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Editor-in-Chief: So, what do we have today?
Flunky 1: It's a very poor day for news. All we have is
a) Inflation has come down
b) India is likely to beat Australia in the test match
c) Today, half-yearly results for Infosys and TCS are due, and both are rumoured to beat street estimates
d) The rupee has appreciated
e) The monsoons are above average across the country, no drought expected and no major floods anywhere
f) The Ministry of Health has announced that India is winning the battle against polio
Editor-in-Chief: That's boring. Don't we have anything exciting?
Flunky 2: There's been a 15-year old girl who was molested by a school teacher in a small town in Tamil Nadu
Editor-in-Chief: Only molested? Not raped?
Flunky 2: No, not raped.
Editor-in-Chief: Was the school teacher a card-carrying member of any political party?
Flunky 2: No, I'm afraid…
Editor-in-Chief: Were the girl and the teacher from different religions or different castes?
Flunky 2: No, they were both Hindus and both from the same caste…
Editor-in-Chief: Then, where's the story? Why are we wasting time? Who's got anything better…
Flunky 3: This is very small, but…
Editor-in-Chief: Let me decide that! What is it?
Flunky 3: Flights from Bhopal are taking off 3-4 hours late because of bad weather…heavy rain…
Editor-in-Chief: That's fantastic! Let's go with that!First, get some vox pops from passengers. Get them to say that there is no water. Get them to say that the bathrooms are filthy, and that there is no water. Find a family, preferably with small kids. Find a kid who is crying. Get them to say that there is no food, and that the authorities are refusing to help with food. Check if there is any place in the airport where it's leaking. There must be. There always is. Suggest that the construction is slipshod. Find out who won the contract to build the airport. Do they have any Congress connections? BJP connections? Are they Hindu? RSS connections? Can anyone start on that?Find an NRI. There's always an NRI at an airport. Get him or her to crib about the facilities at the airport. Check if he's missed his connecting flight. Provoke him to say that he is missing very important meetings.Meanwhile, someone contact the CM. Ask him whether investments in Bhopal airport are not being made just because it is a BJP ruled state.Simultaneously, someone in Delhi track down Praful Patel. Ask him why the investments in Bhopal are not forthcoming. Why is the new airport proposal not cleared? Is it because the Centre does not want progress to come to BJP ruled states?And, for the evening, round up a panel of experts. Get Suhel Seth. Get Medha Patkar. Get Arundhati Roy. Get Ram Guha. Praful Patel. Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Get Gadkari. Get any Congress spokesperson.That's it. Anyone with anything else?
Flunky 3: But, it's not such a big issue, it's just that flights are late because of the rains….
Editor-in-Chief: That's why you haven't made it yet. You have no perspective. To me, it's close to the end of the world.And that's how we'll play it out.
And if you think this over the top, watch the news every day, on all the English news channels as I do. There's no other logic to how headline news and breaking news becomes news…
And I'll watch all the channels, again.
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1) The problem is that 347.1 could have had a second printing in, say, 1967.  That copy would also have no DJ# and #11 binding.  So, the table entry would not help in that case.  At the very least, it also needs the date of the first printing.  But as we have seen, a second printing in the mid to late 60's could have the same book list.  Thus, only a binding or DJ style change would indicate a later printing.  Does 347.1 have a later printing that will distinguish it from the first (i.e. different binding)?  Henry's guide seems to indicate there is.
So, what I had was a No #DJ, binding #11, with a Fall 1964 list and no First Indicator.  The guide matches all those as a first, except I don't know if there is a book with a Spring 1964, or even Spring/Fall 1963 book list that is the true first printing.  The table on Dogeared is useful in alerting me that the first is not marked as such.
2)  When I said "link" I didn't mean hyperlink; I meant a logical link by virtue of indicating, for example, "Fall 1964 book list" in the table.  One would then need to go to the dating key.  Or perhaps the table would say that all printings had the same book list, and the only indicator is a binding change.  Or a DJ change (l to n, for example).
3) So, is 388.1 considered an unmarked first?  Or can it only be an unmarked first if there is a second printing?
> > more info than the guide.  With 311.1, it is obviously a first.
> > But not so with 347.1; there is no DJ number.
> That's an indicator of a first- the fact that there's no number.
> > Spring (or Fall) 1964 list in the back of the book.
> You mean beyond the link to the dating key that's already there?


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Father and 17-year-old daughter arrested at Beale Air Force Base drone protest
photo by Guarionex Delgado
My Daughter and I Were Arrested Today By Military Police Guarding The World's Most Hated Weapon
by Mauro Oliveira
It was a familiar and warm exchange of greetings and spirited talk. The small group of activists I was with had called out to the military gate guards with a question concerning the spider web like substance that seemed to be everywhere around the base; on cars, vegetation telephone poles, fences, floating in the air and across the land. Men with sidearms and radios in camo fatigues approached us.
It was just then getting dark with the officer-in-charge and us each on our legal side of the white line that marked base property and certain arrest should we cross it. With U2s and fighter jets flying around overhead, the officer in charge cheerfully insisted we were looking at spider webs. He then asked if we intended to cross the line at which we answered "not tonight".
I was there with my daughter Mahai'a, not quite 18, and we were the new faces on the line. We are no strangers to protest- my daughter' s conciencious objector file goes back to her crib and stroller.
Soon, after light chat, we all said our good nights and a handful of us retreated to a makeshift campsite just yards away in the shadows of the desert vegetation.
Barry Binks, a Veterans For Peace foot soldier, has been religiously showing up here at Beale Air Force base, east of Sacramento, month after month. With him is an incredible affinity group of mostly Elder citizens, who have been setting up information outlets, banners, signage and even blockading the entrance to the base, triggering their arrest by the MPs. The dedicated dozen seasoned peace activists there with us this morning, I learned later, collectively had many arrests from Washington DC to California.
The primary issue that brings them and us together is drone assassinations but all the activists make no bones about the war machine in general. Beale is the site where Global Hawk reconnaissance drones are piloted from. The drone itself is near it's target, most notably the Mid East through Pakistan where hundreds of well publicized strikes have blown to pieces children and entire families. We recognized these drone pilots by their black eagle patches displayed on their shoulders as they pass through the gate of the base.
Barry explained that these pilots find the targets that reapor and predator drones then strike with a missile. Many of those terror aircraft are flown from Creech Air Force base near Las Vegas, the site of planned protests and actions starting November 9-15, 2014. This group will be meeting up with well known peace activist and former Ambassador to Afghanistan Lt. Colonel Anne Wright and other activists from across the nation to spotlight what we all believe to be the war crimes taking place at Creech Air Force Base.
