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Tulsi's Strategy
Submitted by apenultimate on Sat, 12/14/2019 - 11:24pm
Tulsi has been pretty explicit about her strategy to move herself into a better position. Thought I'd lay it out here so that people can understand it better and comment on it if they wish.
First, she wants to raise $1 million. If you look at the Tulsi2020.com website, there is now a tracker to see how close Tulsi is getting to that million-dollar ask (as of this moment, she has raised $404,998). The purpose of this money is to launch "digital and TV ads in early states like New Hampshire". In an earlier tweet, the one where she declined to attend the December debates (not that she qualified anyway), she highlighted both New Hampshire and South Carolina as states she would be campaigning in instead.
Second, focus all energies on New Hampshire and South Carolina--her highest polling early states. No recent poll has been below 5% in New Hampshire (some have been over 6%), and no recent poll has been below 4% in South Carolina (some have been at 5%). She has literally rented a house in New Hampshire over the past month, and is going to meet people face-to-face just about every day, unless she needs to be in DC or South Carolina. The goal here is all-out ground game to build on the percentages in those two states. Meet people directly, and convince them to vote for her.
The aim is to build up such face time in those two states that she surprises and surpasses the 15% threshold needed to gain delegates in each of those states. That, more than anything else, would make her a player in the overall competition, and she knows it.
Will it work? Who knows, really. If she starts polling 8%-10% in early to mid-January in these two states, it just might. Remember in the recent New Hampshire poll where she polled her 6.2% highest, a full 22% of survey respondents said that they were still undecided as to who to vote for. That's a lot of people.
We'll see how it all plays out. Iowa holds its caucus on Feb. 3. New Hampshire does its primary on Feb. 11. Nevada holds its caucus on Feb. 22. South Carolina primary is Feb. 29. Then comes SuperTuesday on Mar. 3 with at least nine states. Her home state of Hawaii votes on Apr. 5.
#Tulsi 2020
Submitted by laurel on Sun, 12/15/2019 - 12:32am
She's facing both a hostile party and a hostile media.
Complete hostility, too. A power imbalance like that is enough to discourage most candidates or force them to relinquish their principles and positions. But as long as they let TPTB control the process to that extent, they (and we) will always lose. So in a sense, Tulsi is launching a one-woman challenge to the existing power structure. If it works, it's preferable to all-out revolution.
If she can present it in terms similar to these, she would probably attract more donors and she may very well succeed. I don't know how they'd respond in that case.
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Sun, 12/15/2019 - 1:49am
Tulsi should asset strip the Dem faithful like a neoliberal
Whoa! I don't mean Tulsi is a neoliberal. What I mean is that she should create a brain and talent drain from the Dem Party. For starters, bring along Andy Yang, Nina Turner (sorry, not you Bernard), Ro Khanna, Cenk Uyghur (because he is a fucking firebrand even if he is still a Russiagater).
Definitely, this enumeration is simply a starting point.
Sorry, DNC, you have no heart or soul
Submitted by lotlizard on Sun, 12/15/2019 - 4:33am
"Bernard" makes me think of the mouse in Disney's "The Rescuers"
@Alligator Ed
One bit of incidental yet politically intriguing film trivia in the sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, of which I have a Dutch DVD:
Along with all the other flags on display at the UN-like world headquarters of the Rescue Aid Society, one brief shot zooms in on the flags of East Germany and South Vietnam hanging side by side.
Why, in a film released in 1990 and set in the Australian outback, this gratuitous dating of the story as pre-1975? Did Disney think it important to signal that the mice are completely agnostic and/or ecumenical when it comes to human governments and ideologies? Was it a shout-out to those few parents in the audience who themselves grew up in two bygone worlds that their own kids will never know?
Submitted by mimi on Sun, 12/15/2019 - 3:19am
Cenk Uyghur - I still don't understand
either who he is (other than what his online bio shows), who he was, what he said in the past, what he says now, who endorsed him for what and why was it good or bad for Bernie to withdraw the endorsement of Cenk Uyghur.
(so, do you spell his name Uyghur or Uygur?)
I saw Jimmy Dore's piece and it confused me and I am not sure that I believe Jimmy's words this time to honest to gawd valid. Bernie rolled over? Didn't stand up? Jimmy loves Bernie?
oh boy, Fridays for Napping - Now !
Jimmy said, once you start apologizing, you never stop apologizing. (That seems to be right I apologize almost in any comment I make. And think that is me rolling over.)
I am sad and tired and roll over into my bed now and take another nap.
Collective list of who are the most stoned campaign managing and reporting crews? I don't drink, don't do drugs, and know the list would be too long and a waste of time to read. YMMV.
And I still love you so ... but the Silent Night is coming and silent I will be for sure. How about you?
Submitted by Situational Lefty on Mon, 12/16/2019 - 12:23am
I hope the strategy works
I know plenty of people who want to vote for a candidate who is opposed to the wars-as-foreign policy that the US adopted after 9-11. I don't hear any other candidate talking about foreign policy.
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@#2 I don't think we have to
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Impact of climate change on Northern Pacific Ocean birds.
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Thanks. I needed that break from the ongoing insanity.
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it was a fine speech,
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Statement from Chief Medical Officer – Public Health Update 2023
VP Digital January 11, 2023 9:45 am January 11, 2023 0
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George
During the year 2022, the health system managed a wide range of health programmes and diseases. This ranged from COVID-19 to our regular annual infections and chronic non- communicable diseases.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Saint Lucia experienced a total of six waves, with a total of 15, 665 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in 2022 (a 14.5% increase from 2021); of these 1068 cases fit the definition of a reinfection. The age group 25-49 years has been the most affected throughout the pandemic (comprising 51% of the total cases), with females accounting for 57% of these cases. For the period January 2020- January 05, 2022, 409 deaths were reported, giving a case fatality rate of 1.4%. The overall vaccination rate for the population remains at 30% which is below the required threshold to minimize the spread of the virus.
The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring the emergence of new variants and sub variants of COVID-19 and will continue to keep the public updated.
In addition to COVID-19, there are other respiratory viruses in circulation which may have similar clinical presentation to as COVID-19. In several countries, there has been a steep increase in cases of influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). During the last three months of 2022, a spike was noted in children less than five years of age presenting with respiratory signs and symptoms. We have since noted a reduction in these cases.
We also noted two new cases of Tuberculosis reported in 2022 in comparison to three new cases in 2021. The Ministry of Health continues to work to maintain a low incidence of vector-borne diseases as was reflected by a decline of 62% in dengue cases in 2022 (15 cases compared to 39 cases in 2021). We continue to record approximately 1 to 2 malaria cases annually with all the cases being imported cases. To date, there has been no local transmission of malaria cases. A total of eight cases of leptospirosis were reported in 2022. There were seven cases of Leprosy in 2022, as compared to eight cases in the previous year.
The increasing impact of violence and injuries due to crime and motor vehicular accidents on the hospital system and blood bank resources is also of concern. Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) continue to be a significant cause of death in Saint Lucia, with cancers, cerebrovascular disease/stroke, heart disease and Diabetes dominating as the top 4 causes of death respectively for the last 10 years. Males accounting for 56% of all NCD deaths in 2020.
Cancers account for about one in every five deaths (20%) in 2020. The main cancers affecting men remains prostate cancer & breast cancer for women on our country.
Despite this, males are losing more of their potential contribution to society due to: • Assault • Land transport accidents and • Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (specifically COPD) due to smoking Females are losing more of their potential to society due to: • Cancer (breast and cervical in particular) and • Perinatal Conditions (specific to newborns)
Guided by the trends noted over the last five years and the data from the Behaviour Risk Factor Survey carried out in 2019, Primary care/preventative health strengthening remains a major focus for the Ministry of Health. We continue to note low levels of health screening, increases in obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake and limited physical activity among our population.
Programmes to improve on preventative strategies such as the adoption of healthy lifestyles, early detection and screening will be further strengthened to support the adoption of behaviours to improve the health status of our citizens.
The Universal Health Coverage strategy, health system strengthening project and Results Based Financing Project will support the implementation of these programs in 2023.
The Ministry of Health encourages all individuals, communities and organisations to partner with us in promoting health and maintaining healthy habits. Together, we can make significant strides in reducing the burden of ill health on our country.

