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Large Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease among Wedding Attendees, Jordan
Dawood Yusef , Wail Hayajneh, Samah Awad, Suleiman Momany, Basheer Khassawneh, Shaher Samrah, Basil Obeidat, Liqaa Raffee, Ibrahim Al-Faouri, Ali Bani Issa, Heba Al Zamel, Enas Bataineh, and Reem Qdaisat
Author affiliations: Jordan University of Science and Technology, King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan
In March 2020, a wedding in Jordan led to a large outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We collected data on 350 wedding attendees, 76 who of whom developed COVID-19. Our study shows high communicability of COVID-19 and the enormous risk for severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 virus transmission during mass gatherings.
As of March 15, 2020, Jordan had only 1 confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (1). However, a wedding ceremony on March 13 led to a large outbreak of COVID-19 in northern Jordan. We believe the index case-patient was the bride's father, who arrived in Jordan from Spain, where local disease transmission was occurring (2), 4 days before the wedding. We describe characteristics of confirmed COVID-19 cases, symptoms, time from exposure to symptom onset, and other clinical features.
On March 13, a 2-hour wedding ceremony and party were held in an indoor venue designed to accommodate <400 guests. The exact number of attendees is unknown but estimated to be ≈360 based on discussions with the local health department. We identified 350 attendees and collected nasopharyngeal swabs for reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR), regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms. Our study included persons who attended the wedding or had close contact with attendees and tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19. We collected data by using electronic medical records and direct phone calls with confirmed cases or their legal guardians. We performed RT-PCR on samples from 350 possible cases within 4 weeks of exposure at the wedding.
We collected demographic data, including age and gender; each person's general health status; symptoms at time of diagnosis; time from exposure to symptom onset or diagnosis, if asymptomatic; severity of symptoms, if present; and outcomes for confirmed cases. We analyzed data by using SPSS Statistics 21 (IBM, https://www.ibm.com) and used descriptive statistics to calculate means, medians, and ranges or counts and percentages. Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, provided IRB approval (no. 233-2020)
The presumed index case-patient, the bride's father, is a 58-year-old man. He developed fever, cough, and a runny nose 2 days before the wedding. On March 15, he went to an emergency department and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. He had no known exposure to persons with COVID-19 in Spain. When he arrived in Jordan, he had contact with his immediate family, other relatives, and the groom during the 4 days before the wedding.
Four weeks after the wedding, in addition to the index case-patient, 85 persons with a history of exposure related to the wedding tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Of these, 76 (89.4%) attended the wedding; 9 (10.6%) did not attend the wedding but were close contacts of confirmed cases from the wedding. All confirmed COVID-19 case-patients were admitted to the hospital and strictly monitored daily, following national policy for the care of persons with confirmed cases.
Among 76 wedding attendees who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, 40 (52.6%) were symptomatic and 36 (47.4%) were asymptomatic at diagnosis (Table). All were detected during surveillance performed by the public health authority of the ministry of health. One case-patient was pregnant and delivered a healthy full-term baby on the second day of hospital admission. Samples collected from the baby at birth and 48 hours of age tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR.
Among symptomatic case-patients, the most common signs and symptoms were cough (70%), fever (60%), runny or congested nose (52.5%), headache (35%), sore throat (25%), fatigue or myalgia (17.5%), and shortness of breath (12.5%). Most (38) had mild symptoms, but 2 case-patients had serious or critical conditions. One, an 80-year-old woman with breast cancer, developed progressive pneumonia and respiratory failure and died 2 weeks after admission to the hospital for monitoring. We noted no statistical difference in the presence of concurrent conditions between symptomatic (15%) and asymptomatic (19%) case-patients (p = 0.76). The median time from exposure at the wedding and symptom onset was 5 days (range 2–13 days).
All 9 confirmed case-patients who did not attend the wedding were household contacts of wedding attendees. Among those, only 4 were symptomatic and developed initial symptoms 9, 11, 16, and 19 days after the wedding. The other 5 cases were asymptomatic and were detected during government surveillance. No further cases were confirmed at 4 weeks after the wedding.
COVID-19 is a serious pandemic disease and a public health threat. Our study shows a relatively high communicability of SARS-CoV-2. Among 350 identified wedding attendees, 76 tested positive by RT-PCR, an attack rate of 22%. Furthermore, those who were infected during the primary encounter became new sources for disease transmission, which was evident by confirmed cases among household contacts. The estimated basic reproduction number (R0) for COVID-19 is 2–3.5, which means that 1 infected person can transmit the disease to 2–3 other susceptible persons (3,4). However, in closed and crowded social gatherings, the transmission rate can be much higher, as evidenced by this investigation. In Jordan, close physical contact, such as same-sex hugging, cheek-kissing, and hand shaking, are traditional wedding practices that convey congratulations to the host families. Also, immediate family members, especially parents of the bride and the groom, usually stand at the entrance of the wedding hall to receive congratulations from all guests. These factors, in addition to crowded dancing and close face-to-face communication, likely contributed to the large number of infections from this wedding.
We also noted a high rate (47.4%) of asymptomatic carriers among those infected. Asymptomatic carriers have been described in the literature (5–7), but their exact proportion in the community remains unknown. In addition, evidence suggests that asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers can transmit the virus to their contacts during the incubation period, which makes containing the disease more difficult (8,9). In our study, symptomatic case-patients reported symptom onset 2–13 days (median 5 days) after exposure, which coincides with the reported incubation period for COVID-19 (3). However, new data suggests a longer incubation period of <24 days is possible (4).
Our study has some limitations. We were not able to determine the total number of wedding attendees, which might have led us to overestimate the infectivity rate from this social gathering. Surveillance of asymptomatic persons might have missed some cases if viral shedding had not yet started or had ended before RT-PCR testing, which potentially caused us to miss some cases.
Before the outbreak from this wedding sparked a surge in COVID-19 disease, only 1 case, which was imported, had been reported in Jordan in early March. By April 10, the number of confirmed cases from the wedding constituted 24% of all COVID-19 cases in Jordan (10). The country has been under lockdown since March 14, and the city of Irbid, where the outbreak occurred, was isolated from the rest of the country to control the disease. No new wedding-related cases were detected by the fourth week after the event. Apart from the 1 fatality, all patients either recovered or greatly improved, and most were discharged from the hospital.
Our study highlights the enormous risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection during mass social gatherings and the role such gatherings can play in the spread of COVID-19. In addition, it provides further evidence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission among secondary contacts. Communities should continue to discourage large gatherings, identify and test social contacts, and isolate confirmed cases to help control the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Yusef is an associate professor of pediatric infectious diseases and the chairman of the Pediatric and Neonatology Department at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. His research interests include epidemiology, multidrug resistant organisms, and community and physician awareness in antimicrobial stewardship.
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Table. Demographic and clinical features of 76 persons with confirmed coronavirus disease who attended a wedding, Jordan
Original Publication Date: May 20, 2020
Dawood Yusef, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, King Abdullah University Hospital, PO Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
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Health Tips from Mothers Around the World
Written by Elijah Wolfson on April 9, 2010
When we asked our readers to send in health advice their mothers used to give them in their childhood, we received answers that spanned the full gamut of health and wellness concerns. We also received answers from all four corners of the globe.
Here are health tips from the mothers of some of our international readers. You may recognize some of these; others may shock you. Doctors Harriet Hall (TheSkep Doc), Raphael Darvish (of Presidential Physicals), and Bryan Stuchell (ofMedExpress Urgent Care) helped us sort out whether these health tips were accurate or not.
Early to bed, early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.
S.R. recounted this classic health aphorism that he first heard from his mother, Ranga-nayaki. We always thought that this line was just a ruse to get us to get to bed earlier so our parents could have the house to themselves, but now that we're older and wiser, things look pretty different. While we can't really comment on whether going to bed early will make you any richer or smarter, it definitelycan be an effective way of ensuring that you get adequate sleep. However, as Dr. Hall reminds us, "It doesn't matter what time you go to bed or get up; all that matters is the amount and quality of sleep." According to Dr. Stuchell, "consistent good sleep at regular intervals" can also be a boon to a person's good health. Obviously, going to bed and getting up early worked for S.R., who's now 85 and healthy as ever.
After bathing stay indoors for at least half an hour.
Hussein grew up with his three brothers and five sisters in a refugee camp in Lebanon. His mother, Hedyia, was a Palestinian with some pretty sound health advice. "Your immunity can dip if you are especially cold," says Dr. Darvish. "So staying indoors for 30 minutes for your hair to dry is not a bad idea." Truth be told, as long as you dry yourself off properly, a 30-minute wait isn't a hard-and-fast rule. It's also important to note that going out in the cold with wet hair doesn't mean you'll catch a cold, which is transmitted by the spread of bacteria. However, if you let you yourself get chilled to the point of shivering, your immune system could drop its guard, making you more susceptible to cold-causing bacteria.