Almost two years ago Senator Lyndsey Graham had revealed that over 4,700 had been killed by drone strikes and the White House has suggested that few if any civilians have been killed. The same White House that classified every male of combat age a terrorist. Furthermore, the White House's word eroded long ago.
Since 911 my wife and I, and eventually our children as well, have witnessed one immoral act after the other by Washington in the name of "America(ns)"….in the name of you and me. One lie after the other, from who committed and what acts were committed on 9-11, to the non-existent link to Saddam Hussein, to weapons of mass destruction that didn't exist, a nuclear hoax, a promise of a fast war, that we would be greeted as liberators, that we would leave the Iraqis better off.
That's just the start…the patriot act, depleted uranium and phosphorous weapons, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and torture. And more torture.
There was the anthrax letters shell game, BlackWater, Halliburton and pallets of money that disappeared much like Iraqi treasure. The greed and slaughter continued with Obama, presidential ordered secret assassinations, the NSA, telecoms, banks and other corporations conspiring against and committing crimes against US Citizens and the Militarization of the every day cop.
But it is the drone strike that makes Americans the most hated people and nation on Earth. It is a cowardly act that disregards whatever rules of war that ever existed in the however misguided "honor" of men. These bombs not only have killed children, teenagers, mothers, fathers grandparents, neighbors and entire wedding parties; they have created a level of anxiety and fear across vast regions. Mentally they are a torture of mass destruction. The pictures, eye witness accounts and journalist verifications on the ground are infinitely more believable than ANY White House in my lifetime.
Drone strikes are not a Christian act or the act of any other religion for that matter, except one perhaps and that would be most easily classified simply as evil. Drone strikes are terrorist acts and the United States is the terrorist. The hypocrisy of fighting terrorism with terrorism as a moral detour from the Law of God is so fundamentally flawed that it paves the way for billions of people to easily and justifiably call us Satanic.
Before the sun rose our banners greeted the rapid flow of vehicles, including drone pilots, entering the base. We sang spirited songs as wild horses ran ecstatically in the distance. We then all moved into the road and blockaded the entrance and exit. State Highway moved in and huddled with the base MPs.
My daughter has stood against war all her life and today was no different. As the guards attempted to avert an arrest and close the gate, effectively completing our blockade, my daughter and I slid thru and triggered our military arrest.
We want drones to end and until THAT day, my family wants it to be clear to the victims of drone strikes and to the entire world, that we believe in Peace, not war and consider drone strikes as a war crime against humanity and an act against the Creators greatest gift, the Children of the world, of which we all are. We face a federal judge and she or he will face our Truth. Please Pray for us.
For more information: www.occupybealeafb.org
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyBealeAirForceBase?ref=hl
Mauro Oliveira is the Executive Director of SOL Communications, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising human awareness.
Contact: smallworldradio@outlook.com


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Six Monthly Performance Verification and Project Monitoring for Delivering Reproductive Health Results (Department for International Development, DFID, Pakistan)
This is the ongoing verification of the DFID's large national programme "Delivering Reproductive Health Results via Non-State Providers".
Evaluability Assessment of the OP II Operational Plan Results Matrices (UNICEF)
RADS is undertaking a comprehensive evaluability assessment of One UN Programme-II Operational Plan (2013-2017) results matrices to review and propose changes for the remaining period of the OPII programme. Evaluability Assessment (EA) is a systematic process to examine the extent of a project or programme evaluation in a reliable and credible fashion and ascertain whether its objectives are adequately defined and its results verifiable. The assignment involves in-depth review of OP-II result matrices in the context of Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and Result Based Management (RBM). RADS is conducting the assessment in an interactive and participatory manner with frequent meetings and discussions on the result matrices with all the stakeholders i.e. all the UN agencies.
"Dhanak" Programme - Baseline, Midline, and Endline Survey (DKT Pakistan)
Jhang and Chiniot (Punjab, Pakistan). Thematic Areas: Maternal and child health care, family planning, women empowerment, community empowerment.
Parent to Child Transmission of HIV (PPTCT) - (UNICEF)
Punjab, KP, Sindh, and Balochistan. Thematic Areas: HIV awareness, prevention, and treatment; maternal and child health-care, reproductive health, women empowerment.
Health Facilities and Health Providers - Baseline Study (University of Gottingen, Germany and GIZ)
Haripur and Nowshera, KPK. Thematic Areas: Maternal and child health care, antenatal, delivery and postnatal care.
This study is a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) Survey regarding antenatal, during delivery, and postnatal care. RADS is facilitating this baseline study in Nowshera and Haripur areas where 25 Health Facilities, 80 community midwives (CMWs) and 70 lady health visitors (LHVs) are being surveyed. RADS' field teams are conducting electronic data collection under the supervision of doctors, and close monitoring by RADS, GIZ and University of Gottingen.
Baseline Assessment of Gap Inc.'s Personal Effectiveness and Career Enhancement (PACE) Program [International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)]
Artistic Milliners - Karachi, Pakistan. Thematic Areas: Women empowerment, economic empowerment.
Empowerment of female garment workers is a fairly neglected area in development discourse. These women possess immense potential, which if rightly tapped upon, can translate into very positive outcomes for the women both personally and professionally. It can also gear up the productivity and efficiency of the garment sector, contributing positively to Asia's rising market trends. The PACE program aims to address this and deliver outcomes positively impacting both, the women, as well as the factory where they are based.
In this regard, RADS conducted a baseline assessment prior to the implementation of the program in Artistic Milliners (Karachi) by conducting a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) study. We compared two factory units - one which will undergo the PACE program as well as a control unit. Upon completion of the program, this information will be contrasted with an endline evaluation to assess changes attributed to it.
Understanding SRHR and Family Planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for GIZ
GIZ is implementing a large project to improve the situation of SRHR and FP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. RADS conducted the baseline survey of the districts of Noshera and Haripur to collect quantitative and qualitative information. Data were collected using tablets in order to maintain accuracy and to monitor data collection in real time.
Urban Poverty and Health Site
Urban Poverty is one of the emerging fields in development. Rural to urban migration is a key driver for civilisation. However, the process of transition is not smooth and many new migrants find themselves living in poor surroundings and able to access limited opportunitites and services. Dhok Hassu/ Zia Colony is one of approximately 17 urban squatter settlement sites in and around Rawalpindi/ Islamabad. Parts of it are in very early stages of settlement while others are well settled with 3 story houses. RADS and Akhter Hameed Khan Resource Centre are studying aspects of poverty, health, employment and sanitation to understand gaps and identify avenues for interventions in the community that are community driven and self sustaining.