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Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study
J Rehabil Med. 2009 Nov;41(13):1041-8. doi: 10.2340/16501977-0443.
Marike van der Schaaf 1 , Anita Beelen, Dave A Dongelmans, Margreeth B Vroom, Frans Nollet
1 Department of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, NL-1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.vanderschaaf@amc.uva.nl
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0443
Objective: To determine the time course of functional health status, and to inventory impairments in body functions, limitations in activities, and restrictions in participation after critical illness.
Design: Prospective observational cohort study.
Setting: Mixed medical and surgical closed format; intensive care unit of an academic medical hospital.
Patients: Consecutive patients over a period of 3 months who were ventilated in the intensive care unit for more than 48 h (n = 116).
Methods: Functional health status was assessed 3, 6 and 12 months after discharge from the intensive care unit using the Sickness Impact Profile 68. Impairments in function, limitations in activities, and restrictions in participation, classified according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), were evaluated after 3 and 12 months.
Results: Due to a high mortality rate (48%) and poor health conditions, data could not be obtained from all participants at all measurement points. Physical functioning and social behaviour improved predominantly within the first 6 months, while impaired psychological functioning remained unchanged within one year after discharge from the intensive care unit. After one year, 69% of patients were still restricted in performing daily activities and only 50% had resumed work.
Conclusion: The extent and severity of lasting intensive care unit-related disability necessitates the development of multidisciplinary after-care to improve health status, functional independence and return to work.
Critical Illness / mortality
Critical Illness / psychology
Critical Illness / rehabilitation*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Recovery of Function
Rehabilitation, Vocational
Sickness Impact Profile


Produced in 2017 is this 18″ long metal, cloth, plastic lanyard that is covered with the Blips and Chitz logo from the hit animated TV series Rick and Morty. It can be used to hold keys, name tags, and more. This is a mint, unused lanyard.
Produced in 2017 is this 18″ long metal, cloth, plastic lanyard that is covered with the Blips and Chitz logo from the hit animated TV series Rick and Morty. It can be used to hold keys, name tags, and more. This is a mint, unused lanyard stored in a smoke and pet free environment.


I have been watching the drama 篮球火 lately. The show is about basketball, how a team, individuals, overcome all obstacles for their love of basketball. From the show I gain alot of insights into what is passion, mindset, determination, love for team mates and big-heartedness for your opponents. Taking away the technicalities, the lessons learnt in the show applies to all team sports.
I would recommend this show for all to watch, although some parts are very exaggerated, making it funny and corny at times, try picking out the 精华 from the show. Shall share some I picked out too.
This is actually the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip.
(One doesn't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the passage straight through).
The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care to make life " Special" for others.
This is for those people who have made a difference in your life.
I am going to get my first 8 hours of sleep in 2009 tonight. Its been a long while.
This blog was meant to be more about partner stunts training and experiences, but this shall be an exception, because I am very proud of Hall 4 cheerleading this HO. You guys did a good job on the mats out there, despite the last minute injury to Lijing, and we had to change the whole routine in 3 days. All of you stepped up to the challenge and still made it possible to put up this routine, without lowering the level of the stunts much.
I want to thank all of Hall 4 cheerleaders once again, and hope that you guys and gals enjoyed yourself tonight and also in the course of the 1 month training. A big thanks to Hall 4 pub for doing a good job with the plycards and banner. We would also like to thank all those who had played a part in helping out with the stunts and routine training, Vincent, ZL and friends, and also Chaang for the music.
Though we did not win anything, but I am sure you guys will be proud of yourself when you watch the routine once more. One last time, "break on 4; 1, 2, 3. 4!"
This routine is dedicated to Lijing, for her hardwork and example as a Co.Captain during the entire HO season. Hope you get well soon and start flying again.
Situations, Scenarios, Surroundings change faster than the tides. You never know it till it's over.
This will be the last time... let's do it right.
This was me doing my first toss to hands in 2004. (This indeed literally was my first successful TTH, very coincidentally got recorded down) Notice how low and unstable it was, and then the single extension was even worse, so unsure, wobbly and tilting.
Alot of you who know me in cheer, know me for who I am now, probably in your mind I am a guy who can do toss extension, cupies etc. What you all do not know or see often is my humble beginnings as a noob. It was through sheer hardwork and many sacrifices to get to where I am now.
Sometimes it is good to get back down to earth, really work hard and not think that this comes easy, or I am lousy or not progressing.
P.S: Only those who started out before or with me know what it truely meant, the pure joy and happiness of being able to do toss to hands then. Appreciate and not take it for granted.


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The Institute of Architectural Sciences (IAW) unites four departments with different methodical approaches based on science and applied technology on one hand, and on the humanities and social sciences on the other.
Two Sections deal with the classical subjects of technical logics such as bearing-structure planning and building physics, supplemented by material-oriented fields such as building ecology and timber construction engineering.
Architectural theory based on a scientific methodology deals with the role of technology in general and of architecture in specifics as related to society, the arts, and the sciences.
The term architectural sciences expresses the broadening of academic subjects pertaining to classical architectural technology by referring to the theory of architecture, and emphasises the common aim of using scientific methods in architecture.
In addition to the degree courses for Bachelor and Master in the Faculty of Architecture, the Section of Building Physics and Building Ecology has autonomously organised its own Master programme "Building Science and Technology". Moreover, the IAW contributes to research and teaching in the Department of Planning and the Faculty of Civil Engineering and acts as a bridge connecting IT and geometry, the sciences and cultural studies.
The study course is engaged in attaining two fundamental goals. Firstly, it endeavours to support traditional design work in architecture, thus the strongly inductive solution of set tasks by technical and methodological expertise.
Nevertheless, because of job profile differentiation, there is a parallel movement setting development- and research-oriented task areas for architects that demand different educational concepts from the research-oriented study course. Here scientific methods are becoming pre-eminent, i.e. initially, by using existing knowledge, and afterwards by placing a stronger emphasis on solution-finding, optimisation and model-forming.
The IAW study course endeavours to convey an overview of the current state of the art in the relevant disciplines and then apply this in scientific planning tasks. Scientific Master's theses are also mentored with similar knowledge-management approaches, enabling the student to cross the threshold into research practice. Besides the Master's theses with pure planning tasks and which still form the great majority of Master's theses in the Faculty, there is also a not insignificant number of "theoretical" Master's theses, which are mostly supervised by IAW departments and which are also displayed in their own category in the Archdiplom exhibitions.
The transition to independent research then takes place in dissertations; a high proportion of dissertations in the Faculty is supervised at the IAW.
The IAW makes intensive use of the research context at the University of Technology and is committed to its goals, which give priority to sustainable development, information and communication technology, and cultural skills.
An over-proportional part of the Faculty's publicly funded research and research commissions is dealt with at the IAW. A large part of the implemented research projects have an interdisciplinary and frequently a strongly international character.
The scientific standard needs comprehensive support and quality assurance, and therefore one of the imperative organisational objectives of the IAW is the introduction of quality management for the supervision of the next scientific generation.


Lol, ever heard of something called "placeholder"? Its Warcraft 2 gameplay and all the models we have already are based on Warcraft 2, of course we need to use placeholder for those we don't have. Warcraft 1 have 20% miss chance.


HC-SR501 is an electronic motion sensor that uses a passive infrared light sensing to detect any movement of an object, an animals or a person. HC-SR501 only sends positive or negative results so it is mainly used in security alarms and automatic lighting systems, and it is compatible with Raspberry Pi and Arduino. HC-SR501 motion sensor has two adjustable knobs: Tx knob adjust the detection delay and Sx adujsts the range from 3 to 5 meters.


