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package org.bouncycastle.pqc.crypto.ntru;

import java.security.SecureRandom;

import org.bouncycastle.crypto.AsymmetricCipherKeyPair;
import org.bouncycastle.crypto.AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator;
import org.bouncycastle.crypto.KeyGenerationParameters;
import org.bouncycastle.pqc.math.ntru.parameters.NTRUParameterSet;

/**
 * Key generator for NTRU.
 * <p>
 * Note: the {@link #init(KeyGenerationParameters)} method only accepts {@link NTRUKeyParameters}. Otherwise, a
 * {@link ClassCastException} may occur.
 */
public class NTRUKeyPairGenerator
    implements AsymmetricCipherKeyPairGenerator
{
    private NTRUKeyGenerationParameters params;
    private SecureRandom random;

    @Override
    public void init(KeyGenerationParameters param)
    {
        this.params = (NTRUKeyGenerationParameters)param;
        this.random = param.getRandom();
    }

    @Override
    public AsymmetricCipherKeyPair generateKeyPair()
    {
//        assert this.random != null;
        NTRUParameterSet parameterSet = this.params.getParameters().parameterSet;
        byte[] seed = new byte[parameterSet.sampleFgBytes()];
        random.nextBytes(seed);

        NTRUOWCPA owcpa = new NTRUOWCPA(parameterSet);
        OWCPAKeyPair owcpaKeys = owcpa.keypair(seed);
        byte[] publicKey = owcpaKeys.publicKey;
        byte[] privateKey = new byte[parameterSet.ntruSecretKeyBytes()];
        byte[] owcpaPrivateKey = owcpaKeys.privateKey;
        System.arraycopy(owcpaPrivateKey, 0, privateKey, 0, owcpaPrivateKey.length);

        byte[] prfBytes = new byte[parameterSet.prfKeyBytes()];
        random.nextBytes(prfBytes);
        System.arraycopy(prfBytes, 0, privateKey, parameterSet.owcpaSecretKeyBytes(), prfBytes.length);

        return new AsymmetricCipherKeyPair(new NTRUPublicKeyParameters(params.getParameters(), publicKey), new NTRUPrivateKeyParameters(params.getParameters(), privateKey));
    }
}