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Eat up your carrots, and you will see in the dark.
Getting eight children to eat their vegetables isn't an easy task, but Valerie's mum, Ethel, was able to make dinner time fun with little sayings like this that made eating more interesting. But do carrots give you night vision? Not quite. However, a severe vitamin-A deficiency can worsen your eyesight — especially affecting your ability to see in the dark. Carrots are high in vitamin A, so if you have a serious deficiency in that nutrient, carrots could potentially keep your ability to see in the dark at normal levels. But before you go crazy on the carrots, be warned. "Eating too many carrots can be harmful; it can cause carotenemia, where your skin turns yellow," says Dr. Darvish. And of course, carrots are not going to give you super-powers: as Dr. Stuchell reminds us, "no human, regardless of carrot intake, can see in total darkness."
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Take two spoonfuls of cod liver oil a day.
What Mary remembers most from her youth is that she and her five siblings would do all that they possibly could to avoid the daily cod liver oil ritual administered by their mother Sheila. Why cod liver oil? It's high in vitamin A, D, and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3's are currently the hippest thing in preventative care, and many nutritionists and doctors believe that taking omega-3 supplements might enhance longevity. "Omega-3 fatty acids are a great strategy for healthy circulation," says Dr. Darvish. However, there's really no need to subject yourself to forcing down two spoonfuls of something that'll make you gag. "You can get all the omega-3 you need from your diet without taking supplements," adds Dr. Hall. "It's plentiful in fish and many vegetable and fruit sources." Talk to your doctor before you go on an omega-3 regime: Dr. Hall reminds us that "too much omega-3 can be harmful to patients with certain diseases," such as congestive heart failure.
Never sit on a cold step because you will end up with a chill in your kidneys.
With average highs of 71 degrees Fahrenheit and lows of 57, Kim's hometown isn't exactly known for frigid weather. However, you can't blame Kim's mother for worrying about Kim getting sick from the cold. Luckily for Kim — and for us — her mother's worries were probably for naught. "There's no such thing as a chill in your kidneys," Dr. Hall says. "And exposing your buttocks to cold temperatures won't chill the kidneys, which are well insulated and are located partly under the lower ribs in your back. And even if you could directly lower the temperature of the kidneys, that wouldn't cause infections. As far as I am concerned, the ONLY reason not to sit on a cold step is that it is uncomfortable."
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Go play with your sick friends; it's best to catch the common infectious diseases when young and build up immunity.
Gerry told us his mother Ida (who herself was actually a native Dutchwoman) would take him on visits to the houses of his sick friends in order to build up his immunity. Dr. Stuchell believes this common misconception "stems from the practice in the pre-immunization era of having 'chicken pox' or 'mumps' parties." This practice began because of the fact that these diseases are fairly innocuous if contracted as a child, but can be much more serious if contracted as an adult. However, now that we have immunizations for these conditions, these "disease parties" are no longer a good idea. "Vaccines are much safer ways of building immunity against illnesses than intentional exposure to the disease," says Dr. Stuchell. Dr. Hall seconds that: "It is far safer to build up immunity by vaccination," she says. "And worse, exposing more kids to infected ones will contribute to prolonging outbreaks in the community and will thereby harm others."
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Asian Doll's Mug Shot Surfaces as She Brags About Being 'Famous' in Jail
Asian Doll's (a.k.a. Asian Da Brat) mug shot has surfaced online days after it was reported that she was apprehended by police in Atlanta. Rocking her natural curly hair which was tied into a high ponytail, she appeared to go makeup free while rocking a khaki prison suit.
It's unknown who first released the photo, but some social media users have praised the raptress' natural look. "she's pretty," one person commented on her mug shot. Another similarly gushed over her makeup-free face, "She soo pretty without all that stuff on."
Meanwhile, Asian doesn't seem to be shy of her short stint in jail. The 23-year-old bragged about making $71,000 upon her release after spending 4 days behind bars. The "Come Find Me" femcee also detailed her time spent in prison while responding to Twitter users who weighed in on her arrest.
"Asain [sic] doll spent a week if that in jail and got out n did a first day out cover," one person tweeted. A second user wasn't impressed though, claiming, "Atleast I'm doing 3 months I'm good for a first day out?"
Seeing the second user's response as a shade, Asian then hit back, "B***hes do months in jail just to come out broke asf**k I did 4days & came home to 71k worry bout what your outcome gone be looking like cause fasho I was in jail ONNAT them 4days."
The Dallas-born star went on sharing, "All 36 of them b***hes I was locked up with can tell you how I was rocking in that b***h. I'm in jail famous & pretty trust me h**s tried it & I was ON THEY A** ON MY SOUL & when I got out I told them h**s good luck y'all h**s got 6months to go & walked out."
The back-and-forth didn't stop there as the said user wrote again, "Oh my bad sis you mad? I wasn't directing that to you but I'm coming home to 100k not even adding merch and music streams sissy pooh." The said user, who seems to know Asian in person, added, "and it's crazy you reply to this but never reply when I'm ready to send you a song?"
Asian didn't buy her explanation, insisting, "You spoke on a tweet regarding me I'll never be mad gang look at ME." She also doubted the user's claim that she made $100,000 upon her release from jail, writing, "but now it's 100k cause I said I got 75k? Make it make sense & I just posted yo freestyle on my Twitter ion reply cause ion reply & ion reply & do songs with ALOT of h**s cause I'm RAW like that."
The said user then claimed that she'd be "famous when I go to jail in my city to." Refusing to be compared to her, Asian tweeted back, "NOBODY IN MY CITY WHOPPED ME EITHER NEVER DISRESPECTED ME WITHOUT GETTING BEAT EITHER…. we are NOT the same."
Asian was arrested on Friday, September 4 after being pulled over by police in Atlanta, Georgia. While it wasn't clear what she got booked for, her friend Kievi slammed police as posting on Instagram, "These racist a** GA, police just dry took Asian to jail because she the only black persons in her neighborhood!!!! This s**t crazy this was my first time everrr witnessing racist s**tttt bro im hurt thess MF reader dry took my sisterrr!!!!!!!!"
Asian took to her Twitter account to ask her ex-boyfriend King Von to bail her out of jail, but Kievi claimed Asian's tweet to Von was more about moral support rather than about needing money. "Asian BOND is NOT the problem her bond is processing right now as I type this," she wrote on her Instagram Stories. "Now far as this being a joke or prank it's NOT so pls stop with the BS."
As to the "Savage Barbie" femcee's tweet to Von, her pal explained, "They let her take her phone and in the midst of it she called Von because that's her bf why not? He was getting on a flight so he didn't answer her call so she went to Twitter to tell him!! Then they took her phone which WE STILL HAVE YET TO TALK TO HER."
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Slowly add casein powder to melted peanut butter and chocolate, whisking continuously. Once you add all the powder, it will get very thick and hard to stir. At this point, scoop the peanut butter mixture onto lined baking sheet.
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I think it's safe to say that Senator Rand Paul has no love for former CIA Director John Brennan. Back in August of 2018, an order was given by President Trump to have Brennan's security clearance revoked. According to the New York Times that order was not followed. In an interview he did for the propaganda news channel CNN Senator Paul said,
"This is what worries me. People talk about the deep state now the deep state is actually protecting their own and not listening to the president's orders. I was sitting in the White House when President Trump said I want his security clearance taken, and I saw the order given.
"I saw the chief of staff was there, not the current chief of staff, the previous chief of staff and if their working against odds of our President that really does to disrupt our country, does disrupt our representative democracy where the President makes a decision.
"If someone is countermanding that, I think we need to get to the bottom of that. I hope President Trump will say who was countermanding my orders. I said get rid of his clearance and I do think that Brennan has been a partisan. And I think Brennan abused his office in developing the Trump investigation. I think it was done under false pretenses and done for political reasons."
I think that Brennan has no business having a security clearance. It needs to be revoked right away! Also, there needs to be an investigation to find out why the President's orders were not followed. CNN Newsroom tweeted about the interview.
"People talk about the deep state, now the deep state's actually protecting their own," says Sen. @RandPaul on ex-CIA Dir. John Brennan keeping his security clearance.
"I was sitting in the White House when President Trump said I want his security clearance taken." pic.twitter.com/YcKRG26L1c
— CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) June 4, 2019
"People talk about the deep state, now the deep state's actually protecting their own," says Sen. @RandPaul on ex-CIA Dir. John Brennan keeping his security clearance. "I was sitting in the White House when President Trump said I want his security clearance taken."
Today, Senator Paul took to his Twitter account to blast the former Director by tweeting,
Disgraceful, extent to which the deep state will go to protect their own. I was in the Oval Office w/@realDonaldTrump when he directed officials to revoke John Brennan's security clearance. A partisan hack & mouthpiece for the media has no business holding a clearance.Revoke now!
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) June 7, 2019
Spot on, Senator Paul! Do you think Brennan's a partisan hack? Do you think there should be an investigation as to why his clearance was not revoked? Leave a comment and let us know.
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Bucketing rain, school holiday cabin fever, I've run out of wine and I can't stop swearing. I'd wash my own mouth out with soap but that would involve me doing more housework. As my children and their friends trash my house, dirty words occupy my mind: Mop, cook, scrub, dust. I have such a potty mouth more of them come tumbling out: sweep, vac, fetch, carry. Will I be remembered for the cleanliness of my bathroom or the whiteness of my sheets? I think not.


