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Hope against COVID-19: Spotlight on 3 vaccine front-runners
In this special installment of our Hope Behind the Headlines series, we overview the latest advancements in vaccine development. We focus on three leading vaccine candidates.
Media outlets are increasingly reporting on vaccine progress, and in many ways, the month of December is looking more hopeful than ever.
However, the influx of hopeful news can also mean that it is hard to keep track of all the different vaccines and vaccine candidates, as well as of the different stages in their development.
In this special batch of Hope Behind the Headlines, we pick out the most salient developments that have occurred in the last month, focusing on three vaccines that have been approved or are near approval, and dig a little deeper into the data that are available.
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Oxford/AstraZeneca
The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have worked with Oxford University to develop the so-called Oxford vaccine. The team have just published an interim analysis of some of their clinical trials in The Lancet.
Before the publication of the results, a preliminary analysis of phase 3 trial data hailed this vaccine as having an efficacy of 70% on November 23, 2020.
This means that the participants who took the vaccine were 70% less likely to develop COVID-19 than participants in the placebo group. This data were based on a trial that had included over 11,000 participants, 131 of whom developed COVID-19.
Although this 70% number made the headlines at the time, a deeper dig into the data since then revealed some puzzling inconsistencies.
When the scientists administered to the participants two full doses at least 1 month apart, the efficacy was 62%. However, when the participants received only half a dose the first time around (due to an error made by the experimenters) and the full amount in the second dose at least 1 month later, the efficacy jumped to 90%. Therefore, the 70% figure came from an averaging of these two end points.
These findings can be interpreted in two ways simultaneously. On the one hand, 90% is an excellent result, and knowing what dosage regimen is more likely to yield peak effectiveness is crucial. On the other hand, 62% efficacy at two full doses is "not that impressive," as some experts have pointed out.
What might explain the discrepancy in the data?
While researchers do not yet know what may explain these differences in efficacy, experts have speculated on several potential reasons.
One reason could be the insufficient number of participants. There were not enough participants and therefore data to capture and account for the differences between the two dosing regimens.
The dosing regimen with the higher efficacy, using the lower first dose, was based on a smaller number of participants — that is, 2,741 — whereas the dosing regimen with the lower efficacy, using two full doses, was carried out in 8,895 volunteers.
Of the 131 cases of COVID-19, most — that is, 98 cases — occurred in the two full doses group, which was larger anyway.
A larger number of participants in the lower first dose group and a higher number of COVID-19 cases occurring among these participants could wipe out the differences in efficacy. However, it is something only time, and a bigger number of participants, will tell.
Another reason for the discrepancies could be the age of the participants. Importantly, the lower dose group of the trial consisted of adults aged 18–55, whereas the full dose group also included adults between 55 and at least 70 years old.
Finally, scientists have speculated about possible explanations for why the differences in data are not an anomaly and actually a lower first dose could indeed elicit a better immune response. A lower dose may better stimulate T cells, which in turn support the production of antibodies, for example.
Another possibility has to do with the immune system's reaction to components of the chimpanzee virus that the vaccine uses as a viral vector. A full dose to begin with may have blunted the immune system's reaction to the components of the viral vector — a theory supported by other scientists who have worked with similar adenovirus vaccines.
Reasons for optimism: Safety and blocking virus transmission
Scientists also highlight other reasons for optimism from the Oxford/AstraZeneca results.
One such reason is that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) benchmark for approving a vaccine is 50%, which means that the Oxford vaccine would pass that even at its lowest threshold.
Another reason is that no cases of severe COVID-19 occurred after taking the vaccine, which suggests that the vaccine is successful at preventing severe COVID-19.
In their paper, the authors note three adverse events that may have possibly been related to the vaccine. Additionally, two cases of allergic reactions were recorded since the rollout started in the United Kingdom.
Importantly, there seems to be evidence that the vaccine can also block transmission. The Oxford vaccine trial also involved SARS-CoV-2 testing of asymptomatic individuals, and the differences in infection rates between the placebo group and those who received the vaccine suggest the vaccine also blocks transmission.
AstraZeneca are also carrying out a trial in the United States, with its results due to come out in late January — a point at which the company could receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA.
However, obtaining this FDA approval hinges on explaining the discrepancies between the different efficacies at different doses.
According to Moncef Slaoui, Operation Warp Speed chief adviser, "[u]nless there is a very clear explanation based on facts and data of what is behind those two numbers [62% and 90%], it is very likely that that package would not be sufficient for an [FDA] approval."
Pfizer/BioNTech
So far, the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has reported the highest efficacy, at 95%. Since we first reported on this — in our last Hope Behind the Headlines article — the U.K. has licensed the vaccine and started administering it to the general population.
In Coventry, U.K., 90-year-old Margaret Keenan was the first person to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine outside of clinical trials. The UK has reportedly ordered enough doses to vaccinate 20 million people out of its 67-million population.
However, there are logistical challenges for the rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. It requires storage and shipping at around -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit). Once a vaccine shipment reaches its destination in specially designed shipping containers, the vials with the vaccine can be stored at refrigerator temperature for up to 5 days.
In the meantime, in the U.S., the FDA have not yet approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. However, the federal agency just announced that they reviewed the report submitted by the pharmaceutical company and found the company met their expectations for granting an EUA. The FDA are set to give their final decision in the coming days.
According to the report, the vaccine "showed similar efficacy point estimates across age groups, genders, racial and ethnic groups, and participants with medical comorbidities associated with high risk of severe COVID-19."
Pfizer/BioNTech previously reported in November that their trials had yielded 94% efficacy in people over the age of 65.
The phase 3 trial that yielded these results included 43,661 participants. Of its U.S. participants, 30% were from "racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds," and 45% were aged 56–85.
Yet it is worth bearing in mind that none of these results have been published in a peer reviewed journal, the way the AstraZeneca results have appeared in The Lancet.
The BMJ reports, however, that "[s]olicited safety data from a randomized subset of around 8,000 participants aged 18 or over, and unsolicited safety data from around 38,000 trial participants who were followed for a median of 2 months after the second vaccine dose, have […] been made available to regulators."
Moderna apply for approval in Europe and US
Finally, more reasons for hope lie with the Moderna vaccine, whose developers have announced 94.1% efficacy against COVID-19 and 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19.
The company applied for EUA in both the U.S. and Europe on November 30, 2020. They also published their results in a press release but not yet in a journal.
In their press release, the company say that of the 196 people enrolled in their 30,000-participant trial who have developed COVID-19, only 11 were in the vaccinated group. In the placebo group, there were 30 cases of severe COVID-19, one of which proved fatal.
The developers say that the overall participants who developed COVID-19 were from ethnically and racially diverse backgrounds.
"This positive primary analysis confirms the ability of our vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease with 94.1% efficacy and, importantly, the ability to prevent severe COVID-19 disease," says Stéphane Bancel, chief executive officer of Moderna.
"We believe that our vaccine will provide a new and powerful tool that may change the course of this pandemic and help prevent severe disease, hospitalizations, and death," he adds.
As more reliable data become available on this and other vaccine candidates, Medical News Today will continue to update their readers.
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7:00pm - Introduction by Brian McIlroy + "Newsreel & Actuality Programme: Ireland 1916-23" with Live Music from Jocelyn Pettit
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LIVE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT! ► Curated by the Irish Film Institute, this compilation programme is comprised of newsreel, actuality, and other silent, non-fiction film footage documenting events in Ireland between 1916 and 1923 and sourced from international archives such as the Imperial War Museum, British Pathé, and other news agencies. The programme with be presented with live musical accompaniment. Running time: approx. 45 min.
Brian McIlroy is Professor of Film Studies at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches an online course on Irish cinema. He is the author or editor of three books on Irish cinema, including Genre and Cinema: Ireland and Transnationalism (Routledge, 2007).
Jocelyn Pettit is an award-nominated fiddler, stepdancer, and singer. She has performed on national television and radio; performed with Irish supergroup, The Chieftains; and earned multiple award nominations, including "World Artist of the Year" and "Young Performer of the Year" at the Canadian Folk Music. She will be accompanied by pianist Siew Wan Khoo.

