well as Education Cannot Wait, a global fund to transform the delivery of education in emergencies. ___ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar says it has helped the evacuation of more than 40,000 people from Kabul airport. The small nation on the Arabian Peninsula says most will transit through Qatar after staying in temporary accommodations. Qatar says that “the evacuation efforts will continue in the coming days in consultation with international partners.” Qatar also hosts an office of the Taliban and was the site of negotiations between America, the toppled Afghan government and the insurgents. ___ NEW DELHI — India says it has evacuated most of its nationals from Afghanistan and is doing everything to bring them back home. India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told a meeting of political leaders on Thursday that India has operated six flights so far from Kabul after a stunning takeover by the Taliban. “A few of them (Indians) are still there.” He didn’t give the exact number of Indians and Afghans evacuated so far from Kabul but the Indian media put their numbers around 800. He declined to say how India is going to deal with the Taliban government in Afghanistan. “The situation in Afghanistan is yet to settle down. I will talk about it later,” Jaishankar told reporters. New Delhi had stayed away from the Taliban except for back-channel contacts in recent months. It didn’t recognize the Taliban government that ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. ___ ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister has called on the international community to continue engagement with Afghanistan, saying it was a “way forward to avert any humanitarian crisis and secure peace and stability.” Imran Khan made his comment during a meeting with David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program who met with him in Islamabad. Khan also called for the formation of an inclusive government to ensure peace and avoid an humanitarian crisis, after the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. The latest development comes as dozens of Afghans continue to enter Pakistan via its land borders. But the number of Afghan people entering Pakistan through land routes has been steadily decreasing since earlier this week. ___ BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary says its army has evacuated all Hungarian citizens from Afghanistan of which the defense ministry is aware. Defense Minister Tibor Benko told a press conference on Thursday that 540 people, among them 57 Afghan families including 180 children, had been evacuated to Hungary from Kabul. Of the Afghan citizens who assisted Hungarian forces in Afghanistan since 2003, the army has evacuated 87%, he said, adding that Hungarian, Afghan, Austrian and U.S. citizens were evacuated during the operation. All of the nearly 100 Hungarian soldiers that participated in the evacuation operation have returned to Hungary, Benko said. No injuries occurred during the evacuation operations, though there were Afghan citizens who sustained injuries prior to their evacuation, he said. Seven Hungarian soldiers were killed during military operations in Afghanistan since 2003, Benko said. ___ THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch government says it is pulling its troops and diplomats out of the Kabul airport over the security situation. In a letter to parliament Thursday, the foreign and defense ministers say that “the Netherlands has been told by the United States to leave today and will most likely carry out its last flight later today.” They add that “in light of the extremely quickly deteriorating situation in and around the airport, evacuees can no longer be assisted by the Netherlands to get access to the airport.” ___ LONDON — The British, French and Danish militaries have given stark warnings about the security situation at the Kabul airport, where Afghan civilians are scrambling to evacuate ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline for foreign troops to leave Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey told the BBC on Thursday there was ”very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack” at the airport. Other warnings emerged about a possible threat from Afghanistan’s Islamic State affiliate, which likely has seen its ranks boosted by the Taliban freeing prisoners across the country. Heappey conceded that people are desperate to leave and “there is an appetite by many in the queue to take their chances, but the reporting of this threat is very credible indeed and there is a real imminence to it.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex told French radio RTL on Thursday that “from tomorrow evening onwards, we are not able to evacuate people from the Kabul airport” due to the Aug. 31 American withdrawal. Meanwhile, Danish defense minister Trine Bramsen bluntly warned: “It is no longer safe to fly in or out of Kabul.” Denmark’s last flight, carrying 90 people plus soldiers and diplomats, already had left Kabul. 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0.975076	Learn how to build your fan base. Here are ten tips that will help you boost fan engagement, promote your brand, and increase fans. Building a loyal fan base is essential if you want to be a successful musician. Making great music will only get you so far. You’ll also need to be savvy with marketing, branding, fan interaction, and more. Here are ten effective tips that will grow your fan base: BUILD A BRAND Before you do anything else, you must first know your brand. Your brand and story will influence your music career decisions. It will guide your marketing and messaging strategy. It will also influence the way you present yourself in person and online, how you interact with fans, and more. Your brand reflects your style as much as your music! It’s also crucial to have a vision of where you want your music career to go. So, take the time to discover what’s unique about you, your artistry, and your story. Then build your brand identity from there. GET FEATURED ON MUSIC BLOGS One of the biggest challenges as an artist is getting your music heard. Getting your music featured on blogs is one effective way to promote your music and reach new audiences. Support from a music blog will help you increase exposure, establish credibility, and open new opportunities. However, it’s challenging to get your music featured on a blog. Especially with so many emerging acts striving to get heard. So, how do you submit music to a blog? And, how can you find the music blogs that will feature your music? The guide below breaks down all the essential steps of scoring a feature on a music blog. RUN COMPETITIONS OR GIVEAWAYS Offer incentives as a referral strategy to reach new fans. Running a competition or a giveaway is a great way to incentivize your existing fan base. Give your fans something in return for referrals. Here are some ideas that will motivate fans to refer their friends to your music: Run a ‘Like and Share’ competition on Facebook. Offer a free download of your song to anyone who shares your music to ten or more people. Offer a free song or merch discount to anyone that subscribes to your mailing list. CREATE VIDEO CONTENT Videos are an effective medium for music promotion. And YouTube has become a must-use media platform for musicians. Beyond being a video platform, YouTube has other advantages. For example, it is one of the largest search engines. People also visit YouTube first to find a song. In addition, music is the most searched topic on YouTube. Videos also offer a different way to connect your music with fans. Plus, there’s a lot more you can do with video compared to music streaming. Here are some video content ideas: Official music videos: Create official videos for your music. Tag them, so they get discovered by potential fans. Remixes or cover songs: Showcase music inspired by other artists to reach their fan base. 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Getting your music on these platforms is a sure way to reach new fans. Leading digital music distributors such as Symphonic Distribution, TuneCore,Digishare Africa and DistroKid also offer a suite of services and tools for artists. They provide everything needed to prepare, sell, and market your music online. Building an official website for your brand is another effective way to offer music and merchandise. An official website should feature your artist bio, music, tour dates, images, relevant media, achievements, social media links, merch, and contact details. A successful website represents you as an artist, your brand, and musical identity. LEVERAGE FANS OF OTHER ARTISTS Leverage the fans of artists, venues, and brands to increase your fan base. For example, collaborate with other artists, create remixes, and play at venues with a loyal following. Tapping into other people’s audiences is an easy way to reach new fans. 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0.999509	While borderline, narcissistic, and antisocial personality disorders are among the most well-known and frequently discussed personality disorders, the most common personality disorder in the United States is actually obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is one of the three “Cluster C” personality disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the primary reference text for mental health professionals. These disorders manifest differently but have features in common and are treated in similar ways. What Are Cluster C Personality Disorders? Personality disorders are mental health conditions that are established by late adolescence or early adulthood. They are caused by a combination of genetic, biological, and environmental factors that affect a person in infancy, childhood, and early adolescence. They are expressed more as aspects of identity than as symptoms of a transient condition, though advances in clinical insight show they respond to treatment and can even go into remission. There are three different categories, or clusters, of personality disorders listed in the DSM: Cluster A, Cluster B, and Cluster C. The Cluster C disorders are anxious personality styles that include the following three disorders: Avoidant Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder In general, Cluster C or anxious personality disorders are caused by an anxious temperament and childhood experiences that reinforce certain fears. People with avoidant personality disorder (APD) exhibit a pattern of avoiding social activities, including occupational activities that require significant interpersonal interaction. They do this not out of an enjoyment of solitude, but fear that others will judge or dislike them or find them inadequate. They often have experiences of being humiliated or socially rejected as children. People with dependent personality disorder (DPD) believe they need others to take care of them and act accordingly. They seek excessive reassurance and advice before engaging in an activity, ask others to take responsibility for them, and have difficulty asserting themselves or doing tasks independently. They do this not because they enjoy close collaboration, but out of fear that they cannot be alone without a significant risk of harm. They often had overprotective parents who prevented them from making independent decisions. People with OCPD have a rigid and perfectionistic personality style and focus excessively on rules and details. They are often unable to complete tasks, spending hours trying to get perfect results and giving up when they can’t. They frequently become “workaholics” who focus on work to the exclusion of all else. They do not like working with others and prefer to control and complete all aspects of an activity on their own. They do this not out of enjoyment of precision, but fear that they cannot trust or rely on others or society in general. They often grew up with rigid parents who criticized or punished them for imperfect performance on tasks. Cluster C Personality Disorders and Anxiety Disorders The Cluster C personality disorders all share features in common with anxiety disorders including social anxiety disorder (SAD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It is not always easy to distinguish Cluster C personality disorders from related anxiety disorders, but there are some ways to tell the difference. The main way to tell them apart is to assess how pervasive symptoms are and how strongly identified a person is with them. For example, a person with SAD is more likely to recognize that their social fears are irrational, while someone with APD is more likely to believe there is something deeply wrong with them. While personality disorders are generally more severe in their impact, they may initially seem less severe because of their stability over time. Behaviors related to personality disorders are more likely to be consistent over long periods, or even a lifetime, while symptoms of an anxiety disorder are more likely to arise as a marked difference in functioning from before. For example, someone with OCPD is more likely to have established a way of working that is rigid and perfectionistic, while someone with OCD is more likely to exhibit the overt repetitive or compulsive behaviors associated with that disorder. In general, OCD has acute effects that arise in specific contexts while OCPD has more pervasive effects that characterize an approach to nearly all activities. Treatment for Cluster C Personality Disorders In general, medication is not the primary treatment for personality disorders. In the case of Cluster C personality disorders, however, anti-anxiety medications are sometimes prescribed, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) such as fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), and sertraline (Zoloft). These can reduce anxiety but cannot resolve the underlying personality factors behind it. Research shows that personality disorders respond less well to SSRIs than related anxiety disorders. They are often used for Cluster C personality disorders only when severe anxiety symptoms limit a person’s ability to participate in or make progress in therapy. Like anxiety disorders, Cluster C personality disorders are driven by cognition, primarily beliefs about the self and others. For this reason, they all respond well to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A therapist who provides CBT helps clients identify irrational beliefs or distorted thought patterns, challenge them, and ultimately change them. A review of a wide range of research shows that CBT improves functioning and reduces symptoms of Cluster C personality disorders. In CBT, a therapist can help someone with APD challenge distorted beliefs about their social incapacity or unworthiness. They might encourage someone with DPD to explore if they are truly incapable of acting independently, perhaps giving them behavioral “homework” to try completing small tasks on their own. Beliefs about the consequences of imperfect performance on tasks might be the target for a client with OCPD. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) also encourages people to identify thoughts that drive distressing emotions and behavior. However, instead of having people label thoughts as “false” and try to change them, therapists who practice ACT help clients learn how to accept them without acting on them and to take actions that reflect personal values. Research shows ACT is just as effective as CBT in the treatment of anxiety disorders and is likely to be just as effective in treating anxiety-based personality disorders. Cluster C Personality Disorders and Addiction Like people with anxiety disorders, research shows that people with Cluster C personality disorders use alcohol more frequently than other substances. This may be due to the social acceptance of alcohol or its efficacy in relieving anxiety, especially social anxiety. However, people with these personality disorders can become addicted to any substance that helps them feel less anxiety and shame. It’s important for people with co-occurring disorders to receive treatment that addresses both conditions to prevent relapse and promote deeper recovery. Group interventions are common in substance abuse treatment and can be particularly helpful for people with co-occurring anxiety or Cluster C personality disorders. Groups are not only a way to provide targeted behavioral health interventions but can act as a form of exposure therapy for people with social anxiety. They are living laboratories where people can examine and challenge beliefs about whether they are able to connect to other people, be rewarded for independent insight, and be accepted in spite of their imperfections. Conclusion Cluster C personality disorders are expressions of self that reflect an adaptation to long-term anxiety. They limit people in ways that are painful and distressing for them and that reinforce the perception that the world is hostile and that people can’t be trusted. Fortunately, with the right interventions, people with these conditions can start to change how they think and see the world and experience greater freedom and self-confidence. 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"All nine cases are linked. Omicron threat in Scotland may 'diminish rather than increase', says Nicola Sturgeon The Telegraph Covid: Should I be working from home or going back to the office? BBC U.S. INSIDER Kyle Rittenhouse says he is destroying the AR-15 rifle he used in Kenosha and doesn't want anything to do with it Kyle Rittenhouse said on a podcast that he is having the AR-15 he used in Kenosha destroyed. Rittenhouse added that he did not "want anything to do with" the weapon. He was acquitted last month of five felonies, including first-degree intentional homicide. Chrystul Kizer: Can child sex-trafficking victim who killed abuser find hope in Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal? The Independent Kyle Rittenhouse no longer enrolled at Arizona university, says college amid protests The Independent Politics HuffPost Colorado Newspaper Apologizes For The Embarrassment That Is Boebert With Stinging Op-Ed The Denver Post editorial board did what Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo. has so far refused to do and offered a sincere apology to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn. The newspaper has “mostly tried to ignore” conspiracy theory-endorsing Boebert's antics since she was elected to Congress in 2020 because “they add little to the public discourse,” it wrote in a stinging editorial Monday. Rep. Lauren Boebert refuses to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar for anti-Muslim remark ABC News Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar Extend Feud After Phone Call and No ‘Direct Apology’ The Wrap Science Engadget Russia may press criminal charges in 2018 ISS pressure leak incident In 2018, astronauts aboard the International Space Station plugged a 2mm "hole" in a Soyuz MS-09 vehicle that had docked with the station in June of that year. While the pressure leak never posed an immediate threat to those aboard, it set off a bizarre turn of events that saw Russia open an investigation to find out if the incident was the result of sabotage. Per an RIA Novosti article spotted by Ars Technica, the country's Roscosmos space agency recently completed its probe of the event and sent the results to Russian law enforcement officials, opening the door for them to announce criminal charges. U.S. MarketWatch I bought my home for $30,000, but now it’s worth almost $3 million. How can I avoid a massive tax bill? And it seems clear from your letter that your children wouldn't be able to afford the property taxes that would come with such a property if they were to buy it themselves today. Before I begin to answer your questions, I want to commend you on remaining clear-eyed about what your children will do with your home upon your passing. Too often parents assume that their children or grandchildren will want to inherit the family home to live in it. U.S. INSIDER Accuser says Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein picked her up at summer camp when she was 14 years old and sexually abused her for 5 years The first accuser in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking trial said she and Jeffrey Epstein abused her for years starting when she was 14 years old. "Jane" said Epstein and Maxwell presented themselves as wealthy benefactors