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COVID-19 vaccination for children and young people
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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation and the Chief Medical Officers have been advising whether COVID-19 vaccinations should be offered to children and young people.
Who will be offered COVID-19 vaccinations?
Since July, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) and the UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) have been advising on how the COVID-19 vaccination programme may be applied to children and young people. This advice covers primary doses and booster doses.
What is the advice on primary doses?
The JCVI's advice on primary doses is as follows:
5-11 year olds at higher clinical risk*
Two 10mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, at least 8 weeks
5-11 year olds who are household contacts of someone who is immunosuppressed
Two 10mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech at least 8 weeks apart
NB – For 5-11 year olds above, JCVI advise that there should be a minimum 4 week interval between any vaccine dose and recent COVID-19 infection.
12-15 year olds at higher clinical risk*
Two 30mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, at least 8 weeks apart
12-17 year olds who are household contacts of someone who is immunosuppressed
Two 30mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, at least 12 weeks apart
12-17 year olds who are severely immunosuppressed**
Three 30mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, at least 8 weeks apart
A specialist paediatrician should advise whether the child or young person meets the eligibility criteria and on the timing of the third dose.
12-17 year olds not in groups specified above
Two 30 mcg doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, at least 12 weeks apart
NB –the Green Book provides advice on dosing intervals following recent COVID-19 infection.
* clinical risk as defined in Table 4 of the Green Book chapter on Covid-19
** criteria for a third primary dose are listed the Green Book chapter on Covid-19
What about booster doses for children and young people?
On 22 December 2021, JCVI advised that booster doses of 30mcg of Pfizer-BioNTech should be offered no sooner than 3 months after completing the primary doses to:
16 & 17 year olds
12-15 year olds in a clinical risk group
12-15 year olds who are severely immunosuppressed and have had a third primary dose
When will those who are now eligible be able to get their vaccinations?
The four health services across the UK are now developing and rolling out their plans. Different approaches will be taken across the country. We anticipate that children aged 5-11 years who are now eligible will be invited for vaccination from mid January 2022.
The Governments and NHS vaccine programmes should provide clear and consistent information for children and young people, families and clinicians about these next steps.
In England further information has been published on nhs.uk.
Details of the Northern Ireland vaccination programme is available on the nidirect government services website.
In Scotland, further information has been provided by NHS Inform.
Further details of the Welsh Government's vaccination programme is available on the GOV.WALES website.
What information will be provided to children, young people and their families about this?
The JCVI and CMOs have noted that the risks and benefits around COVID-19 vaccination for children and young people are more finely balanced than for older age groups. Information provided should cover all the details needed to ensure informed consent can be given by the 12-17 year old. For those aged 5-11, a parent or carer will need to provide that informed consent
For those who are household contacts of a person who is immunosuppressed - vaccination should be offered on the understanding that the main benefits are related to the potential for indirect protection of that household contact.
Information about the vaccine, its safety and side effects has been published by the UK Health Security Agency.
What information will be available to support healthcare professionals?
The Green Book has been updated with the clinical criteria included in this phase of the vaccination programme, the evidence base, potential safety and side effects, and recommended dosing intervals (which vary according to age, risk profile and time since a confirmed COVID-19 infection). This information should support clinicians discuss risks and benefits of vaccination with children, young people and their families.
Product information about individual vaccines is available from the MHRA. Two formulations of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine have been authorised for use: a paediatric formulation for 5-11 year olds and an adult formulation for those aged 12 and over. The Moderna vaccine are authorised for use in 12-17 year olds. Other vaccines have yet to be authorised for under 18s in the UK.
Is the paediatric formulation available in the UK?
The paediatric formulation of the vaccination for 5-11 year olds is not yet available in the UK. Using a smaller dose of adult vaccine, or medicine, for children off-licence in the way described by the JCVI is not unusual. This will be done by a qualified practitioner with the right training and safeguards in place. It would be perfectly reasonable, however, to delay vaccination until the paediatric formulation arrives in the UK, if parents wish to do so.
What about COVID-19 vaccination for healthy 5 - 11 year olds?
Any advice on whether COVID-19 vaccinations should be offered to all 5-11 year olds would follow the same decision-making process, starting from trials, through authorisation by MHRA, advice from JCVI, and then agreement from Ministers. We are aware of the many hours of intense scrutiny the JCVI has given to the issue of assessing the health benefits and risks of healthy 12-15 year olds being offered the vaccine. JCVI will be reviewing evidence and data and applying the same level of scrutiny to younger age groups.
RCPCH does not yet have a view on COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy 5-11 year olds and we are awaiting advice from JCVI. We will also be actively reflecting on the ethical questions that arise from considering the risks and benefits to children receiving COVID-19 vaccinations.
What's the College's view on myocarditis?
We don't know the long-term issues from vaccination, but nor do we have a full understanding of the long-term issues from COVID-19. All suspected side effects to COVID-19 vaccines should be reported to the MHRA through the Yellow Card Scheme. The College looks to JCVI to review the evidence and data and provide advice on risk.
What about other routine childhood vaccinations?
JCVI has stressed the importance of ensuring that other routine immunisations for children and young people are maintained given the benefits they offer. National immunisation programmes are proven to be highly effective at preventing disease, reducing serious and sometimes life-threatening diseases such as meningitis and measles.
As we note in our position statement on vaccinations, paediatricians and child health professionals can support national vaccination programmes through their work by making every contact count. Some groups are at greater risk of low vaccine uptake, including children in large families, children in lone parent families, looked after children, children in mobile families including the travelling community, children in some ethnic minority groups, children with chronic conditions or disability. Children's immunisation status should form part of any assessment. If vaccines are not up to date, the reason should be established. Parents may have delayed or refused vaccines for a variety of reasons and parents should be offered the opportunity to discuss their concerns.
What's the College's response to the new Omicron variant?
We are keeping a watching brief on the developing situation and will update our FAQs as soon as we know more.
Latest updates to this page
Update in this version (22 December) to reflect JCVI's advice on 22 December
Update in version (8 December) to note our watching brief on the new Omicron variant
Update in version (2 December) reflecting updated JCVI advice on 29 November 2021
Update in version (22 November) on vaccinations for under 12s
Update in version (18 November) to reflect JCVI advice on second doses for 16 & 17 year olds not in at-risk groups
Update in version (14 September) to reflect CMOs advice on vaccinations for healthy 12-15 year olds
Update in version (3 September) to reflect JCVI advice on expanded list of 12-15 year olds with specific health conditions that are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination
Statement from JCVI on immunisation prioritisation
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Scotland- NHSInform
Wales - Public Health Wales
Northern Ireland - Public Health Agency
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Since 1837 Santo Varni was professor of sculpture at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genoa and honorary professor at the renowned Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Well-known and appreciated internationally, he was in contact with the most important personalities of art and archaeology in Italy. He was a passionate collector and acquired thousands of objects, mainly sculptures and drawings, but also paintings, ceramics, bronzes, glass, cameos, fabrics, gold and silver objects and a large number of archaeological pieces.
Varni also developed a great interest in archaeological excavations and discoveries, which he documented through drawings and notes. He was particularly interested in the Roman cities of Liguria, especially Luni, Libarna and Tortona. In his house and studio, in Genoa, he built a private museum with a specialized library, which should have been inherited by the Municipality of Genoa after his death. The collection was sold by the Sambon Auction House in 1887 after inheritance disputes. At that time, about 25 antique sculptures could be acquired for the museums in Genoa, while most of the collection was sold and is now lost.
Of the pieces documented in the 1887 auction catalogue and from other sources (e.g. interior photographs of his house), only about a quarter have reached the museums of Genoa according to current knowledge. With the help of Varni's archive, drawings and notes, as many of the pieces as possible, that have entered the art market and are still missing, are to be identified.
At the same time, the photographic documentation of the sculptures in the museums of Genoa will be completed.
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What is Vin Diesel's net worth?