Me: No, they're not. But I get asked that all the time.
Inquiring Mind: How far apart are they?
I see the wheels turning. The age difference is not computing. They were expecting to hear one year, 18 months tops. I always find the question bemusing, especially because my boys — one 7, one 4 — look nothing alike. One dark brown hair, one sandy. One olive-toned, one pale. One skinny, one solid. One tall for his age, and one, well, not so tall.
Then I think, is it really his younger brother's shadow I need to worry about? Maybe it's the one *I* cast over him.
I think this is a trap caregivers can easily fall into. We feel so responsible for these people we love. We want to protect them, make sure nothing can harm them. We do whatever we can to ensure their comfort. But it is this very protectiveness that can backfire, making the care recipient less willing to take risks, less independent, less comfortable with embracing the wonder and the weirdness of life.
So I think the next time I'm asked if my boys are twins, I would be wise to take a few steps back and let my older son come out of my shadow.
p.s. Anyone have any ideas for a fun yet respectful response? I'd especially love one that I could give him to use.
I think you can preempt the multiple questions by answering them all at once: "No, they're not twins, ____ is 7 and _____ is 4. ______ is pretty small for his age." That might lead to more questions, of course, but it wouldn't be as painful a process of the questioner putting it together.
But the larger question is how do you shift responsibility for answering these questions from you to your older son. Have you discussed with him if he's heard these questions and if he has any answers to give? He might have some amazing responses you haven't thought of.
I remember seeing a documentary about a white woman and black man who were married and had two daughters. The mother, during an interview, said that she wishes she had prepared her daughters for what they would face as being half white and half black out in the world that doesn't readily accept that. One daughter looked at her mother with incredulity, and said, "what would you have told us? You have no idea what we would face." So you want to protect your son from what he might face out there but what can you tell him? He will know much better than you. And he'll do great, because he's got fabulous parents.
Thank you, Amy. I love what you're saying here. In fact, now that you've said it, it seem so obvious. Duh! It makes so much sense to slowly start shifting the responsibility to him. Knowing him, once he gets over his shyness and discomfort, he'll probably get a kick out of responding. And as his confidence grows, he'll get that cute little smile each time he responds that shows he's just pleased as punch with himself.
And then I can only hope these small confidence-building steps will serve him as he faces whatever he's going to face as he gets older. The daughter in the documentary was right: I have no idea what he'll face.