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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced look at this week's startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and co-host of Equity Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.
We've been through a lot of tech history over the past two years, but the brutal layoffs on Twitter feel especially sad, complex, and exhausting for anyone following the industry. We knew it was coming, then we were told it wasn't, then it sure was, then it happened. According to reports, half of Twitter's 7,500 team will lose their jobs.
I don't have a hot take, or a Musk-related joke about this moment. I just have empathy for the people who have lost or could lose their jobs after investing the time, energy and care in building Twitter. Twitter employees turn to the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked, a riff on the internal hashtag #LoveWhereYouWork, to thank each other, say goodbye and share the personal news. As one former employee put it, the new hashtag is a "bittersweet phrase — not because I'm gone, but because he's gone."
I've covered dozens and dozens of layoffs over the past year, all with a different shade of the same statement: "The macroeconomic environment has caused us to adjust expectations, impacting one percent of our workforce." One thing that strikes me about the layoffs at Twitter is that the way they were executed was devoid of emotion and acknowledgment. Even Better.com, which carried out one of the worst layoffs of the year, fared better. See below:
On Thursday evening, all Twitter employees received an email stating that they would be notified of their employment status at 9 a.m. PDT on Friday. Each email had to be sent with the subject line "Your role at Twitter." If an employee keeps their job, they would be notified through their corporate email – if they are fired, they would be notified at a personal address.
"To ensure the security of every employee, Twitter systems and customer data, our offices will be temporarily closed and all access to badges will be suspended," the email read on Thursday. "If you are in the office or on your way to an office, please go home."
The email was impersonally signed: 'Twitter'.
gotechbusiness.com put together a Twitter thread for former Tweeps looking for next jobs, which will continue to be updated. While I joked that some senior members might join Andreessen Horowitz next time, I'm genuinely curious how we see the alumni network going about their next job. Will it be in startups? Or doing business? Or will they seek refuge in roles that feel less risky than technical roles? Or maybe start a career completely outside the tech industry?
I can only imagine that this experience is nothing like whiplash; instead, it may feel like an unbearably warm spotlight that finally ends, only to find that you look around and don't quite recognize the audience and stage you once put in charge of entertaining.
I'm as lost as the rest of us when it comes to predicting what's next, but it's clear that today is a turning point in engineering history. What Twitter and its alumni will think of the moment is another question. As someone who likes nerds about networking and how they start and stop people, my dms are open.
In the rest of this newsletter, we'll talk about Gen Z revenue, fintech trends and Twitter again. As always you can follow me on Twitter for my thoughts every day of the week.
1 Gen Z VC
2 Another section on layoffs
3 Twitter's OnlyFans moment
3.1 Here's an excerpt:
4 A few notes
Gen Z VC
Meagan Loysta announced this week that she is leaving venture firm Lerer Hippeau to work full-time on a community she has been building for years: Generation Z VC. In a Twitter thread announcing the news, Loyst said she's teaching a VC 101 course, starting a newsletter, working on content creation, and partnering with companies to demystify the Gen Z generation.
The news comes about a month after GV's Terri Burns announced she would be leaving the company where she became the youngest and first black female person to earn the partner title. As Burns shared with gotechbusiness.com in 2020, her investment thesis is simple: Gen Z.
Here's why it's important: While we don't yet know what Burns will do next, her and Loyst's departure from institutional companies during a volatile moment in technology is a good reminder of how cyclical companies can be. We recently recorded an Equity podcast about the work of a venture capitalist and how it expands and rewrites over time: Investors are either ghosting, silent stopping or rewriting their entire playbook.
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Another section on layoffs
Stripe and Chime announced layoffs this week, in a back-to-back reminder that fintech is still experiencing volatility despite its ability to attract venture dollars.
We also learned from sources that the stock trading service Public.com has let 13 people go, or about 7% of its team. Co-CEO Leif Abraham said in a statement to gotechbusiness.com that "these decisions were made to ensure that we optimize our most strategic goals and develop our talent allocation accordingly." While Public's workforce reduction is on a smaller scale than Chime and Stripe, it's telling that the workforce has scaled back in the same week it pushed for international expansion. Credit: Anita Ramaswamy and Mary Ann Azevedo for the push to confirm this news.
Here's why it's important: Companies don't just cut staff when they have to. In a memo announcing the layoff, Stripe CEO Patrick Collision snapped that the company "signed a remarkable 75% more new customers in the third quarter of 2022 than in the third quarter of 2021" and that they recently set a record. for the total daily transaction volume processed on the platform. Brex, which cut 11% of its workforce last month, announced a new partnership this week. So it feels a little confusing that the same startups that are growing are the same startups that are cutting staff. All I can say for now is that the weeks leading up to the holidays could bring more austerity measures (and I'm sorry for cursing this).
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Twitter's OnlyFans moment
My brilliant colleague Amanda Silberling appeared this week in her column about Twitter's OnlyFans capability. She reminds us that Twitter has a lot of work to do before it can help adult content creators monetize the platform safely and securely — but at the same time, it may be Musk's best bet to try his $44 billion purchase. to do. feeling.
Twitter is the only major social media site where users can post porn. So for online sex workers, Twitter has functioned as an advertising tool for their OnlyFans accounts in the past. But what if those creators could just make money on the platform and get around the friction of sending fans elsewhere?
"Sex sells" is a cliché for a reason, and OnlyFans' financial records prove it. In 2021, the company made $433 million in pre-tax profits, up from $61 million in 2020. The company makes its money by cutting 20% on all payments to creators — since 2016, the company has paid out $8 billion to creators, of which $4 billion was paid out in 2021 alone.
The market for online sex work is large enough to offset the impact of advertisers.
Read the whole piece here and tell me what you think!
Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/gotechbusiness.com
A few notes
If you missed last week's newsletter, it annoyed a few people enough, so come hang out: "Venture capital will soon be haunted."
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Christine Goussous
Director of Global Partnerships
Christine began her career with Global Nomads Group as a community associate. She spent time as a partnerships manager at Humanitas Technologies, where she worked on a youth-facing, community improvement mobile app. She then rejoined Global Nomads Group in 2019 and now leads the organization's recruitment and partnerships initiatives.
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Katie joined Global Nomads Group's Content Creation Lab with fifteen years of experience in research, teaching, and curriculum development in higher education, non-profit, and community settings. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine, where her work focused on the use of community-led science in environmental justice advocacy.
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was a town located in Minamitakaki District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,990 and a density of 385.18 persons per km². The total area was 23.34 km².

On March 31, 2006, Arie, along with the towns of Fukae, Futsu, Kazusa, Kitaarima, Kuchinotsu, Minamiarima and Nishiarie (all from Minamitakaki District), was merged to create the city of Minamishimabara.

External links
 Minamishimabara official website

Dissolved municipalities of Nagasaki Prefecture

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Jimmy (souvent nommé à tort Jimmy the Crow, ou Jimmy la Corneille en français) est un Grand Corbeau acteur ayant joué dans plus de 1 000 longs métrages des années 1930 aux années 1950.

Biographie
Il apparait pour la première fois en 1938 dans Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous. Frank Capra, le réalisateur, a par la suite offert un rôle à l'oiseau dans chaque film qu'il réalise. Au cours de sa carrière, Jimmy est l'animal de compagnie de l'oncle Billy, dans les locaux Building & Loan dans La vie est belle (1946), ainsi que le corbeau qui atterrit sur l'épouvantail dans Le Magicien d'Oz (1939).

Jimmy appartenait au dresseur d'animaux d'Hollywood Curly Twiford, qui a volé l'oiseau d'un nid dans le désert des Mojaves en 1934. Twiford dresse Jimmy à un certain nombre de tours, comme se servir d'une machine à écrire ou encore ouvrir des lettres. Il sait même conduire une petite moto. Ces talents lui permettent d'acquérir une popularité à Hollywood. Jimmy peut comprendre plusieurs centaines de mots, même si Twiford n'en considérait qu'une cinquantaine « utiles ». Il faut une semaine à Jimmy pour apprendre un nouveau mot utile, deux semaines s'il comporte deux syllabes. Selon Twiford, Jimmy peut effectuer n'importe quelle tâche possible pour un enfant de 8 ans.

Ses co-stars humaines font l'éloge de l'oiseau. , a fait remarquer Jimmy Stewart sur le tournage de La vie est belle, notant que le corbeau , nécessitant de retourner moins de prises que ses homologues humains.