What is Vin Diesel's net worth?
Vin Diesel Net Worth: $225 Million.
Accordingly, What is Vin Diesel's real name?
Vin Diesel, original name Mark Sinclair, (born July 18, 1967, Alameda county, California, U.S.), American actor and producer who was best known for his action films, most notably the Fast and Furious series.
Moreover, What Will Smith worth?
Will Smith's net worth is estimated at $350 million, making him one of the richest actors in the world. At 51 years old, Will Smith is an American actor, rapper, and songwriter. Millions love him, and he's unarguably been one of the most lovable actors throughout his career.
Also How much did Vin Diesel make playing Groot?
According to a report by nuordertech.com, he was paid $54.5 million dollars for his role of Groot. Vin Diesel took the world by a storm when he first voiced Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Can Vin Diesel speak another language?
While it is known that Vin Diesel does whatever it takes to make high quality films, his willingness to learn new languages adds to his impressive list of skills. Vin Diesel does speak Spanish. He is not fluent by any standard, but he can speak the language in some capacity.
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What is Groot saying?
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Who does I am Groot?
What does Groot say before he dies in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Tom Cruise Net Worth
Tom Cruise's estimated net worth is $600 million.
What is Clint Eastwood's net worth? As of 2021, Clinton Eastwood's net worth is estimated to be roughly $375 million.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has nabbed the title of the world's highest–paid actor for the second year in a row. Between June 2019 and June 2020, Johnson racked up $87.5 million, making $23.5 million alone from his starring role in the upcoming Netflix film "Red Notice," according to Forbes.
Surprisingly, Thor actor Chris Hemsworth leads the pack, followed by Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. Downey Jr has consistently been the highest paid member of the Marvel family, but the list takes into account earnings from beyond just the MCU. Hemsworth made a reported $76.4 million, putting him at the number 24 spot.
The mature form of Groot's species is robust and heavyweight, which causes the organs of acoustic generation to become stiff and inflexible. It is this hardened nature of Groot's larynx that causes people, who are oblivious to the subtle nuances of his speech, to misinterpret him as merely repeating his name.
For every "I am Groot" in the film, Gunn said Diesel probably had to say it about 500 times to get it right.
James Gunn has spoken previously about the fact that when he writes the scripts for the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, he does write Groot's full dialogue, aka the words that he is trying to convey even if all we ever hear is "I am Groot." He even goes so far to dance as the character when needed.
As per reports, Mohanlal allegedly earned Rs 64.5 crores in 2019, whereas Mammootty earned Rs 33.5 crores. Reportedly, Mohanlal's salary for the Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 3 is the highest amount received by a celebrity in the history of Malayalam television.
List of poorest celebrities
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Highest–paid YouTube stars 2020. As of June 2020, it was estimated that nine-year old Ryan Kaji (Ryan ToysReview) was ranked first as top-earning YouTuber worldwide with earnings of approximately 29.5 million U.S. dollars during the measured period.
Playing Jake Harper on the CBS show "Two and a Half Men," Angus T. Jones worked his way up to $300,000 per episode by age 17, in 2010, according to Entertainment Tonight. He made history as the highest-paid child actor ever.
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Groot: I am Groot. Cap: I am Steve Rogers. Now, since Thor could understand Groot as it was an elective he studied on Asgard, he should know that Groot's name is 'Tree'.
After a fan asked the Russo Brothers to explain the scene, wondering whether Groot was suddenly deemed worthy, the pair disclosed that Groot was able to lift Stormbreaker because the weapon doesn't have the same rules as Mjolnir. "Mjolnir requires worthiness, not Stormbreaker," the directors wrote on Twitter.
In the comic book universe he is sort of immortal, but in the MCU he isn't. The baby groot you see in GOTG 2 is different from the one in GOTG 1. Baby Groot is the son.
In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the anthropomorphic tree-man Groot is no longer the towering, full-sized version voiced by Vin Diesel in the first film, but rather a pint-sized pipsqueak known as Baby Groot. … First Groot is dead. Baby Groot is his son.
The voice of Groot in the MCU movie was famously recorded by Vin Diesel. But how many times did Vin Diesel say I am Groot? Vin Diesel revealed that throughout the filming of Guardians of the Galaxy he said the word "I am Groot" over one thousand times.
Just before Groot vanishes into dust, he shouts one final "I Am Groot." One Twitter user wondered what Groot's final line meant and asked Gunn what he said. Gunn translated Groot's last word: "Dad." Fans reacted in devastation to Gunn's confirmation.
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Not long ago, I initiated an in-person split with a long-term boyfriend — a nebulous "I don't feel the way I need to to make this work" situation that ended in a storm of nerves, tears, and unsatisfactory explanations. Even worse, when it was over, I knew I had to do it three more times — on Facebook, Friendster, and MySpace.
I'd seen friends engage in uncoupling 2.0. Some did it quickly, like tearing off a Band-Aid. But to me, it seemed juvenile to rush to the keyboard and update my relationship status while the mascara was still running down my cheeks. I decided to let a grace period pass before I dealt my new ex three more punches to the gut (and announced to the world that I was available).
Then, nine days post-breakup, I got an out-of-the-blue text from one of his closest confidants. "It's okay to update your Friendster and Facebook pages," he wrote. "In fact, I think it would help." It was his way of saying I was keeping hope alive where there was none. I took the advice and, in rapid succession, changed all three profiles to "Single."
Facebook captured the moment best. After issuing the warning "Your relationship will be canceled," it branded my page with the little icon of a sawed-in-half red heart. A breakup completed.
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Court affirms Adebutu as PDP governorship candidate in Ogun
Oladipupo Adebutu has been affirmed as the winner of the Ogun State Governorship Primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a federal high court sitting in Abuja.
Justice Inyang Ekwo who presided over the lawsuit filed by Jimi Lawal who had claimed that an invalid delegates list was fraudulently used by the PDP to conduct the primary election he participated in, dismissed the claim on grounds of lacking reliable and credible evidence.
Ekwo described Lawal as a "spoiler", having joined the PDP in March from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and participated in governorship primary held in May.
The Judge also ruled that the delegates list which Lawal challenged, is the same list approved by the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and was used during the primaries which Adebutu emerged as the candidate of the party.
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Watch a Tied-Up Alligator Knock a Man Out With Its Hard, Reptilian Skull
By Rafi Letzter 2018-06-07T21:54:19Z
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American alligators are beautiful, amazing, horrible monsters. As such, there are many parts of their body that they can obviously hurt you with. Up front, they've got wide, grinning toothy mouths that can clamp down on your limbs with deadly force. In the back, they've got powerful tails for thwacking. Even alligator claws are wicked, though they don't usually use them to fight.
But, as one trapper in Ocoee, Florida experienced firsthand yesterday (June 6), even an alligator with nearly all those parts pinned down has a weapon of last resort: the incredible thwack of its hard skull. [Alligators vs. Crocodiles: Photos Reveal Who's Who ]
A local NBC affiliate shared a video on Twitter that begins with an alligator trussed up on a sidewalk in a residential neighborhood, surrounded by a trapper and several police officers. Its jaws are taped shut, its eyes blindfolded, its four limbs are tied behind its back, and its tail lolls harmlessly behind its body. The trapper bops the alligator on the head several times. (Exactly what his goal is is unclear, though alligator trappers do often rub the creatures' bodies to calm them down.)
Eventually, the trapper and the officers grip the alligator and lift it toward the back of a pickup truck. Just as its tail contacts the truckbed, the alligator snaps its head back, apparently head-butting the trapper. The incredible force of the blow sends his sunglasses shooting off of his head, and he falls over, reportedly unconscious. One of the police officers topples as well, struck by the writhing tail. The alligator slithers off the back of the truck, and plops back onto the ground.
John Hutchinson, an expert in animal motion at the University of London, said that no one's ever studied just how much speed and power an alligator can deliver with a head butt, but that it doesn't surprise him to learn it's enough to knock a man out.
"Gators have large neck muscles for handling prey, and those muscles have fast-twitch fibers so they can contract quickly," Hutchinson told Live Science.
He added that he wouldn't be comfortable judging the trapper for the alligator's treatment or for the end result.
"It's a tough situation because the gator was in a populated area and needed to be removed, hopefully to somewhere safer. Someone could have been more seriously hurt. The gator was blindfolded which calms them, and the trussing shown would be uncomfortable but not causing permanent injury," Hutchinson said.
"The trapper and police were putting themselves in harm's way, and they didn't kill the gator outright, so one might say that they were making the best of a bad situation," he said.
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Viet Nam Travel Airlines JSC (), operating as Vietravel Airlines, is a Vietnamese travel airline owned by the Vietravel Holdings, registered in Huế City, Thừa Thiên - Huế Province, Central Vietnam. The airline received its first Airbus A321 aircraft on December 5, 2020 and has its first commercial flight on 25th November 2021.

