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0.919812	According to census figures, more than 17,000 residents of Vietnamese descent live in the Chicago area from Uptown to suburbs in Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake Counties, although community members estimate the numbers to be much higher. What US city has the largest Vietnamese population? The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area had the largest Vietnamese population of 271,234, followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale- Santa Clara, CA (125,774), Houston- Sugar Land-Baytown, TX (103,525), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (71,839), and Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (58,767). How much of Chicago is black? Chicago Demographics According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Chicago was: White: 49.99% Black or African American: 29.62% Other race: 10.58% Where do Vietnamese live in Chicago? Vietnamese living in the city of Chicago remained residentially clustered in Uptown, Rogers Park, and Albany Park. Within the rest of the metropolitan area, Vietnamese residents have spread out, with the largest numbers living in the north and west as opposed to the southern suburbs. Why did Vietnamese go to California? Thousands of refugees, fleeing persecution and reeducation camps, arrived in the United States via Camp Pendleton, in Southern California. The federal government tried to resettle refugees in towns across the country but enclaves formed in warm-weather areas: Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans, and San Jose. IT\'S FUNNING: Why did people flee from Vietnam? Is Vietnam a poor country? Vietnam is now defined as a lower middle income country by the World Bank. Of the total Vietnamese population of 88 million people (2010), 13 million people still live in poverty and many others remain near poor. Poverty reduction is slowing down and inequality increasing with persistent deep pockets of poverty. How many Vietnamese live in Austin Texas? Texas Vietnamese Population Percentage City Rank Rank Vietnamese Population Percentage ▼ City / Population 71. 1.0% Aldine, TX / 15,869 71. 1.0% Austin, TX / 790,390 73. 1.0% Cedar Park, TX / 48,937 74. 0.9% Lewisville, TX / 95,290 How many Vietnamese are living in USA? There are 2.2 million people of Vietnamese descent residing in the U.S. Why are there so many Vietnamese in Texas? Texas received many Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s because it had a warm climate, an expanding economy, and a location in proximity to the ocean. Vietnamese from fishing and shrimping backgrounds saw Houston as a good settlement point due to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. Categories Landmarks Search for: From the author Hey! I think the main secret of a good trip to Africa is to leave all expectations at home. Compared to other continents in southeast Africa, I felt less secure, despite the fact that not a single situation happened to us in which someone would try to rob us. Southeast Asia is an amazing country where you can find mountains, wild savannah, ocean, and a huge historical and cultural layer. About us Contact Privacy Policy & Cookies ATTENTION TO RIGHT HOLDERS! All materials are posted on the site strictly for informational and educational purposes! If you believe that the posting of any material infringes your copyright, be sure to contact us through the contact form and your material will be removed!
0.999987	Project MUSE - "The Genuine Pulpit Article": Shaw's Prefatorial Practice and the Preface to Man and Superman Article [Skip to Content] Institutional Login LOG IN Accessibility Browse OR Search: menu Advanced Search Browse MyMUSE Account Log In / Sign Up Change My Account User Settings Access via Institution MyMUSE Library Search History View History Purchase History MyMUSE Alerts Contact Support SHAW The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies "The Genuine Pulpit Article": Shaw's Prefatorial Practice and the Preface to Man and Superman Frank Duba SHAW The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies Penn State University Press Volume 25, 2005 pp. 221-240 10.1353/shaw.2005.0008 Article View Citation Related Content Additional Information Purchase/rental options available: Buy Article for $19.00 (USD) Rent from DeepDyve In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "The Genuine Pulpit Article":Shaw's Prefatorial Practice and the Preface to Man and Superman Frank Duba (bio) My conscience is the genuine pulpit article: it annoys me to see people comfortable when they ought to be uncomfortable; and I insist on making them think in order to bring them to conviction of sin.1 —Bernard Shaw, Preface to Man and Superman The single most prolific writer of prefaces in the English language, George Bernard Shaw not only prefaced everything he wrote, but he also prefaced much of what his friends wrote. From the publication of his first plays, Shaw was interested in the reception of his work and the potential of prefaces to guide that reception. Shaw's attitude toward the preface passes through three different, but related, positions: (1) that the prefaces guide our understanding of the playwright's intentions in the play; (2) that the prefaces are continuous with the play and give the playwright an occasion to expound on the same ideas expressed dramatically in a nondramatic form, and (3) that prefaces are merely a way of giving the reader an unexpected but welcome polemic. No clear biographical divisions exist; the changes are gradual and more dependent on local factors than on any overarching vision of the preface sustained throughout his career. Shaw's career starts with the belief that prefaces can and should provide an interpretive frame for the works to which they are attached and ends with an equally sincere disavowal of any but the most accidental relation between preface and text. In between these two biographical poles, his practice indicates that his view of the role of the preface varied.2 In his early prefaces, he objected to the idea that his plays, or, for that matter, any [End Page 221] plays, should stand on their own, that the author should let the work speak for itself: I really cannot respond to this demand for mock-modesty. I am ashamed neither of my work nor of the way it is done. I like explaining its merits to the huge majority who dont know good work from bad. It does them good; and it does me good, curing me of nervousness, laziness, and snobbishness. I write prefaces as Dryden did, and treatises as Wagner, because I can; and I would give half a dozen of Shakespear's plays for one of the prefaces he ought to have written. I leave the delicacies of retirement to those who are gentlemen first and literary workmen afterwards. The cart and the trumpet for me. (1:72) In this early preface, to Three Plays for Puritans, Shaw argues that he writes prefaces in order to educate his audience. The prefaces are subordinate to the plays to which they are attached and serve the purpose of making the import of those plays clear to the reader. Almost thirty years after writing this preface, when he serialized his prefaces for John O'London's Weekly in 1928, Shaw's explanation of the relationship between preface and text had changed drastically: Those who are unacquainted with the oddities of literary tradition may ask how it is possible to separate the prefaces from the plays. Nothing is easier. The only connection between the prefaces and the plays is that they have hitherto kept company within the same book covers. Most of the prefaces were written long after the plays had been performed. The practice of attaching polemical pamphlets to plays as prefaces has persisted from the days of Dryden and Molière to those of Victor Hugo, Dumas fils, and myself. A playwright who deals with human nature instead of artificial "plots" is like a shipwright who finds, when he has built his ship, that he has a store of material left, rejected as unsuitable or superfluous for the ship, but sound and useful for, say, housebuilding. If he is master of the two trades, he builds a house after building the ship. I happen to have the two trades at my fingers' ends; and I hate to waste good material. These prefaces are the houses; and you can inhabit them without having ever seen the ships, just as you can travel... collapse You are not currently authenticated. 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0.994557	Personnel hold social distancing signs during a COVID-19 vaccination simulation in Manila. January 28, 2021. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News MANILA - The public is urged to continue following minimum health standards as vaccination against COVID-19 may take several years, the World Health Organization said Monday. It is necessary to sustain performing hand hygiene, observing physical distancing, and wearing of face masks as these have been proven to be effective not just against the coronavirus but also in suppressing its new variants, said Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative to the Philippines. "The vaccines are not going to help open the world right now. We will still need to follow all the behaviors we've been following over the last 1 year because the transmission is going to continue and we’re not going to be able to vaccinate everybody probably for another 2 years or more," he told ANC's Headstart. "In that, we’re talking about nobody is absolutely safe until the whole world is safe." WHO rules out COVID herd immunity this year Philippines to get about 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in February: official Government is urged to continue to monitor the pandemic "very carefully and be proactive" to prevent large-scale lockdowns that have economic consequences, Abeyasinghe said. As for face to face classes, the WHO representative said the level of virus transmission must be taken into account. "If the pandemic transmission is decreasing, there may be an opportunity for us to open up schools. Where you're seeing increased transmission in the community, countries which opened up schools have seen significantly higher proportion of infection among children. So this something that needs to be weighed and balance," he said. "Another thing we need to factor in is congestion in schools, the access to hand hygiene." The WHO does not have a "clear decision" on requiring vaccination documents to be able to travel, according to Abeyasinghe. The international body also has yet to confirm any positions or findings about the new COVID-19 variants which reportedly are more contagious and may lead to severe cases, he added. "It’s not surprising that we’re seeing the emergence of new variants. The critical issue is to understand what is the capacity of these new variants," he said. "These issues are being studied jointly with WHO and the respective countries seeing those variants. Data is very premature and it needs to be carefully evaluated." The Philippines has reported 17 cases of the UK variant of COVID-19, which is among the country's 525,618 confirmed coronavirus infections, as of Sunday. Globally, nearly 103 million infections have so far been tallied by the US-based Johns Hopkins University, including over 2.2 million deaths. More than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed, tally now at 525,618 In early December, the world's first COVID-19 vaccine shot was received by a British grandma in the United Kingdom. A few other countries, including the United States, Singapore, and Indonesia, subsequently launched their respective inoculation programs. The Philippines will start receiving its COVID-19 vaccine supplies this month. Up to 70 million people are targeted for vaccination to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus.
0.997866	Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.A newer edition of this document exists here NAME pthread_key_create - thread-specific data key creation SYNOPSIS [THR] #include <pthread.h> int pthread_key_create(pthread_key_t key, void (destructor)(void)); DESCRIPTION The pthread_key_create() function shall create a thread-specific data key visible to all threads in the process. Key values provided by pthread_key_create() are opaque objects used to locate thread-specific data. Although the same key value may be used by different threads, the values bound to the key by pthread_setspecific() are maintained on a per-thread basis and persist for the life of the calling thread. Upon key creation, the value NULL shall be associated with the new key in all active threads. Upon thread creation, the value NULL shall be associated with all defined keys in the new thread. An optional destructor function may be associated with each key value. At thread exit, if a key value has a non-NULL destructor pointer, and the thread has a non-NULL value associated with that key, the value of the key is set to NULL, and then the function pointed to is called with the previously associated value as its sole argument. The order of destructor calls is unspecified if more than one destructor exists for a thread when it exits. If, after all the destructors have been called for all non-NULL values with associated destructors, there are still some non-NULL values with associated destructors, then the process is repeated. If, after at least {PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS} iterations of destructor calls for outstanding non-NULL values, there are still some non-NULL values with associated destructors, implementations may stop calling destructors, or they may continue calling destructors until no non-NULL values with associated destructors exist, even though this might result in an infinite loop. RETURN VALUE If successful, the pthread_key_create() function shall store the newly created key value at key and shall return zero. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error. ERRORS The pthread_key_create() function shall fail if: [EAGAIN] The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread-specific data key, or the system-imposed limit on the total number of keys per process {PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX} has been exceeded. [ENOMEM] Insufficient memory exists to create the key. The pthread_key_create() function shall not return an error code of [EINTR]. The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES The following example demonstrates a function that initializes a thread-specific data key when it is first called, and associates a thread-specific object with each calling thread, initializing this object when necessary. static pthread_key_t key; static pthread_once_t key_once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; static void make_key() { (void) pthread_key_create(&key, NULL); } func() { void ptr; (void) pthread_once(&key_once, make_key); if ((ptr = pthread_getspecific(key)) == NULL) { ptr = malloc(OBJECT_SIZE); ... (void) pthread_setspecific(key, ptr); } ... } Note that the key has to be initialized before pthread_getspecific() or pthread_setspecific() can be used. The pthread_key_create() call could either be explicitly made in a module initialization routine, or it can be done implicitly by the first call to a module as in this example. Any attempt to use the key before it is initialized is a programming error, making the code below incorrect. static pthread_key_t key; func() { void ptr; /* KEY NOT INITIALIZED!!! THIS WON'T WORK!!! */ if ((ptr = pthread_getspecific(key)) == NULL && pthread_setspecific(key, NULL) != 0) { pthread_key_create(&key, NULL); ... } } APPLICATION USAGE None. RATIONALE Destructor Functions Normally, the value bound to a key on behalf of a particular thread is a pointer to storage allocated dynamically on behalf of the calling thread. The destructor functions specified with pthread_key_create() are intended to be used to free this storage when the thread exits. Thread cancellation cleanup handlers cannot be used for this purpose because thread-specific data may persist outside the lexical scope in which the cancellation cleanup handlers operate. If the value associated with a key needs to be updated during the lifetime of the thread, it may be necessary to release the storage associated with the old value before the new value is bound. Although the pthread_setspecific() function could do this automatically, this feature is not needed often enough to justify the added complexity. Instead, the programmer is responsible for freeing the stale storage: pthread_getspecific(key, &old); new = allocate(); destructor(old); pthread_setspecific(key, new); Note: The above example could leak storage if run with asynchronous cancellation enabled. No such problems occur in the default cancellation state if no cancellation points occur between the get and set. There is no notion of a destructor-safe function. If an application does not call pthread_exit() from a signal handler, or if it blocks any signal whose handler may call pthread_exit() while calling async-unsafe functions, all functions may be safely called from destructors. Non-Idempotent Data Key Creation There were requests to make pthread_key_create() idempotent with respect to a given key address parameter. This would allow applications to call pthread_key_create() multiple times for a given key address and be guaranteed that only one key would be created. Doing so would require the key value to be previously initialized (possibly at compile time) to a known null value and would require that implicit mutual-exclusion be performed based on the address and contents of the key parameter in order to guarantee that exactly one key would be created. Unfortunately, the implicit mutual-exclusion would not be limited to only pthread_key_create(). On many implementations, implicit mutual-exclusion would also have to be performed by pthread_getspecific() and pthread_setspecific() in order to guard against using incompletely stored or not-yet-visible key values. This could significantly increase the cost of important operations, particularly pthread_getspecific(). Thus, this proposal was rejected. The pthread_key_create() function performs no implicit synchronization. It is the responsibility of the programmer to ensure that it is called exactly once per key before use of the key. Several straightforward mechanisms can already be used to accomplish this, including calling explicit module initialization functions, using mutexes, and using pthread_once(). This places no significant burden on the programmer, introduces no possibly confusing ad hoc implicit synchronization mechanism, and potentially allows commonly used thread-specific data operations to be more efficient. FUTURE DIRECTIONS None. SEE ALSO pthread_getspecific(), pthread_key_delete(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <pthread.h>
0.999544	Most applications that allow registered users to perform actions on a site that are specific to their interests, need to maintain database records about those users, as well other related information like addresses, phone numbers, pictures, etc.. This package provides a ready to use solution to implement database tables that keep track of such personal information, making it easier for developers that use the Doctrine ORM tool to develop applications that need to manager personal information in databases. Read this article to learn more details about how this notable PHP package works. By Manuel Lemos manuellemos.net <email contact> The package PHP Doctrine Person Table Skeleton is one of the few PHP packages that was considered notable recently because it does something that is worth paying attention. The basic purpose is: Provides a skeleton of tables for person entities Here follows in more detail what it does: This package provides a skeleton of tables for person related entities for use in Doctrine based applications. It provides entity classes that can be used to map objects that store information about a person and other relate types of objects that applications usually may need and can use with the PHP Doctrine ORM tool. Currently it provides other person related entity classes like: - Addresses - Emails - Email Types - Genders - People - People Addresses - People Emails - People Phone Numbers - People Photos - Phone Numbers - Phone Types - Pronouns Notable PHP packages can be often considered innovative. If this package is also innovative, it can be nominated to the PHP Innovation Award and the author may win prizes and recognition for sharing innovative packages. If you also developed your own notable or innovative packages consider sharing them, so you can also earn more visibility for your package.
0.96326	I made the point the other day that if Cheney were put on the stand, he might be put in a place where he refuted some of Libby's testimony. Specifically, Cheney might have to admit that he and Libby talked about revealing Plame's identity with reporters during the week of July 6. And this presents a problem, because it either means both Libby and Cheney would claim to have forgotten about Plame's ID, then learned it again as if it were new the week of the leak. Or, they'd effectively be admitting to leaking Plame's ID after having learned of it through classified channels, making it a possible violation of the IIPA (barring, of course, a Cheney claim to have declassified Plame's identity before leaking it to reporters, which is where I think we are heading). But given what we know about how Cheney's own talking points on Plame evolved between June 10 and July 14, it is almost impossible for Cheney to argue that he--like Libby--forgot Plame's ID and learned it as if it were new. Which of course makes it difficult for Libby to argue that he forgot. If his boss was actively remembering, what are the chances Libby was actively forgetting? Huh. So here's the evolution of Cheney's talking points, as best as I can reconstruct them. Martin's News, June 11 The first that we know Cheney to have learned of Plame's CIA employee was when Cathie Martin told him (and Libby) in his office. Here's how Martin explains it: [Cathie Martin]: First [conversation with Harlow] was pleasant [emphasizes] I had never spoken to him before, talked about press reports, I was asking him, "we didn't send him." so I was saying to him, you must have sent him, who is this guy, what are you saying to the press, they're not taking my word for it. I remember him being, I didn't know who he [Wilson] was either, but apparently his name is Joe Wilson he was a charge in Baghdad, and his wife works over here. I understand charge to be diplomat who works overseas. Had been a charge, former is my recollection of what that meant. [Martin h]as notes, but the notes don't have a precise date. Asked to see VP and shortly thereafter told him and Scooter was there as well, told them what I had learned. It was the same day. I remember going into VP's office Scooter was there which was pretty normal. He told me Ambassador's name and apparently he was a charge and his wife works at CIA. Don't remember any specific response. Given the phone records from Harlow to OVP Press Office, this conversation appears to have taken place on June 11, possibly June 10. While Martin doesn't remember any response, the testimony suggests that Libby elicited this call to Martin when he called Grenier and asked him to state that Defense and State, as well as OVP, had expressed an interest in the Niger intelligence. At this point, then, the talking points focused on shifting the focus away from OVP and pointing it more generally to Defense, State, and OVP. Cheney's News, June 18? I'm going to place the second "talking point" on June 18. I'm guessing that's when Cheney really spoke to Libby and told him Plame worked in Counter-Proliferation. I first raised some reasons to doubt Libby's dating of that meeting in this post. But apparently I'm not alone--like me, the FBI took a look at the note, noticed the date had been changed, and came to suspect that Libby altered the note after the fact. Here's what Libby said about altering the date: L: June 12, but this symbol means I'm not sure. F: What's this to the right? L: It's a note later explaining that this is a telephone conversation with the VP about Iraq uranium and the Kristof article… it's indicating that this is something someone told the VP… and then this says the wife works for the Counterproliferation Division. At some point he switches from telling me what someone else told him to talking points for the press — e.g., that we didn't know about forgeries until the IAEA said so. (these are the three/four points mentioned earlier — but "forgeries" somehow replaces the NIE as point three??) F: Under the 12, were you correcting something? L: Might ahve been an 18, then corrected it to 12… realized it wasn't the 18th. I couldn't tell without a microscope. (laughs) F: Do you know how much later you added the material about VP, Kristof, Iraq, etc.? June, July, October? L: Might have been June, but I don't know. One thing that supports the notion that this note postdates the Pincus article is that it doesn't mention the Pincus article at all--and, as Jeff points out, it echoes a word Kristof used in the lede of his second column on this, "behest." That second column was published on June 13, a day after the Pincus article. The curious thing about this timing, if it is correct (though frankly, it'd be true if this conversation took place any day after June 11) is that it suggests Cheney learned of Plame's employ at CIA then went to find more details. It suggests they deliberately learned where Plame worked, which further suggests they knew enough details to know she was covert. In any case, on this mystery date, these are the talking points Cheney gave Libby: functional office CP--his wife works works in that division Debriefing took place here & was meeting in the region 4) OVP and Defense and State -- expressed strong interest in issue 1) didn't know about mission 2) didn't get report back 3) didn't have any indication of forgery was from IAEA These talking points, one through four (or rather, in VP count, four to one through three), seem to focus on a response to the Kristof/Pincus/Kristof articles. Already, Dick has had to admit that he did express an interest in the underlying intelligence. Though he's still trying to implicate State and Defense in that interest too (I've asked before--is this Bolton at State and Feith at Defense, in which case he might as well have said OVP and OVP and OVP). And though the info on Wilson's debriefing and Plame's employ aren't part of the talking points yet, they're definitely part of Dick's understanding of the case. Martin's Operative Talking Points Now, there are an interim set of talking points that aren't really Cheney's talking points, but at least show how OVP was responding to this issue publicly from the mystery June date and July 6, when Wilson's oped comes out. These are Cathie Martin's talking points, which she says she had been using prior to July 6, and therefore had on hand to send to Ari for his July 7 press briefing. These talking points are: The Vice President's office did not request the mission to Niger. The Vice President's office was not informed of Joe Wilson's mission. The Vice President's office did not receive a briefing about Mr. Wilson's mission after he returned. The Vice President's office was not aware of Mr. Wilson's mission until recent press reports accounted for it. At some point, I'll come back to assess the veracity of these talking points. But for the moment, note how the talking points evolve as they move from Cheney to Libby to Martin. The talking points lose all reference to Plame and the forgeries (curious, that). OVP appears to have given up its efforts to say that State (Bolton?) and Defense (Feith?) were interested in this as well, and now retreat to the "Vice President's office did not request the mission to Niger." to which they add the "not informed of mission" talking point. Of course, this leaves them in a precarious position. "Vice President's office did not request the mission to Niger" is close parsing here, since it's clear that OVP asked for more information and it's also clear that Dick's briefer said they'd get DO to get its contacts to look into the allegations. It's that precarious position that probably ended up getting them in trouble. Cheney's Annotated Copy of Wilson's Op-ed, July 6? And then we have Cheney's annotations on Wilson's op-ed. Libby has argued in this grand jury appearance that Cheney didn't take those notes contemporaneously, that he just came back after the Novak article and wrote them down, having conveniently decided to save the dead tree version of the op-ed, and brought it back to DC from Jackson Hole, where he had spent the long weekend. I'm going to make an executive decision and label that story a bunch of horseshit, and assume that Cheney read and annotated the Wilson op-ed on July 6, when it came out. In which case, we have Cheney writing a new set of talking points on July 6: Have they done this sort of thing? Send an Amb to answer a question? Do we ordinarily send people out pro bono to work for us? Or did his wife send him on a junket? A pretty dramatic shift in talking points, even from the Libby ones from June 12 18. But note the focus. Cheney is attacking the genesis of the trip. This is significant, obviously, since he raises Plame. But it's also significant because it goes to the precarious position of OVP--that they had in fact asked for more information, which led to Wilson's trip. He's trying to attack what happened between the time he asked for more information and the time that Wilson got sent. It's in that context that Cheney uses Plame's purported role in Wilson's trip as a talking point. It's absolutely damning, if we can prove that Cheney read this op-ed before the leaks started in earnest. And I think we can prove that. Cheney's Talking Points, July 8 There's one more reason why I'm fairly certain that Libby's story is horseshit Cheney wrote his notes on Wilson's op-ed contemporaneously. That's because part of the notes he wrote on Wilson's op-ed show up in the new talking points he dictates to Cathie Martin on July 8. Those talking points read: It is not clear who authorized Joe Wilson's trip to Niger. He did not travel to Niger at the request of the Vice President. The Vice President's office did not request the mission to Niger. The Vice President's office was not informed of Joe Wilson's mission. The Vice President's office did not received a briefing about Mr. Wilson's mission after he returned. The Vice President's office was not aware of Mr. Wilson's mission until this spring when the press reported it. According to Mr. Wilson's own account, he was unpaid for his services. Mr. Wilson never saw the documents he was allegedly trying to verify on his trip to Niger. Mr. Wilson has said he was convinced that Niger could not have provided uranium to Iraq but, in fact, Niger did provide uranium to Iraq in the 1980's--200 tons of which are currently under IAEA seal. Mr. Wilson provided no written report to the CIA or any other agency of his trip to Niger when he returned. The Vice President was unaware of Joe Wilson, his trip or any conclusions he may have reached until this spring when it was reported in the press--over year after Mr. Wilson's trip. Six months after his trip, the considered judgment of the intelligence community was that Saddam Hussein had indeed undertaken a vigorous effort to acquire uranium from Africa according to the National Intelligence Estimate. [my emphasis] If you look at the original dictated notes, this draft, and the final, you can see most of what they were thinking. Cheney gave Martin a bunch of new talking points, several of them directly at that precarious position of theirs--their claims that they had nothing to do with Wilson's trip. They add that "it's not clear who authorized Wilson's trip." Reiterate that it was not at the request of Cheney (and Martin adds in all the talking points she had been using--the ones she gave to Ari to use). And note that they shift their talking point about the awareness of Wilson's trip. Previously, they said, "the Vice President's office" was not aware of Wilson's trip (these are from the Ari talking points). Now they get more specific: "The Vice President was unaware of Joe Wilson, his trip, or any conclusions." As I will show in a later post, I suspect they realized they had learned of Wilson's trip, at least by March if not by February. So they could no longer claim that everyone in OVP (that'd be Scooter) was unaware of Wilson's trip, only that Cheney was unaware of the trip. There's a lot more in these talking points, including the specious argument that since Niger gave Iraq uranium in the 1980s, before the consortium took over in Niger, then it was perfectly plausible they would do so again. And this is when they start referencing the NIE publicly, even though (as Martin's notes indicate) she wasn't sure she should refer to what she still believed to be classified conclusions from the NIE. But the important point about these talking points is that Cheney references Wilson's op-ed. As hard as Libby tries, he cannot claim that Cheney only read Wilson's op-ed after the Novak article. Cheney uses an attack--the ridiculous attack about Wilson going pro bono--that he wrote in his op-ed talking points in the talking points he dictated to Martin on July 8. Cheney's Potential Talking Point, July 12 And then there are the talking points that Cheney dictates to Libby on July 12 aboard Air Force 2. On the Record The Vice President heard in his regular intelligence briefing that Iraq was trying to acquire Uranium from Niger. As part of the regular briefing process, the Vice President asked a question about the implication of Iraq trying to acquire Uranium from Niger. (Note: During the course of the year, the Vice President asks the Agency many questions.) The Agency responded within a day or two. The Agency said that they had reporting suggesting the possibility of such a transaction but the reporting lacked detail. The Agency pointed out that Iraq already had 500 tons of yellowcake, portions of which came from Niger according to the IAEA. The Vice President was unaware of the Joe Wilson trip and did not know about it until June of this year, when it was first discussed in the press. The Vice President did not see Wilson's trip report until recently. The Vice President saw the NIE last fall, which he took to be authoritative. Deep Background (as Administration Official) The only written record of Joe Wilson trip included that "the former Prime Minister of Niger said he had been approached and met with a delegation of Iraqi officials in what he believed to be an effort to acquire more Uranium in 1999." Notes Give straight report on NIE Mention "vigorously pursue." In addition to dictating these written talking points on the plane, Libby has testified, Cheney may have talked about leaking Plame's identity to reporters. Beyond the Plame addition unrecorded in the notes, though, there are a few interesting additions. First, Cheney has given up his efforts to pretend his request wasn't the genesis of the trip. There's a lot of disingenuousness in his explanation of the genesis of the trip, but he appears to have resigned himself to admitting to having set off the chain of events that led to Wilson getting sent. The caveats about who saw what are now all limited to the Vice President--don't want to go on the record with easily disproven claims (though I'll work on them...). And then there's the bit that was somewhat new--the urge to leak inaccurate claims about the Mayaki part of Wilson's report, and the willingness to leak the NIE to all comers. Libby had wanted to add that to the talking points earlier in the week (see Libby's notes on the draft of Cheney's talking points), but only after Tenet's statement did they add it to explicit talking points (though Libby tried to go there with Judy on July 8). Clearly, OVP was ratcheting up its attacks, even after Tenet had admitted that the 16 words shouldn't have been in the SOTU. Which makes the Plame tidbit all the more interesting. I firmly believe that Dick ordered Libby to leak Plame's identity to Judy Miller on July 8. But here Cheney is, discussing more widespread dissemination of her identity (knowing full well, of course, that Novak's article had hit the wires...). The mention of Plame shows a continuity of knowledge from when Cheney read the op-ed (some time on or before July 8), through the time Libby learned it as if it was new, to the time when Cheney was maybe talking about leaking Plame's ID on July 12. Libby may be arguing that he forgot Plame's identity and learned it as if it were new. But there appears to be a clear continuity in Cheney's knowledge of Plame's identity. Which sort of makes Libby's "as if it were new" claims ring hollow. February 06, 2007 at 15:10 in Bush/Republican Scandals, Contributor--emptywheel \| Permalink Comments Just noticed over at Swopa's live-blogging, the following question to Libby: F: Something we ask you before… your calendar shows a June 6th meeting with Richard Armitage. Did you ever talk to him about Wilson's wife? L: No. That's really interesting -- the same day that Dick is marking up his copy of Wilson's column, Libby is meeting with Armitage? Is this where the shiny object originated? Posted by: mk \| February 06, 2007 at 15:39 Whoops. Mixed up June and July. But it's still interesting. Wonder what Armitage said? Posted by: mk \| February 06, 2007 at 15:43 (Haven't yet had chance to read all the stuff I've printed out for my lunchtime-read...) Just wanted to thank you for all yer hard work. I asked a few weeks ago (voir dire time?) if Cheney would have to testify. You answered No but Walton may not look on it favorably should he not. Will be interesting to see whether Cheney or -- even more intriguing (suicide? -- Scooter take the stand. Posted by: desertwind \| February 06, 2007 at 15:44 I know this is peripheral to your main point, but the talking points are a really impressive array of bullshit; Harry Frankfurt could make a sequel out of them. There are all these statements like whether Wilson was paid, whether the VP's office sent him, what was his wife's role, all of which have absolutely no bearing on the accuracy of his investigation. But they were fed to the press with a nod and a wink to indicate "we're telling you something significant here, and to the wingnuts for their partisan feeding frenzy. Pure BS, designed to create an impression, with no regard for whether any of it was true or made any sense. It was only after investigators and the press started sniffing around that they bothered to worry about whether their statements could be proven false. Posted by: Redshift \| February 06, 2007 at 16:06 mk I think Armitage has said that he met with Libby about North Korea during this period, which would make a whole lot of sense--they were both working on N Korea, and John Bolton was very busy that summer scuttling negotiations. So you have Bolton's boss talking to Cheney's fixer. Posted by: emptywheel \| February 06, 2007 at 16:16 Redshift Not peripheral. I do plan to come back at some point and rip them to shreds. Not only were they off-point, but I think some of them were untrue. Note, in particular, the way they back off their "no one in OVP saw the report." Cathie Martin put out talking points at the end of the week where she instructed Condi, in response to a question about whether OVP saw teh report, to answer completely unrelated questions... Posted by: emptywheel \| February 06, 2007 at 16:26 Heh, I've said before the only way to really understand this case is to do forensic talking point analysis (it's like archeaology or evolutionary biology). Now that we have the raw data, that's exactly what you've done EW, great job! Thanks so much for providing the analysis, this is fascinating. Posted by: viget \| February 06, 2007 at 16:31 I remain of the view that neither Libby nor Cheney will take the stand. I realize this thread is more for speculating on Cheney than Libby's dilemma, but given the prosecution's case will end tomorrow or so, I think it may be more apt. Team Libby is arguing that a flaw in the Constitution has jammed the his ability to demonstrate a full and fair defense between a First Amendment rock and a Sixth Amendment hard place. Poor Scooter. Poor scared little Andover, Harvard, Columbia Law, Wolfowitz and Cheney educated, AEI and Hudson Institute sheltered Scooter – screwed - caught between one right the Constitution guarantees to him, just as every low life slum dwelling unemployed slime charged with a combination rape and homicide, the right to stay silent at his trial (which in Libby’s circumstances presents the extremely attractive option of avoiding a face-on struggle with a foe who can read his every move and motive, akin to a late middle-aged touch football quarterback used to playing in the park on Saturdays with his desk jockey buddies suddenly confronted with Dick Butkus circa 1965, blitzing on quarterback blitz faster than the blood and spittle spraying from his helmet; and another right also guaranteed by the Constitution, the right to receive legal advice (which in Libby’s presents the extremely attractive prospect of being counseled by a large team of hand-picked experts). When your typical expert criminal lawyer with a real client who is facing really serious charges with the outcome of doing serious jail time being a real possibility, the lawyer is bound to understand that the client is not just entitled to, but in need of sound, hard, tough advice on the most difficult choice that exists in a criminal case, the lawyer is wise to put that legal advice in writing, and then have the client read it over, and finally have the client to sign statements to prove not only that the client read over the written advice, but thoroughly understood both that advice and the awful consequences of the choice. I have no idea if Wells, Jeffress et al have or plan on presenting written advice to Libby on his choice here. But since their latest filing is all about that, this is how I see the “advice” which Libby is getting from his Team [assuming at least one of them is looking out for Libby’s interests above those of anyone else]: Dear Scooter If you choose to remain silent, it is very likely you will lose this trial, and that this jury will bring in a verdict of “guilty” on at least two of the five charges, with no odds on the obstruction count, and in any event of that you then will be sentenced to a jail term. But if you choose to testify to this jury, it is STILL very likely that you will lose this trial, and that this jury will bring in a verdict of “guilty on at least two of the five charges, maybe even more than if you had not testified, and if you are convicted you then will be sentenced to a jail term longer than if you hadn’t testified, but on the basis of a narrative different from the one he would face if he testified, and you may even face more charges of perjury in relation to your testimony given at this trial. Plus, it looks like better than even odds that this prosecutor can do things to you that could kill your hopes for a pardon, expose you to further prosecutions on charges ranging from perjury to treason, take down your boss and benefactor, take down some of your fellow workers, and maybe even take down the big boss. Plus, bear in mind that we’ve been running this trial like a Ma and Pa Savings & Loan hedge fund in a bear market. Because of that strategy, just about any story you tell – not that we don’t believe whatever it is that you’d say, understand, because Hey! We’re your lawyers, we speak for YOU, and we’re 200% all the way behind you, all the way until that jail door slams shut – is going to look like an invitation to Fitzgerald to bitch slap you all around the courtroom over how it conflicts with some of the more aggressive alternatives we’ve been working to keep open to spin to this jury, and “the base” of course. Hey baby, it’s your life, and it’s your choice, so … best of luck to you in making it! Scooter, please note the statement just under our signature, sign it on all eight copies of this letter and return the first seven copies to us. Thanks buddy. It’s been a slice speaking for you. And don’t forget to say “Hi” for us to all your supporters, and thanks for the money. Best wishes, Ted, Bill and John What makes all this more problematic for Team Libby is that this is very far from an ordinary case. A comment from a lawyer at Talk Left opined confidently that Team Libby’s argument doesn’t 'implicate' a valid constitutional or legal complaint. Okay, I’m sold. But the point is that no matter how this trial goes down, no matter what Libby chooses to do [and it’s SCOOTER’S choice here, not his lawyers], Libby is a damned liar. Team Libby may try to dignify Scooter’s Quandry by wrapping it up in pretty floral-patterned paper embossed with a constitutional water mark. But it’s not even mutton dressed as lamb. It amounts to nothing more than a pathetic whine that Libby is now wringing his hands over - forced to choose between which set of truths mixed with half-truths against which his nominal innocence and reputation will be judged – and among which narrative of myths his actual fate will take into battle. May it be known hereinafter Scooter’s Quandry, or Libby’s Dilemma … whatever, just so long as it’s memorialized. It’s even worse than that, because Libby isn’t just a damned liar, and a coward to boot, but as that lawyer commenter at Talk Left also observed, with this latest Team Libby argument Libby has invoked the spectre of Oliver North. I’m sold again; Libby even takes going (Ollie) North up a notch. But for that, I would be tempted to end by observing that the fact Team Libby has tried to elevate this grotesquely disingenuous proposition by inserting it into a court filing evidences how craven is lawyer Libby. But their argument on Libby’s Dilemma doesn’t just surpass North's numb-skullery, it achieves a reverse legal trifecta – it insults the process, denudes the Constitution, and is too dangerous to be disposed of summarily as just Return of Ollie [Ollie’s theme: “First we took the Contras, Now we take Iran” – My apologies to L. Cohen]. North version of Libby's Dilemma was erected on two key pillars: The first at least bore the attraction of superficial relevance to the facts of North’s case. Ollie posited that the only reason he faced charges was that being exposed to criminal prosecution was a consequence of his unswerving patriotism and loyalty. As a [Cue “Fanfare for the Ordinary Man”!] true blue red-blooded American, his only crimes were blind love of nation and unquestioning obedience of the [Cue “Hail to the Chief”!] Commander in Chief and those entrusted to interpret his will - no matter how ill-conceived, short-sighted, bone-headed, deluded, ignorant and stupid the Chief, that will, the means, or the consequences. As I recall, North was charged among other things with lying about an executive branch caper involving a country in the Middle East...Ir-something. Anyway, his argument was indistinguishable from the 'legal excuse' that "I was only following orders". So, unless someone wishes to revisit the whole Third Reich thing, so much for Ollie’s ops. [And on to talk radio!] It’s Libby’s adoption of Ollie’s second argument that really gets my goat. It was the one less prominent in North’s defense, mostly because it is so staggeringly superficial. As well, it is so irretrievably putrid it makes the first argument smell, as Colbert is wont to say, simply delicious. It’s really modeled off an idea we know better as a pillar of President Bush’s “moral clarity” advantage, but in these courtly circumstances, all dressed up in commencement day robes and holding a cut-rate mail order law school synthetic sheepskin. North countered his detractors with a argument aimed not at the charges, but at his prosecutors/persecutors; that they were guilty of moral blindness in failing to appreciate this: WHEN in the affairs of the United States of America, ANY ARTIFICES, no matter how sound it has proven to be, no matter how established an institution, no matter how rooted in the history of civilization, and no matter how engrained a value in the nation’s culture WHICH even just gives off the appearance of CONFLICT WITH the choice of a free-born American to follow to the letter (or to the spirit, depending on which suits best) AN ORDER issued BY or under the authority of THE nation's one ‘true’ LEADER - which at any point might be the President (though not necessarily) - intolerably INFRINGES that citizen's essential "AMERICANISM". It’s the trump card in the American Right Wing deck, so powerful it logically extends throughout the Constitution, superceding all rights articulated therein (or implied any where else, like the Magna Carta), and all Amendments, save the Second (of course). Libby's New and Improved versions of North’s key arguments are more toxic than the originals. And by far, I say. Given his background and vocation, Ollie’s "Dirty Dozen" defence at least bore the pretension of legitimacy. But Libby is a product of the best educational institutions in the nation, several "think tanks" - the American Enterprise Institute, the University of Dick Cheney, and the Hudson Institute [which, hereafter, I will try hereinafter to refrain from referring to as "wank tanks"], and his job was senior counsel to the only executive officer in the country accountable to no one but the Commander in Chief. Libby and Team have succeeded in reaching depths surpassing those plumbed by North, not merely by weighing in with Libby's educational and vocational 'qualifications', but by throwing the weight of his professional and social standing, and those of his Team, behind the idea that the Constitution is an IED-infested swamp. As I expect others here do, from time to time I drop in at Websites of the Bitchin’ Disaffected, mostly to check their temperatures. A while back the quotation on the lead banner of one caught my attention, being this from H.L. Mencken: “There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats.” Maybe it was just that Mencken had a rodent infestation, because he also wrote this: "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." Mission accomplished. Let us move on - starting with Libby. Posted by: LabDancer \| February 06, 2007 at 16:38 so scooter's defense can concede guilt, or prove the IIPA conspiricy beyond a reasonable doubtt and to a moral certainty I think I predicted that exact outcome more than a year back anybody wanna speculate on how pissed off the Jury is gonna be if they don't hear from dead eye dick and scooter ??? I'm sure the Jury remembers the "Big Deal" that was made during Jury Selection about dead eye dick taking the stand, and Judge Walton is sure to point out that scooter's "Memory Defense" is inoperable without scooter's own testimony scooter is trapped in a box on his own making guilty on all counts Posted by: freepatriot \| February 06, 2007 at 17:05 I know that the case is important because Wilson could show that BushCo knew before the invasion that the WMD evidence was bogus. But I still can't for the life of me understand WHY the VP and Libby got so exercised about Wilson. Thbere is something else here. Something in plain sight we aren't supposed to see. Something about the forgeries. Maybe their genesis. And why was it the Italians kept pressing the forgeries and the story of the yellowcake on our government? Soemthing about this whole story still doesn't add up. Posted by: Mimikatz \| February 06, 2007 at 17:08 the argument that cheney set this whole plame deal in motion simply to cover up his involvement in wilson's trip (and, more crucially, in wilson's discoveries about iraq and uranium purchases while on that trip)is convincing enough for me. but i can't understand why cheney would have gone to all this trouble to hide his involvement. as far as the likelihood of there being any public disclosure of cheney's involvement, that seems most unlikely. it is nearly impossible for a reporter to ferret out this stuff just from interviews and publicly available documents, even seymore hirsch or murray waas. (e'Riposte is, of course, in another class altogether when it comes to documents analysis - more like an ex-intelligence analyst or a intelligence historian.) about the only way this info would ever have come forward is thru legal discovery. and guess what ? cheney and his boys behaved in just such a manner as to trigger just such an outcome. talk about self-destructive. i have always thought of chaney as a man who, having spent most of his adult life in washington, was a superb (in the machiavellian sense) right-wing back-alleys operative, and not just on foreign policy matters. but this behavior of cheney's, relative to the wilsons, seems to me unnecessary and overly aggressive and hence highly likely to draw attention to his role. why would a clever washington operative do himself in like this? or is cheney not the calm, remorseless master of clandestine political activity, but rather an impulsive, hot-tempered, politician whose main professional tactics are intimidation and acts of revenge? one who does not do much thinking ahead? as the curtain comes down (in both the oz and the thespian sense) on cheny's VP act, it is beginning to look as if this latter more closely explains cheney's m.o., including, most disastrously, his active encouragement of bush's invasion of iraq in 2003. Posted by: orionATL \| February 06, 2007 at 17:24 That's what I was trying to say, Orion. Maybe the simple explanation (his pacemaker is leaking toxins into his brain) is the right one. For someone who was supposed to be so tough and so smart, Dick Cheney certainly comes across in this case as vain, prickly, petty and stupid. Posted by: Mimikatz \| February 06, 2007 at 17:28 Mimikatz: You're right, it is in plain sight, and you've just nailed it (with EW's helpful reference to one of the draft set of talking points) -- they were afraid that the CIA CPD had the real story of the forgeries and that would be the next shoe to drop -- blowing Valerie Plame's cover in response to the NYT Op-Ed alone has never added up, since "boondoggle trip to Niger arranged by wife" wouldn't really fool DC Kewl Kidz power couples for long. Blowing an operation as major as Brewster-Jennings, though, would be a pretty serious deterrent to any other DC player otherwise inclined to leak something about the forgeries, either to the press or to law enforcement. It was Dick Cheney's "Sicilian message", for sure. Maybe it isn't so coincidental that the FBI could never seem to get too interested in pursuing its "investigation" (as Josh Marshall and Laura Rozen have detailed elsewhere). Posted by: DeWitt Grey \| February 06, 2007 at 17:55 emptywheel: "I made the point the other day that if Cheney were put on the stand, he might be put in a place where he refuted some of Libby's testimony. Specifically, Cheney might have to admit that he and Libby talked about revealing Plame's identity with reporters during the week of July 6." That's assuming that Dick, in his id-driven self-important "I'm the VP of the USA" macho posturing, doesn't virtually dare Fitz to come after him by simply perjuring himself. I know neither of us thinks Cheney will actually take the stand for Scooter, so it may be a moot point. But I don't think we can assume Dick will be honest if he does take the stand. Lying seems far more likely. Sadly, Dick would probably get away with it too. After all, there would be almost no chance of a perjury charge agains Dick reaching trial before 2009, when Bush could safely pardon him. . Posted by: JGabriel \| February 06, 2007 at 18:10 re Redshift and Cheney talking points: " I do plan to come back at some point and rip them to shreds." Vaster or other??? I'd buy that one too, hoping you are planning and entire set of volumes... Posted by: njr \| February 06, 2007 at 18:52 In John Dean's Conservatives w/o Conscience he noted that Josh Marshall was the first to point out that Cheney in reality did not have a solid track record in Congress and indeed when the measure of his accomplishments at Halliburton were taken into account, he comes across as a meager leader at best. And to what is laying right in front of us-I would suggest a true cabal organized and run by OVP that sucked a willing Bush into its midst and thus exposed the office of the Pres of the US to the largest scandal this Country has ever seen - a preemptive war based on cooked information by its leaders. That's enough to get Cheney's pacemaker an extra surge. Posted by: mainsailset \| February 06, 2007 at 19:02 EW, Just wanted to say that this is a truly excellent post. One can only imagine how frustrated Fitz and the investigators are (its crystal clear that they, too, know that Libby is lying for Cheney). This post was such a great and convincing read. Posted by: Jim E. \| February 06, 2007 at 20:22 Absolutely, Mainsail. Here's the link to Josh Marshall's incredibly prescient piece on how Cheney's intellect and judgment were vastly overrated--in the Jan-Feb 2003 Monthly. Too bad no one listened. Posted by: Mimikatz \| February 06, 2007 at 20:28 Noted at the end of the last live blog thread at FDL that Scooter's 11-JUN schedule was marked "Draft 2"... But it also had a meeting scheduled with former Ambassador Blackwill, one of the "Vulcans", the hardcore neo-cons who brought us Iraq. Was this a pre-interview for the deputy NSA role, or an extremely brief exit interview? Or did Blackwill have information? Wonder if Wilson could say whether he knew Blackwill well enough to this end; would Blackwill be able to confirm anything on Wilson? Why else would Blackwill meet with Libby, being from State Dept and moving ostensibly to teach at Harvard at that point in time? Probably not very big or important, but still interesting to see all the scurrying going on in OVP's office. Posted by: Rayne \| February 06, 2007 at 20:29 I think early on, there was supposition that we had been the originators of the forgeries in the first place. I agree mimikatz that it seems like there is more. However, I keep remembering the uproar about "the sixteen words" and the fact that it is a high crime to lie to congress and senate. I think that could be the crux of it. (following Clintons lie and impeachment perhaps adding to the panic??) It's one thing to tell a lie to the people but it's a whole 'nother thing to lie to congress which resulted in congressfolks and senators voting for war based on being completely misled. If we were the originators of the forgeries...lord I can't remember where I read this very early on...David corn?? No, we should ask eRiposte if there is any evidence of this. That would of course increase the likelihood that they could be prosecuted for treason. I think the war profiteering is some how related as well, because HOLY COW!! the testimony today on c-span makes it pretty clear that BIG Bucks have lined the pockets of many big corporations and certainly gives motive for the lies. These folks are so brazenly using power to keep us all "under their thumbs" and I just don't think this democracy has ever faced such a strongly stubborn refusal to "be democratic" on the part of any of our leaders. I am no history buff, but the scope and scale of this behavior seems unprecedented. Posted by: katie Jensen \| February 06, 2007 at 21:22 Are we sure that the Brewster Jennings connection doesn't point to the WMD case in Iran? That's Cheney's additional motive to out Plame, once he realizes she's in play. Posted by: ten.gtd \| February 06, 2007 at 21:25 Thanks, emptywheel. I'd never be able to make sense of this without you. Mimikatz, you hit the nail on the head. Wilson's op-ed in the NYT was nothing the administration couldn't lie its way out of. It was a minor annoyance at best. But if we knew the yellowcake report was cooked from the get-go... Ouch. Headache. Posted by: creeper \| February 06, 2007 at 21:42 Just ask Laura Rozen over at War and Piece who's responsible for the forgeries. eRiposte, too. They've got it nailed. And best of all, it's Stephen Hadley at the heart of it all. Yep, Hadley. Surprised? I thought not. Posted by: Canuck Stuck in Muck \| February 06, 2007 at 23:12 Point of information: Fitzgerald just filed a motion in limine to preclude Mitchell's testimony - basically, the idea is that the defense shouldn't get to ask her about her pre-July 14 2003 knowledge of Plame simply in order to impeach her with her prior inconsistent statement (which she repudiated) suggesting she did know. The problem, according to Fitzgerald, is that that would allow the defense to get in that prior statement that she did know, which otherwise would be inadmissible. Posted by: Jeff \| February 07, 2007 at 00:40 Hi there, I am a reader of Swopa's blog and since no one is there right now I thought I'd come over here. I emailed Jason Leopold , who seems to be the only reporter that has a friggin court transcript, abotu the 1x2x6 and this is what he emailed back from the transcript. MR. JEFFRESS: YOUR HONOR, THEY DON'T NEED THIS ARTICLE, OR THIS ACCUSSATION WHICH HE THINK IS TOTALLY UNTRUE, BASED ON MR. FITZGERALD'S INVESTIGATION THAT TWO TOP OFFICIALS TOLD SIX WASHINGTON JOURNALISTS -- IF THAT'S TRUE WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE. WE KNOW ABOUT MR. ARMITAGE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT TWO WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS DO ANYTHING. AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, AFTER MR. FITZGERALD'S INVESTIGATION, THIS IS UNTRUE. MR. FITZGERALD: YOUR HONOR, BESIDES MR. ARMITAGE, I THINK I HAVE GIVEN THE DEFENSE DISCOVERY ABOUT THE OTHERS AND THAT WE BELIEVE THe SUBSTANCE OF THIS STORY IS TRUE. WE ARE NOT OFFERING IT INTO EVIDENCE FOR THE TRUTH. WE ARE OFFERING IT TO SHOW MR. LIBBY'S STATE OF MIND. BUT IT IS WRONG FOR MR. WELLS TO SAY THIS PARTICULAR STORY IS UNTRUE. THE TWO TOP OFFICIALS IS CORRECT. Posted by: john \| February 07, 2007 at 01:57 As our mired Canadian friend notes, it's pretty clear that the forgeries were a product of SISMI, the Italian intelligence service, with "plausible deniability". I think it's possible that what was alarming OVP was either (1) somebody about to leak, on an equally plausible basis, that the US Intelligence Community was well aware that the "raw intelligence" (i.e., the forged documents) supporting the uranium claims was bogus all along or (2) worse still, that the Intelligence Community had reason to suspect that the Italians had been put up to it by well-connected people in Washington. It must also be said that the OVP people might have also been agitated by CIA "incompetence" in that certain Agency officials were only too willing to play along with the uranium story (e.g., passing around poor and partial translations instead of the originals, which couldn't withstand even slight scrutiny) but were permitting "rogue elements" (i.e., actual professionals) to spoil things by permitting the truth to get out. So Cheney decided to take a scalp (Valerie Plame) pour encourager les autres. And they clearly thought that any leak investigation would disappear as quietly as did the investigation of the forgeries. Posted by: DeWitt Grey \| February 07, 2007 at 07:44 But the important point about these talking points is that Cheney references Wilson's op-ed. As hard as Libby tries, he cannot claim that Cheney only read Wilson's op-ed after the Novak article. Cheney uses an attack--the ridiculous attack about Wilson going pro bono--that he wrote in his op-ed talking points in the talking points he dictated to Martin on July 8. Theoretically it could be the other way around. Cheney uses what he dictated to Martin on July 8 to later write on the op-ed. But the question ought to be - Give all the talking points he has already written, why would he need to go back to the Wilson op-ed a week later and write those talking points given that he has already written much more detailed talking points? Posted by: Pete \| February 07, 2007 at 09:08 Taken in context can there be any doubt that the outing of Valerie Plame was deliberate and done to shut down her operation within the agency. The fact that her husband had written a critical Op-ed was a pretext. Cheyney didn't need what he perceived to be renegade elements within the agency exposing the lies he was using to market his illegal war. When Wilson debunked the uranium myth, I'm sure Cheyney and his lieutenants concluded the chain of events that produced Wilson's column came directly out of Plame's group and he was going to make Plame pay. When one considers the evolving plan to escalate the war into Iran and the fact that the Brewster-Jennings operation was centered on Iran, isn't it convenient that there isn't a reliable agency source for informtion on Iran to stand in Cheyney's way. Posted by: felonious \| February 07, 2007 at 09:53 Orion and Mimikatz I think that if you add "addicted to acting in secrecy" to intimidation and acts of revenge you may have the essence of Dick Cheney. He has always operated below the radar until, as Vice President, the coverage given him by the Republican Congress was withdrawn. As we used to say in the Viet Nam era, he is used to diddly-bopping along fat, dumb and happy and simply didn't realize he had entered into someone's gunsights. Always before Secrecy, intimidation and acts of revenge protected him. Suddenly he is in the spotlight and his whole world has come undone. (I hope.) Posted by: Rick B \| February 07, 2007 at 10:16 Rayne: Blackwill appears to have been primarily concerned with convincing India to send troops to Iraq at that time. Robert D. Blackwill was ambassador to India in 2003, but announced his resignation on 4/21/03. He seems to have been in Washington on 6/13/03 from the tone of a "White House Bulletin" that quotes him as saying: "The terrorism emanating from Pakistan has not ended. The entire Administration from the President on down is determined to do everything we can to end terrorism against India." The Washington Times reported on 6/16/03 that he was New Delhi the prior week trying to encourage India to get involved in Iraq based on the threat of terrorism coming from Pakistan. According to a Times article from 7/15/03 he had been involved with State in trying to convince India to send troops to Iraq, the article was written by John Kifner after the Indians announced they were not willing to join the coalition. In some quarters this was seen as a diplomatic failure and a bad precedent. Blackwill also seems to have been behind this effort: "In February, India quietly ousted three Iraqi diplomats who had been slated to open a consulate in Bombay." A 5/5/03 article in the Washington Times notes that, and quotes Armitage met Balckwell a few weeks earlier (presumably in the US because the article was on the occasion of Armitage's upcoming visit to India). On 8/15/03 he was named "deputy assistant to President Bush and coordinator for strategic planning under National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice" according to AP that day. Many mentions of him follow as Bush's (read: Condi's) special envoy to Iraq ever the next period. It is worth noting that there were bombings in Bombay in in late July and in August of 2003 that were blamed on Islamic terrorism. Robert D. Blackwill resigned in November 2004 as the "White House's top official on Iraq policy" (other accounts identify him as White House deputy national security adviser for strategic planning and President Bush's envoy to Iraq) according to a 11/12/04 WaPo article that also notes he "was widely considered one of the top prospects to replace her as national security adviser if she took another job in the administration" (replacing Hadley, a possibility first raised in a WaPo article from 6/27/03). Apparently he was a Rice mentor and confidante. The story indicates he assaulted a subordinate. He had also been part of Bush's original foreign policy transition team. Posted by: MarkC \| February 07, 2007 at 11:35 I have read all of eRiposte's stuff, both at FDL and Left Coaster, but I confess I canpt always keep it all straight. It would make sense that someone in our gov't or allied therewith used SISMI as a cutout to actually produce the Niger forgeries, and since Berlusconi wanted to curry favor with Bush, SISMI kept pushing them. I do remember Hadley being the vehicle that brought them back when everyone else discounted them. Hadley at that time was Cheney's man at the NSC, IIRC. So much for him having integrity. No honor among thieves. Posted by: Mimikatz \| February 07, 2007 at 12:34 Of course this whole trial, the accumulation of all the Plame furor and "stuff," and the subsequent prosecution and media frenzy is now hanging on questions about Mr Libby's memory. freepatriot is actually correct about that point. Holes have been found in the witnesses testimony against Libby but still there are a lot of witnesses, holes or not, against him. ... and his own notes. And by comparison everyone else in the office being forthcoming and ok with Fitzgerald. Only Mr Libby sticks out like the proverbial errant nail head. The idea that normal business kept his mind off key on these events is looking very stretched. Yes it is a 12 person jury, but it is a Washington, DC jury, and Mr Libby works for very disliked people. I would say that Wells needs to pull a rabbit out of the hat, unless he feels he has enough for a good appeal. I dealt with a man once whose idea and project I believed in but he had screwed up bad on his progress, and he and the project were about to be flushed. I had the technical input, but was far from the only decider unless I wished to put my neck on the block also. I talked to him a while about the seriousness of the matter, and gently asked about some things I thought I might have glimpsed. He opened up to me after a while for he was in real despair. 15 years of work and his good name were about to go down the drain. It turned out, he was distracted because of several things but one was his wife. He had thought she might be cheating on him. Nothing came of it, but he was depressed and worried anyway. I keyed my final report on his personal distress at home, and the fact that now things were ok on the home front, and that he was going into marriage counseling and also that he was willing to forgo a percentage of his options that were worth about half a million. He was given a further chance but on a short lease. It should be time for Wells to bring in some big guns, at least Libby with a real good story as to his memory lapses. If indeed something like I described above is the problem, then his lovely wife quietly sobbing over in the front row while he testifies would work wonders. Posted by: Jodi \| February 07, 2007 at 13:13 Shedd Pincus had something on the NSC being involved in October 2003, maybe Shedd, per the Fitzgerald mention at the end of the Libby testimony. The FBI is trying to determine when White House officials and members of the vice president's staff first focused on Wilson and learned about his wife's employment at the agency. One group that may have known of the connection before that time is the handful of CIA officers detailed to the White House, where they work primarily on the National Security Council staff. A former NSC staff member said one or more of those officers may have been aware of the Plame-Wilson relationship. WaPo 10/12/03 Posted by: Pollyusa \| February 07, 2007 at 14:37 from the Grand Jury Transcript: scooter admitted that NO JOURNALISTS MENTIONED VALERIE PLAME TO HIM before he (scooter) mentioned Valerie Plame to the reporters F: Did Cooper say he had heard about the wife before, when you told him L: Don't think so F: Did Miller? L: Don't think so. F: Did Kessler? L: Don't know if I told Kessler that day, but whenever it was, don't think so. F: So no reporter told you they had already heard about it when you told them? L: (pause) No. the reporters were the firewall between scooter and an indictment on IIPA charges now we learn that scooter can't name a single reporter who knew Valerie Plame's identity Posted by: freepatriot \| February 07, 2007 at 16:19 Pollyusa, I think your point is well taken, largely because NSC Directors have always had staff to staff relationships with their opposite numbers in the appropriate departments, and Non-Proliferation in NSC would have had structured relationships with State personnel, with CIA personnel, and with Energy Department Personnel particularly when they needed expert technical guidence. As conceived, NSC is unlike most Government Bureaucracies, it is flat, has Directors and small staffs, and is intended to merge information coming from all relevant departments and agencies so as to advise the President. Plame-Wilson headed a significant piece of CIA in this specific area. I would suspect that all who dealt with non-proliferation matters at NSC probably knew her -- whether they knew her past, her covert identity and all that (or even who she had married and had twins with) we still don't know. Best guess is that she projected an identity very much in line with title. Posted by: Sara \| February 07, 2007 at 18:46 Jodi says...... "If indeed something like I described above is the problem, then his lovely wife quietly sobbing over in the front row while he testifies would work wonders." Jodi, you have presented yourself on this blog as someone concerned about some family members who are in service and deployed -- and now you want a case about how this country and all its assets and its service members got into a war of choice based on damn lies, decided by a poor wife crying in court. That is a very strange sort of patriotism, and also a profound underestimation of the seriousness of the Jury System. This trial, as I follow it on Firedoglake, is not at all subject to emotionalism or sexism or even racism -- it is remarkably free of all that -- and I hope the Judge keeps it that way. Look, Scooter Libby made at least 5 million trying to get a pardon for Mark Rich, deal finally closed by Lanny Davis last heard of in defense of Lieberman. He made lots more in his practice over the years, and I am sure he has put a bit away, so even if he does don Orange Jumpsuits and go to the Hoose Cow, his wife will be nicely fixed with her home in MacLean. If you want to get all tearful about Daddy's going to prison, go to any County Court any day and you'll see plenty of examples of women left to support kids with no trust funds available to make the bills or buy the food and pay the rent. And yea, they cry in court too when their Husbands get convicted for much less consequential matters, matters that are not based on telling lies that lead to war sold as lies that involves killing American Service People. Posted by: Sara \| February 07, 2007 at 19:13 Thank you Sara. This is not a parlor game. The tears shed by American & Iraqi families are the only ones that count here. Posted by: mainsailset \| February 07, 2007 at 22:10 Mark C -- thanks for the additional details. Haven't revisited Scooter's schedule, but I thought Blackwill had 20 minutes allotted. Seems awfully slim for a discussion about Indian troops, as is the overall window of time between his departure from his post, accepting a position at Harvard and the deputy NSA role. Odd, especially for one of the The Vulcans. Marcy -- hey, look what I found...I think you could have a BLAST with this, especially with stuff like Dick's talking points: http://www.free-timeline.com/timeline.jsp Posted by: Rayne \| February 07, 2007 at 22:20 I will have to call you on that Sara, and maybe mainsailset too if I understand what he/she are saying. I only referred to the type strategy that desperate men might employ, and how it seems to be the only type thing at this time that can get Mr Libby from being convicted. And I even prefaced it with "If indeed something like I described above is the problem." For you two to reflect that bit of intellectual musing onto my patriotism seems to be me both far fetched and wretched, but then earlier Sara mused a bit herself and broached the idea of Judge Walton sentencing Mr Libby to 40 years like was done in Watergate in order to wring some kind of confession out of him. I would venture that Sara would normally be against torture, which a 40 year sentence for lying about a inconsequential timetable would be. And she would even normally say that it wouldn't get honest results, but only get what the torturers forced the tortured to say. But then sometimes people say that "the ends justify the means" whether they are lawyers, or bloggers. Posted by: Jodi \| February 07, 2007 at 23:18 Jodi -- thanks for reminding us what kind of pathetic crap the defense may yet try to pull out of their backsides to save Scooter's *ss. Like encouraging Scooter's pretty and much younger spouse to cry in the courtroom -- shades of both Alito's and Thomas' wives at their confirmation hearings -- and in front of a 75% female jury. As you pointed out, "the ends justify the means." The office of the Vice President is well acquainted with this phrase and have shown only too well they will co-opt media to subvert justice; why not display a puling wife? Or send out persistent trolls to obstruct well-reasoned conversations among progressives about the trial, drawing attention away from the objects of their attention? Posted by: Rayne \| February 08, 2007 at 08:36 MARCY -- you there? Isikoff, Dickerson and York on NPR's Diane Rehm Show NOW -- call to ask questions: [email protected] 1-800-433-8850 York, again...must be the right-wing posterchild/point man for this, probably not enough paying work these days. Posted by: Rayne \| February 08, 2007 at 10:26 what's the matter jodi ??? somebody drop a house on your sister ??? having scooter's wife cry for the jury, that's all you got ??? where I come from, making scooter's wife cry would be a MIGHTY VICTORY I'm gonna enjoy watching mrs scooter cry as scooter is led away in handcuffs I don't even feel sorry for the poor little trolls like you who are reduced to this pathetic ranting Posted by: freepatriot \| February 08, 2007 at 17:16 Man, Jodi sounds as hopeful about this trial as I was about Dick getting indicted. Jodi, have you no ability to see a thing for what it is? These guys are the biggest bunch of manipulating liars, perhaps in the history of the country. Libby is protecting a conspiracy that is going to be costing you and your kids for years. They are smart, connected, and ruthless. They care nothing for the truth. It's a miracle Fitz was able to nail them for anything. Quit rooting for them, they are your enemies. I mean really, are you just playing devil's advocate, or do you really have some irrational attachment to these dopes. I'm not asking you to fall in love with the Dems, I'm not. I just hate liars and thieves and crooks. So Jodi, up against the wall. Where do you stand? Cheney administration, crooks or patriots? Spit it out plain and simple.
0.95323	Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (listen); 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive... More Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (listen); 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Not commercially successful, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, eventually leading to his suicide at age thirty-seven. Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet, and thoughtful. As a young man, he worked as an art dealer, often traveling, but became depressed after he was transferred to London. He turned to religion and spent time as a Protestant missionary in southern Belgium. He drifted in ill health and solitude before taking up painting in 1881, having moved back home with his parents. His younger brother Theo supported him financially; the two kept a long correspondence by letter. His early works, mostly still lifes and depictions of peasant labourers, contain few signs of the vivid colour that distinguished his later work. In 1886, he moved to Paris, where he met members of the avant-garde, including Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin, who were reacting against the Impressionist sensibility. As his work developed he created a new approach to still lifes and local landscapes. His paintings grew brighter as he developed a style that became fully realised during his stay in Arles in the South of France in 1888. During this period he broadened his subject matter to include series of olive trees, wheat fields and sunflowers. Van Gogh suffered from psychotic episodes and delusions and though he worried about his mental stability, he often neglected his physical health, did not eat properly and drank heavily. His friendship with Gauguin ended after a confrontation with a razor when, in a rage, he severed part of his own left ear. He spent time in psychiatric hospitals, including a period at Saint-Rémy. After he discharged himself and moved to the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, he came under the care of the homeopathic doctor Paul Gachet. His depression persisted, and on 27 July 1890, Van Gogh is believed to have shot himself in the chest with a revolver, dying from his injuries two days later. Van Gogh was commercially unsuccessful during his lifetime, and he was considered a madman and a failure. As he only became famous after his suicide, he came to be seen as a misunderstood genius in the public imagination. His reputation grew in the early 20th century as elements of his style came to be incorporated by the Fauves and German Expressionists. He attained widespread critical and commercial success over the ensuing decades, and is remembered as an important but tragic painter whose troubled personality typifies the romantic ideal of the tortured artist. Today, Van Gogh's works are among the world's most expensive paintings to have ever sold, and his legacy is honoured by a museum in his name, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which holds the world's largest collection of his paintings and drawings. Author information powered by Wikipedia.org More From This Author Related Inspiration Hide or Report Quote × Don't want to see this quote? If this image is offensive, misquoted or sized incorrectly, please report. If you do not wish to see this image any longer, feel free to hide it!
