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Hannity: "I Think It May Be Time For A New Speaker … I Think We Need A Freedom Caucus Speaker"
Sean Hannity: "Without The Freedom Caucus, I Don't Think Paul Ryan Can Win"
From the October 14 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show:
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I think it may be time for a new speaker. I'll deal with this after the election, but I think maybe it's time for somebody that can lead.
JIM BRIDENSTINE: And I want to be clear on that, my tweet -- I sent out a tweet, and it -- given the stakes of this election, if Paul Ryan isn't for Donald Trump, then I'm not for Paul Ryan. I want to be clear, that is an if, then statement.
HANNITY: I mean, I have so had it with these pompous, self-righteous, sanctimonious -- the very people, if you look in the exit polls in the primary, the very people that were responsible for creating an opening for Donald Trump, Republican establishment in DC, because they failed at a spectacular level.
You know, it's funny how they blame me, "Hannity, you're responsible." No, I'm not responsible for 65 percent of Republicans hating all of you. You did that all on your own, you own that, you did it, you built that.
HANNITY: I think we need a Freedom Caucus speaker. What do you think?
BRIDENSTINE: That could be a possibility.
HANNITY: It could be, couldn't it? Because without the Freedom Caucus, I don't think Paul Ryan can win. Can he?
BRIDENTSINE: It'd be difficult.
HANNITY: Difficult, or impossible?
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German police in raids across 10 states against Islamist group
AFP , Tuesday 15 Nov 2016
Picture taken on January 1, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, shows a man distributing free editions of the Quran in German language published by the "Lies! Verlag Gesellschaft" ( AFP PHOTO )
German police on Tuesday carried out sweeping raids across 10 states in a probe against an Islamist group suspected of propagating hate and inciting 140 youths to fight alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq.
The group called The True Religion (Die wahre Religion) is now also banned, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.
"Across the country, militant Islamists came together in this group named The True Religion," he said. "Under the pretext of promoting Islam, under the pretext of supposedly harmless distribution of translated versions of the Koran that took place in pedestrian zones, hate messages were propagated and young people radicalised," added the interior minister.
De Maiziere noted that after participating in the Koran distribution campaign organised by the group, "140 young people travelled to Syria and Iraq where they joined the fight with terrorist groups".
The raids, which targeted around 200 homes and sites in 10 states including North Rhine-Westphalia in the west, Hamburg in the north and Baden-Wuerttemberg in the southwest, began at dawn.
Experts say the German translation of the Koran distributed by the group is a particularly strict version from the original Arabic text.
Tuesday's ban is the biggest such prohibition in Germany targeting Islamist groups after another organisation called "The Caliphate State" was outlawed in 2001.
De Maiziere stressed that Tuesday's action is not targeted against the general distribution of translated Korans, but against those who "abuse religion and who use it as a pretext to spread extremist ideology and to back terrorist organisations".
"The 140 departures by the group's activists speak for themselves," the minister said.
According to figures released in May by intelligence services, 820 militants have left Germany for Syria and Iraq.
Almost a third have returned and 140 were killed while abroad, while around 420 are still in Syria or Iraq.
Germany has so far been spared large-scale militant attacks.
But it was shaken by two assaults claimed by IS group and carried out by asylum seekers -- an axe rampage on a train in Wuerzburg that injured five, and a suicide bombing in Ansbach in which 15 people were hurt.
Police said last month they had foiled an alleged plot by a Syrian refugee to bomb one of Berlin's airports.
Authorities last week also announced the arrest of five men suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State group.
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According to social media, Miss Tish Ewe has performed in places including Cardiff, Bristol and Dundee
The owners of a school with a head teacher who performs a drag act have said the roles are not "incompatible".
Andrew Livingstone, 39, is the head of Horatio House in Lound, Norfolk, and he also has a second job outside of work, as an entertainer called Miss Tish Ewe.
According to the Eastern Daily Press, his act contains explicit material.
Great Yarmouth Community Trust, which owns the school, said it had agreed guidelines with him to ensure "a separation between his two jobs".
Mr Livingstone's act is labelled on Twitter as "Queen of Quay Pride and Great Yarmouth!", and boasts he has performed in places including Cardiff, Bristol and Dundee.
The teacher has received support on the social media site about his sideline.
Miss Tish Ewe typically performs in a blonde and pink wig
Mr Livingstone was appointed in July as the head of the independent school, near Lowestoft, and its proprietors said he brought "considerable expertise in education and school improvement to the trust".
The school said his drag queen act came up during checks, but that it did "not believe that the two jobs are incompatible, and agreed with Mr Livingstone clear guidelines to ensure that there is a separation between his two jobs, including the use of social media in promoting his act".
The trust said schools regulator Ofsted was "satisfied" with the separation of roles and there had been no direct complaints from parents.
Pupils from Norfolk and Suffolk attend the school, which is on the border of the two counties.
Both Norfolk and Suffolk county councils said they had not received any complaints.
However, the trust said that Norfolk County Council had had two complaints but it was "clear that the specific content being raised all pre-dates Mr Livingstone's appointment as head teacher".
The owners of school with a head teacher who performs a drag act have said the two are not "incompatible". Andrew Livingstone, 39, is the head of Horatio House in Lound, Norfolk, and he also has a second job outside of work, as an entertainer called Miss Tish Ewe.
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Home News Mariah Carey's Shade Against Jennifer Lopez Was All A Misunderstanding—Sort Of
Mariah Carey's Shade Against Jennifer Lopez Was All A Misunderstanding—Sort Of
Mariah Carey's shade against Jennifer Lopez was all just a misunderstanding. (Photo: WENN)
In the early 2000's Mariah Carey answered "I don't know her" when asked about Jennifer Lopez. (Photo: WENN)
Now, the pop diva claims she meant no harm to Jenny from the block. (Photo: WENN)
"I really was trying to say something nice or say nothing at all," the superstar insisted. "I really was." (Photo: WENN)
Mariah's iconic line sparked one of the most famous memes and gifs of all time. (Photo: Twitter)
"You have to embrace it… I try to stay away from it [the social media conversations] because you can't drown in that." (Photo: WENN)
The meme became so famous that even Carey got in on the joke, years later holding a paddle with the phrase. (Photo: Twitter)
Her new explanation to the incident is in stark contrast to her previous comments. (Photo: WENN)
"What am I supposed to say? I'm not gonna punt on a thing like 'oh we're all Hollywood, let's all pretend we're best friends because we're in that land." (Photo: WENN)
Mariah's infamous shade against Jennifer Lopez allegedly initiated their notorious feud. (Photo: WENN)
In 2016, Jennifer Lopez said Mariah must be "forgetful" and that they have met "many times." (Photo: WENN)
Earlier this year, Jennifer Lopez extended an olive branch when she appeared on WWHL. (Photo: WENN)
"I would love to meet her, I would love to be friends with her… It saddens me to hear anything that's negative because I'm a fans of hers." (Photo: WENN)
Twitter quickly pointed out that Mariah's explanation no the issue didn't make her look any better. (Photo: Twitter)
Anyone who lived in the early 2000's remembers the infamous time when a certain pop diva answered "I don't know her" when asked about her fellow pop star, initiating a notorious feud between both music icons. However, Mariah Carey's shade against Jennifer Lopez was apparently just her trying to be nice.
In an interview with Pitchfork, the All I Want For Christmas hitmaker defended her words and claimed that she meant no harm to Jenny from the block. "I really was trying to say something nice or say nothing at all," the superstar insisted. "I really was."
Her iconic line became one of the most popular memes and gifs of all times. But Mariah tries to stay above it all. "You have to embrace it… I try to stay away from it [the social media conversations] because you can't drown in that."
Her comments made to Pitchfork are in stark contrast to her response to TMZ just two years ago, when Mariah said, "I still don't know her!". Or that same year on Watch Wat Happens Live, when, once again, she touched on the incident. "What am I supposed to say? I'm not gonna punt on a thing like 'oh we're all Hollywood, let's all pretend we're best friends because we're in that land."
Regardless, according to the diva herself, Mariah Carey's shade against Jennifer Lopez was all just a misunderstanding—even if that makes her sound shadier!
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50 Chapter 1: In Which There is a Warning and a Fall
"We're a different sort of thing," John's Gran said, her accent soft and musical, lilting. "But you must never go down that path. You can never go back once you make that choice."