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Tales from the flat Earth
Having steeped myself in All Things Woo-Woo for some years, you'd think I'd have it all figured out, at least with respect to why people believe weird things. After all, the topic was the subject of one of my favorite reads, Michael Shermer's book entitled, oddly enough, Why People Believe Weird Things. (And this book, in my opinion, should be required reading in every high school in America.)
But there's still a lot about the whole woo-woo belief system that mystifies me, and one of the things that baffles me most is why weird ideas come and go -- and then reappear.
I'm not talking about cases where the reappearance was caused by the money motive, as with all of the unreality shows now springing up like fungus after a rainstorm on networks like the This Used To Be About History But Isn't Anymore channel. Programs with titles like Monster Quest, UFO Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Paranormal Witness, and Real Bigfoots of New Jersey.
Okay, I made the last one up. But it's not really that much weirder than the actual ones that are out there. And the plots are all the same; some people go out looking for whatever they're hunting, don't find it, and then high-five each other at the end as if their quest had been a raving success.
So it's no surprise that these shows resurrect interest in the paranormal. But what is more perplexing to me is why all of a sudden woo-woo ideas from the past will catch hold and rise, zombie-like, from the grave, without there being any apparent monetary incentive involved.
In particular, I'm thinking of the Flat Earth Theory, which is only a "theory" in the sense of being "an idea that someone came up with." Myself, I'd thought that the whole idea of the flat Earth had gone out of vogue somewhere back in the 15th century (and to be completely accurate, the fact that the Earth is a sphere had been proven without a shadow of a doubt way back in 240 B.C.E. by a Greek scientist named Eratosthenes).
I use the shadow metaphor deliberately, because what Eratosthenes did was to measure the difference in the angle of a shadow cast by a rod in Syene, Egypt, and compared it to the angle of the shadow of the same rod in Alexandria on the same day of the year -- and from the comparison, and using a little bit of trigonometry and solid geometry, came damn close to getting the circumference of the Earth right.
So you'd think that 2,200 years ago, the Flat Earthers would pretty much have said, "Oh. Okay. We were wrong." But no. They're back, and they're back with a vengeance. As little as ten years ago, Flat Earthers were kind of a fringe group, and the Flat Earth Society was populated by a membership that seemed to be half True Believers and half people who joined it to have a good laugh. But now, there is an increasing number of Flat Earthers out there, and they are not amused by us scoffers.
They're mad as hell, and they're not gonna take it any more.
And, according to an article in The Atlantic, they are coming up with additional wacky ideas to add to their view of the world, based upon the premise that if you believe one idiotic idea, appending other idiotic ideas onto it makes it more sensible. According to Sam Kriss, who wrote the article, not only do they believe that NASA is leading a coverup of all of the evidence for Earth being shaped like a platter (and, therefore, all of the astronomers are too, because apparently NASA uses a substantial part of its ever-shrinking budget to pay off the scientists and keep them from spilling the beans), but the geologists are in on it, too.
Why would the geologists care, you might ask? Well, according to a small but vocal subset of Flat Earthers, another thing that is fake about the scientific view of the world is... forests. Because the forests we have now aren't real forests, at least not in the sense that they're like they were back eons ago. Thousands of years ago, before humans were the common species they are now, there were actual honest-to-goodness forests made of actual honest-to-goodness trees...
... that had heights measured in miles.
What is the evidence for all of this? Well, some of the stuff that geologists hoodwink the populace into thinking are "eroded volcanic cores," like the Devil's Tower in Wyoming, are actually the stumps of these humongous trees.
[image courtesy of photographer Colin Faulkingham and the Wikimedia Commons]
So anyhow. I know that this is a nonsensical idea, but what puzzles me is why it's caught on so strongly just in the last year or so. Social media has been buzzing with stridently vocal Flat Earthers who believe stuff like the aforementioned horseshit about MegaTrees, and who consider skeptics like me either deluded sheeple or else NASA shills. (Which reminds me, NASA: where the hell is my shill check? I'm waiting.)
I'm hoping that this is just a phase, and that this will fizzle out the same way that Ouija boards did a couple of years ago when there was a sudden flurry of people wanting to communicate with the Spirit World. But this one is kind of annoying, because the Flat Earthers don't just quietly do their thing -- these people are cantankerous. They gum up websites like the r/skeptic subreddit with their nonsense, engaging with people who just can't stand to ignore them.
So I'm counting on this being an example of what C. S. Lewis was talking about when he said, "Fashions come and go, but mostly they go." And in my opinion, this one can't go soon enough.
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Tyler Tork September 14, 2016 at 5:40 AM
I've been to Devil's Tower and I can confirm that it's made of rock, and not wood or petrified wood. I guess that makes me part of the conspiracy.
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UAE, Russia leaders affirm common ground in Moscow meeting
The crown prince of the United Arab Emirates visited Russia last week for the seventh time in five years, meeting with President Vladimir Putin to discuss many areas in which they agreed to collaborate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2nd L) of the United Arab Emirates attend a signing ceremony following talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, June 1, 2018. Photo by Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS.
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Russia and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to bolster their cooperation on security and defense, the aluminum and oil markets, and the economy. The countries also agreed to "coordinate efforts to convert the Middle East into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction."
On June 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Moscow with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi — who is also deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates armed forces — and signed a strategic partnership declaration.
A pivotal point in the declaration is the countries' goal of strengthening cooperation in security and defense by re-energizing consultations between their respective government agencies. The UAE and Russia have also called for an international counterterrorism coalition that would operate on the basis of "respect for the sovereignty of states" that had directly suffered from terrorist attacks. The parties also agreed to develop political contacts on key bilateral, regional and international matters.