0.909613	ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe into the lungs. Instead, the ECMO process basically functions as a heart and lungs outside of the body — routing the blood via tubing to a machine that oxygenates it, then pumps it back into the patient. Blake Farmer/Nashville Public Radio Blake Farmer/Nashville Public Radio Hospital discharge day for Phoua Yang was more like a pep rally. On her way rolling out of Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, she teared up as streamers and confetti rained down on her. Nurses chanted her name as they wheeled her out of the hospital for the first time since she arrived in February with COVID-19, barely able to breathe. The 38-year-old mother is living proof of the power of ECMO — a method of oxygenating a patient’s blood outside the body, then pumping it back in. Her story helps explain why a shortage of trained staff who can run the machines that perform this extracorporeal membrane oxygenation has become such a pinch point as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge. “One hundred forty six days is a long time,” Yang says of the time she spent on the ECMO machine. “It’s been like a forever journey with me.” For nearly five months, Yang had blood pumping out a hole in her neck and running through the rolling ECMO cart by her bed. ECMO is the highest level of life support — beyond a ventilator, which pumps oxygen via a tube through the windpipe, down into the lungs. The ECMO process, in contrast, basically functions as a heart and lungs outside the body. The process, more often used before the pandemic for organ transplant candidates, is not a treatment. But it buys time for the lungs of patients who have COVID-19 to heal. Often they’ve been on a ventilator for a while. Even when it’s working well, a ventilator can have its own side-effects after prolonged use — including nerve damage or damage to the lung itself through the excessive air pressure. Doctors often describe ECMO as a way to let the lungs “rest” — especially useful when even ventilation isn’t fully oxygenating a patient’s blood. Many more people could benefit from ECMO than are receiving it, which has made for a messy triaging of treatment that could escalate in the coming weeks as the delta variant surges across the South and in rural communities with low vaccination rates. ECMO is labor intensive and expensive The ECMO logjam primarily stems from just how many people it takes to care for each patient. A one-on-one nurse is required, 24 hours a day. The staff shortages that many hospitals in hot zones are facing compound the problem. Yang says she sometimes had four or five clinical staff members helping her when she needed to take a daily walk through the hospital halls to keep her muscles working. One person’s job was just to make sure no hoses kinked as she moved, since the machine was literally keeping her alive. Of all the patients treated in an ICU, those on ECMO require the most attention, says nurse Kristin Nguyen who works in the ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “It’s very labor-intensive,” she tells us one morning, after a one-on-one shift with an ECMO patient who had already been in the ICU three weeks. The Extracorporeal Life Support Association says the average ECMO patient with COVID-19 spends two weeks on the machine, though many physicians say their patients average a month or more. “These patients take so long to recover, and they’re eating up our hospital beds because they come in and they stay,” Nguyen says. “And that’s where we’re getting in such a bind.” Too few hospitals are equipped to handle such patients It’s not that there aren’t enough ECMO machines to go around or the high cost — which is estimated at $5,000 a day or significantly more, depending on the hospital. “There are plenty of ECMO machines — it’s people who know how to run it,” says Dr. Robert Bartlett, a retired surgeon at the University of Michigan who helped pioneer the technology. Every children’s hospital has ECMO, where it’s regularly used on newborns who are having trouble with their lungs. But Bartlett says prior to the pandemic, there was no point in training teams elsewhere to use ECMO when they might only use the technology a few times a year. It’s a fairly high risk intervention with little room for error. And it requires a round-the-clock team. “We really don’t think it should be that every little hospital has ECMO,” Bartlett says. Bartlett says his research team is working to make it so ECMO can be offered outside an ICU — and possibly even send patients home with a wearable device. But that’s years away. Only the largest medical centers offer ECMO currently, and that’s meant most hospitals in the south have been left waiting to transfer patients to a major medical center during the recent pandemic surge. But there’s no formal way to make those transfers happen. And the larger hospitals have their own COVID patients eligible for ECMO who would be willing to try it. “We have to make tough choices. That’s really what it comes down to — how sick are you, and what’s the availability?” says Dr. Harshit Rao, chief clinical officer overseeing ICU doctors with physician services firm Envision. He works with ICUs in Dallas and Houston. There is no formal process for prioritizing patients, though a national nonprofit has started a registry. And there’s limited data on which factors make some patients who have COVID-19more likely to benefit from ECMO than others. A surge of younger patients has increased the demand for ECMO ECMO has been used in the United States throughout the pandemic. But there wasn’t as much of a shortage early on when the people dying from COVID-19 tended to be older. ECMO is rarely used for anyone elderly or with health conditions that would keep them from seeing much benefit. Even before the pandemic, there was intense debate about whether ECMO was just an expensive “bridge to nowhere” for most patients. Currently, the survival rate for COVID-19 patients on ECMO is roughly 50% — a figure that has been dropping as more families of sicker patients have been pushing for life-support. But the calculation is different for the younger people who make up this summer’s wave of largely unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in ICUs. So there’s more demand for ECMO. “I think it’s 100% directed at the fact that they’re younger patients,” says Dr. Mani Daneshmand, who leads the transplant and ECMO programs at Emory University Hospital. Even as big as Emory is, the Atlanta hospital is turning down multiple requests a day to transfer COVID-19 patients who need ECMO, Daneshmand says. And calls are coming in from all over the Southeast. “When you have a 30-year-old or 40-year-old or someone who has just become a parent, you’re going to call. We’ve gotten calls for 18-year-olds,” he says. “There are a lot of people who are very young who are needing a lot of support, and a lot of them are dying.” Even for younger people, who tend to have better chances on ECMO, many are debilitated afterward. Laura Lyons was a comedian with a day job in New York City before the pandemic. Though just 31 years old when she came down with COVID-19, she nearly died. ECMO, she says, saved her life. But she may never be the same. “I was running around New York City a year and half ago, and now I’m in a wheelchair,” she says. “My doctors have told me I’ll be on oxygen forever, and I’m just choosing not to accept that. I just don’t see my life attached to a cord.” Lyons now lives at her parents’ house in central Massachusetts, and spends most days doing physical therapy. Her struggle to regain her strength continues, but she’s alive. Some families take their plea for ECMO public Since it’s kind of the wild west to even get someone an ECMO bed, some families have made their desperation public, as their loved one waits on a ventilator. As soon as Toby Plumlee’s wife was put on a ventilator in August, he started pressing her doctors about ECMO. She was in a north Georgia community hospital, and the family searched for help at bigger hospitals — looking 500 miles in every direction. “But the more you research, the more you read, the more you talk to the hospital, the more you start to see what a shortage it really is,” he says. “You get to the point, the only thing you can do is pray for your loved one — that they’re going to survive.” Plumlee says his wife made it to sixth in line at a hospital 200 miles away — Centennial Medical Center where Phoua Yang was finishing her 146-day ECMO marathon. Yang left with a miracle. Plumlee and their children were left in mourning. His wife died before ever getting ECMO — a few days after turning 40. This story was produced as part of NPR’s partnership with Kaiser Health News and Nashville Public Radio.
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0.999972	Some students at the University of Ottawa are denouncing an on-campus display that calls psychiatry an "industry of death," saying it further stigmatizes people who need medication to treat mental health conditions. The multi-media exhibit in the Jock Turcot University Centre is sponsored by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a group founded 50 years ago by the Church of Scientology. The display includes a panel titled "inventing disorders to sell drugs," and another linking psychiatry to the practice of eugenics in Nazi Germany. End of article at: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/uottawa-psychiatry-protest-1.5443534 peterstorm, Jan 29, 2020 #1 Like x 1 Jaycee Wiseboy Member Robert Dobson-Smith has been in Scientology forever. He was in the Guardian's Office since the early 1970s and he has been self-brainwashing for even longer. His anti-psychiatry crusade goes back just as long. Silly boy. Jaycee Wiseboy, Jan 29, 2020 #2 Like x 1 COS and NOI News Member Students condemn Scientology linked anti-psychiatry exhibit at U of O. https://thefulcrum.ca/news/students-condemn-scientology-linked-anti-psychiatry-exhibit-at-u-of-o/ COS and NOI News, Jan 29, 2020 #3 Like x 2 peterstorm Member At Concordia University in Montreal a couples years ago: peterstorm, Jan 29, 2020 #4 Like x 1 peterstorm Member "Jaycee Wiseboy said: ↑ Robert Dobson-Smith has been in Scientology forever. He was in the Guardian's Office since the early 1970s and he has been self-brainwashing for even longer. His anti-psychiatry crusade goes back just as long. Silly boy. He's a "6X humanitarian" donor to the Toronto ideal org. TorontoTwomey peterstorm, Jan 29, 2020 #5 COS and NOI News Member Students protest exhibition that calls psychiatry 'an industry of death’ RAW: Confrontation between uOttawa student and a woman who identified herself as a Scientologist COS and NOI News, Jan 30, 2020 #6 Like x 1 COS and NOI News Member uOttawa students protest exhibition that calls psychiatry 'an industry of death' https://ottawacitizen.com/news/loca...on-that-calls-psychiatry-an-industry-of-death * * * * * BEGIN EXCERPT * * * * * A controversial anti-psychiatry exhibition sponsored by a group affiliated with the Church of Scientology has University of Ottawa students demanding that the show be removed from campus. Among other claims, the free exhibition maintains that the pharmaceutical industry invents mental health conditions in order to sell more drugs and that the justification for the Holocaust was based on eugenics theory advanced in psychiatry and psychology. Titled Psychiatry: An Industry of Death, it is sponsored by a group called the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. The exhibition’s five-day tenure in rented space in the Jock Turcot University Centre ends on Friday. Students say that exhibition’s presence on campus has been jarring, considering that it was launched just after Wellness Week and ran Thursday during Bell Let’s Talk day, which urges people to have conversations about mental health. “They are actively espousing that psychiatry is a farce,” said Jayde Lavoie, a conflict studies and human rights student. Tim Gulliver, a political science student, said he found the exhibition to be “extremely troubling,” especially the inclusion of an image of Adolf Hitler. Gulliver fears the exhibition might discourage students from seeking psychiatric help if they need it. There are valid debates in almost every field of medicine. However, if students have a mental illness and they’re taking medication, they should have no reason to feel questioned, he said. * * * * * END EXCERPT * * * * * COS and NOI News, Jan 30, 2020 #7 COS and NOI News Member Scientology-linked anti-psychiatry exhibit ‘hurtful’ and ‘outrageous’ but won’t be taken down, University of Ottawa president says. https://thefulcrum.ca/news/anti-psy...but-wont-be-taken-down-u-of-o-president-says/ COS and NOI News, Jan 31, 2020 #8 Like x 1 Jaycee Wiseboy Member I am so impressed with these young people. If I was there I would congratulate them on their common sense and activism. As for CCHR, they are assholes. They just don't know it. Jaycee Wiseboy, Jan 31, 2020 #9 COS and NOI News Member "The Scientologists at #uottawa have set up barricades around their exhibit. What's the point of an exhibit if nobody is allowed in? https://twitter.com/UntitledAlgo/status/1223327951128801281 COS and NOI News, Jan 31, 2020 #10 Jaycee Wiseboy Member COS and NOI News said: ↑ "The Scientologists at #uottawa have set up barricades around their exhibit. What's the point of an exhibit if nobody is allowed in? https://twitter.com/UntitledAlgo/status/1223327951128801281 View attachment 273721 Yeah, Scientology definitely makes you smarter. LOL! I hope they always do stupid shit like this in public. Jaycee Wiseboy, Jan 31, 2020 #11 peterstorm Member COS and NOI News said: ↑ "The Scientologists at #uottawa have set up barricades around their exhibit. What's the point of an exhibit if nobody is allowed in?
0.952739	There is nothing worse than having to suffer through a brutally hot day with an air conditioner that is not big enough to cool your home. Conversely, an air conditioner that is too large for your home is a waste of money. Fortunately, there are ways of determining exactly what size air conditioner you need. Calculating Your BTU Usage The first thing you need to do is calculate how many British Thermal Units (BTUs) your home requires. You can use this handy BTU calculator to determine this. You will need to perform this calculation for each room in your home, including hallways, closets and vestibules, and then you must add all these numbers together to get your total BTU requirement. However, if you already know how many square feet your home has, you can also use this handy chart: 100 – 150 square feet: 5,000 BTUs 150 – 250 square feet: 6,000 BTUs 250 – 300 square feet: 7,000 BTUs 300 – 350 square feet: 8,000 BTUs 350 – 400 square feet: 9,000 BTUs 400 – 450 square feet: 10,000 BTUs 450 – 500 square feet: 12,000 BTUs 500 – 700 square feet: 14,000 BTUs 700 – 1,000 square feet: 18,000 BTUs 1,000 – 1,200 square feet: 21,000 BTUs 1,200 – 1,400 square feet: 23,000 BTUs 1,400 – 1,500 square feet: 24,000 BTUs 1,500 – 2,000 square feet: 30,000 BTUs 2,000 – 2,500 square feet: 34,000 BTUs Choosing an Air Conditioner When buying an air conditioner, you should select one that either provides or comes close providing the amount of BTUs you home requires. All conditioners are labeled with the amount of BTUs they provide. Keep in mind, though, that the chart above tells you how many BTUs you will require under ideal conditions. There are a number of variables that can alter this calculation. Sunlight and Shade If any of the rooms in your home get a lot of sun, you should raise the BTU requirements of that room by 10%. Conversely, if any of the rooms are well shaded, you can reduce the BTU requirements of that home by 10%. The Number of Room Occupants BTU requirements for a room increase based on the number of occupants. BTU calculations in the chart assume that there will be at most 2 people in a room, but if more than two people occupy a room, you need to add 600 BTUs for each additional person. Kitchens Kitchens usually contain appliances that generate heat, such as an oven or a stove, and because of this they must have their BTU requirements increased by 4,000 BTUs to offset the heat. Getting Help If all these calculations seem overwhelming, all is not lost. You can have a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) specialist come to your home to determine exactly what size air conditioner you need and the AC unit cost. Doing this is far better than taking a chance that your new air conditioner will not cool your home properly.
0.755699	At a young age, William Nettles wanted to be a doctor like his father. He started to prepare for the rigorous academic path in 7th grade as he charted course options with his advisors. Will continued with academic achievements through high school, reaching out for tutors to secure top grades in class. He paid for SAT prep courses and took standardized exams multiple times, which earned him high scores, enough to gain entry into some of the top institutions in the country. But last spring, colleges and universities made a wide-sweeping decision that changed the way students have traditionally been admitted to schools. In the worlds of PSAT, SAT, ACT, superscores and test-optional, COVID-19 forged unusual pathways in late spring 2021 regarding the college admissions process. Some schools across the nation were already moving toward test-optional admissions before the pandemic, but now more colleges and universities are offering varying (or temporary) options for the 2021-2022 applicants. These new approaches are untraditional in that they do not interpret a sole standardized test score as the fulcrum of future academic success. For students like Will, this means the trend toward de-emphasizing SAT scores is growing. Although most Ivy League institutions still weigh standardized test scores, a shift has occurred in many accredited four-year universities and colleges. Flexibility in the admission process allows students sway in how to represent their strengths to admissions officers. Test scores become only one component of the larger application history, giving candidates more academic real estate to present themselves on paper. For test-optional colleges, the buzzword in admissions offices is the “wholistic candidate approach” which is used for an applicant’s academic evaluation. This approach considers the full four-year (high school) profile, weighing extracurricular activities/interests and academic initiatives along with recommendations from teachers or employers. By examining “the whole” applicant history, colleges feel they can better determine the overall fit and potential achievements of students on their campuses. In addition to test-optional, there seem to be two other paths emerging in the admissions process for students. The second option is test-flexible which houses different requirements in place of the SAT. Those options might permit a minimum GPA for a specific program or AP/IB scores instead of the SAT (requirements vary from college to college). Test-blind admissions are the least prevalent among American universities and colleges, but some institutions are proponents of it. Colleges that have this policy do not consider SAT scores as part of the student’s entrance portfolio: They will not accept SAT/ACT scores as part of the application process. This unconventional approach to admissions could significantly change the way students view their application experience to colleges and universities in the future. A Cautionary Word While schools move to downplay standardized test scores, there are valid reasons to exercise caution when deciding whether to have your child opt out of taking the exams. One reason is with the scenario of two applicants whose extracurriculars, GPAs and letters of recommendation are near identical. If one of the applicants submits a high test score, institutions are apt to accept this candidate over another who does not. In U.S. News and World Report’s article, “How Recent Events Reshaped College Admission,” Clark Brigger, executive director of admissions at the University of Colorado Boulder explains, “Beyond the possible admissions advantage that testing offers, there is also the matter of scholarships, which may be tied to ACT and SAT scores. You can apply without test scores, but you’re not going to get their best scholarships unless you provide them.” (Paragraph 16) (www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/how-recent-events-reshaped-college-admissions) It remains unclear how this trend will play out in the future. In general, admissions officers are skeptical that the standardized exams will go away altogether. But what they are seeing is a present requirement for applicants to be honest and authentic about their broader academic narratives, which may give rising 2022 seniors the opportunity to provide essays on how they have managed and taken advantage of the last year and a half. It may be no surprise that decision making in higher education follows a piggy-back pattern. Reporter Jeremy Bauer-Wolf describes this scenario regarding the test-out option for schools in 2020 in his article, “How the National Test Optional Experiment Played Out at Colleges,” for www.highereddive.com: Decision-making in higher education is often a case of follow-the-leader. Shifting to test-flexible admissions during the pandemic was no exception. Almost all of the universities in the Ivy League announced they wouldn’t require test scores within about two weeks of each other in June 2020. The same pattern occurred in April of that year with many of the liberal arts schools ranked highest by U.S. News & World Report. Other schools made the same move between the spring and late summer of 2020. (paragraph 9) For a comprehensive list of test-optional schools for 2022, visit www.collegelifetoday.com and search “College Not Requiring SAT.”
0.999979	The holiday season is coming up, and with that time comes plenty of opportunities for you to get together with friends and family to enjoy each other. If it’s your turn to host one of the holiday get-togethers, you might begin to feel nervous as the season draws closer. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways you can make the party you throw go more smoothly, be less stressful for you, and be even more fun for your guests. These are nine of the best tips around. Have Plenty of Seating and Standing Space If you’re hosting a party in a house that’s smaller than what you think you’ll need for the number of people you’re having over, you need to get a little creative with your space. Getting rid of furniture that’s bulky but provides only small amounts of seating might be the best way to go. For instance, you could move the big sectional in your living room to the garage for the time being. Instead, use smaller chairs with cushioned seats to keep things comfortable for guests. You should also plan out the traffic flow if you think that you’re going to have more people than your floor space could normally handle. Finally, think about a space for the kids, who usually want to play when they have the opportunity to be around their cousins or your friends’ children. Prep Ahead As Much As Possible Whenever you’re looking for a way to be prepared, you should look into finding a way to prepare food ahead of time. While there are some things, such as the ham and many of the other hot food items, that taste best when fresh, you can still prepare many of the salads, desserts, and appetizers at least a couple of days before you have your party. If you’re making pickle, ham, and cream cheese rollups, it’s super simple to make these several days before you have your entire group of friends and family at your house. Suggest a Party Theme Yes, we know that you might just go with Christmas or Thanksgiving as your theme, but it can also be fun to have a special theme so that everyone has an opportunity to show off their creativity and maybe even have a contest with it. For instance, ugly Christmas sweaters is a popular one. But you might have your guests do a whole slew of other activities, including coming up with their favorite holiday movie. Keep Plenty of Drinks Around There are only a few things that crash a party worse than running out of drinks. While you might not want to keep so many drinks around that you have guests drinking in huge excess, you also don’t want to run out of festive and tasty treats. At the same time, you don’t want to be stuck in the kitchen making drinks all night. So what are you supposed to do? There are a few tricks that you can incorporate to make sure that you have plenty on hand throughout the party. The first tip is to have plenty of pre-made options available. Make a List It’s incredibly important to know that you have everything covered, and you’ll feel more prepared if you have a list of everything you need to do, all the things you intend to buy, and all of the people you want to invite. This list is the perfect way to ensure you have everything set so you can be comfortable about having everything ready when your guests do finally arrive. Have a Budget While we all want to have a good time around the holiday season, money is one of the biggest things that people stress over during the holiday season. We’re all spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on things related to the holidays, including gifts for other people and food. Set a budget so that you have one less reason to be stressed out. Then you need to hold yourself accountable to it. Let Others Help When you send out the invitations, don’t be surprised if people start calling, asking if you want them to bring a side dish or their best cutout cookies, and you should let them help. It lets your guests feel a sense of pride when they see other people enjoying their contribution, and these seemingly small contributions can cut several hours off your prep time. Have Trash Cans Within Easy Reach The worst part about a party is the clean-up time. Save yourself at least some of the hassle by putting trash cans in strategic places around the rooms where you’ll be having the party. If you have a trash can in plain sight, people are much more likely to decide to throw that paper plate away than if they must weave through lots of people to reach the trash can in the kitchen. Having plenty of places to through garbage away also frees your guests up to socialize with each other rather than search out a place to put their used Solo cups. Plus, you could cut out an hour or more of cleanup time when the guests leave. Use an Itinerary When you host a holiday party, you’ll probably have a few activities planned. There’s nothing worse than realizing you’re way behind schedule and people are starting to leave before you’ve been able to get to some of the best stuff. If you’re having a party and will be doing a white elephant gift exchange or some other well-loved game after dinner, make sure that you have allowed for plenty of time. Hosting a holiday party is a lot of work, but you can make it more enjoyable for your guests and yourself if you have an idea of what you want to accomplish and some ways that you can make it easier on yourself. Use these ideas to make your holiday party more comfortable and fun for your guests and yourself. Happy holidays indeed! Have a Question? If you are a human and are seeing this field, please leave it blank. 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0.867327	'A lot of people need our help here': P.E.I. medical marijuana wellness centre growing rapidly \| CBC News Skip to Main Content Menu Search Search Sign In Quick Links News Sports Radio Music Listen Live TV Watch news Top Stories Local COVID-19 Opinion World Canada Politics Indigenous The National Business Health Entertainment Science CBC News Investigates Go Public Shows About CBC News More 'A lot of people need our help here': P.E.I. medical marijuana wellness centre growing rapidly \| CBC News Loaded PEI 'A lot of people need our help here': P.E.I. medical marijuana wellness centre growing rapidly A company that helps people access and use medical marijuana says the demand for its services in Charlottetown are steadily increasing. Social Sharing Marijuana for Trauma Inc. says number of Charlottetown clients has doubled since January Steve Bruce · CBC News · Posted: Aug 29, 2017 6:00 PM AT \| Last Updated: August 30, 2017 Since January, the number of clients at the Charlottetown branch of Marijuana for Trauma has doubled, from 300 to 600. (Steve Bruce/CBC) A company that helps people access and use medical marijuana says the demand for its services in Charlottetown is steadily increasing. Since January, Marijuana for Trauma's operations manager Eldon Bennett says the number of clients at the Charlottetown office has doubled, from 300 to 600. In January, Marijuana for Trauma moved to a bigger location inside this office building on Allen Street. (Steve Bruce/CBC) "A lot of people need our help here," said Bennett. "We've been able to keep up with the demand, but I think in the near future we'll be hiring another employee to help out. It's getting very busy here." More doctors referring patients The Charlottetown branch of Marijuana for Trauma opened a year ago, initially to offer military veterans advice and assistance in legally obtaining the right medical marijuana to help them deal with PTSD or chronic pain. Since that time, Bennett said more and more non-veterans have come looking for help. He also said at least six P.E.I. family doctors have started referring patients to Marijuana for Trauma. "Doctors are seeing what cannabis can actually do for patients," he said. "But a lot of the doctors don't have the education and the background in cannabis therapy, and they're so busy that it's hard to get the training they need." Doctors are seeing what cannabis can actually do for patients. - Eldon Bennett, Marijuana for Trauma Operations Manager Kim Sheridan said her doctor referred her to Marijuana for Trauma six months ago. She's been regularly using its services ever since. "[My doctor] didn't know what to give me, or how much to give me, or how I should use it or take it," said Sheridan, who has suffered from pain and mobility issues since a workplace injury nearly twenty years ago. "I was smoking it at first. That was the only way I knew. And since I've come here, I've learned that there are oils, and all the different strains and how they help for different issues. It's really been helpful." Kim Sheridan says she started turning to Marijuana for Trauma for help after being referred by her family doctor. (Steve Bruce/CBC) New, bigger office In response to the increased demand, the Charlottetown branch expanded to a bigger office on Allen Street in January. Office manager Tracy Lynn Ellsworth said with the added space, it's able to offer more services. "We have peer support groups where people can come and meet who are in [similar] situations … we're starting yoga classes," she said. "So we're not just about education. We're about providing a family organization and a community." Ellsworth expects the demand will continue to increase, especially if more health benefit plans start covering the cost of medical marijuana, which has been a major topic of discussion in the insurance industry. Charlottetown's office manager Tracy Lynn Ellsworth expects demand will continue to increase, especially if more health benefit plans start covering the cost of medical marijuana. (Steve Bruce/CBC) "I think that's going to have a huge impact if insurance companies start covering this. We'll have more and more clients," she said. Marijuana for Trauma is a division of Canada House, a publicly-traded company. MORE P.E.I. NEWS \| 'Watch what you heat' warns Charlottetown Fire Dept. after kitchen fires MORE P.E.I. NEWS \| Pet parrot on the lam in Summerside Corrections A previous version of this story said Marijuana for Trauma is a non-profit. 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0.999999	The high number of homosexuals within fascist movements worldwide has been commented on by observers from a wide range of political positions. All of the following have at some time been categorized as "fascist" at least by those whose own views are left-wing. Contents 1 Historical examples 1.1 Friedrich Nietzsche 1.2 Adolf Brand 1.3 Ernst Röhm 1.4 Edouard Pfieffer 1.5 Michael Kühnen 1.6 Martin Webster 1.7 Michel Caignet 2 Non-fascists frequently derided as "fascists" by the Left 2.1 Pim Fortuyn 2.2 Alice Weidel 3 Nazism Prevalent in Homosexual Porn and in LGBT Movement 4 References Historical examples Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), the German atheist philosopher whose ideas were an inspiration to Adolf Hitler, is now widely thought to have been homosexual. Sometimes described as the "the state philosopher of the Third Reich", he was never married, and was certainly not interested in women (other than Lou Andreas), although he was very preoccupied in his writings with sexuality. Passages in his own diary and letters suggest homosexuality.[1] The biographer Joachim Kohler has concluded he was homosexual.[2] Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung relate an anecdote that Nietzsche contracted syphilis, from which he died, during a visit to a homosexual brothel in Genoa, Italy.[3][4] Adolf Brand Adolf Brand (1874–1945) created the first homosexual magazine of the 20th century, Der Eigene (the Self-Owner), in Germany. It was elitist and militaristic, a clear forerunner of Nazi ideology. Brand asserted "that gay men were the foundation of all nation-states and represented an elite, warrior caste that should rule. They venerated the ancient warrior cults of Sparta, Thebes and Athens."[5] Ernst Röhm Main article: Ernst Röhm One of the founders of the German Nazi party, he was an open homosexual, finally assassinated on the orders of his rival for power, Adolf Hitler, who may well have been homosexual himself. They first met in 1920, and were close friends for 14 years. Röhm and his SA built Dachau, the first concentration camp. He promoted his homosexual friends to high posts and gave homosexual parties. It has been said by historian Louis Snyder that Röhm "projected a social order in which homosexuality would be regarded as a human behaviour pattern of high repute… He flaunted his homosexuality in public and insisted his cronies do the same. He believed straight people weren’t as adept at bullying and aggression as homosexuals, so homosexuality was given a high premium in the SA." Elie Wiesel, the Jewish Holocaust survivor, records in his writings that there were many homosexual SS guards who exploited boys in the concentration camps. "There existed here a veritable traffic of children among homosexuals."[6] Edouard Pfieffer Edouard Pfieffer, who was a senior minister in the 1930s under the French premier Daladier, influenced the government in a pro-Nazi direction. Historian John Costello writes of Pfeiffer: "As a connoisseur of homosexual decadence, Pfeiffer had few equals, even in Paris. As an officer of the French Boy-Scout movement, his private life was devoted to the seduction of youth." [7] [8] Michael Kühnen See entry on Michael Kühnen German neo-Nazi. Martin Lee, author of a study of European fascism, explains, “For Kuhnen, there was something supermacho about being a Nazi, as well as being a homosexual." Martin Webster See entry on Martin Webster. One of the leaders of the UK National Front, a nationalist and anti-immigration movement in the 1980s, Webster was openly homosexual. Ray Hill, who infiltrated the British fascist movement for twelve years to gather information for anti-fascist groups, said homosexuality is “extremely prevalent” in the British far right, and "at one stage in the 1980s nearly half of the movement’s organisers were gay". Michel Caignet See entry on Michel Caignet, French neo-Nazi. Non-fascists frequently derided as "fascists" by the Left While liberals claim to reject fascism in its totality, and while they falsely deride the following right-wing or conservative individuals as "fascist", these figures reject a heterosexual and biblical lifestyle in addition to their other views. Pim Fortuyn Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, described as a "gay former Marxist professor", ran on an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam platform, that was categorized as racist by leftwing observers. He was openly, flamboyantly homosexual. He was assassinated in May 2002, after opinion polls had predicted he would do very well in the imminent General Election. He was aged 54. His murderer said he shot Fortuyn to protect the Muslims of the Netherlands. [9] [10] Alice Weidel Born 1979, she is the co-leader of the German Alternative für Deutschland party, which opposes immigration, Islamization, and globalism. AfD is classified as "far-right" by the mainstream media. Weidel used to work as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs and Allianz Global Investors. She is openly lesbian and lives in Switzerland for tax reasons with a woman partner originally from Sri Lanka. The couple have adopted two children. They have recently been accused of illegally employing a Syrian refugee as a cleaner. [11] See Also Nicky Crane, UK skinhead icon, and Kenneth Mieske USA skinhead hero. Nazism Prevalent in Homosexual Porn and in LGBT Movement Nazi uniforms are often to be seen in Gay Pride Parades and Nazi themes and images abound in homosexual pornography. Tom of Finland, the artist famous for his sadomasochistic homoerotic art, has been called “the most influential creator of gay pornographic images.” A homosexual commentator, Johann Hari has admitted in the Huffington Post that "Homo-Nazi sites... have bred on the internet like germs in a wound. They have names like Gays Against Semitism (with the charming acronym GAS), and the Aryan Resistance Corps (ARC). Their Rohmite philosophy is simple: while white men are superior to other races, gay men are “the masters of the Master Race”. They alone are endowed with the “capacity for pure male bonding” and the “superior intellect” that is needed for “a fascist revolution.” The ARC even organizes holiday “get-togethers” for its members where “you can relax amongst the company of our fellow white brothers.”[12] [13] References ↑ http://www.glreview.org/article/nietzsches-hidden-trail-of-desire/ ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jun/08/highereducation.philosophy ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Nietzsche/comments/3yltb7/nietzsche_and_homosexuality/ ↑ Forgotten Fatherland: The Search for Elisabeth Nietzsche, Ben Macintyre, 1992. ↑ http://www.glbtqarchive.com/literature/brand_a_lit_L.pdf ↑ Night, by Elie Wiesel, trans. Marion Wiesel. Penguin UK, 2012 ↑ https://aangirfan.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/fascists-spies-and-boy-scouts.html ↑ Closet Queens: Some 20th Century British Politicians By Michael Bloch, Hachette UK, 2015 ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1425944/Fortuyn-killed-to-protect-Muslims.html
0.999933	People’s lives have revolved virtually around technology since the COVID-19 pandemic. When face-to-face interactions are almost impossible, people rely on technology to go to school, conduct business transactions, and connect with their loved ones. As a result, consumers and business owners are discovering more tech capabilities to support their everyday life amid the many physical limitations caused by COVID-19. If there’s one digital solution that gained widespread acceptance during the pandemic, it would be the rise of contactless payments. Today, consumers can now pay for their products and services through their electronic devices. Cash on delivery service is also available to protect businesses from late payments or customers who won’t pay for their orders. In this case, having different payment methods allowed business owners to provide more choices when it comes to payments. Contactless payments have helped businesses offer an efficient and seamless service to their customers. In fact, those who already offer contactless payment fared better than other competitors that rely on traditional payment methods. In this article, we’ll discuss why businesses today should fully embrace contactless payments and their implications for everyday transactions. Increased impulse purchases Compared to traditional payment methods, contactless payment is an effective way to increase the average transaction value per customer. Contactless payments remove the burden from customers when deciding whether they have enough cash on their wallets. They simply have to connect their personal accounts to the website and reduce the total amount of their orders. All these things can be done without taking out any physical cash. Impulse purchases are also more likely, which helps your business boost your revenue. Some businesses even offer discounts and vouchers to customers if they pay through a contactless channel. The more discount the customer gets, the more items they put in their shopping carts. Contactless payments are also an effective marketing platform to further boost customer’s loyalty to the business. Online loyalty programs provide exciting rewards for those who use contactless payments. One example is Starbucks, which uses a reward system for those who submit payments through their application. Reduced business risk Contactless payments offer a secure and safe checkout experience both for customers and the business owner. They provide better security and encryption than credit cards that rely on pins and magnetic stripes to complete transactions. Customers have peace of mind knowing their personal data won’t be easily taken by cybercriminals every time they transact online. Contactless payments use near-field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that avoids skimming information and offers a more secure transaction process. This lessens the likelihood of fraud losses because of the fast authorization time, making it difficult for criminals to obtain the customer’s card information. Contactless payment only takes 30 seconds or less to complete a transaction. Credit card is significantly slower, and it also runs the risk of frauds. With contactless methods, business owners ensure that the money comes from a reputable third-party service. On the other hand, NFC technology ensures secured transactions since there’s no physical contact between the POS and the smartphone or credit. All you have to do is simply tap and go. Contactless payment also lessens the safety risks involved in handling money and cards. You can ensure your employees and customers are completely safe from the possible spread of bacteria and deadly viruses. Eliminates friction One of the greatest drawbacks of the EMV chip is the long transaction time. It also involved friction or direct and indirect costs related to the execution of a monetary transaction. Contactless payments, on the other hand, are a form of frictionless payment that minimizes the friction or barriers of buying, giving customers a smoother purchase experience. In turn, the business doesn’t have to worry about paying additional fees compared to regular credit card transactions. Contactless payments are incredibly faster than credit card transactions. There is no need to waste time digging into your wallet for a credit/debit card and waiting for several seconds to enter the PIN. It saves time since there’s no need to count loose change, both for the customer and cashier staff. 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0.999965	Some GOP strategists aren’t so sure that a Trump move against Mueller's supervisor, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, would spark a massive uproar among most Republicans on Capitol Hill. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky tells reporters he's seen no clear indication Congress needs to pass legislation that would prevent the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2018. Loading... April 13, 2018 By Linda Feldmann Staff writer @linda_feldmann Washington The drumbeat on the right is getting louder: President Trump should fire a key figure in the Russia investigation – not special counsel Robert Mueller, but his supervisor, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Trump allies say. Their stated reason: Mr. Rosenstein has allowed Mr. Mueller to exceed his original mandate, which was to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the possible involvement of Trump associates. The latest example of an expanded mandate – the FBI raid Monday on the hotel room and office of Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer – infuriated the president, and boosted the argument for firing Rosenstein. As president, Trump has the power to fire the deputy attorney general, but such a move – particularly in the service of reining in Mueller or even firing him, too – would be highly controversial. Firing Rosenstein would suggest to the president's critics that he is intent on halting or impeding an investigation that, the latest polls show, a majority of Americans support. Caught in a squeeze are Republican lawmakers, who largely insist Trump at least wouldn’t fire Mueller. “It would be catastrophic,” says Sen. Susan Collins (R) of Maine in an interview with the Monitor. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says Trump firing Mueller would be “suicide.” But lawmakers from both parties had become increasingly anxious it might happen, and crafted bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting Mueller in the event that Trump moves to remove him. The so-called Mueller protection plan was headed for a Senate Judiciary Committee vote next week until partisan infighting among committee leaders threatened to derail the bill. Why abortion fight isn’t over if Roe is overturned Important symbolism Concerns about the constitutionality of the legislation complicate the matter, and even were it to pass both houses of Congress, Trump likely would veto it. But proponents say the effort remains important, as a signal to the president and the American people that the legislative branch is alive to its role in the US system of checks and balances. At its heart, the legislation matters as a symbolic gesture – an attempt to reassure the public that honesty, integrity, and the rule of law are paramount at a time of uncertainty. “Because the political symbolism matters here, it would be most meaningful if Congress can generate a bill with some significant bipartisan support, even if it doesn’t have a veto-proof majority behind it,” says Keith Whittington, a professor of politics at Princeton University. “Even a simple resolution expressing congressional belief in the importance of a thorough and good-faith investigation would be useful, from that perspective.” The “unjustified removal” of Mueller would cross a congressional red line, and would be politically costly, says Professor Whittington. Echoes of President Richard Nixon and the “Saturday Night Massacre,” in which an embattled president ordered the firing of the special prosecutor, would ring loudly. “The story would be, ‘He’s another Nixon; he’s trying to hide something,’ ” says political expert William Schneider, a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. But some Republican strategists aren’t so sure that a Trump move against a top Department of Justice figure – especially Rosenstein – would spark a massive uproar among most Republicans on Capitol Hill. “They will feel they have no choice but to fall in line,” says Ford O’Connell, chairman of the CivicForumPAC. Reliance on Trump's base Rick Tyler, a former top aide to Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign and to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, says he thinks Trump has already decided to fire Rosenstein, and is just waiting for the right moment. And when it happens, he says, don’t expect a big outcry from Republicans. “If you go up to Congress right now, they will say, ‘This would be the end of his presidency,’ ” says Mr. Tyler. “Why? Because they don’t want to be held accountable for when he does fire Rosenstein…. But Trump believes that if he does this, nothing will happen. And I believe that.” Buttressing Trump is the loyalty of his political base – the 20 to 30 percent of the electorate that strongly supports him, almost no matter what. It is those base supporters who form the nucleus of support for Republicans in the House and Senate, making it hard for them to stray too far from the president. Trump has plenty of reason to believe he could fire Rosenstein without mortally wounding his presidency, Tyler says. He fired James Comey as head of the FBI last May, and the ensuing uproar eventually subsided. Another target of presidential ire, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, was fired last month by Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions – and Congress shrugged. Mr. Comey’s return to the public spotlight – with unflattering details about Trump leaking from Comey's soon-to-be-released tell-all book – has given way to more presidential agita. On Twitter Friday morning, Trump called Comey an “untruthful slime ball.” It could be harmless venting, but it could also signal another descent into recriminations over what he sees as the “witch hunt” of the Mueller investigation. Pardon of loyal Scooter Libby Trump’s announcement Friday that he had pardoned Lewis “Scooter” Libby is more significant. Mr. Libby, who was chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted in 2007 of multiple crimes, including perjury before a grand jury. Trump’s pardon of Libby represents a reward to someone who was loyal to his boss, and sends a powerful message to all of Trump’s associates who face legal trouble today. But for Trump himself, the present danger of the Mueller investigation remains. And even if he can fire Rosenstein without facing major political consequences, action against Mueller himself would be highly risky. Nearly 70 percent of Americans say Trump should not fire Mueller, according to the latest Quinnipiac poll. Harvard Law Prof. Alan Dershowitz, a Trump confidant and critic of Mueller’s aggressive tactics, told the Boston Globe this week that he “would certainly advise [Trump] not to fire anybody,” even though, in Mr. Dershowitz’s view, he has “the right to seek the firing of anybody in the executive branch.” Get stories that empower and uplift daily. 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0.999997	In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Wisconsin is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours. < ins> Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during October are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month. Days of sunshine in October City Sunny Partly Sunny Total Days With Sun Green Bay 7 8 15 La Crosse 11 7 18 Madison 9 7 16 Milwaukee 9 8 17 Amount of Sun Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
0.999715	Serena Williams and Amal Clooney to host baby shower for Meghan Markle in $75K penthouse \| Daily Mail Online Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Shop DailyMailTV Latest Headlines Meghan Markle Fashion Finder Food Shopping Gardening Parenting Blog Games My Profile Logout Login Privacy Policy Feedback Saturday, Dec 4th 2021 1AM 45°F 4AM 46°F 5-Day Forecast Advertisement Snapchat engineer and his wife 'tried to save their baby who died first' on remote California hiking trail before they were killed by hyperthermia and dehydration due to 100F heat, investigation finds 'No you-know-what Sherlock!': Psaki's snarky clap back when asked what the White House is doing to address the fact that Americans care more about the economy and COVID than social issues on MSNBC High school student, 15, is arrested for making threat to shoot up his school in the same county where Ethan Crumbley killed four just days earlier Nigella Lawson 'had to have her famous curves photoshopped for her Good Housekeeping cover to be more family friendly' Democratic Senator Joe Manchin will join his 50 GOP colleagues in backing a resolution challenging Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses US intelligence says Kremlin planning a multi-front offensive as soon as early next year with up to 175,000 troops Fauci calls Covid the 'Wuhan strain': Top doctor slammed for 'racist' term after Trump was criticized by liberals for referring to it as the 'China virus' Hawaii is under a rare blizzard warning with up to 12 INCHES of snow and winds of 100mph expected on summits of Big Island this weekend 'She's a monster and he's a piece of s**t': Ex-girlfriend of 'fugitive' father of Michigan shooter Ethan Crumbley slams dad and his wife as marshals trying to find them offer $10,000 reward US Marshals offer $10K reward for fugitive parents of Michigan shooter Ethan Crumbley, 15, after they withdrew $4,000 from ATM and fled manslaughter charges: Lawyer claims they are 'returning' Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe says charges against the parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley are 'unprecedented' but 'absolutely called for' Maryland homeowner trying to get rid of SNAKE infestation by smoking out the reptiles burns down 6,300-square-foot, $1.8M house More than 10% of pregnant women infected with HIV use marijuana - up from 7% in 2007, study finds Less than half of women who are either pregnant or soon plan to be are confident that the COVID-19 vaccines are safe for them 'Callous lack of humanity': Denver cop is fired for refusing to give medical treatment to 18-year-old who had been shot at apartment complex parking lot Bank of America 'tells its workers to DRESS DOWN and not wear anything with the company logo when they head to its Bryant Park office' as crime in NYC surges, with assaults up 15% in the past month LA cops arrest 14 suspects in connection with 11 smash-and-grab robberies - but release ALL of them because of California's 'zero bail' policy Investigators found texts in Josh Duggar's personal devices that placed him at the scene on the days child porn was downloaded on his work computer and reveal he protected sick trove with same password for his family's official Instagram account George Soros' network of woke DA's: Billionaire liberal has bankrolled prosecutors in cities with the HIGHEST crime rates including $2m for Chicago's Kim Foxx and $1.7million for Philly DA - where murder rate has doubled Lindsay Lohan's handcuffed mother Dina is put in prison van to be taken to county jail for 18 days after being sentenced for hit-and-run crash at a Long Island steakhouse 'You're taking money out of my kid's mouths': Marine sues after the DEA confiscated his entire life savings of $87K during routine traffic stop after dogs 'smelled drugs' on the cash Gilead recalling of 55,000 vials of Covid-19 drug remdesivir in the US after complaint about glass particles Dozens of schools across the US including more than 60 in Michigan are closed due to copycat threats in the wake of shooting that killed four Mark Cuban buys entire 77-acre ghost town of Mustang, Texas for $2 million as a 'favor for a friend' who struggled for years to sell it: There's nothing but a boarded up strip club that was once the scene of a grisly murder and resident alligator in a pond Previous Next Fit for a princess (or a prince)! Inside America's most expensive hotel room - the $75,000-A-NIGHT penthouse described as 'A Castle in the Sky' - where Serena Williams and Amal Clooney are hosting a lavish baby shower for Meghan today Meghan, 37, arrived in New York City on Friday night for a secret trip to visit her girlfriends The main event of the trip is an intimate baby shower set to be attended by 15 of her closest pals A source revealed the event will take place in the Penthouse Suite at The Mark hotel, where Meghan is staying They claim it was chosen by Serena, 37, who is a long-time fan of hotel restaurant The Mark by Jean-Georges Tennis pro Serena is also said to be picking up the bill for the cost of the suite The Mark's penthouse is believed to cost $75,000-a-night, making the country's most expensive hotel room It features all manner of luxury amenities, and boasts five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and five fireplaces The 10,000sq ft space also boasts an impressive 2,500sq ft rooftop terrace that overlooks Central Park Meghan is thought to be flying home to London on Wednesday after the shower takes place On Tuesday night, she had dinner at Ralph Lauren's restaurant The Polo Bar with Serena and Jessica Mulroney The visit marks the first time she has been in the Big Apple since she said 'I do' to Prince Harry in May 2018 By Charlie Lankston For Dailymail.com Published: 07:54 EST, 20 February 2019 \| Updated: 15:00 EST, 20 February 2019 e-mail 2.4k shares 4.5k View comments Advertisement Meghan Markle is set to finish off her surprise trip to New York in true style by attending a lavish baby shower thrown for her by Serena Williams and Amal Clooney in America's most expensive hotel room - and $75,000-a-night penthouse suite. It had been previously reported that the event, which is said to be the main reason for the seven-months-pregnant royal's secret trip to the Big Apple, had taken place on Tuesday, however a source close to the 37-year-old royal claims that it is scheduled for Wednesday, shortly before Meghan is set to return to London. Speaking to Tatler, the source revealed that the baby shower will be held in the Grand Penthouse Suite at The Mark hotel on New York's Upper East Side, where Meghan and her friend Serena, 37, are both thought to have stayed on Tuesday evening, after enjoying dinner together at a swanky Manhattan restaurant. Although it is not known whether Meghan has been staying in the penthouse for her entire trip - which began on Friday when she flew in from London after spending Valentine's Day with her husband Prince Harry - the location will reportedly play host to the duchess and several of her closest pals while they celebrate the upcoming arrival of Meghan and Harry's first child. Described by the hotel as 'A Castle in the Sky', the 10,000sq ft suite boasts every luxury, including a 2,500sq ft rooftop terrace overlooking Central Park, five bedrooms, four fireplaces, six bathrooms, two powder rooms, two wet bars, a dining room, a conservatory, and a living room that can be 'transformed into a full-size Grand Ballroom' if desired by guests. Ready to celebrate! Meghan Markle, pictured heading to dinner in New York City on Tuesday night, is reportedly set to attend a baby shower thrown by Serena Williams and Amal Clooney in America's most expensive hotel room on Wednesday Settling in: Seven-months-pregnant Meghan and Serena, both 37, were pictured making their way into The Mark hotel, which is home to the $75,000-a-night penthouse where the baby shower will take place, after their dinner on Tuesday Lavish: The Penthouse Suite at The Mark is widely reported to be the most expensive per-night hotel room in the US, and it boasts a sprawling living area, as well as an outdoor terrace Plenty of room! The large suite, which has a stately dining room, is more than capable of accommodating Meghan and 15 of her closest friends, with many reports suggesting that is how many were invited to attend the intimate celebration Queen of the castle: The 10,000sq ft penthouse, which is described by The Mark as 'A Castle in the Sky' boasts a 2,500sq ft roof terrace that overlooks Central Park Spoiled for choice: It is not known whether Meghan has been staying in the hotel suite, which boasts five bedrooms, for the duration of her trip or whether it is just being used for the baby shower On top of the world: The sprawling penthouse suite is referred to as 'A Castle in the Sky' by The Mark, no doubt thanks in part to the sprawling roof terrace, and is also described as 'lavishly-adorned' and 'unprecedentedly spacious', The two-story penthouse, which is located on the 16th floor of the hotel, is described on The Mark's website as being 'lavishly-adorned' and 'unprecedentedly spacious', and features 'majestic' interior decor designed by legendary French interior designer Jacques Grange. According to Tatler's source, the location was chosen by Serena, who is a long-time fan of The Mark's in-house restaurant, The Mark by Jean-Georges, a renowned chef whose flagship restaurant on Central Park West boasts two Michelin stars. She is not thought to have stayed at the hotel before Tuesday night, when she and Meghan were pictured returning to the location after enjoying dinner with two of the royal's closest friends Jessica Mulroney and Markus Anderson. Helping hand: The shower is reportedly being co-hosted by Amal, 41, whose husband George spoke out to slam the media's treatment of Meghan during a recent press event Mother-of-one Serena is also said to be footing the bill for the use of the pricey hotel room, who has been a close friend of Meghan's since they first met in 2010. The tennis pro is said to have chosen the location after 'visiting several other properties in the area', according to the source. Both Jessica, 39, and Markus are expected to attend the intimate baby shower on Wednesday, which is, according to sources, scheduled to take place at 12.30pm. The inside source also revealed that the shower will include a host of elegant activities, kicking off with a flower arranging lesson that will be accompanied by a variety of delicious desserts prepared especially by the hotel restaurant's head chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Jean-Georges himself is also set to be present at the start of the event, and will greet Meghan and her guests upon their arrival in the suite. As well as the two hosts, the guests at the event are expected to include newly-engaged designer Misha Nonoo, who visited Meghan at The Mark on Tuesday, and who is credited with setting Meghan and Harry up on their first date, hairstylist Serge Normant, who did the royal bride's hair for her wedding, publicist Celine Khavarani, and NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chairman Bonnie Hammer. Meghan is also thought to have invited a few friends from her Hollywood days, including her former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer, who spent the afternoon with the royal on Tuesday, joining her for a quick jaunt to the Met Breuer, before the duo enjoyed lunch together at swanky Upper East Side hotel The Surrey. The Vampire Diaries star Janina Gavankar, another close actress pal of the duchess, is also believed to be attending the shower, as well as some of Meghan's friends from her Northwestern University days, Lindsay Roth, and Genevieve Hills. It had originally been suggested that Meghan's long-time friend Jessica was spear-heading the organization of the event, however Tatler's source says that it is officially being co-hosted by Serena and Amal, 41, who attended Meghan and Harry's wedding along with her husband George, who recently spoke out to blast the media's treatment of the pregnant duchess during a press conference. Meghan's close pal and fellow screen star Priyanka Chopra, who was a guest at the former Suits star's wedding to Prince Harry, all but confirmed that she would not be attending the baby shower, when she posted a selfie on her Instagram account on Tuesday afternoon, and listed Beverly Hills, California, as the geographical location of the snap. It was thought that Priyanka - who, like Meghan spent Valentine's Day in the UK - might have joined the royal on her trip over to the Big Apple in time for the Wednesday shower, but it now appears that is not the case. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next Bump's day out! Meghan Markle enjoys an afternoon trip to an... 'Don't believe anything Samantha says': Thomas Markle Jr... Moms' night out! Pregnant Meghan Markle flashes a wide smile... She certainly has a way with words! How Meghan once gushed... Share this article Share Spacious: The main living room, which boasts 26ft ceilings, can be 'transformed into a full-sized Grand Ballroom' according to The Mark's website Options: The 'unprecedentedly spacious penthouse' has six bathrooms and two powder rooms Views: There is also a conservatory in the penthouse, meaning that Meghan and her guests will be able to enjoy the impressive views from the comfort of the suite, instead of facing the chilly weather Amenities: As well as being filled with stunning flowers, furniture and pieces of art, the penthouse also has its own kitchen (right), that comes complete with multiple ovens and a wine fridge Relaxation: The penthouse features multiple common areas where Meghan and her guests can sit and relax, including a Library Lounge that has plenty of books stacked up for patrons to enjoy Cozy: There are four fireplaces scattered throughout the enormous suite, including several of the general living areas (left), and there are also five bedrooms, although it is not thought that Meghan is using the suite to stay in Dinner with a view: Although Meghan is expected to return to London on Wednesday evening, should she choose to stay in the suite until nightfall, she would be met with a rather spectacular evening view of the city Meanwhile, pilates instructor Heather Dorak, another close friend who attended the royal wedding, welcomed her second child, a baby boy named Cody Cohen, on Valentine's Day, which presumably left her unable to attend the event. But before any of Meghan's lucky guests were seen arriving, The Mark was abuzz with furious activity as staff prepared for the very high-profile event, with numerous deliveries seen being made throughout the morning, from catering boxes to a stack of Away carry-on suitcases to harpist Erin Hill, who brought her instrument and music stand with her. The catering delivery included several boxes marked with the name 'Jean-Georges', suggesting they are supplies for the food he will be preparing for the mother-to-be and her guests, as well as a cotton candy machine, which may well be used to whip up some sweet treats for the party. And that's not the only treat in-store for Meghan and her guests; shortly after the catering delivery, around 17 carry-on suitcases from trendy travel brand Away were seen being wheeled into the hotel on a luggage cart, each encased in its own white branded dust bag. The suitcases, which have been carried by a host of celebrities, including the likes of Elizabeth Olsen and Hailey Bieber, cost $225 each, and were - a source told DailyMail.com - gifted to the pregnant royal by the brand. It is highly likely that the suitcases, which each come with their own removable battery, will be given to each guest at the shower, potentially in order to carry other gifts that they may receive. Shortly after the suitcases were wheeled into the hotel, renowned harpist Erin Hill arrived at the location, wheeling her large instrument into the venue, while a helper followed on with her music stand - sparking speculation that she will be providing at least some of the entertainment at the lavish bash. On Tuesday evening, Meghan was pictured heading out to Ralph Lauren's swanky restaurant The Polo Bar on Tuesday night alongside fellow mothers Serena and Jessica, perhaps finalizing plans for the lavish baby shower set to take place today. Despite a busy day spent catching up with friends, Meghan looked fresh-faced and full of energy as she arrived at the high-end eatery - which is also known to be a favorite of President Donald Trump's, and is located just a few block's from his tower on Fifth Avenue. Stack 'em up! Not long before the shower was due to start, around 17 carry-on suitcases from trendy travel brand Away were delivered to the hotel Gifts: The suitcases, which cost $225 each, are said to have been given to the duchess and her guests as a gift by the brand. They were seen being delivered to the hotel by two women just over an hour before the shower's reported start time The entertainment! Harpist Erin Hill was seen wheeling her large instrument into the venue, suggesting that she may providing music for the guests at the shower to enjoy Dress-down: The musician was wearing a rather casual pair of purple trousers, and a pair of blue sneakers, however it is likely that she planned to change once inside the venue Sweet treats! A team of caterers was also seen delivering several boxes, including a cotton candy machine, which may well be intended for Meghan's shower Supplies? Several of the boxes were labeled with 'Jean-Georges', the head chef at The Mark, who is reportedly providing catering for the baby shower, and it set to greet Meghan and her guests personally Heavy lifting: Some of the boxes were carried in by members of the catering staff The party spent three hours inside the restaurant before stepping back out into the chilly New York night. Meghan and Serena were then spotted arriving back at their lavish hotel, The Mark, on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Jessica, a Canadian stylist who has been helping best friend Meghan with her outfit choices for years and has three children: twins Brian and John, aged eight, and daughter Isabel, aged five. Serena has a one daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, aged one. Mother-to-be Meghan looked every inch the glamorous royal as she made her way into the restaurant, escorted by the same group of burly officers from the State Department and royal protection officers. The pregnant duchess recycled the same $3,085 (£2,250) navy Victoria Beckham coat that she was seen wearing in images published exclusively by DailyMail.com on Monday evening - the first photos taken of Meghan since she arrived in the Big Apple on Friday evening. She paired the chic double-breasted coat with a black scarf, a pair of black satin boots - thought to be from Isabel Marant - and a $1,140 (£915) black chain-handle handbag by vegan designer Stella McCartney. Meghan also modeled a much more glamorous makeup look than she had been seen wearing during the day, modeling a dark smokey eyeshadow, while emphasizing her natural pregnancy glow with some highlighter and bronzer. As the former actress climbed out of her SUV - which appeared to be the same State Department vehicle she has been using all day - she couldn't help but flash a wide smile, no doubt at the prospect of spending an evening with some of her closest pals, many of whom live an ocean away from the royal's home with Prince Harry at Kensington Palace. Meghan's husband may well have been in her mind however thanks to the choice of venue. Not only is The Polo Bar known to be a much-loved celebrity haunt, the restaurant is also themed entirely around the popular equestrian sport from which it takes its name, a sport that Prince Harry has been playing for decades. On the town! 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Meghan's unofficial stylist and GMA fashion correspondent Jessica Mulroney was also in attendance at the dinner, flaunting her fashionable taste in a chic ensemble that featured a $890 plaid Mackage coat with a leather belt Here we go: Markus, who is thought to have had a hand in setting up Meghan and Prince Harry, linked arms with his royal pal to walk alongside her as they headed into the restaurant together Meghan and Serena have actually watched one of Harry's polo matches together, along with the tennis pro's husband Alexis Ohanian, who joined the two women to cheer on the prince in the Audi Polo Challenge in Oxfordshire back in July, not long after Meghan and Harry tied the knot. And there would have been plenty of reminders of that fun summer day inside the restaurant. In the main dining room, which is located downstairs, diners are met with a myriad of equestrian-themed artworks that cover the walls, while riding helmets and polo mallets can be found hanging on hooks near the bathroom, just waiting for a few social media-savvy patrons to pose for a photo or two. Upstairs, the is an intimate bar area, where diners can enjoy one of the many cocktails on the extensive menu, which not only features classic cocktails like the Moscow Mule and the Old Fashioned, it also boasts a number of signature reserve cocktails, including the Jockey Club and the Improved Negroni. There is even a drink on the menu named after Meghan's father-in-law, the Prince of Wales, a $22 drink that is made of High West Rendezvous Rye, Cherry Heering, honey, pineapple, and Champagne. The restaurant also boasts an extensive wine list, featuring bottles from around the world, including a particularly pricey $18,000 1891 Brunello di Montalcino. As for the food, which was no doubt pregnant Meghan's focus, as opposed to the alcohol offerings, The Polo Bar boasts a host of classic American dishes, from a house chopped salad that retails for $18 to a 16oz New York strip steak, which costs $55. The restaurant even has its own signature hot dog, the $20 RRL Hot Dog, which comes complete with sauerkraut, sweet relish and mustard, all served on a toasted brioche bun. Having opened in early 2015, The Polo Bar quickly became one of New York's most popular eateries for high-profile diners, and has played host to everyone from Hillary Clinton to Gwyneth Paltrow. President Trump, Melania, and their son Barron also enjoyed dinner at the eatery back in June 2016, the night before Donald's 70th birthday, and just a few months before he went on to win the presidential election against Clinton. Style star: The pregnant duchess wore the same $3,085 (£2,250) navy Victoria Beckham coat that she was seen in on Monday night when she was pictured for the first time since arriving in New York on Friday night Something she said? Meghan appeared to share a joke with one of the female officers protecting her, who was seen smiling widely as she waiting for the royal to exit her SUV more videos 1 2 3 Watch video Woman with huge pout showcases the biggest lips in the world Watch video Octavia Spencer set boundaries with the ghost she lives with Watch video Bride faints, vomits and gets pooped on during wedding ceremony Watch video Adele goes completely makeup free in beauty video Watch video Whoopi Goldberg blasts SCOTUS over Roe V. 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After spending three hours inside The Polo Bar, Meghan left with Serena (far right) as well as her royal protection officers, and security from the State Department who had been with her all day She flashed the engagement ring Prince Harry gave her as she pulled back her hair on leaving the restaurant She looked up from her hand towards a waiting crowd of fans and photographers as she finished the short trip back to her hotel, a few blocks away from The Polo Bar Meghan's evening outing came after a busy day of activities for the royal, which started early in the afternoon when she was seen leaving high-end New York hotel The Mark to enjoy an afternoon out. The seven-months pregnant royal was seen cradling her baby bump as she made her way to Met Breuer museum, which is located just a few blocks away from The Mark hotel - with her former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer joining her for the quick city jaunt. Moments earlier, Meghan was pictured walking out of the five-star hotel at 1:05 pm, once again keeping a hand rested on her growing bump, surrounded by armed officers thought to be from the State Department, as well as several plain clothes royal protection officers, just moments after her close friend and former Suits co-star Abigail Spencer was pictured making her way into the venue. Taking advantage of what is a bright and sunny day in the Big Apple, Meghan wore a vintage gray Courrèges coat for her surprise outing, pairing the outerwear with some skinny black jeans, and some nude suede heels. She accessorized her ensemble with a pair of dark sunglasses, which hid much of her face from the cameras, and was seen carrying a dove-gray handbag in the crook of her right arm, while the other hand was planted firmly on her large bump. Meghan was accompanied on the trip by what appeared to be several members of hotel security, as well as a handful of plain clothes police officers, including the same man seen escorting the mother-to-be out of a Manhattan apartment on Monday evening. Other than her impressive security detail, the royal appeared to be along as she made her way past photographers and into a waiting SUV, which had Department of State license plates. From there, she traveled the two-block distance to the Met Breuer museum, arriving at 1:10 pm, and was pictured spending time in the restaurant after her arrival, however a source revealed that she also found time during her 30-minute visit to take in some of the museum's artworks during a tour around one of the galleries, noting that the Duchess 'looked beautiful' during her visit. However a source at the museum told DailyMail.com that Meghan was initially supposed to have lunch at the Met Breuer, but made a last-minute change of plans because the venue was felt to be 'too public' thanks to the large windows in the restaurant, which make it easily viewable from the street outside. Because of this, Meghan, Abigail, and their entourage of protection officers, chose a more secure, private location for the royal to enjoy more of an incognito lunch - The Surrey hotel. Meghan's very brief trip to the Met Breuer was enough to provide a bit of excitement and intrigue for some however, with a few social media users sharing their shock at running into her in the art gallery - with one person revealing that they bumped into the duchess in the bathroom. 'I went to see Julio le Parc at the Met Breuer and also ran into Meghan Markle in the bathroom,' Instagram user Ashley Toth wrote, while sharing an image of one of le Parc's pieces. Ashley then saw the duchess again while 'walking home', sharing an image of Meghan and Abigail exiting The Surrey hotel. Actress Abigail, also 37, also joined the royal at the museum, before the pair left together to walk the short distance across the street to The Surrey hotel - another high-end establishment that has played host to a slew of high-profile clients, from JFK to Bette Davis. Chic: The Polo Bar boasts a sprawling downstairs dining room that affords patrons plenty of privacy from the outside world, while allowing them the opportunity to enjoy numerous equestrian-themed works of art Memories! No doubt the theme of the restaurant brought back fond memories for Meghan, whose husband Prince Harry, seen in June, has been a keen polo player since he was a young boy, as are his father Prince Charles, and brother Prince William Close bond: Meghan has seen her fair share of polo matches since starting her romance with Prince Harry, and always appears happy to lend her support at the side of the field, as she did back in July Meghan and Abigail were flanked by two of the same royal protection officers seen escorting Meghan out of The Mark, with Meghan walking just a few paces ahead of her friend, flashing her three-diamond engagement ring as she placed her hand on her baby bump while crossing the road. Suits star Abigail was wearing the same red patterned shirt dress that she was seen modeling when she arrived at the hotel earlier on, but she had abandoned the gray beanie that she sported with it; she also traded the thick fur-trim parka she had been sporting, in favor of a more lightweight black jacket, allowing her to show off more of her colorful dress. The duo spent just over an hour at The Surrey, perhaps taking the time to enjoy a light lunch. At approximately 3pm, the friends were seen leaving the hotel in order to make the very short journey back to The Mark, arriving around three minutes later - presumably just in time to start getting ready for the main event of the day, Meghan's baby shower. Shortly after their return, newly-engaged designer Misha Nonoo - the woman credited with introducing Prince Harry and Meghan - was seen arriving at The Mark, having spent much of the day at her studio in NoHo, before going to join her royal pal. It is a double celebration for Misha, 34, who got engaged to oil mogul Michael 'Mikey' Hess, 32, during a Valentine's vacation in Mexico, with the groom-to-be proudly sharing the happy news on social media, before the designer was seen wearing her dazzling new diamond ring while out and about in New York on Tuesday. That same ring was front and center as Misha made her way into The Mark, wearing the same chic, but low-key, outfit that she was pictured modeling earlier in the day, when she left her Manhattan apartment in the morning, and when she stepped out to grab a salad for lunch. The bride-to-be bundled up against the chilly New York weather in a dark blue overcoat, black tights, and a bright red scarf, finishing the look off with a pair of heeled black ankle boots. Misha was also seen carrying her iPhone, and a small personalized red purse that had her initials MN embossed on the bottom corner. more videos 1 2 3 Watch video Woman with huge pout showcases the biggest lips in the world Watch video Octavia Spencer set boundaries with the ghost she lives with Watch video Bride faints, vomits and gets pooped on during wedding ceremony Watch video Adele goes completely makeup free in beauty video Watch video Whoopi Goldberg blasts SCOTUS over Roe V. Wade arguments Watch video Obese man's wife responds to 'trolls' who say he is punching Watch video Prince William teams up with Apple for new 'audio walking experience' Watch video How to make the 'perfect latte' using the Lavazza milk frother Watch video Mum creates the ultimate Grinch-y Christmas tree Watch video Australian bloke eats nothing but KFC for a month Watch video Adorable moment rescue fox giggles playing in wildlife sanctuary Watch video And Just Like That…. Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte are back! Time for some culture: Earlier in the day, Meghan spent time enjoying the sights and sounds of the Upper East Side, including a trip to the Met Breuer art museum Swapping it up: The royal reportedly wanted to have lunch at the Met Breuer, however the museum's restaurant was deemed 'too public' because of its vast windows that could be seen from the street, a source told DailyMail.com Outing: After visiting the Met Breuer, Meghan and her former Suits co-star (pictured to the right) walked across the street from the museum to another hotel - this time The Surrey, another high-end venue located just a stone's throw from The Mark Gal pals: Meghan and Abigail are thought to have enjoyed a spot of lunch at The Surrey, before leaving the high-end hotel and making their way back to The Mark Ready to party! Meghan arrived back at The Mark shortly after 3pm Although Meghan managed to spend a few hours away from the hotel, the venue was still alight with feverish activity even in her absence, with crowds gathering outside its main entrance in the hopes of catching a glimpse of the duchess, one of her close friends and guests - or at the very least one of the many fascinating deliveries arriving ahead of her shower on Wednesday. Abigail was the first of the royal's nearest and dearest to be seen making their way into The Mark hotel on New York's Upper East Side - trying to maintain a low profile by wearing a gray beanie hat and large, dark sunglasses as she made her way inside, flashing a wave at the waiting photographers on her way in. She spent just a few minutes in the hotel, taking the time to change up her outfit slightly, before heading out again to join Meghan at the Met Breuer. Abigail first sparked speculation that she had traveled to the Big Apple for the special occasion after sharing an airport selfie on her Instagram account on Monday - less than 24 hours before she was seen making her way into The Mark, shortly after bouquets of flowers, an orange tree, and a $380 travel crib were seen being delivered to the swanky venue. As well as her shades and hat, the actress was dressed in a thick black parka with a fur-lined hood upon her arrival, showing off just a hint of the more colorful, stylish pink dress seen poking out from underneath the thick winterwear. Spotted! A couple of social media users revealed that they had seen Meghan at the museum, with one, Ashley Toth, admitting that she had bumped into the royal in the bathroom, the saw her again outside The Surrey not long after more videos 1 2 3 Watch video Woman with huge pout showcases the biggest lips in the world Watch video Octavia Spencer set boundaries with the ghost she lives with Watch video Bride faints, vomits and gets pooped on during wedding ceremony Watch video Adele goes completely makeup free in beauty video Watch video Whoopi Goldberg blasts SCOTUS over Roe V. 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On Monday night, the duchess attempted to go incognito as she covered up in a cap and long navy Victoria Beckham overcoat and a gray newsboy cap pulled down over her dark brown hair - and with her large diamond engagement ring clearly visible on her wedding finger. Meghan returned to the Big Apple over the weekend to spend time with her girlfriends before the arrival of her first child this spring, and was seen on Monday evening being escorted into an SUV by a royal protection officer. The palace declined to comment on Meghan's security detail for the duration of the trip, or the plain clothes officer seen accompanying her. Meghan is understood to have flown into the city on Friday for a surprise five-day trip after spending a quiet Valentine's Day evening with her husband, Prince Harry. A spokesperson for Kensington Palace would not divulge details of the Duchess's flights, but confirmed that as this is a personal trip, her travel was 'privately funded'. It is not known whether Meghan flew to New York on a commercial flight, or whether she was lucky enough to travel in a private jet. The royal certainly has her fair share of high-profile pals who may have been able to secure her access to a private plane; TV mogul Oprah, who was in attendance at the royal wedding, and is said to have formed a close bond with Meghan's mother Doria, owns a private jet, and once said of the plane that it was incredibly useful for making the exact trip that the Duchess of Sussex made on Friday. 