shortly after her family became homeless. The first of four accusers in Ghislaine Maxwell's child-sex-trafficking trial testified Tuesday afternoon, alleging in searing testimony that Jeffrey Epstein and the British socialite preyed on her beginning when she was 14 years old and groomed her for sex in his mansions in Manhattan, New Mexico, and Palm Beach, Florida. Opening statements in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex abuse trial begin Yahoo News Video Ghislaine Maxwell participated in sexual encounters with Epstein, accuser testifies Reuters World Reuters Videos 'Go away': French police clear migrant camp Armed officers entered the camp, which runs along a disused railway line, before workers in protective suits pulled down tents and plastic shelters. Charity workers say the 27 migrants who drowned in the Channel last Wednesday (November 24) had stayed in the same area before they attempted the perilous sea crossing from France to Britain last Wednesday. Their dinghy deflated in the open sea. World Business Insider Biden said 'the worst that can happen has happened' after devastating ISIS-K suicide bombing during Afghanistan evacuation Biden winced when he learned that an ISIS-K suicide bombing had killed US troops in Kabul in late August, per the NYT. "The worst that can happen has happened," Biden said during a White House meeting, the Times reported. Days later, Biden would say that the Afghanistan withdrawal was an "extraordinary success." Health Eat This, Not That! I'm a Virus Expert and Here's a Sure Sign You've Had COVID If you had COVID, but didn't experience symptoms, you're not alone. Dr. Suman Radhakrishna MD FACP, Director of Infectious Diseases at Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center says, "1/3 of patients do not experience any symptoms of COVID 3/4 of asymptomatic individuals who receive a positive PCR test remain asymptomatic. This is more common in healthy individuals." World Reuters Two Israeli doctors infected with Omicron, hospital says The new coronavirus variant, Omicron, has been detected in two Israeli doctors, one of whom had returned from a conference in London in the past week, a spokesperson for Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv confirmed on Tuesday. Two more people have been identified in Israel as carrying the new variant, health officials have confirmed, one of them a tourist from Malawi who had received the AstraZeneca vaccine. Israel shut its borders to foreigners from all countries for 14 days on Saturday to try to contain the spread of Omicron and has reintroduced counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology to trace contacts of a handful of people who have likely been infected. U.S. Kansas City Star Missouri hunter shoots 16-point ‘buck’ — then discovers it’s something much more rare A Missouri hunter shot what he thought was a 16-point buck, but when he came out of cover and inspected his prize more closely, he saw something was amiss. Samuel Perotti had seen this well-antlered deer in photos captured by his game camera, the state Department of Conservation said, and recognized it even as he lined up his shot and pulled the trigger. Then came the surprise: Despite the impressive crown of bone protruding from the deer's skull, this was no buck, but a doe. Missouri hunters harvest 187,967 deer in firearms portion of the season Springfield News-Leader Late youth portion of deer hunting season second-highest on record, MDC says Springfield News-Leader U.S. USA TODAY FedEx 'debacle': Driver dumped packages into Alabama ravine at least six times, police say A FedEx driver dumped parcels into an Alabama ravine at least six times, resulting in the accumulation of more than 400 packages discovered last week, police say. The Blount County Sheriff's Office has identified and questioned a driver in the incident, which was discovered last Wednesday, Sheriff Mark Moon said on the department's Facebook page. Investigators "are looking at around 450 individual victims, some in Blount County some not," Moon said. FedEx driver allegedly dumped packages in the woods Yahoo News Video FedEx driver questioned about hundreds of packages in woods Associated Press U.S. Associated Press Teen shot 18 times while waiting for bus in Philadelphia A 14-year-old Philadelphia boy waiting for a bus to take him home from school was shot 18 times and killed Monday afternoon, police said. Samir Jefferson was waiting at a bus stop shortly before 3:30 p.m. Monday in a North Philadelphia neighborhood when two unknown shooters fired at least 36 shots, a Philadelphia police spokesperson said in an emailed incident report. Philadelphia has recorded 508 homicides in 2021 as of the end of day Monday, the highest number since at least 1990 and 12% more than the same time last year according to police department numbers. Politics The Guardian Trump tested positive for Covid few days before Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden, the former president's fourth and last chief of staff has revealed in a new book. Trump, Meadows says in the book, returned a negative result from a different test shortly after the positive. Nonetheless, the stunning revelation of an unreported positive test follows a year of speculation about whether Trump, then 74 years old, had the potentially deadly virus when he faced Biden, 77, in Cleveland on 29 September – and what danger that might have presented. Health Best Life If You Dream About This, Call Your Doctor Immediately Though many people with obstructive sleep apnea are unaware of their symptoms, experts say your dreams may tip you off to the problem. According to the SCC, if you have sleep apnea, you're more likely to have "vivid nightmares" that symbolize your distressed breathing—your brain's way of alerting you to the threat. "Common types of nightmares for those with apnea include dreams about strangulation and choking, dreams about trying to breathe while underwater or in space, and dreams about clogged pipes and being stuck in an elevator," explain their experts. News Yahoo News Canada Disturbing theory behind 'rare' polar bear video Polish scientists said the bear was observed using “much the same method” to kill reindeer twice, leading them to hypothesize it could be becoming “specialized” at hunting the species. With reindeer outpacing polar bears on land, forcing the reindeer into water could be giving giving the predator an advantage. Climate crisis forcing polar bears to adapt their diet As sea ice melting worsens across the Arctic due to global heating, researchers have observed polar bears are spending more time on land around Svalbard. U.S. App.com \| Asbury Park Press Bodies of missing Stafford couple found near their home: authorities STAFFORD - The bodies of the township couple missing for two weeks were found in a dense section of woods by the couple's Warren Grove home, authorities said. Foul play is not believed to be a factor in the deaths of Lorraine Parker, 60, and Gary Parker, 67, the Stafford Township Police Department said in a statement on the grim discovery. Autopsies are expected later this week, police said. U.S. Business Insider The FAA accidentally disclosed more than 2,000 flight records associated with Jeffrey Epstein's private jets Insider requested all flight-history data associated with four planes owned by Jeffrey Epstein. The new FAA records include hundreds of previously unknown flights made by Epstein's jets. A searchable database now contains 2,618 flights made by Epstein's private jets from 1995 to July 6, 2019. Analysis: Trial to focus on Maxwell, not Epstein Associated Press Videos Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Dishes on Flights With Donald Trump—But Claims He Never Saw Underage Girls The Daily Beast U.S. Associated Press Alabama inmate who survived execution attempt dies of cancer An Alabama inmate whose lethal injection was halted because medical staff couldn't find a suitable vein for the execution has died of natural causes almost four years later, his lawyer said Monday. Doyle Lee Hamm, who was convicted in the slaying of a motel clerk in 1987, died of natural causes on death row, said his longtime attorney, Bernard Harcourt. Alabama officials postponed Hamm's execution in February 2018 because workers couldn't find a suitable vein to connect the intravenous line used to send lethal chemicals into his body. Inmate who survived execution attempt dies of lymphatic cancer Yahoo News Video Inmate who survived attempted execution dies of cancer The Hill U.S. INSIDER A 39-year-old mother has been missing from Los Angeles for more than 6 weeks. Her ex-husband believes her disappearance may be connected to her job in finance. Los Angeles mother Heidi Planck has been missing since October 17. On Monday, police said they suspected Planck had died and turned their search to a landfill. Planck's ex-husband said he suspects her disappearance may have to do with her finance industry job. LAPD searching landfill for evidence in Heidi Planck’s disappearance NBC News Heidi Planck disappearance: Ex-husband speaks out as search continues KTTV Business MarketWatch Government announces surprising hike in Medicare Part B premiums As I was extolling the virtues of Social Security's 5.9% COLA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they were increasing the premium for Medicare Part B by 14.5%. As a reminder, Medicare is composed of two programs. Part A, Hospital Insurance (HI), which covers inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and hospice care. World Associated Press Japan emperor's daughter Aiko turns 20, throne not in sight Japanese Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, on Wednesday turned 20, ready for a debut as a new adult member to take a share of official duties for the royal family whose population continues to shrink under the male-only succession law. Aiko is the only child of Naruhito and Empress Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat. She is currently studying Japanese literature at Gakushuin University, and says she is willing to help her parents by participating in royal duties. Science CBS News Videos Scientists who first sequenced Omicron on what they are seeing "This is the Frankenstein of mutations," Alex Sigal from the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, said. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta met the scientists in the lab where Omicron was first discovered. U.S. The Providence Journal Thanksgiving surprise: RI man finally meets Florida woman who's been calling him for years More than 20 years ago, Mike Moffitt started getting a lot of calls from a Florida phone number. Finally, "I said, 'Hey, what's your name?'" Moffitt told The Providence Journal last week. The woman's name was Gladys, and as time went on, she became a steady fixture in Moffitt's life. World Reuters Catholic nuns lift veil on abuse in convents When young nuns at a convent in Eastern Europe told their Mother Superior that a priest had tried to molest them, she retorted that it was probably their fault for "provoking him". When African nuns in Minnesota asked why it was always they who had to shovel snow they were told it was because they were young and strong, even though white sisters of the same age lived there too. As the Roman Catholic Church pays more attention to the closed world of convents, where women spend much of their time in prayer and household work, more episodes of psychological, emotional and physical abuse are coming to light. Advertisement Advertisement How important is it to curb inflation? “I know it doesn’t feel like it, but inflation is both a feature and a bug of a normalizing economy.” “What is not going to work, and hasn’t worked, is trying to talk people out of the lived reality of higher prices.” “When inflation expectations rise, actual inflation tends to follow.” “The Fed must acknowledge that its monetary policy has been a source of inflation, and that it will need to raise interest rates.” “The supply chain logjams are the core of the problem right now, and that should work itself out over time.”
0.996976	If you want to lose 3 kilograms in 20 months you would need to lose 0 kilograms per day. The recommended weight loss per day is about 0.125 kg , so this plan is perfectly fine. Here is how you do it: Weight loss is one of the most sought after goals year after year for many Americans. Between fad diets, extreme exercise routines, fitness technology, and more, weight loss seems to be on everyone’s mind. There are plenty of methods and opinions that people have on which is the best way to lose weight, even between doctors, nutritionists, and other health professionals. There are many great ways to lose the pounds, and to lose them quickly! Dieting the math way In a pound of fat, there are 3,500 calories, that is a scientific fact. If you want your body to lose one pound of fat, you either need to burn those 3,500 calories or cut them off in your daily diet. For example: A 45 minute jog burns 600 calories, walking an hour burns about 300-400 calories. Or the other way: If i manage to cut 600 calories from my daily diet, i need about 6 days to lose one pound. Taking into consideration that you want to lose 3 kilograms in 20 months you would need to cut your diet by or burn 0 calories every day for 610 days straight.
0.975106	3. If this application has been submitted without a fee, indicate reason for fee exemption (see 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1114): Governmental Entity Noncommercial Educational Licensee/Permittee Other N/A (Fee Required) 4. Facility Information: a. Commercial Noncommercial b. Main Auxiliary c. Community of License: City: BRAINERD State: MN 5. Program Test Authority: Requesting program test authority. Station operating pursuant to automatic program test authority (47 C.F.R. Section 73.1620(a)(1)). 6. Purpose of Application: Cover construction permit (list original construction permit file number -- starts with the prefix BPCDT, BPEDT, BMPCDT or BPMEDT): BPEDT-20000203AAE Modify an authorized license (list license file number -- starts with the prefix BLCDT, BMLCDT or BMLEDT): - Amend a pending application If an amendment, submit as an Exhibit a listing by Section and Question Number the portions of the pending application that are being revised. [Exhibit 1] NOTE: In addition to the information called for in this section, an explanatory exhibit providing full particulars must be submitted for each question for which a "No" response is provided. Section II - Legal 1. Certification. Licensee/Permittee certifies that it has answered each question in this application based on its review of the application instructions and worksheets. Licensee/Permittee further certifies that where it has made an affirmative certification below, this certification constitutes its representation that the application satisfies each of the pertinent standards and criteria set forth in the application instructions and worksheets. Yes No 2. Licensee/Permittee certifies that all terms, conditions, and obligations set forth in the underlying construction permit have been fully met. Yes No See Explanation in [Exhibit 2] 3. Licensee/Permittee certifies that, apart from changes already reported, no cause or circumstance has arisen since the grant of the underlying construction permit which would result in any statement or representation contained in the construction permit application to be now incorrect. Yes No
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0.99622	Gifu (岐阜県) is a landlocked prefecture in the interior of Japan's largest island, Honshū, bordered to the north by Toyama. Gifu has a diverse topography, ranging from tall mountains in the north through hilly regions to a plain in the south. Much of Gifu is too cold for growing tea, but tea is grown in some areas of the region. Historically, this was a major agricultural region, and also important in making traditional paper, but in recent years its economy has been dominated by automotive and aerospace industries. The region has a large portion of arable land, and is also important in forestry. Only a small amount of tea is produced here. Styles of Tea Produced in Gifu, Japan This is a selection, not an exhaustive listing, of the styles of tea most commonly produced in Gifu, Japan.
0.993592	Sell on Amazon Sign in English 中文 Deutsch Español Français Italiano 日本語 한국어 th_TH vi_VN हिन्दी ta_IN português English 中文 Deutsch Español Français Italiano 日本語 한국어 th_TH vi_VN हिन्दी ta_IN português This article applies to selling in: United States Help / Get started with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Get started with Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Fulfillment by Amazon programs and services can help you grow your business and reach more customers. With FBA, you send your products to Amazon’s fulfillment centers, and we pick, pack, ship, and provide customer service for those products. Why should you use Fulfillment by Amazon? The benefits of using FBA include: Free shipping on eligible orders: With FBA, your products are eligible for Amazon Prime free Two-Day Shipping, and all Amazon.com customers can get free shipping on eligible orders. Customer service and returns: Amazon provides customer service on your behalf and handles returns for FBA orders. Opportunities to reach new customers: Programs such as FBA Subscribe & Save, FBA Small and Light, Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and FBA Export can help you maximize sales and build customer loyalty. Tools to help you manage your business: Choose from optional services including product preparation, labeling, and repackaging, and Amazon partnered carrier options. How to use FBA You can start using FBA by following these steps. Step 1: Set up FBA. If you already have a Selling on Amazon account, add FBA to your account. If you don't, set up your Amazon selling account first. Step 2: Create your product listings. Add your products to the Amazon catalog one at a time, in bulk, or by integrating your inventory management software with Amazon's API. To learn more, visit Product detail pages and offers and List products for Fulfillment by Amazon. Step 3: Prepare your products: Proper preparation, packaging, and labeling can help ensure your products get transported safely and securely to the fulfillment center and made available quickly to customers. For more information, see Packaging and prep requirements and Shipping and routing requirements. Step 4: Ship your products to Amazon: Create your shipping plan, print Amazon shipment ID labels, and send your shipments to Amazon fulfillment centers. To learn more, visit Send FBA inventory to Amazon. Once your products are received at the fulfillment center, they are available for customers to buy. For more information, see How Amazon receives and stores your inventory and Manage FBA orders. Convert existing inventory to FBA If you’re already an Amazon seller, you can convert your existing inventory to FBA. Here’s how: On the Manage Inventory page, select the products you want to sell through FBA. Select Change to Fulfilled by Amazon from the Actions pull-down menu. If you want to continue creating your shipment, click Convert & Send Inventory. If you want to keep adding inventory before creating your shipment, click Convert only. Offer a product through both fulfillment channels You can offer a product through both fulfillment channels—Fulfilled by Amazon and merchant fulfilled—simultaneously, by creating a unique SKU for each fulfillment channel rather than toggling a single SKU between the two channels. To add a SKU for the second fulfillment channel: On the Manage Inventory page, select the arrow to the right of the product listing’s Edit button, and then choose Add another condition. On the Offer form, create a new SKU for the ASIN. Note: You cannot use the same SKU as your existing offer. To help organize your SKUs, you might want to add -FBA or .FBA to the end of the SKU to be fulfilled by Amazon. For Fulfillment Channel, select the channel for the new SKU to use. For example, if the existing SKU is merchant fulfilled, select Amazon will ship and provide customer service for this SKU. Click Save and finish to begin the shipment creation process. This method also allows you to create a marketplace-specific SKU for your North America Unified Account. More resources For a quick introduction to the shipment creation process, watch the Seller University video series beginning with How FBA works.