@dezgeg's porting efforts to ARMv7 works on the TinkerBoard, with some modification for u-boot and DTB paths. Support for this board is a work in progress. Please contact me (@tomberek) for comments/thoughts/feedback/etc.
The Tinker Board seems to look for U-Boot at a specific offset rather than in a file. So copy the initial 4MB from the TinkerOS image and then copy it to the NixOS image while skipping the MBR/partition table in the first 512 bytes. It turns out the bootstrap section of the MBR is also needed, so copy that as well.
These commands may use either the /dev/sdX or the file images and later copied to SD cards - this was discovered iteratively, thus was performed on the sd cards directly. Use with caution. (Assumes /dev/sdc is TinkerOS and /dev/sdb is NixOS images or devices respectively).
It turns out that getting into U-Boot using the TinkerOS image, halting the boot process, replacing SD cards with the NixOS image fails, but the error message suggests the extlinux merely has a different name for the DTB than NixOS has packaged. Simply copy from the nixos dtb file `/boot/nixos/<hash>-dtbs/rk3288-tinker.dtb` to `rockchip-tinker_rk3288.dtb`.
Your configuration.nix will need to modify the default boot.kernelParams configuration to use the serial console.


Contrary to what others think, Troicki is beatable here. Cilic will be hugely boosted by the win over Melzer and Troicki gave Nieminen enough chances, so I can see him giving the Croat some opportunities too. After all, the head to head record speaks for itself. Marin Cilic leads 5-1 and if you judge the two players on pure talent, he definitely has more of it than the Serbian player. Of course, he is not playing in better form right now, but I can see that changing. The loss against Mayer is not so serious in my opinion. First of all, the German plays a really tricky game and varies his shots, which Troicki does not. And from the baseline, Cilic can produce the goods. On serve, they are more or less equal, although you have to give some edge to Cilic when it comes down to tight moments. And if he goes a set down, another set may follow quickly enough. Troicki will lose his great form sooner or later. And this is a perfect moment for that to happen and the odds are just too high in my opinion.


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'A long way to go' for national anti-money laundering laws
18 April 2018 9:29am
Transparency International says national anti-money laundering laws have "a long way to go" to meet the global standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The NGO has published a commentary on the FATF's latest assessments of how effectively countries are tackling money laundering.
AML regulations not yet up to FATF standards
The FATF's latest country assessments demonstrate that national anti-money laundering legislation has improved since 2011. In 2011, 12.3 percent of countries complied fully with the FATF recommendations. This figure has risen to 25 percent for the 30 countries most recently assessed by the FATF. Of these countries, 87 percent are compliant or largely compliant in making money-laundering a criminal offence and 83 percent require financial institutions to report suspicious transactions to the authorities.
But Transparency International says there is still "a long way to go" before national anti-money laundering laws full comply with the FATF's global standards. 63 percent of countries rated as partially or non-compliant in requiring firms to carry out due diligence in non-financial fields such as real estate, law and accounting. 73 percent of countries rated as partially or non-compliant in making sure the authorities can identify the real owners of corporations to avoid the abuse of anonymous shell companies.
The FATF assessments also demonstrate that even where laws are in place, they are often not being used by countries. Supervisory authorities in most of the countries recently assessed by the FATF have the powers they need to carry out their duties in law. But no country was found to be effective in using these powers and 86.7 percent rated as having moderate or low effectiveness.
Beneficial ownership the "weakest link" in global financial system
Transparency International's analysis of the recent FATF assessments demonstrates that no country is doing enough to stop the use of anonymous shell companies to conceal ill-gotten gains. None of the 30 countries assessed by the FATF since 2014 rated as highly effective at preventing the abuse of beneficial ownership, and nearly nine out of ten countries rated as having moderate or low effectiveness.
Shell companies are complex corporate structures, often set up in offshore jurisdictions, which can be used to hide the true ownership of assets and bank accounts. This makes it difficult for investigators to track money flows and exposes companies to regulatory, financial and reputational risk for doing business with criminal enterprises engaged in economic crime. A number of countries have recently committed to establishing registers which list the beneficial owners of companies, including Australia, the UK, France, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Netherlands. Without an international beneficial ownership registry, national regulatory bodies—and the organisations subject to their laws—still have work to do to prevent money laundering through shell companies.
AML investment is "good business sense"
Transparency International calls on the private sector to invest in anti-money laundering efforts, pointing out that this "makes good business sense in the long run." It notes that "too often, the task of stopping dirty money is seen as a compliance cost to be minimised" but it should be seen as an "unavoidable requirement."
When companies fail to comply with AML regulations the impact can be significant. In addition to facing a legal conviction and heavy fines, companies also face reputational damage that can have long-lasting financial consequences. Whereas companies that invest in an effective compliance programme often receive a return on their investment. A report last year by ethiXbase found that Singapore's tough stance on corruption in the private and public sector gave Singapore's companies a "significant competitive advantage over its neighbours" in attracting foreign investment.
What should companies do?
The FATF's current round of country assessments will be completed in 2021. By then, it is expected that many countries will have significantly improved their anti-money laundering laws and how they implement them. The European Union Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive also comes into force this month. It requires global banks and multinational companies to have risk assessment, due diligence and monitoring processes in place.
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The learning instruments that consisted of the teaching materials, syllabuses, lesson plans (RPP), learning guides, and evaluation guides of basic literacy educational learning at the remote indigenous community of Dayak Meratus tribe were composed for the completion of the basic literacy educational learning instruments in order to achieve course learning outcome of the basic literacy education in accordance to the regulation of the minister of education and culture no.86 2014. The research and development method was employed in developing the learning instruments. The tryouts in this research and development were conducted in PKBM Belimbing of Hulu Sungai Selatan (as the experiment group) and SPNF SKB Balangan (as the control group) from August to October 2017. The basic literacy educational learning instruments conceptual product validity test was obtained with the mean calculation of 82.8% which meant that validity level was very high. The attractiveness and conceptual literacy test was obtained with the mean calculation of 76,4% which meant that the attractiveness level was in the high category. The effect of the learning instruments' implementation was intended that the learners could get the literacy in all aspects of their life.
Arsyad, A. (2003). Media pembelajaran. Jakarta: Raja Grafindo.
Borg, W. R., & Gall, M.D. (1979). Educational research, an Introduction 3 ed. New York: Longman.
Faidi, A. (2015). Suku dayak suku terbesar dan tertua di Kalimantan. Makassar: Arus Timur.
Subdit Pendidikan Keaksaraan. (2005). Bahan ajar keaksaraan. Jakarta: Direktorat Pendidikan Masyarakat.
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Die Allée couverte von Coët-Correc liegt in der Gemeinde Mûr-de-Bretagne an der Grenze zu Caurel im äußersten Süden des Département Côtes-d'Armor in der Bretagne in Frankreich.

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Die etwa 12,0 m lange Allée couverte hat einen nahe dem einen Ende gelegenen lateralen Gang, von dem nur zwei Platten erhalten sind. Der Zugang zur Kammer besteht aus einem runden Seelenloch, das als doppelte Halbkreise aus den Wandplatten der Zugangsseite herausgearbeitet wurde. Die ihrer Deckenplatten beraubte Anlage besteht aus 25 Tragsteinen aus Schiefer. Die Hauptkammer ist etwa 1,5 m breit, bis zu 2,0 m hoch, aber nur die beiden westlichsten Decksteine befinden sich noch in situ.

Das neolithische Bauwerk wurde durch Hinzufügung eines Portikus aus Schieferplatten, der ein Kreuz oder einen Kalvarienberg trug, entstellt.