Russia observes the increasing role for the UAE in the region and the Emirates' goal to become a serious regional power with its own political interests, agents of influence and military presence from Libya to Eritrea and from Somalia to Syrian Kurdistan. Therefore, it's important for Abu Dhabi and a more pro-active Moscow to coordinate their positions on key issues and find points of convergence on respective foreign policy priorities. The range is rather broad but at this point focuses on efforts to settle сonflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Russian and Emirati approaches toward Syria have grown in many ways. The UAE is coming to believe that both Turkey and Iran have to stop interfering in Arab states' domestic matters. That approach echoes Russia's statements on the need for foreign forces — including Turkish and Iranian ones — to leave Syria. In the long term, this stance could serve as a basis for bringing Russian and UAE positions on this issue even closer.
Among its Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partners, the UAE position toward Damascus had been arguably less assertive. The UAE no longer supports the militant Syrian opposition that calls for the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad but continues to finance those groups that are open to political dialogue. For instance, the UAE backs Syria's Tomorrow Movement, which plays an active mediating role in setting up contacts between the Russians and Syrian opposition groups and the US-backed Kurd-Arab coalition, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
In April, speaking at the FIKR 16 conference in Dubai — which was organized by the nongovernmental organization Arab Thought Foundation — UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Gargash said Arab countries made strategic mistakes regarding the conflict in Syria. He said they shouldn't have allowed non-Arab countries to be involved in deciding Syria's fate and the Arab League should have exerted a more robust political influence. The statement could be seen as UAE's readiness to get involved in the political settlement of the Syrian crisis. If this is the case, Moscow could use this involvement in its own interests, including on issues of reconstruction.
At the same time, the UAE is inclined to support the SDF, especially its Arab component. This is one reason the UAE is sending the message to Ankara that Turkey's presence in Syria is illegal. This also gives Moscow an opportunity to play on the Turkey-UAE antagonism in Syria and thus drive a wedge into the Syrian opposition.
As for Yemen, the UAE is interested in seeing Russia take a more proactive and constructive role in the conflict there. Moscow has been supporting contacts with all parties in that crisis and could indeed play a bigger role in setting up a peace dialogue. Abu Dhabi probably believes that, should Moscow get more involved in the conflict, it would benefit Emirati interests.
Russia has already lowered its profile with the Houthi rebels. Yet that doesn't mean that Moscow at this point favors Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, whose relations with the UAE are far from smooth.
Ahmed Saleh— the son of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was ousted in 2012 and killed in December 2017 — might be an acceptable Yemeni leader for the UAE and Russia. He and his Arab nationalist political party, the General People's Congress, may prove useful in the future to the UAE. Russia could potentially be an important reinforcing factor in this Emirati calculation. Moscow has been maintaining contact with Ahmed, and Russia will also most likely be more active in its work with the pro-Emirati southern separatists. There are still many in the south who, back in the days of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, used to work with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Russian and Emirati approaches are also similar in Libya. While both support Gen. Khalifa Hifter, who controls much of eastern Libya from Tobruk, the UAE seeks to play the middleman — together with France and Egypt — between Hifter and the opposing government in Tripoli. The UAE had already provided a venue in Abu Dhabi for talks between Hifter and Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the UN-recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli. Russia seeks a similar role interacting with all parties in the Libyan conflict while being cautious not to upset the fragile balancing act between Tripoli and Tobruk. Therefore, one shouldn't rule out Abu Dhabi, Cairo and Moscow working closer together on the Libyan track.
The military-technical sphere also remains one of the most promising for bilateral cooperation. Both have accumulated experience with each other in this area: The UAE military has been using Russian weapons such as BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle, Pantsir air defense missile system, Smerch multiple launch rocket system, Igla man-portable air defense missile system and others. The UAE's biggest interest is in joint development of new arms and setting up production on Emirates territory. In the recent past, such joint projects resulted in the production of the NIMR wheeled armored military vehicle. Now the parties are talking about the potential participation of Russian companies in equipping the UAE's new Rabdan 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and the Enigma 8x8 wheeled IFV with armaments. Joint production of a fifth-generation, light fighter aircraft is also on the table.
As for weapons of mass destruction, their document states: "The parties will actively contribute to the disarmament process on international and regional levels, in particular by strengthening the nonproliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction and related technologies. In this regard, they will coordinate efforts to convert the Middle East into a zone free of weapons of mass destruction."
In their talks, Putin and Al Nahyan also focused on economic cooperation. The declaration they signed suggests they will team up to help stabilize the world's oil and gas markets, including at international venues such as the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. The parties also plan to establish a special working group on cooperation in the aluminum industry.
A soft-power tool aiding the Russia-UAE economic relationship is the presence of 25,000 Russian citizens who are often employed as specialists in different sectors of the UAE economy. In turn, more than 300 UAE companies are represented in Russia. By and large, of all GCC members, it is the UAE with its "rejection of all forms of Islamism" that is most acceptable to Moscow. Russia sees its relationship with the UAE as being conducive to political interaction and holding strong cooperation potential.
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El Jordan EJ15 fue el decimoquinto y último monoplaza del equipo Jordan. Fue utilizado por el equipo para competir en la temporada 2005 de Fórmula 1. El coche fue conducido por Tiago Monteiro y Narain Karthikeyan.