Understanding Information Use and Decision Making by Adolescent Girls and Women
In Pakistan, Maternal and Neonatal Health Outcomes lag many of its regional neighbour and are particularly worse for young and adolescent mothers. This situation is compounded by socio-cultural emphasis on early marriages and having children immediately after marriage, both of which limit these adolescent girls' opportunity for formal education and appropriate reproductive health information, thus increasing their vulnerability and lack of empowerment.
These structural and dynamic factors strongly influence hierarchical constructs in the society that expects girls to be subservient throughout their lifetimes to elders, notably husbands, and mother-in-law. In addition, reproductive and sexual information remains a taboo for many pre-marital girls and is therefore not shared with them before marriage and they are expected to learn it immediately post marriage. All of these factors leave newly married adolescents and young women unprepared for significant life choices such as fertility, hygiene, family planning and skilled birth attendance. Objectives Our research, supported by the Research Advocacy Fund (RAF) explored how this crucial reproductive health information is acquired and processed by young women in rural Pakistan and how this "processing" evolves as the woman grows older. The purpose was to put forth evidence based findings to government and civil society decision makers, mainstream media and the education system on the most appropriate and feasible means of getting adolescent girls the information they need and determine suitable modalities of doing so. Study Design This was a mixed methods study comprising quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative component we conducted a population based cross sectional household survey. The qualitative study was done by conducting focus group discussions and in depth interviews with eligible study participants.
Impact Evaluation MARVI project
With the literacy of just about 6%, Umerkot hardly has women who fulfill the minimum educational requirements for becoming a Lady Health Worker depriving the area of the likely interventions. HANDS, in collaboration with PACKARD sought to cater to this issue by training an alternate brigade to the Lady Health Worker chain. This alternate chain called the MARVI workers, consisted of illiterate women who were trained rigorously to play the part of Lady Health Workers.
As of today, the project has survived almost 5 years of interventions and has well-provided the targeted community with RH/FP services and has facilitated the MARVI workers to become economically empowered. We propose comprehensive evaluation that looks at multiple aspects of the project including the empowerment and social capital of Marginalized Areas Reproductive Health and Family Planning Viable Initiatives (MARVI) workers, their operational details, program and operational issues faced, lessons learnt, the level and contribution of social mobilization, measure if and how are these communities better off (and in which aspects), the relative contribution of the health and social mobilization to this wellbeing and how may this experience be replicated in other impoverished communities in Pakistan or elsewhere.
Key Outcomes to Measure:
Awareness and knowledge (FP/RH/ MNCH) of MW and communities
Access to services and products; quality improvements in services
Personal Empowerment, Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurship of the MARVI worker
Effects of social mobilization on the community and on RH services and uptake
Quality and Accessibility to RH and FP services
Cost Effectiveness of the approach
Nexus of social change and health approach and proportional contribution of each
The proposed research will be conducted via both quantitative and qualitative analysis. An attempt will be made to truly point out the impact the interventions have made on the lives of individual MARVI workers and an overall effect it has had on the areas they have penetrated.
Maternal Health and Domestic Violence: Impact of Personal and Social factors
This study looking at Gender Based Violence (GBV) was funded by Research Advocacy Fund and conducted by Rutgers WPF and RADS (2012-2013). Gender based violence adversely affects the reproductive and general health of women and is common in Pakistan and the region (Aurat Foundation 2010, UNFPA 1998, Rutgers WPF 2011). Violence and discrimination have significant and often long lasting physical and psychological effects beyond just health. GBV is often associated with higher incidence of depression, suicide or premature death, poor quality of life, miscarriages, maternal mortality, unsafe abortion, lack of health care access, disempowerment, social isolation, and low birth weight infants etc (WHO 2011). Although various forms of violence affect women throughout the cycle of their lives, a woman is particularly vulnerable to intimate partner aggression and violence.
The Influences of Political Economy and Evidence Use in the Decision Making: Do Policy Makers Care?
Policy making and decisions in health are influenced by a host of factors -political, economic and social priorities all affect how policies are made, who makes them and how they are implemented.Health systems have a vital role in providing social protections for the poor and marginalized populations. Even the meager investments within the Pakistani health sector are compromised by inefficiencies that stem from poor operational decisions. It is particularly pertinent to note that the brunt of these poor decisions is inordinately borne by the poorest and most marginalized women who have the least social or economic capital to cope with diminished public sector performance. This study aims to highlight and ultimately recommend changes to the dynamics of the decision making process within the health sector
Evidence for Policy and Action Grant Initiative
Research and Development Solutions received a grant from the USAID Small Grants Program (2011-2013) to make evidence accessible to Decision and Policy Makers in Health. Under the grant we collated and analyzed data on Family Planning and Childhood Immunization and made these analyses available to Government Officials, Donors, Politicians, Media and Communities in the form of policy briefs, working papers and/or evidence based advocacy.
Working with publicly available databases, research studies and program data to understand how family planning and immunization services are planned, implemented and monitored in Pakistan. Our aim was to engage with all stakeholders to make these analyses available to them and even work with them to answer specific questions when possible.
Our work with stakeholders also included efforts to build Institutional Capacity for sustained Evidence Use in making policy and program decisions beyond this grant initiative. During this grant we worked closely with the Punjab Policy and Strategic Planning Unit (PSPU) and the Knowledge Management Unit (Health Department Punjab). Evidence Generation
Synthesis of Existing Evidence
Cost Effectiveness/ Utility
Assessment and Documentation of Best Practices and Successful Models
Program Performance Analysis
Working with officials to facilitate uptake of evidence
Identify evidence that will support resource generation and performance evaluation
Work with Parliamentarians to make actionable evidence about family planning and immunization available to them for potential use in their routine work
Understand decision making processes
Work with print media to provide evidence based material to develop news and articles
Research Questions 1. What are the patterns of domestic violence among pregnant women?
2. How is domestic violence socially constructed, how is it resisted through women's agency, and what are the available options for women at the household, community and institutional levels?
3. What can we learn from positive deviant households that are free of violence?
Using a qualitative study design we conducted FGDs( 48) and IDIs (120) with women, men and community opinion makers in 6 districts (Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Kashmore, Jacobabad, Jafferabad, and Naseerabad) of Pakistan in 2012-2013.
Salient Findings
GBV is a common reality in these 6 rural communities of Pakistan with widespread prevalence of verbal abuse to escalating physical violence
Despite societal condemnation and awareness, GBV when present remains pervasive and continues even during the pregnancy.
GBV is recognized by the woman (victim), family and friends and yet "deliberately overlooked" and treated as private matter.
The fear is that breaking the silence and seeking external help would enrage the abuser and is considered socially and individually the step of last resort.
There are very few (if any) institutional or collective support options available for these rural women.