Die Nordküste der Bretagne weist einige Galeriegräber mit seitlichen Zugängen auf, die im Grundriss dem nordeuropäischen Ganggrab ähnlich sind. Die bekannteste ist die 1955 entdeckte Anlage von Crec'h Quillé. Erwähnenswert sind auch die Allée couverte de la Couette in Ploufragan, von Champ Grosset in Quessoy, Kerivin in Saint-Pol-de-Léon oder die drei Allées couvertes von La Roche Camio, Petit-Chêne und La Ville-Gle in Plédran, auf die erst im Jahre 1989 durch einen Grundschullehrer hingewiesen wurde. P. R. Giot hält die Anlagen in L-Form und diejenigen mit lateralen Zugang für die jüngste Entwicklung im Anlagenbau.

In der Nähe liegt das Galeriegrab Allée couverte von Corn-er-Houët.

Siehe auch
 Megalithanlagen der Bretagne

Literatur
 Jacques Briard: Die Megalithen der Bretagne. Aus dem Französischen von Arnold Jacobshagen. Gisserot, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-87747-065-2.
 Charles-Tanguy Le Roux: Informations archéologiques, In: Gallia Préhistoire, no Tome 28-2, 1985

Weblinks

  Christian Lassure:  Le calvaire en pierre sèche de Coët-Correc à Mûr-de-Bretagne (Côtes-d'Amor) (französisch)