Jordan se había quedado sin un contrato de motor para la temporada 2005 luego de la decisión de Ford de poner a la venta su proveedor de motores Cosworth. Sin embargo, a corto plazo, Toyota acordó suministrar al equipo irlandés motores idénticos a los utilizados por su propio equipo de Fórmula 1. A principios de 2005, el equipo fue vendido a Midland Group por US $60 millones.

El nombre Jordan fue retenido para la temporada 2005, antes de ser cambiado a Midland F1 Racing para la temporada 2006. A lo largo de 2005, los periodistas cuestionaron si Midland estaba en la competición a largo plazo. Circulaban rumores durante toda la temporada de que el equipo estaba a la venta, y que Eddie Irvine estaba interesado en comprarlos. El año también vio la presentación de dos pilotos novatos, Narain Karthikeyan y Tiago Monteiro. 2005 confirmó el estado de Jordan en la parte posterior de la grilla. Un podio final llegó en el Gran Premio de los Estados Unidos, en el que solo compitieron seis autos. Monteiro llevó a casa un Jordan 3-4. El portugués terminó octavo en Bélgica para darle al equipo su punto final y utilizó el EJ15 para terminar en todas las carreras menos una de la temporada. El último Gran Premio del equipo vio una salida discreta; Monteiro terminó 11º y Karthikeyan se estrelló.

Jordan utilizó un chasis EJ15B actualizado para las últimas cinco carreras del año. Monteiro dio su chasis de especificación B su debut en Italia, mientras que Karthikeyan todavía tenía el modelo anterior. Para la siguiente carrera en Bélgica, ambos pilotos usaron EJ15B, y ambos verían el resto de la temporada con el nuevo chasis, con el octavo lugar del portugués en Spa, su mejor resultado.

Después del final de la temporada, el chasis EJ15B fue utilizado en pruebas de invierno en Jerez en diciembre de 2005 por una variedad de pilotos, incluyendo a Roman Rusinov, Jeffrey van Hooydonk y Monteiro. Esto siguió al cambio de marca del equipo a Midland F1 Racing, y el coche presentó una librea de prueba interina.

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The story is mostly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, an
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Containing one of the reunion 1994 shows Alex Chilton performed with members of The Posiesalongside long term BS man Jody Stephens, with good sound and a nice eclectic set list. Great cover of Todd Rundgren's 'Slut', Marc Bolan's 'Baby Strange' and The Kinks Til The End Of The Day ' complimenting some classic Big Star tunes perfectly, and with a lovely version too of Chris Bell's 'I Am The Cosmos', a nice touch if ever there was one,
The two distinct eras of Big Star s existence are separated not just by a gap of almost twenty years, but also by the huge contribution played by original guitarist and singer-songwriter Chris Bell in the group s first incarnation – despite his inclusion being limited to the group s debut album alone. After Bell s departure in 1972, Alex Chilton and Big Star would release a further two albums which, like their first, initially gained very little attention. They had actually split-up before Third had been issued – a number of years after it was recorded – while tragically, Chris was killed in a car accident in 1978. That, therefore, might have been all that was ever heard of the group had not, following a renewal of interest when reissues caught the attention of many would-be fans, groups such as R.E.M. and The Replacements taken every opportunity possible to sing Big Star s praises – with the latter even composing tribute song Alex Chilton– which gained the band and head-honcho Chilton an almost incomparable cult-status. By the early 1990s,