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Why Prague
Sustain Prague
Conferences in Prague Mark Velvet Revolution of 1989 and 30 Years of Freedom
The events of 1989, which started on 17 November in Prague, led to key changes in most spheres of the society of what was then Czechoslovakia. Among other things, they allowed citizens to travel abroad freely, and they also opened Prague to thousands of experts from various scientific, industrial, artistic or business sectors, who arrived in the metropolis of Czechoslovakia to attend congresses and conferences.
The Velvet Revolution of 1989 was a historical milestone for the whole society, and it was immediately reflected in the revolutionary development of the congress industry in the capital of Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic. While a total of 75 international association events took place in Prague from 1980 to 1989, the post-revolution decade there were 292 events which is about almost 290% more.
"The free market and free movement of persons undoubtedly contributed to the significant development of the meetings industry, and not only in Prague. Other well-known congress destinations in Europe also experienced growth at that time, but less striking than the Czech capital. For example, in Barcelona, the number of ICCA-compliant association events rose by 195.6%, in Vienna by 99.6% and in London by 23.3%," says Roman Muška, Managing Director of the Prague Convention Bureau, and adds: "The meetings industry of Prague has been on the rise in the last two decades as well, which is of course partly influenced by more precise data collection. Based on current statistics, we expect Prague to welcome up to 18 times the number of events between 2010 and 2019 than between the pre-revolutionary years 1980 and 1989."
The 30th anniversary of November 1989 and related events are the programme centre point of a number of specialist conferences in Prague. Already in May, the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic organized 100 Student (R)evolutions conference focusing on the key actors of the Velvet Revolution - then students - and their post-revolutionary fates. In September, the conference 1989 Revolution in Regions was held in the National Archive, followed in October by the 23rd annual Forum 2000 conference, which was founded by later president Václav Havel, who was a leading figure of the Velvet Revolution. This year's Forum 2000 dealt with the topic of Recovering the Promise of 1989. Another international conference, titled Democratic Revolution of 1989: Thirty Years Later, took place in the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic at the beginning of November. Prominent foreign speakers who played an important role in the fall of the Iron Curtain accepted the invitation to the Czech Radio Conference Europe Without the Iron Curtain: 30 Years of Freedom. In the week of the culminating celebrations, thematic conferences are held at two Prague universities. At the Charles University, one conference focuses on the Czechoslovak Dissent and its Social Outreach, another on the International Student Day in the European Context, and the third on the Dialogue on the expectations of the Revolution and on aspects of the post-November development. At the University of Economics in Prague, the organizers focused on the Economic Transformation in the Czech and Slovak Republics from the Velvet Revolution to the Present and the Question of Future. This year's anniversary will be also commemorated by the December Prague Media Point conference with discussion on the post-November development of Czech media, and its importance for the development of freedom of speech and democracy.
Information on these and many other conferences reminiscing November 1989 is available in the Prague Convention Bureau events calendar.
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Supreme's Biggest Moments: A Decade in Review
By Mike DeStefano, Lei Takanashi
It's hard to argue that a singular streetwear brand has had a bigger decade than Supreme. James Jebbia's brand started the 2010s as the most exclusive and desired lines among the niche streetwear community. By the end of 2019, Supreme's box logo has become one of the most recognizable symbols in fashion. It's not just an underground label for in-the-know New Yorkers and streetwear aficionados anymore. Your cousins with no style probably want a Supreme T-shirt. And thanks to its 2017 Louis Vuitton collaboration, and its high resale value, Supreme is now viewed as a luxury brand.
Obviously, the clothes are what keeps the machine going. The partnerships with brands like Nike and Stone Island came in bunches, and the brand's logo found its way onto everything from pinball machines to literal bricks over the past 10 years. But Supreme's decade is more than just product. Customers wanted pieces so bad they rioted in the streets for it. Its aforementioned work with LV represented the luxury world's further acceptance of streetwear. The company was valued at a whopping $1 billion and Jebbia was not just the owner of a skate brand that also made clothes, he was legitimized as a fashion designer by the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
With 2019 coming to a close, we took at look at the biggest moments in Supreme's timeline over the past decade. Check out all 15 moments below.
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25 years after racial tensions erupted, black and Korean communities reflect on L.A.
The Korean American Federation of Los Angeles (KAFLA) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that serves the Korean American community in Greater Los Angeles. Founded in 1962, KAFLA represents and promotes the interests of the Korean American community, and serves as an umbrella organization to over 200 Korean American community organizations throughout Greater Los Angeles. It is the only Korean American organization in which the Korean American community elects its President.
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The U.S. headquartered futures exchange bolsters liquidity in a key soft commodity with the launch of EU wheat contracts.
One of the leading futures and options trading venues, the Chicago headquartered CME Group, has announced that it is aiming to launch physically delivered wheat futures and options in Europe. Trading on the contracts will begin on the 12th of September 2016, pending regulatory approvals.
The contracts which will be delivered in Europe will be listed under the rules of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).
The company engaged in thorough market research before announcing the launch of the contracts. The main reason for the rollout as cited by the CME Group is that clients are looking for additional risk management tools that are better suited to the peculiarities of storage practices in the European Union.
Both the wheat futures and options contracts will be denominated in euros with the price being formed relative to the Rouen market.
"The addition of these new EU Wheat contracts to our existing suite of Wheat futures and options further positions CME Group and our CME Globex trading platform as the global destination for wheat trading and risk management," he elaborated.
Wheat traders may also look for arbitrage opportunities and margin offsets between EU wheat futures and options and the existing product line of wheat futures and options already available.
"As a leading global merchant and processor of agricultural goods, we closely monitor international agricultural markets to effectively manage price volatility throughout the supply chain. CME Group's new EU Wheat contracts, together with the Chicago Soft Red Winter and KC Hard Red Winter Wheat products, will be additional valuable tools to enable liquidity, helping us to manage global wheat price volatility better across our operations," he elaborated.
A single contract will represent 50 metric tonnes of physical EU wheat, which will be deliverable from various storage locations in France. The quality specifications are set at a minimum of 10.5 percent protein and 170 hagberg. The first listed contract will be for delivery in December 2016.
Just like the regular wheat contracts, EU Wheat futures and options contracts will be available for electronic trading via CME Globex. The trading hours are different, with the session starting at 10:30 a.m. and ending at 6:35 p.m. Paris time (CET).
The EU wheat options contracts will also be available for trading on CME Group's Chicago trading floor between 8:30 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. CDT.