'I would say having your own airplane is the greatest luxury,' Oprah told British Vogue editor Edward Enninful during a 2018 interview, before adding: 'Because it means one minute you're in New York, and then the next minute you say, "You know Edward, I think I'll fly to London."' Caught up! Several people were seen making their way into the hotel either shortly before or after Meghan's return, however it is thought that a number of them were guests arriving for a stay, rather than attendees of the royals' baby shower Lightweight! There were a few people seen arriving without suitcases in tow, suggesting that they were there for something less long-term than a hotel stay, and were perhaps lucky enough to be attending the shower Gifts for the baby? One woman was pictured arriving at The Mark with two large bags from Crate & Barrel, which may well have been filled with presents for expectant mother Meghan Her fellow royal wedding guests David and Victoria Beckham regularly travel via private jet with their family, as does George Clooney, another attendee at Meghan and Harry's stunning ceremony back in May. A private jet would certainly have made for a more comfortable flying experience for the pregnant duchess, who is expecting her first child in the spring, and is believed to be just a matter of weeks away from her due date. Despite being so far along in her pregnancy, Meghan is still perfectly safe to fly, according to advice offered by the Mayo Clinic, which suggests that expectant mothers can continue to travel via air until they are 36-weeks along; Meghan is currently thought to be in week 29 or 30 of her pregnancy. And Prince Harry certainly doesn't seem to have any qualms about flying privately; the father-to-be actually chartered himself a jet to the tune of $26,100 (£20,000) in order to return home from Norway on February 14 so that he could spend his first Valentine's Day as a married man with his pregnant wife. The duke made his round trip in a double-engine Cessna Citation Excel for the three-hour visit to the Bardufoss air station, 200 miles (322km) within the Arctic Circle. The state-of-the-art 18ft plane flies in and out of smaller airports while offering 'the comfort and amenities of a midsize cabin jet' according to Cessna. A direct chartered flight on the Citation Excel - based on a seven-hour round trip from Farnborough to Bardufoss, where Harry was traveling to and from, for seven people - would cost between $23,000 (£18,200) and $28,000 (£21,450) according to Luxaviation. Last October, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were caught up in a mid-air scare when their private jet was hit by lightning. The couple was travelling to an opening party in Amsterdam when their luxury Dassault Falcon 7X was reportedly struck. A bolt of lightning struck the nose cone, narrowly avoiding the navigation equipment. Around 30million volts surged through the plane's fuselage. After the dramatic scare, the plane - which would have set the Duke and Duchess back around $26,100 (£20,000) for a return flight to Amsterdam - managed to land safely at Schiphol Airport. Honored guests: Meghan's close friend and former co-star Abigail Spencer was arriving at The Mark hotel shortly before the royal was pictured leaving the venue Special delivery! Her arrival comes shortly after a huge bucket of pink roses was seen being delivered to The Mark on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of Meghan's lavish baby shower For luck: An orange tree was also seen being delivered to the hotel ahead of the baby shower; in Eastern tradition, mandarin oranges are believed to represent prosperity, happiness and luck, particularly in the New Year Step aside! As well as the flowers, staff at the hotel were also seen wheeling in a large box housing a $379 travel crib, which may well have been a gift for the duchess, or a prop for the party According to Private Fly, it could cost anywhere between $78,376 (£60,000) and $379,000 (£290,000) to charter a return flight on a private jet from London to New York, depending on the size and make of the plane, and the number of days it was required to be on call. And while it has not been confirmed whether or not Meghan flew on a private plane, the trip certainly seems to have been focused around ensuring that the mother-to-be was as relaxed and happy as possible. Her low-key itinerary is said to have already included shopping and plenty of good food, but the main event of the trip is a baby shower with 15 of her closest friends at a hotel on New York's Upper East Side. On her way! Abigail first sparked speculation that she was headed to Meghan's baby shower when she shared this image of herself with a suitcase on Instagram on Monday The intimate event, due to take place today, is believed to have been organized by her best friend Jessica Mulroney - who arrived in the city at the end of last week from her home in Toronto. 'The trip is a lovely chance to catch up with friends and spend time in a city she loves.' This will be the last time a lot of them will see Meg until after the baby is born so it’s nice to share precious moments,' a source told Harper's Bazaar. Meghan kept her head down as she made her way to the SUV on Monday night, with her dark hair covering the side of her face. She carried a second wide-brimmed black hat - believed to be a £160 ($195) design from Rag & Bone - in her hand, along with a white bag. But while the Duchess of Sussex appeared to be making an attempt to go under the radar in her low-key ensemble, the large diamond engagement ring on her wedding finger was unmistakable. Her husband had the three-stone design made for her especially ahead of their engagement in 2017, using one diamond that he sourced in Botswana, where the couple holidayed together early on in their relationship. The dazzling design was clearly visible as Meghan made her way down the steps and into the car, carrying her spare hat and a simple white bag that may well have contained a gift. Her nails appeared to be painted with a subtle sheer pink shade - a much more low-key polish option than some of the darker, bolder colours she has been known to model, despite royal traditions suggesting that only the most subtle of nude shades should be worn. In her other arm, the expectant mother had a large gray leather handbag held in the crook of her elbow. Incognito: Meghan Markle was seen stepping out in New York City on Monday evening after flying into the city to attend a baby shower organized by her closest friends Helping hand: A bodyguard escorted the royal down a small flight of stairs during the outing, and was seen guiding the mother-to-be towards a waiting SUV Catching up: This trip is thought to be the last one that Meghan (pictured left and right with her husband in London last week) will make to the US before the birth of her child in a few months more videos 1 2 3 Watch video Woman with huge pout showcases the biggest lips in the world Watch video Octavia Spencer set boundaries with the ghost she lives with Watch video Bride faints, vomits and gets pooped on during wedding ceremony Watch video Adele goes completely makeup free in beauty video Watch video Whoopi Goldberg blasts SCOTUS over Roe V. 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Meghan appeared to be going out of her way to remain unrecognizable during the short walk to the SUV, keeping her head lowered, and her hair pulled across her face - a far cry from the smiling, hands-on appearances for which she has become known at pubic events. Her bodyguard also attempted to blend in, wearing a pair of charcoal-gray trousers, and a quilted blue coat with a hood. He also carried a phone in his hand, along with Meghan's belongings. Kensington Palace did not comment on the details surrounding the royal's security detail during the trip, and it is not known whether the protection officers are being paid for privately, or by taxpayers. Earlier this year it was announced that Meghan's armed Scotland Yard bodyguard, who accompanied the expectant mother on her royal tour of Australia with Prince Harry last year, was quitting her post after less than a year in the role. The inspector's appointment as head of protection made her the first woman to hold such a key post for the royals, and she was regularly pictured guarding Meghan on overseas trips. In January, it was revealed that protection officers tasked with guarding the Queen and other members of the royal family earned six-figure salaries in 2016/17, bringing in around $130,000 (£100,000) each, after winning a pay dispute with Scotland Yard over their 'special escort' allowance. The latest accounts for the Metropolitan Police show 47 officers from the Royalty and Specialist Protection (RaSP) unit earned six-figures in 2016/2017. This is in addition to the large one-off payments given to officers after the dispute over the scrapping of escort allowance in 2012. The Met has not disclosed the exact payments, but at least £5 million was paid out among the 47 officers, which works out at as an average of $137,512 (£106,383) each. No show: Meghan's friend Priyanka Chopra all but confirmed that she would not be attending the shower when she posted this image of herself on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, and tagged the location as Beverly Hills, California Her hands are full! Pilates instructor Heather Dorak, another friend who attended the royal wedding, welcomed a child on Valentine's Day, which presumably left her unable to attend the shower The visit marks the first time the Duchess of Sussex has been in the Big Apple since she said 'I do' to Prince Harry in May 2018, and she wasted no time before visiting some of her favorite hot spots. Sources confirmed to Harper's Bazaar that friends are throwing Megan a baby shower at an undisclosed Upper East Side hotel for 15 guests on Tuesday, the day before she leaves. Jessica Mulroney, Meghan's close friend and unofficial stylist, is thought to not only be attending the shower, but also helping to spear-head the organization of the intimate event. The GMA fashion expert is also thought to have had a hand in helping Meghan with the planning of her wedding to Prince Harry. Although no other members of Meghan's inner circle confirmed any details about the shower, sources have told Harper's Bazaar that the royal wanted the opportunity to spend time with her closest friends in one of her favorite cities before the birth of her first child, which is due in just a matter of months. 'The trip is a lovely chance to catch up with friends and spend time in a city she loves,' a source told the outlet. 'This will be the last time a lot of them will see Meg until after the baby is born so it’s nice to share precious moments.' But while the trip may have come as a surprise to some, according to the unidentified friend of the royal's, Meghan's visit to the Big Apple was actually planned months ago. 'It’s been a relaxing visit. Nothing beats face time with your friends,' the person added. 'Meg will be flying home refreshed and relaxed - and with a lot of new baby clothes.' Meghan joined Jessica at Ladurée in SoHo on Saturday to enjoy macarons and tea in one of the location's private spaces, according to Harper's Bazaar. Although Jessica is based in Canada, she arrived in New York late last week to film some style segments for Good Morning America, after being named the show's newest fashion contributor in late 2018. Way back when: Meghan Markle once did a photo shoot for fashion brand Tod's in the ornate French restaurant Big Apple fun: A source said the trip is a chance for Meghan to 'catch up with friends and spend time in a city she loves.' The former actress is pictured in New York City in 2016 Royal return: The visit marks the first time Meghan has been in the Big Apple since she said 'I do' to Prince Harry in May 2018. The couple is expecting their first child this spring more videos 1 2 3 Watch video Woman with huge pout showcases the biggest lips in the world Watch video Octavia Spencer set boundaries with the ghost she lives with Watch video Bride faints, vomits and gets pooped on during wedding ceremony Watch video Adele goes completely makeup free in beauty video Watch video Whoopi Goldberg blasts SCOTUS over Roe V. Wade arguments Watch video Obese man's wife responds to 'trolls' who say he is punching Watch video Prince William teams up with Apple for new 'audio walking experience' Watch video How to make the 'perfect latte' using the Lavazza milk frother Watch video Mum creates the ultimate Grinch-y Christmas tree Watch video Animation demonstrating a solar eclipse near the maximum point Watch video Rangnick 'couldn't possibly turn down' Manchester United role Watch video Shocking moment thugs ram white van into police car following chase The decision to visit Ladurée may well have been Meghan's however, as the known foodie once took part in a photo shoot for Tod's in the ornately decorated French restaurant. In an image from the shoot, she is seen sitting in the New York tourist hotspot, wearing a patterned suit, a white shirt, and a pair of silver Tod's loafers with fringing detail on the front. Her makeup for the shoot was rather more glamorous than the subtle, natural looks she seems to prefer now; in the photo, Meghan can be seen modeling a bright pink lip, and dark, smokey eyes, while staring right into the lens with a very serious expression on her face. But it seems the somewhat unimpressed look she was making in the shot does not reflect her feelings about the French eatery, which is famed for its colorful confections and wide variety of teas, as well as its elegant interior. The Duchess also praised the restaurant in an interview with writer Barry Samaha. 'I love Ladurée in SoHo,' she said. 'It’s like a little slice of Paris in the middle of New York City. 'It is absolutely beautiful, and the courtyard is awesome,' she added. 'Everyone should get the Coupe SoHo, which is this amazing salted caramel ice cream. It’s delicious!' And it's not just Ladurée that holds a special place in Meghan's heart; the Duchess spoke on a number of occasions about her love for New York City and its many restaurants, bars, hotels, and shops, even giving the website Citiphile a full rundown of her favorite spots back while she was still starring as Rachel Zane in Suits. During the interview with the site, Meghan referenced several much-loved New York establishments, including the Marlton Hotel, Italian eatery Babbo, piano bar Marie's Crisis, and West Village favorite Fedora - which she praised for its dirty martinis. But according to sources, when Meghan isn't indulging in pastries from Ladurée, she will be spending much of her time enjoying the many amenities at the undisclosed five-star hotel where she is believed to be staying for the duration of her trip. The day before she flew to New York, Meghan enjoyed a quiet Valentine's Day evening with Prince Harry, their first as a married couple. 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Oscar-award winning director James Cameron reveals he only made Titanic to fund his dive to the wreck By Australian Associated Press and Ilaria Brophy For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:10 EST, 28 May 2018 \| Updated: 12:57 EST, 28 May 2018 e-mail 42 shares 6 View comments Oscar-award winning director, James Cameron is known for his penchant for deep sea dives - having ventured to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench in 2012. Now the iconic filmmaker has revealed he only made the blockbuster film Titanic as an excuse for 20th Century Fox to fund his dive to the wreck of the doomed ocean liner. According to The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, James, 63, said: 'if he had enough money to fund his original passion of deep sea exploration, he’d never make another movie again.' 'I make money to do explorations!' Oscar-award winning director James Cameron reveals he only made Titanic to fund his dive to the wreck 'Some people think of me as a Hollywood guy … (but) I make Avatar to make money to do explorations,' he said. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next 'She's putting herself out there a bit more': Lara Bingle... 'I checked my air, it was at zero': Film-maker James Cameron... Maggie Gyllenhaal wows in white at Vulture Fest in NYC... Steven Tyler admits he upset daughter Liv by 'hitting on'... Share this article Share 42 shares According to the publication James is in Sydney for 24 hours to visit the new immersive exhibition 'Challenging the Deep' at the Australian National Maritime Museum. The exhibition traces the acclaimed director's 'lifelong pursuit of and achievements in deep ocean science, technology and exploration including his record breaking dives in Deepsea Challenger,' according to the ANMM website. 'Challenging the deep': James Cameron poses alongside a scale model of the Deepsea Challenger cockpit at ANMM in Sydney Wheelie good! James Cameron poses next to a ships wheel from the film Titanic in Belfast, Northern Ireland The showcase also features a number of miscellaneous articles from the 1997 US epic film, Titanic. The famed filmmaker's fascination with the ocean has seen him make history as the only person to dive solo to the deepest spot on the planet - Challenger Deep. Appearing on 60 minutes last week, the 63-year-old Avatar filmmaker spoke about the moment he almost ran out of air while exploring the Earth's seabed. '[I thought] There was something wrong with my regulator': Appearing on 60 minutes last week, the 63-year-old Avatar filmmaker spoke about the moment he almost ran out of air while exploring the Earth's seabed 'I actually spent more time on the Titanic wreck than the captain spent on the ship': James said he's spent longer on the wreck than the ill-fated ship's captain '[I thought] There was something wrong with my regulator, I checked my air it was at zero, there was no second breath,' he said of the whopping 11,000 metre dive. 'That's just it.' Speaking about Titanic, which swept the Academy Awards with 11 Oscar wins, the film-maker said he's spent longer on the wreck than the ill-fated ship's captain. 'I actually spent more time on the Titanic wreck than the captain spent on the ship.' The Titanic director is currently working on the Avatar sequels, with the first due out in 2020. 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Tamara Ecclestone's business is $35m in the red zone Sir Michael Caine, 88, looks happier than ever as he leaves London hotspot with glamorous wife Shakira, 74 Grace Warrior marvels at her own reflection in the mirror as she bonds with grandma Terri Irwin Bindi Irwin's daughter Jade Jagger slips into punchy star-print dress as she cozies up to Sadie Frost - who dons a tracksuit and beanie - at festive fashion bash 'It's laughable': Joanna Lumley slams Netflix series The Crown as close friend of Prince Charles insists 'I know the royals, so I know it's all made up' Rumer and Scout Willis get in some quality time with their paternal grandmother Marlene Willis during shopping outing in LA Los Angeles Dodgers' $365million star Mookie Betts marries longtime love Brianna Hammonds in gorgeous beachside ceremony after 15 years of dating Josh Duggar had hi-tech software installed on his work computer to BYPASS monitoring service that alerted his wife Anna when he looked at 'mature teen' porn, court hears Jessie Ware is mesmerizing in ethereal blue gown as she serenades crowd during Manchester leg of tour David Beckham sports nasty cut on his nose after being bitten by daughter Harper, 10, as he steps out for soccer game with son Romeo Sir Rod Stewart, 76, enjoys quality time with son Alastair, 16, as pair watch Celtic soccer team win 1-0 against Heart of Midlothian in Cinch Premiership game Anne Hathaway oozes New York City cool in black minidress and overcoat... as she and husband Adam Shulman hold hands on date night 'Double Standard': Kathy Griffin accuses CNN of 'misogyny and ageism' for firing her but keeping Jeffery Toobin despite his Zoom masturbation scandal Did your toddler cut your hair, Elon? World's richest man Musk sports wild Mohawk as he touches down in Miami with son X Æ A-XII and dog in tow Nicole Kidman is a vision in white while her co-star Javier Bardem looks dashing in a purple tuxedo as they hit the red carpet at the Being The Ricardos premiere in New York Sandra Bullock opens up about her adopted daughter's foster care trauma - revealing she'd hide food and 'always be prepared to leave' after navigating THREE systems by age three Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn - with his estranged wife - party the night away at Soho Beach House in Miami before club hopping to A-list bash Riz Ahmed sports a stylish look with a Pakistani kurta and a suit at the Los Angeles premiere of his new Amazon film Encounter The story of a grandmother who accidentally invited teen to Thanksgiving dinner is being turned into a Netflix film called The Thanksgiving Text Robin Williams' kids Zelda and Zak attend fundraiser for teen mental health charity where the late comedian and Hollywood star was honored Octavia Spencer dons leopard-print coat and Gucci heels to reunite with Riz Ahmed at LA premiere of Amazon film Encounter Machine Gun Kelly is white hot in a stylish ivory suit and strands of pearls as he attends The Last Son premiere in NYC with daughter Casie, 12 Glenn Close and daughter Annie Starke hit the red carpet and support teen mental health at the Revels & Revelations event in New York City Gwyneth Paltrow declares she's 'made it' as Australian comedian Celeste Barber parodies the bikini-clad actress in the sauna Candice Swanepoel wows in a string bikini top and patterned pants at Tropic Of C swimwear event in Miami attended by model pals Joan Smalls and Karlie Kloss Heather Graham, 51, stuns in stripy sequin mini-dress as she joins Machine Gun Kelly at The Last Son premiere in NYC 'Nothing is working': Maria Menounous, 43, admits she is afraid she's 'too old to have kids' as she speaks out about her 'never-ending' attempt to conceive via surrogate Nicole Kidman reveals her husband Keith Urban found the Lucille Ball voice she used for her upcoming movie Being the Ricardos was 'scary' Britney Spears tells her critics to 'kiss my beautiful white a' while showing off her dresses and blasting terminated conservatorship... as she celebrates her 40th birthday in Mexico J.K. Simmons matches in black with daughter Olivia as they hit the red carpet together at NY premiere for his new film Being the Ricardos 'Miss me?': Billie Eilish is back to brunette hair less than a year after making dramatic platinum blonde transformation Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sends temperatures soaring as she dons sexy lace lingerie in sizzling pre-pregnancy shots for her latest M&S collection Rihanna bundles up in quilted black coat on loved up shopping trip in New York with A$AP Rocky... days after accepting National Hero insignia at Barbados Republican celebrations Alia Shawkat is effortlessly cool in a cropped tuxedo jacket and patent platforms as she attends the NYC premiere of Being The Ricardos Machine Gun Kelly accidentally STABBED himself trying to impress girlfriend Megan Fox with knife trick Justin Theroux throws his support behind ex-wife Jennifer Aniston's new beauty line LolaVie by declaring it 'works' in sweet Instagram shoutout Alessandra Ambrosio goes glam in sexy black jumpsuit with gold detailing as she celebrates release of her coffee table book at star-studded launch party in LA Barefoot Wendy Williams wears bathrobe and is helped to her car outside of a Miami wellness center ... as the future of her daytime talk show hangs in the balance Rachel Zegler takes home her first award as she wins Best Actress from National Board of Review for performance in West Side Story 'I'm going to catch that bouquet': Nicky Hilton says divorced Kim Kardashian joked about the bouquet toss tradition at Paris Hilton's wedding Kourtney Kardashian is SLAMMED over nine-year-old daughter Penelope's fake nails in TikTok video: 'Are you serious?' 'I would normally drink to make other people interesting!': Adele admits she boozed to deal with 'boring' people as she goes makeup free in beauty video Nicole Kidman stuns in a mint green suit while promoting Being The Ricardos on Live With Kelly And Ryan... and reveals she almost backed out of film Tori Spelling, 48, reveals she's getting 'bigger' breast implants than her current size D's but swears 'they'll actually look smaller' when she goes under the knife in the new year Josh Lucas unfollows girlfriend Rachel Mortenson and deletes his ENTIRE Instagram feed bar one photo... prompting split rumors Hilary Duff gets in the festive spirit as she collects Christmas stockings to decorate her home Martha Hunt is the picture of a doting mother as former Victoria's Secret Angel snuggles with newborn daughter Emery in sweet selfie Licorice Pizza writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson reveals why he picked Leonardo DiCaprio's father George for a cameo role Rita Ora, 31, and Taika Waititi, 46, cuddle up on a date night in Sydney as they return to the city where they first fell in love so the director can finish work on Thor: Love and Thunder Erika Jayne turns the page on a 'new chapter' of her life with launch of a hair extension line... following challenging year full of legal turmoil for RHOBH star Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, 56, struts her stuff in a tiny black bikini as she celebrates aging in a new beauty campaign that aims to prove 'older is sexy' 'My new parents': Drake bonds with couple courtside at OKC Thunder game Netflix's You is the most watched series across all streaming services for the THIRD week in a row Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons excite fans as they reunite in LA Blink-182 frontman Mark Hoppus says he accidently told the world about his Stage-4 cancer instead of his close friends due to 'brain fog' 'Got to see an old friend today': Andy Cohen reunites with his dog Wacha who he had to re-home because of some aggressive tendencies Sheriff and gun expert cast doubt on Alec Baldwin's claim he didn't pull trigger on Rust set as owner of prop arsenal firm says he only provided DUMMY rounds 'Sober sober is the only way': Demi Lovato renounces 'California sober' lifestyle which included alcohol and weed... three years after overdose Chrissy Teigen and John Legend celebrate daughter Luna, five, as she receives second COVID-19 vaccination 'I followed her lead': Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim says Chrishell Stause wanted to keep their romance a secret while filming latest season Bella Hadid insists Victoria's Secret has 'changed' as she explains why she's back working for the firm after sexual misconduct claims Advertisement DON'T MISS Gigi Hadid cuts a casual figure as she arrives at Palma de Mallorca airport in rare outing since Zayn Malik's altercation with her mother Yolanda Willow Smith cuts a seriously stylish figure in an eye-catching Mugler jacket and matching socks while gracing the cover of Elle France Kirsten Dunst reveals Spider-Man producers encouraged her to 'fix her teeth' when she was 19 Kim Kardashian throws her arms in the air as she strikes a series of sultry poses in sequined Balenciaga gown 'My Mooks': Johnny Galecki wishes ex-girlfriend Kaley Cuoco a happy birthday with a cheeky throwback post sharing his nickname for the star Kobe Bryant's daughter Natalia, 18, shows off modeling skills while sporting Beyonce's new Halls of Ivy Adidas collection Ashley Graham shows off 'tree of life' stretch marks in naked snaps shared online... ahead of giving birth to twins 'Free the nipple! Bras are uncomfortable!' Vanessa Hudgens gives her impassioned definition of feminism and her stance on going braless alongside stunning new shoot Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade proves to be one of her father's biggest fans as she reveals the rapper is her top artist on Spotify Wrapped '11+ over!': Victoria Beckham reveals daughter Harper, 10, has sat prestigious school exam as she gifts youngest child bouquet of flowers Laverne & Shirley star Eddie Mekka dead at 69: Actor who played Carmine Ragusa on the hit show is found dead at his home in California Seth Rogen admits he had NO IDEA the Adele concert was being taped for her One Night Only special and 'smoked a ton of weed' before the show Mariah Carey announces that she will release a new Holiday Hits Cookie Trio through her virtual bakery Gingerbread, Cinnamon Sugar and Chocolate Raspberry Truffle The REAL Princess Charlene: Friends from her swimming days tell Tatler the 'ambitious' royal 'knew what she was getting into' with Prince Albert but 'keeps her smarts under wraps' 'Vividly dreamed, cunningly modified and visually staggering': West Side Story remake is dubbed Steven Spielberg's 'best work in 20 years' as critics lavish five star reviews Rachel Zegler bundles up in a warm winter coat as she flashes a smile in New York City ahead of release of Steven Spielberg's West Side Story 'What a classy artist!' Taylor Swift sends Don McLean flowers and a sweet note after smashing his Billboard record he held for 50 years Bella Thorne celebrates being included on Forbes 30 Under 30 list: 'I can't even begin to describe my level of happiness right now' Selma Blair talks childhood, fame and her MS diagnosis in new memoir Mean Baby that she calls 'a survival course in acceptance' Simone Biles flaunts toned derriere in bikini snap from her vacation - as she discusses 'sadness' over mental health struggles that blighted her quest for gold in Tokyo 'We just connected in that way': Lizzo details her bond with Adele and says they've 'been through similar things'... but she can't remember their first meeting as she was too 'drunk' That '70s show! Kate Middleton dons $185 retro-style paisley Ralph Lauren blouse and keeps her face mask on to visit Fabergé exhibition at the V&A Winnie Harlow has legs for days in fitted ensemble as she takes in the thrill rides at Universal Studios Sean Penn cuts a dapper figure as he is joined by daughter Dylan and Leonardo Di Caprio at event for his CORE nonprofit in Miami 'I was extremely done': Willow Smith, 21, reveals she almost QUIT music following the success of breakthrough single Whip My Hair aged 10 Cardi B, 29, reveals new position as creative director at PLAYBOY and will serve as founding member of their creator-led platform: 'A dream come true' Christine Quinn's changing face: The Selling Sunset star famous for her 'burgers and Botox' parties is unrecognizable from her Netflix debut in 2019 Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Hudson both deliver show-stopping performances at the World AIDS Day concert in Los Angeles 'Date night': Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos pose for a romantic selfie as fans call them 'couple goals' Carlos Santana cancels all of his December shows after undergoing a successful and 'unscheduled heart procedure' Adam Levine reveals his face tattoo was actually FAKE as former 'Sexiest Man Alive' says he is 'too f*ing vain' to get head inking Arnold Schwarzenegger enjoys routine bike ride in Santa Monica... after paying tribute to 'idol' bodybuilder Dave Draper Lily Collins exudes Parisian chic wearing technicolor retro ensembles as she tours the City of Love ahead of season two of Emily in Paris From telling song lyrics to tense group chats and talk of uncontrollable tears: All the signs Little Mix were set to split as they announce they're 'taking a break' Little Mix SPLIT! Trio announce they're 'taking a break' to pursue solo projects after 10 amazing years together 'My heart is broken!' Devastated Little Mix fans react to the band's decision to split and say they hope it's not a 'permanent break like One Direction' Tiger King star Joe Exotic claims new evidence in murder-for-hire case is going to 'shock the world' and clear his name Alan Cumming's celebrity confessions: Actor reveals how he crashed JLo's 2001 wedding and praised Jessica Lange's breasts in candid memoir Halsey introduces baby son Ender to close friends BTS as she visits South Korean boyband backstage during their Permission To Dance tour Real Housewives Of Orange County: Heather Dubrow returns and shows off huge 22,000 square feet house Kim Kardashian seems to catch daughter Chicago and niece Dream red-handed as they meddle with her Christmas decorations in funny video Former child star Jonshel Alexander, 22, who appeared in Beasts of the Southern Wild, is shot dead and her friend wounded by masked gunman as they sat in a car in New Orleans 'It's been very hard after 35 years': Tom Ford admits he's 'struggled' to adjust to being a single father after his husband Richard Buckley's death Sopranos bosses were terrified star James Gandolfini would DIE while filming show after he 'went on cocaine and booze binges that forced bosses to shut down production' Lucy Boynton cuts a chic figure in pretty black dress while Sophie Cookson opts for same frock in pink as the actresses step out for fashion bash Karl Lagerfeld's 'dearest friend' opens doors to his lavish Paris home - revealing priceless treasures going up for auction, from $52k chandelier to $16k piano Rita Ora strips off and poses NUDE in a mirrored changing room before flashing her killer abs in sizzling snaps Matthew McConaughey tells radio hosts why ALL his female co-stars think he smells nice - and the secret behind his irresistible scent Chrissy Teigen displays her toned midriff in green crop top and tries out fringe with photo editing app in stunning snaps Dakota Johnson looks chic in a frilled collar dress as she joins her stylish co-stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley at The Lost Daughter photo call UK's most realistic Kate Middleton lookalike reveals how she trawls Zara and TJ Max to keep up with royal's wardrobe - and can't step out without being asked for a selfie Staff members put up the Christmas decorations at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh - including a 15ft tree and sparkling velvet garlands Princess Alexandra's granddaughter Flora Ogilvy says she is 'thrilled' as she lands new role as Ambassador of the V&A Museum's Young Patrons' Circle Striking a good note! Prince Charles meets students as gives a speech to unveil the official opening of the new Royal College of Music campus in London Chet Hanks puts on a trendy display as he departs dinner with a stunning mystery blonde in Santa Monica Winston Churchill's 'Little Redhead' granddaughter, Celia Sandys, 78, who went to parties with Jackie Onassis and Maria Callas shares childhood memories in new book Transgender reality star Jazz Jennings admits she was in a 'dark, dark place' while documenting her 100lb weight gain and eating disorder on her reality show Tom Brady believes son Jack, 14, will 'someday' play football for his alma mater Michigan... though wife Gisele Bundchen wants the boy to 'be what he wants to be' Irina Shayk is every inch the friendly ex as she attends ex Bradley Cooper's Nightmare Alley premiere in NYC... with the actor lauding her support in wake of reconciliation rumors Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval calls out Katie Maloney and says she only inserted herself into his new bar because she needed a STORYLINE to get more airtime on the show 'I don't want to be the bada...I've healed a lot': Noomi Rapace admits starring in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movies 'was like drowning in trauma' Haley Joel Osment poses with glamorous sister Emily while Frankie Grande kisses beau Hale Leon at star-studded LA Dodgers Christmas event Alex Rodriguez plans to celebrate Christmas as 'one big happy family' with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis as he moves on from Jennifer Lopez Santa's little helper! Sophie Wessex wraps up warm in chic shearling coat as she bakes mince pies and packs Christmas care packages for charity Suited and booted! Queen Letizia of Spain cuts a stylish figure in a grey checked blazer and trousers as she arrives at the reopening of a monastery to the public in Madrid 'Every day is your birthday my queen!' Britney Spears' hunky fiancé Sam Asghari whisks star away on private jet and puts on a firework show to celebrate her 40th Alessandra Ambrosio teases a glimpse of her underboob in tiny black crop-top for sultry shot from her new coffee table book Ashley Roberts looks chic in a purple argyle polo neck and leather mini skirt as she joins glam co-host Amanda Holden as at Heart FM studios Joan Collins, 88, exudes glamour as she and husband Percy Gibson, 56, dine with Calvin Klein, 79, in LA Helen Mirren, 76, chain-smokes fake cigarette as she transforms into first female Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir for new biopic 'Godfather of Black Music' Clarence Avant's wife, 81, is shot dead during 2.30am burglary at their $7M Beverly Hills mansion while he was at home Britney Spears' fiancé Sam Asghari shares a loving kiss with her on a private jet and calls her his 'wife'... as he gets her a B-shaped cake for her 40th birthday 'I am so madly in love with you': Brooklyn Beckham makes MORE romantic proclamations about fiancée Nicola Peltz after taking sizzling lingerie snap of the actress Kaley Cuoco rings in her 36th birthday at Disneyland... as the actress poses for cute snap with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse Jamie Oliver says his 'maternal' wife Jools has her sights on having SIXTH child - after revealing she may have IVF treatment following five miscarriages 'She's broken up our family': Jessie Ware jokes her sister isn't speaking to her after she recorded new single with Kylie Minogue 'I found the love of my life': Sandra Bullock hails boyfriend Bryan Randall as a 'saint' and praises him for helping raise her two adopted children Jessica Simpson shows off incredible 100lb weight loss in a Gucci cardigan and skinny jeans during shopping trip with husband Eric Johnson He's on a wing and a prayer! Lewis Hamilton raises eyebrows with yet another risky sartorial statement as he steps out in bird printed trousers at the F1 Grand Prix Dakota Johnson looks typically stylish in a sleek black suit while her co-star Olivia Colman cuts a chic figure at The Lost Daughter special screening Dakota Johnson reveals she gave her The Lost Daughter co-star Olivia Colman her first ever tattoo Phoebe Dynevor cuts a trendy figure in floral printed jacket as she poses for series of stunning snaps Gordon Ramsay heads home with glam wife Tana after dining at swanky private members club Maison Estelle Inside Bindi Irwin's Queensland home: Couple offer a rare glimpse at their house which features a Sixties-style fireplace and a huge mountain mural in the living room Lily Collins debuts her stylish bangs and slips into an elegant structured skirt as she joins her stylish co-stars to promote Emily In Paris' second season Victoria Beckham unveils her Christmas playlist - including Spice Girls, a shout-out to Elton John AND the song that beat her solo single to number one Richard E Grant admits he's feeling 'sentimental' as he prepares to spend his first Christmas without wife Joan following her death from lung cancer Carla Bruni exudes glamour in a black gown as she joins ab-flashing Tina Kunakey at Bulgari hotel opening The former French First Lady was a vision Rumer Willis dons LBD for Love Actually Live opening in LA... ahead of celebrating five years of sobriety Elsa Pataky goes sightseeing in Venice with sister-in-law Silvia Serra after her romantic trip to the Czech Republic with husband Chris Hemsworth From geishas to Flappers, a timeless allure: Why nothing's as subtly sexy as going backless - and for less busty girls they are a surefire way to wow Lala Kent says her 'head was in the sand' as she breaks silence on ex-fiancé and cheating allegations: 'I don't know how the fk I didn't see a lot of this st' Drake hams it up with NBA players and referees alike as he sits courtside to watch Oklahoma City Thunder take on Houston Rockets Chris Hemsworth 'purchases a $15million oceanfront site in Tasmania' after 'driving up house prices' in Australia's Northern Rivers region by buying several properties You Wear It Well! Penny Lancaster, 50, and dapper husband Rod Stewart, 76, wear matching camel for romantic dinner at swanky restaurant Dionne Warwick wants Jake Gyllenhaal to give THAT red scarf back to Taylor Swift and reiterates she'll happily 'pay the postage' to ensure its return Rita Ora arrives in Australia and begins home quarantine - where she works up a sweat with boyfriend Taika Waititi and celebrity trainer Jono Castano She's got s-EX appeal! Irina Shayk nearly bares all in leather as she gets cozy with Stella Maxwell at Bradley Cooper's Nightmare Alley premiere Princes William and Harry stay apart while holding 'joint' event for Diana Award winners: Duke of Cambridge meets face-to-face while Duke of Sussex holds Zoom meeting Lara Bingle shares a rare picture of husband Sam Worthington ahead of their seven-year wedding anniversary Former bikini model posted an image of the Avatar star How the royals do Christmas: The adorable festive tradition Princess Mary's family follows at the palace - and it's a new take on Elf on the Shelf Tom Ford reveals his VERY strict wardrobe rules for nine-year-old son - admitting he won't let him wear shorts to school and only just started allowing him to don T-shirts with prints Alexa Chung channels granny chic in a knitted hood and animal print faux fur coat as she arrives for a festive food bash at a pub I refuse to watch the new Sex And The City - because there's no Samantha, says EMILY HILL 'What? I listen to my dad's music?' Eminem's daughter Hailie Jade Mathers, 25, proves to be her father's biggest fan as she is in the TOP 3% of Spotify listeners Sarah Paulson glows in a white floral dress while rocking a stylish bob as she leads the stars at The Wrap's Power Women Summit 2021 Sean Penn sports a mustache as he's seen smoking a cigarette in Miami ... about six weeks after estranged wife Leila George filed for divorce Freddie Prinze Jr. reveals he will NEVER star in another movie with his Sarah Michelle Gellar... especially not a romantic comedy DailyMailTV EXCLUSIVE: Heather Dubrow reveals she wanted to return to RHOC to show 'our version of a normal family' after teen Max came out as bisexual Kourtney Kardashian puts on loved up display with Travis Barker while filming scenes for her family's new Hulu show... after shutting down pregnancy rumors Alec Baldwin weeps as he denies pulling trigger on gun loaded with 'a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be the property' during George Stephanopoulos interview Prosecutor in Josh Duggar child porn trial describes how he downloaded 65 images of a 'nude seven-year-old girl exposing her genitals and put in a dog kennel' Jill Duggar, 30, colors her hair for the first time and goes BLONDE - as she's named a potential witness in child porn trial of older brother Josh - who abused her and her sisters as kids Adam Levine debuts FACE TATTOO! Former 'Sexiest Man Alive' showcases new rose face inking with wife Behati Prinsloo at Art Basel party in Miami Katy Perry shares snaps from Thanksgiving with Orlando Bloom in California: 'Taxes may be high but so are our temperatures' . Alessandra Ambrosio steps out in LA with a copy of her new coffee table book in hand that features artistic nude snaps of the model Kelly Osbourne reflects on the 'hardest year' of her life... after being 'fat shamed' following sobriety battle Meagan Good leaves little to the imagination with a black bodysuit and a mesh skirt at the premiere for her series Harlem in New York City Cardi B's new line of vodka-infused whipped cream sells out within MINUTES as she promises fans more Victoria's Secret vet Behati Prinsloo shows off her supermodel curves in a skimpy black bikini while on the beach in Miami Rooney Mara nails gothic glam in black lace gown with sheer bodice and cropped jacket at premiere for Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley in NYC Padma Lakshmi, 51, showcases her figure in strapless brown leather pencil dress at NY premiere for movie Nightmare Alley Lady Gaga opens up about her first acting role in an episode of The Sopranos as a teenager: 'I can see exactly what I did wrong' Draya Michele sizzles in a busty green blouse and spandex shorts as she steps out in Los Angeles The Masked Singer: Faith Evans reveals identity after performing as Skunk in Group A finals on Fox Elizabeth Hurley, 56, slips into another racy Versace dress for sizzling shoot - 27 years after wowing in THAT safety pin dress Henry Cavill is every inch the doting son as he brings his glamorous mother Marianne as his date to The Witcher season 2 premiere Miley Cyrus makes Forbes 30 Under 30 list AGAIN... a week after turning 29: 'It was now or never' Kourtney Kardashian shuts down pregnancy rumors after sharing sexy bikini snaps from Palm Springs holiday with fiancé Travis Barker Kim Kardashian is 'showing suppressed anger' towards Kanye West while he is 'keen to challenge' her romance with Pete Davidson, expert claims Christina Aguilera will be presented with the People's Choice Awards 2021 Music Icon Award by Becky G at televised show on December 7 Olivia Rodrigo tops Spotify's year-end chart with Driver's License earning most-streamed title... as rapper Bad Bunny earns top artist of 2021 Vanessa Hudgens shows off her toned derriere in a tight-fitting athleisure outfits from Kate Hudson's Fabletics Julia Lemigova kisses her tennis ace wife Martina Navratilova in new RHOM teaser... as she makes history as first openly lesbian Real Housewife Jen Shah argues fraud case should be THROWN OUT as she claims jury pool is tainted by remarks federal agents made on Hulu doc about the scandal 'I'm just glad that she is solo': Harry Hamlin weighs in on daughter Amelia Gray's split from Scott Disick and says she is 'doing great' on her own Cara Delevingne joins the cast of hit Hulu comedy series Only Murders In The Building starring Selena Gomez for its second season Gigi Hadid cuts a casual figure as she arrives in Mallorca with her entourage for a getaway - after Zayn Malik and Yolanda Hadid altercation 'We always do it big!' Ice-T and wife Coco throw epic SpongeBob themed party for daughter Chanel's 6th birthday Henry Cavill cuts a dapper figure as he joins glamorous co-star Anna Shaffer - who wows in an electric blue dress - at The Witcher season two premiere Anderson Cooper cradles his 19-month old son Wyatt sleeping on his chest as he shares tender beach snap Vivica A. Fox, 57, showcases her incredible figure alongside Jeremy Meeks, 37, as they step out for the premiere of True To The Game 3 Kris Jenner looks chic as she leaves London hotel with Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo after whirlwind UK trip Former Wife Swap star, 36, accuses producers of doing 'horrible things' to her family and 'exploiting her pain' for profit - calling show the 'worst mistake' of her life 'I don't want to be worshipped': Dolly Parton, 75, reflects on why celebrity culture makes her 'cringe' Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline sign on to star in new AppleTV+ thriller Disclaimer directed by Alfonso Cuaron Bachelor star Colton Underwood says he abused Xanax while struggling to 'suppress' his sexuality, admitting he took 'a lot' of pills in the hopes he wouldn't 'wake up' Sailing back into society! Ivanka models $3,450 pink Louis Vuitton mini dress as she and Jared cruise to star-studded Miami fashion show honoring late Virgil Abloh What HAS happened to Meghan and Harry's $25m Spotify podcast deal? Royal couple have produced NO content in 2021 despite promising shows that would 'build community' Michael B. 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0.999991	Oncologists predicted a grim future for independent cancer practices as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across America: there would be steep declines in patient visits, treatment and screening would be the last straw for many already struggling centers, and they would have to shut. But what actually happened? Medscape Medical News talked to oncologists at independent practices on how they weathered the storm and found that, although they mostly survived, the pandemic has left them fearful about a looming crisis. The grim predictions were made in an October 2020 JAMA Oncology viewpoint article. Zachary Frosch, MD, and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, argued that the pandemic exposed the fragility of US cancer care. About half of all US oncology practices are independent, they noted. These mostly physician-owned practices, which were sometimes the only cancer care providers in their communities, had already been struggling financially before the pandemic. Indeed, they have faced years of declining reimbursement and growing expenses that led hundreds of offices to shutter between 2008 and early 2020, according to an April 2020 report from the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). But the pandemic added extra pressure on an already fraught situation. As COVID-19 spread across the nation, guidelines recommended careful consideration or delay of cancer treatment, and this drastically reduced outpatient cancer visits and chemotherapy administration. This is “slashing revenue for oncology practices,” the viewpoint authors wrote, warning that these extra financial pressures are placing some independent practices “on the verge of collapse.” Although this prediction of collapse appears to have been borne out, to some extent, for physician practices in general, it appears that oncology practices have bucked the trend. A 2020 survey from the Physicians Foundation reported that of an estimated 100,000 independent practices in the United States, about 13% closed and that 6% plan to close in the next 12 months because of COVID. The Physicians Foundation noted that the majority who closed their doors are “surgical, diagnostic, internal medicine or other specialists,” though it did not provide a more granular breakdown by practice type. In contrast, independent community oncology practices have largely survived the pandemic. Although COA has not collected formal data yet, Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the organization, told Medscape Medical News that “while there may be a few exceptions, we have heard of no independent community oncology practices closing because of, or during, the pandemic. In fact, all the practices we regularly engage with are open and doing well right now.” David Penberthy, MD, president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers, has come to a similar conclusion. “In my conversations with colleagues, I’ve found that many independent cancer practices experienced a severe financial impact from COVID-19, and my experience was no different,” said Penberthy, medical director of radiation oncology at Southside Regional Medical Center, in Petersburg, Virginia. “But I also saw community oncology remain resilient and rise to the challenges in big way, continuing to deliver cancer care during the pandemic.” So how did independent cancer centers survive the pandemic? Keeping Their Doors Open Kashyap Patel, MD, chief executive officer of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care in South Carolina and president of COA, knew his small oncology practice needed a plan, and fast. He supervises five doctors, three midlevel practitioners, and 23 staff in two offices. Dr Kashyap Patel Patel knew his patients had no other options for their cancer care, especially those living in the underserved rural belt that sweeps across a 100-mile radius southeast of the practice. “We are the only practice that provides care for these patients, and I worried about what would happen to them if we closed,” he said. He made a decision not to turn anyone away. “We see every patient who walks through our doors, whether they can pay or not, and I wasn’t going to leave anyone without care during the pandemic,” he commented. Funds provided through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act were a lifeline for Patel’s practice. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) allocated almost $68 of $520 billion to healthcare professionals in the United States, and the Provider Relief fund (PRF) provided another $178 billion. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offered emergency relief for physicians treating Medicare patients, sending practices an advance on these payments in 2020 and waiving the automatic yearly 2% reduction in Medicare payments through the end of 2021. In April 2020, Patel received a little over $330,000 through the PPP and $1 million in advance Medicare payments. Like his colleagues in community oncology, he used these funds to cover COVID-related office expenses and to keep his staff employed, even offering them a 10% to 15% pay bump between March and September 2020, owing to the new risks of treating patients. To make his office COVID-ready, Patel latched onto the fast-evolving guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and established protocols to stagger patient visits, check symptoms and temperatures, disinfect surfaces, and reconfigure chairs to keep patients at a distance. He also decided to temporarily close his office in Lancaster, a more rural area about 40 miles south of Charlotte, North Caroline, and shift these patients to Rock Hill. Concentrating operations at one location allowed some staff to stay home in case anyone got sick. “But by expanding our hours from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, virtually every patient on chemotherapy got their treatment when they needed it,” said Patel. Despite these efforts, the practice did experience a dip in revenue, largely from a 10% decline in new patient consults and a 20% decline in follow-up visits early in the pandemic. Dr Barbara McAneny Another practice owner tells a similar story. Barbara L. McAneny, MD, chief executive of New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, found the federal aid kept her practice afloat, helping cover staff salaries plus a $3 per hour raise. It also helped to cover the restructuring of her Albuquerque and Gallup offices for COVID and the lost revenue from a 20% drop in new patients. But the pandemic presented other challenges for her patients. The novel virus devasted the Navajo Nation in Gallup, and the city closed because of the high infection rate. Essential workers needed a letter to enter. “We had to take extraordinary measures to help our patients in Gallup,” said McAneny, who runs a foundation that supplies nonmedical essentials — food, childcare, even refrigerator repairs — to her patients who have the least access. “In normal times, many of our patients in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water. During the pandemic, the needs of this community escalated, and we worried that the increased demand would sink us.” The CARES Act funds and an advance on Medicare payments allowed McAneny and her colleagues to cover the necessities — salaries and COVID-related office changes — and bring hundreds of bags of food to patients in Gallup. “We spent all of our COVID loan money on these things and still took a hit financially, but we kept our doors open for our patients,” McAneny said. Revenue Boost From Telemedicine Aside from government loans, telemedicine also provided a revenue boost for some independent practices. With CMS expanding telemedicine benefits in March 2020, community oncology practices had a new avenue to see patients and get paid. Texas Oncology — the largest cancer practice in the country, with 220 locations spanning the state and southeastern Oklahoma — quickly developed a telemedicine infrastructure in March 2020. Dr Debra Patt “We’ve done 220,000 virtual visits as of the end of March 2021,” said Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, executive vice president of Texas Oncology. “I expected to encounter big ebbs and flows in telemedicine use over the past year, but throughout the pandemic we’ve consistently seen 10% of new cancer patients and 15% of established patients viatelemedicine.” Virtual visits allowed Patt to monitor patients who were taking oral medications and to manage drug side effects while simultaneously freeing up office space for those requiring chemotherapy infusions, blood draws, IV fluids, or physical exams. Even before the pandemic, Tennessee Oncology had a telemedicine pilot in place. With patient volumes sinking by 40% in April 2020 as a result of lockdown restrictions, the practice used this infrastructure to continue delivering oral cancer drugs to patients and to accelerate clinical trial screenings for patients in remote areas. “Instead of having our rural patients drive hours to Nashville for a consultation, we did screenings via telemedicine and saw record clinical trial accruals in our phase 1 trials,” said Natalie Dickson, MD,president and chief medical officer of the 34-office practice. But telemedicine proved less useful for others. Without smartphones or broadband service, virtual visits were impossible for McAneny’s patients in the Navajo Nation. Even for those equipped with necessary tools, using the technology posed a challenge for some. “We had some physicians spending 15 to 20 minutes with patients explaining how to turn on their video,” said Kimberly McCurry, director of operations–Northern Division, at California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence (cCARE) in Fresno. Outside of federal support and telemedicine — the main avenues for steadying patient volumes and revenue — individual practices found a few other factors helpful. With primary care offices closing in Augusta, patients began coming to see Miriam Atkins, MD, for their non-oncology needs, including refills for high blood pressure and diabetes medications. “We had to stand in as primary care providers for some of our patients, otherwise they would have been out of luck,” said Atkins, a medical oncologist at Augusta Oncology and vice president of COA. Having access to PET and CT imaging at cCARE made cancer screenings possible and meant the practice did not see a decline in new patients. “We are very fortunate to have machines to continue cancer screenings,” McCurry said. Along with telemedicine and federal funds, the partners at Texas Oncology decided to take a salary cut to free up additional funds to keep staff on payroll. A Few Closures But even with these changes, a few closures did occur. Early in the pandemic, Texas Oncology had to shutter five satellite offices out of its 220 locations. “We just could not sustain staffing at those offices,” Patt said. Fortunately, according to COA, most closures were only temporary. After closing one of his 10 offices during the first COVID surge in March 2020, James Perry, MD, an oncologist at Alliance Cancer Specialist in Pennsylvania, reopened it a few months later. Patel reopened his Lancaster office in July 2020. Cancer hospitals largely stayed afloat as well, with one exception. In late March 2021, Cancer Treatment Centers for America (CTCA) closed its Tulsa hospital, and Temple University Hospital acquired CTCA’s Philadelphia hospital, representing two of CTCA’s five major centers. According to a spokesperson for CTCA, market trends in Philadelphia and Tulsa created “insurmountable insurance limitations.” Although CTCA did not provide further detail, a report in The Cancer Letter revealed that the insurmountable insurance limitations in Tulsa may refer to contract struggles with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, which is currently in a negotiation battle with Oklahoma University Health Stephenson Cancer Center. Another Crisis Brewing Although community oncology practices have largely weathered the pandemic, not every practice has fully recovered its prepandemic patient volume. Patt, who shared updated, unpublished data from Avalere Health, highlighted that screenings and patient visits through November 2020 recovered to a degree but remained lower overall than 2019 — 28% for screenings and 40% for visits. But some are seeing patient volumes return.McCurry said prepandemic volumes bounced back at cCARE in October, and Patel saw his practice’s normal patient flow resume in early 2021. William Pierce, MD, PhD, even saw an increase in patient volume along with a 6% boost in revenue in 2020 compared to 2019. Pierce, an oncologist at Oregon Oncology Specialists in Salem, believes the growing expense of oncology treatments as well as the pandemic’s lightter footprint in Oregon might explain these increases. But a year of delayed screenings appears to be creating a different problem: a wave of new, more advanced cancer diagnoses. A recent survey, conducted in early 2021 by the American Society for Radiation Oncology, found that two thirds of physicians reported new patients coming in with more severe diseasecompared to before the pandemic. “Anecdotally, we are seeing cancer patients presenting with more advanced cancers that require more substantial treatment cancers,” said Patt. “The tragedy will be in years to come when the full ramifications of this backlog in cancer screenings manifest.” An analysis from the National Cancer Institute suggests that these pandemic-related delays in cancer diagnoses may lead to almost 10,000 excess deaths over the next decade from breast and colorectal cancer alone. TheBritish National Health Service had its own bleak forecast: A 5% to 16% increase in cancer patients dying prematurely from lung, breast, colon and esophageal cancer over the next 5 years because of delays in screening. The psychological fallout from a surge of more advanced diagnoses will likely take a toll on patients, families and providers, Patel said. In particular, there is one patient that he cannot get out of his mind. Yvette Lowery, now 59, had remained vigilant about breast screenings since she could get them. In April 2020, she noticed a lump in her breast, but was out of luck: She could not book an appointment until October. By the time she got a mammogram, she had stage II breast cancer and needed intense treatment: a double mastectomy followed by chemotherapy. “If Yvette had access to screening on time, she may have been diagnosed at an early stage and required a much less expensive and intensive treatment, possibly no chemotherapy,” Patel said. Instead, after radical surgery, Lowery had to see Patel every week, sometimes twice a week, for almost 6 months and will continue to need frequent imaging and blood work. But Lowery’s experience, Patel said, likely reflects the tip of the iceberg, and he is bracing himself for a wave of more advanced cancers to come. “Developing bonds with patients, becoming part of their ecosystem over years, and seeing some die takes an emotional toll as an oncologist and as a human being,” he said. “I am holding my breath thinking about the ongoing challenges for cancer care in the aftermath of COVID.” For more news, follow Medscape on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. 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0.99614	Euro-GASP external quality assessment scheme for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing - 2019 External quality assessment - 3 Dec 2021 External quality assessment (EQA) is an essential part of any laboratory-based surveillance system, allowing for the monitoring of performance and comparability of results from participating laboratories, identification of potential issues and deployment of resources and training where necessary. Euro-GASP external quality assessment scheme for Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing - 2019 - EN - [PDF-2.53 MB] Antimicrobial resistance Gonorrhoea Microbiology Sexually transmitted infections Publication Communicable disease threats report, 28 November-4 December 2021, week 48 Publication - 3 Dec 2021 This issue of the CDTR covers the period 28 November-4 December 2021 and includes updates on COVID-19, Ebola, and Influenza. Communicable disease threats report, 28 November-4 December 2021, week 48 - EN - [PDF-881.07 KB] Coronavirus COVID-19 Ebola haemorrhagic fever Influenza Public health threat Data Data on COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA Data set - 3 Dec 2021 The downloadable data files contain information on COVID-19 vaccination in the EU/EEA. The data are presented in the Vaccine Tracker and collected through The European Surveillance System (TESSy). Coronavirus COVID-19 Immunisation Data Data on the daily number of new reported COVID-19 cases and deaths by EU/EEA country Data set - 3 Dec 2021 The downloadable data file is updated daily and contains the latest available public data on COVID-19. Each row/entry contains the number of new cases and deaths reported per day and per country in the EU/EEA. Coronavirus COVID-19 EU/EEA Public health threat News Epidemiological update: Omicron variant of concern (VOC) – data as of 3 December 2021 (12.00) Epidemiological update - 3 Dec 2021 As of 3 December and since 2 December 2021, 30 additional SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern (VOC) cases have been confirmed in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA), contributing to an overall total of 109 confirmed cases so far. Coronavirus COVID-19 Public health threat Data Data on SARS-CoV-2 variants in the EU/EEA Data set - 2 Dec 2021 The downloadable data file contains information about the volume of COVID-19 sequencing, the number and percentage distribution of variants of concern (VOC) by week and country. Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 variants Data Data on the daily subnational 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases Data set - 2 Dec 2021 The downloadable data file contains information on the 14-day notification rate of new cases per 100 000 inhabitants for COVID-19 by day and subnational region. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain day and per subnational region. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy. The source is either TESSy COVID-19, subnational daily data, or an official Github source, or an official website. Coronavirus COVID-19 Public health threat Surveillance Data Data on 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths Data set - 2 Dec 2021 These files contain data on the 14-day notification rate of newly reported COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population and 14-day notification rate of reported deaths per million population by week and country, in EU/EEA and the UK. Each row contains the corresponding data for a given indicator, week and country. The files are updated weekly. You may use the data in accordance to ECDC’s copyright policy. Coronavirus COVID-19 Public health threat Surveillance Data Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country Data set - 2 Dec 2021 The downloadable data file contains information about testing volume for COVID-19 by week and country. Each row contains the corresponding data for a country and a week. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy. Coronavirus COVID-19 Public health threat Data Data on the weekly subnational 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases Data set - 2 Dec 2021 The downloadable data file contains information on the 14-day notification rate of new cases per 100 000 inhabitants for COVID-19 by day and subnational region. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain epidemiological week and per subnational region. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.
0.999814	Stephen Cleeve doesn't want to disadvantage King's Lynn Town's most loyal supporters Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Archant King’s Lynn Town owner Stephen Cleeve says he won’t sell season tickets in advance for the 2020-21 campaign – because he doesn’t want to disadvantage his most loyal supporters. Another big crowd at The Walks Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Archant With football in a state of limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lynn are in the same boat as scores of other clubs right up to the Premier League giants in not knowing whether the current season will be completed or not – and what knock-on effect that may have, The National League is currently awaiting the result of a vote which will decide whether the season is officially ended – before more voting to decide whether that will be followed by promotion and relegation or whether results will be null and void. However, with the possibility that next season’s schedule could be affected the resumption of the current season, Cleeve says the sale of season tickets is not on the table. “We don’t know how many games or how many teams are going to be in which league,” he said. “They are all saying the games are going to kick off in August - that can’t happen, it physically can’t happen. “I can’t believe we are going to get a football match until September, it could be October. The leagues next season might be shortened. Most Read expand_more More 1 'Squatter' couple become legal owners of land as saga continues 2 WATCH: Moment hero doorman tackles knifeman during Norwich triple stabbing 3 Passengers angry after train heading to Norwich delayed for hours 4 Norfolk car dealership and MOT centre named among best in the country 5 Covid restrictions played part in father's death, inquest told 6 'My life has been plagued by fly-tipping for a year - I need it to stop' 7 'It was horrible' - Shock as woman robbed and assaulted in broad daylight 8 Woman arrested after man hit with a broom in city centre 9 Norwich independent school named one of best in East Anglia 10 PRESSER: Spurs v City - Rashica major injury blow; Normann also out “If any club was to go into administration and were to be thrown out, you could find yourselves bumped up or possibly bumped down I guess. The reality is, until you know how many games you are going to play, how can you price a season ticket fairly to the people that are most loyal to you? “I don’t understand how you can do it. I don’t want my most loyal fans to be disadvantaged. I would be putting the people who are buying the odd matchday ticket here and there first in the queue - they would be receiving better treatment than the people who are buying games in advance. “Until you know who’s in your league and how many clubs are in your league and exactly what league you are going to be in you shouldn’t really be selling season tickets until that is done. “Nothing is off the table – so many things could change in various ways we haven’t even thought of yet.” 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.
0.996487	Anshu Malik became the first Indian to finish on the podium at the Individual Wrestling World Cup, winning a silver medal in the women's 57kg division in Belgrade, Serbia. The 19-year-old lost to Moldova's Anastasia Nichita 5-1 in the final. The result meant the Indian - a former world and Asian cadet champion - has medaled at each of the three international tournaments she's competed in. She made her senior debut in early 2020 at the stacked Matteo Pellicone Memorial meet in Rome. That spectacular run included victories over top caliber opponents like Canada's reigning 59kg world champion Linda Morais, and 2014 Youth Olympic Games champion Grace Bullen of Norway. She then won a bronze at the Asian Championships in New Delhi. The result in Belgrade was another high quality performance from the Indian. She beat 2019 European Games bronze medalist Alyona Kolesnik Azerbeijan 4-2 in the first round, before picking up a 3-1 win over Germany's Laura Mertens. In the semifinal, Anshu pinned Veronika Chumikaova. The Russian had had an excellent year with wins in the Poland Open, Russian Championships and the Ivan Yargin competitions and the loss to the Indian was her first of the year. Editor's Picks Individual Wrestling World Cup: Form, momentum up for grabs for India in Belgrade 355dJonathan Selvaraj Narsingh Yadav looks to roll back lost years 356dJonathan Selvaraj 'I started imagining every small thing to be coronavirus' 1yJonathan Selvaraj 2 Related The bout against Nichita was always going to be the toughest challenge competition for the Indian. 21-year-old Nichita is, like Anshu, a fast rising youngster herself. She qualified for the Olympics with a fifth place finish in the 57kg division at last years world championships and became a champion at the 59kg class at the 2020 European championships. She'd won her matches by fall and then superiority but was tested against the Indian. Anshu was defensive early on and conceded a point on passivity but only went into the break with a 1 point deficit. Anshu attempted a takedown early in the second half but it was the Moldovan who pulled the Indian down to score two. Anshu reversed the position to get on board but with a minute and forty seconds to go, Nichita got the Indian to the ground and went behind to score the final two points of the match. The disappointment of the result notwithstanding, Anshu's silver medal has been the highlight of the tournament so for India with no other wrestler finishing on the podium so far. Indeed in one of the biggest disappointments for the Indian contingent, World bronze medalist and Asian Champion Ravi Dahiya exited in the very first round, after being pinned by Gamzatgadzsi Halidov of Hungary. The result would also serve as a confidence boost for Anshu herself. The 57kg division is one where India haven't yet qualified an athlete for the Tokyo Olympics and former world bronze medalist Pooja Dhanda is expected to challenge Anshu for a place on the Indian team. While Anshu had said prior to the competition she was under no real pressure and had not burdened herself with any expectations, a strong result in Belgrade will only cement her claim to a spot on the Indian team for the first Olympic qualifier next year.
0.999284	Why is Summorum Pontificum a dead letter in Scotland? I’ve been contacted by a student at St Andrews University who claims the following: 1. That he and about 15 of his university friends form a “stable group” of Catholics who would like to attend Mass in the Extraordinary Form in St Andrews once a month. (Other residents of the town are also interested.) 2. That a priest has agreed to celebrate the TLM for these students. 3. That the St Andrews Catholic chaplaincy has refused permission for the Mass to be celebrated in the university or the local parish. 4. That the chaplaincy has also refused to allow the celebration of Vespers according to the traditional form of the Roman Rite. Needless to say, the chaplaincy can’t be reached for comment. But I gather that this dispute has been dragging on for a long time. Also, that a very senior figure in the Roman Curia is taking an interest in the matter, dismayed at what appears to be yet another example of the reluctance of the Scottish clergy to implement the Motu Proprio. If what I’ve been told is true, I hope an appeal to Ecclesia Dei is in the works. • Reply Christopher Posts: 378 Threads: 65 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Jul 2009 #2 11-20-2010, 10:47 AM clearly their next step is the Bishop. • Reply Unum Sint Posts: 1,754 Threads: 278 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: Aug 2009 #3 11-20-2010, 11:40 AM This will be crushed just like all resistance to the return of the Tridentine will be crushed because it is God who wills His Church.
0.999937	In The Scepter of Zavandor, the players are magic students amassing power to claim the game named scepter. SoZ is a brutal snowball economy game with an auction component as the main player interaction. Given this description, I should 1) not enjoy the game and 2) be fairly terrible at it. I was fascinated, if a bit overwhelmed, the first time I played it. With each subsequent play, I have liked it more and more. Even more surprising, I am very competitive at the game. After a few attempts, players learn what is and is not a good idea and then develop a sense of what strategies are viable.
0.959233	Quick links... Weather Local News Problem Solvers Coronavirus Project Safe Schools Contests Links on 2 News Oklahoma 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays Rebound Actions Facebook Tweet Email COVID-19 vaccine efficacy could depend on virus' mutation rate COVID-19 vaccine efficacy could depend on virus' mutation rate By: Dan Grossman Posted at 2:05 PM, Oct 07, 2020 and last updated 2020-10-08 09:06:33-04 As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, researchers say it is important to track how the coronavirus mutates because it could affect the efficacy of a vaccine. Like all living cells, viruses evolve their chemical make-up changes. In viruses like the flu, that happens frequently, which is why every year there is a new vaccine to treat whatever strain is expected to circulate. With COVID-19, however, those mutations happen much slower, according to research out of Arizona State University. “One of the things we’re still keeping an eye on is the evolution of this virus because that virus is still around in the community,” said Dr. Efrem Lim, an assistant professor at ASU. “Everyone is coming in blind to this. This is a novel virus. This isn’t something we have seen before.” In March, Arizona State University played host to our country’s fourth COVID-19 case. As soon as it was detected, Dr. Lim started studying how the virus mutates and sent his findings to the World Health Organization. It's something that still continues to this day. “This virus, overall, mutates pretty slowly, which is a good thing,” said Dr. Lim. “However, we can have instances where the virus can have very large, dramatic, mutations, such as deletions in the genome.” While rare, Dr. Lim says those mutations can be significant as it changes how the virus acts inside the body. Currently, scientists are focusing much of their efforts on identifying ways to eliminate the function of the spike protein in COVID-19, as it is the way the virus binds to our cells and infects them (spike proteins are the stalks that protrude from the center of the virus that make it so recognizable). “It is very good news that the virus is not changing rapidly,” said ASU virologist Dr. Brenda Hogue. “We will have to see over time, as the virus continues to circulate, as we put a vaccine into play, whether or not there will be any issues.” Dr. Lim says right now there does not appear to be any issues because the virus mutates slowly, but he adds it could adapt to a vaccine once one begins to circulate. He says more testing needs to be done to determine that, however. Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
0.942714	Martin Scorsese's latest mobster crime epic The Irishman premiered at this year's New York Film Festival, with the film set to drop on Netflix later this year. So far, critics' reviews have spoken favourably about the flick - all 209 minutes of it - with many citing Scorsese's skill as an auteur, not to mention the impeccable performances from Hollywood heavyweights Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. In fact, they loved it so much that the film has already earned the honourable 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Yes, that means The Irishman is 'Certified Fresh' - an accolade to write home about. It's yet to be seen how the film will fair with audiences, something we'll find out when it drops on November 27. Advert 10 The plot is based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt, following Frank Sheeran (De Niro), an infamous WW2 veteran and former hitman for the mob. The Irishman Will Be On UK Netflix On 27 November. The film spans decades, as Frank reflects back on his mobster career, with particular focus on the disappearance of his old friend and controversial union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino) - and his potential involvement in the crime. Instead of casting younger actors to play the stars in their former years, the production team invested a heavy dose of the budget on sophisticated anti-ageing technology, allowing De Niro and Pacino to relive their 30s again while flexing their acting chops. Advert 10 When discussing the movie, New York Film Festival director Kent Jones said: "It's the work of masters, made with a command of the art of cinema that I've seen very rarely in my lifetime, and it plays out at a level of subtlety and human intimacy that truly stunned me." Since its world premiere, critics have been quick to confirm Scorsese's remark that The Irishman is 'different' to his previous work. Robert De Niro with Martin Scorsese. Credit: PA The New York Times described it as the director's 'least sentimental picture of mob life, and for that reason his most poignant', adding that it's a 'gift for cinephiles'. Advert 10 Meanwhile, Esquire added that this 'isn't just any old mob movie or Goodfellas-lite, but rather a haunting, poignant, twilight-of-the-gods drama tinged with regret, driven by monumental ambition, and smothered in the red sauce of violence'. The gleaming reviews go on. Thankfully, we don't have long to wait until we get to see what all the fuss is about. November 27, people - get it in the diary. Topics: the irishman, Robert De Niro, Mafia, Film, Director, Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, Gangster, Cinema, rotten tomatoes
0.999912	UK Dictionary US Dictionary Synonyms English Grammar Spanish Spanish - English English - Spanish Spanish Grammar Search à á â ä ã ă ā ç č è é ê ë ē ģ ì í î ï ī ķ ļ ñ ň ņ ò ó ô ö õ ş š ţ ù ú û ü ū ý ž æ œ ß menu Home US English imp Main definitions of imp in English : imp1IMP2 imp1 See synonyms for imp Translate imp into Spanish noun 1A small, mischievous devil or sprite. ‘You say, ‘I've never seen any imps, sprites or goblins in this whole neighborhood!’’ More example sentences ‘On Thursday night, we will all answer the door to find assorted little devils, imps and ghosts thrusting forward a bag half filled with processed sugar to the cry of ‘Trick or treat’.’ ‘I looked at the tracks and saw that little goblins, imps, fairies, and sprites had been in my house.’ ‘When she smiled and curtsied, she reminded me of a sprite-ish imp.’ ‘But then I began to feel rather like a character in one of those moralistic cartoons - a man who has a mischievous imp on one shoulder and a self-righteous angel on the other.’ ‘Human beings are often exaggerated giants or imps - one hilarious picture shows a short old man with a giant sabre climbing stairs - and key emotional turning points are set in an atmosphere of brightly coloured mists.’ ‘He did not know what trouble this could bring, for people spoke of elves and imps and brownies living up in the hills.’ ‘His father had been a cider-maker, and a noted cider drinker, so he was an authority on imps - and fairies, and all sorts of things that lesser folk never saw.’ ‘This has always been true, as I'm sure you've learned in your classes and in your lives: There have always been these forces, these imps and demons, this terror.’ ‘To her religious enemies, she was an imp of the Devil, if not probably the Devil himself incarnate.’ ‘Unleash as many of your demon imps as you may, but you cannot stop me, and I will continue to follow my own dreams.’ ‘And still it sat there upon its inky throne surrounded by inky superstition, leering over him with an evil smirk and waiting - waiting with all the patience of an imp or demon.’ ‘In Dungeon Keeper you managed a host of demons, imps, succubi, etc. as you expanded your dungeon's real estate.’ ‘The bad news is I skipped the cool down and the imps of sloth have decided to punish my errant behaviour with a pinched nerve, that restricts the movement of my head.’ ‘Immediately the imp within me starts whispering, ‘Hey, you could do anything you want.’’ ‘The imp said, ‘Oh, that is not wonderful,’ and crept into the hole to show Virgil how it was done, whereupon Virgil closed up the hole and kept the imp there.’ ‘Twenty years on, our civilised world is dismantled by subtler and more bewildering inner forces, by our own natures, by what Poe called ‘the imp of the perverse’.’ ‘The introspection imp usually sits on my shoulder every New Year, but it just seems to be a lot more ‘weighty’ this time.’ ‘He grinned like an imp, apologised and declared he would instead talk about the policies he would not be pursuing.’ ‘In the largest of the ancient cells, the imps waited for him, still in their demon forms, held there where he had bound them.’ Synonyms demon, little devil, devil, fiend View synonyms 1.1A mischievous child. ‘a rude young imp’ More example sentences ‘The latter turned into mischief night: ‘a night supposed by the imps of mischief (rough youths) to be, under some old law or tradition, theirs to do as they wish with’.’ ‘The director steered clear of portraying him as a cheeky imp and wisely made him a nameless creep.’ ‘Lucy was the youngest of five daughters and was described by her family as a ‘mischievous little imp with a cheeky smile’.’ ‘This girl is something of a mischievous imp who flat out refuses to toe the line!’ ‘Disturbed by his superior's methods, Mathieu sees potential in the imps and forms a school choir.’ ‘One day, she is asked to train a new girl, a childish imp.’ ‘The image of a child was not of innocence but of an imp, a little devil, likely to commit sin unless corrected.’ ‘When I take her child-like hand in my meaty paw, my gaze is met with the liquid black eyes of Amélie, the mischievous imp from the movie of the same title.’ ‘There are two sides to her - the hard-nosed competitor you see on television and the mischievous imp that her friends know.’ ‘Hundreds of skinny, barefooted, dust-covered imps beg outsiders for money, pens and sweets - the adults are a little more reticent.’ ‘Suddenly gamers were no longer defined as basement-dwelling, anti-social imps.’ Synonyms rascal, scamp, monkey, fiend, demon, devil, mischief-maker, troublemaker, prankster, rogue, wretch, brat, urchin, whippersnapper View synonyms Pronunciation imp /imp/ /ɪmp/ transitive verb [with object] Repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather. Pronunciation imp /imp/ /ɪmp/ Origin Old English impa, impe ‘young shoot, scion’, impian ‘to graft’, based on Greek emphuein ‘to implant’. In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, especially of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil’ or mischievous child (early 17th century).