History
The airline was proposed in early 2018, and the dossiers were submitted to the Vietnamese relevant authorities for review. On April 3, 2020, the Prime Minister of Vietnam approved the establishment of the airline.

On October 29, 2020, Vietravel Airlines received the operation license from the Ministry of Transport.

On December 24, 2020, Vietravel Airlines received the Aircraft Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.

On December 26, 2020, the airline launched its maiden flight between Hanoi - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City.

On January 3, 2021, the carrier has announced its first charter routes from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Khanh Hoa, Qui Nhon and Phu Quoc.

On January 19, 2021, the airline started selling its first commercial tickets for scheduled flight between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Currently, Vietravel Airlines has operating and expanding its routes to more than 10 destinations in Vietnam including: Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Da Lat, Hue, Vinh, Hai Phong.

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As of February 2021, the Vietravel Airlines fleet include the following aircraft:

Destinations

As of January 2021, Vietravel has announced the following routes and destinations:

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Valsalva Maneuver: Dispelling Its Dangers, Risks Associated With Lifting
Feb 14, 2017Jordan Feigenbaum
Picture yourself under the weight of a heavy barbell for a moment. You're going for a PR today, and you'll need to do everything right to tip the odds in your favor. After walking the weight out, you take your stance, adjusting your feet to the proper width and angle. You squeeze the muscles of your back and trunk to brace for the descent, and finally you take a big, deep, breath.
While this can be a natural instinct for anyone lifting a heavy object, you may know it by another name -- a Valsalva maneuver.
Named after Dr. Antonio Valsalva in the 1700s, the Valsalva maneuver occurs when you try to exhale against a closed glottis, which is the opening between your vocal chords that is sealed off by a flap covering the airway so food doesn't end up in there.
After you breathe in, little to no air escapes the closed glottis, and the pressure in the abdominal cavity is increased. This is ultimately a good thing, as it makes the bony vertebral column of your spine more resistant to shear forces. In short, your back is likely to wiggle under a challenging load and this is not disputed at all.
Unfortunately, many pros and bros alike have advised folks to not invoke the Italian doctor's namesake for fear that the risk of stroke, aneurysm, or blood pressure is "too high." If you do a Valsalva you'll surely have a stroke or blow a blood vessel and die, right? Wrong.
You see, like most things in the human body, the response to the Valsalva maneuver is nuanced and extraordinarily complex. (Editor's note: while all the details behind the Valsalva's physiology and related epidemiology is beyond the scope of this article, we are fortunate enough to be able to link you to a 17-page article written by Jonathon Sullivan, MD, PhD, who also happens to be a Starting Strength Coach.) That said, here's the quick and dirty on why both the pro and the bro who recommend not doing a Valsalva are sorely mistaken.
Yes, blood pressure increases during a Valsalva with values greater than 300mmHg (the top number). If that seems high to you, then you've been paying attention because the current recommendation is for most folks' systolic blood pressure to be less than 140 and closer to 120mmHg. Again, there is no contention that performing a Valsalva increases blood pressure during exercise to a greater degree than without it.
That said, do we really see increased incidences of strokes, aneurysms or a greater risk of high-blood pressure secondary to doing the Valsalva? The short answer is no, no, and absolutely not.
You see, there are two types of strokes, hemorrhagic (bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel) or strokes from ischemia, which is when there is a lack of blood flow to an area of the brain due to a clot or an embolism.
For hemorrhagic strokes in the context of resistance training, we're really talking about subarachnoid hemorrhages (SAH), aka a berry aneurysm. Since the other types are due to trauma like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat, a car accident, or falling -- stuff that doesn't usually happen in a gym -- the biggest risk of SAH is having a large pre-existing aneurysm. Interestingly, the medical literature does not suggest that doing a Valsalva increases the size of one of these aneurysms, nor does it suggest that holding your breath actually makes them rupture. As Dr. Sullivan so eloquently points out in his article:
"Valsalva during lifting was associated with a lower risk than during sex, masturbation, anger, and blowing one's nose."
Now, in the case of the Valsalva during exercise increasing rates of ischemic strokes the answer is -- and you probably could've guessed this by now -- nope. In fact, it appears that resistance training, in general, decreases incidence of ischemic stroke from a variety of mechanisms.
What's more, it appears that as a person either gets more fatigued or uses a more challenging load, they're going to do a Valsalva anyway because it helps us transfer force to the bar more efficiently. Yes, Virginia, we're all doing Valsalvas whether we want to or not and based on the evidence. It looks like it's just fine.
Finally, does doing a Valsalva regularly during training lead to a greater incidence of high blood pressure? Not even close. In fact, resistance training actually lowers blood pressure consistently. Weight loss, which may be augmented by regularly training and compliance to an appropriate diet, is one of the most effective treatments for hypertension.
So here we are, about to go for that PR squat and having just learned that we're going to do a Valsalva whether we want to or not. It's not dangerous inherently, and it likely protects against injury. We should probably go ahead and hold our breath, tip our hats to Dr. Valslava, and be thankful for the gainzZz™.
Jordan Feigenbaum, owner of Barbell Medicine, has an extensive academic background including a Bachelors of Science in Biology, Master's of Science in Anatomy and Physiology, and Doctor of Medicine. Jordan also holds accreditations from many professional training organizations and is a staff member for select Starting Strength Seminars. He's been coaching folks since 2008 and as a competitive powerlifter, Jordan has competition best lifts of a 640lb squat, 430lb bench press, and 725lb deadlift as a 198lb raw lifter. He can be contacted via email at info@barbellmedicine.com.
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NATO and the European Union signed a declaration in Warsaw on Friday whereby they agreed to strengthen co-operation between their organisations. It is the first document of its kind and it focuses in great detail on efforts to counter hybrid threats.
The signatories of the declaration were NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as well as the President of the European Council Donald Tusk and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Strengthening co-operation between the EU and NATO will also be one of the main topics of discussion at the NATO Summit in Warsaw.
"We believe that the time has come to give a new impulse and new substance to the strategic partnership between NATO and the EU," the declaration reads.
It was indicated that the Euro-Atlantic community faces unprecedented challenges in the south and the east. "Our citizens demand that we use all means and methods at our disposal in order to tackle the challenges and strengthen their security," it said, adding that by working together the two organisations have more opportunities to respond to the threats. "A strong NATO and a strong EU strengthen each other. Together, they are more able to guarantee security in Europe and beyond," the leaders of the EU and NATO stated.
The declaration stipulates the objectives of the co-operation framework. High up on the list is the urgent need to "strengthen capabilities to counter hybrid threats". These types of threats are a combination of conventional military activities as well as non-conventional and non-military activities, for example cyber attacks or propaganda campaigns.
The strength of such threats was highlighted above all during the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and by the methods used by Russia in the conflict. According to the joint declaration, NATO and the EU intend to exchange information about threats and hybrid incidents and create a procedure to respond to these dangers.
Both organisations intend to expand co-operation in the Mediterranean in order to respond to the migration crisis more effectively. The declaration also mentions the co-ordination of efforts in the area of cyber-security, missions and operations, exercises and training, strengthening defence industries as well as boosting the security and stability of EU and NATO partners in the East and South.
Simultaneous and coordinated exercises are scheduled to take place in 2017 and 2018, including within the area of hybrid threats. Co-ordination mechanisms are due to be created by December of this year, in order to implement the aims listed in the joint EU-NATO declaration.
After signing the document, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that strengthening co-operation between the Alliance and NATO was a historical decisions which will enable even closer co-operation.
"Our security is mutually dependent. We face unprecedented challenges. Neither the EU, nor NATO, are able to tackle them alone but together we form a great team which has the tools to protect our citizens and the stability of our neighbourhood," he said.
According to Stoltenberg, an example of the effectiveness of this co-operation is the reaction to Russia's actions in Ukraine. The EU introduced economic sanctions against Russia and NATO carried out the biggest reinforcement of its collective defence capabilities since the end of the Cold War, he added.
The operation in the Aegean Sea, where NATO is supporting the EU's anti-trafficking efforts, is also bearing fruit. Stoltenberg has announced greater co-operation in the Mediterranean in the area of the fight against illegal migration and terrorism.