Après être devenu plus populaire auprès du studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer fait assurer Jimmy à hauteur de 10 000 $. Lloyd's of London rédige une clause afin d'assurer  par semaine à Jimmy, ainsi que  à Curly Twiford en frais de traitement, au cas où Jimmy oubliait l'un des mots dont il avait besoin sur le plateau. Selon Twiford, ces frais assurent sa solvabilité pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. À un moment donné, Jimmy a 21 « doublures », dont 15 femelles, qui le remplacent lorsque la scène ne nécessite aucun tour ou mouvement.

Jimmy reçoit une médaille d'or de la Croix-Rouge américaine en reconnaissance des 200 heures passées à divertir les vétérans après la guerre, et ses empreintes sont imprimées dans le ciment d'une grande animalerie de Los Angeles, aux côtés de celles de Lassie et d'autres animaux stars d'Hollywood.

Le dernier film dans lequel apparait Jimmy est Le clown est roi en 1954. On ignore ce qu'il est advenu du corbeau par la suite. Curly Twiford a déclaré que Jimmy  ans, information relayée par les journaux de l'époque. En règle générale, les corbeaux vivent rarement plus de 30 ans en captivité. Curly Twiford meurt le 5 avril 1956 à l'âge de 60 ans.

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Net Metering 3.0: What California Residents Must Know
News & Events/ December 22, 2022
Net metering (NEM) enables solar customers to send energy back to the grid and receive credits on their electricity bills. It's one of the most significant benefits of making the switch to solar power. Net metering has been around since 1995 and is currently on its second iteration, net metering 2.0.
This year, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) proposed a new version — net metering 3.0 — with substantial and negative impacts for current solar customers and those looking to go solar in 2023 and beyond. The CPUC unanimously voted to pass NEM 3.0 on December 15, 2022.
Below, we break down the latest on net metering 3.0 for California residents.
Net Metering 3.0 Explained
Under net metering 3.0, the California Public Utilities Commission will reduce the export rate for residential solar electricity from an average of 30 cents per kWh to 8 cents per kWh, a significant 75% difference!
The NEM 3.0 policy is backed by utility providers like PG&E, SoCal Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. Essentially, these groups want to lower the value of solar electricity and reduce financial incentives for solar owners.
Simply put, California's proposed solar tax decision would put solar out of reach for the working and middle class, just as solar adoption is beginning to ramp up quickly.
What's Happening With Net Metering 3.0 Right Now?
On January 13, 2022, roughly 3,000 solar consumers, faith leaders, environmentalists, climate activists and solar industry workers joined forces to rally outside the doorsteps of the CPUC offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. This was the largest solar demonstration in American history!
GoGreenSolar team members were present at the rally in Los Angeles, fighting for consumers' rights to generate their own power from the sun without unfair taxation.
The large turnout at the rally caught the attention of State officials. They delayed their final decision on the proposed solar tax from January 27, 2022, to February 10, 2022.
On December 15, 2022, the net metering 3.0 policy was put up to a vote and passed unanimously. NEM 3.0 will officially go into effect four months later, on April 14, 2023. That means new solar customers have until April 13, 2023, to be grandfathered into the current NEM 2.0 policy.
What to Do If You're a California Resident Considering Solar
For those of you in California considering solar, the time is now to be grandfathered for 20 years into the existing NEM 2.0 program with no solar taxes.
The cutoff for eligibility for NEM 2.0 is "based on the interconnection application date." The cutoff date is 120 days after the upcoming decision is made final, hence the April 14, 2023 deadline.
To make the April 2023 deadline, you will need to submit a "complete interconnection application" that is free of deficiencies by April 13.
What does this mean for potential solar customers? There will be a massive influx of customers trying to complete and submit their applications before spring 2023, potentially resulting in a backlog at local permitting offices and utility interconnection departments.
If you want to avoid the taxes and penalties under NEM 3.0 and be grandfathered into NEM 2.0, you'll need to purchase your solar system and complete your interconnection application by April 2023 to avoid any last-minute problems that might arise during the review process.
Consider Adding Battery Storage
With these major changes rolling out shortly, it will also be a smart decision to purchase a solar system with battery storage or add battery backup to your existing system.
Battery systems store excess energy from your panels, which you'll be able to use even during peak hours with the highest rates, making it highly advantageous and financially beneficial if you're under NEM 3.0. Plus, batteries can offer peace of mind and protection during outages or natural disasters.
Read more: Solar Battery Rebates for California PG&E Customers
If you act soon and are grandfathered into NEM 2.0, you'll still be able to add battery storage while remaining under the old policy.
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Jim Rice went 2 for 3 and doubled home a fifth-inning run tonight, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd, now 8-4, struggled through the first six and a third innings, allowing 10 hits while walking two and striking out five. Bob Stanley earned his 11th save of the season. Teddy Higuera (8-5) took the loss.
With the score 3-3 in the fifth, Boston scored twice. Marty Barrett led off with a double but was cut down at third on a Boggs grounder. Bill Buckner reached on the first baseman Cecil Cooper's error, advancing Boggs to third. Rice followed with his double to left-center field, scoring Boggs to give the Red Sox a 4-3 lead. Don Baylor was intentionally walked to load the bases before Dwight Evans's sacrifice fly to right scored Buckner to make the score 5-3.
TORONTO (AP) - Darrell Evans drove in four runs, including three with a home run, to pace Detroit.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Andre Thornton drove in five runs with a two-run single and three-run homer and Brook Jacoby and Mel Hall each knocked in a pair as Cleveland got its fifth consecutive victory.
Tom Candiotti (4-6) allowed 11 hits while striking out eight and walking none in his fourth complete game.
The attendance was 61,411, the largest crowd in the majors this season.
Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 Cubs 3, Cardinals 2 CHICAGO (AP) - The pinch-hitter Thad Bosley's run-scoring single in the 11th inning lifted Chicago to an 3-2 victory for a split of a doubleheader with St. Louis.
In the opener, the Cardinals ended a four-game losing streak in 10 innings behind the rookie left-hander Greg Mathews (2-1).
ATLANTA (UPI) - Bob Horner singled home Omar Moreno with the tie-breaking run in the fifth inning, giving Atlanta a victory before the Braves' largest home crowd of the year, 38,280.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Steve Jeltz singled home Glenn Wilson with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth, giving Philadelphia a victory and ending the Expos' four-game winning streak.