Our work showed and validated the position outlined by Nesbitt that in pastoral or nomadic communities (as opposed to agrarian) cultural norms that promote GBV as acceptable are deeply entrenched in both the abuser and often the victim herself. Change in these norms will require multi-level approaches that teach women how to deal with violence, penalize men for engaging in violence, and have strong institutional support to offer respite to women affected by violence.
Our study also showed that older women (mother in law and older wives) often aggravate and use violence as means of perpetuating their own power in the household.
Economic empowerment and education are once again the most feasible long term factors and interventions that can truly reduce violence in conservative rural societies.
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The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents: a literature review
Shreyans Dhanuka, Ramprasad Vasthare
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an important public health concern, especially for children. SHS not only affects the physiology of children who are exposed to it but also has adverse effects on their general and oral health. This review highlights how the exposure of children to SHS is linked to dental caries and examines the factors that foster the association. Research shows that there is an independent association between SHS exposure and dental caries, especially in primary teeth. However, the association between SHS exposure and dental caries in permanent teeth must be explored further through well-designed studies because statistically significant evidence is lacking.
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Dhanuka, S., & Vasthare, R. (2019). The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents: a literature review. General Dentistry, 67(6), 20-24.
Dhanuka, Shreyans ; Vasthare, Ramprasad. / The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents : a literature review. In: General Dentistry. 2019 ; Vol. 67, No. 6. pp. 20-24.
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abstract = "Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an important public health concern, especially for children. SHS not only affects the physiology of children who are exposed to it but also has adverse effects on their general and oral health. This review highlights how the exposure of children to SHS is linked to dental caries and examines the factors that foster the association. Research shows that there is an independent association between SHS exposure and dental caries, especially in primary teeth. However, the association between SHS exposure and dental caries in permanent teeth must be explored further through well-designed studies because statistically significant evidence is lacking.",
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journal = "General Dentistry",
publisher = "Academy of General Dentistry",
Dhanuka, S & Vasthare, R 2019, 'The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents: a literature review', General Dentistry, vol. 67, no. 6, pp. 20-24.
The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents : a literature review. / Dhanuka, Shreyans; Vasthare, Ramprasad.
In: General Dentistry, Vol. 67, No. 6, 01.11.2019, p. 20-24.
T1 - The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents
T2 - a literature review
AU - Dhanuka, Shreyans
AU - Vasthare, Ramprasad
N2 - Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an important public health concern, especially for children. SHS not only affects the physiology of children who are exposed to it but also has adverse effects on their general and oral health. This review highlights how the exposure of children to SHS is linked to dental caries and examines the factors that foster the association. Research shows that there is an independent association between SHS exposure and dental caries, especially in primary teeth. However, the association between SHS exposure and dental caries in permanent teeth must be explored further through well-designed studies because statistically significant evidence is lacking.
AB - Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an important public health concern, especially for children. SHS not only affects the physiology of children who are exposed to it but also has adverse effects on their general and oral health. This review highlights how the exposure of children to SHS is linked to dental caries and examines the factors that foster the association. Research shows that there is an independent association between SHS exposure and dental caries, especially in primary teeth. However, the association between SHS exposure and dental caries in permanent teeth must be explored further through well-designed studies because statistically significant evidence is lacking.
JO - General Dentistry
JF - General Dentistry
Dhanuka S, Vasthare R. The association of secondhand smoke exposure and dental caries in children and adolescents: a literature review. General Dentistry. 2019 Nov 1;67(6):20-24.


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Former Indonesian President Habibie dies at age 83
by: NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press
Posted: Sep 11, 2019 / 06:25 AM PDT / Updated: Sep 11, 2019 / 06:25 AM PDT
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2010, file pool photo, former Indonesian President B.J. Habibie films the crowd as he sits in the audience to hear U.S. President Barack Obama's speech at the University of Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died at age 83. (Barbara Walton, Pool Photo via AP, File)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died. He was 83.
His unpopular presidency was the shortest in modern Indonesia's history, but was transformative.
Habibie's son, Thareq Kemal Habibie, said Indonesia's third president died Wednesday at Jakarta's Gatot Subroto army hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for heart problems since Sept. 1.
He said his father had struggled to survive, "but his heart finally gave up at the end."
President Joko Widodo expressed deep condolences, and the government called for a period of national mourning until Saturday.
Habibie was tapped to lead Indonesia by Suharto as the military dictator's 32-year hold on power crumbled in May 1998 during a student uprising and a devastating economic crash. It ended after only 16 months in October 1999 when he withdrew from contention in presidential elections.
An engineer educated in Indonesia, the Netherlands and Germany, Habibie spent nearly two decades working for German aircraft maker Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm, before returning to Indonesia in 1974 to help lead Suharto's campaign to industrialize the economy.
As president, Habibie apologized for past human rights abuses and outlined an eight-point reform program "to build a just, open and democratic society."
He ordered the release of political prisoners, dismantled restrictions on the press and reformed politics to allow for free elections.
He lifted a three-decade-old ban on the speaking and teaching of Mandarin as part of an easing of discriminatory policies against ethnic Chinese that was instituted by Suharto after his anti-communist pogroms of 1965-66.
Responding to international criticism of Indonesia's occupation of Portugal's former colony of East Timor, Habibie surprised Indonesians by announcing in January 1999 a plan to hold a referendum under U.N. supervision on self-determination, offering a choice between special autonomy and independence.
Indonesian militias deployed terror tactics to intimidate people into voting for continued union, but East Timorese voted overwhelmingly to split from Indonesia.
In 2017, the young democracy held presidential and parliamentary elections that were the first without U.N. supervision since peacekeepers left in 2012.
Despite his reforms, Habibie was unable to master the political tumult unleashed by the student uprising.
He described the bloody riots that ended Suharto's dictatorship as "barbaric," further alienating students who feared he was betraying their democratic revolution and staged violent protests against his presidency.
A failure to prosecute a longtime friend over allegations of massive corruption undermined his campaign to stay in power. On Oct. 20, 1999, Habibie withdrew from upcoming presidential elections.
Parliament was already moving to elect a new head of state after lawmakers rejected his "accountability" speech on the successes and failures of his months in office. Born June 25, 1936, in the South Sulawesi town of Parepare, Habibie was the fourth of eight siblings.
His father was of native Sulawesi descent and his mother a Javanese noblewoman from the ancient sultanate of Yogyakarta. Habibie is survived by two sons. His wife of 48 years, Hasri Ainun Habibie, a medical doctor, died in 2010.
Arrangements were being made for a state funeral at Jakarta's Kalibata heroes' cemetery on Thursday led by President Widodo.
Ali Kotarumalos, a former long-time staffer of The Associated Press, was the principal writer of this obituary.