He smiled up at her, a trusting child, looking into her eyes that are all dark, like old blood. Eyes that aren't human at all. She smoothed John's hair down over and over. She pressed a kiss to the side of his Grandda's head tenderly. It made him happy, it seemed like all the other kids at school had parents that are getting divorced; it was comforting to see married couples so much in love. He was terrified of his parent's getting a divorce and tried to be extra good.
John's Grandda appeared 43 and would until John's Gran died and stopped being able to feed him. She would not stop otherwise. Grandda Watson shivered a little and looked at John with such a sad expression.
He didn't understand, he's too young, but he will later.
All his life it's not even a threat, the possibility of unnatural life that his family could offer. It's not that he doesn't love anyone; he loved lots of people, on three continents. A couple girls he might have married if things had worked out, but none of them provided him temptation, it wasn't even a thought.
Now he thought it was because none of them understood him, none of them could really comfort him. All his life there was a part of his heart, an old and inherited something with dark eyes like old blood. Something nearly prehistoric that needed to hunt. It was hungry and aching for companionship and understanding. Wanting danger, wanting indulgence.
Sherlock was more than a flatmate he was a friend in a way that no one else had ever been. He allowed John to be ruthless, to be frightening, and later Sherlock would allow him a full peace. Tea on one side and death on the other, everything perfectly balanced. Who wouldn't do horrific things for a friend like that?
"If you could come back from the dead would you want to?" John had asked Sherlock one lazy Saturday afternoon.
"Oh no," Sherlock said, hardly paying any attention. "I'll die young. Certainly before forty. That's the way I prefer it, I'd hate to be old."
"But if you could be young, would you want to?"
"Pointless supposition," Sherlock had ended the conversation, so John had left it at that.
Before anyone could get there, John was at the base of the Falls, he had Cheated a little to get there. It was hard to explain Cheating; John had tried once in Med School when he was very, very drunk. He had said it like sliding between the spaces between shadows. It was hard to slide through, as narrow as a strand of hair, you always left something behind. John hadn't Cheated since Afghanistan, but it was worth it. So much with Sherlock was worth it.
There was no time to mourn; there would be no need to mourn really. He hauled Sherlock's body up and held it close for a moment before hiding behind a tangled bit of greenery. He would have to Cheat again to get Sherlock somewhere safe, but he would have to rest first. There was something inside him that had split, something was broken and banging around somewhere in his chest. His body was empty, empty, empty, empty-
He had always belonged with Sherlock; he wasn't going to be alone again.
He refused to be alone again.
Moriarty's head popped out of the water; struggling, teeth bared. His head disappeared for a moment and then was back again. In his mind, John imagined wading into the water and holding Moriarty's head down until he stopped struggling. But he was going to need Moriarty. Everything suddenly made sense, laid out in his mind like a corpse on the table, this cut here and that crack this, this is meant to pin that flap of skin and in the end you have an autopsy. Beautiful as bones.
Moriarty's eyes were huge with confusion, pain and fear, heavy with a concussion. Stumbling on the bank and throwing up water, shivering. When he dragged himself away John watched him go.
He'd be seeing him in his dreams.
John struck quickly, that night tumbling awkwardly into Moriarty's dream. When Moriarty was still weak and injured, less likely to be able to fight back. John took a warm bath, laid down on the hotel bed still dripping and closed his eyes, saying over and over to himself, James Moriarty,
James Moriarty. He floated into the dream carefully, the man's mind was sharp and twisted, he had a feeling if he was cut by anything in here he would catch some sort of soul deep infection.
He was in a school, he was guessing Moriarty's, and sure enough as John opened a door (it didn't matter which one, this was a dream, all doors lead where he needed them to lead), there he was. Little Jimmy was in the middle of a classroom with all the desks overturned. He was sobbing like only a child could. There was a sound in the air, something like the mixture of a waterfall and loud laughter. John knelt, trying to make himself look as nonthreatening as possible.
"Oh, Jimmy," he said gently. "What's wrong?" He opened his arms woodenly and Jimmy ran to him burying his head in the curve of John's neck. John pushed down the urge to gag. "It's alright," he said gently, wrapping his arms around the little dream boy.
"I'm all alone!" the boy howled. "No one understands me anymore!"
"It's okay," John said in his best doctor's voice. "You know. I bet you have lots of friends, I bet you have lots of names of people you know all over the world. Why don't you tell me their names and I'll go and get them for you?"
The next day Antonia and Leo Merino were found dead of heart failure in their hotel room. They were young and fit and it didn't appear to be drugs, but when the local police looked into their personal affairs there was pressure from above to leave it be. It wasn't the first time the coroner had been paid under the table, so he put the couple down for a cocaine overdose and went to have lunch with his friend from toxicology.
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Soon we will look up and there will be no more left – the house martins and the swallows – though it's true that already there are fewer now than there were until quite recently. The migration has indeed begun: the sand martins moved off a couple of weeks ago and so once again their sandy summer home, with its line of nesting holes, stands silent and forlorn. We pass beneath every day, aware of an eerie emptiness, filled now by the curlews' cry. The air is sad; the vacancy almost palpable. Other hirundines remain – the ones with late broods – taking every opportunity a break in the weather offers to dodge the rain and winds in order to fly high and bring home the insects. The nests near Bamburgh Castle dunes still house several families, posing patiently as afternoon by afternoon Kemo Sabe records their presence in our midst. One afternoon soon, they too will have gone . . .
In one way, saying hello to the autumn is easier because our own family house martins did not return to their nest on the south wall this year, so the pain of absence is less keenly felt because less immediate. But when the martins and the swallows marshall on the wires each morning, or wheel about across the sky each evening – their lovely inescapable routines – we cannot but pause and ponder on what their loss will mean and what we must endure before we are blessed with their return to us next spring. Despite erratic, frequently wet days, our cheerful visitors have graced the skies whenever given the chance and, like hope, have so far yet to abandon us.
Our winds on the north east coast, though notable within our own country, are but breezes compared to the mighty hurricanes of terrible ferocity which currently shake the peoples and places of the Caribbean, Texas and Florida. We pray for all those affected so far, and those sheltering in fear of what nature has in store; the loss of livelihoods, homes and, indeed, everything. At this time of the year, which we always think of as the natural beginning of a new year, things change very markedly. Good will and gentleness seem to be in short supply as the blooms buckle and the leaves fall, the stoves lit, the hatches battened and the sun retreats. What were sprinklings of sparrows gather into ubiquities, as the season stirs them to gather in every-increasing numbers. Their evolutionary task accomplished for this year, they fare forward, safe in the knowledge that they have a home and a ready supply of food. Thousands of miles separate the hirundines from their destination and us from our neighbours watching and waiting for the Angel of Death to pass. But we hold them all close to our hearts: 'Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind/ Cannot bear very much reality'.
Today, with another magnificent sunrise, all are gone; well, apart from one or two very late migrators, that is. As the light gradually emerged, it was the sparrows and ducks we heard overhead – not the sandmartins: their nesting wall was silent and abandoned, though basking in the autumnal sunshine as we passed beneath it this morning.
Film crews and stars have also packed up and left us, after taking over all the car parks and bringing record crowds and traffic to the area over the weekend. On Sunday morning, the sky hummed with helicopters filming up and down the sands; only the security crew guarding the equipment and our little band were there, looking up into the dull, pre-dawn light at these extraordinary events, these sophisticated arrivals. But where there had been such frenzied activity and pavements-full of autograph-hunters, now there is only a forlorn line of lights, the last bits of kit awaiting collection, with nothing and no-one of note to illuminate any more. Yes, once again, things are very very quiet round here.
Yet, just up the coast, as we approached the causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, there befell a small epiphany: a busy little bird suddenly swooped all amazingly through the open door of the barn-cafe where we we just about to sit with our elevenses and fell in confusion at Kemo Sabe's feet. Like all truly miraculous moments it happened off-camera, like the reunion of Leontes and Perdita. Kemo Sabe picked up the dazed little creature and held him to her, something she could never have imagined doing; steadying and encouraging him to overcome this setback and get him about his business, quietly astonished at the paraclete's descent and the fact that it did indeed eventually revive, regain its equilibrium and fly away.