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namespace profugus
{

//===========================================================================//
/*!
 * \class LinearSolverBuilder
 * \brief Factory class for creating LinearSolver.
 *
 * This class provides a generic interface for creating a linear system
 * involving an Epetra/Tpetra operator.
 *
 * \sa LinearSolverBuilder.cc for detailed descriptions.
 */
/*!
 * \example solvers/test/tstLinearSolverBuilder.cc
 *
 * Test of LinearSolverBuilder.
 */
//===========================================================================//

template <class T>
class LinearSolverBuilder
{
  public:
    //@{
    //! Typedefs.
    typedef LinearSolver<T>                      LinearSolver_t;
    typedef Teuchos::RCP<LinearSolver_t>         RCP_LinearSolver;
    typedef Teuchos::RCP<Teuchos::ParameterList> RCP_ParameterList;
    //@}

    static RCP_LinearSolver build_solver( RCP_ParameterList db );
};

} // end namespace profugus

#endif // SPn_solvers_LinearSolverBuilder_hh

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
//                 end of LinearSolverBuilder.hh
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//


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In classical parametric procedures we often assume normality and constant variance for the model error term. Methods of exploring these assumptions in an ANOVA/ANCOVA/MANOVA framework are discussed here. Regression diagnostics are covered under multiple linear regression.
Since outliers can severly affect normality and homogeneity of variance, methods for detecting disparate observerations are described first.
The aq.plot() function in the mvoutlier package allows you to identfy multivariate outliers by plotting the ordered squared robust Mahalanobis distances of the observations against the empirical distribution function of the MD2i. Input consists of a matrix or data frame. The function produces 4 graphs and returns a boolean vector identifying the outliers.
You can evaluate the normality of a variable using a Q-Q plot.
Significant departures from the line suggest violations of normality.
You can also perform a Shapiro-Wilk test of normality with the shapiro.test(x) function, where x is a numeric vector. Additional functions for testing normality are available in nortest package.
MANOVA assumes multivariate normality. The function mshapiro.test( ) in the mvnormtest package produces the Shapiro-Wilk test for multivariate normality. Input must be a numeric matrix.
then the squared Mahalanobis distance between x and μ is going to be chi-square distributed with p degrees of freedom. We can use this fact to construct a Q-Q plot to assess multivariate normality.
The bartlett.test( ) function provides a parametric K-sample test of the equality of variances. The fligner.test( ) function provides a non-parametric test of the same. In the following examples y is a numeric variable and G is the grouping variable.
The hovPlot( ) function in the HH package provides a graphic test of homogeneity of variances based on Brown-Forsyth. In the following example, y is numeric and G is a grouping factor. Note that G must be of type factor.
MANOVA and LDF assume homogeneity of variance-covariance matrices. The assumption is usually tested with Box's M. Unfortunately the test is very sensitive to violations of normality, leading to rejection in most typical cases. Box's M is available via the boxM function in the biotools package.
Try the free first chapter of this course on ANOVA with R.


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Saginaw, MI Votes Against LGBT Non-discrimination Ordinance 9 - 0 After Councilman Calls Gays "Nazis"
"I will never vote for this, ever, No matter how many amendments you put in here. Because sexual mores — your choice of what you do behind closed doors — has nothing to do with being a good citizen. It has nothing to do with the city of Saginaw. It has nothing to do with what we're charged here at this Council to do. Shame, shame on you.
Fitzgerald also apologized to black pastors at the City Council meeting for white people who compared the gay civil rights struggle to that of African-Americans.
Saginaw Bay is a large inlet in central Michigan that is filled with the waters of Lake Huron and popular tourist destination in Michigan, drawing millions of visitors each year.
Video – Tim Tebow Is Oh So Very Gay. Werk It Gurl!
Perhaps members of the LGBT community should send pictures to this community's chamber of commerce of them on vacation along with a comment on how much money they didn't spend in Michigan.
So Sad…a bunch of lemmings following each other over the cliff to hell. I am shocked that NOT EVEN ONE of them stood up to this Fitzpatrick idiot. They don't seem to have any thoughts of there own. I am baffled. He either has something on each of them or they are just down right stupid. Blows me away.