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Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI (Unnatural Death Investigation) Lab. She can't stand neglecting unnatural deaths and believes there must be a truth behind the deaths. Team members that work with her are autopsy doctor Kai Nakado, recorder Rokuro Kube, clinical test technologist Yuko Shoji and UDI director Yasuo Kamikura.
They work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
A group of five medical students take on the task of conveying the "voices of the dead." Kaji Daiki fails to get into a popular heart surgery seminar but is somehow accepted into a seminar on forensic pathology. When he approaches professor Sagawa and asks him why he ended up in the seminar, Sagawa challenges him by asking why he wants to study heart surgery. Daiki replies that medicine is meaningless after the heart stops, but Sagawa counters that medicine also applies to the dead. And so, together with fellow students Ryosuke, Kanako, Teppei and Akira, Daiki begins to explore the mysteries of death.
Absolute Zero
Sakuragi Izumi (Ueto Aya) is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.
Revealing the dark truth that aviation safety improves one crash at a time, Mayday investigates legendary aviation disasters to find out what went wrong and why.
Based on cockpit voice recorders, accident reports and eyewitness accounts, every episode also features interviews, state-of-the-art CGI and gripping reenactments.
Baek Beom has worked as a forensic doctor for 10 years. He has a bad personality, but he is excellent with his work. Baek Beom does not open his mind to other people. Eun Sol is a rookie prosecutor with a warm heart. She has a bright personality and she comes from wealth family background. The forensic doctor and prosecutor work together to solve cases.
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
Born in an affluent family, Sakurako is grown beautiful but rather spirited and speaks roughly. As an osteologist, she reconstructs skeletal remains of animals in her atelier at home when receiving job offers from museums. Deeply inspired by the beauty and majesty of bodies, her eccentricity is remarkable. "Dead bodies speak eloquently." says Sakurako, at the events of examining incidents. She observes bodies and the crime scenes very carefully, and reveals the truth one by one. Kujo Sakurako, the beautiful osteologist, resolves the cases with her expertise hearing the "voice" of bones. How does this extraordinary heroine resolve cases?
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
When a dark secret from this past threatens to be exposed, unorthodox and brilliant medical examiner, Doctor Daniel Harrow, must use all his forensic skills to keep it buried forever.
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Maou Matsumoto is a new forensic medical examiner who returns in Japan after studying in USA. Mao only interest is her work and the autopsies she performs.
The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation
Shōtarō Tatewaki is a normal high school student with a serious demeanor hangs around with Sakurako Kujō. Sakurako is an extraordinarily beautiful woman in her mid-20s from a rich family who loves "beautiful bones." The two live in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, and they get involved in various incidents regarding bones.
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George Pearson
George Pearson ‡
George Pearson (1834-1863)
Francis Prior
Eliza Weeks
Example of Pearson's beach photography
"Artist photographer" of The Laurels, 30 Vicarage Road, West Hill in Hastings.
2 Move to Hastings
3 Photography
5 Images stored on this wiki
6 References & Notes
George started his working life as a corn merchant/baker trading on the outskirts of Ashford, Kent. Marrying Eliza Weeks at the Particular Baptists' Chapel at Ashford on August 12, 1877, he claimed to be 22 years old, although if the censuses are correct he may have been only 18! The marriage certificate notes that his father, another George Pearson, was deceased but had been a coastguard. A year after the wedding the Weeks had a daughter - Lizzie Pearson (1878-1924).[1]
Move to Hastings
Around 1881, George and his family then moved to Hastings. Eliza and George's second daughter, Rosa Beatrice Pearson (1884-1929) was born on February 11, 1884, at the family home in Upper Hughenden Road in Ore (now part of Hughenden Road) with George continuing to work as a baker. Three more sons followed: Percy Frederick in 1886, Leonard Sidney on 28 January 1888, and finally Albert Edward late in 1890. By the time Leonard was born, George and his family were living at 27 Pelham Street in Hastings and George had become a "master photographer".
In 1889 George Pearson's stepson, William, married Sarah Elizabeth Ades (1872-1959) from Ore. She was the daughter of a stone sawyer. By 1891 George Pearson and his family were living at 30 Vicarage Road in the West Hill district of Hastings, sharing house with William and Sarah Weeks and their first child.[2]
George Pearson roamed Hastings beach in summer trying to tempt holidaymakers to have their picture taken. He was not just a, however. He also took studio portraits and advertised "at home portraits, family portraits, groups, schools and weddings taken at short notice at popular prices" (Pike's 1905 Hastings Directory). His work included portrait photographs not only as conventional cartes de visite and cabinet prints but also as postcards. Other postcard subjects included private homes, men at work and a military camp. The cards typically lack captions, but Pearson stamped (or in some cases printed) his name and address on the back.[3]
Pearson was still working as a photographer at 30 Vicarage Road in 1927, but is believed to have retired not long after and moved back to Kent, living at 22 Essella Road, Ashford, Kent until his death in 1938. His estate valued at £1858 10s. 6d. and was left to his widow and son Leonard who was listed as being a furniture salesman[4].
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Bruce Mackie Buck (Nascido em Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos, em 1946) é um advogado e fundador do escritório da firma de advocacia Skadden, localizada em Londres. Ele também foi presidente do Chelsea entre 2003 e 2022. Suas áreas de atuação são as fusões e aquisições europeias, projeto de finanças e mercado de capitais.

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Trammels (sometimes spelled Trammells) was an unincorporated area near State Highway 6 in eastern Fort Bend County.

Location
Trammels was located on the southwest side of Oyster Creek, twenty miles east of Richmond, at the junction of a graded and drained road and what later was designated as McKeever Road (which paralleled the railroad tracks in this vicinity). It was about one mile west of the present-day junction of Texas State Highway 6 and Trammel-Fresno (sic) Road. This is near what later became the south terminus of the Fort Bend Tollway, approximately halfway between U.S. Highway 59 and State Highway 288. The remnants of Trammels are within the city limits of Missouri City, a Houston suburb, after having been annexed in October 1981.

History
Little is known regarding early history of the town though there are some records of the development of the neighboring town of DeWalt, of which community Trammels became a part. In 1936, Trammels had a row of dwellings, one business, and five farm units. Although it appeared on county maps, population statistics were never recorded.

Transportation

Trammels was a station stop on the Gulf Coast Lines' Sugar Land Railway, with one mixed train scheduled daily except Sunday between Sugar Land and Anchor in 1925.

See also
Official Guide of the Railways, February 1926, page 743

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Q: Generalization of a formula for 2x2-matrices It is well known that $$|det(v_1,...,v_n)|\le ||v_1||_2...||v_n||_2$$
 with equality if and only if the vectors are pairwise orthogonal. For n = 2,
 the following formula holds : $$det(\pmatrix {a&b\\c&d})^2=(a^2+b^2)(c^2+d^2)-(ac+bd)^2$$
 How can this be generalized to matrices with higher size ?