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After 25 years in Georgia, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) activities, which have mainly focused on the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), are nearing completion.
Georgia is one of the 30 countries with the highest rates of MDR-TB. MSF first supported TB activities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions between 1993 and 1994, and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) care in Abkhazia between 2001 and 2014. Learn how you can best help in Georgia and other countries.
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In 2014, we began supporting the use of bedaquiline in Georgia through the compassionate use mechanism, whereby patients with life-threatening conditions gain access to investigational drugs. The following year, Georgia became one of 17 participating countries in the endTB observational study of bedaquiline and delamanid to find shorter, more tolerable, injection-free treatments for MDR-TB. A total of 297 patients were enrolled in this study. In 2017, the first patient was enrolled in the endTB clinical trial—a randomized trial that followed the endTB study in the search for better MDR-TB treatment.
Today, Georgia is one of only four MDR-TB high-burden countries to have implemented all-oral regimens for more than 95 percent of MDR-TB patients. Please donate to support our work in Georgia and other countries around the world now.
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With character development that will have you loving the villains as much as the hero, this story grabs you from the first page and never lets go. The world building was outstanding! I was completely wrapped up in Vincent's creation.
But the thing that made this book was so damn good was that it was eerily realistic. I was shaking my head as I read because it was just too close. It made me think. I felt like looking over my shoulder repeatedly as I flipped through the pages. The giant game of political chess that was played by our champions and cheats was chilling. I freaking loved it!
This book literally made my heart race! 5 stars and pour a glass of Laphroaig. Sláinte!
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Two emerging theatre companies, containing UEA graduates, graced the garage stage for one night with their debut pieces of new writing 'LOVE WATCHING MADNESS' and 'You Down there and Me Up Here'.
A night of new writing is always exciting. Watching theatre that feels fresh and current can never be a bad thing. Whether it's of a particularly high standard or not is another matter, but I for one think that if theatre stands any chance of surviving as an art form, as overly dramatic as that may sound, then pushing new writing to the forefront is what is going to help this medium thrive.
But when it's new writing that really hits the spot – and we all know how hard it can be to reach that sweet, sweet spot – when it hits it, it really hits it. By now, we've probably all seen far too many plays that have bored us to tears, but there is still nothing quite like the buzz after having seen a genuinely good one. Good theatre seems to have some intangible, elusive quality about it, and its that mystery that keeps drawing us back in for more.
And this was a double bill that did leave you with that buzzing sensation, that moved us, and gave us tingles and goosebumps.
It's fair to say that these two shows are very 'fringe'. And that's not to negate these shows in any way. When fringe is done right, the bold and experimental qualities pay off. In fact, it's precisely the stripped back, minimalistic nature of both the shows that really allow them to achieve something exciting.
The double-bill was filled with very 'wordy' plays. It was a night of new writing, after all. It's evident these theatre-makers all have an aptitude for words. Again, not surprising considering they're all graduates from UEA. Their craft of language allows them to paint visceral worlds; our imaginations activated.
Beginning the evening was LOVE WATCHING MADNESS, a one-woman show, performed and written by Izzy Kabban. The piece depicts the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, extending to wider issues concerning mental health. It is no easy feat to command a stage alone, but she flits between both the mother and daughter with ease, delivering a mature and authentic performance of their tumultuous relationship.
You Down There Me Up Here, the debut show from the company We Talk Of Horses, explored that all too painfully relatable feeling of being in love, and how complex an emotion it really is. This Two-man show, performed by Sam Rees and Pip Williams, follows the journey of two men's accounts of being in love – one from the perspective of a drug addict, believing he is the rock star Nick Cave, and the other from the case of a hopeless, and slightly neurotic romantic. Their stories meld, and through a series of dream-like, abstract sequences, we are plunged into this rather meta and conceptual world, where nothing quite makes sense. A bit like love, I suppose.
It's encouraging to see these graduates making theatre outside of university, and this night was a testament to the talent that is emerging from UEA. You can catch We Talk Of Horses at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer, and check out SpeakUp on Twitter and Facebook to stay in the loop for up and coming performances. This is certainly not the last that you will be hearing from these guys.
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There may be rare occasions when a chaperone is needed for a home visit. The following procedure should be followed.
Who can act as a chaperone?
A variety of people can act as a chaperone in the practice. Where possible, it is strongly recommended that chaperones should be clinical staff familiar with procedural aspects of personal examination. Where suitable clinical staff members are not available the examination should be deferred.
Where the practice determines that non-clinical staff will act in this capacity the patient must agree to the present of a non-clinician in the examination, and be at ease with this. The staff member will be trained by the LMC to be a Chaperone in the procedural aspects of personal examination, comfortable in acting in the role of chaperone and be confident in the scope and extent of their role. They will have received instruction on where to stand and what to watch and instructions to that effect will be laid down in writing by the practice.
The chaperone should only be present for the examination itself and most discussion with the patient should take place while the chaperone is not present.
Patients should be reassured that all practice staff understand their responsibility not to divulge confidential information.
The clinician will contact reception to request a chaperone.
The clinician will record in the notes that the chaperone is present and identify the chaperone.
Where no chaperone is available the examination will not take place – the patient should not normally be permitted to dispense with the chaperone once a desire to have one present has been expressed.
The chaperone will enter the room discreetly and remain in room until the clinician has finished the examination.
The chaperone will normally attend inside the curtain at the head of the examination couch and watch the procedure.
To prevent embarrassment the chaperone should not enter into conversation with the patient or GP unless requested to do so, or make any mention of the consultation afterwards
The patient can refuse a chaperone and if so this must be recorded in the patient's medical record.
Your record will be noted with one of the following, as appropriate:
Chaperone offered
Provision of Chaperone refused
Chaperone present
Chaperone not available
Regular audit of the use of each read code by clinician will be undertaken, and it is expected that a high level of usage will be demonstrated.