0.776541	One of the historical figures depicted in the hit Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was John Reid, played by Aidan Gillen. He was not portrayed as a well liked man in the film. He will also appear in the upcoming Elton John biopic, Rocketman, played by 'Bodyguard''s Richard Madden. But who is John Reid? What was he famous for? Well, he started his career in 1967 at the age of 18, as a promoter for EMI. He then became the Tamla Motown label manager for the UK at age 19. In 1971, John Reid set up his own company with a few hundred pounds in savings and a £5,000 loan. He went on to manage Elton John from the 1970s until 1998, and managed Queen from 1975 to 1978. In 1994, he was also the manager for 'Riverdance' star Michael Flatley. After Flatley left 'Riverdance' and ended his relationship with Reid, Flatley paid Reid approximately £1 million to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit. Reid then retired from management in 1999, and was a judge of 'Australian X Factor' in 2005. Reid had a romantic relationship with Elton John while he managed him - the pair originally met at a Motown Christmas party and later moved in with each other and became lovers. This personal relationship ended after five years, but Reid continued to manage Elton unwil 1998. Their professional relationship sadly ended over a leaked letter from Elton's accountants, which detailed Reid's spending, which was found by Benjamin Pell and published in the 'Daily Mirror'. This led to legal action in 2000 with Reid settling out of court by paying Elton £3.4 million. Reid was a big part of both the Queen band and Elton John's lives, which you can get a glimpse of in both biopic films.
0.999726	Russian Olympic medallists are being made to quarantine for a week after returning from the Tokyo Games so that they can meet President Vladimir Putin, an athlete says. Russians won 71 medals, including 20 golds, at the Olympics, a result feted as a victory at home despite the country competing without its flag and anthem because of doping sanctions. Putin, 68, had two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, one in March and one in April, according to the Kremlin, but Moscow has continued to take pandemic precautions with regards to his health. Before being vaccinated, Putin spent much of the pandemic running the country from his residence rather than the Kremlin, chairing video conference meetings instead of face-to-face encounters. People who meet him in person have reported being required to quarantine. "All Olympic champions and medallists have a meeting with the president when they return home," gymnast Angelina Melnikova, who won gold in the women's team event and bronze in the all-around and floor exercise, wrote in her Instagram stories. "The meeting is planned for September 10, and because of COVID, which we are all fed up with, we have to be in quarantine for seven days." Melnikova said athletes would undergo three COVID-19 tests in the hotel where they will be self-isolating. Australian Associated Press /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/7de69835-9893-482d-b133-6bc0938cb37b.jpg/r0_74_800_526_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg September 1 2021 - 4:37AM Quarantine for Putin visit: medallist Paralympics 2021 Angelina Melnikova says Russian Olympic medallists must quarantine before meeting Vladimir Putin. Russian Olympic medallists are being made to quarantine for a week after returning from the Tokyo Games so that they can meet President Vladimir Putin, an athlete says. Russians won 71 medals, including 20 golds, at the Olympics, a result feted as a victory at home despite the country competing without its flag and anthem because of doping sanctions. Putin, 68, had two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, one in March and one in April, according to the Kremlin, but Moscow has continued to take pandemic precautions with regards to his health. Before being vaccinated, Putin spent much of the pandemic running the country from his residence rather than the Kremlin, chairing video conference meetings instead of face-to-face encounters. People who meet him in person have reported being required to quarantine. "All Olympic champions and medallists have a meeting with the president when they return home," gymnast Angelina Melnikova, who won gold in the women's team event and bronze in the all-around and floor exercise, wrote in her Instagram stories. "The meeting is planned for September 10, and because of COVID, which we are all fed up with, we have to be in quarantine for seven days." Melnikova said athletes would undergo three COVID-19 tests in the hotel where they will be self-isolating.
0.999904	There are several benefits of eCommerce for both businesses and shoppers. Stepping into eCommerce will grow your business by allowing you to sell products online 24 hours a day, every day, to as wide an audience as you want. Here’s eight key benefits to your business by taking the next step into an eCommerce website. 1) Say Goodbye to Geographical Limitations An eCommerce website will allow you to overcome any geographical restrictions you may have with customers. Your website is visible globally, and you can choose to sell globally if you wish. 2) Increase Customer Base with Visibility on Search Engines If your business is not a household brand, it can be hard to get word out there about your company. People are unlikely to find your website directly. Often, online shoppers will search for a product using a search engine. Having an eCommerce website will allow your website to become visible on search engines, ultimately leading to new customers discovering your website. 3) Decrease Costs Selling online has very little overheads. There is no physical store, so no physical maintenance costs, such as, cleaning, repairs, etc. There is an automated checkout and payment method, which lowers staffing costs too. Advertising on search engines can also be more cost effective than traditional advertising methods. 4) Find Products Faster Customers can search for a product on your website using a search box, allowing them to locate a product almost instantly. This is much more efficient than a customer having to thoroughly search a shop to find the product they need. 5) Eradicate Travel Time and Cost Customers can find your store within a few clicks of a button, from the comfort of their own home, rather than the traditional store visit which involves travel time and costs. 6) Introduce Unique Deals & Special Offers eCommerce websites allow you to offer unique deals and offers. Such as, unique coupon codes or money off orders when a customer spends a certain amount. The list of opportunities is endless. 7) Generate Targeted Messages If a customer visits your website, and they enable cookies, your business can communicate relevant adverts through retargeting. Similarly, if the customer signs up for emailers or makes a purchase, you will gain some information that will allow you to paint a picture of what messages they would find eye-catching. 8) Open 24/7 eCommerce websites are visible and open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. This will increase the number of orders received due to how convenient it is for the customer to order; they can place an order whenever the time suits them. Do all the above sound good to you? Are you now considering launching an eCommerce website for your business? We can help with that. Nexus are authorised resellers of CS-Cart, a professional “out of the box” ecommerce solution with a simple and easy to use functionality that allows you to start selling online almost immediately. Its features are ideal for businesses of any size and is fully customisable allowing you the freedom to create a bespoke shopping cart that ideally fits your criteria. A successful eCommerce website puts the customer first by offering a fluid browsing and purchasing experience. Partnered with a powerful admin panel and our guidance, you can manage orders, automate repetitive tasks and grow your digital presence across the web. Powerful software such as CsCart & WordPress/WooCommerce are fantastic for promoting a variety of products and services, while our custom-built HTML website with PayPal, Stripe or other alternative payments options are great for putting the spotlight on something a little more special. At Nexus we tailor websites to the specific requirements of clients throughout central Scotland. No matter your requirements, with an eCommerce website from Nexus you can discover the potential of selling online and enjoy all the benefits of it.
0.998616	Efficient agricultural policies are essential to meeting increasing demand for safe and nutritious food in a sustainable way. While growth in demand for food, feed, fuel and fibres presents significant opportunities for agriculture, government policies must address challenges such as increasing productivity growth, enhancing environmental performance and adaptation to climate change, and improving resilience of farm households to market shocks brought on by weather and other unforeseen circumstances. Policy monitoring and evaluation provides needed evidence for governments to ensure that their agri-food policies address these challenges well. Efficient policies clearly separate targeted measures that provide income support to farm households in need, from measures that support increased farm productivity, sustainability, resilience and overall profitability. Domestic support policies have changed over the years Countries have substantially altered their agricultural trade and domestic support policies over the past two decades. In some countries, support provided to farmers has become more decoupled from production – meaning that many farmers no longer receive payments for producing a specific commodity – and instead has begun to target environmental outcomes. But in some developed countries, support remains high and linked to production, while some emerging economies have also significantly increased policy interventions that distort production decisions. In both cases, support could have been better targeted at public services that benefit producers, consumers and society overall. The OECD monitors the extent to which policies adapt to growth, resilience and sustainability needs The OECD publishes an annual Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report, which reviews developments in agricultural policies and provides up-to-date estimates of government support to agriculture for all OECD members and the European Union as a whole, plus key emerging economies. The 2021 edition includes Argentina, Brazil, People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Ukraine, and Viet Nam. The report puts special emphasis on reviewing initial policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic relevant to the agro-food sector, and highlights both developments in the productivity and sustainability performance of agricultural production and policy changes affecting this performance. Prior to being included in the annual report, countries undergo an in-depth country review which discusses in detail strengths and weaknesses of both the country’s agricultural sector and its agricultural institutions and policy environment. The subsequent partnership for the annual report builds on these studies to follow agricultural policy developments. Countries also provide important peer review of both policy data and analyses in the report. Data underpinning the report come from the OECD producer and consumer support estimates (PSE and CSE) database. The OECD uses a standardised methodology to create this set of agricultural support indicators that allow for comparison of agricultural support between countries, and over time. This methodology is continuously updated and refined to maintain and improve its relevance in a changing policy environment. The OECD is also a founding member and key partner in the International Organisations Consortium for Measuring the Policy Environment for Agriculture, which is working to develop a harmonised and consolidated database of well-documented agricultural support indicators for an even larger set of countries. Policymakers need to create a better and more coherent policy environment to meet food demand sustainably Agricultural policy packages need to be both coherent and efficient to enable the sector to develop its full potential and achieve key public policy objectives. The sector is facing a number of challenges related to meeting future demands for food, fuel, fibre and eco-services in a more sustainable manner in the context of a changing climate. The latest Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation report shows that the 54 countries studied provided USD 720 billion annually to support their agricultural sectors during the 2018-20 period, while at the same time a small number of the countries implicitly taxed their producers to the tune of USD 104 billion per year by keeping prices below world levels. Two-fifths of the support to the sector is provided through policies that artificially maintain domestic farm prices above international levels, while another USD 66 billion are payments linked to output or the unconstrained use of variable inputs. All these policies are distorting production decisions and markets particularly strongly. What is more, these policies obstruct efforts to make agriculture more productive, sustainable and resilient, and only a small 17% of all support went to general services such as research and development or infrastructure, which are needed to equip the agricultural sector for future challenges. OECD research and analysis on this subject over past 30 years gives rise to the following key policy recommendations: Remove existing policy dis-incentives to increasing productivity, sustainability and resilience. Re-allocate public spending towards ensuring the availability of public goods an services that benefit producers, consumers and society overall. Encourage collaboration on knowledge generation and transfer between public and private actors – nationally, regionally and internationally. Draw on the full range of economic instruments, including information, education, regulation, payments and taxes, in pursuit of environmental and climate change goals. Streamline risk management policies by clearly defining the limits between normal business risks, risks for which market solutions exist or can be developed, and catastrophic risks requiring public engagement. Improve understanding of the overall financial and well-being situation of farm households to design farm-income support measures targeting those in need. Develop coherent policy packages that can address the many opportunities and challenges confronting the sector and farm households. Shift responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from from temporary relief measures towards deeper investments in the long term resilience of the food and agriculture sectors. Read the full 2021 report on the OECD iLibrary, or access previous editions and country studies. Latest update Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2021 This annual report monitors and evaluates agricultural policies spanning all six continents, including OECD members, the European Union, and key emerging economies. It is a unique source of up-to date estimates of support to agriculture using a comprehensive system of measuring and classifying support to agriculture. Read more... Policy brief » Access all of our agriculture and fisheries policy briefs Compare your country: support for agriculture The compare your country tool allows you to access individual country profiles that provide an overview of support to agriculture. Data and tables The full suite of agricultural support data are updated each year, and can be accessed on OECD.Stat. Full dataset Total Support Estimate (TSE) Producer Support Estimate (PSE) Composition of Producer Support Estimate Characteristics of producer policy support General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) Composition of General Services Support Estimate Consumer Support Estimate Contribution of Budgetary Payments to change in Producer Support Estimate by country, 2019 to 2020 Contribution to change in Border Price by country, 2019 to 2020 Contribution to change in Producer Support Estimate by country, 2019 to 2020 Single commodity indicators dataset Exchange rates used for calculation of the indicators Access the data To increase the transparency and accessibility of the OECD indicators of support to agriculture, a considerable portion of the PSE/CSE database is now incorporated into a single Excel spreadsheet, the PSE Browser. The spreadsheet uses the PivotTable function, which allows the user to filter the data to obtain information by country, category, labels, commodity and policy measure. Producer Support Estimate (PSE) General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) Transfers to Consumers from Taxpayers (TCT) Country data Access individual policy measures and selected relative indicators data for each country (xls) with definitions and sources for each (pdf). Please use Microsoft Edge browser to access the content. Argentina (Data \| Definitions and sources) Australia (Data \| Definitions and sources) Brazil (Data \| Definitions and sources) Canada (Data \| Definitions and sources) Chile (Data \| Definitions and sources) China (Data \| Definitions and sources) Colombia (Data \| Definitions and sources) Costa Rica (Data \| Definitions and sources) European Union (Data \| Definitions and sources) Iceland (Data \| Definitions and sources) India (Data \| Definitions and sources) Indonesia (Data \| Definitions and sources) Israel (Data \| Definitions and sources) Japan (Data \| Definitions and sources) Kazakhstan (Data \| Definitions and sources) Korea (Data \| Definitions and sources) Mexico (Data \| Definitions and sources) New Zealand (Data \| Definitions and sources) Norway (Data \| Definitions and sources) Philippines (Data \| Definitions and sources) Russian Federation (Data \| Definitions and sources) South Africa (Data \| Definitions and sources) Switzerland (Data \| Definitions and sources) Turkey (Data \| Definitions and sources) Ukraine (Data \| Definitions and sources) United Kingdom (Data \| Definitions and sources) United States (Data \| Definitions and sources) Viet Nam (Data \| Definitions and sources) About the producer and consumer support estimate Agricultural policies aim to address a wide range of issues, from assisting farmers to achieve adequate incomes to providing sufficient food at reasonable prices for consumers, and from improving the sector’s resilience to weather, market or other shocks to ensuring food safety and improving the environmental performance. To help governments better understand how much and in what form support is provided, the OECD created a set of indicators that express policy measures with numbers in a comparable way across time and between countries. While the main agricultural support indicators used in our analysis are defined below, you can find a complete guide to all definitions and methodology in our online PSE Manual. The Producer Support Estimate (PSE) indicator estimates the annual monetary value of gross transfers from consumers and taxpayers to agricultural producers, measured at the farm-gate level, arising from policy measures that support agriculture, regardless of their nature, objectives or impacts on farm production or income. Complementing this indicator, the Consumer Support Estimate (CSE) reflects the annual monetary value of gross transfers to consumers of agricultural commodities, measured at the farm gate level, arising from policy measures that support agriculture, regardless of their nature, objectives or impacts on consumption of farm products. On the other hand, the General Services Support Estimate (GSSE) is used to estimate the annual monetary value of gross transfers arising from policy measures that create enabling conditions for the primary agricultural sector through development of private or public services, and through institutions and infrastructures regardless of their objectives and impacts on farm production and income, or consumption of farm products. It includes policies where primary agriculture is the main beneficiary, but does not include any payments to individual producers. GSSE transfers do not directly alter producer receipts, costs or consumption expenditures. Taken together, the Total Support Estimate (TSE) provides an overall estimate of the annual monetary value of all gross transfers from taxpayers and consumers arising from policy measures that support agriculture, net of associated budgetary receipts, regardless of their objectives and impacts on farm production and income, or consumption of farm products. Policy monitoring publications Access all editions of the Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation series on the OECD iLibrary. » Access publications Agriculture and fisheries publications All of our food, agriculture and fisheries research and analysis is available to read online for free on the OECD iLibrary. » Access publications Sign up for our newsletter Sign-up to our agriculture newsletter to receive periodic e-mail updates on new publications, videos and analysis. » Sign up Contact us with your questions If you have questions about OECD research and analysis on agriculture, please feel free to contact us directly.
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0.999998	As the raging global pandemic shut down global airways, one insurance supplier faced a new marketplace reality. What should be done? How can investing in content during a crisis generate new opportunities? A case study: Our client: An insurance carrier The situation: It was the early days of COVID-19 in Israel, the short period between its first and second lockdown, and on the news there was a constant flow of updates and information on the status of global airways and travel. Although there were fewer planes in the air, there was a noticeable hunger for information about “green” and “red” countries, about options for Israelis to visit friends and family abroad, and of course, about safe destinations. The Assets: Our client’s website’s blog offers a multitude of articles, but these are almost entirely irrelevant to this time – both in terms of content as well as routine updates. The Challenges: * Increased demand for information involving search queries for which our client’s site had no information, and if it did, those landing pages / articles were ranked on Google’s second search result page at best. * Competing not only with other insurance companies, but also with publishers and other large sites that have an alleged advantage on search engines. * Creating content that enhances the connection between user intent – information – conversions. The Strategy: 1. Daily content updates – This provides users with information that is reliable and useful. 2. RTM – A series of articles about destinations created “on demand” when there are news reports or alerts on optional vacations/flights. These articles are updated every week, based on their status. 3. SEO and Content Teams work closely together – The SEO team continued to monitor changes and requests on Google, analyze the common queries and user intent in real time, and the Content team creates content accordingly, and follows news reports. 4. Expand and increase routine optimization processes – Improving content for existing queries, as well as creating new content based on the SEO team’s brief and guidelines, had the double effect of reinforcing our brand’s core terms while enhancing reliability in a time of uncertainty. 5. Proper linking – We created a natural flow between the various pages to allow the users to get information based on their level of interest on one hand while also making it easy to convert on the site. In comparison to the same period last year, which was only affected at its very end by the COVID-19 crisis, there has been an unprecedented increase of 1321% in the site’s content page sessions. In addition, we saw a 90% increase in profits from transactions and an increase of 45% in the number of transactions. This is despite the general decrease in organic sessions, compared to the same quarter last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors. Some Added Benefits: Expanding our user base – Before COVID-19, users would reach our client’s site at the stage of actually purchasing insurance. The changes in the content strategy brought in users that were making general inquiries not necessarily related to insurance. Our client has branded itself as an essential information resource for our users, it’s reliable and accessible, and will therefore be the natural choice when buying insurance now or in the future. A new source of revenue – Making the content meaningful in the user’s online conversion process, particularly in times of crisis. Good and accessible content creates a good bond with the user, prompting purchases. Brand Awareness – Our client’s ability to provide real time responses and information to queries on Google, strengthened its reputation as an insurance carrier that can give on-time solutions to its policyholders. So even those who were unaware of our client’s strengths are now exposed to it through the new content. What can we learn from this for the future? Collaboration between the SEO and Content teams is crucial to success of projects like these – and all others. That cooperation made it possible to integrate routine optimization, RTM, and content writing in accordance with user intent. A time of crisis harbors opportunities for brands and companies to take ownership of a realm of knowledge, even if that particular area was not part of their digital marketing strategy before. Doing this ensures that your content is compatible with the changing market needs, and it’s an opportunity to introduce new users to the brand. Creating quality content that is relevant and frequently updated creates trust – and as a result can create another steady source of conversions.
0.957304	Even if the Russian composer did not write only ballet compositions, they remain his greatest work. When he first staged them, the public did not like them which is why Tchaikovsky only wrote three ballets but not they are the most important performances that a ballet school could stage. But do you know what these ballets are about? Some of them became famous movies, and one of them became a Christmas tradition. Swan Lake, the first ballet that left the audience unimpressed Hist first ballet, Swan Lake, did not impress the audience. It was first staged on 20th February 1877, and the choreography and staging led to the performance to be abandoned. The ballet in four acts tells the story of a beautiful girl who was transformed into a swan. Prince Siegfried needs to marry so a ball is thrown to find him a wife. He feels overwhelmed by the festivities and goes near the lake where he sees swans. He watches them transform into beautiful women and falls in love with Odette, the most beautiful of them. Odette explains to him that they had been cursed by an evil man and they can be humans only near that lake. She also tells him how to break their curse: only the love of a young man who never swore his love to another could break their curse. The prince swears that he will break their curse, but no one realised that they had been watched by the evil man. The next day, at another ball the prince wants to present Odette as his fiancée, but the evil man brought his sister who looked like the swan, Odillia. In a beautiful pas de deux Odillia convinced the prince that she is the girl he fell in love with. He presents Odillia to his mother and breaks his vow to Odette. The trick is discovered and now the curse cannot be broken. Siegfried finds Odette and tells her how he was tricked, but the swan forgives him. And because their love was pure and true the curse is broken. The Sleeping Beauty, his second ballet that is almost overlooked The story of Sleeping Beauty was made popular by Disney. But before it was a cartoon movie, it was a complex ballet. Still, the story is almost similar. Some differences are the name: Maleficent is the fairy Carabosse, on her birthday princess Aurora receives flowers from Carabosse that had a hidden needle which cursed her to sleep. And the third act is sometimes considered a different ballet because it presents the wedding between the saving prince and Aurora with memorable dances. The Nutcracker, his last ballet played every year around Christmas His last ballet is an immortal story. It is played every year around Christmas. It tells the story of a little girl called either Clara, or Masha. The family decorates the Christmas tree. After this moment, the children and the uncle enter the room. The uncle gives dolls to every child. After Fritz makes Clara cry, her uncle gives her a Nutcracker. Fritz throws the toy to the ground, but the Nutcracker starts to dance. When it is time for the children to sleep, Clara feels that she is unable. She sees how mice try to conquer the room and her Nutcracker fights them. Because the mice had the advantage of being more numerous, they almost win, but Clara bravely intervenes and saves her Nutcracker who transforms into a beautiful prince. The prince invites her to the land of sweets. Clara accepts and in the second act we see this mystical realm and everyone dancing for the brave Clara. Because the second act feels like a different story, sometimes it is presented as a different ballet. TAGS Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky swan lanke the nutcracker the sleeping beauty Previous articleSquid Game – why it is so popular? 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0.982065	Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo The B.G.'z, alongside fellow New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Doogie. Follow Celebrity Lil Wayne Biography Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo The B.G.'z, alongside fellow New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Doogie. Follow Celebrity Lil Wayne Biography Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. In 1991, at the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo The B.G.'z, alongside fellow New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Doogie.
0.999998	The year gave rise to many first-time achievements as well as new standards that have come to be expected out of many a veteran performer. Aging softball warhorse Elmer Mason paced Army to a repeat All-Armed Forces title in the same year that Okinawa-based Joshua Slay paced the Marines to their first All-Armed Forces volleyball tournament title, ever. While guard Ryan McLellan of Okinawa was busy helming Team USA to a rare CISM basketball gold medal, Navy held sway in the Army-Navy flag football series for the first time in six years, taking three of four games. Long thought to be a bastion of smashmouth football, Misawa took to the skies to dethrone a two-time U.S. Forces-Japan football champion. And five other types of heroes, basketball players/corpsmen and medics of all service affiliations, came to the aid of a stricken referee, John Zivic, who suffered a heart attack during a Pacificwide basketball tournament. Their quick actions were credited with saving Zivic’s life. All of that scratches the surface of what stands as a memorable 2008. Here are the top 10 Pacific military sports stories of the year: 1. Referee saved after heart attackJohn Zivic, a longtime Okinawa Athletic Officials Association referee, suffers a heart attack Jan. 20 during the 14th Martin Luther King Invitational basketball tournament at the Camp Foster Field House. Five medics/corpsmen — Army Staff Sgt. Jackie Kershaw and Pfc. LaShawna Ervin, Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Campos, Air Force Tech Sgt. Issomi Garnigan and Marine Staff Sgt. Kwan Cochran — are credited with saving his life. Kershaw’s Area I team from South Korea wins the women’s title and Camp Humphreys wins the men’s. Jamil Barney of Kadena High School is selected men’s MVP, the first time a prep player was so honored in a Pacific interservice tournament. 2. Marine Corps wins All-Armed Forces volleyball championshipLed by Okinawa-based Joshua Slay, the Marine Corps captures its first All-Armed Forces men’s volleyball tournament gold medal June 7. The Leathernecks go 6-0 in the six-day, double round-robin event and beat Air Force in straight sets on the final day at the Marine Dome, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. 3. McLellan leads Team USA to CISM hoops crownWith Okinawa-based Marine Ryan McLellan at guard, Team USA captures its first International Military Sports Council men’s basketball championship in 10 years, beating longtime nemesis Lithuania 84-74 on April 23 at the Chaparral Fitness Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. 4. Yongsan’s Mason leads Army to softball repeatElmer Mason of Yongsan Garrison leads the tournament in hitting for the second straight year and Army repeats its All-Armed Forces men’s softball tournament title on Sept. 18, going 7-2 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. Meanwhile, Osan Air Base, South Korea, puts its stamp on the All-Armed Forces Women’s Softball Tournament, as Air Force repeats its title behind nine-time All-Armed Forces pitcher Laurie Doughty, five-time All-Armed Forces outfielder Candace Dugo and All-Armed Forces rookie Lindsey Ciullo. The title makes nine-time All-American shortstop Cheryl Trapnell two-for-two as Air Force coach in All-Armed Forces tournaments. 5. Navy tops in flag footballFor the first time in six years, Navy wins the day during the annual Army-Navy flag-football game series on Dec. 6, played hours before the annual Army-Navy service academy game in Philadelphia. Navy wins three of the four flag games played: 38-6 on Guam, 16-14 in South Korea and 14-13 in Japan. Only on Okinawa do the soldiers prevail, 40-35, in the third-highest-scoring game in the 19-year series. 6. 3rd MLG repeats in Marine soccerLed by two-time tournament MVP Victor Aguayo’s 14 goals, 3rd Marine Logistics Group’s soccer team beats Marine Corps Base Camp S.D. Butler for the second straight year in the Marine Forces Far East Regional soccer tournament, 4-2 at Foster Field 1 on Dec. 11. 7. Wing repeatsAfter going 0-for-4 in its previous finals appearances, Okinawa’s 1st Marine Aircraft Wing wins back-to-back Far East Regional men’s basketball tournament titles. Wing, led by MVP Floyd Spears, outguns 3rd Marine Logistics Group 94-80 on Feb. 16 at Kinser Fitness & Sports Center in a rematch of the 2007 title game, won by Wing 90-77. 8. Guzzlers win fifth straight Pacificwide Open softball titleVeteran pitcher Billy Laxton leads the International Guzzlers to their fifth straight title May 26 in the Pacificwide Open Interservice Softball Tournament. For the second straight year, the Lady Guzzlers, made up almost entirely of Armed Forces veterans, suffer a heartbreaking championship loss to Sang Ji University, 15-14 and 12-7. 9. Fireworks in Firecracker ShootoutThe Firecracker Shootout softball tournament returns to the diamond July 6 after a four-year absence due to budget cuts and lack of teams. Area I women of South Korea rally from a 7-0 first-inning deficit to rout Okinawa Yard Busters 27-16 behind All-Armed Forces infielder Lauren Shaw and MVP Jihrleah Showman. Osan Air Base’s men come from the loser’s bracket behind the bat of Doug Guerrette, who is 8-for-9 with a homer and five RBIs as the Defenders double-up American Legion of Okinawa 15-14, 15-11. 10. J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! 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0.945963	Switzerland offers a great choice of ski resorts, from the small village to the large station. Most of Switzerland's ski resorts are surrounded by impressive landscapes such as large ice fields and high mountains (48 four-thousanders are located in the swiss Alps). Almost all winter resorts in Switzerland are frequented in summer by hikers, alpinists and tourists due to the many natural wonders and facilities. History Switzerland has a long tradition of winter sport tourism. St. Moritz is usually referred as one of the first winter resort in the world (1864). Usually, Switzerland ski resorts are original mountain villages that have retained some of their charm, even if they have grown much larger with the development of tourism. Some villages in Bernese Highlands or in Valais are themselves considered as tourist attractions. When to go The ski season lasts from early December to April. In some areas it is possible to ski later or even all year (summer ski). The best conditions for skiing are in mid-January, the coldest time of the year. Late February is a good time for sun-seekers. Choosing a ski resort Price, Size and Location As a general rule, the larger the ski resort and the higher the elevation above sea level, the higher the price. Ski passes will consume a large proportion of your budget. Large ski resorts such as Zermatt, St. Moritz, or Grindelwald are the best in the Alps, but also the most expensive ones. Many less known resorts can offer cheaper alternatives, but have of course smaller and lower ski areas. Which can mean that hey lack snow later or early in the season Apres Ski Ski resorts across the alps will always have a bar in the village, right at the bottom of the piste. This ranges from a loud glass temporary bars, perfect for a drink at 4 o'clock, to classy nightclubs great for spending the night. Other Activities Larger ski resorts will offer various other winter activities, such as cross-country skiing, snow shoeing and winter walking tracks. Telemark and ski touring equipment will generally be available. Practicalities Avalanche danger NOTE: Unlike in America, only the piste and marked runs are covered by the resort patrol and rescue service. You will be rescued, but you will be liable for straying off the piste. As with all ski resorts, avalanches are an underestimated hazard. Off-piste skiing is available and there are often Itinerary Runs. Some ski areas offer a 'Free Ride' area. This is a 'safe' area to ski and board off piste. Skiing off-piste is always an excellent activity but never be unprepared and ski safely! Equipment There are numerous ski and snowboard rental shops in every larger resort and in many smaller ones. The choice is normally best made by convenience to the slopes or to accommodation. List of Ski Resorts This is a non exhaustive list of mountain resorts in Switzerland. Many ski areas are situated well above 3000 meters (3900 m in Zermatt, 3600 m in Saas Fee for instance) and are snow sure until late in spring or even in summer. As mentioned above these resorts are also great for summer vacations. Valais Verbier (ski until end of April) Zermatt (summer ski, highest ski area in Europe) Crans-Montana Saas-Fee (summer ski, best summer ski area in the Alps) Saas Grund Leukerbad Anzère Nendaz Ovronnaz Vercorin Evolène Lötschental Grächen Blatten Belalp Riederalp Bettmeralp Fiesch Chandolin Zinal Grimmentz Champéry Morgins Berne Grindelwald Mürren Wengen Meiringen Kandersteg Adelboden Lenk Zweisimmen Gstaad Graubünden St. Moritz (ski until end of April) Sils Samnaun Scuol Arosa Davos/Klosters Lenzerheide Laax Flims Falera (The Alpenarena) Brigels Disentis Sedrun Obersaxen Vals Savognin Bergün Central Switzerland Engelberg / Mount Titlis Melchsee-Frutt Andermatt Stoos Sörenberg Eastern Switzerland Flumserberg Pizol / Bad Ragaz Braunwald Elm Wildhaus Ticino Airolo Bosco Gurin Vaud Les Diablerets (ski until end of April) Leysin Villars-sur-Ollon Château-d'Oex This article is issued from Wikivoyage - version of the Saturday, February 13, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.
0.998561	Just want to share my experience doing Norbit's Gambit, for anyone that may want to learn on my experience, or tell me all the ways in which I am wrong. I've posted a question earlier, asking how to make sure the market didn't swing in the wrong direction. And yes, I understand it's called a "gambit" for a reason. === TL;DR === - Wanted to save $65 on currency conversion while buying CAD $3,500 worth of US stock - Overestimated forex fee, underestimated NG cost - Murphy happened... - Lost potential gains of CAD $185.80 while waiting - Is the gambit ever worth it? === The goal === - On August 25th, use about CAD $3,500 to buy some US Netflix (NFLX) shares === The method === - Buy DLR in CAD - Call brokerage to journal over to US side - Sell DLR.U in USD - Buy NFLX with USD In a lot of my research, I've been told the "fee" when going through the brokerage (Questrade in my case) is 2%. That's not too accurate. === The brokerage Forex rate/fee === So I assumed 2% of $3,500 would be $70. However it's really an addition of 199 basis points to the exchange rate. I believe they use the closing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. So if the exchange was 1.2500, it's 1.2699, and $CAD 1000 nets $USD 787.46 ($USD 12.54 short of ideal $USD 800). If we convert 12.54 to CAD, it's $CAD 15.68 or 1.568% on the original $CAD 1000. But if the exchange is 1.2200, it's 1.2399, and $CAD 1000 nets $USD 806.51 ($USD 13.16 short of ideal $USD 819.67). If we convert 13.16 to CAD, it's $CAD 16.06 of 1.606% of the original $CAD 1000 The "conversion fee" is dependent on the exchange rate, but I can't figure out a quick direct way to calculate what the "fee" would be in source currency %. The closest guesstimate is to divide the basis points by the current exchange rate, as below: In first example, 0.0199 / 1.25 = 0.0159 or 1.59% In second example, 0.0199 / 1.22 = 0.0163 or 1.63% On August 25th, the exchange rate was 1.2483. So the above guesstimate for the Forex "fee" would be $55.80. Or more accurately $54.91, close enough. Still, that's 21.5% lower than the broad $70* estimate earlier.* === The NG effective fee === Here once again, the common consensus is that the NG's fee is just a cost of buying and selling an ETF. So, with QT's free ETF purchases, the guesstimate is just about $5 for the selling commission. When I bought DLR ETF on August 25th, I got it for CAD $12.42 per share (that's not the day's close price, but what I actually paid). the US side of DLR.U is always US $9.93. The gives the DLR Exchange Rate of 1.2508... already different from the ideal 1.2483 (I suppose that's how the ETF makes money) CAD $3,502.44 buys 282 whole shares of DLR (I will address the extra $2.44 later) No buying comm, but ECN of CAD $0.0035 * 282 = $0.99 Selling comm and ECN: US $0.99 + $4.95 = $5.94 So, it would appear the cost/fee of NG is just CAD $0.99 + US $5.94 (CAD $8.40)... but not quite. Let's look as the actual US dollar amounts. Since we can only buy whole shares of DLR + ECN fee, from this point I am converting CAD $3,502.44 + $0.99 = $3,503.43 Ideally, with exchange of 1.2483, CAD $3,503.43 nets US $2,806.56 I paid CAD $3,503.43 to buy 282 DLR shares I sold DLR @9.93 for US $2,800.26 Less US $5.94 comm+ENC leaves me with actual cash of US $2,794.32 The difference between the ideal US $amount and what I am left with is the "fee" for doing NG. US $12.24, or CAD $15.28. This sets the NG's Effective Exchange Rate as 1.2538 or a "NG's fee" of 0.44%. Please note that this rate/fee is based on the converted amount: the more you convert, the less/cheaper it is. So comparing the actual cost of NG vs QT's auto conversion and the guesstimates is quite different - Actual $15.28 vs $54.91 ($39.63 spread) - Guesstimate $5 vs $70 ($65 spread) === The Time factor === Now that I have US $2,794.32, let's buy some NFLX. The date now is Sept 5th (yes, the NG completed earlier, but I am human... also QT didn't call me when the journaling was completed so I got sidetracked). Before doing the NG, I calculated that NFLX dropped about 2.02% in 10 days. It could also go up by same amount. That 2.02% rise on CAD $3,500 value would be a gain of $70.7... comparable to $65 guesstimate loss of doing currency auto-conversion through QT (QTAC). So in my analysis, at worth case it would be a wash, in best case I save some money on NG. ... We already know now that the actual cost of QTAC is much less .... On September 5th, NFLX traded (at time of my purchase) at $178.79 That's a 6.74% increase of August 25th's price of $167.50 (at the time of me recording the price) US $2,794.32 buys 15 whole shares for $2,681.85 + $4.95 Comm = US $2,686.80 spent. [Weirdly enough I had no US ECN fees in spite of doing odd lot market orders] This leaves US $107.52 in cash Total US Portfolio value (cash + NFLX value) $107.52 + $2,681.85 = $2,789.37 This was the end result of my NG: spent CAD $3,503.43 and 11 days later I have a US stock+cash Portfolio of value US $2,789.37 But considering the increase in NFLX stock over those 11 days, what if I would have just went with Questrade's Auto-conversion (QTAC) route? QTAC exchange rate on August 25th, 1.2483 + 0.0199 = 1.2682 CAD $3,503.43 will net US $2,762.52 That would buy 16 whole NFLX shares @167.50 for US $2,680 + $4.95 comm Total spent US $2,684.95 and left with $77.57 cash Cash + NFLX Portfolio value US $2,757.57 In 11 days, the value of NFLX is @178.79 - Current value of 16 NFLX shares = US $2,860.64 - Plus cash US $77.57 for a Total Portfolio Value of US $2,938.21 If, on August 25th, I would have auto converted currency with QT and bought NFLX, I would have a portfolio value of US $2,938.21 on September 5th. Instead, starting the Norbit's Gambit on August 25th, I bought NFLX on Sept 5th and have a portfolio value of US $2,789.37 Instead of saving a guesstimate of CAD $65, I have lost potential gains of US $148.84 or CAD $185.80 === Murphy... or Loonie... whatever === In all of above, I tried to keep the currency fluctuations isolated. So apart from initial conversion on August 25th, all my future (September 5th) portfolio values were in USD. But as Murphy would have it, the BoC rate announcement made the loonie stronger in between my NG. On September 5th, the ideal exchange rate jumped to 1.2235 DLDLR.U had a somewhat delayed reaction, and was almost same at 1.2236 Based on above, doing QT auto-conversion - On August 25th, nets US $2,762.52 - On September 5th, nets US $2,817.62 I would have got US $55.10 more just by doing the QTAC later. If I would have bought NFLX on September 5th after doing QTAC - 15 whole shares @178.79 + $4.95 comm leaves me with US $130.82 in cash - Total NFLX + Cash portfolio value of US $2,812.67 That's still US $23.30 more than doing the NG, although still less than just buying NFLX outright on August 25th and letting it grow. === Final conclusion === Smaller amount (CAD $3,500) for NG for a stock purchase that could/did swing 6% was not worth it. Loonie getting stronger also made the whole exercise fruitless, but even eliminating the currency fluctuation, the growth of the stock outperformed the savings of NG. Playing with my numbers, assuming the currency fluctuation is fixed, for CAD $3,500, doing Norbit's Gambit vs Questrade's Auto-Conversion is breaking even when the stock appreciation is no more than 1.18% during the time it takes to complete NG (11 days in my case). Even if you are more punctual and can complete it in 5 days, you still need to make sure the stock doesn't appreciate more than 1.18% in 5 days. By comparison, if converting CAD $10,000, it's break even if stock rises 1.27% during that time. When doing CAD $50,000 then 1.31% Hmm.... so even at high amounts of CAD $50,000 the tolerance to stock fluctuation is pretty low. So is it worth it? Ultimately I've: Overestimated the Forex fee Underestimated how much NFLX could swing Got distracted to do it in more timely manner Also ... loonie... For anyone that cares, here is public Google Sheets docs to verify my math (File -> Make a copy, in order to edit values) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12nH8Q_0cKFtFTW_yomASHtpLXN6oYuTgkXeTNAMkQGY/edit?usp=sharing submitted by hydraSlav to PersonalFinanceCanada [link] [comments] Pt. II: Countdown to 80 RUB/USD...90?...100? Looks like yesterday I didn't give myself enough leeway with my title because I don't think anybody expected what happened yesterday to happen. There was a double digit decline in the RUB's value and a huge emergency rate hike late at night by the RCB. The latest numbers from the Cenbank are in and they just spent Over $2 billion propping up the ruble If you want to follow:spin0 has linked us these nice sites with good charts: http://forex.tradingcharts.com/chart/US%20Dollar_Russian%20Ruble.html http://www.xe.com/?c=RUB&r= If you have another good site to monitor the situation (like zenrus, post in the comments! 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0.998123	-Carbon moves in complex chemical and physical transfers from sources or reservoirs, where carbon is released, to sinks, where carbon is taken up. This movement is the global carbon cycle. Credit: NASA (Earth observatory) -The global carbon has been exchanging following major reservoirs of carbon such as : The atmosphere : The terrestrial biosphere : The oceans : The sediments -The carbon exchanges between reservoirs occur as the result of various chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. The ocean and terrestrial biosphere contain the largest active pool of carbon near the surface of the Earth. The natural flows of carbon among the atmosphere, ocean, and sediments is fairly balanced. Credit: NCAR, USA (left) and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (Right) Credit: NCAR, USA (left) and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (Right) Why we should study the Carbon Cycle? -CO2 in the atmosphere acts like a blanket over the planet by trapping longwave radiation, which would otherwise radiate heat away from the planet. While CO2 is only a very small part of the atmosphere (0.04%), it plays a large role in the energy balance of the planet. CO2 concentration rises and falls about the same amount each year due to seasonal changes in photosynthetic rates. Each year, however, the total amount of atmospheric CO2 is greater than the year before. Credit: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National laboratory -Moreover, many uncertainties in the carbon cycle feedbacks in state-of-art numerical models. Therefore, improved and accuracy coupled climate-carbon models are needed to simulate future climate change. Credit: Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project Earth System Model -Earth System Models are sets of equations describing processes within and between the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and the terrestrial and marine biosphere. These underlying equations contain information about physical, chemical (carbon cycle) and biological mechanisms governing the rates of change of the elements of the Earth System. Seasonalcycle of Carbon dioxide in ESM -CESM-BGC (Community Earth System Model ？ Biogeochemical) reasonably reproduces reducing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over Northern hemisphere due to growth of plants -According to photosynthesis of plants, seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide flux over land changes. For instead, the terrestrial biosphere in Northern hemisphere is uptake carbon dioxide from atmosphere during boreal summer. In contrast, Amazon and the east part of Australia show negative carbon flux due to growth of plants. -The Eastern equatorial Pacific and the northwestern Arabian Sea are the most intense carbon dioxide source areas by phytoplankton. This intensity is more enhanced in boreal summer. Strong sink area are located in the transition zone between the subtropical gyre and subpolar waters (40N-60N and 40S-60S), negative carbon dioxide flux are formed by the cooling of warm waters with the biological drawdown of carbon dioxide in the nutrient-rich subpolar waters. References -Takahashi et al. (2002), Global sea-air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2 and seasonal biological and temperature effects, Deep-Sea Research II, 48, 1601-1622 -Dunne J. P. et al. (2012), GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate Carbon Earth System Models. Part II: Carbon system formulation and baseline simulation characteristics, Journal of Climate, 25, 6646- 6665 -Cadule P. et al. (2010), Benchmarking coupled climate carbon models against long term atmospheric CO2 measurements, Global Biogeochemical cycles, 24, GB2016, doi:10.1029/2009GB003556 -Richard B. N. et al. (2010), Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 5.0), NCAR TECHNICAL NOTE, NCAR/TN-486+STR
0.998123	-Carbon moves in complex chemical and physical transfers from sources or reservoirs, where carbon is released, to sinks, where carbon is taken up. This movement is the global carbon cycle. Credit: NASA (Earth observatory) -The global carbon has been exchanging following major reservoirs of carbon such as : The atmosphere : The terrestrial biosphere : The oceans : The sediments -The carbon exchanges between reservoirs occur as the result of various chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. The ocean and terrestrial biosphere contain the largest active pool of carbon near the surface of the Earth. The natural flows of carbon among the atmosphere, ocean, and sediments is fairly balanced. Credit: NCAR, USA (left) and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (Right) Credit: NCAR, USA (left) and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany (Right) Why we should study the Carbon Cycle? -CO2 in the atmosphere acts like a blanket over the planet by trapping longwave radiation, which would otherwise radiate heat away from the planet. While CO2 is only a very small part of the atmosphere (0.04%), it plays a large role in the energy balance of the planet. CO2 concentration rises and falls about the same amount each year due to seasonal changes in photosynthetic rates. Each year, however, the total amount of atmospheric CO2 is greater than the year before. Credit: Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National laboratory -Moreover, many uncertainties in the carbon cycle feedbacks in state-of-art numerical models. Therefore, improved and accuracy coupled climate-carbon models are needed to simulate future climate change. Credit: Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project Earth System Model -Earth System Models are sets of equations describing processes within and between the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and the terrestrial and marine biosphere. These underlying equations contain information about physical, chemical (carbon cycle) and biological mechanisms governing the rates of change of the elements of the Earth System. Seasonalcycle of Carbon dioxide in ESM -CESM-BGC (Community Earth System Model ？ Biogeochemical) reasonably reproduces reducing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over Northern hemisphere due to growth of plants -According to photosynthesis of plants, seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide flux over land changes. For instead, the terrestrial biosphere in Northern hemisphere is uptake carbon dioxide from atmosphere during boreal summer. In contrast, Amazon and the east part of Australia show negative carbon flux due to growth of plants. -The Eastern equatorial Pacific and the northwestern Arabian Sea are the most intense carbon dioxide source areas by phytoplankton. This intensity is more enhanced in boreal summer. Strong sink area are located in the transition zone between the subtropical gyre and subpolar waters (40N-60N and 40S-60S), negative carbon dioxide flux are formed by the cooling of warm waters with the biological drawdown of carbon dioxide in the nutrient-rich subpolar waters. References -Takahashi et al. (2002), Global sea-air CO2 flux based on climatological surface ocean pCO2 and seasonal biological and temperature effects, Deep-Sea Research II, 48, 1601-1622 -Dunne J. P. et al. (2012), GFDL’s ESM2 Global Coupled Climate Carbon Earth System Models. Part II: Carbon system formulation and baseline simulation characteristics, Journal of Climate, 25, 6646- 6665 -Cadule P. et al. (2010), Benchmarking coupled climate carbon models against long term atmospheric CO2 measurements, Global Biogeochemical cycles, 24, GB2016, doi:10.1029/2009GB003556 -Richard B. N. et al. (2010), Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 5.0), NCAR TECHNICAL NOTE, NCAR/TN-486+STR
0.999914	sandsand1 /sænd/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1 HEG[uncountable] a substance consisting of very small pieces of rocks and minerals, that forms beaches and deserts a mixture of sand and cement I have sand in my shoe.2 [countable, uncountable]SG an area of beach miles of golden sands We were just sitting on the sand.3 → the sands of timeTHESAURUS – Meanings 1 & 2sand a substance that forms beaches and deserts, or an area of this substancesunbathers lying on the sandHe could see several small figures out on the sands. beach an area of sand or small stones at the edge of the sea or a lakethe island's golden beachesHow about a day at the beach?a pebble beachdesert a large area of land where it is always very hot and dry, and there is a lot of sandthe Sahara desertThey crossed the desert by camel. dune/sand dune a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desertWe went for a long walk along the dunes. The dunes are home to a wide variety of birds and plants. Examples from the Corpus sand• Everything about it was grey-brown - houses, donkeys, sand and peasants' heavy robes.• It is possible that the reactors will never be demolished, but will be buried in mounds of sand or gravel.• Just little puffs of sand in the short grass.• As they ran over the pulleys, a slurry of sand or tungsten carbide was poured on the wire.• The neighbors' children played happily in the sand.• You will notice phrases like crocodile tears, the elephant never forgets, and the ostrich burying its head in the sand.• Wet sand can be moulded, whilst dry sand is much more elusive.• All-terrain-vehicle tracks cross the white sand in the bed of the North Fork of the Red.• Here the effects of the weather - snow, wind, sand, rain and fog - are shown. Related topics: Construction sandsand2 (also sand down) verb [intransitive, transitive] TBCto make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper or using a special piece of equipment→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus sand• The solvent type paint removers do not normally raise the grain and it is not necessary to sand after stripping.• Any wood block floor will eventually need some maintenance by being sanded down and resealed.• The Unabomber, carefully sanding down his wooden bomb covers, would have been untouched by it.• Parts of the fairway had reverted to sand dune.• If it does need sanding, get this done and then give the scrub and wash treatment.• Instead of producing something his neighbors wanted, he dreamily sawed and sanded something utterly useless to them.Origin sand1 Old English
0.961178	You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance. What they are/How to use them .htaccess files (or "distributed configuration files") provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a particular document directory, and the directives apply to that directory, and all subdirectories thereof. Note: If you want to call your .htaccess file something else, you can change the name of the file using the AccessFileName directive. For example, if you would rather call the file .config then you can put the following in your server configuration file: AccessFileName ".config" In general, .htaccess files use the same syntax as the main configuration files. What you can put in these files is determined by the AllowOverride directive. This directive specifies, in categories, what directives will be honored if they are found in a .htaccess file. If a directive is permitted in a .htaccess file, the documentation for that directive will contain an Override section, specifying what value must be in AllowOverride in order for that directive to be permitted. For example, if you look at the documentation for the AddDefaultCharset directive, you will find that it is permitted in .htaccess files. (See the Context line in the directive summary.) The Override line reads FileInfo. Thus, you must have at least AllowOverride FileInfo in order for this directive to be honored in .htaccess files. Example: Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess Override: FileInfo If you are unsure whether a particular directive is permitted in a .htaccess file, look at the documentation for that directive, and check the Context line for ".htaccess". When (not) to use .htaccess files In general, you should only use .htaccess files when you don't have access to the main server configuration file. There is, for example, a common misconception that user authentication should always be done in .htaccess files, and, in more recent years, another misconception that mod_rewrite directives must go in .htaccess files. This is simply not the case. You can put user authentication configurations in the main server configuration, and this is, in fact, the preferred way to do things. Likewise, mod_rewrite directives work better, in many respects, in the main server configuration. .htaccess files should be used in a case where the content providers need to make configuration changes to the server on a per-directory basis, but do not have root access on the server system. In the event that the server administrator is not willing to make frequent configuration changes, it might be desirable to permit individual users to make these changes in .htaccess files for themselves. This is particularly true, for example, in cases where ISPs are hosting multiple user sites on a single machine, and want their users to be able to alter their configuration. However, in general, use of .htaccess files should be avoided when possible. Any configuration that you would consider putting in a .htaccess file, can just as effectively be made in a <Directory> section in your main server configuration file. There are two main reasons to avoid the use of .htaccess files. The first of these is performance. When AllowOverride is set to allow the use of .htaccess files, httpd will look in every directory for .htaccess files. Thus, permitting .htaccess files causes a performance hit, whether or not you actually even use them! Also, the .htaccess file is loaded every time a document is requested. Further note that httpd must look for .htaccess files in all higher-level directories, in order to have a full complement of directives that it must apply. (See section on how directives are applied.) Thus, if a file is requested out of a directory /www/htdocs/example, httpd must look for the following files: /.htaccess /www/.htaccess /www/htdocs/.htaccess /www/htdocs/example/.htaccess And so, for each file access out of that directory, there are 4 additional file-system accesses, even if none of those files are present. (Note that this would only be the case if .htaccess files were enabled for /, which is not usually the case.) In the case of RewriteRule directives, in .htaccess context these regular expressions must be re-compiled with every request to the directory, whereas in main server configuration context they are compiled once and cached. Additionally, the rules themselves are more complicated, as one must work around the restrictions that come with per-directory context and mod_rewrite. Consult the Rewrite Guide for more detail on this subject. The second consideration is one of security. You are permitting users to modify server configuration, which may result in changes over which you have no control. Carefully consider whether you want to give your users this privilege. Note also that giving users less privileges than they need will lead to additional technical support requests. Make sure you clearly tell your users what level of privileges you have given them. Specifying exactly what you have set AllowOverride to, and pointing them to the relevant documentation, will save yourself a lot of confusion later. Note that it is completely equivalent to put a .htaccess file in a directory /www/htdocs/example containing a directive, and to put that same directive in a Directory section <Directory "/www/htdocs/example"> in your main server configuration: .htaccess file in /www/htdocs/example: Contents of .htaccess file in /www/htdocs/example AddType text/example ".exm" Section from your apache2.conf file <Directory "/www/htdocs/example"> AddType text/example ".exm" </Directory> However, putting this configuration in your server configuration file will result in less of a performance hit, as the configuration is loaded once when httpd starts, rather than every time a file is requested. The use of .htaccess files can be disabled completely by setting the AllowOverride directive to none: AllowOverride None How directives are applied The configuration directives found in a .htaccess file are applied to the directory in which the .htaccess file is found, and to all subdirectories thereof. However, it is important to also remember that there may have been .htaccess files in directories higher up. Directives are applied in the order that they are found. Therefore, a .htaccess file in a particular directory may override directives found in .htaccess files found higher up in the directory tree. And those, in turn, may have overridden directives found yet higher up, or in the main server configuration file itself. Example: In the directory /www/htdocs/example1 we have a .htaccess file containing the following: Options +ExecCGI (Note: you must have "AllowOverride Options" in effect to permit the use of the "Options" directive in .htaccess files.) In the directory /www/htdocs/example1/example2 we have a .htaccess file containing: Options Includes Because of this second .htaccess file, in the directory /www/htdocs/example1/example2, CGI execution is not permitted, as only Options Includes is in effect, which completely overrides any earlier setting that may have been in place. Merging of .htaccess with the main configuration files As discussed in the documentation on Configuration Sections, .htaccess files can override the <Directory> sections for the corresponding directory, but will be overridden by other types of configuration sections from the main configuration files. This fact can be used to enforce certain configurations, even in the presence of a liberal AllowOverride setting. For example, to prevent script execution while allowing anything else to be set in .htaccess you can use: <Directory "/www/htdocs"> AllowOverride All </Directory> <Location "/"> Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI </Location> This example assumes that your DocumentRoot is /www/htdocs. Authentication example If you jumped directly to this part of the document to find out how to do authentication, it is important to note one thing. There is a common misconception that you are required to use .htaccess files in order to implement password authentication. This is not the case. Putting authentication directives in a <Directory> section, in your main server configuration file, is the preferred way to implement this, and .htaccess files should be used only if you don't have access to the main server configuration file. See above for a discussion of when you should and should not use .htaccess files. Having said that, if you still think you need to use a .htaccess file, you may find that a configuration such as what follows may work for you. .htaccess file contents: AuthType Basic AuthName "Password Required" AuthUserFile "/www/passwords/password.file" AuthGroupFile "/www/passwords/group.file" Require group admins Note that AllowOverride AuthConfig must be in effect for these directives to have any effect. Please see the authentication tutorial for a more complete discussion of authentication and authorization. Server Side Includes example Another common use of .htaccess files is to enable Server Side Includes for a particular directory. This may be done with the following configuration directives, placed in a .htaccess file in the desired directory: Options +Includes AddType text/html shtml AddHandler server-parsed shtml Note that AllowOverride Options and AllowOverride FileInfo must both be in effect for these directives to have any effect. Please see the SSI tutorial for a more complete discussion of server-side includes. Rewrite Rules in .htaccess files When using RewriteRule in .htaccess files, be aware that the per-directory context changes things a bit. In particular, rules are taken to be relative to the current directory, rather than being the original requested URI. Consider the following examples: # In apache2.conf RewriteRule "^/images/(.+)\.jpg" "/images/$1.png" # In .htaccess in root dir RewriteRule "^images/(.+)\.jpg" "images/$1.png" # In .htaccess in images/ RewriteRule "^(.+)\.jpg" "$1.png" In a .htaccess in your document directory, the leading slash is removed from the value supplied to RewriteRule, and in the images subdirectory, /images/ is removed from it. Thus, your regular expression needs to omit that portion as well. Consult the mod_rewrite documentation for further details on using mod_rewrite. CGI example Finally, you may wish to use a .htaccess file to permit the execution of CGI programs in a particular directory. This may be implemented with the following configuration: Options +ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl Alternately, if you wish to have all files in the given directory be considered to be CGI programs, this may be done with the following configuration: Options +ExecCGI SetHandler cgi-script Note that AllowOverride Options and AllowOverride FileInfo must both be in effect for these directives to have any effect. Please see the CGI tutorial for a more complete discussion of CGI programming and configuration. Troubleshooting When you put configuration directives in a .htaccess file, and you don't get the desired effect, there are a number of things that may be going wrong. Most commonly, the problem is that AllowOverride is not set such that your configuration directives are being honored. Make sure that you don't have a AllowOverride None in effect for the file scope in question. A good test for this is to put garbage in your .htaccess file and reload the page. If a server error is not generated, then you almost certainly have AllowOverride None in effect. If, on the other hand, you are getting server errors when trying to access documents, check your httpd error log. It will likely tell you that the directive used in your .htaccess file is not permitted. [Fri Sep 17 18:43:16 2010] [alert] [client 192.168.200.51] /var/www/html/.htaccess: DirectoryIndex not allowed here This will indicate either that you've used a directive that is never permitted in .htaccess files, or that you simply don't have AllowOverride set to a level sufficient for the directive you've used. Consult the documentation for that particular directive to determine which is the case. Alternately, it may tell you that you had a syntax error in your usage of the directive itself. 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Longevity and the Written Word Our technological development has only occurred as a result of an ability to store and access large quantities of preexisting data. The knowledge possessed by any one person or even a hundred is insignificant in comparison to the libraries of previous learning that have now been obtained, and without which advancement to our level would not have happened. These libraries of knowledge did not begin to develop until the written word was invented, and no archaeological evidence of even the most primitive forms of writing have been discovered earlier than ancient Babylon which followed the tower of Babel. Even several hundred years later, during the time of the Egyptians, only hieroglyphics were in use. The development of symbolic language seemingly coincides with the decline in human longevity. Perhaps it was the shortened human lifespan that caused people to feel the need to write down their experiences or what had been learned. There had become a sense of urgency to preserve ones essence in some permanent form. It may have been this reduction in life expectancy more than anything else that induced the formation of the written word and ultimately the technological achievements we have made. Back when people lived to be 1000 years of age there was little need to archive knowledge. Most people would prefer to talk rather than write letters. If we could still talk to Galileo or Sir Isaac Newton, why would they bother to write down what they could more quickly say? Implications of the Tower of Babel We can not dispute the existence of atypical knowledge possessed by Adam and Eve, however, we should also consider the tower of Babel curse as it relates to human accomplishments to that date. Monumental constructions are a great source of pride for humans. It was most likely this type of technological development that God attempted to retard by creating the language barriers at the tower of Babel. The Babel event suggests that the tower was the first major monument that mankind had ever built. It was the first construction that had no purpose but to be a monument to human achievement. The tower was not a particularly important technological development. It was built out of bricks, and was therefore incomparable to even the limestone pyramids. In comparison to our modern building it was hardly more than a mud mound. Many better monuments would be built afterwards, but given God's reaction, it is logical to propose that nothing like it had been built prior to the flood. Why do Men Construct Buildings? Most people are puzzled why antediluvian buildings have not been found. After all the construction of cities is clearly referred to in the Bible. Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. The construction of dwelling space is driven almost exclusively by our need to shelter ourselves from the weather. Prior to the flood, the atmosphere is thought to have been much more stable than it is today, providing an almost globally uniform temperature. It is believed that there were no dramatic seasonal temperature fluctuations, or even significant differences in temperature between the polar and equatorial regions. This is evident by the discovery of fossilized ferns and amphibians on Antarctica. It is also believed that it had not rained prior to the flood, but the earth was instead watered by free-flowing springs and mist. Given that this type of perfect environment likely existed before the flood, it might be better to ask why people would build houses if they needed no shelter from the elements? One answer would be: to protect ourselves from wild animals and other humans. The earth was a violent place before the flood. Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Nevertheless, any constructions during this period were likely made of wood or dried mud. These materials are simply not expected to stand up well under catastrophic flood conditions. Even baked clay will dissolve if saturated for prolonged periods. This type of material has historically only been used to extremely arid regions for this reason. If they did not need to build shelters from the weather, and had never built a monument before the tower of Babel, what would we expect to find? Perhaps some protective fencing or walls might still remain if they could have survived a raging onslaught greater than the dam breech that hollowed-out the Grand Canyon. There may also be some clothing made of animal skins or stone tools, but no reason to expect anything more significant. Given the presuppositions of evolutionists and the certainty of their belief, any trace evidence of a antediluvian civilizations would likely be dismissed outright and we would never hear about it. Additional Resource Creationist Perspectives on Antediluvian Civilizations Antediluvian Artifacts Evidence of Dinosaur & Human Cohabitation Evidence of Humans in the Geological Column Who Were the Nephilim? Genesis 6-8 The Flood of Noah Noah's Ark Homepage Creationist Perspectives on Antediluvian (Pre-flood) Civilizations Ancient Atomic Knowledge? by Ooparts & Ancient High Technology - Evidence of Noah's Flood Ancient civilizations and modern man by David Criswell. Creation Magazine Vol. 17 Issue 2 Currents of conspiracy History, Pre-History, Archaeology, and Evolution News Archive Forbidden Archeology by Michael A. Cremo @ Amazon.com Fossilized Human Finger by Preflood Traditions The Weakness of John Pilkey's Origin of the Nations by Roy L. 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0.99847	The petition drive to approve studies for soundwalls along Highway 24 through Rockridge has failed. The proponents of the study appealed to the City of Oakland to have the studies go forward anyway; but so far, the City has upheld the petition results. Summary of the petition results - 300 of the 485 eligible property owners (62%) signed the soundwall study approval petition. - This fell short of the 67% required to fund the study. - Under Alameda County statutes, only about 140 of the 485 property owners would have later been eligible to sign soundwall construction approval petitions (assuming that the results of the full Noise Study would have been similar to those of the Pre-NBSSR). - Just 76 (54%) of these 140 property owners signed the soundwall study approval petitions, far less than would have been needed later to approve actual construction. Thanks to everyone who helped to prevent the waste of $1.482 million to study soundwalls that would probably never be built. Instead, this money will be used for real improvements - not reports - that are already on the Caldecott Tunnel Settlement Agreement Final Project List. Why this website is not going away There are more soundwall studies on the Caldecott Tunnel Settlement Project List and much of the information on this website is relevant to those studies as well as to the ones which were just defeated. Beyond that, the way in which the City of Oakland created and ran the soundwall study approval process was shameful; and that story is chronicled in detail here. This should be a wakeup call to the people of Oakland, and especially Rockridge, about how their "representatives" do business. Top 10 reasons not to have soundwalls along Highway 24 in Rockridge 1. Measured noise levels show that the proposed soundwalls are mostly unnecessary. 2. Approving a soundwall study report would preempt funding for tangible projects like intersection improvements and pedestrian lighting. 3. Only 133 properties would see a significant (5 decibel) noise reduction. 4. $1.182 $1.482 million would be wasted if the studies are approved but soundwalls are not built. 5. The City would have to compete with many other Alameda County transportation projects for $5 million to build the soundwalls. It is "highly unlikely that a sound wall will ever be constructed in the Rockridge area" (Victoria Eisen, City of Oakland Consultant for Caldecott-funded Projects); "These studies do not guarantee construction, and construction funding will be extremely difficult to impossible to come by" (Wlad Wlassowsky, Transportation Services Division Manager, City of Oakland). 6. Noise and air pollution at the Rockridge BART station, which would be bracketed by soundwalls. 7. Aesthetic considerations. 8. Possible losses in property values adjacent to Highway 24. 9. Soundwall grafitti removal would be the responsibility of the City of Oakland, not CalTrans, creating a tagger's paradise. 10. The approval process was manipulated and there are serious ethics issues. This website was not originally intended to compete in length with "War and Peace", but it kept growing as the saga of the Rockridge soundwalls unfolded. If you would like to know more, read: - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - An editorial - The history of what has happened up to now - Details about the manipulation of the soundwall approval process - An original analysis of the Noise Study, which shows that soundwalls are not necessary in most of Rockridge - Links to other sources of information, including documents, newspaper articles, and local television coverage
0.998389	The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the Southern United States continues to increase. The map below shows the number of cases of COVID-19 over the seven days to the 16th of June 2020 per 100,000 population. The counties shaded red are counties where the number of new cases in a week exceeded 0.1% of the county population. The largest region of red counties was in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. The majority of Arizona's 15 counties (eight) were also red; other areas with significant numbers of red counties were found in South Florida, the Carolinas and Iowa. The maps below show how growth in the number of new cases has changed over the last four weeks. The number of new cases in the Northeast has continued to fall. In the rest of the country, however, the number of blue counties (counties with fewer than ten cases per 100,000 people per week) has fallen, whilst hotspots in the South and Western United States have continue to grow. The map below shows the number of cases by county for the seven days to 10 April, around the time of the peak in New York. At this point the outbreak was concentrated in the Northeast, with other geographical clusters seen in Louisiana and Georgia. Areas with high growth of new cases are now more geographically dispersed. As the United States pushes ahead with reopening its economy ahead of much of the rest of the world, the growth of new cases across the country will give pause to those elsewhere calling for a more aggressive approach to reopening.