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Prof. Bennett Gershman writes about the British tabloid phone hacking scandal in HuffPost
by newswire · December 1, 2011
An official inquest into British tabloids–accused in recent months of everything from blackmailing politicians and celebrities to hacking into cell phones of crime victims, from bribing police for salacious information to paying informants for intimate and embarrassing revelations about prominent figures–is fodder for Prof. Bennett Gershman's latest entry on the Huffington Post.
In particular, Prof. Gershman considers how the British tabloids were "able to operate for so long and engage in lawless conduct with impunity in a legal system that is far less hospitable to free speech and free press than that of the United States."
Prof. Gershman presents a few different theories. Regarding the lack of government regulation, restriction or criticism of the tabloids' behavior, he writes:
Indeed, there was a symbiosis of sorts. The Murdoch publishing empire appears to have held a tight fist over successive British governments. Indeed, nobody was surprised when current Prime Minister David Cameron hired as his communications director Andy Coulson, the editor of the News of the World (Coulson described the tabloid's payments to police for secret information as "within the law"), and had it not been for the hacking scandal, Murdoch was poised with the government's blessing to take control of the $12 billion pay-television company British Sky Broadcasting. Moreover, let's not forget the political clout of the tabloids in supporting and attacking politicians, and thereby making these politicians much more subservient to the tabloid's interests. Indeed, it was only at the end of his tenure that Prime Minister Blair described the British media as behaving like a "feral beast."
Also, it is not unreasonable to suggest, and there is evidence to support this, that the massive phone hacking produced embarrassing information not only about celebrities and prominent athletes, but also about government officials (News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks used her tabloid to smear Prime Minister Gordon Brown), and these officials who likely would think twice before criticizing tabloid excesses for fear of retribution. And, of course, in a brazen culture of "checkbook journalism" where truth and ethics don't matter, the tabloids know that persons wronged by their misconduct would be deterred by the amount of time and expense it takes to litigate claims of defamation and invasion of privacy. Anyway, after cashing in on inflammatory headlines, the tabloids could always print a self-serving retraction, probably on the back page.
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John Galt's Sons
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One of the honoured members of the Society, Mr. Findlay Weaver, has lately been writing in his column, "Lore of Bygone Days", articles about the three sons of John Galt, founder of Guelph. With assistance from Mr. Weaver's articles, the files of the Galt Reporter for 1866, O.D.Skeleton's Life and Times of Alexander Tilloch Galt, Western Ontario Historical Notes March 1963, the Encyclopedia Canadian, and other sources, the president, Mr. Hugh Douglass has written this short account of the three men who, like their father, dedicated their lives to serving Canada.
John Galt, Sr.
m. April 20, 1813
Elizabeth Tilloch
1. John Galt, Jr.
b. Aug.13,1814;
d. May21,1866
2. Thomas Galt
d. June29,1901
3. Alexander Tilloch Galt
b. Sep. 6,1817;
d. Sep.19,1893
In 1828, the three boys with their mother joined their father in Upper Canada. They came via New York, the Hudson River, the Erie Canal to Burlington, where they made their home at "The Mountain." Later, they came to Guelph and lived in "The Priory."
In 1829, Galt lost favour with the Canada Company, and returned to England. He had spent his money and creditors crowded him. He was imprisoned for debt, the most outstanding account being that for £70 billed to him by a Mr. Valpy of Reading, tutor to John Galt's sons. To pay off his debts, John Galt turned to writing plays, poems, novels, and magazine articles.
Before the end of April 1833, the boys left home and sailed for Canada to seek their fortune in the land they had already visited. John Galt, Jr. got the position of Collector of Customs and Registrar of Deeds and Goderich. He married Helen Lizars. On Friday, May 25, 2866, the Galt Reporter printed the following paragraph:
A telegram from Ottawa on Monday last contains the following: A great sensation was caused here by the death this morning of Mr. John Galt, registrar of Huron and Bruce, who expired in an apoplectic fit in the Parliament Buildings. The deceased was the eldest son of the distinguished novelist and brother of the Finance Minster and Thomas Galt, Q.C., of Toronto.
He was 41 years old when he died.
The second son, Thomas, began work for the Canada Company in Toronto in 1833. He later went into law and became a judge. In 1847 he married Francis Louisa Perkins. In 1888 he was knighted and on August 31, 1894 he retired from judicial life. He did not move from Toronto. On the south wall of the plaque erected to commemorate Sir Thomas Galt and his family. That church, by the way, was also attended by the Chadwicks, another well-known family, some of whose members lived in Guelph.
The third son was Alexander Tilloch Galt. He was born in Chealsea, London, England. On his arrival in Canada he became involved in the settlement of immigrants with the British American Land Company in the province of Quebec. Later, he was elected representative of Sherbrooke County as an Independent 1849-50 and 1853-72. He was one of the promoters of the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1858, he was a Finance Minister in the Cartier-Macdonald administration. He was a delegate to the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences in 1864 and to the Westminster conference in 1866. He was one of the most important Fathers of the Confederation, because he was able to enlist Cartier's assistance to get Lower Canada to come into Confederation. He also helped to frame the terms of the union. Especially interesting in his wording of Clause 93, paragraph 3 of the B.N.A. Act regarding the respect of the educational rights of religious minorities which was to extend to all of the provinces. He was the first Minister of Finance in Sir John. A. Macdonald's parliament in 1867 but resigned. In 1869 he was knighted. In 1872 he retired from parliament being opposed to the construction of the C.P.R. From 1880 until 1883 he was appointed Canada's first High Commissioner to London.
In 1848 he married Elliott, daughter of John Torrance of Montreal. She died, and in 1851 he married her sister, Amy Gordon Torrance. Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt died at the age of 76 at his home on Mountain Street, Montreal.
There are several descendants of Thomas and Alexander Tilloch Galt, but I do not know if John Galt, Jr. had any children.
© 2020 Guelph Historical Society.


DES is the simulation of stochastic processes with discrete state space, such as the classic M/M/1 queue: exponential interarrival and service times, with a single server. The state space can be defined as the queue length, which is integer-valued and thus "discrete." This contrasts to, a continuous system, such as simulating a moving object, where state such as location is continuous.
System Reliability can be a DES problem, if we only consider discrete state of the components and not the continous parameters. The classic System Reliability theories are discrete state, and most of the time binary states.
A reliability block diagram (RBD) is one of the frequently used tool for modeling system reliability. It use a block diagram method to show how component reliability contributes to the success or failure of a complex system.
Commercial Reliability Software packages, such as Reliasoft Blocksim(R), use RBD to model the system and then use analytical or simulation methods to calculate the system reliability metrics.
The RBD is a graphical interface to build the DES. However, Reliasoft Blocksim limits itself to the binary states. A more generic DES is desirable in certain complex systems.
DES are implemented in commercial software and also as generic framework in Java, Python, etc. SimPy is a process-based discrete-event simulation framework based on standard Python. More recenlty, Simmer is developed as a process-oriented and trajectory-based Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) package for R. It is designed to be a generic framework like SimPy or SimJulia, and it runs the DES with Rcpp to boost the performance and turning DES in R feasible.
This post aims at evaluating Simpy and Simmer in the context of System Reliability.
Reticulate package offers a set of tools for interoperability between Python and R. In this example, we use Reticulate to import a Simpy Model, and pass the simulation result to R as a data frame.
"""return time interval until the repair is done, and machine is ready to run again. """
# time to failure and time to repair are defined globally.
R-simmer has similar implentation as Simpy, but with Simmer, everything is monitored automatically, and reported in handy data frames. This works especially well when doing many replications.
Calculate System Downtime, assuming in series.
Modarres, Mohammad; Mark Kaminskiy; Vasiliy Krivtsov (1999). Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis. Ney York, NY: Marcel Decker, Inc. p. 198. ISBN 0-8247-2000-8.