I checked if $$(a^2+b^2+c^2)(d^2+e^2+f^2)(g^2+h^2+i^2)-det(\pmatrix {a&b&c\\d&e&f\\g&h&i})^2$$ has the factor $$(ad+be+cf)^2+(ag+bh+ci)^2+(dg+eh+fi)^2$$ because the
 above expression is $0$ if and only if all the scalar products are $0$. But
 according to wolfram this is not the case, but perhaps there are too many
 variables to check it with the online-version of wolfram.

A: Let me explain this formula in geometric language. Assume $a=(a_1,a_2),b=(b_1,b_2)$ be two vectors, then the determinant of $\det (a,b)$ is the area of the parallelogram $S$ with two sides $a,b$. Note that
$$S^2:=\left(\det (a,b)\right)^2=(ab_\perp)^2=a^2\left(b^2-\frac{(a \cdot b)^2}{a^2}\right)=a^2b^2-(a\cdot b)^2$$
where $b_\perp$ is the perpendicular component of $b$ with respect to $a$. We uses the Pythagoras theorem in the third identity.
Similarly in 3 dimension, assume $a,b,c\in\mathbb R^3$, and $S$ the parallelogram (instead of its area) with two sides $a,b$, we have
$$V^2:=(\det(a,b,c))^2=(Sc_\perp)^2=S^2\left(c^2-\frac{(c\cdot S)^2}{S^2}\right)=S^2c^2-(c\cdot S)^2$$
where $c_\perp$ is similarly defined, $c\cdot S=(c\cdot a)b-(c\cdot b)a$ is the projection of $c$ in $S$ up to an area |S|. Replace $S$ by the above, we obtain
$$(\det(a,b,c))^2=a^2b^2c^2-(a\cdot b)^2c^2-(b\cdot c)^2a^2-(c\cdot a)^2b^2+2(a\cdot b)(b\cdot c)(c\cdot a)$$
which is a 3 dimensional generalization. So the essence of the formula is to compute a volume by computing perpendicular components literally.

A: Notice that if you multiply any of the terms in $ (ad+be+cf)^2+(ag+bh+ci)^2+(dg+eh+fi)^2 $ by a nonzero factor, you get something with the same property. So it might be that there's a factor that looks similar but isn't exactly the same.
Another thing to notice is that you can get the formula $$\det\left(\pmatrix {a&b\\c&d}\right)^2=(a^2+b^2)(c^2+d^2)-(ac+bd)^2$$ in a 'nice' way by writing $$\det\left(\pmatrix {a&b\\c&d}\right)^2=\det\left(\pmatrix {a&b\\c&d}\pmatrix {a&b\\c&d}^T\right)=\det\left(\pmatrix {a^2+b^2&ac+bd\\ac+bd&c^2+d^2}\right)$$
With the $3\times3$ matrix you should get $$\det\left(\pmatrix {a^2+b^2+c^2&ad+be+cf&ag+bh+ci\\ad+be+cf&d^2+e^2+f^2&dg+eh+fi\\ag+bh+ci&dg+eh+fi&g^2+h^2+i^2}\right)$$
Try doing a Laplace expansion on that and see what you get.

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Natalie Portman Reveals Why She "Dreads" Training For Thor: Love and Thunder
Natalie Portman shared why she's having a trying time training for the new superhero movie Thor: Love and Thunder. Scroll on for the totally relatable reason.
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Natalie Portman keeps it real with Jimmy Fallon.
On Oct. 20, the actress virtually stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and talked about prepping for her latest film, Thor: Love and Thunder, in Sydney, Australia. The forthcoming film will be based on the popular comic book The Mighty Thor, where fictional character Jane Foster (played by Natalie) becomes Thor.
Jimmy pointed out that a lot of training and exercise goes into the superhero films, which Natalie confessed she's just not a fan of.
"I'm trying. I've also had months of like pandemic, you know, eating baked goods and lying in bed and feeling sorry for myself," she revealed. "So I'm like super tired after working out, and during and dreading before."
We feel that, however, the mother of two was being super modest about her quarantine endeavors. While home with her kids and husband Benjamin Millepied, the Black Swan actress also started a vegan cooking show (like many stars) where she cooks with and interviews celebrity chefs, began a book club where she interviews authors and also helped to bring a women's professional soccer team to Los Angeles.
Natalie Portman's Best Roles
As she explained, "A group of us became really passionate about women's soccer because we have the best players in the world in the United States in the most popular sport in the world."
She continued, "So we got together and we are bringing Angel City FC, the women's soccer team for Los Angeles to L.A. in 2022. And we are super excited to just kind of celebrate these incredible athletes. And yes, it's the first female led, female investors I think any professional sport."
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The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Today on Far Future Horizons we present The Lost Gods of Easter Island a BBC documentary written and presented by David Attenborough. It explores the history of the civilization of the remote Easter islands. It was first aired on BBC television in the year 2000 and is part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages Collection of seven documentaries.
In this fascinating documentary David Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden figurine carving which turned up in an auction room in New York during the 1980s.
The auction catalogue indicated that the carving was from Easter Island and the auctioneers told him that the sculpture had come from a junk-shop dealer in Pennsylvania. He knew that the, "grotesque head, attached to a body grossly elongated and as thin as a stick," was more important than the auctioneers believed it to be and had such presence and power that he bought it. He began an investigation to trace the origins of the artefact Thus began an investigation that spans the globe and leads him on voyages to Russia, Australia, England, the Pacific, a Tahiti beach and finally to one of the most remote places on earth- Easter Island.
This is David Attenborough's fifteen year personal detective story that combines art, anthropology, and history which traces the origin of the carving and in doing so tells the story of a forgotten civilization and of a people who inhabited one of the most remote places on Earth.
This fascinating documentary is available on DVD in the United States through Amazon.com and the United Kingdom from Amazon.co.uk. as part of the Attenborough in Paradise and Other Personal Voyages Collection.
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When it comes to the subject of top baseball bats, Louisville Slugger is always in the conversation. Currently, it's the company's Meta baseball bat that's making a splash. One of the best options for baseball bats on the market today, it excels on all fronts.
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The Louisville Slugger Meta came to be in 2018 and was instantly regarded as one of the best bats on the market. Characterized by an oversized barrel and well-balanced weight distribution, it swings easily and provides a lot of pop upon contact.
Also characteristic of the Meta is its huge sweet spot. It's difficult to mishit the ball with this bat in your hands, as even making contact close to the handle will still produce a good amount of pop.
The 2019 and 2020 models were BBCOR-certified only. In other words, they were designed only for high schoolers and college players.