0.954685	Virginia's second congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It currently encompasses all of Accomack, Northampton and York counties, all of the cities of Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton, although its boundaries changed greatly over the centuries (it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War). Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2, 2010 election, and took his seat January 3, 2011 until 2017, when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor. In the November 6, 2018 election, Democrat Elaine Luria defeated Republican Scott Taylor. It is now considered one of Virginia's most competitive congressional districts. As of 2021, by Cook Partisan Voting index, this is the median district in the country, with 217 districts rated more Democrat and 217 districts rated more Republican. VA-02 took this title from NJ-07. Virginia's 2nd congressional district Virginia's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2017 Representative Elaine Luria D–Norfolk Distribution 92.57% urban 7.43% rural Population (2019) 723,927 Median household income $74,704 Ethnicity 67.21% White 19.97% Black 7.76% Hispanic 5.41% Asian 0.26% Native American Cook PVI R+1 Contents 12016 redistricting 2Recent results in statewide races 3List of members representing the district 4Election results 4.11980s 4.21990s 4.32000s 4.42010s 4.52020s 5Historical district boundaries 6See also 7References 8External links This image shows the 2016 court-ordered VA Congressional districts. The Virginia Legislature's 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court-ordered redistricting on January 16, 2016 for the 2016 elections. Year Office Results 1996 U.S. President Dole 48%–44% U.S. Senator Warner 57%–43% 1997 Governor Gilmore 56%–42% Lieutenant Governor Hager 52%–41% Attorney General Earley 63%–37% 2000 U.S. President Bush 53%–45% U.S. Senator Allen 51%–49% 2001 Governor Earley 50%–50% Lieutenant Governor Katzen 52%–47% Attorney General Kilgore 64%–36% 2002 U.S. Senator Warner 84%–9% 2004 U.S. President Bush 58%–42% 2005 Governor Kaine 50%–47% Lieutenant Governor Bolling 54%–45% Attorney General McDonnell 55%–44% 2006 Senate Allen 51%–48% 2008 U.S. President Obama 50%–48% Senate Warner 65%–34% 2009 Governor McDonnell 62%–38% Lieutenant Governor Bolling 56%–44% Attorney General Cuccinelli 60%–40% 2012 U.S. President Obama 50%–48% Senate Kaine 52%–48% 2013 Governor McAuliffe 47%–46%–7% Lieutenant Governor Northam 57%–43% Attorney General Obenshain 52%–48% 2014 Senator Gillespie 49%–48% 2016 U.S. President Trump 48%–45% 2017 Governor Northam 51%–47% 2018 Senator Kaine 54%–44% 2020 U.S. President Biden 51%–46% Representative Party Years Cong ress Electoral history John Brown Anti-Administration March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 1st 2nd Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Resigned. Vacant June 2, 1792 – March 3, 1793 2nd Andrew Moore Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 3rd 4th Redistricted from the3rd district and re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Retired. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 David Holmes Democratic-Republican March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 5th 6th 7th Elected in 1797. Re-elected in 1799. Re-elected in 1801. Redistricted to the4th district. James Stephenson Federalist March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 8th Elected in 1803. Lost re-election. John Morrow Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 9th 10th Elected in 1805. Re-elected in 1807. Lost re-election. James Stephenson Federalist March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 11th Elected in 1809. Lost re-election. John Baker Federalist March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 12th Elected in 1811. Retired. Francis White Federalist March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 13th Elected in 1813. Lost re-election. Magnus Tate Federalist March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 14th Elected in 1815. Retired. Edward Colston Federalist March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 15th Elected in 1817. Lost re-election. Thomas Van Swearingen Federalist March 4, 1819 – August 19, 1822 16th 17th Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Died. Vacant August 19, 1822 – October 28, 1822 17th James Stephenson Federalist October 28, 1822 – March 3, 1823 Elected to finish Van Swearingen's term and seated December 2, 1822. Redistricted to the16th district. Arthur Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 18th Redistricted from the20th district and Re-elected in 1823. Retired. James Trezvant Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 19th 20th 21st Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing] John Y. Mason Jacksonian March 4, 1831 – January 11, 1837 22nd 23rd 24th Elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Resigned. Vacant January 12, 1837 – March 3, 1837 24th Francis E. Rives Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 25th 26th Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Retired. George B. Cary Democratic March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 27th Elected in 1841. Retired. George Dromgoole Democratic March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847 28th 29th 30th Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Died. Vacant April 27, 1847 – August 5, 1847 30th Richard K. Meade Democratic August 5, 1847 – March 3, 1853 30th 31st 32nd Elected to finish Dromgoole's term. Re-elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Lost renomination. John Millson Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 33rd 34th 35th 36th Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Retired. Inactive March 4, 1861 – January 26, 1870 37th 38th 39th 40th Civil War James H. Platt Jr. Republican January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1875 41st 42nd 43rd Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election. John Goode Jr. Democratic March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 44th 45th 46th Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost re-election. John F. Dezendorf Republican March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 47th Elected in 1880. Retired. Harry Libbey Readjuster March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 48th 49th Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Elected in 1884. Lost re-election. George E. Bowden Republican March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 50th 51st Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. John W. Lawson Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 52nd Elected in 1890. Retired. David Gardiner Tyler Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 53rd 54th Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election. William A. Young Democratic March 4, 1897 – April 26, 1898 55th Election invalidated. Richard A. Wise Republican April 26, 1898 – March 3, 1899 55th Elected in 1898. Lost re-election. William A. Young Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 12, 1900 56th Election invalidated Richard A. Wise Republican March 12, 1900 – December 21, 1900 56th Elected in 1900. Died. Vacant December 21, 1900 – March 3, 1901 Harry L. Maynard Democratic March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election. Edward E. Holland Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired. Joseph T. Deal Democratic March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929 67th 68th 69th 70th Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. Menalcus Lankford Republican March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 71st 72nd Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election. District eliminated March 4, 1933 District recreated January 3, 1935 Colgate Darden Democratic January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 74th Elected in 1934. Lost renomination. Norman R. Hamilton Democratic January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 75th Elected in 1936. Lost renomination. Colgate Darden Democratic January 3, 1939 – March 1, 1941 76th 77th Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Resigned to run for Governor of Virginia. Vacant March 1, 1941 – April 8, 1941 77th Winder R. Harris Democratic April 8, 1941 – September 15, 1944 77th 78th Elected to finish Darden's term. Re-elected in 1942. Resigned. Vacant September 15, 1944 – November 7, 1944 78th Ralph H. Daughton Democratic November 7, 1944 – January 3, 1947 78th 79th Elected to finish Harris' term. Simultaneously elected to a full term in 1944. Lost renomination. Porter Hardy Jr. Democratic January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1969 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Retired. G. William Whitehurst Republican January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired. Owen B. Pickett Democratic January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2001 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired. Ed Schrock Republican January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005 107th 108th Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired. Thelma Drake (Norfolk) Republican January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 109th 110th Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election. Glenn Nye (Norfolk) Democratic January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 111th Elected in 2008. Lost re-election. Scott Rigell (Virginia Beach) Republican January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 112th 113th 114th Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired. Scott Taylor (Virginia Beach) Republican January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 115th Elected in 2016. Lost re-election. Elaine Luria (Norfolk) Democratic January 3, 2019 – Present 116th 117th Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. 1980s Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes % Republican G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) 97,319 89.84% Independent Kenneth P. Morrison 11,003 10.16% Write-in 6 0.01% Total votes 108,328 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1982 Party Candidate Votes % Republican G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) 78,108 99.88% Write-in 97 0.12% Total votes 78,205 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes % Republican G. William Whitehurst (Incumbent) 136,632 99.81% Write-in 256 0.19% Total votes 136,888 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1986 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett 54,491 49.46% Republican A. Joe Canada Jr. 46,137 41.88% Independent Stephen P. Shao 9,492 8.62% Write-in 49 0.04% Total votes 110,169 100% Democratic gain from Republican Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 106,666 60.53% Republican Jerry R. Curry 62,564 35.51% Independent Stephen P. Shao 4,255 2.41% Independent Robert A. Smith 2,691 1.53% Write-in 32 0.02% Total votes 176,208 100% Democratic hold 1990s Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1990 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 55,179 74.95% Independent Harry G. Broskie 15,915 21.62% Write-in 2,524 3.43% Total votes 73,618 100% Democratic hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1992 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 99,253 56.03% Republican J. L. Chapman IV 77,797 43.92% Write-in 83 0.05% Total votes 177,133 100% Democratic hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1994 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 81,372 59.05% Republican J. L. Chapman IV 56,375 40.91% Write-in 55 0.04% Total votes 137,802 100% Democratic hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1996 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 106,215 64.77% Republican John F. Tate 57,586 35.11% Write-in 195 0.12% Total votes 163,996 100% Democratic hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 1998 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Owen B. Pickett (Incumbent) 67,975 94.29% Write-in 4,116 5.71% Total votes 72,091 100% Democratic hold 2000s Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Edward L. Schrock 97,856 51.96% Democratic Jody M. Wagner 90,328 47.96% Write-in 145 0.08% Total votes 188,329 100% Republican gain from Democratic Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2002 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Edward L. Schrock (Incumbent) 103,807 83.15% Green D. C. Amarasinghe 20,589 16.49% Write-in 450 0.36% Total votes 124,846 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Thelma D. Drake 132,946 55.08% Democratic David B. Ashe 108,180 44.82% Write-in 254 0.11% Total votes 241,380 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) 88,777 51.27% Democratic Phil Kellam 83,901 48.45% Write-in 481 0.28% Total votes 173,159 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Glenn Nye 141,857 52.40% Republican Thelma D. Drake (Incumbent) 128,486 47.46% Write-in 368 0.14% Total votes 270,711 100% Democratic gain from Republican 2010s Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2010 Party Candidate Votes % Republican E. Scott Rigell 88,340 53.12% Democratic Glenn Nye (Incumbent) 70,591 42.45% Independent Kenny E. Golden 7,194 4.33% Write-in 164 0.10% Total votes 166,289 100% Republican gain from Democratic Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2012 Party Candidate Votes % Republican E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) 166,231 53.76% Democratic Paul O. Hirschbiel, Jr. 142,548 46.10% Write-in 443 0.14% Total votes 309,222 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2014 Party Candidate Votes % Republican E. Scott Rigell (Incumbent) 101,558 58.68% Democratic Suzanne Patrick 71,178 41.13% Write-in 324 0.19% Total votes 173,060 100% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2016 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Scott Taylor 190,475 61.33% Democratic Shaun D. Brown 119,440 38.46% Write-in 652 0.21% Total votes 310,567 100.00% Republican hold Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2018 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Elaine Luria 139,571 51.05% Republican Scott Taylor (Incumbent) 133,458 48.81% Write-in 371 0.14% Total votes 273,400 100.00% Democratic gain from Republican 2020s Virginia's 2nd congressional district election, 2020 Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Elaine Luria (Incumbent) 185,733 51.55% Republican Scott Taylor 165,031 45.81% Independent David Foster 9,170 2.55% Write-in 343 0.10% Total votes 360,277 100.00% Democratic hold 2003–2013 United States portal Virginia portal Virginia's congressional districts List of United States congressional districts United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008#District 2 Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. 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Scott Taylor's official House of Representatives website Coordinates:37°24′29″N75°53′13″W /37.40806°N 75.88694°W /37.40806; -75.88694 November 15, 2021 Latest articles November 09, 2021 RIAA certifications November 04, 2021 RIAJ November 09, 2021 RIM-162 ESSM November 05, 2021 RISAT-2 November 07, 2021 RISAT-2BR1 November 07, 2021 RISC November 07, 2021 RITES November 06, 2021 RKD November 16, 2021 RK Lovćen November 09, 2021 RLC circuits Most Read November 03, 2021 Geometric mean November 10, 2021 Geometrical figure November 08, 2021 Geometry November 09, 2021 Geonkhali November 03, 2021 Geostationary transfer orbit Virginia s 2nd congressional district Language Watch Edit Virginia s second congressional district is a U S congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia It currently encompasses all of Accomack Northampton and York counties all of the cities of Virginia Beach and Williamsburg and parts of the cities of Norfolk and Hampton although its boundaries changed greatly over the centuries it initially encompassed what became West Virginia after the American Civil War Republican Scott Rigell defeated Democrat Glenn Nye in the November 2 2010 election and took his seat January 3 2011 until 2017 when he was succeeded by Scott Taylor In the November 6 2018 election Democrat Elaine Luria defeated Republican Scott Taylor It is now considered one of Virginia s most competitive congressional districts As of 2021 by Cook Partisan Voting index this is the median district in the country with 217 districts rated more Democrat and 217 districts rated more Republican VA 02 took this title from NJ 07 Virginia s 2nd congressional districtVirginia s 2nd congressional district since January 3 2017Representative Elaine Luria D NorfolkDistribution92 57 urban 1 7 43 ruralPopulation 2019 723 927 2 Median household income 74 704 3 Ethnicity67 21 White19 97 Black7 76 Hispanic5 41 Asian0 26 Native AmericanCook PVIR 1 4 Contents 1 2016 redistricting 2 Recent results in statewide races 3 List of members representing the district 4 Election results 4 1 1980s 4 2 1990s 4 3 2000s 4 4 2010s 4 5 2020s 5 Historical district boundaries 6 See also 7 References 8 External links2016 redistricting Edit This image shows the 2016 court ordered VA Congressional districts The Virginia Legislature s 2012 redistricting of the adjacent 3rd district was found unconstitutional and replaced with a court ordered redistricting on January 16 2016 for the 2016 elections 5 6 7 8 9 Recent results in statewide races EditYear Office Results1996 U S President Dole 48 44 10 U S Senator Warner 57 43 10 1997 Governor Gilmore 56 42 11 Lieutenant Governor Hager 52 41 11 Attorney General Earley 63 37 11 2000 U S President Bush 53 45 12 U S Senator Allen 51 49 12 2001 Governor Earley 50 50 13 Lieutenant Governor Katzen 52 47 13 Attorney General Kilgore 64 36 13 2002 U S Senator Warner 84 9 14 2004 U S President Bush 58 42 15 2005 Governor Kaine 50 47 16 Lieutenant Governor Bolling 54 45 16 Attorney General McDonnell 55 44 16 2006 Senate Allen 51 48 17 2008 U S President Obama 50 48 18 Senate Warner 65 34 18 2009 Governor McDonnell 62 38 19 Lieutenant Governor Bolling 56 44 20 Attorney General Cuccinelli 60 40 20 2012 U S President Obama 50 48 21 Senate Kaine 52 48 21 2013 Governor McAuliffe 47 46 7 22 Lieutenant Governor Northam 57 43 23 Attorney General Obenshain 52 48 24 2014 Senator Gillespie 49 48 25 2016 U S President Trump 48 45 26 2017 Governor Northam 51 47 27 2018 Senator Kaine 54 44 28 2020 U S President Biden 51 46 29 List of members representing the district EditRepresentative Party Years Cong ress Electoral history John Brown Anti Administration March 4 1789 June 1 1792 1st 2nd Elected in 1789 Re elected in 1790 Resigned Vacant June 2 1792 March 3 1793 2nd Andrew Moore Anti Administration March 4 1793 March 3 1795 3rd 4th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re elected in 1793 Re elected in 1795 Retired Democratic Republican March 4 1795 March 3 1797 David Holmes Democratic Republican March 4 1797 March 3 1803 5th 6th 7th Elected in 1797 Re elected in 1799 Re elected in 1801 Redistricted to the 4th district James Stephenson Federalist March 4 1803 March 3 1805 8th Elected in 1803 Lost re election John Morrow Democratic Republican March 4 1805 March 3 1809 9th 10th Elected in 1805 Re elected in 1807 Lost re election James Stephenson Federalist March 4 1809 March 3 1811 11th Elected in 1809 Lost re election John Baker Federalist March 4 1811 March 3 1813 12th Elected in 1811 Retired Francis White Federalist March 4 1813 March 3 1815 13th Elected in 1813 Lost re election Magnus Tate Federalist March 4 1815 March 3 1817 14th Elected in 1815 Retired Edward Colston Federalist March 4 1817 March 3 1819 15th Elected in 1817 Lost re election Thomas Van Swearingen Federalist March 4 1819 August 19 1822 16th 17th Elected in 1819 Re elected in 1821 Died Vacant August 19 1822 October 28 1822 17thJames Stephenson Federalist October 28 1822 March 3 1823 Elected to finish Van Swearingen s term and seated December 2 1822 Redistricted to the 16th district Arthur Smith Democratic Republican March 4 1823 March 3 1825 18th Redistricted from the 20th district and Re elected in 1823 Retired James Trezvant Jacksonian March 4 1825 March 3 1831 19th 20th 21st Elected in 1825 Re elected in 1827 Re elected in 1829 data unknown missing John Y Mason Jacksonian March 4 1831 January 11 1837 22nd 23rd 24th Elected in 1831 Re elected in 1833 Re elected in 1835 Resigned Vacant January 12 1837 March 3 1837 24thFrancis E Rives Democratic March 4 1837 March 3 1841 25th 26th Elected in 1837 Re elected in 1839 Retired George B Cary Democratic March 4 1841 March 3 1843 27th Elected in 1841 Retired George Dromgoole Democratic March 4 1843 April 27 1847 28th 29th 30th Elected in 1843 Re elected in 1845 Died Vacant April 27 1847 August 5 1847 30thRichard K Meade Democratic August 5 1847 March 3 1853 30th 31st 32nd Elected to finish Dromgoole s term Re elected in 1847 Re elected in 1849 Re elected in 1851 Lost renomination John Millson Democratic March 4 1853 March 3 1861 33rd 34th 35th 36th Elected in 1853 Re elected in 1855 Re elected in 1857 Re elected in 1859 Retired Inactive March 4 1861 January 26 1870 37th 38th 39th 40th Civil WarJames H Platt Jr Republican January 27 1870 March 3 1875 41st 42nd 43rd Elected in 1870 Re elected in 1872 Lost re election John Goode Jr Democratic March 4 1875 March 3 1881 44th 45th 46th Elected in 1874 Re elected in 1876 Re elected in 1878 Lost re election John F Dezendorf Republican March 4 1881 March 3 1883 47th Elected in 1880 Retired Harry Libbey Readjuster March 4 1883 March 3 1885 48th 49th Elected in 1882 data unknown missing Republican March 4 1885 March 3 1887 Elected in 1884 Lost re election George E Bowden Republican March 4 1887 March 3 1891 50th 51st Elected in 1886 Re elected in 1888 Lost re election John W Lawson Democratic March 4 1891 March 3 1893 52nd Elected in 1890 Retired David Gardiner Tyler Democratic March 4 1893 March 3 1897 53rd 54th Elected in 1892 Re elected in 1894 Lost re election William A Young Democratic March 4 1897 April 26 1898 55th Election invalidated Richard A Wise Republican April 26 1898 March 3 1899 55th Elected in 1898 Lost re election William A Young Democratic March 4 1899 March 12 1900 56th Election invalidated Richard A Wise Republican March 12 1900 December 21 1900 56th Elected in 1900 Died Vacant December 21 1900 March 3 1901 Harry L Maynard Democratic March 4 1901 March 3 1911 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st Elected in 1900 Re elected in 1902 Re elected in 1904 Re elected in 1906 Re elected in 1908 Lost re election Edward E Holland Democratic March 4 1911 March 3 1921 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th Elected in 1910 Re elected in 1912 Re elected in 1914 Re elected in 1916 Re elected in 1918 Retired Joseph T Deal Democratic March 4 1921 March 3 1929 67th 68th 69th 70th Elected in 1920 Re elected in 1922 Re elected in 1924 Re elected in 1926 Lost re election Menalcus Lankford Republican March 4 1929 March 3 1933 71st 72nd Elected in 1928 Re elected in 1930 Lost re election District eliminated March 4 1933District recreated January 3 1935Colgate Darden Democratic January 3 1935 January 3 1937 74th Elected in 1934 Lost renomination Norman R Hamilton Democratic January 3 1937 January 3 1939 75th Elected in 1936 Lost renomination Colgate Darden Democratic January 3 1939 March 1 1941 76th 77th Elected in 1938 Re elected in 1940 Resigned to run for Governor of Virginia Vacant March 1 1941 April 8 1941 77thWinder R Harris Democratic April 8 1941 September 15 1944 77th 78th Elected to finish Darden s term Re elected in 1942 Resigned Vacant September 15 1944 November 7 1944 78th Ralph H Daughton Democratic November 7 1944 January 3 1947 78th 79th Elected to finish Harris term Simultaneously elected to a full term in 1944 Lost renomination Porter Hardy Jr Democratic January 3 1947 January 3 1969 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th Elected in 1946 Re elected in 1948 Re elected in 1950 Re elected in 1952 Re elected in 1954 Re elected in 1956 Re elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Re elected in 1966 Retired G William Whitehurst Republican January 3 1969 January 3 1987 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th Elected in 1968 Re elected in 1970 Re elected in 1972 Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Re elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Retired Owen B Pickett Democratic January 3 1987 January 3 2001 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th Elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Re elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Retired Ed Schrock Republican January 3 2001 January 3 2005 107th 108th Elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Retired Thelma Drake Norfolk Republican January 3 2005 January 3 2009 109th 110th Elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Lost re election Glenn Nye Norfolk Democratic January 3 2009 January 3 2011 111th Elected in 2008 Lost re election Scott Rigell Virginia Beach Republican January 3 2011 January 3 2017 112th 113th 114th Elected in 2010 Re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Retired Scott Taylor Virginia Beach Republican January 3 2017 January 3 2019 115th Elected in 2016 Lost re election Elaine Luria Norfolk Democratic January 3 2019 Present 116th 117th Elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Election results Edit1980s Edit Virginia s 2nd congressional district election 1980 Party Candidate Votes Republican G William Whitehurst Incumbent 97 319 89 84 Independent Kenneth P Morrison 11 003 10 16 Write in 6 0 01 Total votes 108 328 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1982 Party Candidate Votes Republican G William Whitehurst Incumbent 78 108 99 88 Write in 97 0 12 Total votes 78 205 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1984 Party Candidate Votes Republican G William Whitehurst Incumbent 136 632 99 81 Write in 256 0 19 Total votes 136 888 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1986 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett 54 491 49 46 Republican A Joe Canada Jr 46 137 41 88 Independent Stephen P Shao 9 492 8 62 Write in 49 0 04 Total votes 110 169 100 Democratic gain from RepublicanVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1988 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 106 666 60 53 Republican Jerry R Curry 62 564 35 51 Independent Stephen P Shao 4 255 2 41 Independent Robert A Smith 2 691 1 53 Write in 32 0 02 Total votes 176 208 100 Democratic hold1990s Edit Virginia s 2nd congressional district election 1990 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 55 179 74 95 Independent Harry G Broskie 15 915 21 62 Write in 2 524 3 43 Total votes 73 618 100 Democratic holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1992 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 99 253 56 03 Republican J L Chapman IV 77 797 43 92 Write in 83 0 05 Total votes 177 133 100 Democratic holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1994 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 81 372 59 05 Republican J L Chapman IV 56 375 40 91 Write in 55 0 04 Total votes 137 802 100 Democratic holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1996 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 106 215 64 77 Republican John F Tate 57 586 35 11 Write in 195 0 12 Total votes 163 996 100 Democratic holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 1998 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Owen B Pickett Incumbent 67 975 94 29 Write in 4 116 5 71 Total votes 72 091 100 Democratic hold2000s Edit Virginia s 2nd congressional district election 2000 Party Candidate Votes Republican Edward L Schrock 97 856 51 96 Democratic Jody M Wagner 90 328 47 96 Write in 145 0 08 Total votes 188 329 100 Republican gain from DemocraticVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2002 Party Candidate Votes Republican Edward L Schrock Incumbent 103 807 83 15 Green D C Amarasinghe 20 589 16 49 Write in 450 0 36 Total votes 124 846 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2004 Party Candidate Votes Republican Thelma D Drake 132 946 55 08 Democratic David B Ashe 108 180 44 82 Write in 254 0 11 Total votes 241 380 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2006 Party Candidate Votes Republican Thelma D Drake Incumbent 88 777 51 27 Democratic Phil Kellam 83 901 48 45 Write in 481 0 28 Total votes 173 159 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2008 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Glenn Nye 141 857 52 40 Republican Thelma D Drake Incumbent 128 486 47 46 Write in 368 0 14 Total votes 270 711 100 Democratic gain from Republican2010s Edit Virginia s 2nd congressional district election 2010 Party Candidate Votes Republican E Scott Rigell 88 340 53 12 Democratic Glenn Nye Incumbent 70 591 42 45 Independent Kenny E Golden 7 194 4 33 Write in 164 0 10 Total votes 166 289 100 Republican gain from DemocraticVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2012 Party Candidate Votes Republican E Scott Rigell Incumbent 166 231 53 76 Democratic Paul O Hirschbiel Jr 142 548 46 10 Write in 443 0 14 Total votes 309 222 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2014 30 Party Candidate Votes Republican E Scott Rigell Incumbent 101 558 58 68 Democratic Suzanne Patrick 71 178 41 13 Write in 324 0 19 Total votes 173 060 100 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2016 31 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Taylor 190 475 61 33 Democratic Shaun D Brown 119 440 38 46 Write in 652 0 21 Total votes 310 567 100 00 Republican holdVirginia s 2nd congressional district election 2018 32 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Elaine Luria 139 571 51 05 Republican Scott Taylor Incumbent 133 458 48 81 Write in 371 0 14 Total votes 273 400 100 00 Democratic gain from Republican2020s Edit Virginia s 2nd congressional district election 2020 33 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Elaine Luria Incumbent 185 733 51 55 Republican Scott Taylor 165 031 45 81 Independent David Foster 9 170 2 55 Write in 343 0 10 Total votes 360 277 100 00 Democratic holdHistorical district boundaries Edit 2003 2013See also Edit United States portal Virginia portal Virginia s congressional districts List of United States congressional districts United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia 2008 District 2References Edit Geography US Census Bureau Congressional Districts Relationship Files state based www census gov Bureau Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census My Congressional District www census gov My Congressional District Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index The Cook Political Report April 15 2021 Retrieved July 30 2021 Court Ordered Redistricting Redistricting dls virginia gov September 3 2015 Retrieved May 6 2017 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0.999819	This article relies too much on references to primary sources. Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources.(September 2017) () Zstandard (or zstd) is a lossless data compression algorithm developed by Yann Collet at Facebook. Zstd is the reference implementation in C. Version 1 of this implementation was released as open-source software on 31 August 2016. Zstandard Original author(s) Yann Collet Developer(s) Yann Collet, Nick Terrell, Przemysław Skibiński Initial release 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) Stable release 1.5.0 / 14 May 2021; 5 months ago (2021-05-14) Repository github.com/facebook/zstd.git Written in C Operating system Cross-platform Platform Portable Type Data compression License Dual: BSD License, GPLv2 Website facebook.github.io/zstd/ Contents 1Features 2Design 3Usage 4License 5See also 6References 7External links Zstandard was designed to give a compression ratio comparable to that of the DEFLATE algorithm (developed in 1991 and used in the original ZIP and gzip programs), but faster, especially for decompression. It is tunable with compression levels ranging from negative 7 (fastest) to 22 (slowest in compression speed, but best compression ratio). The zstd package includes parallel (multi-threaded) implementations of both compression and decompression[citation needed]. Starting from version 1.3.2 (October 2017), zstd optionally implements very long range search and deduplication (--long, 128 MiB window) similar to rzip or lrzip. Compression speed can vary by a factor of 20 or more between the fastest and slowest levels, while decompression is uniformly fast, varying by less than 20% between the fastest and slowest levels. Zstandard command-line has an "adaptive" (--adapt) mode that varies compression level depending on I/O conditions, mainly how fast it can write the output. Zstd at its maximum compression level gives a compression ratio close to lzma, lzham, and ppmx, and performs better than lza, or bzip2. Zstandard reaches the current Pareto frontier, as it decompresses faster than any other currently-available algorithm with similar or better compression ratio. Dictionaries can have a large impact on the compression ratio of small files, so Zstandard can use a user-provided compression dictionary. It also offers a training mode, able to generate a dictionary from a set of samples. In particular, one dictionary can be loaded to process large sets of files with redundancy between files, but not necessarily within each file, e.g., log files. Zstandard combines a dictionary-matching stage (LZ77) with a large search window and a fast entropy coding stage, using both Finite State Entropy (a fast tabled version of ANS, tANS, used for entries in the Sequences section), and Huffman coding (used for entries in the Literals section). Because of the way that FSE carries over state between symbols, decompression involves processing symbols within the Sequences section of each block in reverse order (from last to first). Zstandard Filename extension .zst Internet media type application/zstd Magic number 28 b5 2f fd Type of format Data compression Standard RFC 8478 Website https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/doc/zstd_compression_format.md Zstandard Dictionary Internet media type application/zstandard Magic number 37 a4 30 ec Standard RFC 8478 Website https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/doc/zstd_compression_format.md#dictionary-format The Linux kernel has included Zstandard since November 2017 (version 4.14) as a compression method for the btrfs and squashfs filesystems. In 2017, Allan Jude integrated Zstandard into the FreeBSD kernel and it was subsequently integrated as a compressor option for core dumps (both user programs and kernel panics). It was also used to create a proof of concept OpenZFS compression method which was integrated in 2020. The AWS Redshift and RocksDB databases include support for field compression using Zstandard. In March 2018, Canonical tested the use of zstd as a deb package compression method by default for the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Compared with xz compression of deb packages, zstd at level 19 decompresses significantly faster, but at the cost of 6% larger package files. Debian developer Ian Jackson favored waiting several years before official adoption. In 2018 the algorithm was published as RFC 8478, which also defines an associated media type "application/zstd", filename extension "zst", and HTTP content encoding "zstd". Arch Linux added support for zstd as a package compression method in October 2019 with the release of the pacman 5.2 package manager, and in January 2020 switched from xz to zstd for the packages in the official repository. Arch uses zstd -c -T0 --ultra -20 -, the size of all compressed packages combined increased by 0.8% (compared to xz), the decompression speed is 14 times faster, decompression memory increased by 50 MiB when using multiple threads, compression memory increases but scales with the number of threads used. Fedora added ZStandard support to RPM in May 2018 (Fedora release 28), and used it for packaging the release in October 2019 (Fedora 31) Full implementation of the algorithm with an option to choose the compression level is used in the .NSZ / .XCZ file formats, developed by the homebrew community for the Nintendo Switch hybrid game console. 7-Zip ZS, a port of 7-Zip FM with Zstandard (and other formats) support, is developed by Tino Reichardt. Modern7z, a Zstandard (and other formats) plugin for 7-Zip FM is developed by Denis Anisimov (TC4shell). 7-zip-zstd, a fork of 7-zip with support for Zstandard. The reference implementation is licensed under the BSD license, published at GitHub. Since version 1.0, it had an additional Grant of Patent Rights. From version 1.3.1, this patent grant was dropped and the license was changed to a BSD + GPLv2 dual license. Zlib LZFSE – a similar algorithm by Apple used since iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 made open source on 1 June 2016 LZ4 (compression algorithm) – a fast member of the LZ77 family "Contributors to facebook/zstd". github.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved26 January 2021. "Releases - facebook/zstd". Retrieved16 May 2021 – via GitHub. Sergio De Simone (2 September 2016). "Facebook Open-Sources New Compression Algorithm Outperforming Zlib". InfoQ. Retrieved20 April 2019. "Life imitates satire: Facebook touts zlib killer just like Silicon Valley's Pied Piper". The Register. 31 August 2016. Retrieved6 September 2016. https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/tag/v1.3.4 Faster compression levels "Command Line Interface for Zstandard library". GitHub. 28 October 2021. 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"Zstd Compression For Btrfs & Squashfs Set For Linux 4.14, Already Used Within Facebook - Phoronix". www.phoronix.com. https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/commit/28ef16535cde21eeeaf75f6006b3a77952b3b51 "Add ZSTD support to ZFS · openzfs/[email protected]". "Zstandard Encoding - Amazon Redshift". 20 April 2019. Larabel, Michael (12 March 2018). "Canonical Working On Zstd-Compressed Debian Packages For Ubuntu". phoronix.com. Phoronix Media. Retrieved29 October 2019. The developers at Canonical are considering a feature freeze exception to get this newly-developed Zstd Apt/Dpkg support in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In doing so, they mention they would be looking at enabling Zstd compression for packages by default in Ubuntu 18.10. "New Ubuntu Installs Could Be Speed Up by 10% with the Zstd Compression Algorithm". Softpedia. 12 March 2018. Retrieved13 August 2018. "Canonical Working On Zstd-Compressed Debian Packages For Ubuntu". phoronix. 12 March 2018. Retrieved13 August 2018. Jackson, Ian (27 April 2018). "RFC: Support for zstd in .deb packages?". debian-devel (Mailing list). "Arch Linux Nears Roll-Out of ZSTD Compressed Packages for Faster Pacman Installs - Phoronix". Broda, Robin (4 January 2020). "Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression". Arch Linux. Retrieved5 January 2020. Broda, Robin (25 March 2019). "RFC: (devtools) Changing default compression method to zstd". arch-dev-public (Mailing list). Broda, Robin; Polyak, Levente (27 December 2019). "makepkg.conf: change default compression method to zstd". "Changes/Switch RPMS to ZSTD compression - Fedora Project Wiki". "RELEASE - nsZip - NSP compressor/decompressor to reduce storage". GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community. Retrieved3 November 2019. Bosshard, Nico (31 October 2019), nsZip is a tool to compress/decompress Nintendo Switch games using the here specified NSZ file format: nicoboss/nsZip, retrieved3 November 2019 "Milkys Homepage - 7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression". "Modern7z". "README". 28 October 2021. "Facebook open sources Zstandard data compression algorithm, aims to replace technology behind Zip". ZDnet. 31 August 2016. Retrieved1 September 2016. zstd/PATENTS "Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2", Facebook "Zstd v1.3.1 release", GitHub "facebook/zstd" "New license", GitHub "facebook/zstd" Official website zstd on GitHub 7zip with Zstandard on GitHub "Smaller and faster data compression with Zstandard", Yann Collet and Chip Turner, 31 August 2016, Facebook Announcement The Guardian is using ZStandard instead of zlib November 06, 2021 Latest articles November 03, 2021 Eretmochelys imbricata November 08, 2021 Erft November 08, 2021 Erfurt Enchiridion November 09, 2021 Erfurt Program November 05, 2021 Erg November 05, 2021 Ergatocracy November 09, 2021 Eri (king) November 05, 2021 Eric Brandon November 16, 2021 Eric Cartman November 06, 2021 Eric Chavez Most Read November 09, 2021 Child laundering November 07, 2021 Child labour November 09, 2021 Child marriage November 04, 2021 Child sex abuse November 05, 2021 Child sexual abuse Zstandard Language Watch Edit zst redirects here For the game console emulator also using this file extension see ZSNES This article relies too much on references to primary sources Please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Zstandard or zstd is a lossless data compression algorithm developed by Yann Collet at Facebook Zstd is the reference implementation in C Version 1 of this implementation was released as open source software on 31 August 2016 3 4 ZstandardOriginal author s Yann ColletDeveloper s Yann Collet Nick Terrell Przemyslaw Skibinski 1 Initial release23 January 2015 2015 01 23 Stable release1 5 0 14 May 2021 5 months ago 2021 05 14 2 Repositorygithub wbr com wbr facebook wbr zstd wbr gitWritten inCOperating systemCross platformPlatformPortableTypeData compressionLicenseDual BSD License GPLv2Websitefacebook wbr github wbr io wbr zstd wbr Contents 1 Features 2 Design 3 Usage 4 License 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksFeatures EditZstandard was designed to give a compression ratio comparable to that of the DEFLATE algorithm developed in 1991 and used in the original ZIP and gzip programs but faster especially for decompression It is tunable with compression levels ranging from negative 7 fastest 5 to 22 slowest in compression speed but best compression ratio The zstd package includes parallel multi threaded implementations of both compression and decompression citation needed Starting from version 1 3 2 October 2017 zstd optionally implements very long range search and deduplication long 128 MiB window similar to rzip or lrzip 6 Compression speed can vary by a factor of 20 or more between the fastest and slowest levels while decompression is uniformly fast varying by less than 20 between the fastest and slowest levels 7 Zstandard command line has an adaptive adapt mode that varies compression level depending on I O conditions mainly how fast it can write the output Zstd at its maximum compression level gives a compression ratio close to lzma lzham and ppmx and performs better than lza or bzip2 8 9 Zstandard reaches the current Pareto frontier as it decompresses faster than any other currently available algorithm with similar or better compression ratio 10 11 Dictionaries can have a large impact on the compression ratio of small files so Zstandard can use a user provided compression dictionary It also offers a training mode able to generate a dictionary from a set of samples 12 13 In particular one dictionary can be loaded to process large sets of files with redundancy between files but not necessarily within each file e g log files Design EditZstandard combines a dictionary matching stage LZ77 with a large search window and a fast entropy coding stage using both Finite State Entropy a fast tabled version of ANS tANS used for entries in the Sequences section and Huffman coding used for entries in the Literals section 14 Because of the way that FSE carries over state between symbols decompression involves processing symbols within the Sequences section of each block in reverse order from last to first Usage EditZstandardFilename extension zst 15 Internet media typeapplication zstd 15 Magic number28 b5 2f fd 15 Type of formatData compressionStandardRFC 8478Websitehttps github com facebook zstd blob dev doc zstd compression format mdZstandard DictionaryInternet media typeapplication zstandardMagic number37 a4 30 ec 15 StandardRFC 8478Websitehttps github com facebook zstd blob dev doc zstd compression format md dictionary format The Linux kernel has included Zstandard since November 2017 version 4 14 as a compression method for the btrfs and squashfs filesystems 16 17 18 In 2017 Allan Jude integrated Zstandard into the FreeBSD kernel 19 and it was subsequently integrated as a compressor option for core dumps both user programs and kernel panics It was also used to create a proof of concept OpenZFS compression method 7 which was integrated in 2020 20 The AWS Redshift and RocksDB databases include support for field compression using Zstandard 21 In March 2018 Canonical tested 22 the use of zstd as a deb package compression method by default for the Ubuntu Linux distribution Compared with xz compression of deb packages zstd at level 19 decompresses significantly faster but at the cost of 6 larger package files Debian developer Ian Jackson favored waiting several years before official adoption 23 24 25 In 2018 the algorithm was published as RFC 8478 which also defines an associated media type application zstd filename extension zst and HTTP content encoding zstd 15 Arch Linux added support for zstd as a package compression method in October 2019 with the release of the pacman 5 2 package manager 26 and in January 2020 switched from xz to zstd for the packages in the official repository Arch uses zstd c T0 ultra 20 the size of all compressed packages combined increased by 0 8 compared to xz the decompression speed is 14 times faster decompression memory increased by 50 MiB when using multiple threads compression memory increases but scales with the number of threads used 27 28 29 Fedora added ZStandard support to RPM in May 2018 Fedora release 28 and used it for packaging the release in October 2019 Fedora 31 30 Full implementation of the algorithm with an option to choose the compression level is used in the NSZ XCZ 31 file formats developed by the homebrew community for the Nintendo Switch hybrid game console 32 7 Zip ZS a port of 7 Zip FM with Zstandard and other formats support is developed by Tino Reichardt 33 Modern7z a Zstandard and other formats plugin for 7 Zip FM is developed by Denis Anisimov TC4shell 34 7 zip zstd a fork of 7 zip with support for Zstandard 35 License EditThe reference implementation is licensed under the BSD license published at GitHub 36 Since version 1 0 it had an additional Grant of Patent Rights 37 From version 1 3 1 38 this patent grant was dropped and the license was changed to a BSD GPLv2 dual license 39 See also EditZlib LZFSE a similar algorithm by Apple used since iOS 9 and OS X 10 11 made open source on 1 June 2016 LZ4 compression algorithm a fast member of the LZ77 familyReferences Edit Contributors to facebook zstd github com Archived from the original on 27 January 2021 Retrieved 26 January 2021 Releases facebook zstd Retrieved 16 May 2021 via GitHub Sergio De Simone 2 September 2016 Facebook Open Sources New Compression Algorithm Outperforming Zlib InfoQ Retrieved 20 April 2019 Life imitates satire Facebook touts zlib killer just like Silicon Valley s Pied Piper The Register 31 August 2016 Retrieved 6 September 2016 https github com facebook zstd releases tag v1 3 4 Faster compression levels Command Line Interface for Zstandard library GitHub 28 October 2021 a b ZStandard in ZFS PDF open zfs org 2017 Retrieved 20 April 2019 Matt Mahoney Silesia Open Source Compression Benchmark Retrieved 10 May 2019 Matt Mahoney 29 August 2016 Large Text Compression Benchmark 2157 zstd Retrieved 1 September 2016 TurboBench Static Dynamic web content compression benchmark PowTurbo Matt Mahoney Silesia Open Source Compression Benchmark Facebook developers report massive speedups and compression ratio improvements when using dictionaries PDF Smaller and faster data compression with Zstandard Facebook 31 August 2016 facebook zstd GitHub 28 October 2021 a b c d e Collet Yann October 2018 Kucherawy Murray S ed Zstandard Compression and the application zstd Media Type Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments doi 10 17487 RFC8478 RFC 8478 Retrieved 7 October 2020 The rest of the 4 14 merge window LWN net lwn net Linux 4 14 Linux Kernel Newbies Kernelnewbies org Retrieved 16 August 2018 Zstd Compression For Btrfs amp Squashfs Set For Linux 4 14 Already Used Within Facebook Phoronix www phoronix com https github com freebsd freebsd commit 28ef16535cde21eeeaf75f6006b3a77952b3b51 Add ZSTD support to ZFS openzfs ZFS 10b3c7f Zstandard Encoding Amazon Redshift 20 April 2019 Larabel Michael 12 March 2018 Canonical Working On Zstd Compressed Debian Packages For Ubuntu phoronix com Phoronix Media Retrieved 29 October 2019 The developers at Canonical are considering a feature freeze exception to get this newly developed Zstd Apt Dpkg support in Ubuntu 18 04 LTS In doing so they mention they would be looking at enabling Zstd compression for packages by default in Ubuntu 18 10 New Ubuntu Installs Could Be Speed Up by 10 with the Zstd Compression Algorithm Softpedia 12 March 2018 Retrieved 13 August 2018 Canonical Working On Zstd Compressed Debian Packages For Ubuntu phoronix 12 March 2018 Retrieved 13 August 2018 Jackson Ian 27 April 2018 RFC Support for zstd in deb packages debian devel Mailing list Arch Linux Nears Roll Out of ZSTD Compressed Packages for Faster Pacman Installs Phoronix Broda Robin 4 January 2020 Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression Arch Linux Retrieved 5 January 2020 Broda Robin 25 March 2019 RFC devtools Changing default compression method to zstd arch dev public Mailing list Broda Robin Polyak Levente 27 December 2019 makepkg conf change default compression method to zstd Changes Switch RPMS to ZSTD compression Fedora Project Wiki RELEASE nsZip NSP compressor decompressor to reduce storage GBAtemp net The Independent Video Game Community Retrieved 3 November 2019 Bosshard Nico 31 October 2019 nsZip is a tool to compress decompress Nintendo Switch games using the here specified NSZ file format nicoboss nsZip retrieved 3 November 2019 Milkys Homepage 7 Zip with support for Zstandard Brotli Lz4 Lz5 and Lizard Compression Modern7z README 28 October 2021 Facebook open sources Zstandard data compression algorithm aims to replace technology behind Zip ZDnet 31 August 2016 Retrieved 1 September 2016 zstd PATENTS Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2 Facebook Zstd v1 3 1 release GitHub facebook zstd New license GitHub facebook zstd External links EditOfficial website zstd on GitHub 7zip with Zstandard on GitHub Smaller and faster data compression with Zstandard Yann Collet and Chip Turner 31 August 2016 Facebook Announcement The Guardian is using ZStandard instead of zlib Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zstandard amp oldid 1052387534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books , library, article , read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.
0.989405	Min Price €50.000 €100.000 €150.000 €200.000 €250.000 €300.000 €400.000 €500.000 €750.000 €1.000.000 €2.500.000 €4.000.000 Max Price €50.000 €100.000 €150.000 €200.000 €250.000 €300.000 €400.000 €500.000 €750.000 €1.000.000 €2.500.000 €4.000.000 over 4m City Nicosia Limassol Larnaka Paphos Famagusta Search HOME / BLOG / THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE LAND OFFICE SYSTEM BLOG 10 / 07 / 2018 The Cyprus Land Office System: a magical review over the centuries… Historical Background The Department of Lands and Surveys of Cyprus started its operations in the year 1858 and is considered to be the oldest governmental department of the public sector in Cyprus. The "Idalio" inscription – 5th century B.C. Land ownership has always been very popular amongst Cypriots. For various reasons (social, economic and cultural), the people of Cyprus have been very closely attached to the land. There is archaeological evidence that from the 6th millennium B.C. the Cypriots practiced agriculture on a communal basis and by 1400 B.C. the idea of individual ownership had developed. What can be described as a title to land is an inscription of the 5th century B.C., excavated at Dali village, indicating the development of private ownership in ancient Cyprus. The interesting features of this so called sign, is that it provides us with the evidence that at that moment in history, clear laws regarding land ownership were developed, which included personal land property laws, land ownership of the kings – something today called 'public or state land', land ownership of the cities, property owned by the church, property taxation and security of tenure and ownership even as appointed by the Gods. The inscription excavated at Dali village has formed the basis for the creation of the new emblem of the Department of Lands and Surveys. Over the Hellenistic Period, the Roman and Byzantine Times and the conquest of the Crusaders, the Franks and the Venetians, the land tenure patterns of Cyprus passed through a series of changes and transformations, with a prevailing characteristic of feudal tenure, a system of tenure based on social hierarchy, aiming at social order, without concern for the rights of the individual. There were the feudal lords – the owners of the land – and the serfs – slaves' cultivators who were attached to the soil and formed part of the land. The period under the Ottoman occupation (1570-1878 AD) had the greatest influence on the patterns of land ownership and tenure of the 20th century. Initially, all rural land was declared by the Ottomans as crown land (miri) and the peasant-cultivator had a mere right of user, which, however, was inheritable, whereas certain lands were held in absolute ownership (M u l k). Under the Ottoman Land Code (1857), the Bundle of Property Rights was subdivided into the legal ownership (corpus) and the right of possession. There were five categories of land: Mulk, Arazi Mirie, Arazi Mevkoufe, Arazi Metrouke and Arazi Mevat. By far the most important were the first two. In Mulk (trees, buildings and village lands) both the legal ownership and the right of possession belonged to the owner of land (i.e. there was absolute ownership). In Arazi Mirie (cultivable land and forests), the legal ownership was vested in the State and the cultivator had the right of possession. There were different rules of inheritance for Mulk and for Arazi Mirie, for Moslems and for non-Moslems and also different periods of prescription. For this reason, separate registrations had to be issued for land and trees or buildings standing thereon. THE LAND OWNERSHIP PROBLEM General During the 19th century, the pattern of land tenure in Cyprus developed so as to serve the purposes of land use, within the framework imposed by the customs and traditions, and the economic, social, religious and political needs and circumstances of that time. The economy of the island was based on subsistence agriculture, with a self-supported, extensive cultivation, requiring a variety of soils and crops, to diversify the risks of unfriendly weather. This dictated the need for a scattered, fragmented type of ownership. With changing economic conditions, intensive cultivation and specializations of labour of the 20th century, the pattern of land tenure failed to adapt to changing circumstances and the Land Ownership Problem was created, a serious case of a heavily ailing system of land tenure. The Problem was composite and its causes were many and varied. It had three main aspects multiple ownership, co-ownership in shares, and fragmentation. Multiple ownership - different owners for land and trees standing thereon - was mainly due to the need to issue separate registrations for land and trees as mentioned earlier. Co-ownership in shares was the result of the system of inheritance of Cyprus - all children inheriting a share in their parents΄ estate. Fragmentation was the most serious defect of the tenure system and was accompanied by irrational subdivisions, bad shapes, lack of access and other evils. Attempts For A Remedy A defective system of land tenure can be remedied by the introduction of a kind of land reform, by changing, in other words and restructuring the rules and procedures of land tenure to make the tenure system consistent with the overall requirements of economic development. A land reform normally involves major and frequently abrupt changes in the overall agricultural pattern of a country. Sometimes, however, land reform may be attempted through less painful and less controversial but also less effective and slower means. An example of a radical approach is what is termed land consolidation, first introduced in Cyprus in 1969. However, much before that, an attempt by a gradual approach to a solution was made by the revolutionary legislation of 1945. THE 1945 LEGISLATION General The Legislation of 1945 comprised mainly of two laws: The Immovable Property (Tenure, Registration and Valuation) Law and the Wills and Succession Law. The main objectives of the new legislation were pursued through two directions: by the immediate implementation of a series of negative measures, putting an end to the degenerating processes of multiple ownership and fragmentation and simultaneously, by the introduction of an ingenious set of voluntary positive stipulations, inviting an owner to seek the application of the remedy to his defective land. The new legislation provided, in a nutshell, the following:- (i) Abolition of the old categories of land; (ii) Simplification of the periods and rights of prescription; (iii) Fixing of minima to subdivision of land; (iv) Gradual elimination of multiple ownership; (v) Gradual elimination of co-ownership; (vi) Rationalization of the rights of way; (vii) Simplification of the law of inheritance. The negative measures prevented the creation of more multiple ownership and excessive fragmentation. Already existing defects could be remedied by positive measures, the most important of which were rights of compulsory acquisition, rights of option, rights for re-adjustment of interest, rights of compulsory partition, or rights to sell a property at auction as indivisible. By a later stipulation, a right for compulsory acquisition of an easement was also created by the law. The authority responsible for the application of the provisions of the Law was – and still is – the Director of the Department of Lands and Surveys, who was dressed with considerable powers. Under the Law, the Director has powers of enforcement of a quasi-judicial nature, as well as discretionary powers, both subject to the overriding power of the Courts. The Significance of the 1945 Legislation The legislation of 1945 must be seen as the first attempt by the State to put an end to the process of deterioration of the structure of land tenure which until then had been left to decline from generation to generation. Its introduction had a tremendous impact on the population, raising a wave of reaction, but welcomed also as a change which was long overdue. Viewed in retrospect, the legislation of 1945 was the easiest way to a change, the "snail pace". As a legal piece of work, it can be considered as a clever, well-balanced academic masterpiece offering a slow and riskless remedy. Its restrictive provisions were a lesson for the creation of public conscience. Till 1945 there was an absolute immunity as to land use and the new law was introducing restrictions for the first time. On the other hand, it was something more than a mere series of static negative measures. It was a dynamic and positive approach to the problem of land tenure, offering ways and means to owners to achieve a remedy. Effectiveness and Criticisms The most striking effect of the new law was the rationalization and simplification of the law of property (categories of land, prescription and inheritance). However, the targets set by the law have been criticized as too limited and of restricted ambition. The generating forces creating more shares and fragmentation (system of inheritance and pressure on land) continued to exert their degenerative influence to the present day. A specific point in the law which can be criticized is the way the two main categories of land – Mulk and Arazi Mirie – were merged into what was termed "Private Property". As explained earlier, the extent of ownership for agricultural land (formerly Arazi Mirie) which was by far the most important category was in theory, limited to the Right of Possession, Legal Ownership having been reserved to the State. Had this Legal Ownership been retained by the State, it would facilitate more effective and cheaper land use control attempted by later legislation (Streets and Buildings Regulation Law and Town and Country Planning Law). However, the most serious shortcoming of the 1945 legislation was that it came too late. By the late 1960΄s it became evident that the sporadic and piecemeal remedy alone would not be sufficient to cope with the ever-worsening situation. A more drastic approach on a systematic basis was necessary, and this was land consolidation. THE SYSTEM OF LAND REGISTRATION Land registration is exercised by the Department of Lands and Surveys, one of the oldest Government Departments. The system of land registration is a system of Registration of Title (as distinguished from Registration of Title deeds). The legal value of registration lies between an Indefeasible Title and a Defeasible Title. A registered person is considered to be the undisputed owner of the land and his title to ownership is absolute, subject to the Director's power to correct errors or omissions under certain circumstances, and the inherent power of the Courts to order and amendment or cancellation of a registration. Land registration is effected either systematically and is compulsory in areas decided, or sporadically at the instance of private owners. Registration may be either initial or by transfer. The principal components of the land registration records include the Register, the Cadastral Plan, the Tax Register and the Certificate of Registration. Registrable interests are freeholds, leaseholds with a term of 15 years or more unexpired and easements. Horizontal ownership is also registrable (flats). Charges (e.g. mortgages, etc.) are also registrable. RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP Since the dawn of civilization when the importance of land started to be realized, land ownership has been linked with certain rights and duties for the owner which has evolved over the centuries to the idea of ownership, as it is understood today. The most important duties of ownership are the duty to comply with all legislative requirements as to land use, enjoyment, development, or transfer of land, the duty to honor any contracts such as leases, grants or easements that may exist and the duty to pay all taxes and rates upon the land. The basic rights in land are the right to the use and enjoyment of land, the right to income arising from land and the right to alienate or transfer land. The aggregate of ownership rights over a piece of land, comprises what has been termed as the Bundle of Property Rights. BUNDLE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS Even in freehold, land ownership rights are rarely absolute but may be restricted in different ways. If viewed as a Bundle, it is easy to understand how the rights of land ownership may be restricted. The Bundle of Rights may be affected by contract entered into by the owner, by legislation, or by tenure. Examples of restriction of a right by contract are the grant of an easement (e.g. right of passage) by the servient to the dominant tenement. In such a case, the servient owner restricts his ownership rights in favour of the dominant owner, by grant. Examples of a restriction of ownership rights by legislation are the inclusion of a property in Schedule "B" of the Antiquities Law, the publication of a street widening scheme under S.12 of the Streets and Buildings Regulation Law or the declaration of a road as a "Trunk Road" under the provisions of the same law and many others. An example of restriction by tenure is a case where under certain circumstances, on an owner's death, his property "escheats" to the State (e.g. Mahlul). Also, in the case of a lease (tenancy) the duration of enjoyment is restricted. 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0.935869	Now that you have your braces, how do you take care of them? It's important for you to know how to properly take care of your braces throughout your entire orthodontic treatment. Eating with Braces Don't worry; you'll be eating popcorn and snacking on potato chips again in no time! However, before you can start enjoying some of the treats you love, you will need to take special care to avoid any foods that could damage your new appliances. Foods to avoid with braces: • Chewy foods - bagels, licorice • Crunchy foods - popcorn, chips, ice • Sticky foods - caramel candies, chewing gum • Hard foods - nuts, hard candies • Foods that require biting into - corn on the cob, apples, carrots Foods you CAN eat with braces: • Dairy - soft cheese, pudding, milk-based drinks • Breads - soft tortillas, pancakes, muffins w/o nuts • Grains - pasta, soft cooked rice • Meats/poultry - soft cooked chicken, meatballs, lunch meats • Seafood - tuna, salmon, crab cakes • Vegetables - mashed potatoes, steamed spinach, beans • Fruits - applesauce, bananas, fruit juice • Treats - ice cream w/o nuts, milkshakes, Jell-O, soft cake Loose Teeth If your teeth begin feeling a little loose, don't worry; this is normal! Your braces must first loosen your teeth in order to move them into the right position. Once your teeth have been repositioned, they will no longer be loose. Loose Wires and Bands The wires and bands on your braces may come loose. If this happens, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can check and repair your appliance. If any piece of your appliance comes off, be sure to save it and bring it to the office with you. If the loose wire is causing irritation to your lips or cheeks, put orthodontic wax or a wet cotton ball over the broken wire to relieve the pain. Take Care of your Appliances Damaged appliances can increase the length of your treatment process, so be sure to take care of all your appliances. Your teeth and jaw can only move into their correct positions if you consistently wear the rubber bands, headgear, retainer, or other appliances prescribed by your doctor. Playing Sports with Braces Game, Set, Match - we have great news for athletes! You can still play sports even while undergoing orthodontic treatment! If you do play sports, it’s recommended that you wear a mouthguard in order to protect your teeth and your appliance. Let your doctor know if you need help finding the right mouthguard for the best protection. In case of a sports emergency, be sure to immediately check your mouth and your appliance for any damage that may have occurred. If you notice any loose teeth, or if your appliance has been damaged, please contact our office right away. You can temporarily relieve the discomfort with wax or by rinsing your mouth with warm saltwater. Types of Appliances Elastics (Rubber Bands) Wearing elastics (or rubber bands) improves the fit of your upper and lower teeth. Wear rubber bands as instructed and remember that the rubber bands work far more efficiently if they're worn as prescribed. Herbst® Appliance The Herbst® appliance reduces overbite by encouraging the lower jaw forward and the upper molars backward. This fixed appliance is used mostly for younger, growing children and is worn for about 12-15 months Palatal Expander The palatal expander "expands" (or widens) your upper jaw by putting gentle pressure on your upper molars each time an adjustment is made. Your orthodontist will instruct you about when and how to adjust your expander. When you achieve the desired expansion, you will wear the appliance for several months to solidify the expansion and to prevent regression. Retainers Retainers may be removable or fixed. They hold your teeth in their new, correct positions after your teeth have been straightened. Your orthodontist will instruct you on how to care for your retainer and about the duration of the wear. Wearing your retainer as directed is crucial to prevent regression of your treatment. Separators or Spacers Separators are little rubber doughnuts that may be placed between your teeth to push them apart so that orthodontic bands may be placed during your next appointment. The separators will be removed before we place the bands. Separators do not mix well with sticky foods, toothpicks, or floss. Retainer Instructions • Wear your retainers full time, until the doctor instructs otherwise. • Take your retainers out when eating, and always put retainers in their case! (Most appliances are lost in school lunchrooms or restaurants.) • Clean retainers thoroughly once a day with a toothbrush and toothpaste. Use warm but not hot water. Brushing retainers removes the plaque, and eliminates odors. Efferdent® or other orthodontic appliance cleaners can be used, but do not take the place of brushing. • When retainers are not in your mouth they should ALWAYS be in a retainer case. Pets love to chew on them! • Initially, you may find it difficult to speak. Practice speaking, reading, or singing out loud to get used to them faster. • Retainers are breakable, so treat them with care. If retainers are lost or broken call us immediately. • If you have any questions or concerns about your retainers, or your retainers need adjusting, call us. Do not try to adjust them yourself.
0.992698	Hurricane Sally brought 30 inches of rain to some parts of the USA FloodSax alternative sandbags have stopped storm surges caused by hurricanes Why hurricanes are dumping far more rain on the USA than they did in the past Hurricanes and tropical cyclones are moving more slowly than they did in the past and dumping massive amounts of rain as a result. Scientists say climate change is to blame and a terrible example of the new slower storms was Hurricane Sally which has just dumped an incredible 30 inches of rain on some southern USA states including Alabama and Florida. USA environmental experts the Environmental Defense Fund has revealed just how much rain is now falling compared with the past. Its Associate Vice President of Coastal Resilience, Steve Cochran, said: “While storm surge from hurricanes is often a significant cause of devastating flooding, intense rainfall is increasing those risks, including for communities far beyond the coast. Scientists have found that hurricanes are moving more slowly which leads to more rain dumped over one area. “At the same time, climate change is increasing moisture in the atmosphere creating greater downpours during hurricanes, thunderstorms and other heavy rain events. In the south-eastern US there is around 30% more rain falling today during heavy downpours than in the late 1950s and the number of 2-day heavy rainfall events has increased by around 60% since the early 1900s.” Mr Cochran added: “It’s not just hurricanes that deliver excessive rainfall and cause massive flooding — non-tropical thunderstorms and other heavy rain events do as well. “Our nation’s systems for draining and managing water are antiquated and ill-equipped to handle the new normal of these climate-driven, super-soaker rain events. Streams, rivers and creeks quickly reach capacity, overtopping their banks and flooding communities and businesses that were never previously flooded. The Midwest has experienced several years of back-to-back floods that have devastated communities and crops.” This heightened flood risk means people in the US must protect their homes and businesses from the risk of flooding so they are prepared 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. One such way is FloodSax (www.floodsax.com) alternative sandbag flood barriers for flood protection which are space-saving to store and easy to deploy. They are vacuum-packed and resemble a large pillowcase but once they come into contact with water they inflate to weigh 20kg (44lbs) which makes them more effective than heavy, cumbersome traditional sandbags at keeping floodwater out. More than 2.5 million FloodSax have been sold worldwide, many of them in the USA. For more on this story please go to https://www.edf.org/blog/2020/09/17/climate-change-dumping-record-amounts-rain-were-not-equipped-handle-it
0.999951	UK government backs mobile video game Kai's Sanctuary designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic - Mr-Mehra Mr-Mehra Home Home News UK government backs mobile video game Kai's Sanctuary designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic UK government backs mobile video game Kai's Sanctuary designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic October 28, 2020 Read A mobile video game designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic has been released following government backing. 'Kai's Sanctuary' comes from London-based child health start-up Brightlobe, and was funded — to the tune of £46,064 — by governmental innovation agency Innovate UK. In the game, players meet protagonist Kai, a healer who works in a futuristic sanctuary for sick or injured 'guardians', animals that are the protectors of children. Players engage in gamified cognitive behavioural therapy to help them manage their emotions — from deep breathing exercises to yoga with a 'guru sloth'. The game for kids aged 4+ — available now for the iPad, and for Android early next month — is free to download and contains no in-app purchases. Scroll down for video +6 A mobile video game, pictured, designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic has been released following government backing 'Over 80 per cent of children with mental health difficulties said that COVID-19 had worsened their mental health,' commented child, adolescent and family psychotherapist Jane O’Rourke. 'Children are feeling increasingly lonely and anxious, with a third unable to access the support they need,' she added. 'With Kai’s Sanctuary's app exercises, children can build a sense of self-agency so they feel more in control of their anxiety.'. 'Kai’s Sanctuary’s endearing characters encourage children to slow down with exercises like deep breathing,' Dr O’Rourke added. 'Slowing down calms the nervous system and increases children's capacity for self-reflection, so they can begin to identify their emotional states — and begin to understand the minds and feelings of others.' 'Brightlobe is giving children in the UK a tool they can take with them for the rest of their lives, whenever they need to steady, calm and self-reflect.' +6 'Kai's Sanctuary' was developed by London-based child health start-up Brightlobe, and was fully funded by governmental innovation agency Innovate UK +6 Players engage in gamified cognitive behavioural therapy to help them manage their emotions — from deep breathing exercises to yoga with a 'guru sloth', pictured 'Prior to the first coronavirus lockdown in March, Brightlobe was piloting our game-based developmental assessment platform, which is due for release in 2021,' said Brightlobe CEO and founder Shivani Lamba. 'Early data showed that children's mental health was worsening, so we proposed a game-based solution to address this crisis.' 'We thank Innovate UK for believing in the strength of our project, as our game is based firmly within published clinical research on the efficacy of mindfulness CBT.' According to Brightlobe, the game will evolve over time and receive new content updates — including a series of augmented reality adventures — and improvements based on user community feedback. Kai's Sanctuary for the iPad can be downloaded from the iOS App Store. +6 'Over 80 per cent of children with mental health difficulties said that COVID-19 had worsened their mental health,' commented child, adolescent and family psychotherapist Jane O’Rourke. 'Children are feeling increasingly lonely and anxious, with a third unable to access the support they need,' she added. 'With Kai’s Sanctuary's app exercises, children can build a sense of self-agency so they feel more in control of their anxiety' +6 In the game, players meet protagonist Kai, pictured, a healer who works in a futuristic sanctuary for sick or injured 'guardians', animals that are the protectors of children +6 According to Brightlobe, the game will evolve over time and receive new content updates — including augmented reality adventures — and improvements based on user feedback UK government backs mobile video game Kai's Sanctuary designed to help children improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic Reviewed by free heip on October 28, 2020 Rating: 5 Tags : News SHARE THIS Share it Tweet Share it Share it Pin it Whatsapp You Might Also Like News 2 comments: Anonymous 28 October 2020 at 12:08 MK-ULtra ReplyDelete Replies irish 29 October 2020 at 06:22 my first thought too. Delete Replies Reply Reply Add comment Load more... 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0.993707	When a person drives past your business, do they know that the business is there? If not, it is time for you to look into getting a new sign designed for the outside of your business. It should never be difficult for people that are passing your business to see your business and know the type of service that you offer. If you are interested in designing a sign for your business that really stands out, visit my website. There, you will find a long list of tips that can help you with the design and positioning of your sign. 1 October 2021 What Can You Do With Countertop Easel Sign Holders? Signage is an important tool for customer-facing businesses. Signs allow customers to learn key information about products and your store, cutting down on the number of explanations that your staff members need to provide in busy situations. Countertop easel sign holders can allow you to display signage at eye level where customers can easily read it. 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0.998173	Classical trade theory emphasized which of the following as an underlying explanation of the basis for trade a. Productivities of labor inputs b. Tastes and preferences among nations c. Changes in technologies over time d. Quantities of economic resources Economies of Scale: Some Definitions: Monopolistic Competition and International Trade Theory a technical paper by J Peter Neary highlighting the recent advances made in trade models with monopolistic competition. New trade theory (NTT) is a collection of economic models in international trade which focuses on the role of increasing returns to scale and network effects, which were developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.. New trade theorists relaxed the assumption of constant returns to scale, and some argue that using protectionist measures to build up a huge industrial base in certain industries Another major reason that international trade may take place is the existence of economies of scale (also called increasing returns to scale) in production. Economies of scale means that production at a larger scale (more output) can be achieved at a lower cost (i.e., with economies or savings). Another major reason that international trade may take place is the existence of economies of scale (also called increasing returns to scale) in production. Economies of scale means that production at a larger scale (more output) can be achieved at a lower cost (i.e. with economies or savings). Trade is driven by economies of scale, which are internal to firms. Because of the scale economies, markets are imperfectly competitive. Nonetheless, one can show that trade, and gains from trade, will occur, even between countries with identical tastes, technology, and factor endowments. Economies of Scale: Some Definitions: Monopolistic Competition and International Trade Theory a technical paper by J Peter Neary highlighting the recent advances made in trade models with monopolistic competition. Economies of scale are stopping the countries producing the full range of products at home. This means that economies of scale can be a source of international trade. We cannot predict the precise pattern of intraindustry trade. We cannot say anything about which country will produce which goods. This is often a result of history and randomness. There is a worldwide debate about the effects of expanded business seeking economies of scale, and consequently, international trade and the globalization of the economy. As businesses get bigger, Trade is driven by economies of scale, which are internal to firms. Because of trade has received relatively little attention from formal trade theory. The (1969) . 2A Chamberlinian approach to international trade is suggested by Gray (1973). Economies of scale is a concept that may explain real-world phenomena such as patterns of international trade or the number of firms in a market. The exploitation of economies of scale helps explain why companies grow large in some industries. New trade theory (NTT) is a collection of economic models in international trade which focuses on the role of increasing returns to scale and network effects, which were developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The theory helps explain the trade patterns when markets are not perfectly competitive or when the economies of scale are achieved by the production of specific products. Decrease in the unit cost of a product resulting from large scale production is termed as economies of scale. Classical trade theory emphasized which of the following as an underlying explanation of the basis for trade a. Productivities of labor inputs b. Tastes and preferences among nations c. Changes in technologies over time d. Quantities of economic resources Economies of Scale: Some Definitions: Monopolistic Competition and International Trade Theory a technical paper by J Peter Neary highlighting the recent advances made in trade models with monopolistic competition. New trade theory (NTT) is a collection of economic models in international trade which focuses on the role of increasing returns to scale and network effects, which were developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.. New trade theorists relaxed the assumption of constant returns to scale, and some argue that using protectionist measures to build up a huge industrial base in certain industries Trade and External Economies of Scale. Practice Questions · Next Video. Course Outline. International Trade. Course (61 videos). Introduction to International Economies of Scale: Some Definitions: Monopolistic Competition and International Trade Theory a technical paper by J Peter Neary highlighting the recent advances made in trade models with monopolistic competition. The gains from long-distance international trade have been understood and Marc J. Melitz is the David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University, mies of scale generates intra-industry trade using a theoretical example. Economies of scale are stopping the countries producing the full range of products at home. This means that economies of scale can be a source of international trade. We cannot predict the precise pattern of intraindustry trade. We cannot say anything about which country will produce which goods. This is often a result of history and randomness. Heckscher-Ohlin theory was based on the assumption of constant returns to scale. It does not explain the existence of international trade in the presence of increasing returns to scale. However, it can be shown that even when two economies are identical in every respect (technology, tastes, factor endowment, etc.), increasing returns to scale provide a scope for gainful trade between them. Theory. - « new» theories international trade; end of 1970s (Krugman,. Helpman) -Imperfect competition, logical corollary of economies of scale. - New types of Economies of Scale refer to the cost advantage experienced by a firm when it increases its level of output.The advantage arises due to the inverse relationship global economy for the study of spatial growth within trade theory. JEL: F12 Economic geography, international trade, regional development, spatial growth Ohlin incorporated economies of scale emanating from the regional concentra-. The core subjects of trade theory are the pattern and volume of trade: which goods are traded by which Since the world's international economies are vastly more Constant returns to scale implies that the unit cost functions can be rewritten Downloadable! We study a world with national external economies of scale at the industry level. In contrast to the standard treatment with perfect competition Since economies of scale imply falling average costs of production, this assumption also brings imperfect competition to international trade (bigger firms can. Jan 5, 2016 Economic Growth, International Trade Theories, International Economics, trade on production possibilities such as economies of scale,. Theory. - « new» theories international trade; end of 1970s (Krugman,. Helpman) -Imperfect competition, logical corollary of economies of scale. - New types of Nov 19, 2011 patterns of international trade, the welfare gains from trade, and industrial policy? geographical scope.1 Such external economies of scale are externalities provided a theoretical basis for infant%industry protection. Trade and External Economies of Scale. Practice Questions · Next Video. Course Outline. International Trade. Course (61 videos). Introduction to International Feb 6, 2017 In this lesson we'll discuss New Trade Theory. This theory tells us that trading patterns can be explained by economies of scale and network to the Traditional Theory of International Trade and look at some examples. Economies of Scale refer to the cost advantage experienced by a firm when it increases its level of output.The advantage arises due to the inverse relationship global economy for the study of spatial growth within trade theory. JEL: F12 Economic geography, international trade, regional development, spatial growth Ohlin incorporated economies of scale emanating from the regional concentra-. The core subjects of trade theory are the pattern and volume of trade: which goods are traded by which Since the world's international economies are vastly more Constant returns to scale implies that the unit cost functions can be rewritten
0.918663	I read an article on CNN recently that included a picture from a classroom dated 1918. I’ve included that photo as the featured pic for this blog post. I was immediately struck by how similar the classrooms of 1918 were to the classrooms of 2020. Desks in rows, desks being the same basic shape still today, everyone facing forward toward the ‘front’ of the room, each student as their own ‘island’ of learning at their own permanent seat, etc. But then it occurred to me, “How could that be? That’s over 100 years ago?!” I even double-checked to make sure that the date on the picture was correct. It seemed unreal to me that classrooms could be so change-resistant over a span of 100 years, but pictures don’t lie. In my mind I went through a list of items that were around during that time period to see if anything else was as resistant to change. I couldn’t think of anything that was remotely comparable. For instance, do our phones look anything like they did in 1918? Do cars look anything like they did in 1918? Is the food we eat anything like it was in 1918? Are the clothes we wear anything like they were in 1918? Nope. In all the nightmares that COVID-19 has created in our lives, I still can’t help but search for some shreds of positivity within this confusing and uncomfortable time in history. It was then I realized, public education in the United States IS on the road to changing…permanently and in a positive direction…due to COVID-19. We may not always identify it in a positive way, but incrementally, as educators and families, we’re all learning more effective and efficient skills to deliver instruction, new skills to engage students, and new skills to connect schools to families. All of these new skills fit the time we live in, rather than the time of 100 years ago. Whether it’s virtual classrooms, or parents becoming more involved in their child’s education than they ever have before, or the push to get educational technology in the hands of every child, these changes are happening in every school district in the United States. The change in education has permeated everyone and everywhere, which is unprecedented in my lifetime. Only time will tell, but I’m quite confident that in the months ahead, as we move through this pandemic, the changes we’re forced to make as educators will permanently change public education in the United States for the better. And then maybe, 100 years from now…pictures of their classrooms will look nothing like the classrooms of today.