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Paul D. Haddock Sr.
Our lives have been changed forever. We're heartbroken to lose the patriarch of our family, Paul Dean Haddock, Sr., who left this world to be with our Heavenly Father on March 28, 2020. We're so grateful for the time and love we shared with him. Paul met the love of his life, Naomi Basham Haddock, in 1958 and they were married September 24, 1961. He is survived by Naomi and their three children Lisa Haddock Blackford, Paula Haddock Adams, and Paul D. Haddock II, their spouses Kris Blackford, James Adams, and Sheila Spradley Haddock, and their grandchildren Kelsey and Robert Blocker, Payton and Alyssa Blackford, Jacob and Samantha Haddock, Jessica Haddock and her fiancé Austin Schroeder, and their great granddaughter, Paisley Blocker. Paul was born November 26, 1940. He was the 7th of 16 children born to parents Raymond A. Haddock and Gladys Stamper Haddock, who preceded him in death along with his brothers and sisters Doris and Glenn Howard, Raymond "Dan" and Elsie Haddock, Perry Haddock, Floyd Haddock, Betty Doll, Phillip Haddock, and Gayla Haddock. He is survived by his brothers and sisters Billy and Jeanne Haddock, Charles Haddock, Larry and Cherrin Haddock, Janie and David Miller, Judy and Darrell Sampson, Dennis and Bobbie Haddock, Peggy and Ken West, Ronnie Haddock, and Rhonda and Roy Sagel, Velma Haddock, Vickie Haddock, Ken Doll, and Modine Haddock, and all of his wonderful nieces and nephews. Paul proudly served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1962 on the USS Prichett DD 561 Destroyer and was proud to say, "I stood my watch". He was awarded a US Navy letter of commendation for his "outstanding performance of duty" for helping rescue crew members from a burning fuel tanker on April 5, 1961 in Kaohsiung Harbor, Taiwan. While in the Navy, Paul trained as an electrician, and combined with his natural mechanical ability, this helped prepare him for his 37-year career as a Service Technician with I.B.M. He always had a smile on his face and a fishing pole in his hand. He was a friend to all and truly enjoyed helping anyone in need. He was especially proud of his honorary phone number 1-800-PAPA. Paul was well known for his quick wit and contagious laughter, which shook his whole body. He loved to clown around and tell jokes with his friends over doughnuts and coffee and really enjoyed sharing a good story. Among some of his hobbies he loved restoring hot rods, hunting, fishing, camping and anything in the outdoors, especially with his family. As an avid fisherman, he passed down his love of fishing to his children and grandchildren. Some of his most memorable times were taking the family and great friends fishing. He could recall each trip as if it had happened the day before. Together, Paul and Naomi took their family on many, many camping and fishing adventures. Broken Bow and Quachita and the Colorado Rockies were some of the most memorable. As part of his lifelong passion of classic cars and fishing, Paul was a founding member of Tulsa Roadsters Car Club in 1965 and he was also a member of the T-Town Hookers Bass Club for many years. Paul was also a member of First Baptist Church Broken Arrow. Paul Dean Haddock, Sr. was truly one-of-a-kind and he will never be forgotten because he is always in our hearts. He's gone fishin'. "Thank you, Dad for all of the love, knowledge, and memories." - Little Paul Please bring a lawn chair. Memorial Park Cemetery will have two tents set up for us but no chairs.
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package com.github.trang.copiers.util;