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package com.snowplowanalytics
package snowplow
package enrich
package common
package outputs

import java.time.{Instant, ZoneOffset}

// Scalaz
import scalaz._
import Scalaz._

// json4s
import org.json4s._
import org.json4s.JsonDSL._
import org.json4s.jackson.JsonMethods._

// Iglu Scala Client
import iglu.client.ProcessingMessageNel
import iglu.client.validation.ProcessingMessageMethods._

/**
  * Alternate BadRow constructors
  */
object BadRow {

  /**
    * Constructor using Strings instead of ProcessingMessages
    *
    * @param line
    * @param errors
    * @return a BadRow
    */
  def apply(line: String, errors: NonEmptyList[String]): BadRow =
    BadRow(line, errors.map(_.toProcessingMessage), System.currentTimeMillis())

  /**
    * For rows which are so too long to send to Kinesis and so cannot contain their own original line
    *
    * @param line
    * @param errors
    * @param tstamp
    * @return a BadRow
    */
  def oversizedRow(size: Long,
                   errors: NonEmptyList[String],
                   tstamp: Long = System.currentTimeMillis()): String =
    compact(
      ("size"             -> size) ~
        ("errors"         -> errors.toList.map(e => fromJsonNode(e.toProcessingMessage.asJson))) ~
        ("failure_tstamp" -> tstamp)
    )
}

/**
  * Models our report on a bad row. Consists of:
  * 1. Our original input line (which was meant
  *    to be a Snowplow enriched event)
  * 2. A non-empty list of our Validation errors
  * 3. A timestamp
  */
case class BadRow(line: String,
                  errors: ProcessingMessageNel,
                  tstamp: Long = System.currentTimeMillis()) {

  /**
    * Converts a TypeHierarchy into a JSON containing
    * each element.
    *
    * @return the TypeHierarchy as a json4s JValue
    */
  def toJValue: JValue =
    ("line"             -> line) ~
      ("errors"         -> errors.toList.map(e => fromJsonNode(e.asJson))) ~
      ("failure_tstamp" -> getTimestamp(tstamp))

  /**
    * Converts our BadRow into a single JSON encapsulating
    * both the input line and errors.
    *
    * @return this BadRow as a compact stringified JSON
    */
  def toCompactJson: String =
    compact(toJValue)

  /**
    * Returns an ISO valid timestamp
    *
    * @param tstamp The Timestamp to convert
    * @return the formatted Timestamp
    */
  private def getTimestamp(tstamp: Long): String =
    Instant.ofEpochSecond(tstamp).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC).toString()
}

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Chicago—Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that its tsunami relief donation matching program, instituted December 30, has raised nearly $300,000 to help victims in Southeast Asia. The contributions, which include $191,320 in individual contributions and a $100,000 matching donation from the firm, will benefit the American Red Cross and several other relief organizations.
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Humans make sense of their lives through story, "we are the stories we tell ourselves" Shekhar Kapur. In this session we will take a brief journey through different forms of story writing and telling. Story, poetry, metaphor and myth are essential tools for humans to articulate the senses and aspects of life experience that lie beyond our rational understanding and its associated language. Story, poetry, metaphor and myth enable our use of the liminal space which lies between fact and fiction where imagination becomes a sense in itself and meaning making can occur.


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Why clean the print circuit boards after soldering?
Why to clean stencils, squeegees and misprints of PCB?
51 – 72 % of the errors caused by soldering happen as the result of poor solder paste printing.
Why to remove coating PCB and parts of coating devices?
Coating frames and parts of coating devices: Layers of hardened coating blocking coating device frames and parts so that the coating process is not 100 % possible.
Why to clean filters, coolers and soldering frames?