0.991995	Fighting is in the DNA of many anime, and some of the most successful series focus on a protagonist who loves combat and bent on getting stronger. But among the litany of combat-loving characters are peace-loving pacifists who value diplomacy above all else. The young protagonist feels no pleasure in killing and often honors the death of a demon, as long as he regrets the lives he has taken in his last moments. The only case where hatred has occupied Tanjiro’s heart is when he confronted Muzan and witnessed Sanemi stab his sister in the shoulder. 8 Takemichi travels to the past to save the lives of his loved ones (Tokyo Revengers) Takemichi not only despises fights, but is also fatal. It seems that in every episode of Tokyo Revengers, Takemichi takes a beating with tears on his face. And it’s not just a physical beating that makes him cry: Takemichi’s boundless compassion causes him to take all interactions with his loved ones to heart. 10 anime characters who hate housework 10 anime characters who hate studying The lovable protagonist is forced to fight as he travels to the past to join the Tokyo Manji gang and prevent the deaths of the likes of Mikey and Hinata. But it is painfully obvious that Takemichi would rather settle things diplomatically. Unfortunately, when your opponent is the sadistic Tetta Kisaki, peace was never an option. 7 Itachi believed that by killing his clan he would achieve peace (Naruto) It can be difficult to convince the common man that a man who killed his entire clan and then joined a terrorist organization was actually a pacifist. But those who know the tragic story of Itachi can attest that the tormented Uchiha desired peace above all else. He killed his bloodline to prevent a coup, and joined the Akatsuki to watch over them while protecting the Hidden Leaf Village. His actions were motivated by a greater good, and Itachi willingly died as a villain to keep the peace for generations to come. 6 The Mafia uses its overwhelming power as a last resort (Mob Psycho 100) Mob is the protagonist of the immensely popular Mob Psycho 100 and one of the most powerful espers in the universe. He skillfully uses techniques such as telekinesis and psychic energy absorption, and other espers are amazed at his psychic output. However, he maintains the philosophy that psychic powers are a last resort, in contrast to the power-hungry espers throughout the series. Mob’s compassion is as limitless as his power, and he is quick to forgive the heinous behavior of others towards him. His true strength lies in his words, which convince enemies to make a more peaceful choice, a common trait among many popular anime protagonists. 5 Gohan’s peaceful character contrasts with that of other saiyans (Dragon Ball Z) Being only a half Saiyan, Gohan lacks the insatiable appetite for battle that is ingrained in the DNA of full-blooded Saiyans such as Goku and Vegeta. Instead, Gohan does not like to fight very much and only goes into action to protect his loved ones. It is well documented that Gohan possesses the potential to surpass his father, but does not have the drive to train, fight, and push his limits. The half saiyan values family and education above all else, and would opt for peace over power every day of the week. But do not confuse their pacifism with weakness; Gohan cleaning the floor with Perfect Cell remains one of many iconic moments from Dragon Ball Z . 4 Julius Novachrono wishes harmony between the classes of the Kingdom of Clover (Black Clover) The kingdom of Black Clover is marked by conflict between the classes, with the nobles oppressing the commoners due to their lack of magical talent. Arrogance seems to be genetically encoded in almost all nobles and royalty, with their pompous attitudes prominent throughout Black Clover. . However, despite occupying the role of the Wizard King and being himself of the nobility, Julius Novachrono is without prejudice and values each and every citizen of his kingdom. He works tirelessly to ensure equality and, despite his immense power, refuses to rule with an iron fist. Julius values peace and democracy comes naturally to him. 3 Princess Euphemia worked to unite the British and Japanese (Code Geass) Euphemia Li Britannia was the third princess of the British imperial family and a kind and compassionate ruler. Unlike her brothers, who abused their royal power and ruled antagonistically, Euphemia was truly for the people and desired peace between Britannia and the Japanese. She detested any form of violence and was one of the few who was kind to Lelouch and Nunnaly even though her mother was not of royal lineage. Euphemia’s wholesome nature made it even more difficult for fans to digest her actions under the influence of Geass – mercilessly slaughtering hundreds of Japanese civilians. 2 Vash The Stampede values love and peace above all else (Trigun) Vash the Stampede is the main protagonist of Trigun and a humanoid plant that values love and peace above all else. If he had a choice, Vash would undoubtedly live a peaceful life, free from the typhoon of violence that seems to haunt him. But due to the expensive bounty on his head and the greed of others, Vash is constantly drawn into violent and aggressive situations, although he remains true to his pacifist ideals even in the heat of battle. But don’t underestimate Vash, as he can be relentless with his shots, especially when he’s protecting someone he cares about. 1 Shanks is a pacifist by nature despite being one of the four emperors (One Piece) Shanks is an exceptionally powerful character in One Piece , whose skill and reputation have earned him the position of one of the Four Emperors who rule the new world. Despite the naturally violent lifestyle of a pirate, Shanks dislikes combat and the Five Elders noted that he is a pacifist by nature. His preference for diplomacy has been seen or hinted at multiple times throughout the series: he negotiated a ceasefire between the Whitebeard Pirates and the world government, and convinced Kaidou (probably using his words) to leave. his plan to interfere with Marineford. Shanks may be one of the strongest pirates in One Piece, But he hates unnecessary bloodshed. 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0.999684	Compare the candidates policies, political views, popularity ratings, and latest public opinion polling. Take the political quiz to see which Parliamentary candidates match your political beliefs. Take the quiz Candidates The following is a list of candidates running for office in the 2015 Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary election. Suggest a missing candidate here. LabourAdrian Heald LabourDavid Williams ConservativeEdward Timpson UKIPJames Clutton British NationalPhilip Williams UKIPRichard Lee Liberal DemocratRoy Wood Latest 2015 Parliamentary polls The chart below shows the historical percentage of voters who have pledged to vote for each candidate in the 2015 Crewe and Nantwich Parliamentary election.
0.957303	The X-47B, Navy’s unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator, plugged for the first time into a refueling basket trailing behind an Omega KC-707 tanker. Images credit Northrop Grumman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIRwsOG_AYQ Northrop Grumman announced: “Northrop Grumman began developing AAR (air-to-air refueling) technology for both Navy and Air Force application nearly a decade ago, pioneering a “hybrid” approach that integrates both GPS and infrared imaging to enhance navigational precision and hedge against GPS disruption. Initial UCAS-D flight testing began in 2012 using a manned Learjet as a surrogate for the X-47B. These successful proof-of-concept flights demonstrated the overall feasibility of the X-47B AAR system and helped refine its navigation, command and control, and infrared sensor processing components.” via foxtrotalpha By Agis F\|2015-06-24T15:18:03+03:00Apr 23, 2015\|Categories: Aviation\|Tags: unmanned, X-47B\| Related Posts Pantala Concept H eVTOL Dec 1, 2021 \| 0 Comments The insane Engineering of the Thunderscreech Nov 29, 2021 \| 0 Comments Lufthansa Personal “Flying Hotel” Nov 25, 2021 \| 1 Comment Spirit of Innovation – world’s fastest Electric Aircraft Nov 23, 2021 \| 0 Comments Leave A Comment Cancel reply Comment Current [email protected] * Leave this field empty Get the Newsletter Top Articles The insane Engineering of the Thunderscreech New Camera at the size of a Salt Grain Paradoxes that keep scientists awake at night BMW Concept XM What If Our Understanding of Gravity Is Wrong? This scooter fits inside an A4 size handbag Ferrari F8 vs McLaren 765LT vs 911 GT2 RS Translate this site Facebook Archives Archives Select Month December 2021 (1) November 2021 (66) October 2021 (53) September 2021 (63) August 2021 (53) July 2021 (58) June 2021 (79) May 2021 (78) April 2021 (81) March 2021 (87) February 2021 (74) January 2021 (81) December 2020 (81) November 2020 (82) October 2020 (84) September 2020 (84) August 2020 (70) July 2020 (91) June 2020 (82) May 2020 (86) April 2020 (77) March 2020 (78) February 2020 (75) January 2020 (86) December 2019 (72) November 2019 (82) October 2019 (88) September 2019 (87) August 2019 (87) July 2019 (94) June 2019 (87) May 2019 (91) April 2019 (85) March 2019 (105) February 2019 (101) January 2019 (109) December 2018 (95) November 2018 (110) October 2018 (121) September 2018 (105) August 2018 (111) July 2018 (117) June 2018 (110) May 2018 (111) April 2018 (98) March 2018 (138) February 2018 (121) January 2018 (136) December 2017 (135) November 2017 (135) October 2017 (141) September 2017 (162) August 2017 (144) July 2017 (149) June 2017 (142) May 2017 (146) April 2017 (136) March 2017 (170) February 2017 (159) January 2017 (155) December 2016 (157) November 2016 (157) October 2016 (149) September 2016 (157) August 2016 (148) July 2016 (151) June 2016 (162) May 2016 (171) April 2016 (167) March 2016 (192) February 2016 (187) January 2016 (167) December 2015 (162) November 2015 (168) October 2015 (202) September 2015 (201) August 2015 (159) July 2015 (175) June 2015 (170) May 2015 (171) April 2015 (167) March 2015 (168) February 2015 (153) January 2015 (165) December 2014 (167) November 2014 (156) October 2014 (173) September 2014 (177) August 2014 (154) July 2014 (173) June 2014 (193) May 2014 (182) April 2014 (182) March 2014 (202) February 2014 (198) January 2014 (206) December 2013 (184) November 2013 (178) October 2013 (178) September 2013 (156) August 2013 (142) July 2013 (155) June 2013 (141) May 2013 (162) April 2013 (164) March 2013 (166) February 2013 (166) January 2013 (185) December 2012 (176) November 2012 (181) October 2012 (199) September 2012 (181) August 2012 (186) July 2012 (189) June 2012 (192) May 2012 (200) April 2012 (195) March 2012 (206) February 2012 (189) January 2012 (193) December 2011 (208) November 2011 (225) October 2011 (173) September 2011 (165) August 2011 (171) July 2011 (179) June 2011 (214) May 2011 (240) April 2011 (228) March 2011 (269) February 2011 (217) January 2011 (229) December 2010 (224) November 2010 (195) October 2010 (104)
0.999939	Whether you are calling a friend down the street or a business in a different state, you’ll need a full phone number which includes a three digit area code. The US is broken up into regions that correspond with dialing areas, called area codes. Some states have just 1 or 2 area codes and some have dozens! Below is a list of all US area codes. Click on a state below to see which cities and towns belong to that area code. Alabama Area Codes: 205 - 251 - 256 - 334 - 659 - 938 Alaska Area Codes: 907 Arizona Area Codes: 480 - 520 - 602 - 623 - 928 Arkansas Area Codes: 479 - 501 - 870 California Area Codes: 209 - 213 - 279 - 310 - 323 - 341 - 408 - 415 - 424 - 442 - 510 - 530 - 559 - 562 - 619 - 626 - 628 - 650 - 657 - 661 - 669 - 707 - 714 - 747 - 760 - 805 - 818 - 820 - 831 - 858 - 909 - 916 - 925 - 949 - 951 Colorado Area Codes: 303 - 719 - 720 - 970 Connecticut Area Codes: 203 - 475 - 860 - 959 Delaware Area Codes: 302 Florida Area Codes: 239 - 305 - 321 - 352 - 386 - 407 - 561 - 689 - 727 - 754 - 772 - 786 - 813 - 850 - 863 - 904 - 941 - 954 Georgia Area Codes: 229 - 404 - 470 - 478 - 678 - 706 - 762 - 770 - 912 Hawaii Area Codes: 808 Idaho Area Codes: 208 - 986 Illinois Area Codes: 217 - 224 - 309 - 312 - 331 - 618 - 630 - 708 - 773 - 779 - 815 - 847 - 872 Indiana Area Codes: 219 - 260 - 317 - 463 - 574 - 765 - 812 - 930 Iowa Area Codes: 319 - 515 - 563 - 641 - 712 Kansas Area Codes: 316 - 620 - 785 - 913 Kentucky Area Codes: 270 - 364 - 502 - 606 - 859 Louisiana Area Codes: 225 - 318 - 337 - 504 - 985 Maine Area Codes: 207 Maryland Area Codes: 227 - 240 - 301 - 410 - 443 - 667 Massachusetts Area Codes: 339 - 351 - 413 - 508 - 617 - 774 - 781 - 857 - 978 Michigan Area Codes: 231 - 248 - 269 - 313 - 517 - 586 - 616 - 734 - 810 - 906 - 947 - 989 Minnesota Area Codes: 218 - 320 - 507 - 612 - 651 - 763 - 952 Mississippi Area Codes: 228 - 601 - 662 - 769 Missouri Area Codes: 314 - 417 - 573 - 636 - 660 - 816 Montana Area Codes: 406 Nebraska Area Codes: 308 - 402 - 531 Nevada Area Codes: 702 - 725 - 775 New Hampshire Area Codes: 603 New Jersey Area Codes: 201 - 551 - 609 - 640 - 732 - 848 - 856 - 862 - 908 - 973 New Mexico Area Codes: 505 - 575 New York Area Codes: 212 - 315 - 332 - 347 - 516 - 518 - 585 - 607 - 631 - 646 - 680 - 716 - 718 - 838 - 845 - 914 - 917 - 929 - 934 North Carolina Area Codes: 252 - 336 - 704 - 743 - 828 - 910 - 919 - 980 - 984 North Dakota Area Codes: 701 Ohio Area Codes: 216 - 220 - 234 - 283 - 326 - 330 - 380 - 419 - 440 - 513 - 567 - 614 - 740 - 937 Oklahoma Area Codes: 405 - 539 - 572 - 580 - 918 Oregon Area Codes: 458 - 503 - 541 - 971 Pennsylvania Area Codes: 215 - 223 - 267 - 272 - 412 - 445 - 484 - 570 - 610 - 717 - 724 - 814 - 878 Rhode Island Area Codes: 401 South Carolina Area Codes: 803 - 839 - 843 - 854 - 864 South Dakota Area Codes: 605 Tennessee Area Codes: 423 - 615 - 629 - 731 - 865 - 901 - 931 Texas Area Codes: 210 - 214 - 254 - 281 - 325 - 346 - 361 - 409 - 430 - 432 - 469 - 512 - 682 - 713 - 726 - 737 - 806 - 817 - 830 - 832 - 903 - 915 - 936 - 940 - 956 - 972 - 979 Utah Area Codes: 385 - 435 - 801 Vermont Area Codes: 802 Virginia Area Codes: 276 - 434 - 540 - 571 - 703 - 757 - 804 Washington Area Codes: 206 - 253 - 360 - 425 - 509 - 564 Washington DC Area Codes: 202 West Virginia Area Codes: 304 - 681 Wisconsin Area Codes: 262 - 414 - 534 - 608 - 715 - 920 Wyoming Area Codes: 307 American Samoa: 684 Guam: 671 Marianas Island: 670 Puerto Rico: 787 - 939 US Virgin Islands: 340 How and Why Area Codes Were Created In the beginning the phone system was dependent on human operators. Mostly women worked as operators and directed calls to the desired destinations. At the time, phone numbers were made up of numbers and letters, more like an alphanumeric address. They were named after the particular phone exchange of an area. With spoken phone directions there was always the risk of misunderstanding the number. Consequently, emphasis was on minimizing the risks and coming up with a new and more sophisticated system. The system changed in the mid-20th century when the United States telephone network grew. The executives at the Bell System introduced a new way of dialing the phone that was more efficient. Area codes were given as routing codes to operators in 1947. On November 10, 1951, the first long distance, direct call was made by Englewood Mayor M. Leslie Denning to Frank Osborn, the mayor of Alameda, California. Things evolved gradually and in 1955, a list of exchange names was given that had standardized abbreviations consisting of a few letters and numbers. Since phone networking was growing fast, it wasn’t possible to hire a lot of staff fast. A system that didn’t require people was needed. Automatic dialing was the answer to stop the dependency on operators. The all number system was created to simplify things. People didn’t embrace the change quickly because they were used to the old way of doing things. Eventually they had no choice but to adopt the new numbering system. Over the years, area codes expanded and became more complex. Today, California has well over 30 area codes. New York City has 6. New York used to have only one area, which was 212, until 1984. The area code, 212, is considered a prestigious number. New Yorkers were disappointed to find out that in 2010, AT&T announced that the New York area code was entirely exhausted. Oftentimes when areas have exhausted all the phone number combinations within that area code they will add an overlay. An overlay area code is just an additional area code that is given for a certain area that follows the same county and or city boundaries. Frequently Asked Questions About Area Codes When were area codes first used? The North American area code system was formulated in 1947, which divided North America into 86 numbering plan areas. The execution of the plan began in 1951. New Jersey was the first one to get an area code which was 201. The idea was to facilitate direct dialing of long distance phone calls. The area code system introduced in larger cities in the 1940’s was fully implemented everywhere by the mid 60’s. Who created the three-digit area codes? AT&T and Bell Laboratories started working on area codes in the 1940’s and it came into effect in 1947 as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) in the United States and Canada. How were the US area codes assigned? When state area codes were assigned, the populated areas got lower digits, while those with less population received higher digits. At that time, rotary phones were used. To dial a number you had to put your finger on the hole of the digit and dial it clockwise till the end. Lower digits meant lower number of clicks. So, the idea behind this concept was that smaller digits took less time to dial which made dialing easier. New York City being a populated city got 212 as an area code. Philadelphia was assigned 215. Likewise, Los Angeles got 213 and Chicago 312. Areas with less population got higher digits. An example is that of Salt Lake City which was given 801 area code. What is a toll free number? Toll free phone numbers are phone numbers that are free to connect from landlines. They have a distinct 3 digit number sequence where the typical area code is. Although the toll free number can come from anywhere in the United States and even Canada. Toll Free Number Area Codes 800, 888, 877, 866, 855, 844 and 833 How long will we use the current numbering plan? There are speculations that in the near future the current numbering plan will have to be modified. The current one may be able to sustain only until 2038. In the future, NANPA may have to add one or two digits to each phone number. Thankfully, we don’t have rotary phones to dial any longer!