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Mr. Bali Hai is a tiki drink served in a special mug at the Bali Hai restaurant on Shelter Island in San Diego, California. The drink has had different recipes over the years, but a prominent version from the 1970s calls for 1 1/2 oz of dark Jamaican rum, 1 oz light Puerto Rican rum, 3/4 oz coffee flavored brandy, 1 1/2 oz unsweetened pineapple juice, 1 oz lemon juice, and 1/2 oz of sugar syrup. The mug has the same name as the drink, Mr. Bali Hai, and comes in the shape of a headhunter's head with a removable lid.

Despite the use of a headhunter themed mug and shared coffee flavored ingredients, the Mr. Bali Hai otherwise bears little resemblance to Trader Vic's flaming Coffee Grog, which was served in a "headhunter cup".

History
The Mr. Bali Hai was the signature drink of the Bali Hai shortly after it opened in 1954, and became synonymous with the Mr. Bali Hai motif that served not just as a mug but also as the restaurant's signage and large entrance way wood carving.

Credible information is not available as to who invented the first Mr. Bali Hai recipe. According to the Bali Hai, "The original mug was manufactured by Otagiri Mug Company and was served with a fabulous concoction of fine spirits brewed by the Bali Hai's own resident witch doctor! Two holes in the lid made his head a party for two!" Tom Ham was the original and long time owner of the Bali Hai.

Mr. Bali Hai's name is likely a reference to the 1949 musical South Pacific and its famous song, Bali Ha'i, which referred to a mystical tropical island. Shelter Island's Bali Hai website says that Tom Ham renamed the bankrupt [Christian's Hut] restaurant the Bali Hai, which means, "Your own special island".

The restaurant has been noted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The entrance way statue carving of Mr. Bali Hai was restored in 2001.

Variations
Although the Mr. Bali Hai cocktail is synonymous with the Bali Hai restaurant, the drink is still served at other tiki establishments where it retains its noted coffee flavored profile.

Because coffee flavored brandy can be harder to find, when made at home the drink is often crafted instead with more common rum-based coffee liquors, such as Tia Maria or Kahlúa.

A newer version being served at the Bali Hai uses blackberry brandy instead of coffee brandy. The new flavors as first described on a 2007 menu include: pineapple juice, sweet & sour, blackberry, Ron Rico light rum, and Lemon Hart 151 proof rum.

References

Tiki drinks

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Earlier, from the social media accounts of the two everyone could understand the things going around between them. Every post that mentioned or had both of them in the same frame created a lot of buzzes, and they are already being considered one of the hottest couple of the Bollywood town. Both of their Instagram accounts are filled up with the pictures of each other, and that is how one should be about their relationships for no confusion to take place. Yesterday, Farhan posted a picture with her girlfriend Shibani with a beautiful poem as a caption. In the picture, they are snuggling up in a couch and laughing.
The romantic gestures of the celebrity couple is something that inspires the couples all around the world to become like them. Earlier the actor has written captions like, As long as I have you As long as you are I'll never be lost Shine on beautiful star ☀❤ @shibanidandekar love you loads. The recent post is obviously for Valentine's week going on, and the lovey-dovey things are a part of it.
The actor mentioned dedicating it to his girlfriend Shibani Dandekar, and credited Neelio for the photograph. Farhan got a divorce of his 17 yearlong marriage in 2017 and had been seen with the girlfriend after that. He really wants to fill up the void pretty soon after he got the divorce, and that has made him fall in love with Shibani. Farhan is an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, playback singer and more. He is talented in all of the aspects of the film industry, and when it comes to the love life, he is being a perfect one for her girl. Hope we see the couple getting the rings exchanged soon.


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Q: What is the correct format for final block in EVP_DecryptFinal_ex for decryption? I have implemented a simple AES-256-GCM encryption and decryption for learning purposes. While testing my code if I enter strings lengths multiples of 6 then I get the correct output but for other cases the decrypted data has some garbage characters appended to it.
Case1:
Enter string: abcdef
Enter key: sdasdasdsa
-^%�
abcdef
6

Case2:
Enter string: abcdefghi
Enter key: sadsadsad
\h�,�[�
abcdefghi�\�
-1

Now I read on the https://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/EVP_EncryptFinal_ex.html that
EVP_DecryptFinal() will return an error code if padding is enabled and the
final block is not correctly formatted.

But since padding is enabled by default in this case I am guessing that the problem is with the correct formatting of the final block. I have attached my code below:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <openssl/evp.h>

void handleErrors()
{
    printf("Some error occured\n");
}

int encrypt(unsigned char *plaintext, int plaintext_len, unsigned char *aad,
    int aad_len, unsigned char *key, unsigned char *iv,
    unsigned char *ciphertext, unsigned char *tag)
{
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx;

    int len, ciphertext_len=0;

    /* Create and initialise the context */
    if(!(ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new()))
        handleErrors();

    /* Initialise the encryption operation. */
    if(1 != EVP_EncryptInit_ex(ctx, EVP_aes_256_gcm(), NULL, NULL, NULL))
        handleErrors();

    /* Set IV length if default 12 bytes (96 bits) is not appropriate */
    if(1 != EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_IVLEN, 16, NULL))
        handleErrors();

    /* Initialise key and IV */
    if(1 != EVP_EncryptInit_ex(ctx, NULL, NULL, key, iv)) handleErrors();

    /* Provide any AAD data. This can be called zero or more times as
     * required
     */
    if(1 != EVP_EncryptUpdate(ctx, NULL, &len, aad, aad_len))
        handleErrors();

    /* Provide the message to be encrypted, and obtain the encrypted output.
     * EVP_EncryptUpdate can be called multiple times if necessary
     */
    if(1 != EVP_EncryptUpdate(ctx, ciphertext, &len, plaintext, plaintext_len))
        handleErrors();
    ciphertext_len+= len;

    /* Finalise the encryption. Normally ciphertext bytes may be written at
     * this stage, but this does not occur in GCM mode
     */
    if(1 != EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(ctx, ciphertext + len, &len)) handleErrors();
    ciphertext_len += len;

    /* Get the tag */
    if(1 != EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_GET_TAG, 16, tag))
        handleErrors();