Ready to learn about the Berger Picard Temperament? I'm sure you do. But here is a quick fact about this rare dog breed and a bit of history that I'd bet you did not know.
Perhaps one of the most interesting facts about the Berger Picard is that his name is not at all pronounced how it looks.
This is because the name is actually French. "Berger" is French for "shepherd," and Picard is the area in France from where the Berger Picard originated.
The Berger Picard is believed to be the oldest of all the French Sheepdogs.
In fact, it was only as recent as 2018 that a genetic link was discovered between the German Shepherd and the Berger.
World Wars I and II almost brought the Berger breed to extinction.
While the breed has slowly started to come back over time, the number of Bergers in the world left remaining is rather small.
The U.S. and Canada have the lowest amount with only about 400 dogs. Germany has about 500. As expected, France has the largest number with 3,500.
1. Stubborn – It's rather easy to train a Berger – when he listens to you. Ask any Berger owner what their most difficult trait is, and you'll hear over and over again how stubborn he is.
2. Energetic – This dog has a serious energy level. Instead of worrying about finding a dog who can keep up with you, you may find that you have more difficulty keeping up with him!
3. Intelligent – The Berger is able to communicate with humans on a unique level with the Berger stare (more on that later). However, his intelligence means that he may have an independent streak that feeds into his stubbornness.
Because the Berger is smart, he learns new tricks very quickly.
However, he's also stubborn, which can make training him a chore.
Something interesting to note about the Berger: people are typically warned against making eye contact with an animal because the animal may misinterpret it as aggression. Not so with the Berger.
The Berger has an unmatched ability to hold eye contact for a longer period of time than other dogs can.
People and other animals may see this as a sign of aggression, but there is no malice in the Berger's stare.
Instead, he does it to show that he's interested in something, or as a way to communicate with you. So if you notice a Berger doing this, don't be frightened. He's just trying to bond with you.
In fact, his stare has even been said to be human-like in how kind it is.
The Berger Picard Club of America, which is the official AKC parent club for the breed, hosts some pretty interesting facts about the breed on their website.
The Berger was often used to smuggle matches and tobacco over the Franco-Belgian border. The contraband was put into goatskin pouches and attached to their shaved backs.
Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous attempts, without success to establish the Berger Picard breed in North America. The only reason there are so many here today is thanks to the internet allowing European breeders to reach interested Americans.
Have you heard of dogs that can sniff out cancer? That's Floyd, a Berger Picard who saved his owner after persistently sniffing his owner's armpits and groin, leading to a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis. His owner is now in remission.
When training a Berger, you must remember that he does not do well with a harsh scolding.
Instead of reprimanding him for doing the wrong thing, focus more on rewarding him when he does right.
Bergers must be trained young to be in the company of other animals and children.
Else, they can grow up to become hostile and be distrusting toward new people or animals they do not know.
To learn more do it yourself dog training, check out the online dog trainer.
The Berger Picard's coat is pretty rough, but he really only needs to be brushed about once a month.
His undercoat is soft, while his top coat is both shaggy and wiry.
Therefore, to brush him effectively, you'll need to use both a rake (dematting brush) and a slicker brush (those square brushes with the pin-like bristles).
You only occasionally need to bathe a Berger Picard and when you do, you should stick to a shampoo that's made specifically to handle his kind of coat.
The Berger is an active dog, and he can keep up with any activity, from jogging to hiking.
This is the kind of dog that can run alongside your bike.
If you love to swim, this is the ideal dog for you, but be warned: once he's in the water, he won't want to come out!
If you have a fairly sedentary lifestyle, or if you're not home much, then you may want to opt for a different breed. The reason for this is that the Berger requires several quick walks every day.
Bergers are generally very healthy dogs.
The only real concerns for the Berger are the same concerns that plague nearly every breed: hip dysplasia and eye issues.
One important point to note about the Berger Picard is that he can be sensitive to anesthesia.
This is especially important if, for some reason, he needs to undergo surgery.
Uterine inertia is a condition wherein the dog's contractions stop while she's in labor, or don't occur at all. This means that she is unable to give birth to her puppies.
If this happens, you may require professional assistance from a veterinarian to ensure that she and her puppies remain healthy and safe.
While pregnant Bergers typically carry between two to 10 puppies per litter, on average only six are born healthy.
The average lifespan of a Berger Picard dog is between 12 and 15 years.
If you're interested in a Berger Picard puppy, or even a Berger Picard mix, you should know up front that it's slim pickings out there.
This is due, in part, to the rarity of the breed in the U.S.
Berger Picard adoptions are next to impossible due to the difficulties some females have in giving birth to their litters.
For this reason, you may be forced to seek out Berger Picard dog breeders, even if you would have preferred to adopt.
There are a few places that specialize in Berger Picard rescues, so you can always try that route. But you shouldn't have high expectations to find a Berger Picard for sale at your local shelter.
You may be expecting a higher price tag here, considering the rarity of a Berger Picard, and you would be right.
A normal Berger Picard price hovers around $2,000 to $2,500 for a puppy.
The Berger Picard is an interesting breed.
For one thing, they gaze into your eyes with such a human spirit that it can genuinely be unnerving. This is especially true since we're all used to backing away from a staring dog.
He has a coarse upper coat and a soft undercoat. This makes him easy to bathe but slightly more difficult to brush.
He's a pretty healthy dog with a long lifespan, though females may experience difficulties giving birth.
And, seeing as how the breed is so rare. Consider breeding your Berger if you opt for a female so as to help the breed live on.
He's a hard dog to find. So if you're in the market for a Berger Picard and you manage to find one, don't delay. Adopt or buy right away!
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In Uganda's notoriously gridlocked streets, boda bodas (motorcycles) are used to navigate and reach one's destination quickly.
This vehicle becomes the crux of The Boda Boda Thieves, a low budget but fascinating coming of age film at the Durban International Film Festival.