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Price History 9/29/2021 Listed $500,000 General Features City Miami Construction Materials Brick, Block Contingency Pending Inspections Cooling Other County Miami-Dade County Days on Market 14 Flooring Other Heating Other Levels One MLS Area 41 Occupant Type CallAgent Pool Features None Possession Negotiable Property Sub Type Additional Duplex Property SubType Duplex Property Type ResidentialIncome Rent Includes None Roof Shingle Sewer Other Standard Status Pending Status Pending Stories 1 Street Name 29th Ave Subdivision Name CITRUS PARK Tax Annual Amount 7400.0 Tax Year 2021 Terms Cash, Conventional, FHA Utilities CableAvailable Virtual Tour https://www.propertypanorama.com/instaview/mia/A11104658 Year Built 1967 Year Built Details Resale Zoning Description T3-O Interior Features Living Area 1945.0 Exterior Features Building Area Total 2080.0 Covered Spaces 0.0 Lot Features Item14Acre Lot Size Units SquareFeet Total Parking 2.0 Waterfront Y/N No Amenities Foreclosure Views Short Sale New Construction Adult 55+ Lease To Own No HOA Fees Furnished Primary On Main Air Conditioning Seller Finance Green Fixer Upper Horse Golf Fireplace Deck Garage Basement Pool Property vs Pending Average in 33135 Price AVG $640K $500K Taxes AVG $6,433 $7,400 Visits AVG 61 11 Year Built AVG 1954 1967 Walkscore AVG 85 81 Data Provided by Walkscore ® not using MLS data Looking for a more comfortable experience? 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0.993137	As we tick towards the Dec. 1 expiration date of Major League Baseball's current collective bargaining agreement, details continue to trickle out on negotiations between the league and MLB Players Association working towards a new CBA. The latest piece of information comes from Joel Sherman of The New York Post, who says that the league has offered to make drastic changes to the structure of how players reach free agency, and how well they are paid in the years leading up to free agent eligibility. MLB has proposed scrapping the current arbitration system, and instead using a $1 billion revenue pot to pay players who aren't yet eligible for free agency. Perhaps the most noteworthy part of this proposal, though, is that the league has offered to set a universal free agent age of 29 1/2 years old. While this proposal would be beneficial to players who reach the major league level in their mid-20s or later, it would seemingly be a disastrous turn of events for players who make their major league debuts in their late teens or early 20s. For example, Sherman notes that Aaron Judge -- who didn't play a full season at the major league level until his age-25 campaign -- would be eligible for free agency after this season under this proposal, because he turned 29 in April. A bit more of a historic example would be Ryan Howard, who didn't use up his rookie eligibility until his age-25 season, because he had been blocked by future Hall of Famer Jim Thome in Philadelphia. However, Howard won the National League Rookie of the Year in 2005 and the NL MVP in 2006. Related MLB reportedly proposes $100 million salary minimum, new luxury tax Ultimately, Howard hit 220 home runs between his age-25 and age-29 seasons. The slugging first baseman, though, couldn't become a free agent until after 2011 -- his age-31 season -- because of the current service time system requiring you to play six seasons before becoming a free agent. Howard made a boatload of money the arbitration system and ended up signing a five-year/$125 million deal with the Phillies to avoid free agency. But could he have made even more money if the threat of him reaching the open market after his age-29 season loomed? Probably. But while this new proposal would help players like Judge and Howard, it would be an extremely unfortunate setup for those who have racked up years of service time before their mid-20s. Juan Soto played 116 games for the Washington Nationals in his age-19 season, and is currently on track to become a free agent after 2024, his age-25 season. If this new proposal went into effect, Soto wouldn't be able to test free agency until after the 2028 season. The Nationals would have control over Soto then for 11 years before he could become a free agent. Perhaps an even better example is Soto's former teammate, Bryce Harper. Like Soto, Harper debuted at age-19, which set him up to become a free agent before his age-26 season. Harper reached the free agent market after the 2018 campaign, signing a 13-year/$330 million deal with the Phillies. If this proposed system had been in place, Harper would have been under team control with the Nationals through his age-29 season, which is 2022. So the Nationals would have controlled Harper for 11 years before he could become a free agent. None of this is to say that someone like Soto or Harper wouldn't be well compensated in their team controlled years. Certainly, though, they wouldn't have the long-term security that you earn in the current system by playing long enough to reach the free agent market. Perhaps a fair compromise would be that players can become a free agent after their age-29 season or once they've accumulated six years of service time, whichever comes first. But for such a proposal to become reality, the MLBPA would likely need to make concessions elsewhere.
0.999777	Looks like Gilbert Melendez is out of his UFC Fight Night San Diego bout with Al Iaquinta after failing his UFC 188 post-fight drug test with exogenous testosterone metabolites. By Zane Simon@TheZaneSimon Jul 6, 2015, 3:19pm EDT / new Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Gilbert Melendez fails UFC 188 drug test, suspended one year Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Another big name UFC fighter has tested positive for banned substances, and this time it's a pretty unexpected name in former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez. The UFC announced Melendez's drug test failure via press release. Apparently Melendez tested positive for "exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites." In a statement released by the fighter he suggests that supplements he was taking pre-fight led to the failed test. He has currently been suspended for one year of competition. It doesn't sound like he is going to be fighting the suspension. Here's the UFC's statement, along with Melendez's: Must Reads Melendez steps in to fight Iaquinta on 7/15 Mookie Alexander With Bobby Green injured, Gilbert Melendez is stepping in on short notice for a showdown with Al Iaquinta on July 15th. Melendez loses to Alvarez despite strong start Mookie Alexander Check out the UFC 188 co-main event result between lightweight rivals Eddie Alvarez and Gilbert Melendez. Must Reads Melendez steps in to fight Iaquinta on 7/15 Melendez loses to Alvarez despite strong start Following his bout at UFC 188 in Mexico City on June 13, UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez tested positive for exogenous origin of testosterone metabolites. The UFC has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents by our athletes. As a result of the positive test, Melendez has accepted a one-year suspension, effective from the date of the bout, for violating the UFC Fighter Conduct Policy and Promotional Agreement with Zuffa, LLC. "Regrettably, I tested positive in my post fight urine sample for UFC 188," Melendez said. "I did not inject anything, but I am responsible and accept the consequences for the results. I will make sure I am better educated about the products I use and their implications. Going forward I will ensure no products I use will contain banned substances. I am sincerely apologetic to everyone who supports me, including my fans, sponsors and the UFC. I value your trust and respect and will do everything in my power to keep it." Melendez will no longer compete as scheduled on July 15. UFC officials are currently seeking a new opponent for Al Iaquinta, who was scheduled to face Melendez. Since Melendez lost his UFC 188 bout against Eddie Alvarez, it's unlikely that there will be any official changes to the result. He had since been scheduled to face Al Iaquinta (as a substitute for Bobby Green, at UFC Fight Night San Diego on July 15th). From the statement above, it sounds like the UFC will by trying to find a last minute replacement to keep Iaquinta on the card. Stay tuned for more information as this story continues to develop. In This Stream UFC announces details of new drug testing program & alliance with USADA Rob Font cleared by USADA after positive drug test Melendez suspended 1 yr. after failed drug test Dolce: IV ban is 'worst possible day in MMA' View all 67 stories Get the latest gear UFC 268 Event T-Shirt UFC 268 Artist Series Event T-Shirt Kamaru ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman T-Shirt Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington Graphic T-Shirt ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas Champ T-Shirt Zhang ‘Magnum’ Weili T-Shirt UFC Official Fight Gloves UFC Authentic Fight Night Men’s Walkout Jersey More From Bloody Elbow Askren teases UFC return, ‘would be happy’ to fight Nate Diaz We will ‘take steps to blur the scene’ - Director backs off after Montano’s nudity complaints TV actor takes bout in mini-cage, gets DQ’d for biting Miocic wants Ngannou trilogy or Jones next Oliveira: I might be ‘too quiet’ for UFC’s liking but ‘I show up inside the octagon’ Aldo blasts Costa: Why ask for a raise if you can’t even fulfill your contract? Most Read ‘He doesn’t know why he’s in the ring’ - Atlas rips Miragliotta The former UFC champion got TKO’d standing in the main event of Triller’s Triad Combat by former heavyweight title contender Kubrat Pulev. Two weeks out! - Picture surfaces of Cody Garbrandt looking rail thin ahead of flyweight debut The former bantamweight champion doesn’t look like he has a spare ounce on him as he prepares to take on Kai Kara France at UFC 269 on December 11th.
0.954493	While much of the country is heading back to normal, there are still signs of wariness: States with high rates of unvaccinated adults are at particular risk for the spreading Delta variant. The US also has extended restrictions on nonessential travel to Mexico and Canada. Meanwhile, Olympics organizers announced they will allow spectators at the Games this year but set a 50% cap at venues, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. Our live coverage has ended for the day. Follow the latest on the pandemic here. share with Facebook share with Twitter share with email share link 3 Posts Sort by LatestOldest Dropdown arrow 8:55 a.m. ET, June 21, 2021 US air travel hits highest level since March 2020 From CNN's Pete Muntean Travelers line up to pass through the south security checkpoint at Denver International Airport on June 16 in Denver. David Zalubowski/AP The Transportation Security Administration screened 2.1 million people at airports across the country on Sunday, the most since March 7, 2020. The new pandemic record marks the fifth day this month that air travel figures have exceeded 2 million passengers, about 75% of a normal day for the airline industry pre-pandemic. But carriers are struggling to keep up with the crush of passengers. Flight-tracking site FlightAware says American Airlines canceled 6% of all flights on Sunday. The airline cites labor issues with both its own crews and contractors and says it is rebooking passengers on new flights in advance through mid-July. share with Facebook share with Twitter share with email share link 8:18 a.m. ET, June 21, 2021 The Delta variant is growing faster in US counties with lower vaccination rates, research finds From CNN's Naomi Thomas The Delta variant, or the B.1.617.2 first identified in India, is one of the variants overtaking the Alpha, or B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the United Kingdom, as the dominant variant in the United States, and it’s happening faster in counties with lower vaccination rates, according to a new study by scientists at Helix, scheduled to be published as a preprint in the coming days. Scientists at Helix analyzed nearly 20,000 Covid-19 tests collected since April 2021 and just under 250,000 Covid-19 sequence results of samples Helix collected since January 2021. What the research showed: They found that the percentage of positive cases of the B.1.1.7 variant dropped from 70% in April 2021 to 42% six weeks later. Their results show that “the variant of concern B.1.1.7 is rapidly being displaced in the United States,” they said, and most of this displacement can be attributed to the Delta variant and the Gamma variant, also known as P.1 and first identified in Brazil. “In the United States, this analysis showed that the growth rate of B.1.617.2 was faster than P.1,” said the research. However, growth rates of the two variants differed by the county vaccination rate.The samples the study looked at came from 747 counties. The sequence data from the counties was compared to county vaccination rates that came from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The growth curve for B.1.617.2, which is more transmissible but against which vaccines are highly effective, shows faster growth in counties with lower vaccination rates,” said the study. “In contrast, P.1, which is less transmissible but against which vaccines have somewhat less efficacy, has a higher prevalence in counties with higher vaccination rates.” More on the study: They defined a county with a lower vaccination rate as one which had less than 28.5% of the population completely vaccinated on May 1, the others were considered counties with a higher vaccination rate. An important limitation is noted by the researchers: the relatively small number of positives that have been analyzed in the last two months, partly because of the lower numbers of cases in the US and the decrease in test positivity rate. The data is not homogenous across the US and the samples “do not proportionally represent the different areas of the United states by population”, they say, which is another limitation. share with Facebook share with Twitter share with email share link 8:49 a.m. ET, June 21, 2021 Spectators will be allowed at the Summer Olympics — but there will be capacity limits Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto, left, Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach, on a screen, attend a five-party online meeting at Harumi Island Triton Square Tower Y in Tokyo on June 21. Reyes Marin/Pool/AP Tokyo 2020 announced on Monday that it will allow spectators at the Olympics this year amid the pandemic, setting a 50% cap at venues, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. Organizers did however warn that it could restrict the number of fans in the event of a state of emergency or amid any other restrictions to curb the rise of Covid-19 infections. Those attending the postponed Olympics will have to abide by a number of protocols aimed at stopping the spread of cases. "Masks should be worn in venues at all times; speaking in a loud voice or shouting will be prohibited; congestion should be avoided by means of appropriate announcements; and visitors should leave venues in a staggered manner," read a statement outlining the guidelines. 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0.999979	Police Minister slams northern beaches residents who left lockdown to attend wedding \| Daily Mail Online Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Shop DailyMailTV Latest Headlines Supply Chain Crisis Covid-19 Prince Harry Meghan Markle World News Most read My Profile Logout Login Privacy Policy Feedback Wednesday, Dec 1st 2021 7AM 39°F 10AM 45°F 5-Day Forecast Advertisement Michigan school massacre victims revealed: Hero football player, 16, who tried to stop gunman and two girls, 14 and 17, died after 'teen killer opened fire with semi-automatic handgun his father had bought days earlier' REVEALED: Mobster criminal suspected of biggest unsolved art theft in US history - where $500M in treasures, including a Rembrandt, were taken - asked friend to appraise 'stolen' ornament a year before his '91 murder WHO recommends over-60s 'postpone travel' due to Omicron fears as CDC director says US is increasing COVID testing at four US airports in effort to stop spread Brian Laundrie's parents are SELLING their Florida home which was besieged by journalists and Gabby Petito supporters: 'For Sale' sign put up days after it was revealed Laundrie shot himself dead Family of frat boy killed after Las Vegas charity boxing match say there were NO paramedics present and that previous bouts had also flouted safety rules, as incident is ruled a homicide Men who use e-cigarettes are more than twice as likely to suffer erectile dysfunction than non-smokers, study finds Discarded needles are left on the sidewalk outside NYC subway station just steps away from one of Big Apple's two new LEGAL INJECTION sites meant to keep streets clean 'Sheriff's office, safe to come out’: Chilling moment Michigan school shooter, 15, tried to lure terrified students out of locked classroom before they realized he was tricking them when he said ‘bro’ and escaped through a window Serial criminal turns himself in to police a week after he tried to bring GUN through Atlanta airport security - 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seven DAYS after he was exonerated - and years after she made MILLIONS off back of the story Previous Next 'This is a bastard act': Police Minister slams 12 residents from Sydney's locked down Northern Beaches who breached lockdown to go to a wedding in the city Police crashed a wedding and caught guests from Covid-addled Sydney suburbs Northern Beaches residents between the age of 19 and 63 were hit with fines Residents from the Northern Beaches have been banned from leaving the area Furious NSW police minister David Elliott described the breach as 'a bastard act' By Kylie Stevens and Charlotte Karp For Daily Mail Australia Published: 19:24 EST, 28 December 2020 \| Updated: 22:29 EST, 28 December 2020 e-mail 55 shares 12 View comments NSW police minister David Elliott has slammed a group of residents from Sydney's Northern Beaches who blatantly flouted coronavirus lockdown rules to attend a wedding reception. Twelve residents aged between 19 and 63 were fined after leaving the city's northern peninsula to attend a reception in inner-city Pyrmont on Sunday, despite being banned from leaving the region since the Covid-19 outbreak began spreading on December 16. A furious police minister had no sympathy for the wedding guests busted breaching lockdown. 'It's just a bastard act,' Mr Elliott told the Today Show on Tuesday. 'You have been living in an area where there has been a cluster ... and now everyone at that wedding has to worry if they have been exposed to COVID-19.' Guests at a wedding in Pyrmont on Sunday. Police officers crashed the event at 5pm Dr Elliott warned police can fine or jail people who breach the rules and pointed to a number of 'disgraceful acts' of 'blatant disregard' for health orders over the Christmas holiday period. 'There have been disgraceful acts of what I believe is just blatant disregard for the health orders,' Mr Elliott said. 