    /* Clean up */
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);

    return ciphertext_len;
}

int decrypt(unsigned char *ciphertext, int ciphertext_len, unsigned char *aad,
    int aad_len, unsigned char *tag, unsigned char *key, unsigned char *iv,
    unsigned char *plaintext)
{
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx;
    int len, plaintext_len=0, ret;

    /* Create and initialise the context */
    if(!(ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new()))
        handleErrors();

    /* Initialise the decryption operation. */
    if(!EVP_DecryptInit_ex(ctx, EVP_aes_256_gcm(), NULL, NULL, NULL))
        handleErrors();

    /* Set IV length. Not necessary if this is 12 bytes (96 bits) */
    if(!EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_IVLEN, 16, NULL))
        handleErrors();

    /* Initialise key and IV */
    if(!EVP_DecryptInit_ex(ctx, NULL, NULL, key, iv)) handleErrors();

    /* Provide any AAD data. This can be called zero or more times as
     * required
     */
    if(!EVP_DecryptUpdate(ctx, NULL, &len, aad, aad_len))
        handleErrors();

    /* Provide the message to be decrypted, and obtain the plaintext output.
     * EVP_DecryptUpdate can be called multiple times if necessary
     */
    if(!EVP_DecryptUpdate(ctx, plaintext, &len, ciphertext, ciphertext_len))
        handleErrors();
    plaintext_len+= len;

    /* Set expected tag value. Works in OpenSSL 1.0.1d and later */
    if(!EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_TAG, 16, tag))
        handleErrors();

    /* Finalise the decryption. A positive return value indicates success,
     * anything else is a failure - the plaintext is not trustworthy.
     */
    ret = EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(ctx, plaintext + len, &len);

    /* Clean up */
    EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);

    if(ret > 0)
    {
        /* Success */
        plaintext_len += len;
        return plaintext_len;
    }
    else
    {
        /* Verify failed */
        return -1;
    }
}

int main (void)
{
    unsigned char str[1024],key[10],ciphertext[1024+EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH],tag[100],pt[1024];
    unsigned char iv[]="1234567890abcdef";
    unsigned char aad[]="1234567890123456";
    int k;
    printf("Enter string: ");
    scanf("%s",str);
    printf("Enter key: ");
    scanf("%s",key);

    encrypt(str, strlen(str), aad, strlen(aad), key, iv, ciphertext, tag);
    printf("%s\n",ciphertext);
    k = decrypt(ciphertext, strlen(ciphertext), aad, strlen(aad), tag, key, iv, pt);
    printf("%s\n%d\n",pt,k);
}

A:
decrypt(ciphertext, strlen(ciphertext), aad, strlen(aad), tag, key, iv, pt);

decrypt(ciphertext, strlen(ciphertext), ... is wrong. There could be an embedded NULL in the cipher text, in which case it will be truncated. In your case, additional characters are being fed to the decrypt function. Its hard to say how many - its until strlen happen to run into a NULL in memory.
You need to capture the return value of encrypt and decrpyt to set various length's properly:
int x;
...

x = encrypt(str, strlen(str), aad, strlen(aad), key, iv, ciphertext, tag);
...

x = decrypt(ciphertext, x, aad, strlen(aad), tag, key, iv, pt);
...

You might have the same problem for aad, strlen(aad), but I don't think it has revealed itself yet.

What is the correct format for final block in EVP_DecryptFinal_ex for decryption?

To get back to the titular question: there is none. Your problem lies elsewhere.

You probably have an overflow in the unsigned char *plaintext buffer used in the decrypt function. You're not passing in a length, so decrypt happily writes beyond the length of it...

A: In the above example you are defining your key, IV data to be strings. A key and IV should never consist of a string as they do not contain any possible byte. This is required to maximize the amount of security; currently you are limiting the amount of possible keys. Keys should be generated by a function whose output is indistinguishable from random.
You should use a Password Key Derivation Function (PBKDF) such as PBKDF2 to create a key from a password. The IV should be random and send with the ciphertext. The IV and key should be statically sized, the IV being 16 bytes and the key 16, 24 or 32 bytes.
To test however you could use simple array initialization (32 bytes for the key as you are using AES-256):
unsigned char key[32] = { 0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
                          0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
                          0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
                          0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00 };
unsigned char iv[16] = { 0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,
                         0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00,  0x00 };

or you could allocate X bytes of memory and fill it with a value of course, as long as you give the function the correct size.
You need to replace all occurrences of strlen() with sizeof(), except for plaintext and ciphertext. In the former you are actually encrypting a string, so strlen makes sense. In the latter you need to use the result of the encrypt operation. The ciphertext is contained within a buffer of the length (correctly) returned by your encryption method.
In the end modern ciphers operate on bytes instead of characters, so you need to provide the size in bytes for all input. This kind of issue is present for any language that treats bytes and characters using the same primitive type (char for the C-language of course). It also tends to hide encoding/decoding issues (e.g. with regards to UTF-8).
If you want to handle unknown lengths then you have to call EVP_EncryptUpdate or EVP_DecryptUpdate multiple times, keeping score on how many bytes are returned (as you are doing now). Then at the end of the input you simply call the update method a final time and then call EVP_EncryptFinal_ex or EVP_DecryptFinal_ex. In that case you should of course refactor your method into an init/update/final part and use some buffer for the input and output.