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Yes, you can get Salmonella from onions. In fact, onions are frequently contaminated with Salmonella. Since 2009, the have been 11 Salmonella outbreaks linked to onions, two of them have occurred during the last 15 months. In most onion Salmonella outbreaks, a significant number of illnesses are linked to restaurant food.
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An ongoing onion Salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 800 people, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least 20 illness clusters have been linked to restaurant and foodservice items containing raw onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico, and distributed in the U.S. by ProSource Inc. of Hailey, Idaho, and Keeler Family Farms in Deming, NM. At least 157 people have been hospitalized. Several onion recalls have been issued.
The outbreak strain of Salmonella Oranienburg has sickened patients ranging in age from less than 1 year old to 97 years old. These patients said their illnesses first began on dates ranging from May 31, 2021, to October 13, 2021.
The 808 illnesses in this outbreak have been reported from 37 states and Puerto Rico. The number of illnesses reported from each state is: Alabama (3), Arkansas (15), California (12), Colorado (1), Connecticut (5), Florida (39), Georgia (2), Illinois (47), Indiana (1), Iowa (3), Kansas (16), Kentucky (9), Louisiana (7), Maryland (60), Massachusetts (13), Michigan (10), Minnesota (25), Mississippi (2), Missouri (41), Nebraska (9), New Jersey (5), New Mexico (10), New York (19), North Carolina (14), North Dakota (4), Ohio (8), Oklahoma (107), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (8), Puerto Rico (3), South Carolina (4), South Dakota (8), Tennessee (12), Texas (185), Utah (3), Virginia (66), West Virginia (1), and Wisconsin (27).
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Doug Ford Insists 'There Is No Confusion' About Ontario's New Lockdown Rules
Emma Paling
·Reporter, HuffPost Canada
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says there's nothing confusing about his government's new COVID-19 lockdown measures, which enable police to ticket people out on non-essential trips but let non-essential retailers keep doing curbside pickup.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at Queen's Park in Toronto on Jan. 12, 2021 to announce a state of emergency and stay at home order because of rising cases of COVID-19. (Photo: Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)
"Folks, there is no confusion here. It's very simple. Stay home. Stay home. That's it," he said at a press conference in Toronto. "If you're questioning, 'Should I go out?' You got the answer. Stay home. Restez à la maison. That's simple."
The premier appeared to be responding to Toronto Mayor John Tory, who said Wednesday morning that he had some questions about the new orders.
Stay home. Restez à la maison. That's simple. Premier Doug Ford
The Ford government's rules, which go into effect Thursday at 12:01 a.m., ban outdoor gatherings of more than five people but allow public places like skating rinks to stay open, Tory noted.
"Is a skating rink an organized social or public event or is it not?" Tory wondered in an interview on CP24. "We have a limit of 25 people on those rinks."
Ford said "elected officials" who say they're confused "aren't being responsible." He did not answer Tory's question.
"Stay home. Stay home. I don't know what more I can describe," the premier said.
What You Can And Can't Do Under Ontario's New Lockdown
Other questions remain about how police and bylaw officers, who have new powers under the orders, will enforce the rules. Ontario said Tuesday that these officers will be able to ask for identification and ticket people who break the "stay at home" order.
Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, who commands the city's COVID-19 response, said he hasn't seen any more detail than the public has.
Asked by a reporter how the orders would be enforced, he said he didn't know.
"The reality is we don't know. Literally, the best information we have right now comes off a media release and a slide deck," Pegg said at a city press conference. "It simply is not the technical detail that we need in order to assess or understand that."
HuffPost Canada sent questions about how the orders will be enforced and why some of the rules are contradictory to a spokesperson with the premier's office, who replied with one sentence.
"Premier Ford couldn't have been more clear with Ontarians: stay home."
This article originally appeared on HuffPost Canada and has been updated.
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Saline-Filled Breast Implants, the Solution
For woman who had breast cancer surgery, Breast implants help them feel whole again (Bruning 24). Women that had breast cancer were the first ones to have a breast reconstruction. Later on, breast augmentation was used as a cosmetic purpose; to look prettier . But there is a controversy: Recently, many women were shocked to learn that breast implants had not been thoroughly tested for safety and were never actually approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (5). Many court cases and researches have occurred during the last decade to clear the controversy involving weather breast implants are safe, and which are better to use.
The majority of women s breast implants are made out of silicone. Silicone is a synthetic plastic, or polymer, that was first developed in the 1930s. It contains silicon, a natural material, combined with carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that have been polymerized, a process in which simple molecules are combined to form more complex molecules (5). There are three forms of silicone: a fluid, gel, and solid rubber like.
Another procedure for breast augmentation is called transplant surgery. It is the riskiest procedure, and it gives the poorest results. For example, we have the buttock transfer, which is a procedure when a block of tissue of the lower back is transferred into the breast. This is a awfully perilous procedure that requires a plastic surgeon skilled in both microsurgery and breast reconstruction (Guthrie 53). Results are always terrible says Doctor Randolph Guthrie, even when the operation is successful.
During the early 60s, breast implants became available, and its popularity was prominent, compared to prosthesis, an artificial breast form worn in the bra (Guthrie 28). After treatments of breast cancer, if Mastectomy had occurred, (removal of breast tissue) most women would consider having a breast reconstruction instead of wearing prosthesis. When only prosthesis were available, women no longer let their husbands see them naked, or they would wear their bra and prosthesis even when making love (28).