'They are simply unacceptable levels of misguided behaviour when it comes to the public health orders.' RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Coronavirus warning for hundreds who visited David Jones,... REVEALED: Earlier than expected rollout of coronavirus... Share this article Share He was pleased of how most Sydneysiders have embraced the strict new regulations which will remain in place until January 9 for some parts of the Northern Beaches. Radio and television identity Gus Worland is among the 250,000 residents in lockdown on the Northern Beaches. 'It's the most frustrating thing you could ever come across and just when you think people couldn't be any more stupid,' he told the Today show earlier on Tuesday. 'It has literally locked down the world and so many people have sacrificed their big day, whether it has been a wedding, or christening or funerals.' 'All these big events have been absolutely hammered this year and we still have people doing this.' Police outside a wedding in Pyrmont's Doltone House on Sunday. At least 12 guests were from the Northern Beaches Worland believes the $1,000 fine is not enough. 'I reckon it is time to step it up and give them a real proper fine and that might stop these other people doing these incredibly stupid things too,' he added. Former federal opposition leader Bill Shorten agreed. 'Everyone is making sacrifices so no-one should think they are above the rules,' he said. 'Maybe Gus's hard line approach of bigger fines is perhaps the way we need to go.' Police crashed the nuptials at Doltone House in Pyrmont at 5pm on Sunday after receiving a tip-off. NSW police minister David Elliott (pictured) described Sunday's breach as 'a bastard act' Guests who have been fined $1,000 each include a man and woman, both aged 43, from Allambie Heights, a 33-year-old woman from Narraweena, and a 27-year-old man from Frenches Forest. Three women, 19, 22 and 28, and two men, 23 and 63, from Beacon Hill were also slapped with the hefty penalty. An additional three people, including a 34-year-old man, a 36-year-old woman, both from Frenchs Forest, and a 26-year-old man from Beacon Hill will also be fined for attending the wedding. 'After speaking with staff and attendees, police recorded contact details for more than a dozen guests, who are Northern Beaches residents,' NSW Police said. Police urged the community to report suspected lockdown breaches. Police officers at the wedding on Sunday. About $12,000 in fines were handed to guests breaching lockdown The northern zone of the Northern Beaches will remain locked down until January 9 to stop the spread of Covid-19. The southern zone will be released from lockdown on January 2 NSW recorded three new local cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, a day after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian tightened restrictions for gatherings across Sydney. Premier Berejiklian said officials still don't know how the outbreak began, meaning the northern zone of the Northern Beaches will remain locked down until January 9 to stop the disease spreading - but residents will be allowed five visitors from the zone on New Year's Eve. The southern zone will be released from lockdown on January 2 - but residents are allowed 10 visitors from the zone on December 31. Amid fears New Year's Eve could become a super-spreader event, restrictions will tighten in Greater Sydney from Monday night with public gatherings limited to 50 people, down from 100. Home gatherings remain limited to 10 visitors. Pictured: The Sydney Opera House fireworks on New Years' Eve on January 1, 2020. People have been told to enjoy the display from the living rooms this for the 2021 celebration The premier has told residents to avoid the city centre, saying the decades-old tradition of camping around the harbour to secure a good view is banned. 'We're trying to be as generous as possible, but we don't want to create any superspreading events on New Year's Eve, that ruins it for everyone,' she said. Anyone entering the CBD will need to have a pass from Service NSW to prove they have a booking at a restaurant or are visiting a friend's home. The government has also ordered local councils to scrap events unless they can be seated and ticketed outside, with a record of attendees kept. Hundreds gather outside Hillsong Church - adding to Sydney superspreader events after big group of backpackers had partied at a beach on Christmas Day By Levi Parsons, Shive Prema and Kylie Stevens for Daily Mail Australia Another large public gathering has sparked concerns that Sydneysiders aren’t taking social distancing seriously enough, as the Northern Beaches outbreak continues to climb. Footage taken in the lead up to Christmas shows hundreds of people in close proximity looking at Christmas lights outside the Hillsong church at Bella Vista in Sydney’s northwest. It comes after riot police were called in to break up a huge party at Bronte Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs on Christmas Day. A concerned local resident who shot the video and sent the footage to 7News New South Wales reported nine new cases on Saturday, eight of which were linked to the growing Avalon Cluster - which now stands at 116 cases. With the Northern Beaches on lockdown, the rest of the Harbor City is permitted to have outdoor gatherings of 100 people with strict social distancing measures in place. Outside the stunning Christmas lights display at Bella Vista, it appeared the crowd was well over capacity. A concerned local resident who shot the video and sent the footage to 7News. Daily Mail Australia have contacted Hillsong for comment and are not suggesting the church sanctioned the Christmas event. The evangelical mega-church known for drawing large crowds has turned to livestreaming services with venues and places of worship in NSW only permitted to have 300 people on site, subject to the one person per square metre rule. The evangelical mega-church known for drawing large crowds has turned to livestreaming services (Hillsong church in Bella Vista, Sydney) A stunning display of reindeer are pictured outside the Hillsong church in Sydney A stunning display of Christmas baubles are pictured outside the Hillsong church in Sydney On Saturday, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard slammed 'backpackers' for not 'giving a damn about the rest of Sydney' after they flouted COVID-19 restrictions to party on Christmas Day. Some 300 revellers ignored social distancing as they partied at Bronte Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs before riot police broke up the party at 3pm on Friday. A 25-year-old man was issued a Court Attendance Notice for allegedly failing to comply with a move on direction from police. Mr Hazzard said the behaviour of the partygoers was 'absolutely appalling' and could lead to a 'super-spreader event' during a press conference on Boxing Day. It comes as Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia have banned all Sydneysiders from entering their states until coronavirus cases are zero. Some 300 Christmas revellers (pictured) gathered at Bronte Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs on Friday for a massive party - before riot police broke up the event at 3pm 'People in the Northern Beaches have been doing their part big-time to keep not only themselves but the rest of Sydney safe,' Mr Hazzard said. 'It is absolutely appalling to see what was clearly a group of people, a large gathering of people, who didn't give a damn about the rest of Sydney. 'Let me tell you, that event, I am hoping, will not become a super spreader event but there is every chance that it could be. 'In the earlier stages of the pandemic, we had some challenges with backpackers, with backpackers who clearly wanted to party in the eastern suburbs - it cannot go on. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Coronavirus warning for hundreds who visited David Jones,... REVEALED: Earlier than expected rollout of coronavirus... Share this article Share 'There is still a major risk for us with COVID, and my message to those people and people who know any of those people, is tell them to stop it, cut it out, or you may well end up with the virus yourself or you may end up being part of a super-spreader event.' A super-spreader event would likely frustrate Sydneysiders, who are are currently locked out from Victoria, Queensland and WA. Other states such as South Australia, Tasmania, the ACT require Sydneysiders to quarantine for 14 days upon entry. Only the Northern Territory allows Sydneysiders, except for those in the Northern Beaches north of Narrabeen, to arrive without quarantine. NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard (right) slammed the 'backpackers' for not 'giving a damn about the rest of Sydney' during a press conference on Boxing Day Radio host Carla Bignasca (left) assumed all of the partygoers (right) were European backpackers and told them to 'go back to where they came from' on Saturday The suspected backpackers were also slammed on The Today Show, where radio host Carla Bignasca told them to 'go back to where they came from'. 'We've got all this fruit on trees that need to be picked, vegetables that need to be taken from crops and yet they're sitting there getting slammed and wasted on a beach,' she said. 'How are they supporting themselves if we've got all this work for them and no one is doing anything?' 'I understand it's Christmas Day but go back to where you came from.' Ms Bignasca highlighted the virus is 'virilous and crippling' in Europe while Australia is faring much better. 'If they can only see what's going on back home how good we have it here - but that's for a reason,' she said. 'So respect the rules, respect the laws and don't go being an idiot like that on the beach.' Also appearing on the Today Show, radio host Brendan Jones said to 'hunt them down and send them back to wherever they come from' Richard 'Dickie' Wilkins said it was 'a big assumption' that all the partygoers were European backpackers but ultimately agreed. 'Wherever they're from, there are families apart, people in border towns that can't go across the border,' he said. Also appearing on the Today Show, radio host Brendan Jones said to 'hunt them down and send them back to wherever they come from'. 'Send them down to Cottees (Cordial), my dad picks the fruit, my backpacker picks the fruit. Do that,' he said. A young man who was allegedly attended the party is due to appear in court after he allegedly failed to comply with police directions to leave the area. 'A 25-year-old man was issued a Court Attendance Notice for failure to comply with a move on direction,' a NSW Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia. 'The remainder of the crowd complied and left the area. 'Police remind the community the park is an alcohol-prohibited area.' Social distancing was non-existent at Bronte as crowds danced closely together Footage emerged on Friday showing revellers at Bronte wearing festive Santa hats, dancing closely together and on each others' shoulders in a large crowd, as the Sydney outbreak grew to 118 confirmed cases. No face masks could be seen and social distancing was non-existent. Mr Hazzard immediately slammed the group as 'ignorant' for potentially spreading the deadly disease on Friday. 'I get the desire for youthful Christmas exuberance, but this is as irresponsible, ignorant and idiotic as it gets,' he told the Daily Telegraph. 'It's a massive potential COVID-19 incubator.' Social media users have also expressed anger over the footage as many families have been forced apart due to the latest outbreak. 'Not sure these peeps got the COVID memo,' a concerned local captioned a video of the disturbing scenes. Revellers were seen packed closely together in a massive crowd and few masks in sight Another added: 'I'm not the Christmas Grinch and I don't begrudge anyone having a good time after the year we've had but am I missing something? How come only 10 people in a household but over 200 people close together at Bronte?' Police were seen trying to disperse the massive crowd and ordering revellers to move along in another video posted on Instagram. NSW Police confirmed officers were called to Bronte at around 3pm and were assisted by the Public Order and Riot Squad. 'Police were called to disperse a large crowd at the location,' a spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia. Only 10 people are allowed to gather indoors however, up to 100 people can gather outside in Greater Sydney. It is believed there was more than 300 people celebrating together in Bronte. Police remained at the scene on Friday night to keep a close eye on a handful of revellers who chose to stay. 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Mad About You vet Helen Hunt, 58, dazzles at the Gotham Awards in a tank top that shows off her sculpted arms 'My a is hot in this photo!' 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Actress Wallis Day dons a crotch-flashing caped bodysuit while Priyanka Chopra goes full-on floral as they lead worst dressed on red carpet Fashion Awards 2021: Demi Moore, 59, displays VERY smooth complexion as she joins Kate Beckinsale, 48, and model Adriana Lima, 40, at event Adele CONFIRMS Vegas residency! Hello singer FINALLY announces long-speculated concerts as she prepares to take the stage at Caesars Palace for four months in 2022 Celeste Barber responds to critics who say she's 'mean' - and reveals why she isn't worried about offending celebrities like Kylie Jenner with her parody videos 'It catapulted my career and changed my life': Selling Sunset's Heather Young reveals she posed naked for Playboy before becoming a star and has 'no regrets' 'I'm on the right meds thanks to no doctor or conservatorship!' 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S Club 7's Paul Cattermole launches new career as a YouTube tarot card reader 23 years after becoming a popstar Royally tired: Moment Prince Charles falls ASLEEP at midnight ceremony to mark Barbados becoming a republic ending four centuries with British monarch head of state Prince Andrew grins as he rides through Windsor while Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial begins in New York Maggie Gyllenhaal makes rare appearance with teenage daughter as film The Lost Daughter scores four wins at Gotham Film Awards in NYC Alice Evans shares throwback snaps with estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd - after claiming he 'bought cocaine while filming new TV show but had to leave it' in now-deleted post Hugh Jackman, 53, pays loving tribute to wife Deborra-Lee Furness on her 66th birthday Cara Santana flaunts her toned abs in a plunging black sports bra and leggings as she leaves a workout session in West Hollywood Selling Sunset's Mary Fitzgerald, 41, reveals she'll freeze her embryos while she and husband Romain Bonnet, 28, focus on their careers Advertisement Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy heading back to court over custody of daughter Bryn, 11, as war between exes rages on Travis Scott's offer to pay funeral expenses for Astroworld victim Ezra Blount, nine, is rejected by family who say rapper 'bears some of the responsibility for this tragedy' Khloe Kardashian sports $332 Dannijo x Mambacita sweats to escort daughter True to dance class Jussie Smollett's lawyer tells trial Empire star didn't lie about homophobic attack and insists actor is a 'real victim of a 'real crime' Ashley Roberts nails androgynous chic in pinstripe suit and Nike trainers as she makes stylish exit from Heart Radio The Pussycat Dolls star Queen congratulates Barbados on becoming a republic as island cuts ties with UK: Rihanna attends ceremony where Prince Charles says slavery 'forever stains our history' Kate's Christmas carols! Duchess sends out invites to service that will be broadcast on ITV after the Cambridges 'dropped' the BBC amid royal documentary row Prince Albert of Monaco pays tribute to singer Josephine Baker - a close friend of his mother Grace Kelly - at solo engagement as wife Princess Charlene remains in treatment Jessica Alba poses with lookalike daughter Honor and sips a margarita in a cute 'photo dump' from Thanksgiving Marilyn Manson's apartment is RAIDED by sheriff's investigators who seized hard drives while probing claims he sexually assaulted women including his ex Evan Rachel Wood Dakota Johnson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kristen Stewart, and Tessa Thompson glam up for The Gotham Awards in NYC Julianne Moore hits the red carpet in black suit before presenting the Performer Tribute Award to Kristen Stewart at the 2021 Gotham Awards Olivia Culpo looks leggy in a bright strapless mini dress with ruffles as she makes a glamorous appearance at 2021 British Fashion Awards Adriana Lima puts on a racy display in a bejewelled white coord as she lies on the FLOOR at 2021 Fashion Award's cocktail reception A Law unto herself! Model Iris flashes her bottom while modelling a striking silver bra and semi-sheer skirt as she leaves the star-studded 2021 British Fashion Awards Pregnant Skins and Maze Runner actress Kaya Scodelario cradles her baby bump in a frilled silver mini dress as she attends the Fashion Awards Lila Moss, 19, showcases her model physique in a sporty Burberry mini dress as she heads to the Fashion Awards Lady Amelia Windsor puts on a glamorous display in a shimmering off-the-shoulder gown and golden clutch as she departs the British Fashion Awards Thandiwe Newton looks incredible in silver cut-out dress - as she swaps her heels for slippers while leaving Gotham Awards in New York City Kylie Minogue, 53, busts her best moves at the Fashion Awards after party as she wows in a teal mini dress March of the models! Winnie Harlow and Shanina Shaik sizzle while Jourdan Dunn shows off her legs at Fashion Awards after-party Winnie Harlow commands attention in a quirky padded quilted co-ord at the 2021 Fashion Awards Jenna Coleman looks ethereal in a billowing Grecian style gown as she attends the Fashion Awards She always exudes elegance Strike a Pose! Indya Moore displays their cleavage in a busty red evening dress as they make a glamorous appearance at the 2021 British Fashion Awards Kim Jones and Tommy Hilfiger are the night's big winners with gongs while Virgil Abloh receives a posthumous nod at 2021 Fashion Awards Ansel Elgort and his longtime girlfriend Violetta Komyshan attend the premiere of his film West Side Story in New York City Rachel Zegler stuns in bell-shaped dress at NY premiere for Steven Spielberg's remake of the musical West Side Story Steven Spielberg hits the red carpet in a stylish suit with his wife Kate Capshaw at the star-studded world premiere of his West Side Story remake Meet the 51 beauty queens vying for Miss USA crown: From first openly-trans contestant to Air Force officer with PTSD, FEMAIL reveals the women going head-to-head for coveted title Queen Maxima of the Netherlands dons a crimson dress and matching coat as she visits Schiedam for the launch of a network aiming to help residents become debt free Australian soccer star Sam Kerr embraces her American girlfriend