0.99973	During the Shenzhou XIII mission, the astronauts, whose names have yet to be disclosed, will be mainly tasked with demonstrating and testing key technologies involved in the assembly and future operations of the Chinese space station. China's cargo craft docks with space station core module China's cargo craft docks with space station core module By chinadaily.com.cn - 22 September 2021 On Sept 18, the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft separated from the rear docking port of Tianhe and docked with its front docking port. Following Tianzhou-3's docking, the two cargo crafts are docked at the two ends of the Tianhe core module to form a linear shape, waiting for the arrival of Shenzhou-13 crew members. China in space for cooperation, not zero-sum race China in space for cooperation, not zero-sum race By Xinhua - 17 June 2021 From the moon to Mars, from unmanned planet roaming to manned space missions, China goes into the deep space with an open mind as well as steadfast readiness to cooperate with others and to share its achievements. China prepares to launch Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft China prepares to launch Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft By Xinhua - 17 May 2021 The facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition, while various pre-launch function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Astronauts will enjoy comfort, elbow room in China's space station Astronauts will enjoy comfort, elbow room in China's space station By Xinhua - 30 April 2021 Tianhe is the largest spacecraft developed by China, with a total length of 16.6 meters, a maximum diameter of 4.2 meters and a take-off mass of 22.5 tonnes.
0.999998	Russell Edward Brand é um comediante, ator, colunista, apresentador de rádio e televisão e ativista britânico. Brand alcançou fama na Inglaterra, após apresentar um spin-off do programa Big Brother, Big Brother's Big Mouth, e pelo seu programa de rádio, entre outras séries de televisão e cerimônias de premiação. Também apareceu em vários filmes, incluindo a comédia romântica Forgetting Sarah Marshall, St Trinian's e Bedtime Stories. Também é conhecido por várias controvérsias que o cercaram nos meios de comunicação britânicos, tais como o Prank 2008, que levou à sua demissão da BBC. Foi casado com Katy Perry. Wikipedia Photo: Eva Rinaldi, Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 Citações Russell Brand Recomendado Popular Recentes „For me, it’s standard. I don’t feel irresponsible for telling kids not to vote; I feel like I deserve a Blue Peter badge for not telling them to riot. For not telling them that they are entitled to destroy the cathedrals of tyranny erected to mock them in the heart of their community. That they should rise up and destroy the system that imprisons them, ignores them, condemns and maligns them. By any means necessary.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: For me, it’s standard. I don’t feel irresponsible for telling kids not to vote; I feel like I deserve a Blue Peter badge for not telling them to riot. For not telling them that they are entitled to destroy the cathedrals of tyranny erected to mock them in the heart of their community. That they should rise up and destroy the system that imprisons them, ignores them, condemns and maligns them. By any means necessary.' I might also note that I think it unlikely that people aren’t voting because I told them not to; it is more likely that they’re not voting because they are subject to the same conditions that led me not to vote. „I feel some guilt about my lack of enthusiasm for acting, like it’s a bit ungrateful. Like I’ve let my teenage self down. Mind you, he let himself down a fair bit, the dirty little pervert. The dreams of my adolescent self were entangled with silvery screens and limousines, and I still feel that I need to offer up superficial sacrifices to his misguided altar. The fact is, though, I find filmmaking a boring process and its ends dubious. This could, of course, be due to the quality of the stuff I’ve done so far, as opposed to an essential rejection of an art form. Maybe if I’d been “R. P. McMurphy” or “The Elephant Man” or “Brian,” I’d feel different. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be. It’s not just the entertainment industry that has seemed like a mirage on arrival. What about clubs and parties? When I’m there I think, “Is this it? Is this all there is? Is this what all the fuss is about?” This feeling of disillusionment perhaps climaxed around the time of my divorce and the making of this subsequent film.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: Diablo and I fashioned my beard together in my trailer, together, as cautiously as you’d sculpt a peace treaty between two nations that prefer war to peace. The reality was that my identity outside of filmmaking had become more important to me. I was doing hours of yoga and meditation each day, I was going through a divorce, and the result was a kind of hirsute intransigence. I looked like the cliché of a terrorist and I behaved like one. Except the beard wasn’t the symbol, it was the cause. I feel some guilt about my lack of enthusiasm for acting, like it’s a bit ungrateful. Like I’ve let my teenage self down. Mind you, he let himself down a fair bit, the dirty little pervert. The dreams of my adolescent self were entangled with silvery screens and limousines, and I still feel that I need to offer up superficial sacrifices to his misguided altar. The fact is, though, I find filmmaking a boring process and its ends dubious. This could, of course, be due to the quality of the stuff I’ve done so far, as opposed to an essential rejection of an art form. Maybe if I’d been “R. P. McMurphy” or “The Elephant Man” or “Brian,” I’d feel different. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be. It’s not just the entertainment industry that has seemed like a mirage on arrival. What about clubs and parties? When I’m there I think, “Is this it? Is this all there is? Is this what all the fuss is about?” This feeling of disillusionment perhaps climaxed around the time of my divorce and the making of this subsequent film. „When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I’m rich and I complain about inequality they say I’m a hypocrite.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: This may be one of the many points in this book where you are shouting the word “hypocrite” as you read. Don’t think I’m unaware of the inevitability of such a charge. I know. I know. I’m rich, I’m famous, I have money, I’m being paid money for this book, I have had private security on and off for years. There is no doubt that I as much as anyone have to change. The only thing I can offer you in the face of this legitimate accusation is that change is something I’m good at. I know that change is a necessity. I have had to change to survive. I’d also like to add, by way of mitigation, that I could’ve just written Booky Wook 3, not mentioned global inequality, ecological meltdown, or the complicity of the entertainment industry in holding together a capitalist machine that exploits the vast majority of people, and collected my check. When I was poor and complained about inequality they said I was bitter; now that I’m rich and I complain about inequality they say I’m a hypocrite. I’m beginning to think they just don’t want to talk about inequality. Revolution is change. I believe in change, personal change most of all; at this time, however, we must coordinate a massive change, so, please, shout “hypocrite” at an inanimate object if you must, but please don’t dismiss the ideas in this book. Know, too, that I am prepared for change, that I have seen what fame and fortune have to offer and I know it’s not the answer. That doesn’t diminish these arguments, it enhances them. Of course I have to change as an individual, and part of that will be sharing wealth, though without systemic change will be a sweet, futile gesture. „Have you ever tried to argue with someone who doesn’t want anything from you? It’s hard. Have you ever noticed in a row with someone that no longer loves you that you have no recourse?' No tools with which to bargain.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) „Pray, then, for wisdom, wisdom to know the difference between things we can change and things we can’t.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: The first thing is serenity. The agitation has to end. The itchy irritability, the restlessness, the wanting. So do the lows, the self-loathing, wretched, heavy-hearted, lead-gutted, teary-eyed, dry-mouthed misery. The pain. So do the highs. The wide-eyed, bilious highs, the cheek-chewing, trouble-brewing highs, the never-stopping-till-I-touch-the-sky highs, the up-at-dawn hitting-the-pipe highs, chasing, defacing, heart-racing highs, gagging, shagging, blagging highs. All the things we do to change the way we feel, the way the world looks and tastes: It’s all got to go. So courage is necessary. Courage to change yourself, the one thing you can change. Your attitude and actions. Neither the serenity nor the courage are available to you on your own; if they were, you would’ve found them by now—you’ve been pretty fastidious in your research. God, however you conceptualize him, will have to grant them to you. And whatever you conceptualize God as, with your human mind, your individual brain, made up of instinctive responses, training, and memories, however you conceptualize a power that’s beyond you and the decisions you’ve made so far, your conception will be extremely limited. Likely as limited as my cat’s conception of the Internet. The invisible network of interconnected portals that communicate data are beyond my cat’s comprehension. My cat’s inability to comprehend does not impede the Internet. The World Wide Web (which is incidentally quicker to say than “double-you, double-you, double-you-dot”) will continue to exist, regardless of my cat’s awareness. Pray, then, for wisdom, wisdom to know the difference between things we can change and things we can’t. Likely this will be a lifetime’s work, undertaken one day at a time. Which, for humans, is the way time happens. I don’t have to live the 25th of May 2022 yet. I might never have to. I only have to live in this moment. That’s why meditation comes in handy, and practicing it as a community has benefits too. How are we to achieve real change, conditions in which practices that lead to a different type of consciousness can plausibly be pursued? „All the things we do to change the way we feel, the way the world looks and tastes: It’s all got to go. So courage is necessary. Courage to change yourself, the one thing you can change. Your attitude and actions. Neither the serenity nor the courage are available to you on your own; if they were, you would’ve found them by now—you’ve been pretty fastidious in your research. God, however you conceptualize him, will have to grant them to you. And whatever you conceptualize God as, with your human mind, your individual brain, made up of instinctive responses, training, and memories, however you conceptualize a power that’s beyond you and the decisions you’ve made so far, your conception will be extremely limited.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: The first thing is serenity. The agitation has to end. The itchy irritability, the restlessness, the wanting. So do the lows, the self-loathing, wretched, heavy-hearted, lead-gutted, teary-eyed, dry-mouthed misery. The pain. So do the highs. The wide-eyed, bilious highs, the cheek-chewing, trouble-brewing highs, the never-stopping-till-I-touch-the-sky highs, the up-at-dawn hitting-the-pipe highs, chasing, defacing, heart-racing highs, gagging, shagging, blagging highs. All the things we do to change the way we feel, the way the world looks and tastes: It’s all got to go. So courage is necessary. Courage to change yourself, the one thing you can change. Your attitude and actions. Neither the serenity nor the courage are available to you on your own; if they were, you would’ve found them by now—you’ve been pretty fastidious in your research. God, however you conceptualize him, will have to grant them to you. And whatever you conceptualize God as, with your human mind, your individual brain, made up of instinctive responses, training, and memories, however you conceptualize a power that’s beyond you and the decisions you’ve made so far, your conception will be extremely limited. Likely as limited as my cat’s conception of the Internet. The invisible network of interconnected portals that communicate data are beyond my cat’s comprehension. My cat’s inability to comprehend does not impede the Internet. The World Wide Web (which is incidentally quicker to say than “double-you, double-you, double-you-dot”) will continue to exist, regardless of my cat’s awareness. Pray, then, for wisdom, wisdom to know the difference between things we can change and things we can’t. Likely this will be a lifetime’s work, undertaken one day at a time. Which, for humans, is the way time happens. I don’t have to live the 25th of May 2022 yet. I might never have to. I only have to live in this moment. That’s why meditation comes in handy, and practicing it as a community has benefits too. How are we to achieve real change, conditions in which practices that lead to a different type of consciousness can plausibly be pursued? „On the short walk to the front past the others, either bowing or kneeling or whirling or howling, I feel glad that my life is this way; so full of jarring experience. Sometimes you feel that life is full and beautiful, all these worlds, all these people, all these experiences, all this wonder. You never know when you will encounter magic. Some solitary moment in a park can suddenly burst open with a spray of preschool children in high-vis vests, hand in hand; maybe the teacher will ask you for directions, and the children will look at you, curious and open, and you’ll see that they are perfect.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: On the short walk to the front past the others, either bowing or kneeling or whirling or howling, I feel glad that my life is this way; so full of jarring experience. Sometimes you feel that life is full and beautiful, all these worlds, all these people, all these experiences, all this wonder. You never know when you will encounter magic. Some solitary moment in a park can suddenly burst open with a spray of preschool children in high-vis vests, hand in hand; maybe the teacher will ask you for directions, and the children will look at you, curious and open, and you’ll see that they are perfect. In the half-morning half-gray glint, the cobwebs on bushes are gleaming with such radiant insistence, you can feel the playful unknown beckoning. Behind impassive stares in booths, behind the indifferent gum chew, behind the car horns, there is connection. „Tej, her name was, and she was a bloody good kundalini yoga teacher, and the lessons and techniques definitely induced interesting states of mind. Most people would’ve left it at that, but with my tendency for extremism, I first became teacher’s pet and then, in a macabre switcheroo, made the teacher into my pet.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: It was a bizarre experience visiting him in there. Not least because I, as was the custom at the time, went to the powwow armed with a yoga teacher. I was hanging out with her a lot. I took her along to the MTV Movie Awards, which I was hosting, where at one point—perhaps the summit of my own personal Everest of Hollywood kookiness—she vetoed a joke from my opening monologue. It wasn’t unspiritual or mean; I think it was about Jennifer Aniston. It was cut “for time,” like the monologue was saggy. I don’t know if that makes it less weird. Tej, her name was, and she was a bloody good kundalini yoga teacher, and the lessons and techniques definitely induced interesting states of mind. Most people would’ve left it at that, but with my tendency for extremism, I first became teacher’s pet and then, in a macabre switcheroo, made the teacher into my pet. I’ve already told you I’m a sucker for a mystic costume. I’m like a wartime gal with a thing for uniforms, swooning at a G. I., and Tej’s get-up was world-class. Kundalini practitioners dress entirely in white—why not? They also wear a turban as the yogic practice they follow is derived from the Sikh faith. Tej was a lovely woman and we became good friends; I learned a lot and had a good laugh. A fair amount of that fun may have been derived, I realize in retrospect, from the novel thrill of turning up at unexpected places with a yogi. Like the MTV Movie Awards or the Ecuadorian embassy. During the production of my let’s call it experimental—with the emphasis on the “mental”—TV show Brand X (surely the last punning derivation my surname can provide), the whole of Tej’s yoga class, which consisted of about one hundred people, was uprooted and placed each morning at the studio where the show was recorded. That’s pretty mad, isn’t it? We left the comfort, tranquillity, sweet smells, and fine foods of the purpose-built yoga center to practice yoga in the functioning canteen of a TV production facility. Sometimes when you’re famous you can get away with being a lunatic. Especially if you’re like me and think the system is corrupt and rules have to be broken and conformity challenged. Before too long, you have a scenario where the teamsters who do all the heavy lifting on a TV show are confronted with the daily spectacle of a hundred yoga devotees descending on their canteen. „The whole of human history is nothing new, the whole of your personal story is nothing true, you can do with it whatever you want to do—flick a switch, scratch the record off, look behind the veil. Anything you don’t want, discard; anything that hurts, let go. None of it’s real, you know—all that pain, all that regret, all that doubt, not thin enough, not a good enough mum, not a good enough son, not a good enough bum. You are enough; you’re enough; there’s nothing you can buy or try on that’s going to make you any better, because you couldn’t be any better than you are. Drag your past around if you like, an old dead decaying ox of what you think they might’ve thought or what might’ve been if you’d done what you ought. That which needs to burn, let it burn. If the idea doesn’t serve you, let it go. If it separates you from the moment, from others, from yourself, let it go.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: Who does a baby think he is before he can recognize his face in a mirror, before he’s taught his name, before he’s drummed into stagnant separation, cordoned off from the infinite oneness? Love is innate. We must be taught to hate, and now we must unlearn it, as the Buddhists say; let it burn, that which needs to burn, let it burn. The class system isn’t fair on them either, poor little sods—packed off to school, weaned on privatized maternity shopped in from a northern spinster. Trying to find love in the tangle of dismantled family. No one can be happy imbibing a poisoned brew. It’s poisonous for us all. They’ll gratefully sigh when we unlock them from their opulent penitentiaries, they’ll be grateful when their fallow lords and empty chambers feed the hungry and house the poor. They know contentment cannot be enjoyed when stolen. They need the Revolution as much as we do. The whole of human history is nothing new, the whole of your personal story is nothing true, you can do with it whatever you want to do—flick a switch, scratch the record off, look behind the veil. Anything you don’t want, discard; anything that hurts, let go. None of it’s real, you know—all that pain, all that regret, all that doubt, not thin enough, not a good enough mum, not a good enough son, not a good enough bum. You are enough; you’re enough; there’s nothing you can buy or try on that’s going to make you any better, because you couldn’t be any better than you are. Drag your past around if you like, an old dead decaying ox of what you think they might’ve thought or what might’ve been if you’d done what you ought. That which needs to burn, let it burn. If the idea doesn’t serve you, let it go. If it separates you from the moment, from others, from yourself, let it go. „I get prophetic flashes. There, I’ve said it.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: It felt like the end of the world. I get prophetic flashes. There, I’ve said it. There are times when I see reality unfurl—not like the future is revealed, more like the past, or the present, like I can see the projector from which the spectacle is emitted. In the moment I feel dread. I watched them—maybe it’s my own cultural indoctrination, I’ve watched a lot of films and gone on a lot of conspiratorial websites, so my mind too has been narrativized; I’m not free from tales and agendas. I saw the earth crack open and yawn belligerent fire and the sea take back her bounty. The animals in nightmarish calm know the end is nigh and move to high lands. The unduly unfurled flags are lashed by rain and untethered from their masts by lightning. All nature converges; the purple sky bears down on the cleaved soil as Earth roars. The furious ocean envelops her lover, as long-somnolent beasts rise up from the deep. Things don’t fall apart; they move suddenly inward, in vengeful implosion. Help us translate English quotes Discover interesting quotes and translate them. Start translating „How did it feel in there to you when you were a child, in the aquarium of your head? I was lonely in mine as the world swam by in immaculately choreographed schools, like an inaccessible gang of Nemos. I was only really at ease with my mum and animals, and I treated them pretty badly.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: How did it feel in there to you when you were a child, in the aquarium of your head? I was lonely in mine as the world swam by in immaculately choreographed schools, like an inaccessible gang of Nemos. I was only really at ease with my mum and animals, and I treated them pretty badly. If you feel how I felt, I have been taught a few techniques that might help you. Here’s one for a kick-off: You have to forgive everyone for everything. You can’t cling on to any blame that you may be using to make sense of the story of your life. Even me with my story of one nan that I love and another that I don’t—that story is being used to maintain a certain perspective of mine, a perspective that justifies the way I am, and by justifying the way I am I ensure that I stay the same. I’m no longer interested in staying the same; I’m interested in Revolution, that means I have to go back and change the story of my childhood. „I saw that my face wasn’t my face at all but a face that I lived behind and was welded to by a billion nerves. I looked into my eyes and saw that there was something looking back at me that was not me, not what I’d taken to be me. The unrefined ocean beyond the shallow pool was cascading through the mirror back at me. Nature looking at nature. Not me, little ol’ Russ, tossed about on turbulent seas; these distinctions were engineered. On acid, these realizations are absolute. The disobedient brain is whipped into its basket like a yapping hound cowed by Cesar Millan.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: The women sway and jump and shriek. Whilst this is all almost entirely foreign, there is something familiar, like a place in your mouth where food always gets caught. Something I recognize. It is orgiastic. This Christianity with a voodoo twist is on the brink of Dionysian breakdown. Through this ritual, I see the root of ritual. The exorcising of the primal, the men engorged, enraged, the women serpentine and lithe. Only the child excluded. I get on my knees, which a few other people are doing, out of respect but also because I’m beginning to sense that it’s only a matter of time before I’m ushered to the front. I’ve not been taught how to be religious. Religious studies at school doesn’t even begin to cover it. There the world’s greatest faiths and the universe’s swirling mysteries are recited like bus timetables. No teacher of RE ever said to me: “Beyond the limited realm of the senses, the shallow pool of the known, is a great untamable ocean, and we don’t have a fucking clue what goes on in there.” What we receive through sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch is all we know. We have tools that can enhance that information, we have theories for things that we suspect lie beyond that information, filtered through an apparatus limited once more to those senses. Those senses are limited; the light range we detect is within a narrow spectrum, between infrared light and ultraviolet light; other species see light that we can’t see. In the auditory realm, we hear but a fraction of the sound vibrations; we don’t hear high-pitched frequencies, like dog whistles, and we don’t hear low frequencies like whale song. The world is awash with colors unseen and abuzz with unheard frequencies. Undetected and disregarded. The wise have always known that these inaccessible realms, these dimensions that cannot be breached by our beautifully blunt senses, hold the very codes to our existence, the invisible, electromagnetic foundations upon which our gross reality clumsily rests. Expressible only through symbol and story, as it can never be known by the innocent mind. The stories are formulas, poems, tools for reflection through which we may access the realm behind the thinking mind, the consciousness beyond knowing and known, the awareness that is not connected to the haphazard data of biography. The awareness that is not prickled and tugged by capricious emotion. The awareness that is aware that it is aware. In meditation I access it; in yoga I feel it; on drugs it hit me like a hammer—at sixteen, staring into a bathroom mirror on LSD, contrary to instruction (“Don’t look in the mirror, Russ, it’ll fuck your head up.” Mental note: “Look in mirror.”). I saw that my face wasn’t my face at all but a face that I lived behind and was welded to by a billion nerves. I looked into my eyes and saw that there was something looking back at me that was not me, not what I’d taken to be me. The unrefined ocean beyond the shallow pool was cascading through the mirror back at me. Nature looking at nature. Not me, little ol’ Russ, tossed about on turbulent seas; these distinctions were engineered. On acid, these realizations are absolute. The disobedient brain is whipped into its basket like a yapping hound cowed by Cesar Millan. „I don’t see myself as a yoga person or a man who meditates and prays and eats well and says “Namaste” or “God bless you.” I became that because I exhausted all other options.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: "I don’t see myself as a yoga person or a man who meditates and prays and eats well and says “Namaste” or “God bless you.” I became that because I exhausted all other options. There was a point, I’ll admit, when I flung myself full force into an L. A. New Age lifestyle. I’d just got divorced, and a movie I wanted to do well didn’t meet my expectations. My response to this was to stop shaving and start wearing pajamas outdoors. That is relatively typical behavior for any lunatic; we see them everywhere—twitching, twisting, hollering at their imagined foes. The difference is I was doing it in Hollywood and my pajamas looked suitably ethnic, so I think I got away with it. Although my mates have subsequently told me they were worried and, thinking about it, they did drop hints like “Trim your beard, you look like a shoe bomber” and “Stop wearing them gap-year trousers, you fuckin’ nut,” but I was immune. A friend of mine, himself no stranger to mental illness, and that’s putting it lightly—he’s a right fucking fruitcake, living at his mum’s on disability benefits—said to me, “In India if you have a mental breakdown, they don’t build you back up again; they leave you in communion with God.” He then looked up, mimicking, I supposed, an Indian yogi, and raised his hands and eyes skywards as if he were playing a tiny accordion just in front of his hairline. “They say, ‘Ah, he’s in conversation with Brahman now,’ and they revere you. In this country they just give you a bus pass.” „I’m not a person who finds meditation a doddle or to whom yoga comes naturally. To tell you the truth, I find the whole business a bit poncey and contrary to the way I used to see myself. It’s only the fact that I decimated my life by aggressively pursuing the models of living that were most immediately available—eating, wanking, drinking, consuming, getting famous—that I was forced to look at alternatives.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: There is always something for it to think, always something for it to solve, so whenever I first start to meditate, the mantra is a tiny clear droplet lost in a deluge of sludge. I’m not a person who finds meditation a doddle or to whom yoga comes naturally. To tell you the truth, I find the whole business a bit poncey and contrary to the way I used to see myself. It’s only the fact that I decimated my life by aggressively pursuing the models of living that were most immediately available—eating, wanking, drinking, consuming, getting famous—that I was forced to look at alternatives. „I’m lucky in that I have a mother who is pathologically loving and gentle. Who unfussily loves animals and children and tries to see the good in everyone—thank God, because in my case it was pretty well hidden. This perhaps-inherited positive trait, though, was redundant and unexpressed for much of my life as I was entangled in the sparkles and the spangles, mangled in the crackling drudge, addicted to attention and drugs.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) Contexto: An unexpected benefit of this process is an increased compassion for others, a dawning recognition of the connection between us all. Since meditating I feel that the intuitive connection to others that I’ve always felt has been somehow enhanced. I’m lucky in that I have a mother who is pathologically loving and gentle. Who unfussily loves animals and children and tries to see the good in everyone—thank God, because in my case it was pretty well hidden. This perhaps-inherited positive trait, though, was redundant and unexpressed for much of my life as I was entangled in the sparkles and the spangles, mangled in the crackling drudge, addicted to attention and drugs. „I love the BBC, it's a gorgeous organisation and it's just 'cos it's got vaguely socialist state-run tendencies that people like bloody old Rupert Murdoch coat it off in the Sun, and it's gotta stop!“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand Radio 2 Show (2007–2008) „BNP Member: I am proud to be white, and I am proud to be British. Brand: But you should find other things to be proud of mate.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand Episode 2 - Nazi Boy RE:Brand (2002) „Oh no, my brain is broken.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand Radio 2 Show (2007–2008) „What I believe is that we’re only just beginning to understand the incredible capacity of human beings, that we can become something unrecognizable, that we can have true freedom, not some tantalizing emblem forever out of reach. Not weary compromise and nagging fear.“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand, livro Revolution Revolution (2014) „That's right middle America, I loves Jemus!“ Help us translate this quote — Russell Brand Radio 2 Show (2007–2008) Próximas 16 citações... 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0.999747	I think it’s safe to say that January 2021 feels a whole lot different than January 2020 did. The COVID-19 pandemic hit businesses across the country like a sucker-punch. And the coworking industry is no exception. So, how have the changes and challenges of the past year impacted what’s to come for the coworking industry in the year to come? Well, pretty drastically, in my opinion. Here’s are the coworking trends I expect to see as 2021 gets underway. Enterprise Companies Moving Towards Coworking With businesses across the country having been mandated to send employees home to work, an interesting byproduct has popped up: organizations are realizing that it’s working well. As a result, large-scale organizations across the globe seeing the productivity benefits as well as the cost-saving opportunities of moving to full-time remote work and getting rid of their massive office spaces and long, expensive leases. And as companies move towards decentralization, they’ll be thinking about how to move to a smaller footprint with a hub-and-spoke model. The big question on their minds will be how to place their remote workforce which is growing tired of working remotely. And with its all-in pricing, short-term leases, flexibility, and a built-in plug-and-play office environment, coworking is a viable option to serve their needs. Redefined Space Requirements Another byproduct of the COVID-19 pandemic comes in the form of social distancing. And this has a trickle-down effect for office space. In past, the traditional standard for office space was to allocate between 125 and 225 square feet of usable space per person. But with CDC guidelines requiring people to keep a social distance of six feet from one another, these traditional requirements will be significantly less than what is needed, now and for the foreseeable future. Look for coworking space operators (and traditional office managers) to rethink what wide-open space means and to convert more of it into post-pandemic functional space. Increased Demand for Private Office Space On account of both the increased number of large companies decentralizing as well as concerns with keeping close quarters with other people, you can expect that demand for private office space over flexible workspace will also increase in 2021. In fact, we’re already seeing this happening at Co-Balt and have adjusted accordingly by building eight new private offices. The Need for Additional Revenue Sources Coworking operators will need to start exploring alternative revenue sources as some have decreased over the past 12 months. This will include figuring out new long-lasting options for our community members. Enhanced Safety Measures I don’t anticipate the safety measures we currently have in place will be going away anytime soon. In fact, I think we can still expect to see a further increasing focus on health, safety, and capacity of buildings. New Member Benefits Coworking space operators are going to need to make their spaces even more enticing for members by providing additional benefits and offers to serve their community members’ needs even better. Reevaluated Lease Rates When it comes to pricing, coworking spaces will need to decide whether they want to stay the same or reduce their rates in order to attract net-new members. They will also likely need to be flexible in dropping their rates, sometimes on demand, in order to retain existing members that have encountered financial hardship as a result of the pandemic. This need for flexibility won’t just apply to pricing. Coworking space operators will also need to become more flexible with lease terms for their tenants as well. Tech Advancements in Coworking Look for an increase in apps for things like keyless entries into buildings, online booking platforms for conference and event spaces, and online platforms to manage automated payments, as well as more connectivity of spaces through apps like Proximity. I think we’ll also see an increase in the use of AI to automate tasks, and I believe we’ll also see coworking operators using technology like HVAC systems and motion lighting to move towards a greener workspace. Adapting to Change and Leading by Example I’ve already talked a bit about reducing lease rates and being more flexible, but I think that’s all part of a bigger conversation around adapting to change. The most successful coworking spaces are going to be the ones that adapt to change and lead the industry by example. For example, being at the forefront of changing the leasing environment, building out spaces to assist enterprise-level companies, and doing shorter-term leases with all-in structures and no build-out costs. This goes way against the five to ten-year lease model that has been present forever. Coworking spaces will also need to focus on being in tune with entrepreneurs’ needs and changing and adapting with them. I also think that there will be a great opportunity for coworking space operators to allow students to come in and cowork as a means to find alternatives to libraries and coffee shops. Focusing on the Needs of the Forced Remote Worker It’s important to remember that not all remote workers are doing it because they want to. Some have been forced into it and don’t want to be doing it. So, how can coworking space operators make the experience more enjoyable for them? For us, this includes things like creating a membership that either spouse can use. Forced remote workers might have kids at home and either spouse needs to get out of the house or alternate days. We call it a Family Membership. From a membership perspective, we offer month-to-month leases and allow members to split who pays for their membership, such as half to the member and half to a company. We also offer both corporate and personal memberships, flexibility on terms, and one-day passes. Last year was a catalyst for some pretty significant shifts in the coworking industry and looking ahead at 2021, I see those changes being the prominent driving forces in dictating the trends in our business. Want to Take Your Workdays to the Next Level in 2021? If you’d like to learn more about how coworking spaces can benefit your business in 2021, or if you’d like to book a tour of Co-Balt Workspace, get in touch with us today. Get in Touch 11 Tips for Successfully Managing a Remote Team What Does a COVID-19 Vaccine Mean for the Coworking Industry? 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0.96035	If you asked 100 high school graduates to explain how algebra works, and why it works, I’d guess that 99% of them couldn’t, not in sufficient detail to show that they really deeply understand it. Remember that I am talking about high school graduates, so these people have almost certainly had many years of algebra and algebraic concepts taught to them. Most of these people will only be able to give you some of the rules of algebra at best, and some of them don’t even remember that much. Algebra is an amazing tool for solving problems though! Formulate a problem as an equation, and unless the equation is too complex, there is an algebraic algorithm to solve that equation, and hence the problem you formulated. Maybe it is such a useful tool that people don’t really need to understand how it works, maybe they can get by without a deep understanding, but still be able to follow the rules of algebra and use it to solve problems. I don’t really buy that argument though, simply because people who don’t understand something are prone to make mistakes, and not be able to check their work with a reasonable level of accuracy. Computers are also mumbo jumbo to most people. If you asked people to explain how computers work, most of them cannot. There are actually very few people in the world who can explain from start to finish how a computer works, and there is no one that can explain every single piece of a computer. Computers are still amazing tools though, and give people the ability to solve problems that would otherwise be intractable. I think computers are a useful tool despite our lack of understanding of how they work. Like algebra, computers are a block box in which we put our inputs and get outputs and don’t understand how the inputs are related to the outputs. Given this similarity, we should look at other reasons why using a computer might be superior to algebra. There are some significant differences between using computers to do computation, and using algebra to do computation. The first is that using a computer, the error rate is much lower. Obviously you can still press the wrong buttons, enter the wrong information, read the information the computer gives back to you improperly, so there is error, but I’d argue that this error is much less than the standard error rate for algebra. The second benefit of using computers is that they are much faster than doing even moderately complicated algebra by hand, including entering the computation into the computer. In the case that doing it by hand is faster, then I’d say you should do the calculation by hand. The largest difference between using a computer to do the calculation and using algebra is that algebra is a single use tool. It can only be used to turn an equation into a solution. A computer can be used for so much more. Granted we should consider computational mathematics to be a broader tool than just plain algebra, if we want a more fair comparison with a computer, but I’d argue that all of the same problems exist with other areas of computational mathematics. As we increase the scope of computations we can learn how to use, the power of the computer becomes even more evident. It takes much less effort to learn how to compute a broader scope of problems using a computer than learning all of the individual computational methods. Witness the power of Wolfram Alpha, for example. Enter in a search phrase and all sorts of useful information comes up. So in the consideration of using computers for solving computations, over a by hand approach, we can see postulate that the computer will produce less errors, be generally faster, and is more multipurpose than the pencil and paper model is. Furthermore, the computers can do a lot more as a tool than what you can do with algebra. Another issue I see is that our current mathematics curriculums leave very little time to learn more important skills than computation. As Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) points out, the formulation of a problem is more important than the actual solution. Learn how to formulate problems and understand how to verify that what you are doing makes sense, then spotting errors in computation becomes that much easier. Furthermore, I’d like to see mathematics education be much more grounded in what is relevant, than be a collection of different types of math which are taught for historical purposes or because they are the ground-work for calculus. The question for me is, why aren’t we using computers more to do mathematics in elementary and secondary education? It can’t just be because people are scared of change, can it? Comments Post info Author info 4 Comments Add yours → Terry Kaminski says: As high school Math teacher, I agree with everything you have stated here. Unfortunately, those darn standardized tests get in the way. I would LOVE to have my students answering authentic problems using real world tools. But, when they CANNOT use those tools on their standardized test I feel that I would be hurting my students by having them develop skills using computers in math and then NOT allowing them to use those tools on the standardized test. Let’s get rid of standardized tests!!!! That would free us alot to do more real world, authentic assessment. OR we could do like Denmark does. Let students use what ever tools they want on their standardized exam. February 1, 2011 — 1:45 pm Reply David Wees says: Yeah, but it’s still worth discussing this point. I think if enough math educators recognize that the old pencil and paper way of doing mathematics just isn’t efficient, realistic, or useful anymore, we might be able to see some changes made to standardized testing. Personally I’d like to throw them out completely, but given that this isn’t likely to happen, I’d like to see an overhaul of the curriculum so that the applicatioin of mathematics in the real world is emphasized and computational mathematics plays a much smaller role. Look, now we have at least two math teachers that agree on this point, and I’m sure there are many more. It’s a start. February 1, 2011 — 2:04 pm Earl Samuelson says: I think what’s important is that students aquire the ability to “think” and “reason”. Relying too heavily on technology when first learning basic concepts such as multiplication as related to areas and volumes can seriously undermine what is important; thinking and reasoning. I’ll use an example of my experience in landscaping from a few years ago. I went to a residence to measure an odd-shaped yard to determine the amount of top-soil and sod needed to finish that yard; this obviously affects my cost and is factored into the quote I give. I waited around the corner for nearly an hour, waiting for two members of another landscaping company to do the same. I was told by the home owners afterward that these two characters had spent over an hour coming up with a quote; I was in and out within 10 minutes. My quote was $100 higher than that of the other company but I still got the contract for some reason; I’ll let you figure out why. As an added bonus to me, the neighbor directly to the south also contracted me to do his yard, as did another neighbor two houses to the east……I give credit to my ability to think and reason; instilling confidence in those you work with and for is immeasureable. Earl November 1, 2011 — 1:59 pm Reply David Wees says: I tend to agree with you on this one Earl, that one has a need to learn the concept before turning to the machine to help out, but this is the same reason that I don’t like students turning to the standard algorithm before learning how to think through a problem. The algorithms we perform, whether they are on paper or in a calculator are meaningless if you don’t understand what is going on. Your example of the Russian peasant multiplication method you described before is a good example. It allows you to quickly multiply largish numbers, but more importantly, through the algorithm you gain a better understanding of what you are doing. When I see people who have blindly learned the standard multiplication algorithm without understanding that they are essentially using the distributative property, or who get answers that make no sense (because they don’t know how to estimate the result of the operation) it is frustrating because I know this almost certainly leads back to poor or incomplete instruction when they were learning the algorithm. November 1, 2011 — 2:11 pm Leave a Reply to Earl Samuelson Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. 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0.822161	While impact evaluations often benefit from [[Secondary Data Sources\|secondary sources of data]] like administrative data, census data, or household data, these sources may not always be available. In such cases, researchers need to collect data directly through a series of [[Questionnaire Design\|well-designed]] interviews and [[Survey Pilot\|surveys]]. The process of collecting primary data requires a great deal of foresight, [[Field Management\|planning]] and coordination. While impact evaluations often benefit from [[Secondary Data Sources\|secondary sources of data]] like administrative data, census data, or household data, these sources may not always be available. In such cases, researchers need to collect data directly through a series of [[Questionnaire Design\|well-designed]] interviews and [[Survey Pilot\|surveys]]. The process of collecting primary data requires a great deal of foresight, [[Field Management\|planning]] and coordination. Listed below are the crucial steps involved the in [[Preparing for Field Data Collection \| preparation and collection]] of primary data: Listed below are the crucial steps involved the in [[Preparing for Field Data Collection \| preparation and collection]] of primary data: + === Pre-register research === === Pre-register research === The first step with any new research project is to [[Pre-Registration \| pre-register]] your research, including the methodology, and draft a [[Pre-Analysis Plan \| pre-analysis plan]]. The first step with any new research project is to [[Pre-Registration \| pre-register]] your research, including the methodology, and draft a [[Pre-Analysis Plan \| pre-analysis plan]]. + === Acquire approval from human subjects === === Acquire approval from human subjects === There are strict rules about [[Human Subjects Approval \| acquiring approval from human subjects]]. Researchers must understand the [[Research Ethics\|ethics]] and rules for [[Data Security\|security of sensitive data]], and therefore should use proper tools for [[Encryption \| encryption]] and [[De-identification \| de-identification]] of [[Personally Identifiable Information_(PII)\|personally identifiable information (PII)]]. There are strict rules about [[Human Subjects Approval \| acquiring approval from human subjects]]. Researchers must understand the [[Research Ethics\|ethics]] and rules for [[Data Security\|security of sensitive data]], and therefore should use proper tools for [[Encryption \| encryption]] and [[De-identification \| de-identification]] of [[Personally Identifiable Information_(PII)\|personally identifiable information (PII)]]. + === Compile the survey budget === === Compile the survey budget === The [[Survey Budget \| survey budget]] must be prepared before hiring a [[Survey Firm\|survey firm]]. This step allows researchers to calculate expected costs of conducting a study, and compare these with the proposals submitted by survey firms. The [[Survey Budget \| survey budget]] must be prepared before hiring a [[Survey Firm\|survey firm]]. This step allows researchers to calculate expected costs of conducting a study, and compare these with the proposals submitted by survey firms. Line 20: Line 23: Based on the available funding, researchers can decide upon factors like the adequate '''sampling frame'''(which is a list of individuals or units in a population from which a sample can be drawn), [[Sample Size \| sample size]], [[Sampling & Power Calculations \| statistical power]] based on which they can then [[Randomized_Control_Trials\|randomize treatment]]. Based on the available funding, researchers can decide upon factors like the adequate '''sampling frame'''(which is a list of individuals or units in a population from which a sample can be drawn), [[Sample Size \| sample size]], [[Sampling & Power Calculations \| statistical power]] based on which they can then [[Randomized_Control_Trials\|randomize treatment]]. − === Design and translate the survey instrument === + === Procure a survey firm === − The next step in the process is to then [[Questionnaire Design \| design]] and [[Questionnaire Translation \| translate the survey instrument]], which is often in the form of a '''questionnaire'''. + The [[Survey_Firm\|survey firm]] must be [[Procuring a Survey Firm\|procured]] using detailed [[Survey Firm TOR\|Terms of Reference]], and after performing due-diligence among local research-firm options. + + === Carry out the a pre-pilot === + The first-stage of [[Survey Pilot\|Piloting the survey instrument]] involves two things: [[Piloting Survey Content \|piloting content]], and [[Piloting Survey Protocols\| piloting protocols]]. Clear protocols ensure that fieldwork is carried out consistently across teams and/or regions, and are important for [[Reproducible_Research\|reproducible research]]. + + === Refine and review the survey design === + The first-stage of the [Survey_Pilot\|survey pilot] allows researchers to [[Questionnaire_Design\|design the instrument]]. This design is then used for the [Piloting_Survey_Content\|content-focused pilot]], which allows researchers to review and refine the structure of the instrument. + + === Translate the survey instrument === + After the content-focused pilot, the questionnaire (or the instrument) is [[Questionnaire_Translation\|translated]]. This step is crucial for the purpose of making the study more effective. === Program the instrument === === Program the instrument === − Once the [[Survey Pilot\|piloting of the instrument]] is complete, and [[Questionnaire Design\|design]] has been finalized, the next step is to [[Questionnaire Programming\|program]] the questionnaire (the survey instrument). + Once an [[IRB_Aproval]] is obtained, the research firm [[Questionnaire Programming\|programs]]the instrument. <br/> Also refer to these guidelines for [[SurveyCTO_Coding_Practices\|coding in SurveyCTO]]. <br/> Also refer to these guidelines for [[SurveyCTO_Coding_Practices\|coding in SurveyCTO]]. − === Establish survey protocols === + === Train enumerators and monitor data quality === − Establish [[Survey Protocols \| survey protocols]]. + After validating the programming of the questionnaire, the researchers [[Enumerator Training \| train enumerators]], and [[Monitoring_Data_Quality\|monitor data-quality]] to generate a '''final draft''' of the instrument. Monitoring can be done in the form of can be done through [[Back_Checks\|back checks]], high frequency checks, and other methods. − === Pilot the survey instrument === + − [[Survey Pilot\|Pilot]] the survey instrument–both the [[Piloting Survey Content \| content]] and [[Piloting Survey Protocols \| protocols]]. − === Procure a survey firm === − [[Procuring a Survey Firm\|Procure]] a [[Survey Firm \|survey firm]], taking care to prepare detailed [[Survey Firm TOR\|Terms of Reference]]. − === Train enumerators === − [[Enumerator Training \| Train enumerators]] − === Monitor data quality === − [[Monitoring Data Quality \| Monitor data quality]] can be done through back-checks, high frequency checks, and other methods. === Maintain an organized data folder === === Maintain an organized data folder === − via <code>[[iefolder]]</code>. + DIME has created a Stata package, via <code>[[iefolder]]</code>, which creates the [[DataWork_Folder\|DataWork folder]]. This package helps increase project efficiency and reduces the risk of error in a study, therefore increasing the effectiveness of the study's final results. == Back to Parent == == Back to Parent == Revision as of 22:36, 19 March 2020 Primary data collection is the process of gathering data through surveys, interviews or experiments. A typical example of primary data is household surveys. In this form of data collection, researchers can personally ensure that primary data meets the standards of quality, availability, statistical power and sampling required for a particular research question. With globally increasing access to specialized survey tools, survey firms, and field manuals, primary data has become the dominant source for empirical inquiry in development economics. Contents 1 Read First 2 Guidelines 2.1 Pre-register research 2.2 Acquire approval from human subjects 2.3 Compile the survey budget 2.4 Determine relevant parameters of a study 2.5 Procure a survey firm 2.6 Carry out the a pre-pilot 2.7 Refine and review the survey design 2.8 Translate the survey instrument 2.9 Program the instrument 2.10 Train enumerators and monitor data quality 2.11 Maintain an organized data folder 3 Back to Parent 4 Additional Resources Read First The DIME Research Standards provide a comprehensive checklist to ensure that collection and handling of research data is in line with global best-practices. Personal interviews are the most effective medium for primary data collection. Depending on the research question, these interviews may take the form of household surveys, business (firm) surveys, or agricultural (farm) surveys. iefieldkit is a Stata package that aids primary data collection. It currently supports three major components of that workflow: survey design; survey completion; and data-cleaning and survey harmonization. Guidelines While impact evaluations often benefit from secondary sources of data like administrative data, census data, or household data, these sources may not always be available. In such cases, researchers need to collect data directly through a series of well-designed interviews and surveys. The process of collecting primary data requires a great deal of foresight, planning and coordination. Listed below are the crucial steps involved the in preparation and collection of primary data: Pre-register research The first step with any new research project is to pre-register your research, including the methodology, and draft a pre-analysis plan. Acquire approval from human subjects There are strict rules about acquiring approval from human subjects. Researchers must understand the ethics and rules for security of sensitive data, and therefore should use proper tools for encryption and de-identification of personally identifiable information (PII). Compile the survey budget The survey budget must be prepared before hiring a survey firm. This step allows researchers to calculate expected costs of conducting a study, and compare these with the proposals submitted by survey firms. Determine relevant parameters of a study Based on the available funding, researchers can decide upon factors like the adequate sampling frame(which is a list of individuals or units in a population from which a sample can be drawn), sample size, statistical power based on which they can then randomize treatment. Procure a survey firm The survey firm must be procured using detailed Terms of Reference, and after performing due-diligence among local research-firm options. Carry out the a pre-pilot The first-stage of Piloting the survey instrument involves two things: piloting content, and piloting protocols. Clear protocols ensure that fieldwork is carried out consistently across teams and/or regions, and are important for reproducible research. Refine and review the survey design The first-stage of the [Survey_Pilot\|survey pilot] allows researchers to design the instrument. This design is then used for the [Piloting_Survey_Content\|content-focused pilot]], which allows researchers to review and refine the structure of the instrument. Translate the survey instrument After the content-focused pilot, the questionnaire (or the instrument) is translated. This step is crucial for the purpose of making the study more effective. Program the instrument Once an IRB_Aproval is obtained, the research firm programsthe instrument. Also refer to these guidelines for coding in SurveyCTO. Train enumerators and monitor data quality After validating the programming of the questionnaire, the researchers train enumerators, and monitor data-quality to generate a final draft of the instrument. Monitoring can be done in the form of can be done through back checks, high frequency checks, and other methods. Maintain an organized data folder DIME has created a Stata package, via iefolder, which creates the DataWork folder. This package helps increase project efficiency and reduces the risk of error in a study, therefore increasing the effectiveness of the study's final results. Back to Parent This article is part of Primary Data Collection Additional Resources Brief from Oxfam: Planning Survey Research DIME Guide on Planning, Preparing & Monitoring Household Surveys DIME Analytics Guidelines on Preparing for Data Collection Guidelines and tools for Preparing for Data Collection from the World Bank's Results Based Financing Impact Evaluation Toolkit Oxfam provides a detailed case study of how to use electronic data collection (SurveyCTO) combined with Stata code to improve data quality in the field.
0.945574	Dear reader, you might want to skip this article. I write this mainly to organize some thoughts for myself. I am not preaching; I am not trying to teach anyone but myself; if you find something that helps you, you are welcome to the words and lessons. I have been struggling with learning a couple of things surrounding a couple of topics, and I want to take a minute and jot down some thoughts that have come to me. I will return to weightier matters another day. Please excuse me. Money My best friend, traveling companion, and spouse, once said something that stuck in my mental processes, “Money is sacred! [emphasis in original]” She continued over time to add words to the effect that, since money requires effort and sweat to earn, money should be considered sacred and spent with purpose. When spending money with a sacred purpose, we would necessarily change our spending habits to reflect the sacred nature of money, and in doing so, honor our sacrifice in earning money, respecting ourselves more. Since 2000 the software industry has undergone a very subtle shift; no longer do you purchase software, you rent it. You make a monthly purchase for that software, which becomes more than the price you would ever have paid for the software previously. Now, some argue this is due to the cost of upgrading software. Some argue this is due to the price of intellectual property. Some argue this is to reduce the cost of piracy of software. Regardless, does this shift honor your sacrifice in earning money? Games, especially phone games, are really expensive. I have an addiction problem to phone games. I quickly get hooked, then I justify making a dollar purchase here, a two-dollar purchase there, and then at the end of the month, look at the bill and see I spent $400 on a phone game. True story. I turn on the passwords; I turn on the purchase blockers, I try hard to avoid making purchases. I can only succeed when I delete the games, put down my phone, and stop playing games. I have tried playing games without making purchases and would argue that it is nearly impossible to play any game without making purchases. The games are not designed to be played; they are intended to be cash machines for the game manufacturers. Maybe I am jaded, but I have yet to find any game that does not require regular cash infusions; believe me, I have tried to find a game that can be played without spending money, and I quit looking. I am thoroughly embarrassed, shocked, dismayed, and disgusted by how much I have spent on games. I lost my head some time ago, and it is past time I got myself back together again. I turned off the last game this morning and will begin the slow addiction recovery process this morning; if I am grumpy, edgy, and bearish to be around, my apologies. For the last couple of months, I have been overcoming sugar addictions that I think will kill me, gluten addictions that are harder than chocolate and tobacco combined, and I thought chocolate would kill me. In the quest to lose weight and clean up my life to improve my diabetes, I am left with many questions about addictions and crutches. I was speaking to a medical professional a month or two back and jokingly said: “Food for too long has been my comfort zone; I wonder what will take its place now that diabetes has ended food being the comfort blanket.” Me and my big mouth! For those going through addiction recovery for the more common drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, etc., know you are not alone. I have been there for tobacco, now for sugar, chocolate, gluten, money, and food! It never ceases to amaze me what humans will become addicted to, what we will use to find comfort in, what we wrap ourselves up in to find security and peace to silence the voices in our heads and a good night’s sleep. I offer you the same hope I cling to, “We were born to succeed; we can do this!” Wants and Needs Robert Fulghum explained this one so well in one of his early books. I will summarize his story but take the time to look up his story; you will laugh, HARD! He is staffing a reception desk at a Dude Ranch Hotel on a night shift where he gets his meals included, but he has to pay for them from his salary. The employee meals have been sauerkraut and sausages for a couple of weeks. He is frustrated; he is mad; he wants to quit. He reaches a boiling point. He unloads one night on his relief an older gentleman, a WWII POW camp survivor (I think if I remember the story right). Anyway, after listening to the rantings and ravings of a childish teenager, this older gentleman gives Mr. Fulghum a piece of advice, “you have to learn the difference between wants and needs.” I fully appreciate I struggle with this lesson. I keep getting wants and needs confused. Do I need a chocolate bar? Do I want something to eat? Do I want food? Do I need food? Much of my weight problem is trying to figure out wants versus needs. Much of my mental state is wants versus needs and the confusion between what I want and what I need. Going back to the games, do I really need a bucket of gems, or that shiny bottle of vitality? While writing this section, the Grammarly word choices reminded me of another aspect of this conversation, words that confuse the wants versus needs selection cycle. The English language continues to be a double-edged sword, sufficient to describe and to confuse in the same stroke. Trying to figure out what I want and distinguishing between what I need has become clouded. Why? How? I have learned that it does not matter when or where the clouding occurred, these happened, it is done; the job is to get them unclouded and get moving forward! Goals I do not know the original source. I have heard several people make similar statements; I am not the initial source of the following thought. “If you have a dream, write it down. Now you have an action item. With that action item, give it a date you want to have it accomplished by. Now you have a goal. With that goal, set specific steps to achieve and milestones. Now you have a plan.” I would add a final thought. Upon completion of each milestone and especially upon completion of the goal, CELEBRATE! Celebrate failure, celebrate success. Then the day after, hold an “After Action Review (AAR)” and review what was learned, pain points, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Start anew! Too often, we miss the celebrations, and we forget to hold the self-reflections, and in doing so, we do not bring a goal to a close, and we do not write down lessons learned. Failure to learn lessons means we relive those lessons. How very tragic! To answer the inevitable question, yes. I have a list of goals for the coming year. No, I will not be sharing this list publicly. Yes, the goals are written down. Yes, I have an end date. Yes, I look to have the goals completed in 365-days. Mental therapy is useless if I do not apply the lessons in my own life! © 2021 M. Dave Salisbury All Rights Reserved The images used herein were obtained in the public domain; this author holds no copyright to the images displayed. Spread the word: Share Email Tweet Share on Tumblr Print Like this: Like Loading... Posted on October 22, 2021 Categories Additional Paradigms To Consider, Education, FamilyTags AAR, Action, Action Items, Addiction, Addictions, After Action Review, Celebrate, Chocolate, Comfort, Comfort Zones, Dreams, Food, Goals, Health, History, Learning, M Dave Salisbury, M. Dave Salisbury, Mental Health, Money, Needs, Obligation, Obligations, Plans, Robert Fulghum, Sacred, Self-Reflection, Software, Therapy, WantsLeave a comment on Money, Wants and Needs, Goals – This One is Mental Therapy Thought and Character – A Discussion In Proverbs, Old Testament, we find an oft-quoted aphorism, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” If we first accept this aphorism as truth, then the following from James Allen, from “As a Man Thinketh (1903)” can also be presumed truthful. “A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. As the plants springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them.” Bringing into sharp reflection the connection between how a person thinks and their character. In high school, the football and wrestling coaches played mind games to help us players think and become winners. Then, we went through drills to practice thinking and planning moves, so our most important muscle, the mind, was prepared to act when challenged physically. Likewise, as a firefighter, I know the value of mentally walking through situations to prepare my mind and my fire teams’ minds before being challenged physically to respond to a threat or incident. I once met a professional soccer player; we shared a bus trip from Salt Lake City to Vernal, Utah, as he traveled to catch a plane in Denver, Colorado. While I do not envy him, his travel scheduler, we had a very interesting conversation on how thinking builds character. Professional sports players have similar mental walk-throughs as a regular part of their daily exercises. Here I had always been under the impression this was for non-professional sports players and was pleasantly surprised to hear his experiences. James Allen insists that “Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself; he also fashions the tools with which he builds himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.” In the US Army, while serving as a Chaplain’s Assistant, I was wandering through the line company barracks and stumbled across a tank crew having “Sergeant’s Time” in the hallway. There I met the most interesting character; he held a doctorate from MIT, he was utterly brilliant, and he was a specialist who drove tanks for a living. When asked why driving tanks and not working in his field of study, he stated, “I do not like my field of study.” Through education, this soldier had made himself tools for building a career he detested in a field he was bored with, and in seeking adventure, he joined the US Army as an enlisted man and found something he preferred. The tools of education became the chains of bondage and weapons that left him without passion. His thoughts had turned his desires in his chosen field into a trap, where he thought his only way out was doing something radical and “out of character.” Except for those who knew him, his character was always bent towards being a soldier, but he had not thought thru this character aspect himself. His thoughts had already revealed his character, but he had not become cognizant of this aspect of himself. How many times has this happened to you? President Thomas S. Monson, a previous leader of The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-Day Saints, was quoted as saying, “Decisions Do Determine Destiny” [emphasis in original]. Likewise, James Allen maintains, “… Man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny.” Think of how vital thought is to the grand scheme of a person, and you will find the power to be and do anything! “Man is always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state … [as a conscious master] man can only thus become by discovering within himself the laws of thought; which discovery is totally a matter of application, self-analysis, and experience.” Doesn’t this assertion fill you with the hope that the chains of bondage in your mind are only there until you allow yourself to change how you think? How did I finally kick the cigarette habit, so the mental addiction could no longer tempt me to smoke; I change my thinking. Instead of allowing myself to find second-hand smoke delightful, I began seeing it as something to avoid. As I changed my thinking, my body stopped reacting in a manner to claim a need for the cigarettes. It was not easy, but I had physically quit smoking 10-years before my mental processes, and mental addictions were finally conquered. The power to correct my body’s behavior towards cigarettes was always mine to claim and apply, but first, I had to change how I think about cigarettes, then my mental needs changed, and then I was free of the mental addiction. Changing thoughts and time, experience, was required, and slowly my body obeyed. I have seen the same occur in reverse. A female friend of mine claims she needs chocolate during her menstrual cycle to maintain mental health. When she discovered that chocolate was the main factor in her deteriorating health and obesity, she still maintained that chocolate was healthy and blamed everything but chocolate for the problems. When she went through menopause, she discovered that chocolate had no power over her body and was left without her mental crutch and excuses. What could have been a life-altering discovery did not change behavior because the thoughts never changed. I moved and lost contact before her story ended, but the failure to change thinking has always left me wondering what thoughts I need to change to avoid a similar fate. The New Testament records, “He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” To which James Allen has added, “… for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.” I remember reading about a famous diamond mine in Africa, the largest diamond mine in the world, and how even with technology, the mining process continues to be one of patiently gathering, carefully digging, and unending repetition to haul diamonds from the dirt. In L. Ron Hubbard’s book, “Battlefield Earth,” one finds the same pattern in digging for gold. Patience, careful gathering, unending repetition, and still the results are teaspoons of gold for the tons of rock and dirt shifted. The mind is the same. Changing thoughts requires time, patience with yourself, and care in selecting new thoughts to plant. Care in how old thoughts are removed so as not to damage those thoughts being cultivated, and unending repetition to remove the seeds of thoughts that would be the weeds in your mental garden. But, with the pattern comes the promise; those who put forward the work will reap a garden of benefits. What are those benefits of changing our thoughts, “As a being of power, intelligence, and love, [being the] lord [and master] of his thoughts, a man holds the key to every situation and contains within himself that transforming and regenerative agency by which he can make himself what he wills.” What benefit could be grander, to will something into existence through the power of thought! How amazing a world we could make when all people realize this power and claim this power by changing how we think. There is a benefit to cause and effect; that benefit is realization, wisdom, and eventually power to will into being that which is powered by our thoughts. So choose to consider changing how you think and watch how the world shifts around you. You can change yourself by changing your thinking! © 2021 M. Dave Salisbury All Rights Reserved The images used herein were obtained in the public domain; this author holds no copyright to the images displayed. Spread the word: Share Email Tweet Share on Tumblr Print Like this: Like Loading... Posted on June 6, 2021 June 11, 2021 Categories Additional Paradigms To Consider, EducationTags Addiction, As a Man Thinketh, Character, Chocolate, Decision-Making, Decisions, Destiny, Emotion, Emotion as a Choice, Freedom, Governance, James Allen, Leadership, M Dave Salisbury, M. Dave Salisbury, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Mental Abuse, Mental Disease, Mental Exercises, Mental Health, Mental Skills Building, Mental Terrorism, New Testament, Old Testament, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Power, PTSD, Think, Thinketh, Thomas S. Monson, Thought and Character, ThoughtsLeave a comment on Thought and Character – A Discussion Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
0.999998	A woman wearing a mask walks past the Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Share: Reddit Share Text: EDMONTON -- The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Alberta hard, prompting renewed public health measures and pandemic-high patient counts in hospital and intensive care units. The number of vaccinated Albertans is expected to grow rapidly after Health Canada authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose vaccine for children ages five to 11. But experts fear the continued presence of the Delta variant, along with more indoor gatherings amid colder winter weather, could lead to a fifth wave in Alberta. COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Infographics: COVID-19 cases in Calgary The sections below set out some of the terms and key metrics to monitor as the pandemic continues. Follow the links below or scroll down to for the lastest on the evolving COVID-19 status in Alberta. Hospitalizations and deaths \| Vaccines \| Case growth \| Cities and regions \| Variants \| Testing \| Age data \| Comparisons HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS The numbers of COVID-19 patients in hospitals and intensive care units are important indicators of how severely the pandemic is affecting Albertans, and the amount of stress it's placing on the province's health care system. The number of hospitalizations is a lagging indicator that rises a few weeks after an increase in new cases. A sizable majority of COVID-19 patients in Alberta hospitals and intensive care units is unvaccinated. Rates adjusted for the higher number of vaccinated versus unvaccinated Albertans echo a similar message: vaccines greatly reduce severe outcomes among COVID-19 patients. The province's general ICU capacity of 173 beds that are used for all patients, not just ones battling COVID-19. Elderly age groups had seen the highest rate of hospitalization throughout most of the pandemic. But during the fourth wave, younger Albertans have been more likely to be hospitalized. More than 88 per cent of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in 2021 have been among those either unvaccinated or who received their first shot within two weeks of diagnosis. Alberta Health has said the system's capacity to handle COVID-19 patients can be increased to 425 ICU beds, but at the cost of fewer staff and other resources for other patients and procedures, including the cancellation of surgeries. See below to compare hospitalization rates by province. Deaths are reported daily but a given day's count doesn't necessarily mean all of those deaths happened the day before. Instead, deaths are reported by the date they occurred and can be attributed several days, or even weeks, prior to being publicly announced. [top] VACCINES COVID-19 vaccinations promise a way out of the pandemic in time. Vaccines have been distributed in Alberta since late 2020 with the number of shots given out increasing through the early part of 2021. Coronavirus vaccination tracker: How many people in Canada have received shots? Most vaccines require a second shot, and possibly a further booster shot months or years later to ensure continued immunity. Alberta began rolling out its vaccination plan in late 2020. By January 2021, Albertans over the age of 75 were eligibile to book a shot. Vaccine eligiblity has grown from mid-March onwards and expanded to all Albertans born in 2009 or earlier on May 10. On Nov. 19, Health Canada authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old. See here for an additional interactive showing per cent of population with two doses by age range. See here for a sortable interactive displaying per cent of population with two doses across Alberta's 132 local geographic areas. And click here to compare vaccination rates across provinces or see the CTV News vaccination tracker here for more data. [top] CASE GROWTH The number of new cases represents the number of patients who are newly infected with the coronavirus and are considered to be a leading indicator of how COVID-19 is spreading. Alberta initially reports new cases the day after they are recorded in the province's health system. The numbers are then subsequently updated in future days as the data is refined for accuracy. The number of active cases represents the number of people currently infectious with COVID-19. The value can can go up or down depending on the number of daily new cases and daily new recoveries on a given day. A recovery is someone who contracted COVID-19 but didn't die due to the virus. It is not synonymous with a return to full health as many "long hauler" patients report severe symptoms after their infections have cleared. What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19? Alberta Health defines a recovery as follows: A return to health after 14 days of isolation for those with COVID-19 but who experienced only mild symptoms. If hospitalized due to COVID-19, anyone who does not require additional hospitalization or treatment in the 10 days after they left the hospital. If tested, such as a health care worker, two negative tests at least 24 hours apart. The reproduction value, or R-Value, measures the expected number of cases directly caused by one case. It informs if cases are increasing or decreasing and relies on a number of models that estimate past and future factors. The value can be calculated using different models all of which estimate a number of past and future factors around the virus and population. A value of one means an infected person will infect one other person, on average. A value above one means the spread is growing. A value below one means the spread is slowing. The province provides the statistics every second week. [top] CITIES AND REGIONS Since early April, the province has provided a geographic breakdown of cases for its five health zones, community-level subzones and individual cities. Infographics: COVID-19 cases in Calgary COVID-19 in Edmonton: Numbers broken down by neighbourhood Interactive map: COVID-19 case status in Edmonton communities Alberta Health Services divides the province into five administrative health zones: Calgary, Central, Edmonton, North and South. A map of those zones can be seen here, and it's important to note that the Edmonton and Calgary zones cover areas significantly bigger than the cities they are named after. See the vaccination section above for the number of shots and percentage of population immunized by city and local area. All regions of the province have seen at least one sizable outbreak at some point in the pandemic. [top] VARIANTS Variants occur when a virus develops a set of mutations that change its genetic code enough that it reacts differently than the original strain, but also not enough that it becomes its own virus. A series of variants that developed in late 2020 drew particular concern due to being more transmissible, and in some cases more deadly, than the initial strain. What are the different COVID-19 variants and why do they matter? COVID-19 variant tracker: cases by province and territory What you need to know about COVID-19 variants in Canada These variants are identified by the location of their discovery or through letters and numbers, but efforts have been made to rename them to avoid stigmatizing entire cities and countries. Confirmed COVID-19 cases had been screened for variants since Feb. 1, 2021 and after June 1, 2021, with only a sample of cases been screened during the month of May due to high case counts. Alberta Health notes the need for a second screening delays the reporting of variant cases by up to two days, though delays in other provinces are often much longer. On April 11, Alberta Health data showed that for the first time, variants made up a majority of the province's active COVID-19 cases. The B.1.617 Delta variant has been of particular concern with doctors warning it is more transmissible, more deadly and more resistant to vaccines than other strains of COVID-19. Alberta Health has said variants have become, and will continue to be, the dominant strain in Alberta, meaning that every new case should be assumed to be a variant. [top] TESTING Alberta has been among the top provinces in Canada measured by per capita COVID-19 testing volume since the start of the pandemic. Test positivity percentage provides insight into what proportion of daily tests are returned with positive results. It can generally be calculated by dividing the number of positive results by number of tests, but Alberta Health cautions that confirmed cases canappear the reporting system two to three days later. The precise figure takes that delay into account and is provided by the province. Since July 29, testing has been recommended only for symptomatic Albertans. [top] AGE DATA The above heat map displays active cases by age range, with darker shading representing more active infections. Age ranges make up drastically different proportions of Alberta's population so the above chart displays active case rates adjusted to those population sizes. Since the onset of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected the elderly more than other age groups as seen by comparably higher hospitalization and death rates. Vaccine distribution focused on the province's elderly population has helped slow that trend by spring of 2021. Deaths have skewed heavily towards the elderly population, particularly in the first and second wave. Vaccinations helped temper this trend by the spring of 2021 where cases and deaths moved towards younger demographics [top] COMPARISONS The above interactive graphic shows total and population adjusted numbers for COVID-19 hospitalizations, patients in intensive care units, deaths and vaccinations across Canada's provinces and territories. Note, hospitalizations are measured differently across some provinces, and regular hospitalization data is not regularly available for territories.