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Before I became "Sassy Girl" I was "Princess Sara." Like the character, I liked to pretend to be somebody or some place, to appease the discontentment I had with my very ordinary self and life. At one point in my life, I believed I was Sara Crewe incarnate. I know a lot of people would object, but what can I do, I was just 11 and marveled at her.
My first encounter with Sara Crewe was from a book I borrowed in the library, an abridged version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess. Her revelation to me was quite a story in itself. I borrowed the book simply as an additional entry in my library card. Yes, embarrassingly, I did that because I had always wanted my library card replaced with a new one with an indication on the upper right hand corner that it was the second, third, and so on… I just wanted to see how many cards I could fill out in a school year, the higher the more satisfactory for me. Well, I did read most of the books I borrowed but with four books overnight plus piles of homeworks, I returned some of them unread.
A week later that incident there was an advertisement of the cartoon version that they are going to air on TV. My aunt excitedly told me it was the book I have just borrowed, apparently, she had read it. She pressed the conversation by asking if I had found the story nice as she had, making a point to watch the series religiously, but I haven't read the book and I've returned it. I didn't want to admit that though, returning books unread was a strict secret for me during those times.
So I searched for the book and borrowed it again, and this time I read it. I was glad I did for it became a part of me up to now. I'm not sure how I was able to watch the series, I am proud to say that I never missed an episode. Maybe it was summer vacation, but then I was able to borrow books from the library. Or maybe I had my aunt tape every episode so I could watch them after school. Or maybe the cartoon was aired in the afternoon when students could conveniently watch them. I could barely remember, but this I know, Princess Sara became a hit in our school, she was every student's idol in an instant. Everybody adored her and to have not known her during that period would have been like living in Mars.
Having read the book though, I felt as if I was closer to Sara than anyone else and that my obsession to her should be above everyone else's. Looking back, I think I sent out these vibrations to my fellow schoolmates until they started associating me with Sara Crewe and vice versa. I tried my very best to look like her, unconsciously grateful that her hair was black so there was no need for hair dyes. My hair then was the perfect length and body, but to emphasize the similarity, I had to cut bangs and pull a thin tuft of hair in the sideburns just like Sara's. I tried my best to walk as graceful as her and to talk and approach people with the same modesty. Even my clothes matched the style of her dresses, except that mine used to have no sleeves and the skirt was less full and shorter, because our country, being tropical as it is would not allow comfort for Sara's thick dresses. I don't remember asking my mother to buy me those kinds of clothing but perhaps she had sensed my already obvious adoration for Sara.
Extending my intense inclination to Sara was my creation of a paper doll version of her with clothes made from art paper that looked exactly like the ones she had in the cartoon. She lived on the upper deck of my bed. Without the mattress, it was the perfect place to set the dormitory room she occupied in Ms. Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. I made her a bed out of a rectangular box which was overturned and covered with a cloth the size of a handkerchief. Likewise, a box of the same size and shape served as her closet, the box's cover serving perfectly as the door. These were below my preference; nevertheless, the setting was enhanced by a miniature auburn round table and wicker chair of lighter shade originally owned by Barbie. These were the best furniture of all. One day, on Sara's supposed birthday, I decorated the upper deck of the bed with thinly cut crepe papers twisted and taped around the deck, and the table was full with party food, tiny sago in different tiny dish containers, that I myself ate. After that, she only wore the black lamenting clothes and white apron, as in the story, when news of her father's death came to her during that fateful birthday celebration. Thinking back, it makes me smile now, remembering how I dressed her up first thing in the morning, before I myself had changed from my sleeping clothes.
Even as I sing it now, I felt waves of nostalgia rushing through me from foot to head and back.
Eventually, I had to grow out of Princess Sara to Sassy Girl. For whatever reason, it shall be another story. But if I were to be asked about my most sincere opinion, I know I'd always want to be like Sara, the smart and strong-willed kid who managed her way gracefully from riches to rags to even more riches again.
I find this introduction cute and sweet! I am curious to watch the movie and listen to the song more so because of "the smart and strong-willed kid who managed her way gracefully from riches to rags to even more riches again"!
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Use of diclofenac, a commonly used NSAID for treating pain and inflammation, is linked to increased risk for cardiovascular events. The painkiller is also associated with higher risk for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
The world's most commonly used painkiller may significantly increase the risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke, findings of a new study published in the British Medical Journal have shown.
Diclofenac is used for treating pain and inflammation. Although it is not well-known it the United States, it is the most widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug or NSAID in the world. It is available as a prescription and over-the-counter medication under brands that include Zorvolex, Voltaren, Cambia, and Solaraze.
Study researcher Morten Schmidt, from Aarhus University Hospital, and colleagues looked at the medical records of over 6 million adults in Denmark spanning the period between 1996 and 2016.
The researchers found that starting diclofenac during the study period was linked to increased rate of cardiovascular events such as heart failure, heart attack, irregular heartbeat, and ischaemic stroke within a month compared with starting paracetamol, or other traditional NSAIDs such as ibuprofen or naproxen.
A 2017 study showed that the risk of heart among those who use NSAIDs is more pronounced when the drug is taken in high daily doses.
Schmidt and colleagues also found that starting diclofenac was linked to the elevated rate of cardiac death compared with no NSAIDS.
Those who started used diclofenac were likewise found to have a higher risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding than those who started ibuprofen or paracetamol, and those who did not take NSAIDs.
The findings suggest that that the drug diclofenac should not be made available as an over-the-counter drug. Researchers also said that the drug should come with an appropriate front package warning to inform users of its potential health risks.
The researchers said that despite the potential side effects, treatment with NSAIDs may be worthwhile for improving the quality of life of patients suffering from pain and inflammation. The gastrointestinal and cardiovascular risks associated with the treatment, however, does not justify initiating diclofenac treatment before other traditional NSAIDs.
Schmidt and colleague said that their study was observational, which does not necessarily prove a causal association. However, they noted that the sample size was larger compared with earlier analyses.


text:
"""
Модуль вывода текста на экран LCD
(16x9).
Ожидается что экран подключен через I2C
"""

import smbus
import time

class LCDDisplay:
    # Define some device parameters
    I2C_ADDR = 0x27  # I2C device address
    LCD_WIDTH = 16  # Maximum characters per line

    # Define some device constants
    LCD_CHR = 1  # Mode - Sending data
    LCD_CMD = 0  # Mode - Sending command

    LCD_LINE_1 = 0x80  # LCD RAM address for the 1st line
    LCD_LINE_2 = 0xC0  # LCD RAM address for the 2nd line
    LCD_LINE_3 = 0x94  # LCD RAM address for the 3rd line
    LCD_LINE_4 = 0xD4  # LCD RAM address for the 4th line

    LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x08  # On
    # LCD_BACKLIGHT = 0x00  # Off

    ENABLE = 0b00000100  # Enable bit

    # Timing constants
    E_PULSE = 0.0005
    E_DELAY = 0.0005

    # Open I2C interface
    bus = smbus.SMBus(1)  # Rev 2 Pi uses 1

    def init(self):
        # Initialise display
        self.lcd_byte(0x33, self.LCD_CMD)  # 110011 Initialise
        self.lcd_byte(0x32, self.LCD_CMD)  # 110010 Initialise
        self.lcd_byte(0x06, self.LCD_CMD)  # 000110 Cursor move direction
        self.lcd_byte(0x0C, self.LCD_CMD)  # 001100 Display On,Cursor Off, Blink Off
        self.lcd_byte(0x28, self.LCD_CMD)  # 101000 Data length, number of lines, font size
        self.lcd_byte(0x01, self.LCD_CMD)  # 000001 Clear display
        time.sleep(self.E_DELAY)

    def lcd_byte(self, bits, mode):
        # Send byte to data pins
        # bits = the data
        # mode = 1 for data
        #        0 for command

        bits_high = mode | (bits & 0xF0) | self.LCD_BACKLIGHT
        bits_low = mode | ((bits << 4) & 0xF0) | self.LCD_BACKLIGHT

        # High bits
        self.bus.write_byte(self.I2C_ADDR, bits_high)
        self.lcd_toggle_enable(bits_high)

        # Low bits
        self.bus.write_byte(self.I2C_ADDR, bits_low)
        self.lcd_toggle_enable(bits_low)

    def lcd_toggle_enable(self, bits):
        time.sleep(self.E_DELAY)
        self.bus.write_byte(self.I2C_ADDR, (bits | self.ENABLE))
        time.sleep(self.E_PULSE)
        self.bus.write_byte(self.I2C_ADDR, (bits & ~self.ENABLE))
        time.sleep(self.E_DELAY)

    def lcd_string(self, message, line):
        message = message.ljust(self.LCD_WIDTH, " ")
        self.lcd_byte(line, self.LCD_CMD)
        for i in range(self.LCD_WIDTH):
            self.lcd_byte(ord(message[i]), self.LCD_CHR)

    def print_line1(self, msg):
        self.lcd_string(msg, self.LCD_LINE_1)

    def print_line2(self, msg):
        self.lcd_string(msg, self.LCD_LINE_2)