Kristie Mewis on the pitch as Matildas force a thrilling 1-1 draw against the US with a last-minute goal Love match! Tennis world no.3 Garbine photos of Caribbean break with Tom Ford exec Arthur Borges - just months after end of his marriage to Finnish 'Ice Princess' skater Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck organize a food drive at his Pacific Palisades home after spending Thanksgiving together with their families Joanne Froggatt reveals Sir Mick Jagger 'loves' Downton Abbey and even 'cut short a Rolling Stones rehearsal' to watch the period drama Look away, Jesy! Emily in Paris star Lucien Laviscount cozies up to GoT's Hannah John-Kamen and a bevvy of beauties in another humiliating blow to ex Little Mix star Kodi Smit-McPhee reveals the one thing co-star Benedict Cumberbatch wouldn't talk about on the set of new film The Power of the Dog The Voice: Ariana Grande praises Jim and Sasha Allen for 'best performance to date' as Top 10 sing Even MEL BROOKS's friends told him a musical about Nazis was crazy. But as he reveals in his riotous memoir, it won him an Oscar... and launched eccentric movie career Gabrielle Union commands attention in neon green cut-out gown with huge train at the 2021 Fashion Awards Elsa Hosk goes barefoot as she kicks off her towering Jimmy Choo stilettos to celebrate at the 2021 British Fashion Awards afterparty Frail Phil Collins, 70, performs from a chair at Genesis' The Last Domino? Detroit concert - as singer battles debilitating health condition Martyr turned melody maker? James Blunt offers a surprising response to the claim he 'helped prevent World War III' during his army days Rooney Mara is the epitome of chic in stylish full-length black dress on the red carpet at 2021 Gotham Awards in New York City Winnie Harlow makes a stylish departure from Fashion Awards afterparty as she wears an ab-flashing leather bustier and tiger-print skirt Kylie Minogue leads the performers in a black floral jumpsuit as she entertains a packed Royal Albert Hall while topping the bill at the British Fashion Awards 31st Annual Gotham Awards: Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter wins big with four awards including Best Feature Pretty Little Liars star Tammin Sursok gives fans a little too much information about her period in comedic post Sharon Osbourne, 69, goes make-up free as she shows off smooth complexion during low-key outing with her daughter Kelly in Beverly Hills Cody Simpson's model girlfriend Marloes Stevens speaks out after the singer went on a bizarre rant about 'tyranny and fearmongering' Chadwick Boseman remembered by family and friends on what would have been the late Black Panther star's 45th birthday Stranger Things actor Dacre Montgomery's model girlfriend Liv Pollock almost has a wardrobe malfunction as she wears a blanket-style skirt to dinner Blake Shelton ridicules That's My Jam in 'sneak episode' premiere of Jimmy Fallon game show as Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande face-off in medley Advertisement DON'T MISS Mia Goth showcases her bump in a midriff-baring tank top as she heads to the gym...while rumors fly that she is 'pregnant' by Shia LaBeouf Maggie Gyllenhaal wows in a daring cut out sequin gown as she scoops four awards for The Lost Daughter at The Gotham Awards in New York Kristen Stewart catches the eye in a strapless neon pink velvet gown as she receives Performer Tribute Award at the 2021 Gotham Awards 'I f*ed up': Will Ferrell's long-time collaborator Adam McKay reveals they fell out after he cast John C. 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Fans express their concern for Martine McCutcheon, 43, after Love Actually star looks 'too thin' in latest snap 'I've got the acting bug now': Leigh-Anne Pinnock discusses new film Boxing Day - after former bandmate Jesy Nelson was spotted in a clinch with her ex Rita Ora goes braless in a slinky blue satin dress as she sizzles in series of glamorous social media snaps Sultry display Trey Songz is at the center of a sexual assault probe in Las Vegas according to police following an alleged incident on Sunday Kelly Osbourne pictured out for the first time since revealing she was 'back on track' following relapse after four years of sobriety Iris Law and her brother Rafferty are dressed to impress for the Fashion Awards 2021 as they wow on the red carpet in standout ensembles Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts lead tributes to Indigenous actor David Gulpilil as the Crocodile Dundee star dies aged 68 following a battle with lung cancer Lily Allen defiantly displays her figure in a backless jumpsuit at the Fashion Awards - after hitting out at 'skinny shamers' who expressed concerns over her 'slim' look Jussie Smollett arrives at court for his hoax race attack trial: Jury selection gets underway and brothers who say Empire actor paid them to beat him will take the stand later this week Billie Piper wows in a quirky baby blue gown and thigh high stockings as she attends the Fashion Awards Rihanna has 'arrived in Barbados for the inauguration of its first president' after her home country decided to remove the Queen as head of state, local media claims Tiffany Haddish and Common SPLIT after 16 months of dating: 'They are just too busy for a serious relationship' Victoria's Secret model Emily DiDonato announces birth of her daughter with heartwarming post: 'She's here and she's perfect' Who is Bader Shammas? Everything to know about Lindsay Lohan's fiancé... as the private pair get engaged after two years of dating Gucci family eviscerates 'far from accurate' House of Gucci film, accusing the Lady Gaga-led movie of portraying them as 'thugs' and 'insulting the legacy' of the brand The Bachelor's Colton Underwood cries in trailer for Netflix series as he admits he's 'ashamed' for hiding sexuality and putting ex Cassie Randolph 'through hell' Zendaya showcases her enviable legs in a chic taupe maxi dress as she joins dapper boyfriend Tom Holland for romantic dinner in Paris Before they were Selling Sunset! Glamourous realtors look VERY different in pre-fame throwback snaps - with pre-surgery Christine appearing in a horror movie Shirtless Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood, 74, plants a sweet kiss on wife Sally, 43, as couple enjoy family beach day in Miami with their daughters Jennifer Aniston plays hairdresser as she rubs leave-in conditioner into the locks of her longtime makeup artist Angela to plug her Lola Vie line Former Maxim model reveals she was 'drugged and raped at lunch with a photographer', and says her agent forced her to sleep with him to get work Fashion's understated A-lister: Off-White founder Virgil Abloh was taught to sew by his seamstress mother, married his childhood sweetheart and shunned celeb lifestyle Hilaria Baldwin films her son Rafael, six, apologizing for swearing after he drops the F-bomb AGAIN... as she continues to share parenting struggle They look like sisters! Lisa Rinna, 58, appears youthful in a wig as she announces mini-me daughter Amelia Hamlin, 20, has created a lip kit for her makeup line Leonardo DiCaprio sells one of his beachfront Malibu mansions for OVER asking price at $10.3million... after picking it up in 1998 for $1.6million Magic Mike's Last Dance to reunite Channing Tatum and Steven Soderberg for steamy return on HBO Max The actor, 41, is set to return to stripper role Irina Shayk bundles up in a black jacket with a turtleneck top as she pushes an empty stroller while on coffee run in New York City Spider-Man: No Way Home fans CRASH movie websites first day tickets go on sale... as new IMAX poster featuring star Tom Holland is released Spider-Man producer CONFIRMS Tom Holland will be returning as Peter Parker in ANOTHER TRILOGY with Marvel Pirelli Calendar 2022: Rita Ora flashes her assets in chainmail for steamy bathtub snap, Saweetie gets busty and Iggy Pop strips off for star-studded Bryan Adams shoot Judge in Josh Duggar child pornography case bans phones, laptops, and recording devices from court as reality star prepares to stand trial Tuesday Shahs Of Sunset star Lilly Ghalichi's Los Angeles home burglarized while on vacation in St. Bart's 'I often look back at photos of that time': Shawn Mendes recalls the 'beautiful simplicity' of spending lockdown with his now ex-girlfriend Camila Cabelo Anna Wintour's daughter Bee shares sweet snaps of her baby son Oliver to mark his first month of life - including her first family photo with husband Francesco Carrozzini 'Seventeen of the sweetest years of life': Julia Roberts pays tribute to twins Hazel and Phinnaeus as she shares throwback on their birthday Braless Charli XCX accidentally exposes her entire breast in a risqué little black dress while presenting award at the ARIAs Ed Sheeran and Elton John team up to recreate Love Actually's famous doorstep scene as they announce new Christmas single Disney bows to China: Simpsons episode with Tiananmen Square sign saying 'on this site, in 1989, nothing happened' is missing from streaming service launched in Hong Kong An emotional support ferret, prison sunbathing, her macaw parrot and a relentless diva attitude... 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Emily Ratajkowski nails winter chic in a black trench coat and an oversized leopard print hat as she departs book signing of My Body 'Being a jerk at work is now not okay': George Clooney discusses the impact of the #MeToo movement but admits more change is needed in the film industry Elliot Page shows off six-pack abs in new shirtless mirror selfie as he jokes: 'My new phone works' PICTURED: Three-year-old nephew of celebrity stylist Law Roach who fell 170-feet to his death after pushing out a window screen in 17th floor Chicago apartment Jennifer Garner chats with her daughter Violet's driving instructor as the teen prepares to take the wheel in LA Victoria's Secret model Joy Corrigan shows off incredible figure in skimpy gym attire as she poses up a storm for outdoor photoshoot End of an era: Prince Charles touches down in Barbados for ceremony to remove the Queen as head of state after Caribbean nation decided to become a republic Selling Sunset's Lothario is REVEALED! Co-stars Christine Quinn and Emma Hernan's joint former 'fiancé' is unveiled as realtor Peter Cornell 'I went to school with gang members and drug users': Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn reflects on her fraught teen years and jail stint for weed at 17 Kourtney Kardashian proves she already fits into Travis Barker's family as she hangs out with drummer's three children Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker can't keep their hands off each other as they share a cuddle while filming TikTok with Penelope Disick 'Runway is so terrifying!' 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Actress reveals she will marry her 'love, life, family and future' Bader Shammas as she unveils stunning diamond ring Mariah Carey wishes her fans a happy Hanukkah as she serenades her twin children Moroccan and Monroe with song she learned in grade school J.B. Smoove offers advice for his Spider-Man: No Way Home co-stars Zendaya and Tom Holland: 'Have time for love but have time for laughter' Abba could be rolling in the Money Money Money as Las Vegas hotels start bidding war for live show - which could rake in 'almost $1billion' Jesy Nelson is 'mortified' by drunken flirtation with former band-mate Leigh-Anne Pinnock's ex, Emily In Paris star Lucien Laviscount Leigh-Anne Pinnock's 2012 date with Jesy Nelson's new love interest revealed as fans speculate singer 'broke girl code' when she tried to kiss actor Leona Lewis looks ready for winter in a monochromatic white outfit as she belts out her Christmas song One More Sleep on TV Busy Philipps says eldest child Birdie 'discussed' coming out as non-binary with her as she labels them 'the coolest' for embracing their true identity Bindi Irwin showcases her post-baby body in a plunging emerald dress at the Steve Irwin Gala... eight months after welcoming daughter Grace Jillian Michaels is engaged! 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A merry Hugh Jackman and wife Deborra-Lee Furness put on a loved-up display as they leave a Thanksgiving lunch in New York 'I'm feeling rubbish': Double-jabbed Keira Knightley reveals her family have contracted Covid but 'smug' husband James Righton is asymptomatic Kanye West memorializes late friend and collaborator Virgil Abloh at Sunday Service following designer's passing at 41 from rare form of cancer How the son of a Ghanaian seamstress rose to become the first black artistic director of Louis Vuitton after forging friendship with Kanye West: Virgil Abloh dies age 41 'He'll be missed': Fashion icon Virgil Abloh is honored by Hailey Bieber, Pharell Williams and Marc Jacobs following his tragic death at 41 Colin Farrell shows off his sculpted legs as he maintains his fit physique with a run in LA Heather Rae Young spends time with her new stepchildren as she enjoys a getaway to La Quinta with her new husband Tarek El Moussa Jesse Tyler Ferguson laughs off rude fan chatter about his Selling Sunset cameo: 'I'm LOLing at the unanimous confusion' Chris Pine shows off his toned chest in an unbuttoned blue shirt for BAREFOOT outing in LA 'It's not the same': Top Gear fans fume over Freddie Flintoff missing trip to Iceland after he was forced to self-isolate and brand the show 'boring' without him Gabrielle Union means business in a mix-match pantsuit as she heads to a Wizkid concert in London... after paying tribute to Virgil Abloh Encanto tops Thanksgiving weekend box office with $40 million five-day debut.. edging out Ghostbusters: Afterlife Jerry O'Connell gets into the holiday spirit with an eye-catching red suit as he joins celebrities at the 89th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Bachelor Nation's John Hersey denies his girlfriend Katie Thurston cheated on former fiancé Blake Moynes with him Offset is a doting dad as he twins with his three-year-old daughter Kulture Kiari in stylish snaps posted by proud mom Cardi B Karol G shows off bodily bruises, a scratched up knee and bandaged ankle after tumbling off stage stairs during Miami concert Madonna has her children by her side as she gets the Hebrew word for 'kissed' inked onto her wrist: 'Completing the trilogy of tattoos' Gwen Stefani rocks a cute Santa outfit as she promotes The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration Christine Quinn shares more details from dramatic birth to son Christian - and hits back at 'sick' trolls who accused her of faking the pregnancy Gal Gadot trades in the heels for slippers during grocery run in LA... following wild success of Netflix movie Red Notice John Cena surprises fans at special edition of Comic-Con in full Peacemaker costume to promote show Succession Season 3 Episode 7: Kendall Roy celebrates his 40th birthday with a huge bash... while Shiv and Roman try to court a tech mogul Casey Affleck, 46, can't keep his hands off new girlfriend Caylee Cowan, 23, as they kiss each other goodbye in LA Sofia Richie puts her toned figure on display as she hits the trails with beau Elliot Grainge in Beverly Hills Mindy Kaling shares a rare snap of her daughter Katherine and son Spencer on Thanksgiving: 'What I'm grateful for this year' Serena Williams and daughter Alexis Ohanian Jr. strike a pose in matching orange dresses Charlize Theron sizzles in a strapless yellow bathing suit as she and her mother Gerda enjoy the warm weather in Mexico 'He is my greatest protector': Pregnant Rosie Huntington-Whiteley reflects on life with 'tough, supportive' fiancé Jason Statham as they prepare for baby number two A$AP Rocky sports a winter coat and scarf to pick up pizza after a long session at the studio in New York Alfonso Ribeiro says he's not sure if he'll read Fresh Prince co-star Will Smith's memoir Will: 'I know the people' Adele's album sales for 30 are DOWN 75% from her previous record 25... but star still scores biggest debut of the year with 838,000 copies sold in first week Lizzo rocks a bold zebra-print ensemble as she cheers on her new pals BTS at their LA concert Teyana Taylor forced to reschedule Connecticut show after her 'body gave out' and the singer was sent to the ER Delilah Belle Hamlin and boyfriend Eyal Booker enjoy dinner in Beverly Hills... weeks after she revealed an accidental overdose from prescription medication Alessandra Ambrosio ventures around Hawaii in a bikini top and cut-off shorts as she happens upon an idyllic waterfall during picturesque nature walk Gabrielle Union bundles up in a red faux-fur coat and matching trousers as she enjoys a night out in chilly London Tommy Hilfiger reveals he wanted to be a rock'n'roll star but was 'tone deaf' and remembers how his strict parents tried to ban him from wearing 'bad boy' tight jeans as a teen 'That was how seriously he took it': Gary Oldman 'slept in a coffin EVERY NIGHT' as he prepared for iconic role as Count Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola blockbuster Fun in the sun! Princess Beatrice's husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi's ex Dara Huang shares rare snaps of their son Wolfie, 5, during glamorous holiday in Dubai Rod Stewart, 76, and Penny Lancaster, 50, treat son Alastair to a lavish slap-up meal as teenager celebrates his 16th birthday 'Queen of Christmas' Mariah Carey rings in the holiday season by slipping into a red dress to relax by her fireplace adorned with twinkle lights and ornaments Kim Kardashian 'looked happy' during low-key date with Pete Davidson at hotel in LA... after estranged husband Kanye West vowed God would bring them back together Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger dons light therapy glasses said to boost your energy and mood - before cuddle with lover 44 years his junior Taylor Swift's BFF Abigail Anderson is engaged after announcing divorce earlier this year: 'Thankful for my man' Angelina Jolie looks chic while taking her teenage daughters Zahara, 16, and Vivienne, 13, out for coffee in Los Feliz Ono she didn't! Yoko champions new Beatles documentary Get Back after director Peter Jackson claimed she wasn't responsible for disbanding the Fab Four Sinitta, 58, puts on a leggy display in thigh-high boots and a mini dress as she enjoys night out in London Karrueche Tran flashes toned tummy in a cutout top paired with a leather wrap skirt to grab dinner with a gal pal in Santa Monica Hunter Biden is seen pushing one-year-old son Beau in a stroller and chatting to Nantucket locals before heading to Mass with father Joe and the rest of the family Kelly Brook puts on a leggy display in a racy sequin playsuit as she celebrates her 42nd birthday with beau Jeremy Parisi Alice Evans claims estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd 'bought 24 grams of cocaine while filming new TV show' in yet another Twitter attack... before deleting post Irina Shayk bundles up in style as she braves New York in camel jacket... after heading to ex Bradley Cooper's place for Thanksgiving James Van Der Beek's wife Kimberly shares precious snap of the couple cuddling with baby son Jeremiah... after celebrating first Thanksgiving with the newborn Nicole Richie and hubby Joel Madden color-coordinate in black activewear to take their German Shepherds for a walk through Beverly Hills You star Victoria Pedretti drops out of adaptation of Alice Sebold's memoir Lucky, it's revealed days after man the author accused of rape is exonerated Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger team up with her mother Maria Shriver and siblings as they go Christmas tree shopping The Tragedy Of Macbeth: A dagger-wielding Denzel Washington sheds blood in the name of power as Frances McDormand surveys the madness in new teaser Sharon Stone thanks mother's nurse for 'compassion' and credits her 'nursing skills' for saving the 88-year-old who is doing writing therapy following acute stroke Rihanna shows off her pert derriere in a pair of racy cut-out shorts with matching bralette from her Savage X Fenty lingerie line Britney Spears' fiance Sam Asghari hits the gym for a weekend workout with a friend in Thousand Oaks Tom Cruise hangs UPSIDE DOWN on the wing of a WWII Biplane while it does a loop-the-loop and nose-dive as he performs death-defying stunt for MI-8 Nicolas Cage, 57, and his wife Riko Shibata, 26, look loved up as they hold hands while strolling through JFK Airport in chic leather coats George Clooney discusses his 2018 motorcycle accident in a new interview - and says 'it was that or dead' of turning 60 'A lot of people are just scared of the vaccine': Blac Chyna stands by her pro-jab stance and is 'not sure' what to do about the unvaccinated following emergence of COVID-19 super strain Omicron Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim attended one of his own musicals on November 15 - eleven days before his death at the age 91 Music maestro Stephen Sondheim died after a celebratory Thanksgiving dinner with friends Doctored image of 'abused' Kate Middleton in domestic violence campaign was used without Palace permission Jodie Turner-Smith gives rare glimpse at family life as she shares snap of husband Joshua Jackson comparing feet with their baby daughter Janie Hilary Duff shares sweet snaps from her 'mom and daughter' date with Banks... before posting precious video of eight-month-old Mae James Naomi Campbell's aide quits her embattled charity Fashion For Relief as it faces misconduct inquiry Ariana Grande enjoys board games with her family and launches into a Beatles singalong as she shares a glimpse of her Thanksgiving with husband Dalton Advertisement From the Makers of Candy Crush Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. 