Einzelnachweise

Galeriegrab
Megalithanlage im Département Côtes-d'Armor
Kultplatz
Allee

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Governor Cuomo, we respectfully urge you to sign the nation's first anti-declaw bill into law and show the world that New York is a leader in animal protection.
We thank New York Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal and Senator Michael Gianaris, for introducing the legislation, passed with strong bipartisan support in both houses, that would prohibit nontherapeutic declawing and tendonectomy in New York state. We support the the New York Anti-Declaw Bills A1303 and S5532 which would forbid declawing in the state of New York.
Declawing is amputation, whether performed by scalpel, clippers, or laser. We believe there is never a reason to declaw for non-therapeutic reasons (that is, unless surgery were necessary to treat animals' medical conditions). Declawing does not keep cats in homes, a fact acknowledged by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA). Declawing is illegal or considered unethical by the veterinary profession in most of the world. Eight cities in California - Los Angeles, San Francisco, West Hollywood, Burbank, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, and Culver City - plus the City and County of Denver, Colorado, have enacted declaw bans. Statistics from those cities indicate that the relinquishment of cats to shelters in those cities, in the years since the bans were enacted, has not increased - in fact, the number of cats dumped in shelters has DECREASED consistently in the many years since the laws went into effect.
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Band: The Bombpops
Album: Death In Venice Beach
Label: Fat Wreck Chords /EDEL
Website: www.thebombpops.com
Where The Bombpops had a Fear of Missing Out on their 2017 debut full-length, their highly anticipated follow up shows what happens when you're too involved—with booze, bad situations, and behavior that's unsustainable at best and destructive at worst.
This is Death in Venice Beach (Fat Wreck Chords, March 13th), the comedown after the high, when clarity pierces the morning-after haze.
It's right there in the title, an allusion to Thomas Mann's celebrated novella about the price of an artistic life. The Bombpops co-founder and singer-guitarist Jen Razavi read it as the band debated titles for their second full-length. "It's a cautionary tale to those that want to become an artist," she says, "but it's also really comforting to artists who can't help or necessarily contain being who they are and what they're drawn to."
What draws The Bombpops hasn't changed: highly melodic punk with big guitars, vocal harmonies, and the SoCal sound that inspired Razavi, co-founder and singer-guitarist Poli van Dam, bassist Neil Wayne, and drummer Josh Lewis. But the more light-hearted skate punk of Fear of Missing Out has a serrated edge on Death in Venice Beach, as Razavi and van Dam explore darker themes—even though the songs are catchier than ever.
"I want people to feel this dark, uneasy feeling," says van Dam, who had plenty of her own in the three years since FOMO. She suffered a potentially life-threatening diabetic seizure on tour in the fall of 2018 (referenced in "Double Arrows Down," one of album's standout tracks), and she sought treatment for alcoholism while the new album was in post-production.
"I went to rehab right when we were finalizing the mixes and stuff," van Dam says, "and so listening back to the songs when I was in rehab, I'm like, 'Oh shit, I was going through some stuff without even realizing how dark everything was and how shitty of a place I was in."
Listeners can hear about her being "high as hell and drunk as fuck" in "13 Stories Down" and the "drunken altercations" she references in "Can't Come Clean."
The personal mixes with the metaphysical in lead single "Notre Dame." The fire at the famed 700-year-old cathedral prompted self-reflection in Razavi, who was inspired by its centuries-long history. "I've always thought when you meet somebody that you like, or even a friend, it's not the first time," she says. "I say, 'I've known you before. We were here before.'"
As much as their personal lives shaped Death in Venice Beach, the band's hometown of Los Angeles—and its art—is perhaps their biggest muse. Razavi devoured all manner of Angeleno culture while writing the album, from books like those in James Ellroy's L.A. quartet and John Fante's Ask the Dust to films like True Romance, Mulholland Drive, Falling Down, and Natural Born Killers, lines from which appear in "Blood Pact."
"Death in Venice Beach is a love letter to Los Angeles, but it's a love letter to the dark side of Los Angeles," Razavi says.
It's not all darkness, though. Listeners are treated to a comical snippet of one of The Bombpops' intraband arguments at the beginning of "Can't Come Clean," and "House on Fire" begins with a piano-led singalong at Fat Mike's Six Floggs Abusement Park studio. Even the album's darkest moments are laced with van Dam and Razavi's wit, like when van Dam sings, "I'm not an alcoholic, I just play one on the weekends" in "13 Stories Down."
The album's themes and sounds were captured with maximum nuance by a production team consisting of Yotam Ben Horin (Useless ID), Fat Mike (NOFX), and Chris Fogal (The Gamits), who also recorded Fear of Missing Out.
Fat Wreck Chords will release Death in Venice Beach on March 13th.
Death in Venice Beach track listing:
1. Dearly Departed
2. Double Arrows Down
3. Zero Remorse
4. Notre Dame
5. Sad to Me
6. Can't Come Clean
7. Blood Pact
8. In the Doghouse
9. 13 Stories Down
10. Radio Silence
11. House on Fire
12. Southbound Stranger
Infos zum vorherigen Release:
Die Pop-Punk-/Punkrock-Band THE BOMBPOPS werden am 6. April bei Fat Wreck Chords ihre neue EP "Dear Beer" veröffentlichen. Den Titeltrack schicken sie schon jetzt voraus - ein erster Eindruck von den vier neuen Songs voller melodischer Hooks und Punk-Attitüde. THE BOMBPOPS zeigen sich definitiv von ihrer besten Seite.
"Dear Beer" ist der Nachfolger des "Fear Of Missing Out"-Albums, welches im Februar 2017 erschienen ist. Im Mai werden THE BOMBPOPS ihre neuen Tracks außerdem im Zuge ihrer Tour live im deutschsprachigen Raum vorstellen. Ebenfalls bestätigt ist ihr Konzert auf dem diesjährigen PUNK ROCK HOLIDAY.
"Dear Beer"-Tracklist:
01. Dear Beer
02. Polluted Skies
03. Turn Uo The Thermostat04. I Call Bullshit
THE BOMBPOPS are:
Josh Lewis - Drums
Poli van Dam - Guitar & Vocals
Jen Razavi - Guitar & Vocals
Neil Wayne - Bass
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Review Number 81 – January 2018
Dr William Hooper Short
When Dr Walton Kent died in 1862 his medical practice in Walsham le Willows was initially passed to Dr Hugh Spencer Hughes. Dr Hughes stayed for two years before he married and moved to Bromley in Kent. In 1864 the medical care of the village was taken over by Dr William Lugar Mumford. He continued to live at The Beeches but only stayed until 1868 when he sold the practice to Dr William Hooper Short.
William Hooper Short was born in Southampton in 1840. The son of an ironmonger he studied medicine and by the age of 21 in 1861 he was 'Acting House Surgeon' at the Charing Cross Hospital in London. His studies continued and he completed his professional qualifications under the Scottish medical training system in 1867. These qualifications subsequently read as follows:
"LRCP Edinburgh and LM (1867), LFPS Glasgow and LM (1867), LSA Charing Cross (1867)"[1]. "
After 1859 The Double Qualification in Medicine and Surgery was established between the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. In addition to this joint qualification, with the accompanying licenses to practise Medicine, Dr Short also took the licentiate examinations of the London Society of Apothecaries as a dispensing doctor at Charing Cross Hospital.
Following qualification Dr Short also contributed to The Lancet (1868) his views "On the Marshall Hall Method" (of resuscitation). No doubt with a view to establishing his medical career in East Anglia, and in the spirit of 'Continuing Professional Development' he became a founding member of the 'Norwich Medico-Chirurgical Society' established on 2nd July 1867 – it still exists today. This was founded at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital under the distinguished chairmanship of Dr Peter Eade[2]. Monthly meetings were specifically held at full moon, apparently to enable members to return home in safety by moonlight. At that time Dr Short was working temporarily at Bungay, Suffolk, with a Dr Adams before moving to Walsham Le Willows. He was called as witness to a coroner's investigation of the death of an infant in Bungay whose death he had certified as due to starvation [3]. By early 1868 he was working in Walsham prior to taking over the practice from Dr Mumford:
"WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS – A sad accident occurred here on Saturday last, in which George Pollard, coachman to Mr. H.I.Wilkinson sustained serious, though it is hoped not fatal, injury. A party of gentlemen were engaged in destroying rats at Mr. Wilkinson's off barn, some being on one side of a faggot fence and some the other. A gun was fired at a rat running on the rail in the middle of the faggot fence, whilst Pollard stood quite opposite, but unobserved by Mr Dennis, who fired the shot. A few shots struck Pollard in the head, rendering him insensible. He was taken home and promptly attended by Drs Mumford and Short. He is going on as favourably as could be expected."
NORWICH MERCURY Saturday 18th January 1868
In the same edition the newspaper reported Dr Short's appearance in more cheerful social circumstances and in which he would subsequently find himself many times:
"WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS: Readings, with music, were given on Friday evening at the Institute. The large room was well filled, and the programme was carried out in an exceedingly able manner, to the marked satisfaction of the audience, and several encores were demanded and obligingly answered. The musical portion of the programme included 'The Troubadour' and 'Maritana', pianoforte solos, well executed by Miss Young, and songs by Dr. Short, Mr W. Foster, and the Rev. Gambier Greene. The readings and readers were 'The Sexton's Hero' the Rev. T. E. Wilkinson, 'The Tea Party' from 'Martin Chuzzlewit', and the 'Bell-ringer' by the Rev. Gambier Greene, 'Trial Scene' from 'Pickwick' Mr. W. Foster; and a 'Curtain Lecture', by Dr. Short".
Two months later Dr Short got married[4]. His bride was Sarah Elizabeth ("Bessie") Everett. She was the daughter of the late John Everett, a farmer from East Harling in Norfolk, where the marriage took place on 12th March. This may well account for his attraction to practise medicine in East Anglia. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. T.E. Wilkinson from Walsham, a fellow performer in the earlier concert – and a future bishop of Zululand. It transpired that Mrs Short had the benefit of a substantial inheritance from her late father and this was used to assist significantly in the purchase of the Walsham medical practice from Dr Mumford.
By now Dr Short was a full participant in the social life of the village. A month after his marriage a further 'Entertainment' took place at the Public Hall. While the first half consisted of songs and instrumental music the second half was devoted entirely to Dr Short with an 'Illustrated lecture on the qualities of Air, considered chemically both in relation to Combustion and Respiration'[5]. The whole evening was considered a great success according to accounts of the time [6]. This was followed a month later by another such concert, in aid of the Life Boat Fund, in which Dr Short took full part together with his friend Dr Adams from Bungay. The evening was again reported as widely enjoyed[7]. Dr Short opened proceedings with a reading from 'Dr Marigold's Prescriptions' a recently published 'Christmas Story' by Charles Dickens. He subsequently sang the patriotic English ballad 'The Red Cross Banner' and as an encore the equally uplifting – and appropriate – 'Man the Lifeboat'. Later in the programme his concluding song, helpfully described as "comic" was 'The Irish Schoolmaster' and at the end of the evening he was called upon to bring proceedings to a close by singing 'God Save the Queen'.
Poster Courtesy of Peter Nunn
It is likely that the sheet music and readings for these entertainment evenings, which were a frequent feature of the Institute and Public Hall in Walsham, were purchased locally:
BURY AND NORWICH POST Tuesday 9th June 1868
Away from medicine Dr Short played cricket for the Walsham Cricket Club. He tended to bat well down the order. In the match on 30th June 1868 against Norton (which Norton won) he scored four runs in the first innings and eight in the second. In July the annual Walsham Cricket Club "Married v. Single" match was played mid-week and Dr Short batting at number 6 for the "Marrieds" scored two runs and later seven more. The "Singles" won by one run. In later years he would become treasurer of the club and 'Captain of the teams when at play'.
The flavour of that long distant summer can perhaps be caught in the report on the "First Cottagers' Fruit and Vegetable Show" held on Friday 4th September 1868[8]
…"in a meadow adjoining the boys' school under the auspices of Misses Martineau and Wilkinson and assisted by the Rev. Octavius Wilkinson of Hinderclay. The whole village seemed animated with one desire to make the show worthy of the place thus there was an attractive and abundant display. Among the contributors was an immense cucumber grown by Dr. Short and a dish of black outdoor grapes grown by Mr. Proctor. Mr. Jaggard's Observatory Hive attracted a lot of admirers, as did his two supers (quite a work of art) in which he had caused the bees to form one comb into a perfect cross and another into a star. The beauty of the show was greatly enhanced by the contributions of flowers in various forms. Among them the word Welcome in scarlet geraniums on a white leaf background by Miss Martineau, a cross of pure white dahlias in a bed of scarlet geraniums by Mrs. Short and a model parterre by Mrs. Young. Among the winners was James Germany for his carrots and potatoes and George Frost for apples and cucumber. George Bird had the best collection of wild flowers gathered by children. The village brass band headed by John Stevens greatly enlivened the proceedings. On distributing the prizes the Rev. Wilkinson urged all cottagers to improve their gardens in the coming year. He remarked that the cultivation of the garden elevated the character, showed a superior mind and often betokened a well-cared for home and a prospering family"