In 2021, however, a USSSA model was released. This enabled middle school and little league players to benefit from the Meta. It came in three weight drops. These include -5, -8, and -10.
In 2022, a -12, USA-approved Meta was released. This is designed for new players, such as those who just started in tee ball.
Also released in 2022 was a Meta softball bat. This packs the same pop and sweet spot that the Meta baseball bats possess and has quickly become a popular option among softball players throughout the country.
The 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta models have already been rolled out. While they're not much different from the 2022 models, they're still of extremely high quality and stand up against any other bats on the market today. We'll review them all in detail below.
We'll begin by reviewing the BBCOR version of the 2023 Louisville Slugger. This bat is designed for use by high school and college players and possesses a weight drop of -3.
The BBCOR version of the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta comes in 4 different sizes, all of which have a -3 weight drop. These include 31 inches/28 ounces, 32 inches/29 ounces, 33 inches/30 ounces, and 34 inches/31 ounces.
This bat isn't exactly cheap. It's selling for between $500 and $700. This makes it one of the most expensive BBCOR bats on the market.
The Barrel
The barrel of this bat is made out of EKO composite. This material provides a great deal of pop, even for light-swinging hitters. It offers an oversized sweet spot as well, keeping mishits to a minimum.
In addition, it produces a pleasant, pro-level sound upon contact. So, whenever you get a hold of one, you'll know it instantly.
The End Cap
The end cap on this bat is a GT1. This is a technologically sophisticated and short-statured end cap that extends the length of the barrel, thereby providing extra pop. It also aids in maximizing swing speed.
At the present time, there isn't an end cap that beats this one. It's as good as it gets.
Construction Style
This bat consists of 3 different pieces. These include the handle, the barrel, and the end cap.
The effect of its 3-piece style? A rigid feel while swinging but with tons of barrel whip upon impact. It also helps to keep bat vibration to a minimum, thereby limiting the risk of hand-sting and mishits.
This bat comes equipped with a Premium LS Pro grip. This grip offers tons of tack, ensuring good traction throughout the swing. It also supplies a great deal of cushion, thereby keeping hand-sting to a minimum.
All the same, it allows for a terrific feel, thereby giving the user tons of control over the bat throughout each swing.
The 2023 model of this bat carries a green, blue, and gold color scheme. This all comes together to create one of the most attractive-looking bats on the market today.
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Next, we're going to cover the USSSA models of the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta. These include weight drops of -5, -8, and -10, all of which have a great deal to offer to middle school and little league players. Let's get into their specifics below, shall we?
First, let's cover the sizes that are available. We'll begin with the -5 drop and then follow it with the -8 and -10 drops.
The -5 drop comes in only one size: 32 inches/27 ounces.
The -8 drop also comes in only one size: 30 inches/22 ounces.
The -10 drop comes in 4 sizes: 28 inches/28 ounces, 29 inches/29 ounces, 30 inches/30 ounces, and 31 inches/31 ounces.
For a USSSA bat, this is on the expensive side. It's currently going for around $400. This is true regardless of its size.
Like with the BBCOR model, this model's barrel is made out of EKO composite. This is a material with a lot of bounce and pop. This enables it to make solid contact on most swings.
It also extends the length of the bat's sweet spot. Therefore, if you mishit the ball, you're still bound to get a decent amount of power.
Again like the BBCOR model, this model is equipped with a GT1 end cap. This is a short and discrete end cap that takes up very little space. Because of this, it enables the barrel of the bat to be extended to its maximum length.
This extra length not only provides a larger sweet spot but more bat speed as well. Therefore, when contact is made, more power is applied to the ball.
Like the BBCOR model of the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta, the USSSA model possesses a 3-piece construction style. This includes the end cap, the barrel, and the handle.
This 3-piece construction style has the same effect as in the BBCOR model. In other words, whereas the barrel provides tremendous pop and power, and the shortened end cap allows for maximum barrel length, the handle still ensures max rigidity and control throughout the swing.
Like the BBCOR version, the USSSA version comes with a Premium LS Pro Comfort grip. This grip not only offers tons of traction but good cushioning as well. As such, it's easy to control throughout the swing and does a great job of absorbing shock.
Stylistically, this bat is identical to the BBCOR version. It possesses a green, blue, and gold color scheme, and features the exact same design. Aesthetically speaking, it's up there with any other bat on the market today.
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We'll round this out by discussing the USA model of the Louisville Slugger Meta. This has a weight drop of -13 and is designed for very young little league players.
This bat comes in two different sizes. One of these possesses a length of 25 inches and a weight of 12 ounces. The other possesses a length of 26 inches and a weight of 13 ounces.
Cost-wise, this bat is much less expensive than its BBCOR and USSSA counterparts. That said, it's still fairly expensive when compared to other tee-ball bats. Generally speaking, you'll find it for between $70 and $85.
The barrel of this bat is made of a composite material. This provides decent pop and also minimizes mishits. Note, however, that it's not on the same level as what you'll find in the BBCOR and USSSA models.
That said, it's great for a tee-ball bat and will most certainly give your child a good feel for the game while they're in their early stages of learning.
Where this bat is equal to the BBCOR and USSSA versions is in its end cap. It's extremely short and molded into the end of the bat so as to lengthen the barrel as much as possible. The effect of this is a larger sweet spot, not to mention greater bat speed.
There is nothing complex about the construction of the USA model of the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta. It contains two pieces: the bat itself and the end cap of the bat.
The bat itself is made out of high-quality composite. This offers good power while also doing a good job of absorbing shock on handle hits. It's not the most sophisticated of bats on the market but it will get the job done nonetheless.
This bat also possesses the same grip found in its BBCOR and USSSA models. This is a Premium LS Pro Comfort grip that's equal parts tacky and cushioned. It will help keep your child's hands on the bat through each swing while also protecting their hands from handle stings.
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Now, you might be wondering: how does the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta compare to other bats on the market? While most of it comes down to personal preference, it's certainly in the conversation for the best bats on the market in 2023.
The Meta has no real weaknesses, from its oversized sweet spot to its powerful barrel to its shortened end cap to its tacky, cushioned grip and more. It's easy to get over the plate, easy to control, and provides a good deal of pop upon impact. The only notable downside is its price, which is — admittedly — quite high.
But are there bats that provide similar functionality at a lower price? You might consider the 2023 Marucci Cat X. This is a high-end bat available for between $100 and $200 less than the 2023 Meta.
The Marucci Cat X doesn't sport quite the level of sophistication that the Lousiville Slugger Meta sports. That said, it still offers plenty of power and control, and is an easy swing for players of all ages and experience levels.