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0.960234	Network Rail engineers spent the weekend replacing some of the lines through Bishopsgate into Liverpool Street station in a bid to make services to the capital more reliable. Picture: NETWORK RAIL - Credit: Archant Engineers from Network Rail have replaced almost a mile of track in the entrance to London’s Liverpool Street Station over the last six weekends. Network Rail engineers spent the weekend replacing some of the lines through Bishopsgate into Liverpool Street station in a bid to make services to the capital more reliable. Picture: NETWORK RAIL - Credit: Archant They were working in the Bishopsgate tunnel to replace old track which had come to the end of its working life. In total, more than 1,550 metres (1,698 yards) of track was replaced, alongside installing new rail sleepers and ballast. Because of the difficulty of working near a major London railway terminus station - as well as keeping passenger services running during the week - passengers may have noticed that a section of platform 1 was used to store all the necessary equipment for the duration of the works. The team also faced challenges of working in a confined space, with limited ventilation and close to a sewer. Mick Copper, project manager for Anglia, said: "The project presented many challenges, most notably working in the third busiest railway station in the country, and keeping as many passengers moving as possible. "The condition of the track meant there was risk of track circuit failures due to flooding if the work was not carried out, and we were able to carry out most of the work while keeping trains running. "Now that the work is complete, I hope this provides passengers with a more reliable service for many years to come." Most Read expand_more More 1 'I thought he was going to Ipswich' - rival boss reveals Blues interest in right-back 2 Case of new Omicron Covid variant identified in Norfolk 3 25-year-old left eating disorder clinic prior to death on A14 4 New Ed Sheeran Christmas song with Elton John out this week 5 Will Suffolk have a white Christmas this year? 6 'Quirky and memorable' name for new café and visitor centre revealed 7 Norwood on target as Town Under 23's sting Hornets 8 New animal feed mill planned for Bury St Edmunds 9 Suffolk mass vaccination centre wants to jab 10,000 amid Omicron concern 10 55 projects identified in major plans to transform transport Become a Supporter This newspaper has been a central part of community life for many years. Our industry faces testing times, which is why we're asking for your support. Every contribution will help us continue to produce local journalism that makes a measurable difference to our community.
0.996669	EVERYONE loves a good old fashioned No. 9, a free-scoring centre-forward, but that has not been the case at Colchester United for more than a decade. EVERYONE loves a good old fashioned No. 9, a free-scoring centre-forward, but that has not been the case at Colchester United for more than a decade. In fact the No. 9 shirt has, at times, been a poisoned chalice for the U’s since squad numbers were introduced in the Football League 12 years ago. Now Steven Gillespie, who has been plagued by countless injuries during his first three years with the Us, will be hoping to buck the trend. Gillespie has been handed the No. 9 shirt for the U’s 2011-12 campaign, having worn the No.7 jersey in his first season and been given the No. 18 squad berth for the last two years. Although the ex-Cheltenham marksman has occasionally dazzled – he scored nine goals in just 18 games last season – it has really been a tale of frustration. And recent history, with the odd notable exception, does not favour the No. 9. Most Read expand_more More 1 'I thought he was going to Ipswich' - rival boss reveals Blues interest in right-back 2 Case of new Omicron Covid variant identified in Norfolk 3 25-year-old left eating disorder clinic prior to death on A14 4 New Ed Sheeran Christmas song with Elton John out this week 5 Will Suffolk have a white Christmas this year? 6 'Quirky and memorable' name for new café and visitor centre revealed 7 Norwood on target as Town Under 23's sting Hornets 8 Suffolk mass vaccination centre wants to jab 10,000 amid Omicron concern 9 New animal feed mill planned for Bury St Edmunds 10 55 projects identified in major plans to transform transport Squad numbers were introduced in the Football League in 1999, six years after the FA Premier League, and Jamie Moralee, a much-forgotten U’s striker, was the first official bearer of the squad No. 9. Journeyman Moralee, signed by then-manager Mick Wadsworth, managed just one goal in 27 league outings. His long-term successor, Scott McGleish, faired much better over the next four years as the No. 9, but Marino Keith endured a torrid couple of seasons with that same squad number from 2005. Scotsman Keith spent much of his time haunted by injury, including an Achilles tendon problem that ended his professional career. He did not even make an appearance in 2005-06 or 2006-07. Clive Platt, a target man, was effective as a No.9 for the next three years, without ever being a prolific goalscorer, and of course last season the No. 9 jersey was not worn. Now it is the turn of Gillespie. THE U’s No. 9s since squad numbers were introduced in 1999 (league goals & appearances in brackets): 2010-11: not worn 2009-10: Platt (7 in 41) 2008-09: Platt (10 in 43) 2007-08: Platt (8 in 41) 2006-07: Keith (0 in 0) 2005-06: Keith (0 in 0) 2004-05: Fagan (8 in 26), Keith (4 in 12) 2003-04: McGleish (10 in 34) 2002-03: McGleish (8 in 43) 2001-02: McGleish (15 in 46) 2000-01: Lua Lua (2 in 7), McGleish (5 in 21) 1999-00: Moralle (1 in 27) Become a Supporter This newspaper has been a central part of community life for many years. Our industry faces testing times, which is why we're asking for your support. Every contribution will help us continue to produce local journalism that makes a measurable difference to our community.
0.961695	I lost both upper right molars a couple years ago and now wish to have them replaced. My dentist sent me to an oral surgeon for a consultation and he said there is not enough bone between my gum and my sinus to place the implants. He said the only way to do it is for me to have a surgery called a sinus lift and later put the implants in. What exactly is this, is this a wise choice and does it usually work? Sara from Ruthven Dear Sara, What you are saying makes complete sense to me and I will try and explain it so it does the same for you. A sinus lift or sinus augmentation is a very common procedure performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons and other specialists to make the bone of your upper jaw thicker in the molar and premolar (bicuspid) areas so dental implants have something to bite into. If there is not enough osseous structure there prior to implant placement, the chances of failure increase significantly even if osseointegration (the bone healing into the threads of the titanium implant for strength and success) occurs. Before explaining the procedure, I would like you to understand why this loss of bone takes place. Because of the anatomy of the skull, the upper jaw or maxilla sometimes has less bone in the posterior areas than the lower jaw or mandible. Bone may have been lost because of trauma, periodontal disease, because there was not a lot to begin with, from excessive shrinking in some individuals after tooth extraction or possibly from a low sinus membrane when the skull was formed. Bone even may shrink over time if the teeth had been extracted and replacement not considered for a lengthy duration. Whatever the case may be, enough bone needs to be in place if the treatment option of implant placement is chosen Sinus size is different in different people and as we age, sinuses can enlarge. The procedure itself merely involves adding bone between your jaw and the maxillary sinuses on both or one side of your nose. X-rays and often CT scans of your head and sinuses are pre-operatively taken for analysis. The membrane of the sinus is moved upward or lifted during the process to make room for the new bone. The bone that is placed or grafted there may come from cadavers, your own body or from synthetic materials that are presently available. If your own bone is chosen, it will be taken from other parts of your body by the oral surgeon themselves or by an assisting orthopedic surgeon. This bone can come from your mouth but most often is borrowed from your hip and sometimes from the tibia beneath the knee. This is a less vascular area and requires more healing time so the hip is usually chosen. If the hip bone is used, the patient often experiences minor pain and occasionally walks with a limp temporarily. The procedure is done through your gums above your teeth and there are no visible scars from the outside post-operatively. The healing time before implants can be placed is usually about 4 to 9 months later. The teeth usually can be placed on the implants (restorative phase) about 3-6 months after that. If the graft does not take and the implants can not be placed, the sinus lift can be repeated. Failure rates are low for this procedure. Your surgeon will explain everything during the consent process and you will be able to make an informed decision before proceeding. This procedure has become extremely more popular over the last 10 to 20 years. The reason for this is because more and more individuals are replacing their missing teeth with dental implants than ever as opposed to removable partial dentures, fixed bridges or no treatment at all. Any questions for Dr. Mady can be e-mailed to [email protected] and also visit his blog at www.dentalden.com (dental education network) ______________________________________________________________________________ This column is reprinted with the permission of the author and The Windsor Star. “Ask the Dentist” is written by Windsor dentist (and ECDS member), Dr. David Mady Jr.. The column appears the first Thursday of each month in the Windsor Star. Readers with questions can write to “Ask The Dentist”, c/o The Windsor Star, 167 Ferry St., Windsor Ontario, N9A 4M5
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0.999989	In this article: ale, beer, brew-of-the-month, brew-of-the-year, brewfest, flower-child, herbalism, lifeblood, spring, springtime-stout, stout It's a new month and the new brew is here! May's Brew of the Month is a very simple Springtime Stout with a familiar side effect. When you drink one of your drinks, you have a chance to proc the buff called 'Flower Child.' The buff only lasts ten seconds or so, and as you run around with the buff, flowers pop up underfoot. Herbalists, you've seen something like this before. I try to give little factoids on the real life brews some of these are named after (such as the fact that Pilsners shouldn't exist in Azeroth), but stouts aren't very exotic, overall! A stout is a very dark, very strong sort of ale, and seems just like the sort of thing Dwarves would be mailing out regularly. I don't know about that whole 'flower child' thing, though. Seems more like something Night Elves would do to their ale. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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0.982069	With this report we are going to analyze the trend of 2020, and we will make projections for 2021. Is there hope? The numbers tell us yes! 12 January 2021 News from the Team, Top Stories @en Massimiliano Terzulli Here we are, to review the year just ended and marked by the biggest crisis in the history of hospitality, and to make a few projections for 2021 based on the booking data currently available to us, concentrating on four large clusters (seaside, mountain, lakeside, city) on which almost 80% of Italian accommodation facilities are distributed. Let us start by stating one basic fact. This crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly affected tourism and the hospitality and hotel industry, but it did not affect everyone in the same way. As we have mentioned in our previous articles, in 2020 we saw a performance far exceeding 2019 for certain destinations, a sign that some places have paradoxically benefited from the pandemic effect, which has shifted and directed flows of travelers to certain areas rather than others. The data that we will present below is sourced from the revenue management software Revolution Plus on a sample of 300 properties currently utilizing the consultancy services of Franco Grasso Revenue Team. Seaside, mountain, and lakeside locations Let us begin with the analysis of mountain, seaside, and lakeside locations, which over the summer recorded performances surpassing 2019 (also in terms of average daily rate, as reflected in the summary chart at the beginning of the article) in those months when there were no travel restrictions in place and the health situation was relatively calm. It should be mentioned that these performances were largely determined by an extremely high domestic demand which offset the decline of foreigners related to international travel restrictions and was expressed to a greater extent through direct reservations (telephone, email, walk-in) with a very short booking window and using personal vehicles as preferred mode of transport. As can be seen from the graph below, the performance of mountain locations followed a trend consistent with the developing epidemiological situation: excellent results in January and February 2020, followed by the collapse in connection to the first wave and the first lockdown of March-April-May (months of low-mid season for mountain locations), a slight recovery in June, followed in turn by the boom of July, August, September, and October before declining once again starting from November, with the emergence of the second wave across Europe and the first restrictions and closures that lasted until Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The final annual result, net of the difference between 2019 and 2020, worsened by the restrictions of Christmas and New Year, was nevertheless positive for mountain locations and generated significant profits for the hotels in this cluster. Seaside and lakeside locations mirrored their respective performance. Analyzing the standard season of May-October, we can notice that the weakest months of all were the very first and the very last months, May and October, which generally represent the low/medium season for these locations. Clearly, the month of May was affected by the lockdown and the inter-regional and European closures, but after the slow reopening in June we did observe the subsequent boom in July, August, and September, which led to fantastic results for hoteliers in these locations. Then, there was a decline in October, owing to bad weather and the first signs of a second wave and restrictions in other neighboring European countries, which resulted in a reduction in the inflow of foreign tourists (October is generally a month in which Italian holiday resorts are able to deseasonalize their business thanks to foreigners, mainly German, Dutch, Swiss, Scandinavian, etc.). So, the revenue decreases due to lockdown were offset by the excellent increases in the summer months and, overall, the final seasonal result for lakeside and seaside hotels, despite all the pandemic-related difficulties and the slight decrease compared to 2019 turnover, was quite positive and profitable for hoteliers in these locations. Cities As for art towns or business- and leisure-oriented cities (including Rome, Milan, Florence, Naples, Bologna, Bari, Palermo etc.), the situation is surely the most complex of all. These destinations largely depend on segments (international leisure, groups, MICE, etc.) that were almost wiped out by the pandemic. The chart below highlights how cities were impacted by the first and second waves, with ensuing restrictions on international travel, cancellation of events and conventions, closure of restaurants, coffee shops, museums, and other entertainment venues. Yet, in the midst of these two waves, there was a time period from the second half of June to the first half of October 2020 during which cities experienced a robust recovery (thanks to the reopening of European borders and the resumption of most intra-EU flights, with a prevalence of German, English, French, Dutch, Swiss and Belgian customers), although at average daily rates inevitably lower than 2019 levels, in any case a fact which leads us to be quite optimistic about the future. This was a period in which a good mix of business and leisure domestic and European demand breathed some life