Webmaster note: The Walsham le Willows Horticultural Show is still going strong and has exhibited every year since this inaugural day in 1868 apart from a break for wars and that for the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020
At Christmas that year the Shorts celebrated the birth of their son William Llewellyn who was baptised on 21st March 1869. He would be their only child. He was initially educated at a boarding school in Aldeburgh and would later have a successful career as a mechanical engineer.[9]
The work of a village doctor inevitably involved its share of tragedy. In June of 1868 Dr Short gave evidence at the coroner's inquest[10] on the sudden death of John Borley, woodman, whose body was discovered at Major Wilson's plantation at Langham. Death was recorded as due to natural causes. Later in November of that year he gave evidence before the same coroner on the local death of a six month old child from 'Lack of Nourishment'.[11]
At an inquest in October 1873[12] he had given his evidence on the death of one of a group of farm workers chaff-cutting. In the dialect of the court report they were innocently "dapping" each other (gentle face slapping) and "nannicking about" (playing the fool) when an accidental fall resulted in a fractured spine and subsequent death.
In another incident in April 1875 three men were engaged in muck spreading on the farm of George Newson. Because it was unpleasant work Mr Newsom gave them to drink, at their request, a strong mixture of rum and beer, by the pint, but the accounts of their subsequent stupefaction are graphic[13]. Thomas Davey was particularly badly affected.
"He was dragged and carried home, and was quite insensible to touch or sight for two or three days when he recovered consciousness, but owing to the extreme congestion of all the organs, he was not able to rally, notwithstanding the unremitting attention of Dr. Short, and his friend, Dr. Weddell".
The deceased left a widow and 9 children under the age of 14.
In 1875 another inquest took place on the death of John King, a noted and respected local solicitor who was discovered dead in the pond in his garden. Dr Short deposed that he had known the deceased for several years, and said that he had for some time noticed that his mind was becoming enfeebled as well his body, and that he had been very palsied of late; the jury returned an open verdict of "Found drowned".[14]
Later that year a further dreadful incident was reported in fairly judgemental terms.
"WATTISFIELD – Caution to boys- On Thursday week a lad named Arthur Filby, about eight years of age, got his foot entangled in the horse-power of a chaff cutter on the farm premises of Mr Watson……………….Dr Short was summoned from Walsham-Le Willows, and pending his arrival, the boy received most kindly attention at Mr Watson's house. The boy was removed to the Memorial Cottage Hospital, established by Lord Henniker, at Thornham, and there it was found necessary to amputate the limb, which was effected by Dr Short, Dr Miller, and Mr G Barnes, of Eye, and Dr Pearse of Botesdale, at ten o'clock the same night. The boy is progressing favourably. He had been repeatedly warned not to go near the machinery on the day on which the accident occurred, and no blame can be attached to anyone but himself. The boy's father has emigrated to Yorkshire, and his mother who has been left in the village with a large family, has only just recovered from weakness and illness caused by a broken arm."
IPSWICH JOURNAL Saturday 29th May 1875
But undoubtedly the most traumatic incident of that period, with which Dr Short, like many others, was involved, would have been the infamous explosion at the Prentice gun-cotton works at Stowmarket. Located on the River Gipping in the centre of the town the site was developed for the production of this highly unstable explosive, to be then transported for use elsewhere, by water. The accident on 18th August 1871, which was not without precedent, destroyed most of the factory and caused much local damage throughout the town centre. Of the 130 people employed there some 24 lost their lives and over 70 were badly injured in what was described as "the most serious calamity to have happened in the Eastern Counties"[15]. All local medical resources did what they could.
"….a large number of persons volunteered great service assisting to remove heaps of the debris and to recover the bodies of the dead and the wounded; the latter, as fast they got out, removed to their respective homes, and there attended Messrs. Freeman, Harper, Sheridan, and Pearson, the medical gentlemen of the town, who were assisted by the following gentlemen summoned by telegraph to their aid :—Mr. G. Sampson (Mayor of Ipswich), Dr. A. H. Bartlet, Dr. J. H. Bartlet, Dr. Drummond, and Mr. H. G. Moore, of Ipswich, and Mr. Beck and Mr. Cooper, of Needham Market. Dr. W. H. Short, of Walsham-le-Willows, and Mr. Muriel, of Hadleigh, arrived subsequently, and Dr. Macnab and Mr. F. W. Clarke, of Bury, also arrived in the course of Saturday, and tendered their assistance".
In today's world of 'Health and Safety Regulations' it may seem strange that no blame was assigned in the subsequent Inquiry and that the factory was rebuilt and continued to produce high-explosives until after the First World War. The site then became part of the ICI Paints Division.
Day to day life went on. In 1872 Dr Short's appointment was announced as Assistant-Surgeon of the 13th Suffolk Rifle Volunteer Corps[16]. Such appointments while not onerous were a useful additional source of income for country doctors throughout the 19th century[17]. At some point he was also elected captain of the Walsham Fire Brigade and energetically led their fire-fighting efforts according to various reports on local outbreaks of 'incendiarism'.
In his further additional role as Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator to the Walsham Division of the Stow Union he was intimately involved in the application of the Poor Laws to the impoverished and destitute of the parish. In February 1876 he led a wide-ranging and detailed discussion of such matters at a meeting of the prestigious Ixworth Farmers Club. He made various suggestions as to how matters could be improved based on detailed and comparative analysis – not least on the rates of pay for Medical Officers! The whole subject of provision for the poor was obviously a matter on which opinions widely differed but they were fiercely held, while the links between illness and pauperism continued to be significant.
1870 marked the passing of the Education Act and by 1880 there would be compulsory elementary education for all up to the age of 13, although the development of literacy among the labouring classes was not universally welcomed. It was very much a period of self-help and educational development. In 1876 Dr Short took part in the organisation and running of a series of 'Spelling Bees' in the village. These competitions, held in the Literary Institute were immensely popular not only with Walsham residents but with those from surrounding villages and beyond, and with adults and children alike. At a subsequent meeting of the members of the Institute Dr Short was unanimously elected a permanent member of the committee[18].
To be concluded……
Joseph McCann
[1] THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY (1870)
[2] The Society's website quotes Eade's inaugural address – no doubt still pertinent: "This is an age of medical change. He who would not be thrown out must keep well in the race; the pace is so rapid that leeway can scarcely be recovered. In spite of being engaged in the active busy pursuits of daily practice, time must be found to learn the ever new facts of medical science".
[3] OXFORD CHRONICLE AND READING GAZETTE Sat 12.Oct.1867
[4]MORNING POST Wednesday 18th March 1868
[5] It was less than 100 years since Rutherford and Priestley were credited with the discovery and naming of Nitrogen and Oxygen
[6] IPSWICH JOURNAL Sat 3rd April 1868
[7] IPSWICH JOURNAL Saturday 6th June 1868
[8] IPSWICH JOURNAL 8th September 1868
[9] Died 22 Nov 1953 Ayrshire, Scotland
[10] BURY AND NORWICH POST 9th June 1868
[11] BURY FREE PRESS Sat 28th November 1868
[12] NORWICH MERCURY Sat 18 Oct 1873
[13] IPSWICH JOURNAL Saturday 24th April 1875
[14] NORFOLK CHRONICLE Saturday 16th January 1875
[15] NORFOLK CHRONICLE Saturday 19h August 1871
[16] LONDON GAZETTE June 4th 1872
17] IRVING, Sally: Surgeons and Apothecaries in Suffolk: 1750-1830, U.E.A.(2011)
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India tops the list of countries with highest antibiotic resistance, finds study
Moumita Laha
Bengaluru Sep 10, 2019, (Research Matters):
Antibiotics, drugs used to treat bacterial infections, have been pivotal in curing many bacterial diseases since its discovery in 1928. However, an emerging threat to using them is the rise of bacterial strains that are resistant to antibiotics. In recent years, antibiotic-resistant bacteria have started to cause havoc on human health—they take longer to heal, and increase medical costs and mortality. Globally, antibiotic resistance is estimated to result in 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Ironically, it's the reckless overuse of antibiotics that has resulted in the evolution of these resistant superbugs! Today, there are drug-resistant infections of pneumonia, tuberculosis, blood poisoning and gonorrhoea, among others.
In a recent study, a team of researchers from the USA's Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, have used Drug Resistance Index (DRI) to measure the effectiveness of antibiotics against specific bacteria. They have also explored the use of different types of antibiotics across 41 countries. The study was published in the journal BMJ Global Health and was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Drug Resistance Index is a single value calculated mathematically by combining the measurements of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance for a particular antibiotic-pathogen combination. It ranges from 0 to 100, with 0 indicating 100% susceptibility and 100 indicating 100% resistance. This score makes it easy to measure the effectiveness of an antibiotic against a specific bacteria, and therefore, look for potential solutions to reduce antibiotic resistance.
"The introduction of the DRI was a first step in evaluating the relative problems of resistance and communicating the findings to a broad audience," say the researchers on this study. They have used DRI to demonstrate how the problems of resistance vary widely by geography and reflect the trends in antibiotic use among countries.
The researchers calculated the DRI of certain antibiotics and high priority pathogen combinations across 41 countries. The pathogens include Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. The antibiotic classes include broad-spectrum penicillins, which act on many types of bacteria, and narrow-spectrum penicillins that kill specific bacterial species.
The study found that antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance varied across countries. Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus faecium showed the highest rate of resistance across all classes of antibiotics, but especially to broad-spectrum penicillins. Broad-spectrum penicillins had a high DRI score because they were the most widely used antibiotics across all countries. Narrow spectrum penicillins, which are expensive and have limited access in developing countries, were the least used class of antibiotics. Hence, they had a low DRI score. These observations confirm that excessive use of antibiotics leads to increased antibiotic resistance.
The study also found that high-income countries like Sweden, Canada, Norway, Finland and Denmark had the lowest DRI scores. The researchers attribute this to the fact that these countries had a high usage of narrow-spectrum penicillins along with access to more effective and expensive antibiotics. Low and middle-income countries like India, Thailand, Ecuador and Venezuela had high DRI scores, with India topping the list. The researchers point out that in these countries, the use of broad-spectrum penicillins is high, and access to newer and more effective antibiotics are lacking.
India leads the world in the antibiotic consumption per person as there is rampant use of broad-spectrum penicillins, which are cheap and easily accessible. Hence, the country also carries the most considerable burden of drug-resistant pathogens. This trend is a warning bell for the healthcare industry of our country to take stringent measures against the aggressive and unnecessary use of antibiotics.
The DRI, developed in this study, can thus effectively track antibiotic use and resistance for multiple pathogens across countries, revealing where drug resistance poses a health risk. This information can be used by health care facilities to make informed decisions about the antibiotics being used for treatment, to curb drug resistance. As a next step, the researchers suggest investigating country-specific data, use of different drug–pathogen combinations and comparing them across countries.
Tracking global trends in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using the Drug Resistance Index
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WPP's Wunderman, former home of new WPP CEO Mark Read, finds itself in the BT Sport TV chair for some reason (Wunderman is BT's CRM agency), making the point that BT delivers the Premier League. Featuring Cardiff City's Canadian international Junior Hoilett, who performs with a smile on his face (given Cardiff's current Premier League status it's good that he has a sense of humour).
Won't be knockin' em dead at Cannes but..
Is WPP's VMLY&R merger part of a trend or a one-off marriage of convenience?
Nice to see they featured the "Poisoned Dwarf," even though he's no longer at the helm.