import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

/**
 * 反射工具类
 *
 * @author zhangxu
 */
@Slf4j
public final class ReflectionUtil {

    private ReflectionUtil() {

    }

    /**
     * 使用反射新建一个对象,尽全力去新建,如果没有默认构造方法也支持
     *
     * @param clazz 类型
     * @param <T>   T
     * @return 对象
     */
    public static <T> T newInstance(final Class<T> clazz) {
        Constructor<?>[] constructors = getAllConstructorsOfClass(clazz, true);
        if (constructors == null || constructors.length == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        Object[] initParameters = getInitParameters(constructors[0].getParameterTypes());
        try {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            T instance = (T) constructors[0].newInstance(initParameters);
            return instance;
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("newInstance", e);
            return null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * 获取某个类型的所有构造方法
     *
     * @param clazz      类型
     * @param accessible 是否可以访问
     * @return 构造方法数组
     */
    public static Constructor<?>[] getAllConstructorsOfClass(final Class<?> clazz, boolean accessible) {
        if (clazz == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Constructor<?>[] constructors = clazz.getDeclaredConstructors();
        if (constructors != null && constructors.length > 0) {
            AccessibleObject.setAccessible(constructors, accessible);
        }
        return constructors;
    }

    /**
     * 获取默认参数
     *
     * @param parameterTypes 参数类型数组
     * @return 参数值数组
     */
    private static Object[] getInitParameters(Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
        int length = parameterTypes.length;
        Object[] result = new Object[length];
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            if (parameterTypes[i].isPrimitive()) {
                Object init = ClassUtil.getPrimitiveDefaultValue(parameterTypes[i]);
                result[i] = init;
                continue;
            }
            result[i] = null;
        }
        return result;
    }

}

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// .NAME vtkVertexBufferObject - abstracts an OpenGL vertex buffer object.
// .SECTION Description
// Provides low-level access to GPU memory. Used to pass raw data to GPU.
// The data is uploaded into a vertex buffer.
// .SECTION See Also
// OpenGL Vertex Buffer Object Extension Spec (ARB_vertex_buffer_object):
// http://www.opengl.org/registry/specs/ARB/vertex_buffer_object.txt
// .SECTION Caveats
// Since most GPUs don't support double format all double data is converted to
// float and then uploaded.
// DON'T PLAY WITH IT YET.

#ifndef __vtkVertexBufferObject_h
#define __vtkVertexBufferObject_h

#include <vector>

#include "vtkObject.h"
#include "vtkWeakPointer.h"

#include "vtkgl.h" // Needed for gl data types exposed in API

//class vtkCellArray;
class vtkDataArray;
class vtkObject;
class vtkPoints;
class vtkUnsignedCharArray;
class vtkOpenGLExtensionManager;
class vtkRenderWindow;

class VTK_RENDERING_EXPORT vtkVertexBufferObject : public vtkObject
{
public:

  static vtkVertexBufferObject* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkVertexBufferObject, vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent);

  // Description:
  // Get/Set the context. Context must be a vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.
  // This does not increase the reference count of the
  // context to avoid reference loops.
  // SetContext() may raise an error is the OpenGL context does not support the
  // required OpenGL extensions.
  void SetContext(vtkRenderWindow* context);
  vtkRenderWindow* GetContext();

  //BTX
  // Usage values.
  enum
  {
    StreamDraw=0,
    StreamRead,
    StreamCopy,
    StaticDraw,
    StaticRead,
    StaticCopy,
    DynamicDraw,
    DynamicRead,
    DynamicCopy,
    NumberOfUsages
  };
  //ETX

  // Description:
  // Usage is a performance hint.
  // Valid values are:
  // - StreamDraw specified once by A, used few times S
  // - StreamRead specified once by R, queried a few times by A
  // - StreamCopy specified once by R, used a few times S
  // - StaticDraw specified once by A, used many times S
  // - StaticRead specificed once by R, queried many times by A
  // - StaticCopy specified once by R, used many times S
  // - DynamicDraw respecified repeatedly by A, used many times S
  // - DynamicRead respecified repeatedly by R, queried many times by A
  // - DynamicCopy respecified repeatedly by R, used many times S
  // A: the application
  // S: as the source for GL drawing and image specification commands.
  // R: reading data from the GL
  // Initial value is StaticDraw, as in OpenGL spec.
  vtkGetMacro(Usage, int);
  vtkSetMacro(Usage, int);

  bool SetData(vtkPoints *points);
  //bool SetData(vtkCellArray *verts);
  bool SetData(std::vector<unsigned int> *indices);
  bool SetData(vtkUnsignedCharArray *colors);
  bool SetData(vtkDataArray *colors);
  bool SetData(GLvoid* data);

  // Description:
  // Get the size of the data loaded into the GPU. Size is in the number of
  // elements of the uploaded Type.
  vtkGetMacro(Size, unsigned int);

  // Description:
  // Get the size of the data loaded into the GPU. Size is in the number of
  // elements of the uploaded Type.
  vtkGetMacro(Count, unsigned int);

  // Description:
  // Get the openGL buffer handle.
  vtkGetMacro(Handle, unsigned int);

  // Description:
  // Inactivate the buffer.
  void UnBind();