into both large and small cities. Clearly, from the second half of October to the end of December, with the reinstatement of lockdown, red zones, and various restrictions, including at the European level, city hotels had to withstand the impact, drawing fundamentally only on domestic business customers, smart workers, people requiring a place to self-isolate, or demand related to the health emergency. Simply put, customers who have always traveled during the pandemic, even in the most critical phases, and who have always generated demand for hotels. There are city hotels which, by virtue of a location and certain services which are particularly attractive to the business segment (restaurant, room service/food delivery, parking, excellent Wi-Fi connection, etc.), were able to limit damages during both the first and second waves – with related lockdown and red/orange/yellow zones – achieving satisfactory levels of occupancy and revenue also during these periods. It should also be noted that when it comes to cities there are differences in performance which depend not only on the geographical area but also on the class of hotel. There is no doubt that 5-star luxury hotels, historically linked to incoming foreign leisure travelers (American, Asian, Russian, Arab, etc.) have suffered more than 3- and 4-star hotels. What we have found in the above-examined sample is that most city hotels (especially 3- and 4-stars with excellent online reputation), despite all the difficulties, have achieved year-end results which at the very least ensure the so-called break-even (simply the point at which expenses and revenue are equal), an essential factor for short-term financial sustainability. And in a crazy year like the one we have just experienced, reaching the break-even point (and in some virtuous cases even a profit) was definitely the main goal that city hotels were hoping to achieve. Surely, the reduced supply in cities (based on Booking.com and STR cross-checked data, the number of temporarily closed hotels varied around 15% and 30% during the pandemic) was partially responsible for offsetting the reduction in demand, and in part favored those facilities that remained always (or almost always) open for business. We have argued from the start that, from a strictly commercial point of view, remaining open for business is always the best choice, and whereas demand levels might suggest that the costs incurred in keeping the hotel open are not justifiable, the damage of opting for closure in the medium/long-term could exceed the relative economic benefits in the short term. Closing a hotel for a long period certainly leads to a considerable reduction in costs, but it does not eliminate them altogether (there will always be mortgages, rents, maintenance costs, taxes to be incurred etc.), while it most certainly eliminates revenues. It also negatively affects positioning, visibility, and online conversion rate. In times of crisis and low demand it is almost always preferable to try to remain open for business, optimizing operations as much as possible with few fixed costs and numerous variable costs, proportionate to occupancy or turnover (rent, technology providers, on-call personnel, etc.), and strive to keep the engine of online channels running through a constant feed of reservations and reviews, which, as few as they may be, will procure benefits in terms of visibility in the medium term and help to reach the above-described break-even goal. On this respect, STR, the world’s largest benchmark company, has highlighted that those city hotels that remained always (or almost always) open during the pandemic fared better than those that opted for long shutdown periods and only reopened during the summer – once the lockdown was over, the restrictions lifted and the virus appeared to be under control – and later on closed again during the second wave and lockdown. The data described so far also show how important it is for government aid, fairly meager as it is, to take into account this profound differentiation between destinations and types of hotels, as well as the fact that some properties certainly require a great deal more financial aid than others. 2021 Forecast Now that we have examined what took place in 2020, let us take a look at what might happen in 2021. First of all, it must be said that this virus has shown us how difficult it is to make reliable projections, since scientists themselves are often unable to provide answers and politicians dominate the scene with confusing, questionable or incomprehensible decisions. However, after a year of pandemic, we certainly have a wealth of scientific and epidemiological data that allows us to make projections with a smaller margin of error and to hypothesize scenarios that will have to be interpreted dynamically and reactively from time to time and converted into effective strategies to achieve the best possible outcome for our hotels. Today, we know that our professional and private life and the entire economy, including the tourism industry, largely hinge on a cold number, the Rt: the index which determines the number of people that can be infected by one person on average. As long as this parameter remains below 1, we can rest easy to some extent, since the epidemic is receding. As soon as it rises above 1, a cascade of events is set in motion with inevitable repercussion effects on hotels: significant increase in positive cases, upsurge in hospital/ICU admissions and deaths, various restrictions (lockdown, red/orange/yellow zones, closure of commercial activities, restrictions on circulation, etc.), significant damage to the economy, decline in demand for hotels. The recent news concerning vaccine availability and first administrations certainly signaled a turning point for our projections on the future of tourism. It must be said that it is still early to understand what kind of impact the vaccine might have on the resumption of tourism and what sort of timeframe we might be looking at. There are still some unknown factors and we can basically posit two scenarios: a worst-case scenario and a best-case scenario. Worst-case scenario In the worst-case scenario, the virus will undergo mutations over time which might affect the vaccine’s effectiveness and force science to re-engineer the vaccine to tackle emerging variants. Moreover, we do not know whether the vaccine only protects against symptoms or also against infection, and how long this protection might last. Even if the vaccine proves to be effective, there will not be enough doses available in the first 6 months to cover the entire population and, in any case, there might be a large number of people who, in the absence of compulsory vaccination, may resolve not to get vaccinated due to skepticism, fear or ideological stance, making it difficult to attain sufficient immunization coverage to achieve herd immunity in the population (at least 60/70%, according to scientists). In this scenario, unfortunately, 2021 will be identical to 2020, meaning we will have to continue to coexist with the virus and carry on doing what we would have done anyway had a vaccine not been available. The weapons to coexist with the virus will continue to be individual and social prevention measures, enhanced diagnostic capabilities with rapid and at-home testing, tracing, technology, etc. and we will continue to see big waves and small waves, more or less geolocalized, as well as regional or provincial “stop and go” restrictive measures for longer or shorter periods decided by institutions, with businesses closing and reopening based on the local Rt trend, which will be something akin to a compass that hoteliers and revenue managers will have to consult frequently to plan operational, sales and pricing aspects to the best of their ability, in the short to medium term. Such a scenario, however unpleasant it may be, must be taken into account. For a time, hotels will have to continue to run a flexible operational set-up, keeping a small amount of fixed staff and costs and everything else variable, so as to adapt to the various epidemiological stages and adopt a business and pricing strategy aimed at limiting damages during the most difficult periods and maximizing revenues in those times when the virus gives us some respite, the Rt remains below 1, and politicians allow us a bit of freedom. With the knowledge that during the summer, with offices and schools closed, less congested means of transport, and people more likely to spend their time in open and well-ventilated spaces, viral circulation should be slower and more manageable, all of which should positively affect tourism. This fluctuating phase could last until the vaccine is made compulsory or the pandemic disappears on its own, as occurred in the past with other pandemics that left their mark on history. Meanwhile, the minimum target for hotels will continue to be, as was the case in 2020, to achieve break-even point or to maintain minimum profit margins. A goal that most hotels were able to achieve in 2020 by adopting an effective operational and commercial strategy to optimize costs on the one hand and maximize revenues on the other. Best-case scenario The best-case scenario is that in the first 6 months the vaccine will be administered to at least an adequate percentage of the population, first and foremost to at-risk categories such as health professionals and people over 60 and with preexisting medical conditions, thus expediting an immunization process of the population that is already ongoing and at an advanced stage due to the prior and current waves. In fact, today we know, according to several serological studies, that the number of people who have been exposed to the virus could likely be around 10 times higher than the official numbers, on account of the extremely high number of asymptomatic people (mostly aged 50 and under) that remain untraced. So, if 2 million Italians have officially tested positive for the virus to date, it is likely that the real infected may have been 20 million, basically over 30% of the Italian population. As we know from various scientific studies, those once infected with COVID-19 still maintain a protective immune memory one year on, and this applies to asymptomatic subjects as well (in the case of SARS in 2003, also a type of coronavirus, antibodies were detected in patients up to 17 years later). We also know that confirmed cases of reinfection are presently very rare (6 out of more than 80.000.000 in the world, therefore about 0,000007%). We know from other scientific studies that Bergamo, the hardest-hit city in Italy in terms of cases and deaths during the first wave of March and April, escaped the second wave of October and November almost unscathed thanks to a near herd immunity acquired during the first wave (where more than 40% of the population was infected) and has slowed down viral circulation considerably, generating few positive cases and allowing hospitals to maintain the situation under control. In terms of virus circulation, much of the Italian territory experienced during the second wave what only Bergamo and few other cities in northern Italy had experienced during the first wave (before a national and total lockdown came into place). Italy’s situation mirrors that of most of Europe and America, which are the continents with the highest number of COVID-19 infections. In such a scenario, it is clearly desirable to hypothesize that the 60-70% threshold for herd immunity could be reached far sooner than expected, thanks to both the vaccine and the natural immunity of those who have already been exposed to COVID-19. If all goes well, this could happen in Europe and America between April and June, which might accelerate the recovery of tourism between these two continents. We will be able to gather this much from the Rt trend, which despite the relaxation of restrictions and the free movement of persons, at that point will no longer increase above 1. Clearly, scientists and health institutions will confirm this based on serological research. Clearly none of us has the crystal ball and can foretell which epidemiological scenario will prevail and, above all, what other crazy decisions politicians might have in store for us. However, we are 100% certain of one thing: the market is more than ready for the best-case scenario. This is not merely an optimistic hypothesis, but a mathematical certainty and an awareness derived from the analysis of what transpired in 2020 and what is apparent from the above-described data. In the summer of 2020, when the virus and politicians seemed to have given us some respite, the market literally exploded. To be sure, with varying intensities and average daily rate, depending on the destination. Nevertheless, it exploded anyway and everywhere, both in urban locations and in the more holiday-oriented destinations. The above-described data speaks loud and clear. And those who argued that virus-related fears or economic difficulties associated with the crisis would curb the desire to travel were contradicted by the very facts, because the only real factors that actually managed to exert a profound effect on demand were only political decisions and travel restrictions. Those who own a seaside, mountain or lakeside hotel with excellent online visibility and reputation surely know what we are talking about and will certainly have experienced that paradoxical feeling by which at some point, from June onwards, the phone wouldn’t stop ringing and one struggled to keep up with the number of e-mails and booking requests. At that time, there was a transition from the dark and utter despair of March and April, with no incoming reservations at all, to the regret of not having enough rooms and staff to meet the overwhelming increase in demand from July to September. Some hotels in certain locations, with the help of favorable weather, came to realize at the end of the season, with a mixture of surprise and embarrassment, that 2020 was paradoxically their best year ever. At the time the vaccine was not available and the proportion of population that was immune having been exposed to the virus was still quite small. Yet, the market literally exploded. What could happen now that the vaccine is available and herd immunity might hopefully be achieved by summer? Under the latter epidemiological scenario, and with favorable weather, this could turn out to be a PHENOMENAL year for mountain, seaside, and lakeside destinations, far exceeding 2019. Indeed, mountain destinations are already sending out strong signals in this regard, as shown in the chart below. For seaside and lakeside destinations the available data is not yet relevant, but as we have seen in 2020, it is only a matter of time before the tsunami of reservations for these places begins, as well. Surely this 2021 could see, in the epidemiological scenario described above, a gradual recovery of art towns and major cities between April and June (owing to the resumption of flights and the relaxation of restrictions at the intra-EU level). Some city hotels – namely the ones that have always remained open during the pandemic, that have an excellent online reputation and an appropriate pricing and sales strategy – could start seeing results surpassing those of 2019 already in the second half of 2021, on account of the so-called compensatory effects by which a large part of the demand will pile up during that period of the year, as competition and supply continues to hover at levels equal if not lower than 2019 (taking into account all the properties permanently closed for COVID-related reasons). In fact, in addition to all the international leisure clients who have had to postpone the trip of a lifetime to Italy for over a year due to the restrictions in place and will be eager to make up for lost time, the impact of events must also be factored in. Many of the events that would have been spread out over time in 2020 and were later canceled due to COVID-19, will be concentrated in the second half of the year. One only has to look at the first signals coming from Milan, where we can observe a strong pressure (also in terms of average daily rates) in the third quarter of the year due to certain international events. This is a sign that certain segments such as MICE, groups, international leisure and business could make a strong comeback in the second half of the year, contributing to a sharp rebound of cities. Further encouraging signals are also coming from the Americans, who according to Expedia data (cross-linked with Booking.com data) are the most active on-the-books market for destinations such as Rome, Florence or the Amalfi Coast. As illustrated in the chart below, Americans occupy the first place in terms of the percentage of bookings for the second half of the year. It should be clearly stated that absolute volumes are still lower than those of a normal pre-COVID year. But this data, provided by the two main OTAs in the market, is likely to underscore a trend that will strengthen over time as trust in vaccines and herd immunity increases, and it is important to highlight that a key segment for many Italian art towns (namely, Americans, understood primarily as United States citizens but also Canadians, Brazilians, etc.) is already exhibiting a certain degree of confidence and optimism on the recovery of international and long-haul tourism. As far as Asian tourists are concerned, we may have to wait until 2022 to welcome them again. Many Asian governments have had a significantly less tolerant approach to the virus (mindful of the SARS experience in 2003) compared to European or American governments, and it is likely that for a long time, until mass vaccination takes place, there may still be a number of restrictions that continue to limit the flow of tourists to and from those countries. Conclusions As has become clear from our considerations, it will be crucial for hotels to adopt the right strategy this year, which envisages a cost-flexible operating framework to cope with pandemic-related demand fluctuations on the one hand and, on the other hand, a dynamic and responsive sales and pricing approach to maximize revenues in those times when the health situation permits it, and limit damage in those times when restrictions of various kinds come into place that directly or indirectly affect demand. In this context, 2020 has shown us that revenue management is all-important to achieve the best possible result, both in favorable market conditions and (especially) in periods of crisis and low demand. However absurd and inconceivable it may seem, 2020 has shown us that revenue management is effective and applicable even during a pandemic. If all goes well and the high number of vaccinations (in conjunction with the immense number of people already immune after getting infected with Covid) truly help us to end this nightmare, we will have to do a good job at managing the effects of the recovery, which could be overwhelmingly positive for those properties with excellent reputation and online visibility that will understand how to read and interpret market developments reactively and dynamically.

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