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I have seen several lake otters in Monona, this year and in previous years.
Awesome! That's really good to know.
I should probably add an intro to clarify that this is a alternate Earth, in which due to a magical disaster that has caused people not to want to live near the oceans, Madison has seen exponential population growth, and a resulting rise in pollution. So they've been working to clean up the area, and the otters are only just returning... Only they're not exactly normal otters.


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Awards: The White Man's Hole by Antoine Bruy scoops D&AD Next Photographer
Awards, Documentary, Uncategorized
by Susanna D'Aliesio
"The White Man's Hole is a work about the town of Coober Pedy, in the South of Australia, and is the second chapter of an ongoing project called Outback Mythologies, about the Australian Outback and its importance for the Australian identity."
So Antoine Bruy describes his latest work, which won the Next Photographer Award at the D&AD Festival 2017, run in partnership with Getty Images. "Choosing a winner was difficult, but Antoine Bruy showed a level of originality and technical expertise that raised the bar for the competition," commented Andy Saunders, one of the judges and senior vice president of creative content at Getty Images.
Coober Pedy is a sun-drenched town in South Australia, better known as "the opal capital of the world". The precious mineral was first found there in 1915 and extracting it remains the major source of income for the locals – who, to protect themselves from the extreme heat of their location, live mostly underground.
Bruy went Coober Pedy after spending a year in Australia, and says he was "astonished by the surreal landscapes" the first time he went, adding "it was breathtaking".
From the series The White Man's Hole © Antoine Bruy, courtesy of the artist
Between the 1970s and 90s many miners worked the area, he adds, lured in by good returns permitted by the low cost of diesel – essential to their work, as it's used to fuel the drilling machines. Now petrol prices have gone up, and there are less than 100 miners left in Coober Pedy. "They work mostly in winter," says Bruy, "when the temperature is not so extreme".
"Some people are addicted to alcohol and some people are addicted to drugs," one of them told Bruy. "When you get the opal bug, mate, it's very hard to get away from the bloody thing. It's like being a hunter and the opal is your prey. You can track it and stalk it for years, always thinking it's in the next bucket load. And then one day, when all hope seems lost, you'll spot a flash of colour in the dull, brown clay. There's nothing like it on this Earth."
Bruy plans to shoot six chapters of Outback Mythologies, which so far also includes another chapter titled Facing the Dust. By winning the Next Photographer Prize, he's received a $5000 grant from Getty Images to help him do so. Born in 1986, the French photographer graduated from the Vevey School of Photography in Switzerland in 2011, and has already been widely published and awarded.
Antoine Bruy's work will also appear in the next issue of BJP, #7861 which is published on 07 June. www.antoinebruy.com www.dandad.org www.thebjpshop.com
Tags: Andy Saunders, Antoine Bruy, Australia, Australian miners, Coober Pedy, D&AD Festival 2017, GettyImages, opal capital of the world, outback mytologies, The White Man's Hole
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If making this sandwich for kids, use 1 tbsp mayo. For weight loss and weight management use 1 tsp.
Veg substitute for egg – paneer, just slice them and layer as i did with egg.
Thank you so much Ma'am for sharing such a tasty breakfast or office lunch recipe. I have tried and already loving it. Looking forward to seeing more of such healthy recipes.
I used to love your recipes as they are vegan and thought that it's wonderful that you're.promoting vegan Ian which is the highest form of non-violence practice, as per Jainism. But today I'm highly disappointed seeing this video as you've used eggs in your recipe.
Mam you are great, your every step is appreciable. Wish a healthy India.
Hi madam could you please do some vedios on healthy food for toddlers.. It will really be great help..
You are phenomenal mam !!
can we make without egg ?
kya hum roz egg kha skty hn???
Terrific video clip! Up here at Y&S FOOD! we like to catch this sort of content. We make Travel & Food movies as well, around the the world, and therefore we are constantly searching inspirations and also ideas. Thank You.
Mam plzzzz upload babby corn recepies.
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The below cut is specifically about Chrestomanci, and I think it's pretty much spoiler-free.
I read Conrad's Fate this week.
Now, Diana Wynne Jones is a great case study for me. I really like her characters. Howl Jenkins and Christopher Chant in particular are just really well-rounded characters, and she does an excellent job of tempering characters who are so powerful that they could be twinky with personality traits that keep them grounded and realistic. Christopher Chant, in particular, is one of my favorite characters, and she's done a great job of creating someone whose aging process makes perfect sense. You can see how he grows up into the person he is in Charmed Life, and reading about his sense of humor and vainness early on add a whole new dimension to how you read him as an adult.
Diana Wynne Jones is also really, really good at constructing believable fantasy worlds that aren't run of the mill. Her worlds make sense in a modern context; they're not fairy tale worlds but simply real worlds where magic exists. And one thing I really like about her books is that she handles the politics and laws of magic a great deal-- which is what loans itself to making the world realistic. I think she does this much more effectively than JK Rowling does it.
However, the one fault that I consistently find with Jones' books is the last two chapters. Howl's Moving Castle is the one that is pretty much the worst in terms of story wrap-up. And I absolutely love that book up until the end. Some of the books-- most of the Chrestomanci ones-- do have decent endings, but I always feel as if she never gets around to explaining herself until the end-- she's too judicious with giving out hints-- except about the things that should be surprises, in which case they're usually too easy to figure out. Conrad's Fate suffered tremendously from last-two-chapters exposition-- if only the last two chapers had been four or five chapters and she had drawn everything out and shown it to me, rather than had it all spill out very quickly and haphazardly, I think I would have enjoyed the book a lot more.
And this one is about my current living situation.
It is interesting how differently people eat when they are a member of a family that is comprised of five men and one woman, rather than two men and two women.
First of all, Vickey buys almost all food in bulk. This is because everyone here has an appetite that's about five times mine. Last night, Vickey, Dan, Amy, Dave, and I had pizza for dinner. That's five people. We ordered four pizzas-- one for Dan, one for Dave, and two for the three women to split. The boys each finished theirs; about half of a pizza was left from ours.
A half gallon of ice cream, which would probably last a month in my family, lasts less than a week. The size of the bowls of ice cream they serve is about four times the amount of ice cream I can stomach in one sitting.
And they're not fat. The boys are all big boys, but none of them are that chubby. They just eat like you can't believe.
There is no juice in this house. There's just loads of Pepsi, which is doing a number on my skin-- I know I get acne when I eat more sugar. There's also milk, so I've just been drinking a lot of milk now, which is better for me.
A week and a half ago, I went grocery shopping. Vickey told me to get fruit, so I bought about 12 apples. So far, I've eaten seven of them, and no one else has touched them, even though apples are apparently one of the fruits the boys like.
There are bags and bags of potato chips, and probably about fifteen pounds of ground beef in the freezer. The main staple foods in this house are beef, frozen chicken cutlets, jalapeno jack cheese, tostitos, pepsi, and strawberry ice cream.
There are also very few sweet snacks, and almost no chocolate. Dan is the only male in the house who likes chocolate at all. Now, for me, personally, when I want a snack, I'll usually opt for something sweet because salty snacks make me bloaty. But there aren't any. Just loads of chips and cheese and salty crackers and things like that.
They also eat a lot of hot dogs and pizza.
In my house, we eat a lot of salad and pasta with olive oil and veggies.
There are rarely veggies in this house, other than, say, tomato sauce.
I'm not sure what conclusion I'm drawing, exactly, but it's interesting to see what other people's diets are comprised of.
I don't think it's the number of boys... but the sheer size. There were two women and two men in my family and my brother out ate us ALL. He'd get a pizza and a half to himself, mom bought everything in bulk at Sam's. Especially when Drew was doing football... he STILL eats a ton of food now, although he's trying to watch his weight. He used to work out for football, but he doesn't so much now, so he had to cut down on fatty foods. We always had a lot of fresh vegi's though because my grandparents had huge gardens. We had more lettuce than we knew what to do with. o___o With dave... he works out a LOT, but really we don't keep a lot of food in the house unless I buy it. I like pretzels best as a snack- but dave tends to just sit down and finish stuff off in one sitting. TT_TT so no snacks for us.
I think the type of food has to do with the ratio of boys to girls. Vickey and my mom were pretty much raised together, so the two of them eat the same foods if they have their way. All the junk food is definitely because of the boys, and the preference for salty over sweet is a result of the boys, too, I think.
I really liked her Dalemark quartet. Very good.
I haven't read Dalemark yet; I haven't been able to find the first one in a bookstore and I always forget them when I'm on Amazon.
Ooh, yes, the Dalemark Quartet was lovely, though I did get a little confused at the *sigh* end. But not much.
Can't remember the name of the third Chrestomanci one (Witch Week?) but I found it really exciting to then come to England and discover that Guy Fawkes etc. were real. But that's just me being an ignorant American again.
I really disliked that one about the ghost (In The Time of The Ghost?) and there was another one like it, with the Hands and the Balance and all, where nothing makes sense till the end and then you have to reread the whole thing. I hated that feeling of knowing absolutely nothing about what was going on.
And that's as much critical appreciation as you're going to get out of me at this time of night.
Oh,I hated In the Time of the Ghost. It was just so confusing. She's really, really not good at explaining her plots, even if she is great at describing her worlds. It's kind of an odd problem.