BRUSSELS—The European Parliament adopted a resolution reaffirming an earlier measure that protects the rights of the people of Artsakh to self-determination.
This new resolution. which was passed with an overwhelming majority, was a direct result of Azerbaijan's massive efforts to undermine the peaceful resolution to the Karabakh conflict and to call into question Armenia's developing relations, ahead of summit next week where an EU-Armenia cooperation agreement is due to be ratified.
In July, the European Parliament approved a similar resolution in which Artsakh's right to self-determination is protected.
The current resolution is significant because it outlines provisions of the EU-Armenia partnership, which is expected to be discussed next week at a summit in Brussels.
It was no surprise then that Azerbaijan, using tactics familiar to European lawmakers, introduced various anti-Armenian amendments, which included a provision that represented Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan.
Armenia's delegation at the European Parliament, with it's allies on the legislative body and Armenian organisations in Europe were able to thwart Azerbaijan's "Laundromat" tactics and threw out all the anti-Armenian amendments, reaffirming Armenia as an important partner to Europe.
It is expected that Armenia and the EU will sign a cooperation agreement on November 25.


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Human rights violations remain systematic and widespread. But because they today occur on a smaller scale than in late 2015 and early 2016, they largely escape the attention of the international community. That is a mistake.
The preconditions remain for mass atrocities. The trigger could be Nkurunziza's apparent willingness to amend the constitution and run for a fourth term in 2020. The African Union, the United Nations, and the East African Community should work together now to compel the president to find a political solution to the conflict.
The current political crisis was sparked in April 2015, when the former rebel group and now ruling party CNDD-FDD announced that Nkurunziza would run for a third presidential term. Despite opposition over the constitutionality of the move, Nkurunziza's bid was confirmed in a controversial interpretation by the Constitutional Court.
Nkurunziza was re-elected in July 2015 in polls that were deemed neither free nor credible by the UN. He now appears intent on consolidating and retaining power at all cost. This includes amending the constitution's presidential term limits and the ethnic power-sharing quotas enshrined in the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement that ended the 1993-2005 civil war.
Now Nkurunziza has hinted that he may run for a fourth term in 2020, arguing that the will of the people is "above the judiciary". The government has authorised a commission to review the constitution, but none of its 15 members who were appointed in May have a background in constitutional law.
Furthermore, the commission is under the direct oversight of the president's office, raising concerns as to its independence. Its proposed draft amendments are expected by the end of the year.
To long-term observers, the decision to review the constitution does not come as a surprise. The CNDD-FDD has never been a supporter of the Arusha agreement and refused to sign. It objected, inter alia, to ethnic power-sharing quotas between Hutu and Tutsi – the two main ethnic groups in the country.
The constitution guarantees an ethnic balance of, at most, 60 percent Hutu and 40 percent Tutsi in both decision-making roles and within the public administration.
The army too has benefited from an ethnic balance following the end of the civil war and has been seen as a stabilising force in Burundi. The army's contribution to international peacekeeping missions has afforded Burundi both prestige and much-needed funds.
However, according to a recent report by the International Federation of Human Rights, the army is now slowly being purged of Nkurunziza's opponents, both real and perceived. These changes to the constitution and the army are dangerous.
Burundi presents many underlying risk factors that, if triggered, could lead to mass atrocities. Burundi's post-independence is replete with episodes of large-scale violence, which is one of the most reliable predictors of future mass atrocities.
The state structures seem unable to counter human rights violations; the judiciary is tightly controlled by the government, and state organs – most notably the police and the National Intelligence Agency – are among the main perpetrators of violence.
The CNDD-FDD's armed youth militia, the Imbonerakure, appear to be ready and willing to escalate the violence. The Imbonerakure have already created a climate of fear and intimidation, referring to their opponents as "lice" and "dogs" and taking part in the human rights violations. Neither civil society nor a free media are able to counter these trends, suffering from severe restrictions and repression.
It has become apparent that Nkurunziza has few scruples over the ethnicisation of the conflict. In the absence of his commitment to Arusha, a carrot-and-stick approach involving the African Union, the UN, and the regional East African Community may compel the president to the negotiation table to find a political solution.
The AU initially reacted strongly against the deteriorating situation in Burundi. On 17 December 2015, at the height of the violence, the AU's Peace and Security Council (PSC) recommended the deployment of 5,000 troops with or – if necessary – without the government's consent.
Many saw this as a realisation of Article 4(h) of the AU's Constitutive Act, which allows it "to intervene in a Member State… in respect of grave circumstances, namely war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity". The PSC had hoped to force the government to the negotiation table. However, in light of Nkurunziza's warning that any deployment would be met by force, the AU Assembly was split and ultimately did not endorse the decision.
The AU has since withdrawn from engagement on Burundi. In its stead, the UN Security Council authorised 228 police officers in July 2016 to monitor the security situation. The government again refused and the decision has not been implemented. In September of the same year, the UN Human Rights Council mandated a commission of inquiry for Burundi, but the commissioners were denied entry.
In light of the government's refusal to cooperate with the AU and UN, when it meets to discuss Burundi this week the Security Council should impose asset freezes and travel bans against those who threaten Burundi's peace and security.
This decision would be in line with action taken by the European Union, the United States, and Switzerland, which have imposed targeted sanctions on a number of individuals. The EU has also suspended direct financial assistance to Bujumbura.
The UN must also continue its contingency planning in case the situation deteriorates. It is currently "ill-equipped to mount the type of peace enforcement operation that may be required in the event of mass atrocities in Burundi," UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted earlier this year.
The Human Rights Council should suspend Burundi's current membership during its next regular session in September. It is unconscionable that as a member of the council, Burundi refuses to cooperate with its mechanisms and fails to uphold the human rights of its population.
The punitive measures taken by the UN will hopefully encourage the president and his government to re-engage with an East African Community-led mediation effort, which is trying to find a political solution to the conflict.
While the talks appear to have stalled due to the government's refusal to negotiate with the political opposition, a new round has been scheduled for later this month.
Nkurunziza's visit to Tanzania last week (his first trip outside of Burundi since a failed coup attempt in May 2015) to meet with Tanzanian President John Magufuli may revive the government's commitments to the talks. Magufuli is thought to be one of the few regional actors with influence over Nkurunziza.
As the crisis is inherently political, only a political solution can end it. However, it has become clear that the international community must compel Nkurunziza to find a negotiated settlement to prevent any further deterioration.