With the expansion of breast implants, some women started to get breast augmentation for physical enhancement due to their dislike of the size of their breast. Most of the women who seek breast enlargement or augmentation are truly small-breasted. They suffer embarrassment about their size, especially when dressed in summer wear and bathing suits, as well as during intimate situations (32). Even though we live in a society based on appearance, and that at this time, we mostly demand slim hips and large breasts, both patients and their plastic surgeons feel that self-esteem and self-confidence are at the core of women s desire for breast augmentation (Bruning 26), instead of being in search of the perfect Playboy centerfold body. A survey was made from the ASPRS asking women why they chose to have breast augmentation. The three most common reasons given were: The desire for a more proportionate build, a more appealing appearance, and a boost in self-confidence (Bruning 28).
The process of breast implants may sometime have the occurrence of side effects. Silicone Bleed is a term vaguely used in the cosmetic area. All silicone gel-filled implants leak, says Doctor Guthrie. Silicone was said to be inert, until many women with implants reported lots of pain and hardening of the breast and its surrounding. New studies show that silicone that seeps out of implants can migrate throughout the body and cause breast deformities, skin ulceration, burning sensation and pain, enlarged lymph nodes, palpable masses, respiratory distress, and immune disorders (Guthrie 70). Dow Corning inc. was one of the manufacturers of silicone implants and denied the accusations until further investigations were made. Most women claimed to suffer from Autoimmune Disorder with signs such as Joint pain and swelling; rash; swollen glands; unusual fatigue; general aching; greater chances of getting cold, viruses and flu; unusual hair loss; nausea or vomiting; (www.breast-implant-risks.com) etc There are much more risks related to silicone breast filled implants. Some Risks come from the surgical risks, such as complications, abnormal internal bleeding or even skin necrosis Death of skin tissue resulting from insufficient blood flow. Women who smoke may be at a higher risk for skin necrosis (http://www.breast-implant-risks.com/risks-beatimp-risks.htm). Risks that come from implants range from leaks or ruptures. Loss of sensation in the nipple or breast tissue, calcium deposits in surrounding tissue, causing pain and hardening, shifting of the implant from original placement, and possible delay of breast cancer detection due resemblance to calcium deposit (http://www.breast-implant-risks.com/risks-beatimp-risks.htm).
The manufacturers put implants on the market without any long term testing of their safety, and at first, they denied that the implants bled, but when faced with uncontroverted evidence that liquid silicone was escaping from the implant shell, they change their marketing strategy, asserting that low bleed was beneficial, without medical or scientific evidence to support such a claim (Hugo 6).
It is clear that manufacturers were concern about making millions of dollars, instead of the health of those shocked women. When sick women started to report their problems, million dollars court cases were emerging against manufacturers. Lawsuits have forced Dow Corning into bankruptcy over the use and possible risks coming from silicone breast implants. (http://www.breat-implant-risks.com) Loosing most of the court cases, Dow Corning proposed that all defendants contribute to a global fund of over $4 billion to compensate women with implants; the committee of plaintiffs lawyers agreed and Dow went into bankruptcy. (Bruning 169) During the late nineties, the FDA finally banned silicone breast implants from the United States after it had been proved to be unsafe. Since the ban, American women have gone to other countries, including the United Kingdom, Mexico, France, and Germany, to get implants (Fumento 2). Almost every class of people are able to purchase breast implants since the price is not exorbitant at an average of $2,400 (Scheer 10). That is why, nowadays, it is not unusual to see a woman with breast implants.
Considering the harm that silicone might cause, women wishing to get breast implants need to learn more about saline filled implants. Less than one percent of saline-filled implants leak, as opposed to silicone gel-filled implants that all bleed silicone continuously. And when they do leak, it s only harmless saline sterile saltwater in the same concentration s found naturally in blood which the body simply absorbs. (Guthrie 88) In addition, a smaller incision is needed to insert the saline-filled implants than with the silicone implants as implants are surgically inserted while empty and is filled after it is put in place. Saline-filled implants feel and look better than any other form of implants affirms Dr. Guthrie after comparing both categories.
The first three weeks after enlargement, the breast requires no special care (Guthrie 106). Movements that would make women s breast bounce such as jogging and intense exercising should be avoided. But other than that, women can do normal things right away, such as driving a car, push a cart in a market, reach up into shelves, go for long walks, and go back to work. And after three weeks they can do absolutely anything (106). A big advantage of breast implants is that there is no need to wear any support at all during the first few months because the reconstructed side is initially flattened and firm (107).
After years of research and court cases, Dow Corning, the silicone gel-filled implants manufacturer went bankrupt and the FDA Banned silicone implants in the United States. Women started to get their silicones in foreign countries. After extensive researches, Saline-filled implants are proved to be much safer and healthier looking than any other implants. Breast implants make women that had a mastectomy feel whole again and boost up their self-esteem, whereas women that had a breast augmentation said that they had a more appealing appearance (Bruning 28). Saline-filled breast implants are recommended by most experienced plastic surgeons of our new millennium.
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Bruning, Nancy. Breast Implants, Everything you Need to Know. Second revised edition. Hunter House, UT: Publisher Press, 1995.
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Fox's Tucker Carlson: It's "Open To Debate" Whether Trump U. Is "More Of A Scam Than, Say, Princeton"
BRET BAIER (HOST): Does this have legs, Tucker, and what about this whole dust up?
TUCKER CARLSON: Well, I mean, of course Trump University isn't wholly legitimate. Would you send your kids there? I don't think there's a single person who thinks "Trump U., I hope my children graduate from Trump U." People knew that going in at the beginning, they know it now. By the way, is it much more of a scam than, say, Princeton? I don't know. That's open to debate. But yeah, sure. Will it change the mind of a single voter? Is there any person who said "oh I might vote Trump, oh Trump U. wasn't on the level? That's it, I'm voting for Hillary. Probably not. We've seen for the past year Trump getting a pass on these issues. People knowing who he is and they're supporting him anyway for reasons that have nothing to do with the details of his biography.
Fact-Checkers Slam Trump's Latest "False" And "Literally Wrong" Claims About Trump U.