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Thank you for your support of the Bishop O'Connell High School 5K & Kids Fun Run! Your participation as a runner, walker or sponsor supported the school's expanded services for students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. Now in its fourth year, the 5K & Fun Run is energized and growing! We had a record number of runners and volunteers and we can't wait to see what we can do in 2020!
Congratulations to Ryan Lindley (17:39) and Lilly Drummond (21:34) who were the men and women's finishers, respectively. Runners: stay tuned for more information on the date of our next race! Have questions? Email us at 5krace@bishopoconnell.org.
View photos from our 2019 event below.
Bishop O'Connell High School is a Catholic co-educational college prep high school. Our community is made up of over 1,100 students and 17,000+ local alumni. Our student body comes from 78 different elementary schools across the DC metro area.


Are We Becoming Today's Thief Takers?
RDO / Industry Updates / Are We Becoming Today's Thief Takers?
It is no secret that RDO has been battling with the on-line fraudsters over the past few years – fraudsters who damage the reputation of the industry, leave consumers cheated out of their money and legitimate developers losing valued owners who are poached/tempted by offers that never come to fruition.
Before the solicitors representing some of these organisations start reaching for their writs in contemplation of issuing defamation proceedings, let me make it clear that I have no intention here of naming any individual organization at this stage. Not for fear of being sued – RDO has amassed ample evidence against a large number of these organisations – but merely because I have no wish to be diverted by the mock outrage the average solicitor seems capable of exerting on behalf of his client's questionable, to say the least, activities.
Some history here – in my formative years – i.e. before the internet was common place ( I am old enough to remember those days) and also when we didn't have mobile phones – how did we survive? I spent a large a number of enjoyable years travelling the east and central Midlands as a criminal law barrister – mainly defending, sometimes prosecuting (defending was more fun as you could get away with so much more in court). Life seemed simple in those days – most defendants were not the type of criminal portrayed in the media, very few if any would say "it's a fair cop" when arrested and a good deal of argument in court was spent on what the defendant did or did not say to the police when questioned under caution. There was a fair amount of, let us call it "creative writing," on behalf of the forces of law and order in those days as at that time interviews were not taped and police officers would rely on their notebooks for what was supposed to have been said. The sad truth was that most of those one defended in court were often disadvantaged in some way, socially inadequate, had serious addiction problems or just plain stupid. I suspect today's bright-eyed and keen young barristers find the same thing. This is all rather a long way round coming to the point (or not) of this blog.
In what were probably not halcyon days, but may seem so now to me, things were fairly black and white. The Police chased and arrested the criminals, the evidence was gathered and the case brought to court – we all knew where we stood in the world of crime and punishment. What is now proving so desperately disappointing is that the internet, having opened up a whole new inter-connected world, has created an environment where white collar criminals and educated people can defraud timeshare and would –be timeshare owners almost at will, with the authorities seemingly incapable of bringing these people to book, because they have neither the manpower nor the funds. So, organisations such as ours are increasingly having to do it themselves. Pursuing these people using our own resources and funds.
In a way in the UK and I suspect likewise in Spain, where RDO is also very active – we have come full circle – in London and other big cities in the 18th century we had "thief takers" who were hired by the victims of crime to apprehend the perpetrators and bring them to justice, but more importantly restore stolen property to the victims. The most famous of these, one Jonathan Wild, slightly lost the plot after a while and ended up using his own gang to steal the goods and then return them to the owners for a reward! He ended up being hung at Tyburn in 1725. In 1749 the London Bow Street Court Magistrate, Henry Fielding (author and playwright), set up the "Bow Street Runners" whose job it was to arrest criminals and bring them before the Magistrate – they were led by one Saunders Welch and paid by Fielding out of the public purse and are generally regarded as the forerunner of the modern Police in England. They were disbanded in 1839.
So the reality is that we are very much thrown back on our own resources and self-help is the order of the day. It only goes to prove – there's nothing new in history! Anyone fancy joining up – long riding coats and stout sticks will be provided?!