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The Vibe Tonight by Kim Magowan
We're thrilled to kick off CRAFT's 2020 all-flash November with Kim Magowan's fast-paced breathless paragraph, "The Vibe Tonight." Comprised of only three sentences, the piece opens with the narrator and her husband, Carl, hosting dinner for their recently single friend, Louisa. The narrator soon notices a strange uneasiness filling the room, but can't quite explain what, if anything, has changed the dynamic. Magowan says in her author's note: "The breathless sentence is propulsive: there's an urgency about it, a tidal effect, an accumulation of data the narrator doesn't yet have time to process." In "The Vibe Tonight," the narrator's desire to comprehend what is unfolding around her not only propels the narrative, it also amplifies the arc's tension by juxtaposing her stream of consciousness full force against the active scene. This frenetic back and forth coupled with a strong, resonant voice results in a piece (again echoing Magowan's author's note) that is both "emotional and unruly." We hope you enjoy reading "The Vibe Tonight," and hope you'll return again next week as we continue our flash celebration. —CRAFT
Louisa and I are drinking wine while my husband Carl, who is the cook (I used to think I could cook but that's before I met Carl, who is a much better cook, picky about his food and opinionated about how it's seasoned, and furthermore harsh, though he'd describe himself as honest; so after a couple of times of getting my feelings hurt I just gave up), has his back to us, because he's sautéing three different kinds of mushrooms, and the kids are downstairs watching Frozen 2, and I'm trying to figure out why the vibe is so weird, attributing it to the fact that ever since Louisa and her husband Matthew split up there's been something lopsided and awkward about the three of us together, which is partly because Louisa says such cruel and TMI and frankly false things about Matthew, like telling us that she's pretty sure Matthew is addicted to cocaine, when we know Matthew well, (if he were addicted to coke that's something we would know), and it's gotten to the point that Carl, who has always gotten along with Louisa, will say things like, "Louisa is fucking crazy," and I'll say, "She's hurting, she's not herself." Anyway, the vibe tonight is weird but that's what I attribute it to, even though so far Louisa has said nothing outrageous or false or in fact anything at all about Matthew, but I think Carl is steeling himself in advance, and that's why he says to her a little sharply, though he's obviously trying to be light, "So you're really not going to support me for Sports Editor?" (that's how we know Louisa, Louisa and Carl work at The Mercury News together; when Louisa first started there ten years ago, Carl said to me, "Hey, there's a new journalist who's really cool, I know you would like her, we should have her and her husband over"), and Louisa says, "Actually, I think it's time we had a female Sports Editor," and Carl still has his back to us and he's getting pretty aggressive with the mushrooms, and he says, "You don't even like Amy Sutherland," and Louisa says, "I don't need to be friends with my boss," and Carl turns off the flame and throws down the spatula and says, "I don't know why you're being such a bitch" and stomps away and I'm like, what the hell is going on here? I say to Louisa, "Why are you being so rude to Carl?" and Louisa grips her wine glass like she's going to snap the stem and says, "I am so sick of men bullying me," and I say, "What are you talking about? You're our best friend," and she shakes her head in disbelief, and I say, "I know splitting up with Matthew has been really hard, but I don't know why you have to take it out on Carl. We love you," and she looks at me like her eyes are lasers, like she hates me and she wants to zap me into a pile of carbonized dust, and she says, "Grace, the things I could tell you about your husband…" and I wait, not saying anything, and Louisa just stares at me, and in the background some Frozen 2 ballad about being brave and staying true to yourself swells, filling every corner of our house with sound.
KIM MAGOWAN lives in San Francisco and teaches in the Department of Literatures and Languages at Mills College. Her short story collection Undoing (2018) won the 2017 Moon City Press Fiction Award. Her novel The Light Source (2019) was published by 7.13 Books. Her fiction has been published in Atticus Review, Cleaver, The Gettysburg Review, Hobart, Smokelong Quarterly, Wigleaf, and many other journals. Her stories have been selected for Best Small Fictions and Wigleaf's Top 50. She is the Editor-in-Chief and Fiction Editor of Pithead Chapel.
By Kim Magowan | Flash Fiction, Fiction | November 6, 2020
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Omnipresence by Justine Teu
some things I knew by age seven by Shaina Phenix
Ugly by Leesa Fenderson
Back in May, a few writer friends and I were struggling to get writing done during the malaise of shelter-at-home quarantine with children underfoot. Michelle Ross, Yasmina Din Madden, Elizabeth Brinsfield, and I decided to jumpstart ourselves by participating in a flashathon. Starting at 6 a.m. PST, we would write for six straight hours, taking turns sending each other prompts every hour on the hour. "The Vibe Tonight" germinated from my prompt: "Write a one paragraph 'breathless sentence' story." I'd recently read a story by Jen Todhunter in The Forge Literary Magazine, "The Levitation," that unrolls as one sentence. It reminded me of a similar single sentence story in Wigleaf by Gwen Kirby. So I sent Michelle, Yasmina, and Beth links to these stories (which I urge everyone to read, they are both wonderful), reread them myself, and drafted "The Vibe Tonight."
I love experimental forms, but there must be a good reason for the form: it can't just be window dressing. The breathless sentence is propulsive: there's an urgency about it, a tidal wave effect, an accumulation of data that the narrator doesn't yet have time to process. There's a built-in delay, that is, between observation and interpretation, since interpretation requires reflective distance. So in "The Vibe Tonight" (which is three sentences), my narrator is watching a scene unfold that makes her feel anxious and uncomfortable, but she doesn't understand why. Her husband Carl is cooking, their recently single friend Louisa is present, and there's a murky tension in the air ("the vibe tonight") that the narrator can't explain. The content of the story consists of her observing, first action (Carl cooking mushrooms) and then this opaque tension, and trying to account for it. Things have been "lopsided and awkward" with Louisa since she separated from their friend Matthew: does this account for the vibe tonight? It doesn't. The breathless syntax pitches the narrator forward, as she keeps trying to comprehend what she's seeing, and discards various explanations as inadequate.
I picture the breathless-sentence form as the syntactic equivalent of the sensory overload someone might experience during an acid trip. What the form captures best—what it is built for—is when our adrenalin races ahead of our brains. You can't stop reading if there is no pause. There are famous examples of breathless sentences in essays, for instance the standout paragraph in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in which MLK finally takes off the gloves and chastises his intended audience of white moderates for their callous neutrality. His syntax shifts: King makes his audience feel how overwhelming, oppressive, and unending racism is, as experienced by people of color in America. The breathless sentence is a form that calls attention to its own urgency and avalanche pace; it's emotional and unruly. By the end of my story, the narrator is just starting to understand what is generating all the tension in her kitchen. The story concludes without spelling it out: Louisa's answer terminates in an ellipses.