//BTX

  // Description:
  // Make the buffer active.
  void Bind();

  // Description:
  // Allocate the memory. size is in number of bytes. type is a VTK type.
//  void Allocate(unsigned int size, int type);

  // Description:
  // Release the memory allocated without destroying the PBO handle.
  void ReleaseMemory();

  // Description:
  // Returns if the context supports the required extensions.
  static bool IsSupported(vtkRenderWindow* renWin);

//ETX
//BTX
protected:
  vtkVertexBufferObject();
  ~vtkVertexBufferObject();

  // Description:
  // Loads all required OpenGL extensions. Must be called every time a new
  // context is set.
  bool LoadRequiredExtensions(vtkOpenGLExtensionManager* mgr);

  // Description:
  // Create the pixel buffer object.
  void CreateBuffer();

  // Description:
  // Destroys the pixel buffer object.
  void DestroyBuffer();

//  int Type;
  int Usage;
  unsigned int Size;
  unsigned int Count;
  unsigned int Handle;
  unsigned int BufferTarget;
  vtkWeakPointer<vtkRenderWindow> Context;

private:
  vtkVertexBufferObject(const vtkVertexBufferObject&); // Not implemented.
  void operator=(const vtkVertexBufferObject&); // Not implemented.
  //ETX
};

#endif


Blargh, i've so lost track of what's what, i thought Rock were now Stone. Or would they be stone if not for the lengthy process of rebranding?
LoL, surely ROCK is immovable, but STONE is smooth and pocket sized?!
I wonder how long it would last if i had a Techpond sig like that over on rockforum??
LMAO! not been on rock, am i still classed as official +1er of techpond.co.uk?
Hi I'm Matt, work for HP and enjoying talking about their laptop computers.
Looking forward to providing advice where I can.
Welcome Matt! Whiz your business email to the mods and they can update your profile so we know you're genuine!
Will be interested to hear from your side of things as its been a tad quite on the HP front! I saw you had a quad core gaming machine with 4890 GPU a while back for £1000, but discontinued it within days! Think it was an MSI rebrand tbh. But looked nice!
Actually I had a nice HP laptop which was the equivalent in specs to the XPS M1330 - but it got nicked after a month, so I bought a M1330. Still have the mouse though. Oooo, I've got a HP phone - I can ask questions about that!
Oh my work laptop is a HP maybe you can help with it crashing continually with AutoCAD 2009 and 2010.
My mom's HP got nicked too, but they left my M1330, lol. Very odd.
I guess we scared him off?


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Photo courtesy of LeRoy Bell | LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends will rock the Treehouse Café at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 6.
LeRoy Bell is back at the Treehouse Café
Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:16pm
LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends will rock the Treehouse Café at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 6.
Tickets, $25 general admission and $35 for reserved table seating, are now available (entrance is 21-and-older only) at www.treehousebainbridge.com.
Having performed with B.B. King, Van Morrison, Etta James, Al Green, Michael McDonald, Colin Hay, Mavis Staples, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal, Leon Russell, Sonny Landreth, Charlie Musselwhite and Los Lobos, not only has Bell grown as a touring artist, but the experience has given his music an edge that places him in a league of performers creating a sound that crosses many demographics.
In 2011, Bell finished in eighth place in the debut season of "The X Factor."
The Bell family legacy extends from Philadelphia to Seattle.
Thom Bell, LeRoy's uncle, opened the West Coast offices of Mighty Three Music in the late 1970s. As a young staff writer, LeRoy wrote songs that would be recorded by The Spinners, The O'Jays, The Temptations, Rita Marley and most notably Elton John, whose recording of Bell's song "Mama Can't Buy Me Love," from the "Thom Bell Sessions," went to number one in Adult/Contemporary in the fall of 1979 — earning John a Grammy Nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
That same year, Bell and James had their own million-seller with "Livin' It Up (Friday Night)" on A&M Records.
LeRoy Bell's "Only Friends" features Terry Morgan on bass who has played with Dee Daniels, Pat Wright & The Total Experience Gospel Choir, Dave Lewis, Thelma Houston and others. The mighty force on drums features Davis Martin, formerly of the band Maktub, and Daniel Walker on keyboards.
A peek before the preview: A look behind-the-scenes at the annual BI Rotary Auction and Rummage Sale – Part I | Photo gallery
Talented trio 'United By Song' on the Treehouse stage