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Pará es uno de los veintiséis estados que, junto con el distrito federal, forman la República Federativa de Brasil. Su capital es Belém. Está ubicado en la región Norte del país. Limita al norte con la República Cooperativa de Guyana (incluyendo el territorio de la Guayana Esequiba, en litigio entre Guyana y Venezuela), la República de Surinam, Amapá y el océano Atlántico, al este con Maranhão y Tocantins, al sur con Mato Grosso, al oeste con Amazonas y al noroeste con Roraima. Con  es el segundo estado más extenso —por detrás de Amazonas—, con unos  en 2014, el noveno estado más poblado —por detrás de São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Río de Janeiro, Bahía, Río Grande del Sur, Paraná, Pernambuco y Ceará— y con , el séptimo menos densamente poblado, por delante de Tocantins, Amapá, Acre, Mato Grosso, Amazonas y Roraima, el menos densamente poblado. Las ciudades más importantes son Belém, Santarém, Marabá, Altamira, Castanhal y Abaetetuba. El estado, que tiene el 4,1% de la población brasileña, es responsable de solo el 2,2% del PIB brasileño.

Toponimia
El topónimo de la palabra Pará tiene su origen en el idioma tupí y significa "río-mar". El nombre del estado proviene del río del mismo nombre; El río Pará es uno de los afluentes del río Amazonas en el estado.

Historia

El Fuerte de Presépio, fundado en 1616 por los portugueses, dio origen a Belém, pero la ocupación del territorio fue desde antes marcada por incursiones de neerlandeses y británicos en busca de especias.

En el , la región, integrada a la capitanía de Maranhão y Grão Pará (Gran Pará), conoció la prosperidad con la labranza y la ganadería. En 1774, la integración se deshizo. En 1821, la Revolución Constitucionalista de Oporto (Portugal) fue apoyada por los paraenses, pero el alzamiento acabó reprimido. Las luchas políticas continuaron: la más importante, la cabanagem (1835), llegó a decretar la independencia de la provincia.

La economía creció rápidamente en el  e inicios del  con la explotación del caucho. Con la declinación de este ciclo, vino el estancamiento, del cual Pará salió en la década de 1960, con el desarrollo agrícola del sur del Estado. En la década de 1970, el crecimiento fue acelerado con la explotación de hierro en la sierra de Carajás y de oro en Serra Pelada.

Intento de división territorial

El domingo 11 de diciembre de 2011, se realizó un plebiscito entre los habitantes del estado, para tratar la división del mismo en tres, y de esta manera, crear los estados de Carajás y Tapajós, aparte del de Pará. El estado de Carajás, estaba previsto que tuviera una extensión de unos 300.000 km², es decir un 24 % del total del estado. Por otro lado, el estado de Tapajós con 732.500 km² ocuparía el 59 % del total del estado.
De esta manera, el estado de Pará quedaría reducido a 218.000 km² es decir un 17 % del estado original, pero manteniendo la mayoría de la población.
La propuesta fue rechazada por aproximadamente un 67,21 % de los 4.800.000 electores, contra un 32,79 % de electores que votaron a favor de la propuesta.

La motivación de la votación fue que el estado, con una superficie similar a la de Colombia, es administrado desde Belem, su capital, la cual se encuentra sumamente alejada del oeste del Estado.

El plebiscito sobre la división de Pará, autorizado por el Congreso en mayo pasado, era una reivindicación de los habitantes de las regiones más al sur y más al oeste del estado, que se sienten discriminados por las autoridades de la lejana Belém.

Los defensores de la división reivindicaban un gobierno regional exclusivo para Carajás, una región rica en minerales y en donde la gigantesca empresa Vale S.A. explota las mayores reservas de hierro del mundo, y otro para Tapajós, una región en gran parte selvática, con extensas reservas ambientales e indígenas, y en la que está siendo construido Belo Monte, la tercera mayor hidroeléctrica del mundo.

Geografía
El relieve es bajo y plano; 58% del territorio se encuentra debajo de los 200 metros. Las alturas superiores a 500 metros están en las sierras de Carajás, Caximbinho y Acari.

La vegetación predominante en el estado es la selva tropical con rica biodiversidad. Los principales ríos son el río Amazonas, el río Tapajós, el río Tocantins, el río Jari y el río Pará.

Economía

En la economía destaca la extracción mineral, hecha principalmente en la Sierra de Carajás (hierro, bauxita, magnesio, piedra caliza, oro, estaño). La agricultura, la ganadería y las crianzas, la extracción vegetal, y la industria también son importantes económicamente. La industria creció después de la instalación de la hidroeléctrica de Tucuruí, en los años 1980.

El sector de servicios es el componente más grande del PIB con 40.9%, seguido por el sector industrial con 36.3%. La agricultura representa el 22.8% del PIB (2004). Pará exporta mineral de hierro 31.1%, aluminio 22.2%, madera 13.5%, minerales de aluminio 8.3%, otros minerales 7.9% (2002), que representan 1.8% de la economía brasileña (2005).

Pará es el mayor productor de yuca, açaí, piña y cacao de Brasil y se encuentra entre los más grandes de Brasil en la producción de pimienta negra (2º lugar), coco (3º lugar) y plátano (6º lugar), además de producir soja y el castaña de Pará.

En la producción de yuca, Brasil produjo un total de 17,6 millones de toneladas en 2018. Pará fue el mayor productor del país, con 3,8 millones de toneladas.

En 2019, Pará produjo el 95% de açaí en Brasil. El estado comercializó más de 1.2 millones de toneladas de la fruta, con un valor de más de US $ 1,5 billones, aproximadamente el 3% del PIB del estado.

En 2018, Pará fue el mayor productor brasileño de piña, con 426 millones de frutas cosechadas en casi 19 mil hectáreas. En 2017, Brasil fue el tercer productor más grande del mundo (cerca de 1500 millones de frutas cosechadas en aproximadamente 60 mil hectáreas). Es la quinta fruta más cultivada del país. El sureste de Pará tiene el 85% de la producción estatal: las ciudades de Floresta do Araguaia (76.45%), Conceição do Araguaia (8.42%) y Salvaterra (3.12%) lideraron el ranking este año. Floresta do Araguaia también tiene la mayor industria de jugo concentrado de frutas en Brasil, exportando a la Unión Europea, Estados Unidos y Mercosur.

En la producción de cacao, Pará ha estado compitiendo con Bahía por el liderazgo de la producción brasileña. En 2017 Pará obtuvo el liderazgo por primera vez. En 2019, la gente de Pará cosechó 135 mil toneladas de cacao y los bahianos cosecharon 130 mil toneladas. El área de cacao de Bahía es prácticamente tres veces mayor que la de Pará, pero la productividad de Pará es prácticamente tres veces mayor. Algunos factores que explican esto son: los cultivos en Bahía son más extractivistas, y los de Pará tienen un estilo más moderno y comercial, además de paraenses que usan semillas más productivas y resistentes, y su región brinda resistencia a Escoba de bruja.