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Fox News' Support for President Trump Is Finally Starting to Show Some Cracks
A furious Shepard Smith demonstrates that even conservative journalists won't carry water for this president forever.
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On Thursday, President Trump delivered an impromptu press conference so unhinged, even for his lofty standards, that talking about it as if it were a discrete, coherent event is borderline impossible. He casually fabricated statistics about his Electoral College win, dismissed a Jewish reporter's inquiry about rising anti-Semitism as "not a fair question," and sarcastically asked an African-American reporter if any members of the Congressional Black Caucus were "friends of hers," and if so, would she set up a meeting for him with them. CNN ran out of superlatives and simply called the event a "stunning moment in American history," which is true in the same sense that the Hindenburg disaster made for pretty incredible television, too.
The White House press corps understandably focused its attention on learning more about various Trump associates' murky relationships with the famously hack-happy Russian government, and Trump, who sincerely believes that any media outlet that does not exactly repeat what he says and nothing more is "fake news," did not take kindly to this line of questioning. Over the course of an hour and fifteen minutes, he blasted the "political media" as the most dishonest people he's ever encountered, and at one point told CNN's Jim Acosta that the network had been upgraded (downgraded?) from "fake news" to "very fake news."
It goes without saying that this behavior would be embarrassing coming from an eight-year-old child, let alone the President of the United States. However, one outlet I did not expect to express that sentiment is Fox News, which ends every half-hour TV segment these days with a five-minute livestream of Sean Hannity tenderly stroking a hand-sculpted bust of Donald Trump while weeping happily. However, Fox News' Shepard Smith, who has been with the channel since its debut over twenty years ago, went on the air immediately after the presser and, his voice dripping with scorn, absolutely lost it.
Jim Acosta over there from CNN, an accomplished reporter, a guy I've never met, but a good reporter. [Trump is] treating him like he's—I'm not even going to use the word, I'm not going to give Twitter the love it needs. It's crazy what we're watching every day. It's absolutely crazy. He keeps repeating ridiculous throwaway lines that are not true at all and sort of avoiding this issue of Russia as if we're some kind of fools for asking the question. Really?
https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/832335085961633792
Smith pivots to face the camera here, so you know it's about to get good.
Your opposition was hacked, and the Russians were responsible for it, and your people were on the phone with Russia on the same day it was happening, and we're fools for asking the questions? No sir. We are not fools for asking this question. We demand to know the answer to his question. You owe this to the American people. Your supporters will support you either way. If your people were on the phone with [them], what were they saying? We have a right to know. We absolutely do, and that you call us "fake news" and put us down like children for asking these questions on behalf of the American people is inconsequential. The people deserve that answer, at very least.
I'm guessing he meant "unconscionable" instead of "inconsequential," but the point remains. News of the Trump campaign's ties to a foreign adversary raises serious questions about the legitimacy of his presidency and the integrity of our democracy. Smith is frustrated because he understands that although support for Donald Trump may be a partisan issue, the basic interest in keeping America safe from foreign interference with its elections is not. The president's continued refusal to acknowledge basic facts only makes it look like he's trying harder than ever to hide something, and his expectation of hell-or-high-water positive coverage from Smith and other conservative journalists insults their intelligence and demeans their profession.
Thus far in his administration, Trump has repeatedly characterized media outlets that are not Fox News as a faceless mob of sensationalist ideologues who traffic exclusively in lies. If Shepard Smith and the powers that be within the White House's staunchest ally are tiring of this act and thinking of jumping ship, too, these press conferences are about to get a whole lot worse for the president very soon.
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Open-access content Tuesday 14th April 2020 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020
An update for April on what our society has been up to...
The cup of kindness
The Worshipful Company of Actuaries' winter Livery Dinner on 30 January was held at Goldsmiths' Hall, one of the most impressive livery halls, with stunning treasures and paintings. After the annual general meeting, all 140 attendees were ready for dinner, during which the Master welcomed four new freemen who had joined the Company earlier in the day. This was followed by a short presentation from liveryman Tom Ross on how donations from our Charitable Trust had helped the Children's Liver Disease Foundation, a charity he chairs.
The food and wine were excellent, with the red wine brought from a vineyard in Slovenia that we visited as part of the Master's weekend wine tasting tour last September. After dinner, liveryman Jill Ampleford welcomed guests, including three Masters and clerks from the Clothworkers, the Saddlers and the Shipwrights. The principal guest was Ms Julie Summers, a writer and historian and a good friend of the Master. She spoke about her latest book, Dressed for War, which covers the story of Audrey Withers, editor of Vogue magazine during the Second World War.
The Master then presented the Award of Honour for 2020 to Sally Bridgeland, our first female Master and a well-known and respected figure in the pensions and investment fields, who has devoted much time supporting the profession and championing more flexible working for women.
The Master then rounded off the evening, mentioning past Master Hawkes' 80th birthday the day before and thanking all the staff at Goldsmiths' Hall for their wonderful service. The latter was in particular reference to the tragic events at Fishmongers' Hall last November during the London Bridge attack.