0.999992	The last decade has seen a gradual increase in the number of new manual focus lenses manufactured and sold. Who are these lenses for and why would anyone buy them over a lens with autofocus? There are a handful of advancements in photography that have been truly revolutionary. The advent of color film (however inaccurate the colors were), the digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR), and automatic focus. Curiously, and contrary to what many might believe, those three are not listed in chronological order; the first autofocus camera predates the first DSLR by 11 years. Leica spent much of the 1960s and early 1970s patenting autofocus systems, and it is reported that at Photokina in 1976, they exhibited a camera with the new technology, though it wasn't until 1978 they were able to show an SLR camera with fully functioning autofocus. However, sandwiched between those two years, Konica mass-produced the C35 AF, a point-and-shoot with autofocus. However, the veterans and historians of photography might be better acquainted with the iconic Polaroid SX-70, which stole the title of the first commercially available SLR with autofocus. From there, autofocus became central to many new cameras released. There was no doubt that autofocus was one of the greatest quality-of-life changes photographers had experienced, and it seemed as though every year, the technology was being improved. Even today, over 50 years after cameras with autofocus systems first hit the shelves, we are far from perfecting it. Despite innovation on top of innovation, new cameras and lenses are still criticized for hunting, inaccuracies, or sluggish performance in testing conditions. Nevertheless, autofocus has increased the number of keepers from every shoot, particularly those with a lot of sudden movement, by an incomprehensible amount. So, with that in mind, why have we seen a resurgence of manual focus lenses hit the market in the last decade, and why does it appear that the number of new manual focus lenses is going up each year? The Allure of Manual Focus Lenses You might have read the title or the introduction and thought that this could end up critical of manual focus lenses, and while there will be elements of that, my general reaction to these lenses is positive. In fact, I own four manual focus lenses right now and have bought and sold many more. Some of my favorite images have been made with these lenses and in many ways, I believe they are too readily overlooked. Here are some reasons for and against manual focus lenses. For: Low Price There is no escaping that photography is an expensive craft, regardless of whether it's a hobby or a career. The best lenses are usually gated behind painful price tags and thus many — perhaps even most — photographers are unable to own and use the best glass with the most desirable traits. Manual focus lenses seem to have been borne out of the realization that manufacturers can slice prices significantly if they do away with autofocus. For example, the Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L is $1,999, while the Rokinon SP 85mm f/1.2 is $744.95. The Rokinon is 37% of the Canon's price, and believe me, this is not the most extreme example. Fast prime lenses with autofocus have traditionally been a true luxury, which is a shame, as lenses that shallow a depth of field are enjoyable to use and can create beautiful results. This isn't to say that there aren't expensive manual focus lenses (I'm looking at you, Zeiss Milvus range, you beautiful, expensive swine!), but there is a fantastic selection of cheaper lenses available nowadays. Test shot taken with the Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 on Fujifilm GFX 50R. Against: Limited Use When looking at manual focus lenses, you need to ask yourself whether you can do without autofocus for that focal length, and it needs to be an honest conversation. Without autofocus, you must work more slowly and expect more missed shots, particularly if you are utilizing the wide maximum aperture these lenses usually have. This means that these lenses are unlikely to always be on the front of your camera or be appropriate for all circumstances unless you shoot a genre like architecture. Another limitation of these lenses is that they are almost always prime lenses. I have gravitated to prime lenses for the entirety of my time as a photographer, but there are occasions where zooms are either indispensable or highly useful. For: Fast I have already touched on this particular perk of manual focus lenses, but they are often the cheapest way to incredibly fast glass. There is undoubtedly too much emphasis on shooting at f/0.95 to f/1.4, but there are times where it does look fantastic. I wondered if extreme subject separation and bokeh would be a phase I grew out of, but quite frankly, I still enjoy it. The cinematic look of narrow depth of field is pleasing, and these manual focus lenses can do it as well as any autofocus lens, but without cleaning out your savings. My first shutter press with the Mitakon Speedmaster 65mm f/1.4 on my Fujifilm GFX 50R. Against: Heavy and/or Large I'll admit that I haven't done the necessary leg work to determine if this is true of every manual focus lens on the market, but of the many I have used and owned, they have all been heavy. It's strange. I expected the removal of the autofocus system to result in shedding weight; nevertheless, they tend to be chunky. It isn't true across the board, but the average appears to be higher, and then, there are some examples that are almost bizarre. The Zenit MC Helios 40-2 85mm f/1.5 lens, one of my all-time favorite manual focus lenses, was small but constructed mostly of metal and felt as if it could withstand warfare. For: Character While on the topic of that Zenit 85mm, some of the newer manual focus lenses (and vintage ones too for that matter) have such character to how the images taken with them are rendered. This can be polarizing, and in the case of the Zenit, some people said it looked incredible and asked where to buy it, while others said it made them feel seasick. They are referring to the radial bokeh, which I enjoy and feel acts as a secondary vignette for guiding the eye to your subject, but I appreciate it's not for everyone. Taken with the Zenit Helios 40-2 85mm f/1.5 on the Canon 6D. Against: Focus Peaking This isn't necessarily a criticism of manual focus lenses as much as it's a criticism of one of the key tools for using them: focus peaking. Focus peaking is when the camera illuminates whatever is in focus with a chosen color, whether on the back of the screen or in the EVF. While this could be brilliant, I find that most of my go-to systems, Sony and Fujifilm, are really poor. I've tried white, red, blue, green, dim, bright, and every other option, and it's nowhere near as helpful as I'd like. This can make shooting with manual focus something of a judgment call a lot of the time, hence the slower pace of shooting. Conclusion The rise of manual focus lenses over the last decade or so has been unexpected but interesting. There have been manual focus lenses since photography began, even after they were no longer the only option. However, it's the slew of affordable, fast manual focus lenses in recent years that has sparked a strong market for them. They require a slower pace of shooting, but if that fits how you work, they can be incredible tools, full of character. What do you think of manual focus lenses? Do you use them in your photography? Why or why not? Share your thoughts (and images) in the comment section below. Posted In: Fstoppers Originals Gear Opinion 25 Comments Follow Robert K Baggs is a professional portrait and commercial photographer, educator, and consultant from England. Robert has a First-Class degree in Philosophy and a Master's by Research. In 2015 Robert's work on plagiarism in photography was published as part of several universities' photography degree syllabuses. robertkbaggs.com Related Articles Gear / May 1, 2021 If Fuji's Instax Is the Cash Cow, Should It Produce Digital Cameras? Gear / July 28, 2021 Should the Images From Camera Reviews Be Edited or Not? Gear / May 5, 2015 Hands-On Review with Sigma's Newest 24mm f/1.4 Art Beauty Gear / October 24, 2021 The Stupid Names of Camera Functions Premium Photography Tutorials Check out the Fstoppers Store for in-depth tutorials from some of the best instructors in the business. Photography 101 How to Use Your Digital Camera and Edit Photos in Photoshop With Lee Morris $99 $69.30 Photographing the World 4 Advanced Landscapes With Elia Locardi $299.99 $209.99 Log in or register to post comments 25 Comments Eliyahu Mayevsky - October 24, 2021 The obvious advantage is they are system-change-proof. Whatever the upgrades of the system are, as long as the mount fits, you do not have to worry whether they will keep working when communication protocols change. 2 0 Marc F - October 24, 2021 “What do you think of manual focus lenses? Do you use them in your photography?” That’s what I use for already 50 years. I never had an autofocus camera or lens (except my iPhone) 0 0 Sam Sims - October 24, 2021 I exclusively use manual focus lenses on my A7III and prefer them for street photography. I have a Voigtlander 40mm and would not swap it for an autofocus lens. Techniques like zone focusing and hyperfocal work really well. If you want to use shallower f-stops there’s a muscle memory technique that’s especially useful with the focusing tab on Leica M mount lenses where by knowing the distance to your subject you can nail the focus by feel when turning the focus ring. Tricky to master but it is certainly more accurate than autofocus as you aren’t relying on the autofocus to select the desired subject for you. 0 0 Black Z Eddie . - October 24, 2021 [Edited] Back in the day, I had a Rokinon 85 f1.4. I really liked how small it was. I was amazed how relatively easy it was to get sharp focus even at f1.4 with my Sony a6000. But, ultimately, I ain't gots no patience for lenses that ain't gots no auto-focus. 1 0 William Dyer - October 24, 2021 For fast action I love my autofocus lenses. But for more contemplative shooting I love my old and new manual focus lenses: My Zeiss Biogon 58mm f2, my Meyer Optik Gorlitz 100 and 50 mm vintage lenses, and my new Zeiss Milvus 21, 85 and 100mm lenses. They have a special look that some images call for. 1 0 Lee Keene - October 24, 2021 As I remember it, Bell & Howell had first AF cameras, albeit movie cameras. 0 0 Lee Keene - October 24, 2021 And manual focuses lenses are sought by video camera operators for they ease of DOF changes. 0 0 Neal Smith - October 24, 2021 It would be good if the manufacturers would give you a view finder screen you could use to manually focus. I would love to have a split image screen in my Nikon D750 like I had in my Nikon F2. 3 0 winzehnt gates Neal Smith - October 25, 2021 Yes Please! I also want my diagonally split image back for manual focus peaking. Fuji has a digital horizontal split image, but it isn't as useful as a diagonal split image. 0 0 Dave Haynie - October 24, 2021 Another factor in favor of manual lenses has been the rise of mirrorless cameras. Your EVF adjusts to aperture, you have focusing aids, and all the light coming onto the lens goes to the sensor. DSLRs are already chopping off 25% of their light for AF, many already have dim viewfinders and partial condenser focusing screens not made for manual focus. You really need a non standard screen for manual focus on a DSLR. I own a Fujifilm with one auto and four manual lenses. Poor focus peaking and too-low EFV resolution add to the challenge, but I could easily solve that upgrading from my X-Pro1. 1 0 Scott McDonald - October 24, 2021 Manual lenses are easily my favorite for "slow" subjects! So much so that I have 80+ from my oldest Leitz Summar to the more modern Voigtlanders made by Cosina. They are fun, full of character and history, and are much cheaper than that Milvus! If I go autofocus, I don't quite go Milvus extreme but my Sony/Zeiss 35/55/85 suit my needs just fine! 0 0 David Anderson - October 24, 2021 Having trouble with focus peaking on mirrorless? Two things might help: 1) switch to B&W picture style in camera (you can still recover the color image from the raw file), and the peaking with pop more in the EFV. 2) Assuming your manual lens also has a manual aperture, open it up wide to focus, and then stop it down for desired DoF/exposure before taking the shot—after all, that’s what your camera does when it has electronic control of aperture. 0 0 Sam Sims David Anderson - October 25, 2021 Focusing wide open and stopping down only works if your lens doesn't suffer from focus shift. I'm lucky that my Voigtlander 40mm doesn't have focus shift and is tack sharp when stopped down but others have reported their 40mm copy does focus shift. 0 0 Doug Blake - October 25, 2021 When I was learning, my lenses were manual focus and I still often shoot that way. Just because a lens can be auto focused doesn’t mean you have to auto focus. I often will take a shot twice, once on auto focus and once on manual. Many times I will manual focus on multiple spots to find what I like best and it is easier than with autofocus. Try it a bit if you are not sure before buying manual focus only lenses. It might be a revelation for you as it opens up your aesthetic thinking. 2 0 Charles Mercier - October 25, 2021 For decades, I used a completely manual Nikon FM with manual focus lens. Now I have the Sony A7RII with autofocus lenses. There's no going back for me. 1 0 Jan Holler Charles Mercier - October 25, 2021 AF is preferable at all times. Even more so in low light, as I'm sure you know. And with these great sensors with their high ISO sensitivity, you can now shoot in much less light than before. That's why I sometimes take the AF-D 50mm f/1.4 instead of the manual copy. I like manual lenses, but I prefer to have my shots in focus. (All those aides: focus peeking, enlarging are bust against a proper focusing screen). 0 0 Jan Holler - October 25, 2021 Over the last decades I have collected a number of manual Nikkor lenses. For productive work I only use AF lenses. But when I travel privately, I always have my manual Nikkor AI 20mm f/3.5 with me, along with a 35mm either AF or manual (I like the rendering of the manual lens better) or the AI-S 50mm f/1.4 for low light situations and sometimes the Nikkor AIS 105mm f/2.8 (the famous Nikon lens). Recently I rediscovered the (really!) tiny Nikon AF 28-200mm G. So this and the 20mm cover an extremely wide range in a very small package. The image quality is great. The 20mm is very easy to focus (ultra wide angle). The main reason I like these three manual lenses: they are small and fit perfectly in a smaller bag to carry around. - I miss the great focus screens of my Nikon FA. The green dot of the pro Nikon bodies is of no real use (to me). 1 0 Oliver Lison - October 25, 2021 I have been using Zeiss lenses fot the last decade. The range of lenses are 2/25, 2/35, 2/50 and 1.4/85. They lenses work beautifully. Next to Zeiss I would consider Voigtlander. 0 0 S. H. - October 25, 2021 Tilt-Shift has always been manual, and with today's focus-peaking capabilities in mirrorless cameras, it's so much fun! AND, non-tilted/shifted, usually with a marvelous image quality in the sweet spot of the lens. 1 0 Mark Smith - October 25, 2021 Why use focus peaking when you could use focus magnification instead? Not a disadvantage at all. In fact it works well. 1 0 john smith Mark Smith - October 26, 2021 I find that focus peaking is much more accurate but for the kids it's nearly impossible to use. I only use focus peaking combined with stopping down a bit when I'm taking family pictures. It's a bit of practice and depending on the scene it can work very well, eg. grass is very handy to judge where focus is. But I'm not going to pretend I get similar keeper ratio as with a good AF system. 0 0 William Rhamey - October 25, 2021 I recently went back to vintage manual lenses, and it has rekindled my love of photography. There's something about slowing down and manually thinking through what you are doing that, despite a lower hit rate, has made my photography feel more present and real. I would say that my work has been technically less precise lately, but visually more impactful. Especially with the rendering of vintage lenses. Plus, it's more fun. 1 0 Tim van der Leeuw - October 25, 2021 One area where manual focus is often preferred is macro photography. It gives you control over your plane of focus and at such small distances, photographing such small objects, that is often crucial -- nothing more annoying than when the AF system decides to go on a hunt, or focuses on just the part of the subject you didn't want to be in focus. 3 0 David Pavlich - October 25, 2021 Contrarian here. I don't own any manual lenses. I like autofocus, especially since I shoot a lot of wildlife. The hit rate is a bit better than the old days that I did use manual focus lenses back in the film days. 3 0 john smith - October 26, 2021 [Edited] I'm just an amateur and I mainly take family pictures. When I was learning back in the days, I had a second hand Olympus OM4-ti which was an all MF system. Now fast forward 20 years, I'm back to MF because I want quality glass but without the premium price, so I went for second hand Samyang XP lenses. You do get used to it after some time. When money permits I'd like to add at least one descent AF lens for "action" shots.
0.998379	Dubai: The UAE is utilising a two-pronged approach to meet the country’s food demand amidst the backdrop of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a senior government official told Gulf News. Mohammed Al Dhanhani Mohammed Al Dhanhani, director of the Agriculture Development and Health Department at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCE), said: “The pandemic has truly driven home the need for a two-way approach to meeting the demand of our population for food.” “On one hand, we are working to strengthen the international food supply chain. This goal requires productive collaboration with other countries and expanding the number of markets from where we import food,” he explained. “On the other hand, we are stepping up our efforts to support local farmers and explore innovative cultivation methods that enable us to make the most of our resources that are suitable for our desert climate,” he added. The UAE reportedly has existing partnership with farms in more than 60 countries, and is looking to invest more. How the UAE is meeting food security during the pandemic Irish Eden Belleza, Videographer, Angel Tesorero, Reporter According to a Global Agricultural Information Network 2019 report, “the UAE has a substantial number of foreign agricultural investments to produce food directly intended for the UAE market. (These include) the Saudi Arabia Agricultural and Livestock Company (SALIC) and the UAE’s Al-Dahra Holding $1.33 billion dollar agreement in 2017 to develop lands for food production in the Black Sea region. The two companies are reported to have assets in Ukraine, Poland, Romania and Serbia. Furthermore, in April 2018 Al-Dahra acquired Agricost Braila, the largest agricultural producer in Romania with a farming capacity of 56,000 hectares.” Al Dhanhani underlined: “While the UAE is improving efficiency of processing food imports and increasing agricultural testing capabilities, the country is also innovating to have a more efficient crop production without putting undue pressure on its finite arable land and freshwater resources.” Rising rice cultivation The UAE's first rice field in Al Dhaid, Sharjah Image Credit: Supplied Cultivating food crops on a large scale in a desert environment may sound unrealistic as it would drain scarce water resources and open-field agriculture is almost impossible as temperatures average between 40-45 degrees Celsius during summer. But early this month, the MoCCAE has announced the successful cultivation of rice at a farm in Sharjah. To address the challenge of water scarcity and to reduce the amount of water used for growing rice, the research team has installed an underground drip irrigation system. Pipes were embedded in the soil that introduced water directly into the crop root zone through porous receptacles. They also use desalinated seawater instead of pumping groundwater. The pilot phase showed positive results, following a yield of 763-kg of rice per 1,000 square meters of land, and MoCCAE announced “it demonstrated a potential to shape the future of agriculture not just in the country but also regionally.” The Ministry added: “Local production is becoming a priority in the whole of the UAE and the next step is to reach the right level of water consumption.” Al Dhanhani told Gulf News: “Based on the positive preliminary results, we will repeat the rice cultivation experiment on wider areas in different regions of the UAE to obtain more reliable outcomes, develop the irrigation, analyse soil treatment and fertilisation system, and test new rice varieties.” Next crops would be coffee and wheat and Al Dhanhani said: “We are building our research and development capabilities, and the successful rice cultivation pilot project will serve as a good baseline.” Vegetables in vertical farms Aside from underground drip irrigation that was developed with the Rural Development Administration of the Republic of Korea and UAE University for the rice project, several vegetables are also grown at vertical farms inside climate-controlled facilities. Al Dhanhani explained: “There are several ways to reduce water consumption in agriculture, including efficient irrigation systems and innovative agricultural techniques, such as vertical or hydroponic farming that use about 90 percent less water than traditional farming.” Vertical farms in the UAE Image Credit: Supplied “Vertical farming is the practice of growing produce in vertical stacks based on hydroponics or aeroponics to deliver water and nutrients to the plants. It offers an ideal solution to the water scarcity and limited arable land in the UAE,” he added. Rows of leafy vegetables are stacked one above the other and artificial lights are used for photosynthesis to make the plants grow. Hydroponics also eliminates soil-borne diseases as soil is not required in growing plants that grow in media such as rock wool, a fibrous substance produced from molten rock. Al Dhanhani announced Emirates Airline is gearing up to launch the largest vertical farm in the world as a joint venture between Emirates Flight Catering and US-based Crop One at the cost of US$40 million (Dh146 million). “Once complete, the facility will span 130,000 square feet and have a production output equivalent to 900 acres of farmland. At full capacity, the farm will produce 2.7 tons of high-quality, herbicide-free, and pesticide-free leafy greens a day using 99 percent less water than outdoor fields,” he noted. Higher yield, smaller carbon footprint Aside from considerably using less water and providing produce that is free of pesticides and chemicals, vertical farming also has a much smaller carbon footprint than traditional farming. MoCCE noted a hydroponics farms can produce one kilo of lettuce using only about 20 litres of water and water is recycled instead of draining into the soil. Controlling farm temperature can also produce higher yield than traditional farming. Al Dhanhani said: “The UAE government fully supports private sector ventures aimed at establishing vertical farms. For example, Badia Farms, an agritech leader that utilises the latest hydroponic and vertical farming techniques to grow gourmet greens, opened the GCC region’s first urban commercial vertical indoor farm in Dubai in early 2018.” Vegetables growing in a modern UAE farm Image Credit: Supplied “In December 2019, the company announced plans to build a large-scale high-tech vertical farm in Dubai Industrial City that will produce 3,500 kg of high-quality fruits and vegetables per year. The facility is expected to commence operations this year,” he added. MoCCE is also out to individual farmers to adopt innovative methods that support sustainable agriculture and precision irrigation. “We regularly meet with farmers to learn about the issues they face in relation to this technique, and to develop appropriate solutions and relevant support services,” said Al Dhanhani, adding: “We also provide farmers with high-quality subsidised agricultural inputs at half the market price.” He noted the Ministry last year distributed 37 types of agricultural inputs, including organic and compound fertilisers for hydroponic and organic farming as well as seeds and materials for construction of greenhouses. Cultivating plants and fish together Another innovative solution is aquaponics farming. Using an area of 150 square metres, Merlin Agrotunnel, located at Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park), can produce up to one ton of organic vegetables and fruits per month. The agrotunnels use very little water – about 90 per cent less than conventional farming. But aside from crops, they also produce fresh fish. Previous articles UAE grows its own rice in game-changing sustainability project 200 artificial caves to enhance fish stocks in UAE waters Farmed salmon to go on sale as UAE ramps up food security plan In the deserts of Dubai, salmon farming thrives “Aquaponics is a form of agriculture that combines raising fish in tanks with soil-less plant culture (hydroponics). The nutrient-rich water from raising fish provides a natural fertiliser for the plants and the plants help to purify the water for the fish,” Hussain Al Mahmoudi, CEO of SRTI Park, told Gulf News. “The water that is used to irrigate the fruits and vegetables is seawater, desalinated through solar energy, thus completing the development of an integrated system ensuring sustainability of our natural resources,” he further explained. 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0.946189	Mary J. Blige is an American singer and actress, known for songs like “Be Without You” and movies such as “Mudbound.” Most recently, she starred as Monet Stewart Tejada in the television series, “Power Book II: Ghost.” On June 25, her new Amazon Prime documentary, “My Life,” will revisit her 1994 album of the same name. According to its description, “In Vanessa Roth’s documentary Mary J. Blige’s My Life, the singer, rapper and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her to international stardom. She celebrates the 25th anniversary of her most influential work by performing the album live for the first time.” After decades in the entertainment industry, she has accrued a net worth of $20 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. Here’s what you need to know: 1. Blige Has Almost 30 Years in the Music Industry View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary J Blige (@therealmaryjblige) Known as the “Queen of Hip Hop Soul,” Blige is best known for her decades in the music industry. She made her debut in 1992 with the release of her first album, “What’s the 411?” According to The Richest, she earned an estimated $3.6 million from that album. The site reported her follow-up, “My Life,” earned her an estimated $3.2 million. Her two highest-grossing albums were “No More Drama” for $7 million and “The Breakthrough” for $7.5 million, reported The Richest. Touring provides additional revenue. For example, The Richest reported she earned an estimated $2.7 million from her Music Saved My Life tour. 2. Blige Has a Successful Acting Career View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary J Blige (@therealmaryjblige) Blige is an Academy Award-nominated actress with an acting career dating back to 1998. According to IMDb, her first acting role was as Ola Mae on The Jamie Foxx Show. Since then, she has appeared in movies and shows such as “The Umbrella Academy,” “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” and “Rock of Ages.” The 50-year-old will appear in the upcoming show “Lost Ollie” and Aretha Franklin’s biopic, “Respect.” 3. Blige Has Money in Real Estate View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary J Blige (@therealmaryjblige) Blige has also tied up some of her money in real estate. According to Mansion Global, she purchased an 18,250-square-foot property in 2008 for $12.3 million. However, the outlet reported her former home was being sold for nearly half of its original cost. They described the home as an “eight-bedroom, 13-bathroom house sits on a 4.2-acre lot and features a wine cellar and tasting room, an indoor basketball court, a chef’s kitchen with custom wood cabinetry, a six-car garage and elevator access to all floors, according to the listing. A balcony attached to the master suite overlooks a swimming pool and a one-bedroom, one-bathroom pool house complete with its own kitchen. Listing photos also show a 14-seat home theater, a home gym and a library.” Per Mansion Global, after having no bites at $13.9 million, the cost was lowered until it was $6.8 million in 2019. Blige is now trying to sell her Cresskill, New Jersey for $2.75 million according to Realtor.com. 4. Blige Faced IRS a Lien for Unpaid Taxes View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary J Blige (@therealmaryjblige) Blige has faced some financial woes, most notably the IRS putting a lien against the singer in 2013 for unpaid taxes. According to the Associated Press, “Court documents show as of the date of the IRS notice Blige owed more than $574,000 for the 2009 tax year, more than $2.2 million for 2010 and more than $647,000 for 2011.” Her representative told the outlet that Blige was working “with her new team to resolve all these issues as quickly as possible.” Celebrity Net Worth wrote the singer paid off $900,000 of her debt but still owed another $3.4 million. However, in 2012 and 2013 she was sued over defaulted bank loans – $2.2 million from Signature Bank and $500,000 from Bank of America – reported Complex. The publication also reported the “Family Affair” singer once again faced a lien of $1,198,161 for unpaid taxes in 2016 and 2017. 5. Blige Released a Record-Setting Frangrance on QVC View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mary J Blige (@therealmaryjblige) Blige has also developed other revenue streams. One of which was the release of her fragrance with Carol’s Daughter, “My Life.” It was named after the album of the same title, selling exclusively through the HSN network. The scent sold a record-setting 65,000 bottles during the premiere, reported Celebrity Net Worth. She discussed the fragrance with WWD, revealing she was going through a tough time while creating the album. “And four million women said, ‘Mary, we’re going through it, too, but you’re helping us by calling on us,’” Blige told the publication. “From that day on, I began speaking truths about my life, and about their lives, and everything around us. So it’s a special tribute to us as women. My fans and I are smart now. We know we’re smart now, but we didn’t know it then. We know we’re beautiful now, we didn’t know it then. We’re educated now, we didn’t know it then. We’re soft, we’re edgy — we’re all those things. And I wanted this perfume to represent every female’s everyday life.” She also founded the Matriarch Records label under Interscope in 2004. Blige’s various brand partnerships, according to Celebrity Net Worth, include “Reebok, Air Jordan, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Gap, Target, American Express, AT&T, MAC, Apple, Burger King, and Chevrolet.” READ NEXT: Where Is the Season 1 Cast of ‘Too Hot to Handle’ Now? Read More Amazon Prime, Documentary, Mary J. 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0.986816	This study provides an independent overview of the automotive industrial landscape in the EU. Specifically, the study assesses green and digital trends currently reshaping the automotive sector and provides recommendations considering the adequacy and consistency of ongoing and future EU actions. This study was conducted in the 3rd quarter of 2021 by order of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) of the European Parliament and contains recommendations on optimizing the balance between accelerating environmental sustainability, digitalization and increasing the global competitiveness of the EU automotive industry within global value chains (GVC). Below are some conclusions reached by researchers who have considered several issues related to this area. Modern trends The modern automotive industry is globalized, but it is built based on regional clusters, where manufacturers of original components (OEMs) are firmly connected with suppliers. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted existing production chains. In response, automakers have begun to invest in flexible and sustainable global value chains by increasing the number of suppliers at the regional level. New business models based on digitalization and big data have been developed. European automotive market participants are ready to manufacture electric vehicles, whose development and sales were accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This growth has generated investments in the production of lithium-ion batteries throughout Europe over the past two years. The number of electronic components and their content is also growing, which attracts new players to the auto industry. «Greening» of the European automotive industry In 2020, Europe ranked first in the world in terms of penetration of electric vehicles. The European electric car market will continue its growth in the current decade and will become one of the most promising on the planet. European companies are rapidly developing in the production of lithium-ion batteries. Most of the developments in this area are conducted by Asian manufacturers, but it is expected that European companies, some of which are newcomers, will be able to gain their market share. There are challenges in the field of sustainable development of production and disposal of batteries. Digitalization of the European automotive industry The automotive sector is moving towards a digital orientation, which entails an increase in the importance of digital products and services. Participants in the EU automotive sector have opportunities for innovation in software and autonomous driving technologies, while lagging in the field of information and communication technologies, which, due to their increasing importance, pushes European automakers out of leadership positions. The existing shortage of qualified software developers will increase with the advancement of the digital transition. The current shortage of semiconductors slows down the production and development of vehicles; however, huge investments in the EU electronics industry can solve this problem. New business models and sustainability of the automotive industry The influence of related suppliers and at the technological forefront of the electrification and battery supply chain will increase significantly. Large producers are increasingly diversifying their supplies and adjusting production to meet demand. This provides opportunities for European small and medium-sized producers with technical and commercial knowledge to internationalize to gain better access to global value chains. European Union policy in response to challenges In recent years, the EU has been actively pursuing a policy of double transition of industry and EU society. Initiatives were put forward to support the goal of decarbonizing the economy and maintaining leadership in the digital world. Existing trends have been accelerated by the COVID-19, which has pushed the industry and policy makers to take more decisive action. The automotive industry is at the center of a digital and green transition, and it has potential as the industry focuses on both alternative fuels and smart and connected mobility. The entire value chain in the sector should contribute to the formation of new international standards for safe, sustainable, affordable, reliable, and sustainable mobility. Conclusions The EU and relevant companies have developed various strategies to ensure the competitiveness of the EU automotive sector. For example, industrial alliances have proven effective in unifying industry and increasing investment in batteries. The importance of enabling infrastructure has also been recognized in the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Directive and the 5G Action Plan. Finally, the Skills Pact and the Automotive Skills Alliance aim to address the skills shortage. At the European level, many policy decisions have been taken to support the transition to green and digital technologies for a sustainable automotive sector. However, there are also certain gaps and opportunities for further action. For example, differences in the charging and deployment of digital infrastructure in EU member States or the lack of strong players in the field of digital technologies and information and communication technologies in the EU. Topics Europe Automotive engineering EU Source www.europarl.europa.eu News on topic News 04.08.2020 Container comeback Source: International Transport Journal China Container shipping JSC UTLC ERA EU News 09.03.2020 Driving forces for rail freight hubs in Central Eastern Europe Source: Railfreight Rail transportation Container shipping EU News 03.12.2021 Grangemouth is Scotland’s newest rail hub Source: Railfreight EU Analytics on topic Article 05.25.2020 Interactive map: Production impact of COVID-19 on the European auto industry This interactive map shows the impact of the coronavirus / COVID-19 crisis on the production of motor vehicles for each of the 27 EU member states plus the UK. Source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association Automotive engineering Legal regulation EU Great Britain Article 09.13.2021 EU wants to tax aviation fuel and phase out polluting cars by 2035 The European Commission has announced plans to cut greenhouse gases from the transport sector by 90% by 2050 in order to meet the goals of the European Green Deal.
0.869075	A win by either team Saturday won't have any serious implications on the season as UNC has secured a bowl berth and N.C. State will be sitting at home over the holidays. But a win could go a long way in determining the future for each program. State faces the uncomfortable offseason questions that come after a disappointing year. After being considered a sleeper in the Atlantic Division with all-ACC caliber quarterback Russell Wilson, the Wolfpack has managed to win exactly one league game with one left to play. UNC, meanwhile, recovered from losing three straight ACC games with a four-game winning streak, including wins against two ranked teams (Virginia Tech and Miami). × Key stats: 41-10 -- Both fan bases have focused on this score since UNC's collapse last season. N.C. State has the potential to put up a lot of points and UNC"s offense can be a turnover machine ... but this game will be closer than the 2008 contest simply because of the Tar Heels' dominant defense. Best message board tidbit on the game: Great analysis by a Wolfpack fan on Pack Pride: If we don't TO the ball like we did last week we have a chance against their D, if we TO it could be a long day.... As much as our D has issues, so does their O, so no advantage either way here.... Special Teams, Can we finally find an acorn withour blind eyes on ST this weekend.... So all said with no TO's this will come down to someone making a play in 4th qtr to win the game.... Flip a coin if we have no TO's.... UNC will win if ... T.J. Yates and Ryan Houston perform like they did against Virginia Tech, Miami and Duke. The bad offense reappeared after the initial scoring drive against the Eagles in Chestnut Hill and was hidden by another outstanding performance by UNC's secondary. If the Heels play conservative on offense and force Wilson to beat them through the air, Carolina should win comfortably in the fourth. N.C. State will win if ... Wilson and Toney Baker hold on to the ball and force Yates and the inexperienced receiving corps to play keep up. An efficient game by Wilson and solid special teams play should be enough to force Carolina's offense to implode. What people are saying about the game: Butch Davis on State's defense: Defensively, they are very similar to the defense that we faced last week against Boston College. It's a very physical front seven. They're stingy against the run. They give you an awful lot of bad plays. Willie Young, the defensive end, is one of the better pass rushers that we've seen in the last two or three years. Vegas line (6-5): UNC (-6) My prediction (8-3): I began this preview with the intention of picking the Wolfpack because I thought UNC's offense wouldn't be able to keep up. But this is not Tom O'Brien's 2008 team. Russell Wilson has played well on the season but has tossed 11 interceptions -- a striking contrast from last season's debacle in Chapel Hill where he methodically picked apart UNC's secondary without many mistakes. This is the best defense Wilson will face this season. UNC ranks sixth in the country in forcing interceptions (19 on the season) and has a front seven that will create third-and-long situations, allowing defensive ends Robert Quinn and E.J. Wilson to pressure Wilson on the edges. UNC's offense will put together a solid performance with only a few "what the heck was he thinking" moments. Offensive coordinator John Shoop has down a wonderful job scripting scoring drives at crucial times during this four-game winning streak. UNC 27, NCSU 20 Back to Search Results Tags Football TJ Yates Robert Quinn John Shoop Russell Wilson Ryan Houston E.J. Wilson Tom O'Brien Toney Baker Butch Davis Issue: 2009-11-25 Blogs Sports by Jacob Swiger Nov. 27, 2009 12:17 p.m. Home News North Carolina Wake County Durham County Orange County 15 Minutes Photovoice Letters to the Editor Voices Longform Elections Ninth Street Journal Arts & Culture Art Stage Screen Page Sports Etc. News Music Features Reviews News Festivals Food & Drink Features Restaurants News Guides Best of the Triangle Finder Food and Drink Almanac The Pets Issue Pride Guide Style Issue Travel Guide Alternative Wedding Guide Campus Guide Calendar Newsletters Support the INDY Art Stage Screen Page Sports Etc. News Advertise Contact Us Submit Online Print Editions Find a Paper Code of Ethics Privacy Policy Puzzles Page © 2021 Indy Week • 320 E. Chapel Hill St., Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701 • phone 919-286-1972 • fax 919-286-4274
0.928851	Are you meeting your customers where they are? This is the underlying principle behind customer-centricity, where we often fall short even when saying the right words. I learned about the need for customer-centricity when I performed a B2B study in 2013. Respondents rated various attributes for their importance when they evaluated vendors. Ten attributes were selected, including obvious ones like price and product functionality. On a lark, we threw in an attribute I dubbed “Vendor as a Good Partner” (VGP) because there seemed to be an emerging awareness of the value of collaborative relationships — planning and problem solving in concert. On a scale of one to 10, low to high, we learned that VGP scored 9.0 in importance, second only to product functionality, which scored 9.4. Since that time, similar studies have confirmed that VGP is always a top attribute and never lower than third. More significant, when the decision is close as to which vendor to select, VGP settles the tie. Across industries, we’ve seen that close calls happen half of the time. Often clients find the importance of VGP both surprising and inconvenient. “What do I do with this?” is a frequent response. It is especially tricky if you have been reared on analytics because VGP feels soft. From my vantage point, though, VGP is not soft but timeless. My most recent study, completed seven years after the first, confirmed the same findings. VGP remained near the top at 9.5, second only to product functionality (9.7). Even during the time of COVID-19, the more things change, the more they stay the same. With this in mind, I recently interviewed 20 senior managers to get their take on customer-centricity. How are they planning to meet changing customer needs in the post-COVID-19 world? Managers responded by identifying the following factors as the focal point for pressing the reset (listed by frequency of mentions): — Increased parity between customers and vendors: As one manager said, “We will embrace collaboration like never before.” Customers will expect collaboration to take many forms, from jointly planning product roadmaps to flexible pricing models, to risk-sharing and performance assurances. Parity is VGP, only turbocharged. While the implications may be frightening, respondents recognize this as critical for their success. — Transforming business processes in an increasingly virtual world: Respondents believe that “virtual” will dominate the landscape. Reasons cited include safety precautions, cost reduction and increased confidence that “Virtual actually works,” as one manager said. The challenge will be building and maintaining high-quality relationships from afar. There is no choice. “We will figure it out because we have to,” said one manager. Between improved virtual technologies, better remote working skills, and an expanded value offering, managers believe they can build sustainable relationships. Along the way, every business process will get scrutiny and possible revamping. — Touchless transactions: A cashless world awaits, necessitating an enhanced business portal for many businesses. While this is old news for some, portals with electronic payment routing, e-verifications and other transactions will become omnipresent. — Enhanced Analytics: Whether it is building new efficiencies that are shared downstream, or using predictive data in bigger and better ways, vendors will focus on extending their value to customers. Analytics might also help assure customers of preparedness in areas like cybersecurity — or heaven forbid — another pandemic. Managers shared how they are already acting on these evolving customer expectations to prepare for the future. Examples include: — Supply channels undergoing reconstruction to reduce risks going forward. — A customer visit center being upgraded to enable a complete virtual experience, thereby eliminating the need for travel. It will be “additive” in allowing customers to engage with experts worldwide. — Platform technology being upgraded for expanded analytics and improved virtual capabilities. Preparedness will also get a boost here. — Marketing getting a facelift and expanded terrain. Can lightly branded educational webinars be an active sales experience? TBD. The managers surveyed are in the thick of battle but feeling somewhat positive. When asked to rate the confidence in their business post-COVID-19 (scale of one to 10, low to high), the score averaged 8.3. Given the layoffs, furloughs, budget cuts and new complexities in doing business, this seemed like welcome news. My takeaway? The secret sauce of believing in a business’s future starts with meeting customers where they are — and recognizing that they are not in the same place pre-pandemic. There will be trial and error, hits and misses, no doubt. But along with that comes a feeling of being empowered through better listening and aligning with market needs. It might just be what the doctor ordered to reinforce our faith in the future. About the Author Jill Ebstein Jill Ebstein is the editor of the “At My Pace” series of books and the founder of Sized Right Marketing, a Newton, Massachusetts, consulting firm. She wrote this for InsideSources.com. More from Inside Sources News Finance Hidden Feed Economists Say Inflation Is Real, Warn More Spending Could Make… Read More [IS] Opinions Finance Will the Fed Curb Inflation, or Will Politics Prevail? Read More [IS] Opinions Finance Will the Government Kill Bitcoin? 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0.999977	Good control of your pain will help you heal from surgery and return to your normal activities. It will also help you do important activities such as walking and deep breathing. If your pain prevents you from doing these activities, you may be at risk for complications. Examples include a blood clot or pneumonia. Tell your healthcare provider if your pain is not controlled. You may need changes to your medicine or treatment plan. What medicines may I need to manage pain? You may need any of the following: • Acetaminophen decreases pain and fever. It is available without a doctor's order. Ask how much to take and how often to take it. Follow directions. Read the labels of all other medicines you are using to see if they also contain acetaminophen, or ask your doctor or pharmacist. Acetaminophen can cause liver damage if not taken correctly. Do not use more than 4 grams (4,000 milligrams) total of acetaminophen in one day • NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, help decrease swelling, pain, and fever. This medicine is available with or without a doctor's order. NSAIDs can cause stomach bleeding or kidney problems in certain people. If you take blood thinner medicine, alwaysask your healthcare provider if NSAIDs are safe for you. Always read the medicine label and follow directions • Prescription pain medicine may be given. Ask your healthcare provider how to take this medicine safely. Some prescription pain medicines contain acetaminophen. Do not take other medicines that contain acetaminophen without talking to your healthcare provider. Too much acetaminophen may cause liver damage. Prescription pain medicine may cause constipation. Ask your healthcare provider how to prevent or treat constipation • Anxiety medicine decreases anxiety. High levels of anxiety make pain harder to manage • Muscle relaxers help decrease pain by relaxing your muscles and preventing spasms What can I do to manage my pain without medicine? • Apply heat on your surgery area for 20 to 30 minutes every 2 hours for as directed. Heat helps decrease pain and muscle spasms • Apply ice on your surgery area for 15 to 20 minutes every hour or as directed. Use an ice pack, or put crushed ice in a plastic bag. Cover it with a towel. Ice helps prevent tissue damage and decreases swelling and pain • Elevate the painful area above the level of your heart if possible.This will help decrease swelling and pain. Prop your painful area on pillows or blankets to keep it elevated comfortably • Apply compression with an elastic bandage or abdominal binder as directed. An elastic bandage may be used after surgery on your joint, such as your knee. An abdominal binder may be used for surgeries in your abdomen • Sleep in a comfortable position, such as upright or on your side. Use pillows to support painful areas • Ask your healthcare provider about other ways to manage pain without medicine. Examples include relaxation techniques, music, or acupuncture When should I seek immediate care? • You have severe pain When should I contact my healthcare provider? • Your pain does not get better after take your pain medicine • You have questions or concerns about your condition or care CARE AGREEMENT: You have the right to help plan your care. Learn about your health condition and how it may be treated. Discuss treatment options with your caregivers to decide what care you want to receive. You always have the right to refuse treatment.
0.999396	Christine O'Donnell, a 41-year-old Tea Party-backed upstart had surged from far behind to win the Delaware GOP Senate nomination. O'Donnell was a little-known social issues activist, a woman of questionable career achievements and dubious personal finances, who had roundly lost both elections she had previously contested. But in the final weeks before the September 14 primary, she was the beneficiary of high-profile endorsements. Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.163-164 , Jan 2, 2012 Raised $7.5M in Senate race, 90% from outside of Delaware For the November election, O'Donnell greatly outraised her Democratic opponent Chris Coons. To be sure, Coons did very well, raising over $3.8 million, about half from in-state sources and the rest from national Democrats thrilled at their chance to hold the former Biden seat. But O'Donnell hauled in an amazing $7.5 million, 90% from national conservatives and other interests outside Delaware. Similarly, while O'Donnell only sporadically campaigned on the ground in Delaware, she was a sensation in the national media. In due course, the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism would conclude that O'Donnell got more media coverage during 2010 than any other figure except President Obama. Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.165 , Jan 2, 2012 Advised new Tea Party members against Congressional perks Before the 112th Congress could even officially convene, many Republicans were "oriented." Right after the November election, Dick Armey convened a Tea Party retreat to instruct incoming GOP House members on how to stay true to their small-government principles and avoid being co-opted by current GOP House members steeped in the ways of Washington DC. The threats stressed by elite ideologues were the perils of doing business as usual through compromises with Democrats. "Don't be dazzled by plum committee assignments and other enticements from Republican leaders," or tempted by special spending targeted on local districts. In effect, Armey appointed himself the shadow Speaker of the House for 2011; he told rank-and-file GOP legislators to refuse exactly the sort of cooperation with Republican Congressional leaders that Armey himself had routinely orchestrated back in the 1990s, when as GOP House Majority leader he put together complex deals involving perks and targeted spending. Source: The Remaking of Republican Conservatism, p.173-174 , Jan 2, 2012 Inspire real people to engage in the political process Initially, I wasn't really sure about including any stories from my childhood [in this book], because they don't only involve me. My parents and siblings were put through so much scrutiny and hardship when I ran for office and declared myself a public person. The moment I became a candidate, my life became an open book-- and my life is so intertwined with their lives that my family was thrown right out there with me. Then I realized that my goal in writing this book is to inspire real people to engage in the political process. And real people have real lives and real problems. When we share the hard truths of our lives they often stand as an inspiration to others. We've all had our share of rough patches, and I believe we lift each other up when we talk about them; we can learn from each other's mistakes, and find strength in the struggle. Source: Troublemaker, by Christine O`Donnell, first chapter , Aug 16, 2011 Parable of the Peanuts: instill hard work and determination Grandpop always had a story or two he'd share to instill the work ethic in us. The most memorable was a kind of parable about hard work and determination, centered on a bag of peanuts. He told it to us so often that years later it made its way into my campaign speeches. He used to sit us down and say, "Listen, no one is going to hand you a bag of peanuts. If you want a bag of peanuts, you have to earn it. You could work hard and buy two peanuts at the end of each day. Then, eat one peanut and put the other in a bag. The next day, do the same thing." As he spoke, he'd raise his hand to his mouth as if he was eating a peanut. "Eat one," then gesturing, "put one in a bag. And before you know it, you've earned yourself a bag of peanuts!" It was a simple bit of homespun wisdom, but he handed it down to us kids as if it held all the secrets of the universe. To this day if anyone in my family says, "Eat one peanut." whoever's in earshot will respond, "Put one in a bag."-- complete with hand gestures! Source: Troublemaker, by Christine O`Donnell, first chapter , Aug 16, 2011 If I were a witch, I'd've turned Karl Rove into a supporter When Bill Maher showed that old interview, I couldn't think how to respond. Not at first, anyway. The general election was a little more than a month away, and we still didn't have any TV commercials running. Meanwhile, the Coons campaign had launched a whole series of misleading and distorted ads, quite a few of them attacking me, my family, my background, or my beliefs. Like it or not, like me or not, this nothing comment about a guy I'd known back in high school had set in motion what was starting to feel like a modern-day witch hunt-- with me cast as... well, as the witch. It would have been silly, if it wasn't so darn serious, if there wasn't so much at stake. For a while, I managed to defuse a lot of the talk. I even tried to joke about it. When a reporter asked me about the Politically Incorrect clip, I said, "If I was a witch, I would have turned Karl Rove into a supporter by now"--referring Bush's chief of staff, whose only acknowledgement of my campaign was to lead attacks against us. Source: Troublemaker, by Christine O`Donnell, first chapter , Aug 16, 2011 Values that built America can still rebuild a great nation The same principles that made our country great will keep our country great. If we err, let it be on the side of liberty. If we stumble, let us pick ourselves up and press on. If we benefit, let it be from working hard and saving smart. Let us meet our obligations to God and neighbors by way of our own hearts and checkbooks rather than some cold government bureaucracy. Let us entrust our nation to public servants who serve the public rather than themselves, and who place the next generation above the next election. Let America make peace in our world and on our borders through strength, friendship, commerce, and good common sense. These are the values and principles that built--and can still rebuild--a great nation. But it wasn't easy then and it won't be easy now. We will be resisted and we must resist as well, but we must set about it. And so I ask you readers to join me. Source: Troublemaker, by Christine O`Donnell, p. 12 , Aug 16, 2011 I am not a witch; the Constitution is my guide Q: Comments that you've made in the past, which are in your own words because they're on the videotape; you even released an ad that opened up by saying "I am not a witch". So what do you say to voters who are uncomfortable by these remarks O'DONNELL: This election cycle should not be about comments I made on a comedy show over a decade and a half ago. This election cycle should be about what is important to the people of Delaware. My opponent has said that the statements that we made in our 20s should be off the table, and after he made that statement, days later, he started running ads, going back on his word using those statements to misrepresent my character. My faith has matured over the years but regardless of my personal faith, when I go down to Washington, D.C., it is the constitution that I will defend and it is by the constitution that I will make all of my decisions. Source: CNN's Wolf Blitzer moderating 2010 Delaware Senate debate , Oct 13, 2010 Decision to black out national media from DE debates Chris Coons says he's not ducking anything, and he's ready for the tough the questions. "I'm looking forward to any debate that allows Christine O'Donnell and me to have Delaware's voters get a better understanding of our ideas." Coons has agreed to eight debates before November 2nd. He says he rejected a debate hosted by the 9-12 Patriots for one reason only. "The 9-12 Patriots Group has endorsed her and is an issue group. We're looking for and have accepted opportunities for debates at independent venues like the University of Delaware, the Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters." And when it comes to Christine O'Donnell's decision to black out national media, Coons says she can do whatever she wants. "That's her choice. If my opponent decides to stop answering questions from the national media, I hope Delawareans will take that into account." Source: WDEL 1150AM coverage of 2010 Delaware Senate debate , Sep 22, 2010 Charged with spending $20K after campaign had ended Christine O'Donnell is facing allegations she used her campaign cash in 2009-2010 as her personal piggy bank. Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission charged that she illegally spent more than $20,000 of her campaign dollars--when she was no longer a candidate. O'Donnell denies doing anything wrong, saying there is, "No truth to it." To be fair, Chris Coons finds himself having to answer questions about an article he wrote in college, where he described himself as a "bearded Marxist." Source: Anderson Cooper 360 coverage of 2010 Delaware Senate debate , Sep 21, 2010 Bases campaign on �Deal with Delaware� My Deal With Delaware is that I pledge: I will never vote to increase taxes. I will limit myself to 2 terms. I will never vote for �pork barrel spending� or corrupt �earmark favors.� I will always vote in favor of life and families. Source: 2006 Senate campaign website, www.christineodonnell.com , Aug 31, 2006 Member of the Tea Party movement. O'Donnell is a member the Tea Party movement The Tea Party movement is a populist conservative social movement in the United States that emerged in 2009 through a series of locally and nationally coordinated protests. The protests were partially in response to several Federal laws: the stimulus package; te healthcare bill; and the TARP bailouts. The name "Tea Party" refers to the Boston Tea Party of 1773, the source of the phrase, "No Taxation Without Representation." Source: Tea Party movement 10-Tea on Aug 11, 2010
0.954534	Media.am presents the misinformation and conspiracy theories about the epidemic spread from the end of July to August 21. In addition to masks and vaccinations, the issue of returning to school with a mask and maintaining social distance became a topic of discussion. The dismissal of Mher Davidyants, who headed the “Nork” Infectious Diseases Medical Center, caused a stir. Conspiracy theorists and the new school year Lusine Haroyan-Dallakyan, the candidate for the post of Prime Minister in the 2018 special parliamentary elections, offered material to parents and teachers to “read carefully” and “seriously think about” from the Facebook page of the user Na Ha. The author found a conspiracy theory in the reopening of school. Its main purpose is vaccination. “BOYCOTT SCHOOLS in the form they will take on starting September 15. IT IS A TRAP,” the publication reads. In another post, Haroyan-Dallakyan spoke against going to school in masks, putting forward conspiracy theories again, according to which Nikol Pashinyan and his team are “a pawn of globalist evil.” They “engaged in child molestation, the sale and purchase of women and children, exploitation, the sale of organs, and the grafting of rejuvenating stems.” And the great goal of all that is to destroy “our Highland”. There are still those who oppose the new normal school Hrayr Kostanyan from the “Hayk” initiative spoke against going to school and kindergarten under the new normal conditions. His reasoning is, “Can a child growing up in such conditions become Abajyan or Nzhdeh? Of course not! An Armenian child cannot be brought up in a dog kennel and grow up to be an Armenian, even if that kennel has transparent walls…” Statistics of unknown origin: Americans do not want to be vaccinated Channel 5 made reference to a sociological survey on COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, without mentioning its source. According to the data provided, every third American is against the vaccine, even if it is offered for free. From the data provided by Channel 5, it is not clear… Who conducted the survey? What method was used to conduct the survey? Where the survey was conducted. There was a case in the past when Channel 5 presented the sociological poll distorted and manipulated. The resignation of Mher Davidyants On August 7, the head of the Nork Infectious Diseases Medical Center, Mher Davidyants, informed the staff that he had met with the Minister of Health Arsen Torosyan and submitted a resignation application. The misleading doctors were especially active in commenting on this news. 📌 In a conversation with medmedia.am, Marina Khachatryan, who spreads conspiracy theories about the Coronavirus, said that Davidyants participated in the “corona show.” In other words, there were no patients in the “Nork” Infectious Diseases Medical Center, but medical histories of the disease were opened in their name and huge sums of money were “wasted and written off.” 📌 In a conversation with the same website, doctor Nune Nersisyan developed the topic more. According to her, “the ‘Nork’ Medical Center has been a very big ‘money laundering institution’ during the epidemic.” According to Nersisyan, if Davidyants is smart, he will be the first to report the crime. In that case, at least he will have mitigating circumstances. 📌 Armen Grigoryan, known from the KVN project, who has recently been actively criticizing and spreading conspiracy theories on the topic of COVID-19, also expressed his opinion on this occasion. He expressed the same thought as Nersisyan, “since they haven’t nailed you for the ENTIRE Covid-ian story yet, go and testify first.” 📌 Medmedia.am grant program coordinator, doctor Gevorg Grigoryan, told tert.am that Davidyants’ resignation was the result of foresight. “He did not agree to be offered the post of deputy director because, as far as I know, the director of the Infectious Diseases Hospital will be a prominent representative of the LGBT community’s NGO,” he said. Gevorg Grigoryan is a member of the Board of Trustees of the former head of the National Security Service Arthur Vanetsyan’s “Harenik” Foundation. In an interview with Channel 5, Grigoryan did not rule out entering politics. Dr. Hayk Manasyan has published a summation Doctor Hayk Manasyan, who comments on the coronavirus live on Facebook, has reached the end of his myths on this topic. In conclusion, this is how the doctor titled his live broadcast on Facebook on July 30. In the summary of the topic, he presents in detail his professional activity – diagnosis. He said he diagnosed the virus with the same method and concluded, “At first it seemed to me that our task was to overcome the epidemic. Today I have come to the conclusion that the goal is to prolong the epidemic.” (In the video from the 22:22 minute mark). It is problematic for him that the US ambassador went to meet the doctors from France. “Who is the American ambassador to Armenia? Is he the Minister of Health, the head of the department?” He asked and concluded, “there is something political that is coordinated by the American embassy. If I am wrong and this is all a conspiracy, explain to me, why is the American ambassador interfering in the humanitarian aid from France to Armenia? ”(In the video from 26 minutes). Let’s explain: The doctors came to Armenia with US funding, there is no need to be so surprised. Manasyan’s assertion is groundless and conspiratorial. This video of Manasyan was also shared by A1 +. As of August 24, it has more than 11 thousand views on their YouTube channel. Manasyan’s Facebook live has 87 thousand views. The fake news page has opened a daughter page The “Coronavirus = Century Affair” page which circulates misinformation about the coronavirus, claimed, “This ‘dirty’ game looks like chess to me, where globalists are playing against humanity.” The page tries to “save” people from getting vaccinations, “We have 4 months to prepare for the endgame. We must start the awareness process from now on so that no reasonable person agrees to be vaccinated.” For that purpose, the administrators of the page have opened another page, “Say No to the Deadly Vaccine.” In doing so, they recruit people for “anti-propaganda” on the subject of vaccinations. The picture of a swollen child in 2018 is being spread to show the result of the COVID-19 vaccine In addition to textual propaganda, conspiracy theorists who oppose the COVID-19 vaccine resort to photo manipulation. A photo of a child with a swollen body was spread on social networks and is being presented as the results of a COVID-19 vaccine test. It turns out that the photo appeared on the Internet in 2018 when the new type of coronavirus did not exist. Arshaluys Barseghyan Add new comment Comments by Media.am readers become public after moderation. We urge our readers not to leave anonymous comments. It’s always nice to know with whom one is speaking. 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0.999894	Investors Are Wild About the Pet Industry and There's No End in Sight — Especially If There Is a Strong Online Component Entrepreneur Media.PE firms that might normally have a strict lower limit for EBITDA are regularly making exceptions for pet-care industry operations, especially those that demonstrate fast growth. Read more Nov. 24, 2021 Pet dog contracts Covid in first confirmed case in UK It is not the first time that pets have tested positive for the virus: the same laboratory detected coronavirus in a cat last year, while research from the Netherlands has previously suggested that the virus is common in cats and dogs owned by people who have Covid. Read more Nov. 10, 2021 Bonfire night: How to keep pet dogs and cats calm during fireworks This is because dogs can hear four times the distance that a human can hear, and can hear higher pitched sounds, at a frequency range of 67-45,000 Hz. Engineers say they have found way to create fuel ‘out of thin air’Coffee drinkers ‘at higher risk of developing kidney disease’Barbour’s heartwarming Paddington Bear Christmas advert is all about sustainabilityHere are top tips for keeping your dogs and cats safe this firework season:. Read more Nov. 4, 2021 Cockapoo nearly died after eating face mask tied around bone Milo was sent home to recover after his life-saving surgery (Picture: PA) The metal nose clip made it dangerous for Milo to pass naturally or vomit up (Picture: PA) Becky said she is ‘so grateful’ to the vets and nurses who saved three-year-old Milo (Picture: PA)Ms Clancy went on: ‘Sadly this isn’t the first time our vets have seen pets who have eaten discarded PPE. Read more Oct. 31, 2021 What our treatment of Afghan people tells the world about us The emotive language of Gaby Hinsliff’s article (What a story to tell the world: Britain values dogs more than Afghan people, 30 August ) not only risks deflecting attention from the consequences of the reactive, rather than proactive, response of the British government, but also suggests that one cannot care equally about the victims of humanitarian crises and the plight of other innocent species in manmade conflicts. Read more Sept. 1, 2021 Blue-eyed Boston terrier and runt of her litter finds home after 'no one wanted her' When Tess Nolan, a veterinary nurse in Australia, met a Boston terrier with blue eyes who was having trouble finding an owner, she decided to welcome the adorable puppy into her family.Nolan, a veterinarian nurse, said the breeder told her no one wanted to take Daphne home out of fear she might have health problems. Read more Aug. 28, 2021 Photographer captures rare photos of Florida panthers and kittens Due to a massive conservation effort in the 1990s, the panther population is now growing in Florida.The stunning photos are published in the April 2021 issue of National Geographic.For more rare photos, pick up the April 2021 issue of National Geographic. Read more March 11, 2021 Cats and dogs may have to be vaccinated to stop the spread of Covid Scientists said the continued evolution of the virus in animals ‘poses a significant long-term risk to public health’ (Picture: Getty Images / iStockPhoto)It may be necessary to vaccinate pets in the future to stop coronavirus from spreading back to humans, scientists have said. Read more Jan. 25, 2021 Pet shops selling thousands of dangerous or endangered crocodiles, monkeys and venomous snakes The charity said some councils failed to provide licensing information, so the numbers under-represent the true scale of wild animals for sale at pet shops. Read more Dec. 17, 2020 Keeping primates as pets to be banned after social media-driven trend leaves monkeys ‘living in misery’ Animal-welfare organisations, which have lobbied for a ban for years, say that as well as causing immense suffering, the trade threatens wild populations and risks spreading diseases to owners. Read more Dec. 13, 2020 Dogs and owners may share resemblance in diabetes risk “Given the previous research on the shared risk of [being overweight] between dog owners and their animals, we believe that shared dietary habits and also physical activity levels might be involved,” said Kennedy. Read more Dec. 11, 2020 These festive plants could be a danger to your pets However, there are some Christmas plants known to be a danger to pets as they can have toxic effects on your cat or dog if ingested. Read more Nov. 30, 2020 Dog walkers ‘are 78% more likely to catch coronavirus’ Scientists have suggested the virus may be spread through the faeces of pets (Picture: Getty Images)Those who walk pet dogs may have an increased chance of catching coronavirus by 78%, according to a study. Read more Nov. 17, 2020 Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find The research found fipronil in 99% of samples from 20 rivers and the average level of one particularly toxic breakdown product of the pesticide was 38 times above the safety limit. Read more Nov. 17, 2020 8 breeds of dogs with the most serious diseases Knowledge about genetic diseases in individual breeds of dogs is an important element in the work of veterinarians and breeders.It is possible to perform genetic tests to detect the disease and eliminate such dogs from further breeding. Read more Oct. 5, 2020 Dog swallows face mask after picking it up while out on walk Kobe swallowed a mask (Picture: Small Animal Hospital, University of Glasgow)Vets are warning people not to litter with disposable masks after a dog swallowed one on a walk. Read more Sept. 14, 2020 Dog owners warned of ‘puppy snatchers’ after attempts to steal pets on walks Angie explained: ‘He started asking about Mabel – her name, her breed and how old she was.’.‘Those people will try and get your dog away from you using their name and treats, even if it is on a lead. Read more July 24, 2020 Shielding pet owners warned that flea bites could be fatal The research – which uncovered how a third of immunocompromised over 55s are not aware that complications from flea bites can be fatal in extreme cases – went on to suggest that pet owners have found it much harder to treat their cat or dog during lockdown. Read more July 7, 2020 Flat-faced dogs ‘up to 17 times more at risk of heatstroke’ Chow Chows are at the highest risk of heatstroke thanks to their smushed faces and thick double coat of fur (Picture: Getty)If you happen to have a dog that’s a flat-faced breed, please, please take extra caution in the heat. Read more June 18, 2020 Keep pet cats indoors, say researchers who found they kill 230m native Australian animals each year Researchers said owners of Australia’s 3.7m domestic cats needed to make sure their pets were indoors or contained to reduce their impact on native species.
0.999462	Brussels' agency responsible for doling out rescue money - the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) - is turning to markets to raise the extra cash needed for the Greek debt relief programme, which has not yet been agreed by Athens. The ESM is now issuing €57billion (£49.5bn) in long-term bonds - up 14 per cent from original plans - to cover the bail-out programme. However, Athens remains at loggerheads with creditors over the terms of the deal for fresh cash and debt relief - and the stand-off could last for weeks, as the two sides refuse to back down over controversial austerity measures. Last month, the ESM froze short-term debt relief for the country, after prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced a one-off Christmas bonus for low-income pensioners. The move is thought to have angered eurozone officials who are pressing the government to cut pension welfare spending. It came as eurozone finance ministers approved the debt-relief measures proposed by the ESM. In a further sign that tensions between the two sides are increasing Athens this week described proposals by the creditors as "irrational". The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also spoken out against demands from the European Commission and said they are not "credible" and will hamper prospects of growth for Greece. Only through a "Herculean effort" would Athens be able to meet the demands of its creditors under the ESM programme, and through slashing spending in vital services that will derail Greece's long-term prospects, said the Washington-based fund. However, the IMF said Athens is still spending far too much on pensions and not asking enough people to pay tax. 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0.999563	A week or two ago, I started reading Naked in the Woods, a guide to Spiritual nudity by Storm Moon. As a naturist who loves hiking naked in the woods and who started naked meditation some months ago, the theme was of deep interest. I loved the first pages, the description of our links to our mother earth and how nudity can help us getting closer to nature, this spoke directly to my deep feelings. Then, when the author started to speak about his personal practice of nude walk in the forest, it stroke me that I was never entirely naked when hiking: I had walking shoes, a rucksack, a cap… What would it be to be entirely naked? The question needed an answer. As it was dusk, I decided to go for a walk in the forest entirely naked, leaving everything, clothes, watch, shoes. As I was already naked, I just had to take my watch off, let my sandals go and off I went to the forest. There was a little part of risk as the path to the forest from my home had to go through some public areas, cross a road and go along some house. Although it was a Sunday evening, the risk of meeting somebody was not totally nil. However, the appeal was too strong not to take the risk, I had to do it! I left home in the dark, the dog was so happy to go on an unexpected walk and went out the garden. I was outside, barefoot, entirely naked! Some houses were lit, and I walked along, entering the forest after a short while having encountered nobody. My confidence grew and all my senses were into play. I felt a rejuvenated feeling of freedom. Feeling the earth below my naked feet, leaves, grass, rocks was an incredible sensation. My whole body was free of any constraint and my skin could feel every single grain of air. This was an incredible feeling. I walked on a track I knew well, barely lit by a half moon, listening to the sound of the forest, enjoying every step. At one point, I turned into a side path, stopped on a grass patch, and lied down, letting the earth and the air surrounding me. I let go completely my muscles, looking at the moon playing with the clouds and the top of the trees gently moving. I spotted a couple of bats, heard some animal noise in a far distance, a couple of mice came close, and a large smile came onto my face, deeply enjoying the experience. After a while, I stood up and walked back slowly to the house. All in all, the walk had lasted half an hour. Not a lot, but so relaxing, so different from normal hikes. I was without any safety net, any crutch, entirely naked in the woods, and I discovered a new world. I will go back for sure, for longer walks, for walks with my wife, for walks in the day too, as naked in nature, with no clothes at all is a complete different experience I encourage you to do. 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0.999994	Many congregations preface Communion with short Communion talks. This Communion talk typically consists of a Scripture reading and a few thoughts to help the church prepare emotionally and mentally for sharing the bread and the cup. Today’s Bible study will hopefully be an encouragement to those who lead in this capacity. Special guests, Caleb Cochran and Steven Cuffle join Wes McAdams to discuss how to give better communion talks. Are there some passages of Scripture that naturally lend themselves to this role? What sorts of emotions should be evoked? Are there certain things we should NOT say? This conversation offers some helpful advice. First, Wes, Caleb, and Steven discuss things to avoid when giving a Communion talk: * Distracting stories, facts, etc. * Speaking for a long time * False analogies Finally, on a more positive note, they also discuss things to do when giving a Communion talk: * Talk about Jesus and focus on him * Talk about the supper and focus on it * Talk about the church and the purpose of the supper * Read and discuss applicable passages from the Bible Communion does not have to feel like a funeral service. There is certainly a time to focus on the cross, but there is also a time to focus on the joy of what Jesus has accomplished through the cross. We hope this Bible study encourages those who lead during Communion, but also every Christian who participates in this ancient feast. Links and Resources: * Video: Watch This Episode on YouTube* Steven Cuffle is an Evangelist at the Brentwood Church of Christ* Caleb Cochran is an Evangelist at the College Ave. Church of Christ* Article: 3 Suggestions for the Lord’s Supper Fler avsnitt av How to Give Better Communion Talks Appearing Before the Judgment Seat of Christ 2021-11-29 \| 46 min + Faith is Counted as Righteousness 2021-11-22 \| 51 min + How Do I Become a Better Christian? 2021-11-15 \| 50 min + In Whose Name Should We Be Baptized? 2021-11-08 \| 43 min + What the Bible Says About the Flesh and the Spirit 2021-11-01 \| 49 min + Does Christianity Grow in Times of Persecution (Part 2 of 2) 2021-10-25 \| 44 min + Is Political Privilege Harmful to Christianity? (Part One) 2021-10-19 \| 49 min + How to Give Better Communion Talks 2021-09-20 \| 45 min + The Best Marriage Advice in the Bible 2021-09-13 \| 38 min + Forgiven People Forgive People 2021-09-06 \| 37 min + 10/155 Alla avsnitt av Bible Study Podcast Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör Wes McAdams. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Wes McAdams och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.