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NewsGroove Uk > Lifestyle > Mums are discovering why their breast milk changes colour – and it's blowing their minds
Mums are discovering why their breast milk changes colour – and it's blowing their minds
LifestyleDecember 1, 2021
A mum on TikTok noticed that her breast milk sometimes changes from yellow in colour to pure white and claimed the reason why is all to do with her daughter's health
The mum said the different colours represent different stages of her baby's health (
Image: @jessikabaileyg/TikTok)
Any mum who has pumped her breast milk will likely have seen some change in the milk's colouration over time, with some days appearing more yellow than others.
One mum on TikTok claims to have just discovered a reason for the change in colour – and she claims it's all to do with how healthy your baby is.
Jessika Gancedo, @jessikabaileyg, shared a video showcasing four different bags of milk she had pumped, each of which was a different colour.
The mum then shared how she believed the changes in colour lined up perfectly with her daughter coming down with a cold.
She said in the clip: "I rarely pump, so I don't get to see this often, but this is normally what breast milk looks like in colour. It's white, it's nothing out of the ordinary."
Moving onto the next two bags, which were slightly yellow in colour, she then added: "This is what it looks like when my daughter begins to get sick so it's a little bit yellow but not anything crazy.
"This is when she is sick, it's very yellow, see all that goodness."
It's thought that the yellow colouring in breast milk means the mum is producing extra fat and antibodies in response to her daughter's illness to try and help speed up the baby's recovery.
But Jessika's final bag of milk is what really surprised her – as it was very pale and almost transparent in colour.
She produced yellow breastmilk when her daughter was sick
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The whiter milk had a higher water content
She explained: "This is what really threw me today.
"Me and my fiancé went on a date, and I was gone from her for four hours.
"My body made milk with a bunch of water because it assumed that my daughter was dehydrated from not eating for four hours.
"Look how weird that is – how much our bodies acclimate to what our babies need."
Jessika's claims have not been widely studied by researchers, but can be supported by one study carried out in Israel in 2012, when 30 mums whose babies were hospitalised with a fever were tested against a control group of healthy mums.
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The results suggested levels of an infection-fighting substance named tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) were higher in the milk produced by the mums of sick infants.
Part of the study read: "During active infection in nursing infants, the total number of white blood cells, specifically the number of macrophages, and TNFα levels increase in their mothers' breast milk.
"These results may support the dynamic nature of the immune defence provided by breastfeeding sick infants."
But Dr Shazia Malik, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, explained to Good Housekeeping in 2016 that while breast milk can change when your baby is sick, your body isn't actually able to recognise that your child is ill.
Instead, it's the change in feeding pattern that makes your breastmilk look different, as a sick baby will either feed more or less than usual.
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Dr Malik said: "The beauty of breast milk is that it adapts to the child. So it's not surprising that if a child is ill, it reads the difference and changes accordingly.
"The first milk comes out thinner and bluer in colour because it has more water compared to protein, whereas the creamy yellow milk is thicker because it has more protein and antibodies.
"Breast milk doesn't recognise if a baby is ill, but it will recognise how often the baby feeds. The milk will adapt according to that, for example, if a baby has a growth spurt, the mother's body will recognise its needs are changing."
However, your baby being sick is far from the only reason your breast milk might change colour.
Breast milk can also take on a slightly yellow tinge after freezing and can even have different hues depending on your diet – especially if you eat foods that are orange or yellow in colour, such as carrots or sweet potatoes.
Jessika's video has been viewed more than 3.6 million times – and some commenters were blown away by her claims.
One person commented: "This is actually really cool, I didn't think that would happen."
While another said: "I can't believe our physical body knows when our children are sick."
And a third wrote: "Woah that's crazy! I never knew that was possible. Thank you for sharing."
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DoJ Sues to Block One Media Mega-Merger, as FCC Paves Path for Another: 'BradCast' 11/20/2017
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On today's BradCast: Apparently, the mega-merger of non-wingnut media corporations is bad for consumers and competition, according to Trump's U.S. Department of Justice. But the mega-merger of right-wing media goliaths is just fine, according to Trump's FCC --- even if they must roll back decades of rules (and change the way math works) to maintain local media ownership of newspaper and TV stations in order to do it. [Audio link to show follows below.]
Today, just minutes before airtime, the U.S. Dept. of Justice announced their lawsuit to try and block the proposed $85 billion mega-merger between AT&T and Time-Warner, claiming the takeover would "substantially lessen competition" and result in "higher prices and less innovation for millions of Americans." While that might normally be encouraging and long-overdue anti-trust news from a U.S. Administration, the Trump Administration's war on CNN (whose parent company is owned by Time-Warner) and a separate move by Trump's FCC Chairman Ajit Pai late last week, gutting decades-old regulations that prevented companies from buying up local TV and newspaper outlets in the same market, makes the DoJ's claims a bit difficult to accept at face value.
Joining us today is DANA FLOBERG, policy analyst at the non-partisan media watchdog FreePress.net, to explain how the FCC's vote last week to kill those rules threatens independent media and local news competition and seems to contradict the Administration's response to to the AT&T/Time-Warner merger, even as it paves the way for another planned mega-merger between the far right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group and Tribune Media. That merger, along with the FCC's disturbing actions last week, with little publiclity and no public comment period, would allow Sinclair to reach some 72% of American viewers in an unprecedented takeover of as many as all of the local TV news outlets in your home town, eventually!
Floberg tells me her organization favors blocking the deal between AT&T and Time-Warner, but she remains "concerned on Trump's saber-rattling" with CNN as part of the Administration's objection to the deal. She says that merger must be blocked becaus "it's the right thing to do for Americans, not to suit Trump's personal vendetta."
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Astronomy
 Thomas Wright suggests that the Milky Way Galaxy is a disk-shaped system of stars with the Solar System near the centre.

Exploration
 April 1 – Pehr Osbeck sets out on a primarily botanical expedition to China.

Physics
 January 17 – John Canton reads a paper before the Royal Society on a method of making artificial magnets.
 Approx. date – Leonhard Euler and Daniel Bernoulli develop the Euler–Bernoulli beam equation.

Technology
 November 18 – Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, designed by the Swiss-born engineer Charles Labelye, is officially opened.

Publications
 Historia Plantarum, originally written by Conrad Gessner between 1555 and 1565.

Awards
 Copley Medal: George Edwards

Births
 March 16 – Caroline Herschel, German-born English astronomer (died 1848)
 July 2 – François Huber, Swiss naturalist (died 1831)
 July 5 – Ami Argand, Genevan physicist and chemist (died 1803)
 September 22 – Christian Konrad Sprengel, German botanist (died 1816)
 October 25 – Marie Le Masson Le Golft, French naturalist (died 1826)
 Aaron Arrowsmith, English cartographer (died 1823)
 Jean Nicolas Fortin, French physicist and instrument maker who invented a portable mercury barometer in 1800 (died 1831)

Deaths
 December 1 – Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1677)

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A larger version of the model with the prefix "grand" in the name may be in the five- and seven-seat versions. The front part is almost completely repeats an ordinary Scenic, but the sidewall after the B-pillar and feed at the car are various.
New 2017 Renault Grand Scenic, unlike the younger brother, received a longer rear doors, stretched side window in the C-pillars and entirely different lights, which in form resemble those that are installed on the minivan Espace 5. There is also other boot lid, form of the rear window and restyled bumper.
But in the interior an ordinary Scenic and stretched Grand completely identical. Of course, this applies only to the front panel, as well as the instrument panel, steering wheel and the now proprietary to the center console of the brand models with a vertically oriented display R-Link multimedia system 2.
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