Abel (Hassan Insingoma) is an unemployed Kampalan teenager who lives an impoverished life in a ghetto. His father, Goodman, is a boda boda operator and laments "all the bad influences around these days". Abel, we witness, spends his time gallivanting with his friends, smoking cigarettes and gambling instead of searching for work. When Goodman is injured, Abel takes his place as a boda boda driver and uses the nimble vehicle to commit robberies with his friend, Lex. Abel quickly succumbs to the thrills of making easy money and impressing a girl he likes with free rides. When the boda boda is stolen, Abel learns the hard truths of life in his search for this crucial piece of his family's livelihood.
At the festival screening's Q & A session, producer James Tayler revealed that the intention of the film was "to shine a bit of light on the predicament of these [Ugandan] urban migrants and their children". Abel finds himself caught between the expectations of his parents to be an honest-living provider and his desire to live his own life by his own rules. Additionally, the film depicts his challenges beyond his family unit. Motivation by peer pressure and a naïve nature make for a dangerous combination in Abel. He places his trust in the wrong people. This is best displayed when the expensive television set he proudly buys for his family's home actually turns out to be broken. When the boda boda is stolen he deals ineffectively with corrupt and incompetent policemen and a businessman who values money over compassion.
Clever filmgoers will note and appreciate the film's ties to Vittorio De Sica's classic film, The Bicycle Thief. In The Bicycle Thief a father desperately tries to reclaim his stolen bicycle, the crux of his livelihood, while accompanied by his son. Along the way they face several obstacles not unlike the many hardships Abel faces during the film. "We watched that film [The Bicycle Thief] about a million times", acknowledges Tayler. We consider it one of the greatest films of all-time and wanted to pay homage to it".
The highlight of The Boda Boda Thieves is undoubtedly the acting of the cast, many of whom were livings inhabitants in the area and, naturally, provide a sense of authenticity to the film. Insingoma is effective in his portrayal of Abel; the audience is provided with a real sense of the joy, anger and frustration he experiences in his journey. However, it is Michael Wawuyo who provides the star turn in this film as Abel's father, Goodman. When Abel finally confesses to his father that he has lost the boda boda, the scene is quite painful to watch. "It's all we have", Goodman whines piteously and the audience here is given the full extent of a man who is overcome with shock and despair at the carelessness of his son.
Another enjoyable aspect of the film is its use of dancehall, reggae and traditional music in the film's score. Tayler drew from Kampala's "crazy, beautiful cacophony of sounds" and the result in the film is wonderful. Whether it is Abel's forays at beer halls or a shot of the ordinary working lives of the ghetto people, each scene is enhanced by appropriate tracks.


How to finish a story?
I do realize that this is a very generic question, and I apologize if it doesn't meet the requirements of this forum.
I have plenty ideas for stories and I come up with new ones all the time, which always result in me starting off very ambitously creating a story world, characters, the main storyline etc. But I'm never able to finish it before I get a new idea which I feel like I have to write down before I forget it.
If you are a discovery writer, then just write your story until you hit the end. If you have ideas for other stories, note them down, and then return to writing the story at hand. You will know when the beginning that you set out from wraps up and completes from your gut feeling of completion.
If you are an outliner, then figure out what the story is about. What is, to use an example, the mystery that needs to be solved? What is the goal that the hero tries to achieve? The end will be, when the hero achieves his goal or finally fails forever. The end will be, when the murderer is caught, the riddle solved, the world saved, the lovers married. I don't know what you are writing about, but if you are not just meandering through your imagination but are actually telling a story, then the end to that story is implicitly contained in it.
If I understand you correctly, you are not actually writing anything, just playing with your ideas. You need to decide on one and work on it. If you cannot do that, then you are not a writer but a dreamer. Writing, like all other occupations, needs a certain focus and discipline. If you cannot control your attention to stay focussed on one task, then you cannot succeed at that task. And no amount of advice for writers is going to help you, because then the problem is not in a lack of craft but in either your attitude or your ability to focus.
When you start writing a story, don't stop. If you get brilliant ideas, write them down for later. But always finish your stuff, even if it's absolute garbage. Finish it and then get on to a new one.
I used to be vehemently against planning, but had I not, I never would've finished anything.
Research the five point plot structure, and use that for each of your characters. You don't have to have all the plot points when you start writing, but I find it helps to at least have a beginning and an end. I've never finished a story where I didn't know the ending very early on.
As for the other ideas, make notes on them. That gets the ideas out of your system while still allowing you to focus on your chosen project. Ultimately, you have to decide which one to focus on, or you'll never finish anything. Pick the project that's closest to your heart. If you don't have one, go for the one you have the most ideas on. There is always an idea that stands out to us the most, even if we don't want to admit it because it's too difficult or too sensitive or for some other reason.
Give yourself a daily target for writing. I aim for 1000 words a day (some people prefer to go by time frames). Once I get home from work and have eaten my dinner, I don't leave my laptop until those words are written. It's important to write even on the days you don't feel like it, because that's how you build a routine.
I took him out back and I shot him. It didn't make me feel bad really. I didn't even think twice even as the police completely exonerated for any involvement in the murder.
I waved. The detective waved back.
I went back inside, switched on the Television, grabbed a cold one from the fridge and a chilled glass from the freezer.
That beer went down real good.
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Hanya Yanagihara is the author of the novel A Little Life, which has become a literary sensation and was short-listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. She talks about her career and about how she came to write this long, intimate novel about the lives of four New Yorkers over the span of two decades. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
The complete interview can be found as a Radio Wolinsky podcast in the Area 941 section of this website.