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Those of us who believe in civil liberties and the Constitution should celebrate with champagne tonight.
The ruling is certainly a blow to the Security State. One battle won does not win the War. Articles I have read expect this wind up in the Supreme Court.
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Greenburgh Swimmer Turns Winning Into a Routine
by Luis Garcia
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Thursday afternoon, with the sun shining in the sky, a noisy crowd gathered around the swimming pool of the Westchester Country Club, in Rye, for the finals of the county swim conference. Greenburgh's swimmer Jazmine Smith, 10, was about to start the 50-yard backstroke race, her second in the day. The bell buzzed and she slid on the water, her long arms arching in the air, her hands flat as oar pads. Standing restless in the audience, her mother Jennifer Smith shouted as she reversed, clearly ahead.
"Go, go!"
Half way to the end, Jazmine's victory seemed inevitable, yet her mother urged her.
"Common, Jazmine. Touch the board!"
And so she did, more than a second before her closest opponent.
She had already won the 50-yard free style and would still win the 50-yard butterfly race that day, finishing the finals with the maximum of 20 points. She was the top scorer in the 10-and-under group both at the Westchester County Swim Conference and the Westchester County Swimming Association championships, which took place from July 25 to Aug. 4, in Rye's Playland pool.
Jazmine's performance gave a decisive contribution to Greenburgh's first place in the county championships and third place in the conference, the best result in the eight years head-coach Jackie Cordero has been leading the team, a season she defined as "a coach's dream."
But if the Greenburgh team has several strong swimmers, Jazmine, along with Kymani Senior, top scorer in the 12-and-under group, is definitely one of its stars, and has no problem accepting her merits.
"I work hard, I practice a lot, and I just do my best," she said.
But she also recognized that being on top of the age group helped, as it did swimming all year round with the Empire Swimming team, in Tarrytown.
Nathaniel Graves, one of the assistant coaches, said that Jazmine is always asking for feedback on how to improve.
"Her level of focus is superb for her age," he said.
Despite her dedication to swimming, Jazmine likes several other things. She practices soccer and tennis and plays the piano too, she said.
She kept her foot on the ground when she talked about her future in the pools.
"It all really depends on how I continue to grow as a swimmer," she said.
She is right not to think of the future now, for the celebrations for this year's achievements are still ongoing.
Town Supervisor Paul Feiner has already announced that the town will honor each swimmer of the Greenburgh team in the next board meeting, on Sept. 1.


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Q: Why is char *A able to hold strings while char A cannot? I am having trouble understanding why a character pointer is able to hold a string.
Shouldn't it be like character, only should be able to hold a character.

A: Picture:
+---+---+---+----+------
| A | B | C | \0 | ???
+---+---+---+----+------
  ^
  |---char*

Yes, each char* can point to only a single char at a time. But C++ strings like "ABC" are stored in memory as a contiguous sequence, without holes and with a 0 char at the end. Therefore, if you have the pointer to 'A', ++pointer will get you the pointer to 'B'. And you also know that you can do ++ until you find that last '\0'. (Which is exactly what strlen("ABC") does - use ++ 3 times to find the 0, so it returns 3.)