0.982073	COVID Omicron Variant Detected In Los Angeles, New York, Hawaii, Minnesota, ColoradoLess than 24 hours after the nation's first infection of the COVID omicron variant was detected in San Francisco, new cases have been confirmed across the United States, one in the Los Angeles area and five in New York. Smash-And-Grab Thieves Hit San Jose Eastridge Mall Jewelry Store; 5 SoughtA group of thieves pulled off another smash-and-grab robbery in San Jose at the Eastridge Mall Thursday afternoon. Photos Photos: Bay Area Thrash Metal Titans Hammer Oakland's Fox TheaterThree local legendary thrash-metal bands brought their long delayed "The Bay Strikes Back" tour to the Fox Theater in Oakland Saturday as Testament, Exodus and Death Angel shared the stage. 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Video CBSN Bay Area News Videos Politics Videos Sports Videos Weather Videos More Station Info KPIX 5 Advertise Travel COVID: Expert Says New Omicron Coronavirus Variant Likely Already in U.S.While no cases have been discovered in the United States, a UCSF infectious disease expert believes the variant first identified in South Africa is already here. Holiday Getaway Travelers Pack Bay Area AirportsSome airports in the Bay Area are seeing their busiest day since the pandemic began as people get an early start to their Thanksgiving travel. Travel Experts Forecast Return Of Pre-COVID Crowds This Holiday SeasonThis holiday travel season, the lines at airports are already looking a lot different than it did last year, as you can imagine. Expect it to be busy at airports, similar to pre-COVID levels. More CBS+ CBSN Bay AreaWatch Now Pac-12, Big Ten Conferences Scrap Fall Seasons Over COVID-19 Pandemic Concerns August 11, 2020 at 2:30 pm Filed Under:Cal Golden Bears, Pac-12 Conference, Stanford Cardinal SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The Pac-12 Conference announced Tuesday it would postpone all fall sports competitions, hours after the Big 10 Conference issued a similar announcement, because of concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decisions take two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling fall season amid the pandemic. READ MORE: COVID Omicron Variant Detected In Los Angeles, New York, Hawaii, Minnesota, Colorado Members of the Pac-12 CEO Group voted unanimously to postpone all sport competitions through the end of the 2020 calendar year, the decision coming after consultation with athletics directors and with the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee. “We met with students, we met with our ADs constantly, our coaches, with the medical advisory board,” said University of Oregon president Michael Schill, head of the Pac-12 CEO Board. “We listen too all of the views and we determined that there are just too many questions. Too much uncertainty right now that we would be comfortable beginning contact sports.” The Pac-12 also announced that when conditions improve, it would consider a return to competition for impacted sports after the new year. The conference said student-athletes impacted by the postponement would continue to have their scholarships guaranteed, and it urged the NCAA to grant students who opt out of competition this academic year an additional year of eligibility. “All of the Pac-12 presidents and chancellors understand the importance of this decision, and the disappointment it will create for our student-athletes, the coaches, support staff and all of our fans,” Schill said. “Ultimately, our decision was guided by science and a deep commitment to the health and welfare of student-athletes. We certainly hope that the Pac-12 will be able to return to competition in the New Year.” Schill added: “We are science-based, we are academics. We are going to be looking at facts, not just opinions.” “The health, safety and well-being of our student-athletes and all those connected to Pac-12 sports has been our number one priority since the start of this current crisis,” said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott in a statement. “Our student-athletes, fans, staff and all those who love college sports would like to have seen the season played this calendar year as originally planned, and we know how disappointing this is.” Scott said even though pro sports leagues have been able to start up operations, college student-athletes cannot be isolated enough to return to play safely. “We can not bubble our student-athletes like pro sports can. They are part of broader campus communities. Student-athletes are living with peer students, on campus, interacting,” said Scott. “Enough questions and concerns and have been raised. We need more time … we didn’t feel comfortable” Statement from Chancellor Christ and AD Jim Knowlton on postponement of 2020 sports competition. Release: https://t.co/Pc3ysjygA5 pic.twitter.com/klzkD4yxpz — Cal Athletics (@CalAthletics) August 11, 2020 READ MORE: Smash-And-Grab Thieves Hit San Jose Eastridge Mall Jewelry Store; 5 Sought Earlier Tuesday, The Big Ten Conference said its decision to postpone the fall season was based on multiple factors and “relied on the medical advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee.” “Our primary responsibility is to make the best possible decisions in the interest of our students, faculty and staff,” said Morton Schapiro, Chair of the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors and Northwestern University President. The fall sports included in the Big Ten’s announcement were men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball. The conference said it would continue to evaluate a number of options regarding these sports, including the possibility of competition in the spring. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren. “As time progressed and after hours of discussion with our Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, it became abundantly clear that there was too much uncertainty regarding potential medical risks to allow our student-athletes to compete this fall.” The health and safety of our student-athletes, coaches, staff, and community has been and always will be our top priority. pic.twitter.com/Wqo0NgK8yH — Bernard Muir (@Stanford_AD) August 11, 2020 Also on Tuesday, the Mountain West Conference announced it was also suspending its fall sports season. Other major football conferences, such as the ACC, Big-12 and the SEC have yet to make a decision. As a former college athlete, my heart goes out to all of the players who won’t get a chance to compete this season. It’s never easy to make a call like this, but I’m glad to see student safety prioritized over profits. It didn’t have to be this way. — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 11, 2020 Late last month, the conference, which includes UC Berkeley and Stanford, had planned on a conference-only football schedule that would begin in late September. The Pac-12 cancellation means this fall will be the first time since World War II that the annual Big Game between Stanford and Cal would not be played. This year’s contest was set to be played at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. © Copyright 2020 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
0.999753	Balance is essential to me, especially as a mental health professional. I am very client-centered and enjoy the work that I do, so there have been times I’ve let balance take a back seat. However, I’ve learned that I’m the best and most creative in my work with others when prioritizing my own wellness. Keeping the “practice what I preach” mindset has been helpful in maintaining balance. I look at wellness as a daily practice and I don’t wait until I’m burned out to take care of myself. I take breaks often, schedule in time to eat mindfully, and I take walks daily even if it’s just for 10 minutes. Additionally, I compartmentalize my work and home life, setting a time each day to close my laptop and put my phone away. Our world is so focused on productivity, which can lead to overwhelm and burnout. I encourage everyone to build at least 10-15 minutes into every day to do something just for them. What should our readers know about your business? I am the owner of Centered Counseling and Consulting and I have worked with clients of all ages. I have a special interest in trauma, chronic stress, burnout, and workplace dynamics. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist, I have advanced training in working with children, adults, and parents. In addition to counseling, I provide consultation and training to both non-profit organizations and corporations, focused on various mental health topics, corporate wellness, eliminating racial bias, and trauma-informed practices. I believe what sets me apart is my commitment to community engagement. Additionally, I’m proud of having both the extensive professional training in the field and the ability to draw on lived experience. When I advocate for people in communities of color to connect to mental health resources, I am not asking individuals or groups to do something I haven’t done myself. I know first-hand the stigma and obstacles to connecting to services and have personally experienced the transformative power of engaging in services. I am most proud of the many community groups I have collaborated with to provide mental health and wellness information to vulnerable populations. My business journey has been pretty consistent but has needed to evolve with the on-set of COVID 19. Creating new systems to effectively serve clients during a pandemic was a learning curve that I overcame. Also, finding ways to take calculated risks when investing in myself and my business has been vital. Building something that has an impact can feel challenging in such a microwave driven society. While it’s not the glamorous approach, I have prioritized the idea that going slow in the right direction is better than rushing. I first began with heavily investing in my education and training, the foundation of providing quality services. Subsequently, I created a mission and vision for how I want to serve others through my business. I ensure that anything I do or take on, aligns with my values and that mission. A lesson I’d impart is that sustainability comes from staying grounded in making an impact and not getting distracted by what is trendy in business or in your field. I want people to know that the Centered Counseling and Consulting brand is about holistic health that encompasses all wellness dimensions. I strive to bring the mental health and wellness message to as many people, organizations, and systems as possible. Not everyone will step into a counseling office, but I strive to make wellness education culturally relevant and accessible to all. Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to? I currently reside in Austin. My favorite spot is the lake, honestly. 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0.999999	Womens Volleyball Championship by Agetec, Outlaw Volleyball: Remixed by Global Star, and Summer Heat Beach Volleyball by Acclaim Entertainment Inc.,. There are also some titles imported from Japan Who are some promoters for volleyball? For beach volleyball crocs is a promoter For beach volleyball crocs is a promoter What materials are used for beach volleyball? A beach + sand + a volleyball + a net + chalk to mark the lines + some people = Beach Volleyball. Why is court volleyball played less than beach volleyball? Its not. It depends where you live, I live where there is no beach, in a city and court volleyball is very popular in some high schools. There is a social beach tournament played indoors on sand, but its not popular at all. But somewhere on along beach, beach volleyball is very popular. It takes alot more skill to play proper court volleyball, beach volleyball is more fun and social. Who are some beach volleyball athletes? misty may trainor, kerry walsh What are some good volleyball clubs in San Francisco? vision city beach What are some Olympic volleyball teams? By Olympic volleyball, you should be meaning beach volleyball. There is the Japan, Soviet Union, South Korea. Russia, Brazil, United States, and more than that. How is beach volleyball different then standard volleyball? Here are some differences:Beach volleyball typically has 2 players per side, while standard volleyball has 6 players per side.Standard volleyballs are made of leather and are heavier than beach volleyballs.Indoor courts are larger than outdoor courts.In standard volleyball, a match is 5 sets or games.In beach volleyball, a match is the best of 3 games. What are some famous volleyball players? Misty May Treanor and Kerri Walsh.. they have won 3 gold metals in the Olympics for beach volleyball and they are partners Give at least 50 examples of individual or dual sports? Some examples of individual or dual sports include: 1.Womens Basketball 2.Mens Basketball 3.Womens indoor volleyball 4.Womens Beach Volleyball 5.Men's indoor Volleyball 6.Men's Beach Volleyball 7.Womens Track and Field 8.Mens track and Field 9.Womens Grass Tennis 10.Womens Tennis - Clay 11.Womens Tennis - Indoor 12.Womens Tennis - Outdoor 13. Mens tennis -Grass 14.Mens tennis- Clay 15. Mens tennis - indoor 16.Mens tennis - outdoor 17. Mens Racquetball 18.Womens racquetballall 19. Women's Lacross 20. Mens Lacross 21. Powder puff Football 22. Mens American football 23. Women's soccer 24.Mens soccer 25. Rugby 26.Cricket 27. Barrel Racing 28. Team Calf Roping 29. Mens Baseball 30.Womens softball 31.Mens swimming 32.Womens swimming 33.Womens Diving 34.Mens Diving 35.White Water Rafting 36. BMX racing 37. Dirt bike racing 38. Power lifting 39.Ping pong 40.Cross Country 41.Snow boarding 42.Sking 43.Water Skiing 44. Ice skating 45. Ice Racing 46.Ice Hockey 47.Ballet 48. Gymnastics 49.Boxing 50.Car Racing Who are some of the best athletes that compete in beach volleyball? misty may-trenor and kerri Walsh What are some sport adjectives that begin with the letter B? barefoot (beach volleyball) Im having a volleyball party and you need ideas what should you do to make it fun? Here are some ideas: if you have a pool, get a pool volleyball net, and play volleyball. If not, set up a volleyball net in your backyard. You could also just play some volleyball wii games, such as deca sports, or big beach challenge. I suggest deca sports. What is beach volleyball? Beach volleyball is like indoor volleyball but with sand. Both sports are along the same lines like you serve the ball, pass the ball, hit the ball and set the ball. Outdoor sand/beach is most commonly played. Most club beach volleyball teams consist of you and one other player or partner. So you play two on two. The rules are mostly the same for indoor and outdoor volleyball some examples are you cant cross over the service line before making contact with the ball, you can't touch the net, if the ball hits outside the court with no other contact from the other team then it's out. Some difference between the two are you can't open hand tip, you can double on first contact if it a hard hit, if you set the ball it can only make 1full rotation or else its the other teams point and considered a double (some refs will be more or less lenient) also in some tournaments the refs are other players in your age group. Beach volleyball most people were swim suit bottoms and a sports bra or bikini instead of a jersey, spandex. Also you DO NOT where shoes or knee pads. Beach volleyball is also A LOT more lenient on jewelry like you can where anything really. Outdoor Beach volleyball is a lot of fun but also very challenging, with the hot practices + walking in sand + more court to cover since it just two of you, it is only for some people. But It is very fun and you should totally play hope this was helpful(: What are some outdoor activities to do in the Vero Beach FL area? There are many out door activities to do in Vero Beach. Beach volleyball, swimming, surfing, rollerblading, bicycling, tanning, even recreational sports. What are some sports that only have two players on a team? Tennis doubles, beach volleyball, two person bobsled What are some major accomplishments misty may treanor did? She won 3 Olympic gold medals for beach volleyball What do you need to play beach volleyball? Beach, Volleyball and a Net Women can play in what ever floats their boat it they don't have to wear bikinis because some people aren't comfy in that sort of stuff i the person before suggested women wear bikinis but that's just his op pinion What are some warm weather games for the Olympics? All athletics (track and field), baseball, softball, beach volleyball, field hockey, rowing. What is the length of a volleyball court? The "regulation" size for a Volleyball court is 29.6' x 59.0'. Some beach courts are 30' x 60', probably just for the ease of measuring without calibrated rulers, etc. What are some games that can be played with a beach ball? Participating in beach ball games is fun. There are many games that families and friends can play together at gatherings. Volleyball, dodge ball, soccer and even a simple game such as catch are all good ways to have fun with a beach ball. 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0.999952	A warehouse management system (WMS) is a software application that is used to monitor and control warehouse operations. It handles inventory from the time it enters the warehouse, throughout its storage, and until it gets delivered to the end customer. A WMS avoids manual errors and also manages stock control by ensuring the transparency of inventory data. A WMS application enables users to access a centralized system in which various warehouse management duties are controlled through a uniform interface, ensuring warehouse operations are both simple to use and efficient. Following are the key functions of the warehouse management system. 1. Tracking Inventory One of the key responsibilities of warehouse management systems is to keep track of the inventory inflows in the warehouse. It provides warehouse managers with unparalleled visibility into stock availability and replenishment requirements. A WMS enables warehouse operators to monitor the demand and supply of their commodities to procure the products in the appropriate amount and at the proper time. Additionally, it is critical for warehouse space optimization. A WMS ensures that inventories are allocated evenly to guarantee efficient warehouse management. 2. Layout Planning It is critical for a warehouse to maintain a well-organized layout design. A warehouse management system assists you in perfectly designing the layout of your warehouse. A logical framework incorporated into its system allows effective placement of your inventory within the specified warehouse. Accessibility, demand, and weight are the variables that influence the development of this systematic pattern design 3. Labour Management Having real-time data on each employee’s efficiency and performance is critical for monitoring and ensuring that warehouse operations are adequately processed. A WMS can examine and monitor numerous performance indicators displayed by warehouse staff. This could be a crucial performance measure, and its implementation could be beneficial for labour management. Additionally, warehouse management adds to staff management by assisting logistics companies in developing incentive systems that emphasize employee productivity and effectively minimize workforce burnout. 4. Order Processing Another critical function of WMS is to oversee the order processing inside the warehouse. A WMS helps fulfilling products accurately and ensure timely delivery of products. There is a minimal expense associated with incorrect stocking of orders and shipment to mismatched clients, hence reducing the overall cost of warehousing. 5. Analytics A business’s strategic decision-making process is based on data-driven and executable insights. A WMS provides extensive and accurate insights into warehouse activities, assists in efficiently tracking inventory in and out, and the warehouse management team can plan their future course of action successfully. Warehouse managers gain the leverage to significantly enhance the business by using the information obtained in real-time from the WMS. 6. Paperless Documentation A WMS provides a centralized view of the complete warehouse processes. With its anytime accessibility, WMS provide warehouse workers with the necessary data and information to perform their jobs efficiently. Automated warehouse management solutions eliminate the need for paper-based paperwork. 7. Reliable Customer Service Businesses’ primary focus has always been customer satisfaction. As a result, organizations strive to optimize their processes to provide seamless, customized, and personalized experiences to their customers. A warehouse management system enables the delivery of authentic products to the correct consumers at the right time. WMS are essential in guaranteeing customer satisfaction for existing customers and acquiring and converting new prospects. 8. Increases Productivity A good WMS maintains an audit trail that connects transactions to specific employees. This increases accountability and creates an opportunity for coaching based on individual performance goals. A WMS establishes a logical structure that is simple to follow and significantly improves the working lives of your team. It establishes explicit KPIs and performance requirements for the warehouse team, which promotes efficiency and accuracy. Conclusion Warehouse management has long been a pillar of the logistics industry, and businesses have always placed a high premium on the efficient operation of this business unit. 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0.986321	Gerda Weissmann Klein (born Gerda Weissmann, May 8, 1924, Bielsko, Poland) is a Polish American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All but My Life (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry. She married Kurt Klein (1920–2002) in 1946. The Kleins became advocates of Holocaust education and human rights, dedicating most of their lives to promoting tolerance and community service. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Gerda Weissmann Klein also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization that champions the value and responsibilities of American citizenship. She has served on the governing board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which features her testimony in a permanent exhibit. On February 15, 2011, Klein was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. In 2013, she published a children's adventure story called The Windsor Caper, which had remained hidden away since the 1980s, when it was a weekly serial in The Buffalo News. Wikipedia Link Gender Female The best books of all time by Gerda Weissmann Klein 536 . All But My Life by Gerda Weissmann Klein A Polish Jew records her experiences and struggle for survival in Nazi work camps and during a thousand-mile forced march
0.996992	I’ve recently discovered not only how to make spring rolls, but how delicious they are. I always thought they looked so complicated, but I’m so glad I realized that they really aren’t difficult to make at all and make a perfect meal. For this recipe, I’m not only going to give you a recipe, but walk you through exactly how to make them! I’m also throwing in a yummy peanut sauce that you can dip the spring rolls in. Spring rolls Ingredients: Spring roll wrappers / rice paper (found at most grocery stores in the international section, at an Asian market, or online) Carrots: thinly sliced Cabbage: thinly sliced Cucumber: thinly sliced Sprouts 1 avocado Peanut Lime Sauce Ingredients: 2 Tbsp. peanut butter 2-3 Tbsp. liquid aminos 2 limes 1 tsp. garlic chili sauce 1 tsp. miso paste (optional) The ingredients I listed for the rolls can definitely vary depending on preference, as well as what kinds of vegetables you have on hand. Feel free to experiment and try out different ingredients! To start off, you want to get some sort of pan or large bowl to fill up with a small layer of water. This is to rehydrate your spring roll wrappers and allow them to bend and roll up. I like using a large pan, it works perfectly. I always like to create a little station, with all my cut up veggies, wrappers, and water. This is what it usually looks like. Once you’re all set up, take one of your wrappers and place it in the water and fully submerge it. In about thirty seconds lift if up and you will see that it has become flexible. Now, let any excess water drip off it and lay it out on a dry flat surface. Now it’s time to put all your fillings in! In the center of the wrapper, place all your veggies. Make sure not to put too much, or it may be hard to roll up. After a few practices, you’ll be able to figure out how much is too much (or too little). Now that all your veggies are on your wrapper, it’s time to roll it up! Start by folding in the horizontal edges. Now, fold up the end and then just roll it up! And now you have yourself a beautiful spring roll! The sauce is pretty self explanatory compared to the spring rolls. Just simply juice the limes, and add all ingredients into a bowl and whisk until well combined. There you have it, a delicious and healthy lunch or dinner! If you’re looking for something new to try, definitely try out this one! Share this post: Tweet Email Print Like this: Like Loading... Related Categories Dinners, recipe, Recipes, Sauces, veganized•Tags asian food, blogger, dinner, easy recipe, foodie, health, healthy, healthy recipe, How to, how to make spring rolls, howto, ideas, lunch, lunch ideas, nutrition, plant based vegan, plant-based, plantbased, plantbasedvegan, recipe, spring rolls, theplantedvegan, vegan, vegan blog, vegan dinner, vegan lunch, vegan recipe, veganblogger, veganized, vegetables, veggie Post navigation Previous My Favorite Things: August Next My Experience Attending the Plant-Based Prevention Of Disease Conference 7 thoughts on “Spring Rolls \| Veganized” Pingback: What I Eat In A Day \| August 22, 2015 \| The Planted Vegan Jacklyn @ Jack's Balancing Act says: September 9, 2015 at 5:55 pm Love the step-by-step pictures because mine always turn out SO homely-looking haha! And the sauce looks so easy and delicious 🙂 LikeLiked by 1 person Reply The Planted Vegan says: September 9, 2015 at 7:43 pm Thanks, glad you like it! And mine turn out looking about that same way too. The taste is all that matters though, right? 🙂 LikeLike Reply cookiesnchem says: September 11, 2015 at 1:37 am This is so awesome! I recently posted a spring roll recipe as well – with peanut sauce too! Great minds think alike, no? 😉 I love your pics and step-by-step instructions! LikeLiked by 1 person Reply The Planted Vegan says: September 11, 2015 at 2:40 am Thanks! And I’ll have to check it out, great minds must think alike! 🙂 LikeLiked by 1 person Reply Morgan @ Managing Mommyhood says: September 14, 2015 at 3:52 pm I always want to try spring rolls, but I’m so picky that I don’t want to put a ton of time and energy into making it to not like it hahaha LikeLiked by 1 person Reply The Planted Vegan says: September 14, 2015 at 4:20 pm I’m sure you’ll like them! They don’t take very long to make either, especially if you just make one or two rolls. 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0.999622	Cron Jobs allow you to run scripts and automate repetitive tasks that can take up considerable time if done manually. In this post, we show you how to set up a cron job in cPanel and how to configure a real cron for WordPress. This tutorial covers the following: What is a Cron Job? A cron job allows you to automate commands or scripts on your site that require being triggered at regular intervals or whenever specific events happen to complete repetitive tasks. cPanel includes a software utility called cron (from the Greek word for time, Chronos). This utility lets you schedule tasks that your system runs repeatedly. These tasks are called cron jobs or cron schedules and they are run from a file called crontab (CRON TABle) that lists all the tasks that cron needs to execute. You can set a command or script using cron jobs to run at a specific time every day, week, etc. For example, you could set a cron job to run a backup or delete temporary files to free up disk space on your server every week (or every two hours, or on a specific day of the month, or at 2:36 pm every Wednesday). Once a cron job is set up, it then runs automatically as per your schedule. Parts of a Cron Command A Cron Command typically consists of four parts: Timing: this part lets you set when you’d like your script to run by specifying regular intervals in terms of minutes, hours, days, months, and weekdays. Execute: this part calls the PHP your cron job needs run, which is normally located in the path /usr/bin/php. Script Path: this is the full path of the file you want to run (e.g. /home/user/public_html/index.php) Output: this optional part lets you write the cron output to a file or discard it. For example, to discard the output may require adding something like this: /dev/null 2>&1. Normally, any script that requires a cron job will provide you with the path or command you need to use that script. Your hosting provider may also supply or give you specific instructions for structuring your cron job commands. You then create a cron job using the path or command provided (and replace any placeholder strings in the line or command with your site’s details, if required). In the screenshot below, for example, my cPanel dashboard has automatically provided some PHP command examples with my site’s username (helpservices) and a sample PHP version included in the command path. PHP command examples. Note: cPanel recommends having good knowledge of Linux commands to use cron jobs effectively and running your script past your hosting administrator before adding a cron job to avoid running into problems. How […] Keep Reading » This article was written by Martin Aranovitch and originally published on WPMU DEV Blog. Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are "affiliate links." This means if you click on the link and purchase the product, We may receive an affiliate commission.
0.999448	Standardized test scores have long been a staple of the college application. Students generally start studying for the SAT or ACT well in advance and schedule multiple test dates to submit the highest scores possible. This type of testing was deemed useful to colleges and universities because it was supposed to be indicative of student performance: a direct, concrete way to evaluate academic skills. However, the reality is not exactly that. Standardized testing has undergone quite a bit of criticism as well, bringing to light biases against race and socio-economic status, and little prediction of future academic performance. So COVID-19 has been the straw that broke the camel’s back in a struggle of universal acceptance. It’s clear that the pandemic has changed the old ways of applying to college. With many colleges and universities giving students a break this year and adopting temporary or permanent test-optional policies, there is a whole new game to master. According to a recent article, the test optional application has required admissions officers to take a new stance when evaluating prospective students. Whereas before, testing was a relatively simple way to classify students into ranks, without it, other factors such as GPA, essays and recommendations are gaining more weight and importance. From an admissions standpoint, the shift away from testing shouldn’t mean that it will be more difficult and time-consuming to evaluate applications, but that applications will be approached from a different perspective. One such approach is polling, used by admissions officers to rate candidates based on their transcripts. This technique is used now at Cornell. Read More 0 Comments Click here to read/write comments Topics: College Essays, College Applications, college preparation, ACT, college admissions, SAT/ACT, SAT prep, Cornell University, college counseling, high school senior, high school junior, test optional, GPA, college essay topics Are public universities the better choice for 2020? Posted by Neal Schwartz on January 26, 2020 Tweet With the increasing cost of private universities are public universities the best choice? It is so hard to generalize about whether ALL public universities are a better investment than ALL private universities. Making overall claims can be dangerous. Similarly, making a decision on the whole universe based on comparing just a few colleges has its own set of extrapolations that can translate into a poor decision for a student. Cost Considerations: Sticker Shock now more than ever There is a general misconception about the cost of public universities across the board. For many parents that were educated in the 80s and 90s, there was not as much of a difference between an in-state public university and an out-of-state public university. Since the downturn around 2008 and 2009, more students, at least in the Northeast, migrated to public colleges. And along with the pressure on state funding, state colleges began to charge more for out-of-state students to cover their costs. Yet something went very wrong. According to an article from the New York Times, with tax revenues plunging, states slashed funding to colleges just as millions were seeking to enroll. Public colleges could not adequately educate the influx of students. As their state subsidies shrank, public colleges either restricted enrollment, spent less on educating each student, or raised tuition. Sometimes, they did all three. There are three categories of public and private 4-year colleges: In-State Public, Out-of-State Public and Private. I selected some popular schools in each of these categories and although there are outliers from the ones I selected, it is easy to see the gaps between these three categories. In-State Public: $27,000 per year Out-of-State Public: $51,000 to $56,000 per year Private: $69,000 to $75,000 per year Data source: College Navigator Read More 0 Comments Click here to read/write comments Topics: College Costs, college advice, Financial Aid, University of Michigan, Lehigh University, University of Richmond, Boston University, Binghamton University, Cornell University, University of Delaware, University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Maryland, College graduation rates
0.967938	What can you say about an outfitter who has managed and developed his country for 50 years? They have no plans to quit, they just keep hiring younger legs to run up the mountains.
0.999617	Jason Doyle, the 2017 world champion, who has joined Ipswich Witches. - Credit: Steve Waller - stephenwaller.com Ipswich Witches have swooped to sensationally sign 2017 world champion and current Grand Prix star, Jason Doyle. The 36-year-old Australian is returning to British Speedway after a two-season absence, to lead the Suffolk side in 2022 and wants to make lifting the Premiership title with the Witches one of his key goals for next year. Jason Doyle, hopes to lead the Witches to title glory in 2022. - Credit: Steve Waller - stephenwaller.com It's a huge coup for Chris Louis and his Witches team and the Foxhall fans are sure to be delighted with such a big name to spearhead the club next summer. “I’ve been speaking to Chris Louis for many years now about joining Ipswich, but it just never worked out,” said Doyle. “I went to Sweden and then obviously the pandemic happened so the last two years I have been over in just Poland and Sweden. I made the decision after this year that I wanted to come back to British speedway and Chris was the first one I spoke to and obviously from the years before where we were close to signing contracts, I thought it was time to go to Ipswich for the first time.” Witches owner Chris Louis, a big statement of intent by signing Jason Doyle - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller The current world number nine says that a liking for the Foxhall track played a big part in his decision and already being based in East Anglia sealed the deal. “I had a few offers, so I had to sit down and pick through the pros and cons and the main pros are that I like the Ipswich track and have rode well there so that was a big plus point," he said. Adam Ellis, yellow, and Jason Doyle celebrate a maximum when the Robins last rode the Witches in 2019 in the Premiership final. - Credit: Picture: Steve Waller Most Read expand_more More 1 Matchday Recap: Town out of Trophy after shootout loss 2 New farm shop and cafe opens in Suffolk countryside 3 Uproar as plans put in to turn Suffolk pub into vets 4 Further case of Omicron Covid variant detected in East Anglia 5 Burglar jailed for break-in at Stowmarket dental practice 6 'Fans are disgruntled - I understand it' - Cook on Papa John's Trophy exit to Arsenal U21s 7 West Suffolk's Covid rate rises to become highest in county 8 Flood alerts issued for Suffolk coast ahead of expected high tide 9 Stu says: Six observations following Papa John's Trophy exit to Arsenal U21s 10 Major west Suffolk road reopens after two vehicle crash "Plus, living so close to Ipswich as well and going to airports after a Thursday meeting for Grand Prix was another major factor. The final one was being so close to home; I can get back to home from Ipswich within an hour and I’m back in my own bed and not travelling through the night.” While many top riders have decided not to ride in British Speedway in recent years, the 2017 world champion feels that being busy in the UK helps your form over the course of the season. “For myself racing in England is a massive plus because I’m riding all the time on the bike," Doyle added. "The young kids always speak about being in Poland and Sweden but if you’re on the bike you are getting a lot more confidence and a lot more money if you are riding twice a week compared to only doing one in Sweden and one in Poland. You've been waiting patiently...⏳ Say hello to your new number one for the 2022 season 🤩 Welcome to Ipswich, @JasonDoyle69 👋 🧙‍♀️#TruPlantWitches pic.twitter.com/hR0t8uUiZk — Ipswich Witches (@ipswichspeedway) November 26, 2021 “Sometimes if you are not in the top five in the team, you are probably in and out of the team all year. For myself, riding a lot in England helps me riding in Poland and in the Grand Prix and I seem to go a lot better when I’m on the bike and not thinking as much as perhaps I have the last couple of years when I have been doing just Poland and Sweden. "The young kids need to look at the way I do it because for myself I think it benefits my racing when I do go to other major competitions.” Doyle is now enjoying a couple of weeks off after a long hard season before he will begin preparations for the 2022 campaign. The Australian international last rode in the top-flight with the Swindon Robins in 2019 as they beat the Witches in the play-off final to lift the trophy and Doyle is hoping for a similar success story in 2022, only in Witches colours this time. “Firstly, for Ipswich, they haven’t won the championship for a while so that is the main goal for myself and the team," he said. "Obviously, we beat Ipswich when I was riding for Swindon so hopefully, I can be in the team with Ipswich to lift the title next season. "That’s the main goal for us, just get to that final and then we can go for it. For myself, I just want to enjoy my racing again and hopefully have fun with my new teammates and the club and have some fun times.” MEANWHILE Ipswich Speedway Supporters’ Club has produced a full colour 2022 ‘Witches Legends & Heroes’ A4 wall calendar with all profits going to support the speedway club. There are still a few copies left and these can be purchased for just £6.00 + £2 P&P (UK only) by visiting http://www.ipswich-ssc.co.uk or by post from ISSC, 7 Penshurst Road, Ipswich IP3 8QZ (cheques payable to Save Our Speedway) while stocks last. Ipswich Witches Suffolk 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.
0.945498	Brindley Horatio Benn was born in Kitty, British Guiana, and attended Central High School, where he was successful in the Junior and Senior Cambridge exams. Before entering politics, Benn was a teacher in Georgetown, the capital city, and was motivated to become involved in politics as a result of his interest in social work and youth work, and in finding solutions to the problems the citizenry confronted. He joined the People's Progressive Party (PPP) the nation's first mass-based political party, which came into existence in January 1950, and was editor of Thunder, a publication of the party. By the time the PPP was elected to office in the wake of the March 1953 elections—the first under universal adult suffrage—Benn was an executive committee member of the party. Consequent upon the suspension of the constitution in October 1953 and the removal of the PPP government from office, Benn was restricted to an area of about one mile in radius in New Amsterdam in the county of Berbice and required to report to the police daily. In 1954 the leadership of the party split, and in 1956 three of the most important African-Guianese members of the party defected. These events were occasioned in part by the about-face of the party's Marxist leader, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, regarding the question of joining the West Indies Federation. After these events, Benn remained with the PPP despite his personal feeling that the party should not have changed its position on federation. Benn held this position although his assessment that the crisis in the leadership of the party was between the "left," comprising the Marxists who favored more rapid changes, and the "right," who advocated a softer pro-Moscow line. Following the PPP victory in the 1957 general election, Benn served as a member of parliament from 1957 to 1964. As minister of education and community development, he coined the slogan "One People, One Nation, One Destiny," which became the national motto. During his tenure as minister of agriculture, the Guyana School of Agriculture was established. By 1960 he had become disenchanted with the PPP leadership, which he felt was abandoning its class concerns. He also believed that the leadership was more concerned with winning elections as a way of maintaining itself in office than with providing gradual improvement in the education of the masses—which was essential to preparing the colony for political independence—in accordance with espoused socialist principles and with developing viable policies geared to the achievement of the government's goals. By the 1964 elections Benn had risen to the position of deputy premier, and in the second PPP prenomination-day broadcast to the nation, titled "The PPP and Human Rights," Benn not only specified the human rights to which every Guianese was entitled (freedom of organization and association, of movement, to give and receive information, of religion, of assembly and demonstrations, of the right to recognition of trade unions, and of equality before the law) but also the party's record in the field of civil rights while it was in office from 1953 to 1964. In 1964, also, Benn was detained by the British government as a political prisoner under the Emergency Regulations at the Sibley Hall Detention Center in the county of Essequibo. Then in 1965 he formed the Working People's Vanguard Party and printed a weekly mimeographed account of the political and economic scams that were occurring in the country. He maintained friendly relations with other political parties through the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy. After the PPP regained power following the 1992 elections, Benn won a seat in parliament, which he subsequently relinquished to become Guyana's high commissioner to Canada from August 1993 to November 1998. In 1994 Benn was awarded the Cacique Crown of Honour, a national honor, for his contribution to the restoration of democracy in Guyana. From 1999 to 2002, he served as chairman of the Public Services Commission and as a member of the Judicial Service Commission and the National Archives Board. In 2003 he became chairman of the Guyana Lotteries Commission and of the Internal Revenue Board of Review. Although Benn previously favored Guyana's entry in the West Indies Federation, he now feels that despite previous strong support from other West Indian leaders, such as Trinidad and Tobago's Dr. Eric Williams, Barbados's Grantley Adams, and, for a time, Jamaica's Norman Manley, it was "a colonial-style institution" that was "being foisted on the Caribbean by Britain" (Benn, 2004), and, moreover, "an artificial attempt at regional unity, and a hurried arrangement created by the British in an area of emerging Third World Countries" (personal communication with author). See also Politics and Politicians in Latin America Bibliography Benn, Brindley. "Legacies of Cheddi Jagan." In Caribbean Labor and Politics: Political Legacies of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley, edited by Perry Mars and Alma Young. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, 2004. St. Pierre, Maurice. Anatomy of Resistance: Anti-Colonialism in Guyana, 1823–1966. 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0.99944	Quality investing is an investment approach that seeks companies that exhibit quality or best features. This is closely associated with factor investing (other popular factors include: value, growth, size, and momentum). The main objective is to construct a portfolio of high-quality companies that have the potential to perform well in all market conditions. Some of the attributes that these “good” companies offer could be a strong management team, a healthy balance sheet, and relatively low debt levels. Quality investing has proven its efficiency over the last decades and tends to deliver more evenly spread returns across business cycles. It also demonstrates defensive features during market downturns without compromising the potential upside capture in rising markets. Key Learning Points Quality investing is an investment approach associated with factor investing It aims to identify and invest in high-quality companies that have the potential to perform well in all market conditions Quality assessment could be quite subjective, but however, these companies are generally expected to show a number of both quantitative and qualitative attributes These attributes include: sustainable earnings and revenue streams, efficient business models, and brand power This approach is suitable for investors with a long-term time horizon and a balanced risk profile How Quality Investing Works? Quality stocks typically produce persistent returns which are valued by investors with a long-term time horizon. This type of investing style tends to capture the more premium stocks in the market. Investors are often willing to pay more for stocks that deliver consistent returns. The opposite of quality investing can be selecting unloved, underperforming ‘value’ stocks which often need to see a structural improvement in either market conditions or their own operations before the share price is likely to outperform. Quality companies usually have strong business models and competitive edge within their industry, which are already successful and deliver returns in excess of the market. Therefore, they are expected to continue being ahead of their peers and offer higher returns for longer than the market expects. Although higher short-term returns could lift their share price up to and make them look more expensive, the market might tend to under-appreciate the persistence of their returns. As a result, should these companies deliver them year after year, investors are likely to re-assess the stock, which on the other hand could be the driver for outperformance. How to Identify a Quality Stock? Appraising the quality of a business can be quite subjective as it can be based on soft and hard criteria. Best practices suggest that they should be able to demonstrate: Good management: that has the ability to recognize potential opportunities and capitalize on them. Typically, that should be companies with low staff turnover, particularly at a senior level. Strong balance sheet: that could withstand unfavorable business and/or market conditions. Usually, these stocks have lower debt levels – Debt to Equity and Interest Coverage ratios are two of the most common ratios that investors pay attention to. Earnings stability: this, in theory, lowers the risk of forecasting errors and can make earnings projections more predictable. Investors who favor quality investing may be willing to pay more for this predictability. Having a strong track record of paying (ideally growing) dividends: is another characteristic of a quality company. In addition, this could suggest a strong management team that strives to create (and continue to deliver) shareholder value. Reinvesting profits: alongside distributing dividends, quality companies also need to make sure they invest some profits back into the business. This is to sustain their market competitiveness by continually developing new products and services, implementing new technology, and continuing to improve business efficiency. The Return on Assets ratio could be a good indicator for the latter.
0.965558	Jemima was booked to travel to Italy in May 2020 for a two-week tour of the major landmarks and attractions. In mid-March, Jemima decided to cancel her trip, as Italy had become a major hot-spot for the Covid-19 pandemic. Jemima made a claim to her travel insurer for the cost of her flights and the tour. Jemima’s insurer declined her claim because there was an exclusion in the policy for claims arising directly or indirectly from government interference with the insured’s travel plans. The insurer noted that Italy had gone into a nationwide lockdown on 9 March 2020, before Jemima cancelled her trip, which would have interfered with her plans. Dispute Jemima looked at the Italian government’s lockdown announcement on 9 March 2020. She thought the government interference exclusion shouldn’t apply to her claim because: according to the announcement, the restrictions were only effective until 3 April 2020, so they would end before her departure date. the restrictions in the announcement didn’t technically close the borders to foreigners, so she still could have travelled to Italy on her departure date. she cancelled her trip solely due to health concerns about Covid-19 rather than any government restrictions. The insurer declined the claim again. The insurer told Jemima the restrictions would have interfered with her travel plans because, although the borders were technically not closed to foreigners, no one could travel within Italy without a valid work or health reason. The insurer noted the restrictions were extended beyond Jemima’s departure date. Finally, the insurer said the exclusion applied regardless of Jemima’s primary reason for cancelling the trip. Review We reviewed the Italian government’s announcement on 9 March 2020. We agreed with the insurer, that although the borders weren’t technically closed to foreigners, the restrictions would have interfered with Jemima’s travel plans. The tour couldn’t take place under the restrictions because no one could travel within Italy or gather in groups in public spaces. Although the announcement said the restrictions were effective until 3 April 2020, the wording in the announcement suggested that restrictions would be ongoing for some time as: the announcement was already an extension and variation of previous restrictions, suggesting further extensions were possible Italy had declared a six-month state of emergency from 31 January 2020, showing some restrictions would be in place until at least the end of July 2020 reference to the evolving epidemiological situation, suggesting Italy’s response to the pandemic was ongoing as circumstances required reference to ensuing uniformity internationally and in Europe. Many countries around the world and in Europe were closing their borders and restricting travel until further notice. We also noted that Italy was one of countries worst affected by Covid-19 in the world, with cases rising by over 1,000 new infections a day. In all the circumstances, when Italy began its lockdown on 9 March 2020, it appeared likely travel restrictions would extend beyond Jemima’s travel dates in May, and they in fact did. Although we accepted Jemima’s reason for cancelling her trip was health concerns, we were satisfied on the wording of the exclusion, Jemima’s claim arose directly or indirectly with the Italian government’s interferences with her travel, associated with those health concerns. Resolution We issued a decision explaining to Jemima that insurers are entitled to decline claims where an exclusion applies because that is how they manage their risk, whether obvious or more finely balanced. We found that the complaint should not be upheld. Insights for consumers Loss arising from Covid-19 may not be covered, even if there is no specific pandemic exclusion in your policy, if another exclusion applies. Search case studies Free text Case Notes Category - Any -Accident InsuranceBusiness Interruption InsuranceCivil works insuranceCommercial financeCommercial property insuranceConsumer CreditContracts for DifferenceCredit CardsEquity securities (shares)Estate AdministrationFinance brokersFinancial AdviceFinancial PlansFire & General InsuranceForeign ExchangeFund managersFunds transferFuneral InsuranceHire Purchase AgreementIncome Protection InsuranceInsurance adviserInsurance BrokersKiwisaverLife InsuranceLoan Protection InsuranceMarine InsuranceMaterial Damage InsuranceMechanical breakdown insuranceMedical InsuranceMortgage BrokersMortgagesMotor Vehicle InsuranceNon-bank deposit takersPeer-to-peer lendingPet insuranceProfessional Indemnity InsurancePublic Liability InsuranceSavings PlansStockbrokersSuperannuation SchemesTimesharesTotal Disability InsuranceTrading platformTrauma InsuranceTravel cardsTravel InsuranceTrustees
0.999997	Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance (left) and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty (right), listen to Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a news conference in response to the ongoing situation with the Covid-19 pandemic, at 10 Downing Street, London. - Credit: PA All of Hertfordshire moves into the newly created Tier 4 coronavirus alert level on Sunday, December 20. But what are the Tier 4 rules and restrictions? Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced this afternoon that London and the parts of the south east and east of England that were in Tier 3 were moving into Tier 4, including Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Large parts of Herts – including Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston, Harpenden, St Albans and Hertford – only moved into Tier 3 this morning (Saturday). Herts local council areas Broxbourne, Watford, Hertsmere, which includes Potters Bar, and Three Rivers were previously moved into the ‘Very High’ COVID alert level on Wednesday, December 16. As of midnight, all of the county will be in Tier 4, meaning non essential shops will have to close, as will indoor gyms, and there will be no relaxation of the restrictions for Christmas. There are now four tiers of local restrictions to suppress the virus: Tier 1: Medium alert Tier 2: High alert Tier 3: Very High alert Tier 4: Stay at Home Most Read expand_more More 1 Man wanted for criminal damage at The Horn pub 2 Omicron variant: Confirmed case in Hertfordshire says health boss Jim McManus 3 St Albans named among UK's best places for Christmas activities 4 Hit and run on deadly Redbourn Road 5 St Albans city centre road closures reduce spaces for Blue Badge holders 6 Community design group 'ignored' over Alban Arena redevelopment 7 Luton Airport expansion approved despite passionate opposition 8 St Albans gang members jailed for running cannabis factory network 9 Sexual assault onboard train to Harpenden 10 St Albans council urges Hertsmere to rethink plans for Bowmans Cross In terms of numbers: Tier 1: 906,374 (2% of the population) Tier 2: 17,005,573 (30%) Tier 3: 20,659,139 (37%) Tier 4: 17,706,154 (31%) If you do not live in a Tier 4 area, you may see a maximum of two other households – your ‘Christmas bubble’ – on Christmas Day, December 25. You cannot see anyone from a Tier 4 area. Tier 4: Stay at Home guidance What you can and cannot do in areas with a rapidly rising level of infections, where tighter restrictions are in place from December 20, according to www.gov.uk If you live in a Tier 4 area, you cannot meet other people indoors, including over the Christmas period, unless you live with them, or they are part of your existing support bubble. Outdoors, you can only meet one person from another household. These rules will not be relaxed for Christmas. You must not leave or be outside of your home except for where you have a specific purpose, or a ‘reasonable excuse’. A reasonable excuse includes: Work and volunteering You can leave home for work purposes, where your place of work remains open, and where you cannot work from home, including if your job involves working in other people’s homes. Essential activities You can leave home to buy things at shops which are permitted to open in your area, but you should stay local. For example, you can leave home to buy food or medicine, or to collect any items, including food or drink, ordered through click-and-collect or as a takeaway, to obtain or deposit money (e.g. from a bank or post office), or to access critical public services. Exercise and recreation People can also exercise outdoors or visit some public outdoor places, such as parks, the countryside, public gardens or outdoor sports facilities. You can continue to do unlimited exercise alone, or in a public outdoor place with your household, support bubble, or one other person. Medical reasons, harm and compassionate visits You can leave home for any medical reason, including to get a COVID-19 test, for medical appointments and emergencies, to be with someone who is giving birth, to avoid injury or illness or to escape risk of harm (such as domestic abuse), or for animal welfare reasons – such as to attend veterinary services for advice or treatment. Communal worship and life events You can attend a place of worship for communal worship, a funeral or a related event for someone who has died, or to visit a burial ground or a remembrance garden, or to attend a wedding – but funerals, linked events and weddings are all subject to limits on the numbers that can attend. You must not meet socially indoors with family or friends unless they are part of your household or support bubble. You can exercise or visit a public outdoor place by yourself with the people you live with, with your support bubble, or, when on your own, with 1 person from another household. Children under five, and up to two carers for a person with a disability who needs continuous care, are not counted towards the outdoors gatherings limit. Public outdoor places include: parks, beaches, countryside accessible to the public, forests public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them) allotments the grounds of a heritage site outdoor sports courts and facilities playgrounds You cannot meet people in a private garden, unless you live with them or have formed a support bubble with them. Businesses and venues Businesses and venues which must close To reduce social contact, the regulations require some businesses to close and impose restrictions on how some businesses provide goods and services. These include: non-essential retail, such as clothing and homeware stores, vehicle showrooms (other than for rental), betting shops, tailors, tobacco and vape shops, electronic goods and mobile phone shops, and market stalls selling non-essential goods – these venues can continue to operate click-and-collect (where goods are pre-ordered and collected off the premises) and delivery services. hospitality venues such as cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars and social clubs, with the exception of providing food and drink for takeaway (until 11pm), click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery. accommodation such as hotels, hostels, guest houses and campsites, except for specific circumstances, such as where these act as someone’s main residence, where the person cannot return home, for homeless people, or where it is essential to stay there for work purposes. leisure and sports facilities such as leisure centres and indoor gyms, indoor swimming pools, indoor tennis and basketball courts, indoor fitness and dance studios, indoor climbing walls. entertainment venues such as theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums and galleries, casinos, amusement arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks, go-karting venues, indoor play and soft play centres and areas (including inflatable parks and trampolining centres), circuses, fairgrounds, funfairs, zoos and other animal attractions, water parks and theme parks. indoor attractions at botanical gardens, heritage homes and landmarks must also close, though outdoor grounds of these premises can stay open. personal care facilities such as hair, beauty, tanning and nail salons. Tattoo parlours, spas, massage parlours, body and skin piercing services must also close. It is also prohibited to provide these services in other people’s homes. community centres and halls must close except for a limited number of exempt activities. Libraries can also remain open to provide access to IT and digital services, for example for people who do not have it at home, and for click-and-collect services. The following businesses and places will be permitted to open for a small number of exempt activities, including: education and training - for schools to use sports, leisure and community facilities where that is part of their normal provision. childcare purposes and supervised activities for children. hosting blood donation sessions and food banks. to provide medical treatment. for elite sports persons to train and compete (in indoor and outdoor sports facilities), and professional dancers and choreographers to work (in fitness and dance studios). for training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls). for the purposes of professional film and TV filming. Businesses and venues which can remain open Other businesses and venues are permitted to stay open, following COVID-19 secure guidelines. This includes those providing essential goods and services, including: essential retail such as food shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, garden centres and Christmas tree retailers, building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences. market stalls selling essential retail may also stay open. businesses providing repair services may also stay open, where they primarily offer repair services. petrol stations, automatic (but not manual) car washes, vehicle repair and MOT services, bicycle shops, and taxi and vehicle hire businesses. banks, building societies, post offices, short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses. funeral directors. laundrettes and dry cleaners. medical and dental services. vets and pet shops. animal rescue centres, boarding facilities, and animal groomers (may continue to be used for animal welfare, rather than aesthetic purposes). agricultural supplies shops. mobility and disability support shops. storage and distribution facilities. car parks, public toilets and motorway service areas. outdoor playgrounds. outdoor gym, pools, sports courts and facilities. golf courses. archery/driving/shooting ranges (outdoors). outdoor riding centres. Public services The majority of public services will continue and you will be able to leave home to visit them. These include: the NHS and medical services like GPs and dentists. Jobcentre Plus sites. courts and probation services. civil registrations offices. passport and visa services. services provided to victims. waste or recycling centres. Going to work To help contain the virus, everyone who can work effectively from home should do so. Where people cannot do so, including people who work in critical national infrastructure, construction or manufacturing, they should continue to travel to their workplace. Public sector employees working in essential services, including childcare or education, should continue to go into work. Where it is necessary for you to work in other people's homes - for example, for nannies, cleaners or tradespeople - you can do so. Travel Travelling within a Tier 4 area According to the government, if you live in a Tier 4 area, you must stay at home. You must not leave your home to travel unless for work, education or other legally permitted reasons. If you need to travel you should stay local – meaning avoiding travelling outside of your village, town or the part of a city where you live – and look to reduce the number of journeys you make overall. Travelling out of a Tier 4 area You must stay at home and not leave your Tier 4 area, other than for legally permitted reasons such as: travel to work where you cannot work from home travel to education and for caring responsibilities visit those in your support bubble - or your childcare bubble for childcare attend hospital, GP and other medical appointments or visits where you have had an accident or are concerned about your health. 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0.999959	To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Zeus Greek God The Ancient Greeks loved people and knew that they were a very important part of life and culture. They wanted to use people in their artwork and doing sculptures was just one way of showing their love for the human. Gods and Goddesses The gods and goddesses of Ancient Greek were important to all aspects of life and the Ancient Greeks would make statues of these gods and goddesses. The gods and goddesses were seen in human form and so artists of Ancient Greek times found it to be a very important job to sculpt these gods and goddesses so that they could worship them in the cities, temples and during festivals. Zeus Human Body Since the Greeks saw art as important, they were always making sculptures, but what they saw as more important was the human body. The Greeks knew that there was a difference between gods and people, but the human body was considered sacred. Differences The sculpture would make different sculptures of people and gods and the gods would always be different than the regular humans. If a sculpture made a sculpture of a Greek god or goddess, the sculpture would be much bigger and more detailed than if the sculpture decided to make a statue of an Olympic champion or of a government worker. Greek Sculpture Hellenistic Period It was during the Hellenistic Period that sculpting was the most important. There would be sculptures and statues that would be all over the towns and they would normally be tall and free-standing. Materials Different materials would be used to make sculptures and some of them would be made from bronze or from marble. Bronze was the favorite material to use for a long time because it was stronger and would stand easier. When artists began making smaller statues and sculptures, they began to use different materials. Some of the artists made terracotta figurines which were ceramic. Marble Marble was easy to get to and was found in different cities close to Ancient Greece. Since marble and bronze were so easy to get, many of the statues were made of these materials. Marble was easy to form and easy to use and so when making sculptures, the Ancient Greek artist would often use this material. Most of the time when marble was used, wood would be used as well to make the clothing of the sculpture. Marble statue of Aphrodite Bronze Bronze was also another material that was easy to use. Not only was bronze easy to use, it was more expensive and would give the artist more money. The bronze was very valuable and not many of the bronze statues from Ancient Greece have survived. Other Materials Other materials that were sometimes used in sculpting was plaster, stucco, limestone, wood, bronze and marble. Wealthier people might ask for their sculptures to be made out of gold. Some of the sculptures were given jewelry to wear and they had holes to attach the jewelry. Most of the statues were painted with bright colors and they only look white because the colors faded over the years. Sculptures and statues that were preserves can still show some of their coloring. Time Periods There were three major time periods where sculpturing was the most important form of art. There were different statues that were popular during these times such as the terracotta figurines and small sculptures. Archaic Period Sculptures during the Archaic Period were mostly made of stone. Most of them were free standing and would look like humans. Male and females were sculpted, and they had distinctive looks. Classical Period The Classical Period had a change of sculptures and during this time, the sculptures became more natural. Even though the statues had always shown real people, during this period, they looked more normal and had better qualities. Statues and sculptures were made more than in other periods and it was a time when the statues and sculptures were put into buildings and temples and when they would be outside of different buildings as decorations. Hellenistic Period During the Hellenistic Period, there were different cultures that were being seen in Greece and so this brought a period of change to the way the statues were made. Statues were made of children, moms, women, dads, people, animals and different scenes. Wealthy people would buy sculptures so they could put them in their garden and decorate their homes Figures of people were made, and they did not sculpt them perfect, but made the sculptures realistic. Gods and heroes had sculptures made of them and they were seen all over the towns and in the temples. Facts About Ancient Greek Sculptures: One of the most famous sculptures was called “Statue of Zeus at Olympia.” This statue was found in Athens. The statues of gods and goddesses were worshiped by the people. Terracotta figures were very large, larger than most statues. Gems were used to decorate the statues. Artists would sculpt gods, goddesses, mythical creatures, people and even figures from books. What Did You Learn? Was sculpting an important part of Ancient Greece? Yes! Artists loved to sculpt people, gods and characters. These were very important in Greek culture. What were terracotta figures? Terracotta figures were extremely large figures that were carved. What were some materials that were used in sculptures? Sculptures used marble, bronze, gold, gems, plaster and more. Why did artists use marble and bronze? Artists of Ancient Greece used marble and bronze because it was easy to mold, and it was easy to get. How did the statues change over the different periods? The statues became more realistic as times changed.
0.999542	Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has underlined the importance of the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear future and its positive impact on Tehran-Ankara relations with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, via a phone conversation. “This agreement will influence Iran’s relations with its neighbors, especially Turkey,” President Rouhani said during the conversation, according to Iranian agency IRNA. “We left behind the oppressive sanctions and were able to find acceptable solutions,” he added. The Iranian president also mentioned Tehran and Ankara’s mutual cooperation to help restore stability in the region, saying, “People of the region are eyeing our cooperation and we can achieve a win-win solution in the region.” “It is necessary to increase our interactions for uprooting terrorism and confronting the issue of terrorism in the region, which could destabilize regional countries.” Rouhani, meantime, thanked Turkey for its cooperation on the nuclear issue in recent years. The Turkish president, for his part, felicitated President Rouhani for its nuclear achievements, according to IRNA. He said, “We are ready to cooperate with Iran on regional issues. We can help achieve this through close interactions among different bodies of the two countries.” Erdoğan, in reference to Iran-Turkey relations, said, “We should follow up the expansion of ties and help to deepen it through cooperation.” Turkish authorities have not yet made a statement on the conversation. ECONOMY Turkey to follow China’s economic growth strategy: Erdoğan MOST POPULAR Minimum wage talks kick off in Ankara Turkey to follow China’s economic growth strategy: Erdoğan Ankara urges Council of Europe to avoid any decision against Turkey Istanbul residents throng to Greek Church to make wish Sea taxis in Istanbul in service, awaiting customers Recommended Turkey rejects Syria’s statement targeting its territorial integrity Turkish, Russian top diplomats discuss bilateral relations Ankara urges Council of Europe to avoid any decision against Turkey Top Turkish, US diplomats discuss bilateral relations President Erdoğan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi speak over phone Turkey follows mobilization of U.S. troops in Greece’s Dedeağaç Turkey, UAE deal to launch new area in bilateral ties: Erdoğan WORLD Germany cracks down on unjabbed as US eyes winter battle Germany unveiled strict curbs on the unvaccinated on Dec. 2 as alarm fanned worldwide over the Omicron variant, and Joe Biden announced America’s winter battle plans against COVID-19 as signs of community transmission of the new strain began showing in the U.S. ECONOMY Turkey to follow China’s economic growth strategy: Erdoğan Turkey can produce goods cheaper and sell those products to other countries and raise revenues in U.S. dollars like China has done, but Turkey has more advantages in terms of luring foreign investments, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. SPORTS Trabzonspor flying high in Süper Lig as rivals fumble Turkish Süper Lig leader Trabzonspor extended its points difference with the closest rival to 10 points after Week 14 games, bolstering its fans’ hopes that the 28-year longing for the league trophy will be over this season.
0.999688	If you didn't manage to watch the video lesson that I published yesterday, here's a quick summary of the key ideas. In the video, I look at the topic "Describe a person", which is one of the six main topics in part 2 of the speaking test. Here are some possible questions in this topic area: Describe a teacher Describe a famous person Describe a friend Describe a family member Describe a child Describe someone who helps people Describe someone who does something well I then suggest that we choose an easy 'theme' e.g. a hard-working and friendly person. We can prepare lots of good vocabulary for this theme, and hopefully use it to describe any of the people in the list above. Comments You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. Hi Simon. Thank you for your help. I use your technique in writing essays, but sometimes I feel difficulty in defining proper structure before I start writing. One example is the below essay: "It is generally believed that the Internet is an excellent means of communication but some people suggest that it may not be the best place to find information. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion." Can we start this essay with "People have different views about.."? There are 2 views which do not fully contradict each other. Some say internet is excellent means of communication, others say it is not the best place to find info. So do I have to write about effective communication sides of internet in the first body and do not touch useful sides of finding info? And in the second body to write about only less usefulness in finding info not adding less effectiveness of communication? What about opinion? What partial means here? What is strong opinion here: either to agree with those who think it is effective communication mean, or to agree with the latter who think it is not best to find info? what if I have opinion that it is best to find info? Because non of the views say so I am really confused :(
0.994676	The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universe Engaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviews Issues delivered straight to your door/in-box From$7.15 View News Space & Physics Health Planet Earth Strange News Animals History Forums Tech Culture Reference About Us Magazine subscriptions More trending Best air purifiers Cyber Monday Peloton deals COVID-19 News Culture Pregnancy tips Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Home News How Many Calories Does Walking Burn? Depends How Tall You Are By Rachael Rettner 30 May 2013 (Image credit: Dreamstime) Scientists have come up with a new equation to determine how much energy people actually use while walking. While previous work has conjured many ways to measure the energy cost of walking , the new equation is among the first to account for the impact of body size, taking into account individuals' height and weight. The equation has many possible applications. It could be used to design pedometers that, in addition to distance walked, provide an estimate of calories burned , taking into account a person's body size. The military may also find the equation handy, possibly using it to calculate how much energy soldiers expend — and thus how many calories they will need — while carrying different loads, said study researcher Peter Weyand, of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The findings are published today (Nov. 12) in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Why height and weight matter Scientists knew that shorter people, including children , use up more energy per pound of their body mass when walking than taller people, but they didn't know why. To find out, Weyand and his colleagues had 48 subjects, ages 5 to 32, walk on a treadmill at speeds varying from 0.9 miles per hour (0.4 meters per second) to 4.3 miles per hour (1.9 meters per second). The subjects ranged in weight from 35 to 195 pounds (15.9 to 88.7 kilograms), and in height from 3.5 to 6 feet (1.1 to 1.8 meters). The researchers measured how much oxygen the subjects used to calculate their metabolic rate. They also examined they way each subject walked, including their stride length and duration. The results showed that everyone used about the same amount of energy for each stride they took. But because people with shorter legs take more steps to cover the same distance as people with longer legs, short people used more energy over a given distance. In other words, tall people are more economical walkers because they can take bigger steps. For instance, someone who is 5 feet tall and weighs 100 pounds burns 0.44 calories per pound of their body mass (49 calories total) to walk one mile, while someone who is 6 feet tall and weighs 190 pounds burns 0.37 calories per pound of their body mass (about 71 calories total) to walk the same distance, Weyand said. So although taller people are more economical walkers and burn fewer calories on a per pound basis, they do tend to burn more calories. This is because they are generally supporting a greater mass against gravity, which requires more energy, Weyand said. The equation is based on the walking speed that was most economical for the subjects, it does not accurately estimate calories burned by people walking very fast or slow. Kids and adults walk the same The study is also the first to show that people, young and old, do not differ in their gait. "Regardless of your height, weight and age, people, after they reach 5 years of age, all walk in the same way," Weyand said. This finding was contrary to earlier hypotheses which proposed that younger people burn more calories when they walk because of some factor of development. Weyand's study has implications for the study of human evolution . Some evolutionary biologists have proposed that humans started to walk upright because the posture is a more energy efficient way of walking. The new equation could provide better estimates of the energy costs of walking for early hominids, Weyand said, to see if the change in posture did indeed provide the supposed benefits. 11 Surprising Things That Can Make Us Gain Weight Walking Boosts Brain Function, Study Shows Some People Are Born to Be Gym Junkies Rachael Rettner Senior Writer Rachael has been with Live Science since 2010. She has a master's degree in journalism from New York University's Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She also holds a B.S. in molecular biology and an M.S. in biology from the University of California, San Diego. 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0.999997	How they plan to kill BILLIONS with the common flu: Covid vaccines induce “AIDS” immune system failure, opening door to death via common flu strains - NaturalNews.com Smoking gun confidential Pfizer document exposes FDA criminal cover-up of VACCINE DEATHS… they knew the jab was killing people in early 2021… three times more WOMEN than MEN - NaturalNews.com STILLBIRTHS GALORE: The infant death wave has begun as pregnant women continue getting jabbed for “covid” - NaturalNews.com Most SURPRISING 9 ways people are dying during the pandemic besides from Covid - NaturalNews.com Israel flipping out over spread of new “Omicron” covid strain - vaccines and “boosters” proving to be medically useless - NaturalNews.com Breaking: U.S. District Judge STRIKES DOWN Biden's vax mandate for federal contractors - NaturalNews.com OBEY THE FAUCI: Cardiology researchers are BURYING their own research showing spike protein mRNA damage due to fear of losing grant money controlled by Fauci - NaturalNews.com Biden suspends (delays) covid jab mandate for federal workers as resistance against vax mandate strengthens - NaturalNews.com Child deaths in the UK surge after COVID-19 vaccine rollout - NaturalNews.com The vaccinated are clearly dying off faster than the unvaccinated, according to UK data - NaturalNews.com THE REAL AGENDA: Leading doctor says covid “vaccines” are intentionally designed to reduce world population - NaturalNews.com South Pole records its coldest six months stretch, as Arctic Sea ice volume expands, nearing 20-year record - NaturalNews.com Mark of the Beast is here: Subcutaneous quantum dot “vaccine passports” from Bill Gates are ready to be injected into human subjects - NaturalNews.com Texas man with natural immunity DIES after being forced to take COVID-19 vaccine while awaiting lung transplant - NaturalNews.com STUDY: Surviving covid produces lasting natural immunity (unlike fake “vaccine” immunity) - NaturalNews.com Lawsuit filed in India's high court against Bill Gates and others over COVID-19 vaccine death - NaturalNews.com Over 100,000 cases of psychiatric disorders reported following COVID vaccination - NaturalNews.com Court order authorizing use of ivermectin saves life of elderly COVID-19 patient who was left to die - NaturalNews.com Ten OMICRON “variant” predictions for 2022 and beyond… globalist authoritarian playbook stripped naked - NaturalNews.com Corporate media hysteria pushers puke up another COVID “scariant” campaign in desperate FEAR PLOY for totalitarian control - NaturalNews.com POLIO is a man-made disease caused by heavy metals exposure, not a virus… the entire history of polio and vaccines was fabricated - NaturalNews.com COVID-19 vaccines will kill people while making their underlying conditions appear to be the cause, prominent doctor warns - NaturalNews.com PROOF that COVID “vaccines” cause prion disease - NaturalNews.com THE REAL AGENDA: Leading doctor says covid “vaccines” are intentionally designed to reduce world population - NaturalNews.com PSYCHO-BIO-WARFARE: OMICRON hysteria is a virus of the mind with no basis in physical reality… it’s all a mind game to drive people to vax suicide - NaturalNews.com The SCIENCE is CLEAR: Higher covid “vaccine” coverage equals higher excess mortality - NaturalNews.com How they plan to kill BILLIONS with the common flu: Covid vaccines induce “AIDS” immune system failure, opening door to death via common flu strains - NaturalNews.com Nutritional solutions against Covid that support immune function in the presence of ALL variants - NaturalNews.com New “Omicron” variant so far detected ONLY in the “fully vaccinated” - NaturalNews.com VAERS data reveals 50-fold increase in ectopic pregnancies following COVID-19 vaccine shots - NaturalNews.com CLOWN WORLD on parade as covid tyrants “allow” you to use toilets again… government actions now resemble South Park episodes - NaturalNews.com No longer a conspiracy theory: Australia admits using military to send people to covid camps - NaturalNews.com Travis Scott summons DEMONS to his Astroworld Concert and 10 people died, hundreds got injured; 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As of October 8, at least 105 people in nine states have been infected with the disease, known as aspergillus meningitis, and at least eight people have died as a result of infection. According to NBC News and other sources, the fungus was found in unopened vials of methylprednisolone acetate, an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid drug commonly used to treat chronic back pain, ulcerative colitis, severe skin disorders, and various other conditions. The vials were reportedly shipped to at least 75 clinics in 23 states, and thousands of patients are said to have received injections in recent months from the tainted lots. "Fungal meningitis in general is rare. But aspergillus meningitis -- the kind we're talking about here -- is super rare and very serious," says Dr. William Schaffner, president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, about the outbreak. "There's no such thing as mild aspergillus meningitis." Symptoms of fungal meningitis infection include headache, fever, dizziness, nausea and slurred speech, and are typically more subtle than both viral and bacterial meningitis, which are the far more common and contagious varieties. Fungal meningitis symptoms can also take weeks or even months to appear, as opposed to the more common forms of meningitis that manifest within days. Federal health officials are urging patients who received an injection at one of the 75 facilities that administered the potentially tainted injections after July 1, 2012, and who have showed any potential symptoms in the weeks that followed, to contact their doctors immediately. The list of 75 facilities can be accessed here: http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-facilities-map.html According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as many as 13,000 people may have received injections from the allegedly tainted vials. 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