A wonderful evening was rounded off with a stirrup cup, when we finished all the Slovenian wine!
Mr James Elmslie based in the UK and who gained fellowship in 1963, sadly passed away aged 100.
Mr Alan Watson based in Scotland and who gained fellowship in 2003, sadly passed away aged 49 (see obituary here).
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Earlier this month, @TheActuaryMag reported on the 'lowest' mortality rates recorded since 2011. In a matter of weeks, this statistic will be totally turned on its head. These are sad times the world over. #coronavirus
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This video clearly explains the way models of infections work. Charts look different as he's showing total infections, whereas my charts above show new infections and current infections. Fundamentals are the same though.
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@HigherEdActuary
Simply brilliant. Mandatory viewing for actuaries... and everybody else. @TheActuaryMag
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The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has announced that Louise Pryor has been confirmed as our next President-Elect.
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Phase I is almost complete! As we finish-up Phase I of the Capital Campaign, we are excited to announce a new opportunity that will help us address the preservation needs of our historic and inspirational space.
As part of Phase I, we conducted a "Needs Assessment" on our Sanctuary building to determine the items warranting attention. Included are a new roof, ceiling repairs, rusty fire escapes, and leaky windows.
As good stewards of our historic property, we know how important it is to address these issues and yet a gap between original estimates and actual projected costs of Phase I, prohibited us to simultaneously focus on restoration and new construction.
Great news! Beth Ahabah applied for and was the first Synagogue to be accepted into a national grant program through Partners for Sacred Places. Additionally, after learning more about the Temple's successful Capital Campaign and conducting a site visit, Partners for Sacred Places offered Beth Ahabah a matching grant of $250,000, their maximum funding for a single institution!
Goal One: We have already begun raising funds to meet grant requirements. Based on an assessment of restoration needs, our goal is to now raise another $400,000 to address the issues critical to the preservation of our historic sacred space.
Goal Two: In keeping with Phase I, we have a second goal of equal importance, which is to involve every congregant. In fact, congregational-wide participation is so important that our Grantor, Partners for Sacred Places, is covering the costs for all fundraising and preservation educational materials, in additional to the $250,000 grant.
Reaching beyond our Congregation: While every link is critical to the strength of the entire chain, with the preservation project, we hope to add links to our congregational chain.
Thanks to a Study called the "Economic Halo Effect of Sacred Places" conducted by the Partners for Sacred Places as part of our Grant, Beth Ahabah is in a unique position to approach the broader Richmond Community for support.
The Halo Economic Study on Beth Ahabah reveals that, in the past year, including the Capital Project, our congregation's investment in the Richmond community was four times greater than the average urban faith-based community.
This study helps us make the case to local businesses, that an investment in Beth Ahabah's historic preservation is an investment in the City of Richmond. We can't wait to share the news!
Identify Potential Business Investors: Explore the Halo Economic Study and help us identify businesses that may be inspired to support our historic preservation efforts, based on Beth Ahabah's economic impact on the Richmond community.
Provide Financial Support: Over the past four years we have dreamed together and worked together to make our dreams a reality. Many have already given generously to Phase I of the Generations Capital Campaign and some have even expedited contributions to complete pledges early. Thank you! Thank you! Please, once again, consider a generous gift to Beth Ahabah…this time for the preservation of our incredible historic sacred space, so that we may continue to be inspired by this magnificent architecture and preserve it's history for generations to come. Click here to make an additional pledge to the campaign specific to the Historic Preservation Matching Grant. Click here to make an immediate donation now to the Historic Preservation Matching Grant.
Thank you and Contact us. Thank you in advance for helping to care for our congregational home and this magnificent sacred space. Please contact Linda and Earl Ferguson, Katie and Ken Roeper, Larry Salzman, or Rabbi Nagel to learn more about this final project of Phase I.


Le Chateau d'Oleron is a small village of approximately 3000 people on the north-east coast of the Ile d'Oleron, an island on the French Atlantic coast. The two nearest larger cities are Rochefort (50 km) and La Rochelle (70 km). During summer, weather conditions are optimal. The local food is delicious and there are may beautiful beaches.
Every year an international judo training camp is organized in this sunny city. Judoka's from all over Europe, from the age of 8 upwards, of very different grades; mainly competition judoka's, participate in this training. Each day consists of two 2 hour training's, a technical training in the morning and a randori training in the afternoon. Each day starts with an French breakfast followed by a condition training on the beach. The camp is closed by a tournament amongst the participants followed by a "French" barbecue in the citadel.
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Q: Cognos Chart filtering I made the pie chart clickable in active report and linked to data deck and to filter on lists but the thing here if it's possible to multi select on chart and how to make it reset to show all items I can't make it anti select so it show all as when it loaded
anyone faced that before

A: I think I understand what you are trying to do here.
You appear to be trying to set the value of a filtered pie chart in an active report to be unfiltered, or similar to a case where you have "selected all"
The simplest way to do this is to create a button that will set the variable filtering the chart to empty. Since you are not filtered all values will be shown.
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