A: a character pointer does not hold anything except an address.
This address is that of the first element of a char array (or can be at least).
in essence char* is the same as char[]
A char on the other hand is a value type and cannot hold more than one byte.

A: Char pointers are assumed to point to the beginning of a string.
The pointer itself points to the first character in the string, and code using the pointer assumes that the rest of the string follows it in memory, until it reaches a \0.

A: char *a;

is a pointer(aka address/location expressed as number) to a character. It means that is does not hold a string (a sequence of characters) itself. In fact char *a's size (depending on various factors) is 4 bytes. Such a variable may point to actual location where your string really is (its first character followed by others and terminated by 0). In C/C++ it will be so called ASCIIZ ie. sequence of chars terminated by zero.
On the contrary this:
char a;

is a variable (usually 8bits) that stores just one character (plain ASCII char - not unicode codepoint etc)
Update:
Of course MSalters below is right - the string may just contain anything ie. may be composed of any values that char can hold and this does not have (although usually is) to be interpreted as ASCII.

A: it's actually simple:
char *A is a character pointer. it's another way of initializing an array of characters, which is what a string is.
char A, on the other hand, is a single char. it can't be more than one char.
See this conversation for more info:
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/13343/

A: Think string "abc" as a list of Char "a", "b" and "c", Char A is a variable of type Char, which cannot represent string "abc". Char *A is a pointer of type Char, it can point to a Char type variable. Char *A can be used to point to the first element of string, in this case, "a".

A: In C, (null terminated) strings are represented in memory in sequential memory cells of characters (their bytes - but I am not going to make it more complex on byte align etc.), with the last sequential character the '\0' (terminating):
char* str = "test"; -----> |t|e|s|t|\0|

char type is about one character only:
char ch = 'a'; -----> |a|

Now, in C++, you can either use C-style strings (char* types) or the string class of the standard library.

A: ##char array or char pointer doesn't hold the string but only points to the Base Address##
A string is union of characters sequentially stored in Memory Locations. Thus if the memory address of the first char is known we can know the other addresses by incrementing (by the size taken by the data type. In this case it's 1 byte) the Memory Address.
A string is a char array and an array's name points to the memory address where the first character is stored (Base Address). String functions work by manipulating that Memory Address (not sure about that but I can't think of any other way).
On the other hand, a char pointer also points to the Memory Location of a character.
Thus can be used the same way by string functions.
Thus strings can be declared using char arrays or char pointers...

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In this captivating take on documentary co-creation, Kelly Saeturn and her boyfriend, Tony Saelio, both refugees from Laos who grew up in the US, record a year and a half of their own lives as Kelly balances her hopes to attend college, a pregnancy, and her relationship with Tony, an ex-con trying to reform.
Some Divine Wind (dir. Roddy Bogawa; 1991; 72 min.)
A splintering of narrative structure mixed with found and created material depict the life of Ben, a young multiracial man is safely ensconced in his life with a white girlfriend, as he discovers that his father was part of a bombing mission that destroyed his Japanese mother's village and killed her entire family during World War II.
Strawberry Fields (dir. Rea Tajiri; 1997; 90 min.)
Set in the 1970s, a teenage Japanese American pyro runs away from her repressed and overbearing mother on a cross-country road trip that ends at the site of a World War II internment camp, rendering corporeal seen and unseen ghosts.
Terminal USA (dir. Jon Moritsugu; 1993; 54 min.)
One family's shenanigans, full of playfully twisted stereotypes, drug addictions, and illicit affairs, grow ever more violent in this comedic satire, which was controversially created for public broadcast.
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As we get into the holiday season, you might find your bank account dwindling. The holidays can be more difficult financially, and this may be especially true for homeowners, recent graduates, etc. If you're in this situation, you might consider a loan modification to help make ends meet. Some loan modifications are government sponsored programs with terms and conditions already established, which might include conditions of eligibility. Often, these do not offer much flexibility, but might save your home.
Possible loan modifications include (among others) lower monthly payments, lower interest rates, or loan term extensions. These types of modifications can be arranged by working with a loan lender or servicer, a certified housing counselor, or a company who is licensed to provide loan mediation services.
If this seems like something you might be interested in, you'll first need to gather some information. Get your financial documents in order—contact information for your lender, proof of recent payments, and bank statements are a good place to start. You'll also probably need pay stubs, a recent tax return, recent utility bills, record of homeowner association dues, and income and expense information.
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When asbestos materials are installed, scratched, drilled to be installed and / or get damaged, asbestos fibers are released into the air. When these airborne fibers are inhaled or digested by humans or by animals they cause serious diseases like cancer.
These diseases will not affect you immediately they often may take a long time to develop, but once diagnosed, unfortunately it is too late to cure or to do anything to safe this life.
The most common way to get the deadly infection is through breathing while working with asbestos or living under roofs of asbestos. In fact, asbestos wherever it will be installed, represents danger for any living beings.
UV rays and harsh weather conditions etc., will increase the deterioration and pulverization of asbestos-containing materials.
Water damages, continual vibration, aging, and physical impact such as drilling, grinding, buffing, cutting, sawing, or striking can break the materials down.
Asbestosis, a serious, chronic respiratory disease.
Lung cancer, which causes the largest number of deaths related to asbestos exposure.
Mesothelioma, which is a rare form of cancer that most often occurs in the thin membrane lining of the lungs, chest, abdomen, and heart.
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