Yes, the Meta is the better bat overall. However, the Marucci Cat is hardly a slouch, and at a price that's more manageable for a good many players.
We've discussed how the 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta compares to other bats on the market. Now, let's discuss how it compares to previous models.
Simply put, it's not a lot different. The construction style and materials used in the 2023 model of the Meta are essentially identical to what you'll find in the 2022 model.
Like the 2023 model, the 2022 model possesses a 3-piece construction. It also sports a shortened end cap so as to provide as large a sweet spot as possible. Its grip is essentially the same as well.
The only huge difference is in its appearance. The 2022 model possesses an orange primary color while the 2023 model possesses a green.
And then there's the price. At the present time, the 2022 model is a good $100 to $200 cheaper than the 2023 model. Therefore, for many, it's wise to buy the 2022 model over the 2023 model.
It's important to note that the 2021 model isn't much different either. It too sports the same construction style and materials. And it's even cheaper than the 2022 model.
So, if you want to save as much money as possible, consider the 2021 Meta. We don't advise going back further than that though, at least not if you want to maintain the same level of quality. But the 2021, 2022, and 2023 models are all at about the same level.
And with that, we've provided you with a full 2023 Louisville Slugger Meta review. As you can see, the Louisville Slugger Meta has a lot to offer. Not only does it have a large sweet spot but a comfortable grip and terrific construction quality as well.
Interested in other bats? If so, our website has you covered. Check out some of our other bat guides now!
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Social media companies must act urgently to remove online posts which "glamourise" migrant crossings, Priti Patel has said.
The Home Secretary said online videos promoting "lethal crossings" are "totally unacceptable".
She has written to social media firms calling on them to do more to remove such clips.
Ms Patel has repeatedly vowed to make the dangerous route across the English Channel "unviable", but crossings have surged.
Almost 600 migrants were intercepted attempting to cross the Channel in three days this week.
Ms Patel's letter, sent on Saturday, follows a viral video posted on TikTok which the Home Office said appeared to show a group of men crossing the Channel in a dinghy.
Similar posts have appeared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and are used by people smugglers to promote crossings to desperate migrants, the Home Office added.
Ms Patel said: "Posts which promote and even glamourise these lethal crossings are totally unacceptable. They encourage others to leave a safe European country and put theirs and their family's life at risk and are even used by people smugglers to promote their deadly business.
"What these posts don't mention are the people who have died trying to make this crossing, or those forced to spend 13 hours in unseaworthy boats in freezing waters.
"Working with the National Crime Agency, social media companies have made progress in removing these horrendous posts, but they must quickly and proactively remove posts related to illegal crossings before more men, women and children die in the Channel. Now is the time to act before it is too late."
Meanwhile, the Home Office is investigating an incident in which migrants attempting to cross the English Channel were reportedly picked up in French waters by the UK Border Force and taken to Dover.
The move was orchestrated between senior crew members of HMC Valiant and French patrol ship Athos last Saturday, the Daily Mail reported.
In terms of recent crossings, the Home Office confirmed that the French authorities dealt with eight incidents involving 130 people on Friday, with the UK dealing with four boats involving 83 people.
This follows 201 people being stopped by Border Force officers in eight incidents on Thursday.
And the French authorities intercepted nine crossings on Wednesday and Thursday preventing 171 people from reaching the UK.
This makes a total of 585 attempting to make the crossing in just three days.
The number of people crossing the 21-mile stretch of water has almost doubled so far in 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, with more than 3,100 having reached the English coast by the end of May.
Anti-immigration demonstrations were held in Dover last weekend with protesters blocking access to key trade terminals.
Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said: "This Government's approach to tackling Channel crossings isn't working and is destined to fail.
"The reality is that when fleeing war, terror and persecution, ordinary people are forced to take extraordinary steps to seek safety in another country.
"Instead of relying solely on an enforcement approach to stop the crossings, this Government needs to expand safe routes so that people don't have to risk their lives taking dangerous journeys at the mercy of criminals and people smugglers.
"Creating safe and regular routes to the UK – through an expanded resettlement programme, humanitarian visas and reforming the restrictive family reunion rules – is the way to effectively address the issue."
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Reflections from people close to Newtown tragedy
Reflections from people connected to the shooting on Dec. 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 first-graders and six educators died.
JEREMY RICHMAN
The father of a 6-year-old girl killed in the shooting, Richman and his wife, Jennifer Hensel, have been trying to rebuild their lives without their only child, Avielle, as they juggle their jobs and a foundation they started in their daughter's memory. The Avielle Foundation is dedicated to preventing violence through a better understanding of brain health.
"I don't get a lot of sleep and I work a lot, but I'm committed. There's the Nietzsche quote: Those that have the 'why' can endure any 'how.' Avielle used to be my 'why.' It didn't matter what else I did in life as long as Jen and myself were raising a happy, healthy kid. And we don't have that. So now my 'why' is something else, and I have to endure the 'hows.'"
FIRST SELECTMAN E. PATRICIA LLODRA
Llodra, Newtown's top elected official, said she still breaks down occasionally when talking with others privately about the tragedy, but she resolved on the day of the shooting not to give in to her emotions.
"I could not allow myself to fall apart because there were things to be done. I had to model for others the behaviors that said, 'I'm not going to be destroyed by this horrible thing. I'm going to lead,'" she said.
THE REV. ROBERT WEISS
Weiss, the pastor of Newtown's St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic church, officiated at funerals for eight of the children killed at Sandy Hook. He said he hopes the tragedy leads to changes in what he sees as the overwhelming amount of violence in American society.
"I just can't even fathom how 26 good, innocent people's lives can be taken and it doesn't change the hearts of this country," he said. "Everywhere I've been, people still cry. They still cry. I still cry. It's just not right. Hopefully, this will at least change some hearts about, 'Man, we've got to do something to be better. We've got to do something to make this a better place.'"
POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL KEHOE
The leader of the Newtown Police Department was among the officers who responded to the shooting. In the weeks that followed, he worked long hours as the department kept watch over a jittery town and helped coordinate an outpouring of help and donations, including flags from overseas military bases that were given to the town and still fly at the police building.
"We were just thankful people were so concerned about our welfare," he said. "You only expect great nice things to happen periodically, and they were happening in rapid succession. The generosity was overwhelming."
GOV. DANNEL P. MALLOY
As families gathered in the Sandy Hook firehouse to await word of their loved ones on the day of the shooting, Malloy was the one who broke the news that they had been killed. In April, he signed new gun restrictions into Connecticut law.
"Dec. 14, for me at least, and I'm sure for most of the people in Newtown that day, changes everything to some extent. And it certainly has changed many things in the last year, most directly whether it's public policy or the things that we talk about or the baggage that we carry around," he said.


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