The Innokin iClear 30S is the updated version of the iClear 30, this updated version uses many of the same great features from the iClear 30 but with a few improvements. The biggest updates to the iClear 30S is the replacement dual coils, they have been reworked to create a greatly improved wicking process giving better flavour and less dry hits. The iClear 30S has a 3ml capacity on juice and still has the rotatable mouth piece so you can angle the tip to your preference. Available in various colours.


1. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over moderately low heat. Add the chopped leeks and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Add the potato and asparagus stems and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.
2. Add the stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the vegetables are soft, about 20 minutes. Add the parsley, salt and pepper and cook for 1 minute.
3. In a blender or food processor, puree the soup and then strain into a large pot. Press the vegetables firmly with a spoon to get all the puree.
4. In a medium pan of boiling, salted water, cook the asparagus tips for 2 minutes. Drain. Rinse with cold water and drain thoroughly.
5. In a small saucepan, heat 1/2 inch of cooking oil until very hot, about 350F. Add half of the leek strips to the oil and fry until they are tinged with brown, about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Repeat with the remaining leek strips.
6. Bring the soup to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring occasionally. Add the asparagus tips. Bring back to a simmer. Ladle into bowls and serve topped with the creme fraiche and fried leeks.
NOTES : Yield on this soup is 6 - 10 ounce servings.


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module Pubnub
  class SetState
    include Pubnub::Event
    include Pubnub::SingleEvent
    include Pubnub::Formatter
    include Pubnub::Validator

    def initialize(options, app)
      super
      @state = options[:state]

      app.env[:state] = Hash.new          if app.env[:state].nil?
      app.env[:state][@origin] = Hash.new if app.env[:state][@origin].nil?
      @channel.each do |channel|
        app.env[:state][@origin][channel.to_s] = @state
      end

      @channel_group.each do |channel|
        app.env[:state][@origin][channel.to_s] = @state
      end

      @allow_multiple_channels = true
      @event = 'set_state'
    end

    def validate!
      super
      # check state
      raise 'You can set state only as hash' unless (@state.is_a?(Hash) || @state.is_a?(NilClass))

      # check channel/channels
      raise ArgumentError.new(:object => self, :message => 'SetState requires :channel, :channels or :group argument') if @channel.blank? && @channel_group.blank?
      raise ArgumentError.new(:object => self, :message => 'Invalid channel(s) format! Should be type of: String, Symbol, or Array of both') unless valid_channel?

      unless @channel_group.blank?
        # check channel_group
        raise ArgumentError.new(:object => self, :message => 'Invalid channel group format! Should be type of: String, Symbol') unless [String, Symbol, NilClass].include?(@channel_group.class)

        # check channel_group
        # raise ArgumentError.new(:object => self, :message => ':group argument has to be in format "ns:cg", "ns:" or ":cg"') if @channel_group.count(':') != 1
      end
    end

    private

    def parameters(app)
      parameters = super(app)
      parameters.merge!({ :state => encode_state(@state)})
      parameters.merge!({ 'channel-group' => format_channel_group(@channel_group).join(',') }) unless @channel_group.blank?
      parameters
    end

    def path(app)
      '/' + [
          'v2',
          'presence',
          'sub-key',
          @subscribe_key,
          'channel',
          channels_for_url(@channel),
          'uuid',
          app.env[:uuid],
          'data'
      ].join('/')
    end

    def format_envelopes(response, app, error)

      parsed_response = Parser.parse_json(response.body) if Parser.valid_json?(response.body)

      envelopes = Array.new
      envelopes << Envelope.new({
          :parsed_response => parsed_response,
          :payload => (parsed_response['payload'] if parsed_response),
          :service => (parsed_response['service'] if parsed_response),
          :message => (parsed_response['message'] if parsed_response),
          :status  => (parsed_response['status']  if parsed_response)
      }, app)

      envelopes = add_common_data_to_envelopes(envelopes, response, app, error)

      envelopes

    end

    def encode_state(state)
      URI.encode_www_form_component(state.to_json).gsub('+', '%20')
    end
  end
end


Hello everyone! American Car Craft will be hosting an Open House and Car Show this coming Spring. Dates are yet to be determined, but we are shooting for early March 2013. There will be trophies, food vendors and live music.
I will keep you all posted as the details get ironed out.
Please post your interest here, to help us get an idea of the possible turnout for our First Annual Event.
For now, please check out our new SHOP TOUR video.
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One month away, don't miss it!
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Tomorrow Saturday March 9, 2013.
This turned out to be a great event! With over 200 people in attendance, 35 cars total and 24 registered show cars, we are as pleased as could be with the over all participation in our First Annual Open House & Car Show! Everyone who attended had a great time and the band "Chrome" was very good and was the perfect addition to our event and we look forward to seeing them again next year. As always, Rick(Owner of ACC) out did himself with the custom trophies. They are all one of a kind hand-made trophies and will be a welcome addition to everyone's display, who won in this years show. The custom motorcycles on display, from Ed Tooley of Ratster Designs were also a hit! Including the "SCARAB", which won the 2011 Prestigious Painter Award from House of Kolor and 2010 Best Of Show at Daytona Bike Week "Ratshole" Show.
We would like to send out a big "THANK YOU" to everyone who attended and we look forward to seeing all of you again next year for an even bigger and better American Car Craft Second Annual Open House & Car Show!
Click here for 152 images(3 pages) from this event and check out our videos below.
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