Pará es el segundo mayor productor brasileño de pimienta negra, con 34 mil toneladas cosechadas en 2018.

Pará es también uno de los mayores productores brasileños de coco. En 2019, fue el tercer productor más grande del país, con 191.8 millones de frutas cosechadas, solo superada por Bahía y Ceará.

La castaña de Pará siempre ha sido uno de los principales productos de extracción en el norte de Brasil, con recolección en el suelo del bosque. Sin embargo, en las últimas décadas, se creó el cultivo comercial de castaña. Ya hay propiedades con más de 1 millón de castaños para la producción a gran escala. Los promedios anuales de producción en Brasil variaron entre 20 mil y 40 mil toneladas por año en 2016.

En soja, en la cosecha de 2019, Pará cosechó 1.8 millones de toneladas.

En 2018, en la producción nacional de plátano, Pará ocupó el sexto puesto nacional.

En 2018, Pará tenía la quinta manada de vacuno más grande de Brasil, con 20,6 millones de cabezas de ganado. La ciudad de São Félix do Xingu es la cabeza de ganado más grande del país, con 2,2 millones de animales. Marabá es la sexta ciudad más grande del país en número, con 1 millón de animales. En el ranking de los 20 rebaños principales, Pará tiene siete nombres. Parte de esto se debe al hecho de que los municipios de Pará tienen un territorio gigantesco.

En 2017, en el sector del mineral de hierro, Pará fue el segundo mayor productor nacional, con 169 millones de toneladas (de los 450 millones producidos por el país), con un valor de R $ 25.5 mil millones. En cobre, Pará produjo casi 980 mil toneladas (de los 1,28 millones de toneladas en Brasil), a un valor de R $ 6,5 mil millones. En aluminio (bauxita), Pará realizó casi toda la producción brasileña (34,5 de 36,7 millones de toneladas) a un valor de R $ 3 mil millones. En manganeso, Pará produjo una gran parte de la producción brasileña (2,3 de 3,4 millones de toneladas) a un valor de R $ 1 mil millones. En oro, Pará fue el tercer productor brasileño más grande, con 20 toneladas por un valor de R $ 940 millones. En níquel, Goiás y Pará son los únicos dos productores en el país, con Pará siendo el segundo en producción, habiendo obtenido 90 mil toneladas por un valor de R $ 750 millones. En estaño, Pará es el tercer productor más grande (4,4 mil toneladas, por un valor de R $ 114 millones). Pará tenía el 42,93% del valor de la producción mineral comercializada en Brasil, con casi R $ 38 mil millones.

Debido a la proximidad de las minas de mineral de hierro, se creó Siderúrgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) en Marabá. En 2018, la acería produjo 345 mil toneladas de acero crudo, de los 35.4 millones producidos en el país.

Pará tuvo en 2017 un PIB industrial de R $ 43.800 millones, equivalente al 3,7% de la industria nacional. Emplea a 164.989 trabajadores en la industria. Los principales sectores industriales son: extracción de minerales metálicos (46,9%), servicios públicos de servicios industriales, como electricidad y agua (23,4%), construcción (14,8%), metalurgia (4,3%) y alimentos (4,3%). Estos 5 sectores concentran el 93.7% de la industria del estado.

La industria se concentra más en la región metropolitana de Belém, con los distritos industriales de Icoaraci y Ananindeua, y también se ha consolidado en municipios como Marituba, Barcarena y Marabá a través de inversiones en la verticalización de los minerales extraídos, como la bauxita y el hierro, que, cuando se benefician, agregan valor al transformarse en aluminio y acero en el propio Estado. Debido a las características naturales de la región, las industrias madereras y de muebles también se destacan como ramas fuertes de la economía, con un centro de muebles instalado en el municipio de Paragominas.

Véase también
 Municipios del Estado de Pará por población

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Near-Immortality Within the Next 20 Years? Life-Extension Scientists Hope So
Alex Eichler
Researchers at the Maximum Life Foundation met recently to discuss their latest anti-aging findings. Their goal is to extend the human lifespan indefinitely by 2029... though it's not yet clear how that'll actually work.
The Huntington Beach-based Foundation held a Longevity Summit earlier this month, where biologists and geneticists shared their research into how humans might live longer — much longer. Futurist author Ray Kurzweil, speaking at the conference, put it thusly:
We are very close to the tipping point in human longevity... we are about fifteen years away from adding more than one year of longevity per year to remaining life expectancy.
Among those in the business, this threshold is known as "longevity escape velocity," and many of the Summit speakers seemed to think we'll get there in the next twenty years.
The speakers came from different backgrounds and specialized in widely different fields, according to press coverage; they appear to have had little in common except a commitment to defeating the aging process. Some of the techniques up for review: organ cryopreservation; tissue replication via stem-cell therapy; chemical supplements to encourage telomere lengthening; and tinkering with cell structures in order to situate our mitochondria more favorably.
There was a lot of talk at the Longevity Summit, and around the website of the Maximum Life Foundation generally, about the fantastic advances we'll one day see. Michael Rose, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of California, Irvine, spoke about his work breeding fruit flies to live four times as long as usual, and suggested that a similar degree of hyper-longevity will be available to humans soon.
Yet a lot of what was said at the Summit had a certain best-case-scenario, pie-in-the-sky quality. The entrepreneur Peter Voss gave a presentation on artificial intelligence, which he said can be harnessed to figure out the secrets of human longevity — just as soon as it exists. "Imagine hundreds of thousands of Ph.D.-level machines chipping away at the aging problem," Voss is quoted as saying. Okay — check. It's imagined.
The Maximum Life Foundation itself sometimes uses language that suggests it hasn't thought everything all the way through. From the FAQ page of the Foundation website:
[Q.] Shouldn't we spend our resources feeding the hungry, rather than keeping people alive longer?
[A.] Our best resource is knowledge. The elderly own most of it. By making them productive for extra years, many of those resources can be channeled to solving problems such as hunger. Besides, our planet can accommodate over 6 billion more people before resources are taxed. This doesn't account for future technologies such as new clean energy sources, enhanced food production, efficient water desalinization, and nanotechnology."
Ray Kurzweil's association with the Foundation may itself be cause for skepticism. Kurzweil, though a respected inventor, is known for predicting breakthroughs and utopias that never materialize.
All in all, the Maximum Life Foundation probably bears watching, but anyone hoping to attend the 2200 Olympics may not want to book tickets just yet.
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I was a big fan of Molly Burch's 2017 debut album, Please Be Mine, calling it an effortlessly smooth collection of ten tracks. Her follow-up, First Flower, is out this Friday (the 5th) again via Captured Tracks. The record is as impeccable and immaculate as her debut, but there is so much more confidence in the material that really comes through.
To celebrate the release of First Flower, you can catch Molly at Rough Trade on the 13th of October, which is one of the best sounding rooms in the city and should help bring out the intricacies of the material; tickets are available here. Opening the show is Olden Yolk, whose self-titled psych-folk record from earlier this year is a real undiscovered treasure.
You can listen to the three singles from the record below the jump (don't skip on the album's opener, Candy in particular).