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Faculty of Natural Science
Department of Medical BioSciences
Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Medical BioScience)
Bionomics of vector-borne diseases in sites adjacent to lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya
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Ouma, David Omondi
Bionomics of vector-borne pathogens (VBPs) is a complex phenomenon that involves understanding the ecology of arthropod borne pathogens and vertebrate hosts potentially involved in their transmission cycles. Investigations into the bionomics of viral and bacterial VBPs circulating in Baringo and Homa Bay Counties of Kenya were carried out. Specifically, vertebrate hosts represented in mosquito bloodmeals, presence of arboviruses in blood fed mosquitoes and patients presenting with acute undiagnosed febrile illnesses in rural health facilities, and tick borne pathogens (TBPs) diversity in ticks of animals were identified. Mosquitoes were trapped by BG sentinel and CDC light traps, while ticks were sampled directly from domestic animals and tortoises close to human habitation along the shores and adjacent islands of Lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya. Blood and sera were also sampled from patients presenting with acute febrile illnesses visiting four rural health facilities in Homa Bay County. Mosquitoes and ticks were sorted and identified to species using standard morphological taxonomic keys. All the biological samples (blood-fed mosquitoes, ticks and blood/sera) were processed using molecular and culture procedures for detection of VBPs (arboviruses, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and protozoa). Among 445 blood-fed Aedeomyia, Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, and Mimomyia mosquitoes, 33 bloodmeal hosts were identified including humans, eight domestic animal species, six peridomestic animal species and 18 wildlife species. Further detection of Sindbis and Bunyamwera viruses was done on blood-fed mosquito homogenates by Vero cell culture and RTPCR in Culex, Aedeomyia, Anopheles and Mansonia mosquitoes from Baringo that had fed on humans and livestock. In TBPs assay, 585 tick pools were analysed consisting of 4,126 ticks collected in both study areas. More ticks were sampled in Baringo (80.5%), compared to Homa Bay (19.5%). In Baringo, agents of ehrlichiosis were detected from Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus ticks including Ehrlichia ruminantium (12.3%), Ehrichia canis (10.5%) and Paracoccus sp. (4.4%). Agents of anaplasmosis included Anaplasma ovis (7.2%), Anaplasma platys (4.4%) and Anaplasma bovis (4.0%), all from Hyalomma, Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus ticks, as well as agents of rickettsiosis, including Rickettsia africae, Rickettsia aeschlimannii, Rickettsia rhipicephali, Rickettsia montanensis and a Rickettsia sp. that was not conclusively characterized. Babesia caballi, Theileria sp. and Hepatozoon fitzsimonsi were also detected from both Rhipicephalus ticks and Amblyomma ticks. In Homa Bay, Ehrichia ruminantium (17.5%) and Ehrichia canis (9.3%) were isolated from Amblyomma latum and Rhipicephalus pulchellus, as well as Anaplasma platys (14.4%) and Anaplasma ovis (14.4%) from Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus species. In determination of the occurrence of arboviruses among patients presenting with acute febrile illnesses, acute Bunyamwera 3 (0.9%) and Sindbis 2 (0.6%) infections were detected by RT-PCR and cell culture and Sindbis seroprevalence was determined by plaque assay. Though a significant proportion of these patients tested positive for low Plasmodium parasitemia, none were co-infected with Plasmodium parasites and arboviruses. This study highlights the presence and relative importance of zoonotic VBPs in both study areas.
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Lara St John makes sexual assault allegations against Jascha Brodsky
The Canadian violinist has alleged the events occured at Curtis Institute when she was 14
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The Philadelphia Inquirer has published a 5000-word investigation into historical sexual abuse allegations made by violinist Lara St John against her former teacher Jascha Brodksy, who died in 1997.
The Canadian violinist was accepted to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia when she was 14 and studied with Brodsky. She alleges a pattern of inappropriate touching over a period of six months leading to her rape. She subsequently changed teacher.
She has also alleges that her complaints were ignored both at the time and in subsequent approaches to the institute.
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Jan De Groof is professor at the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and previously at Ghent University (Belgium), teaching international and comparative educational law and policy. His academic work and numerous publications have covered many education rights-related issues but also constitutional and human rights law. His doctoral students, coming from several continents, focus on various aspects of the Right to Education.
De Groof has been visiting professor and/or taught at universities worldwide. He is founder and president of the European Association for Education Law and Policy (ELA) and co-founded the Russian and South-African Education Law Associations. He chaired – at the request of all regional Education Law and Policy Associations – the two World Conferences on Human Dignity, the Right to and Rights in Education (Amsterdam/The Hague, Brussels). De Groof holds the UNESCO Chair for the Right to Education and is former UNESCO Chargé de Mission on the Right to Education (2007-2010). He was and remains intensively involved in consultancy for national parliaments, governments and stakeholders, not the least in time of transition (Russia: 1990-2000, South Africa: 1995-2002), often in cooperation with multilateral organisations. He is member of the 'Council of Senior Advisors' of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), accredited to the UN, and vice-chair of the Legal Committee of EQAR. Furthermore, De Groof has been Team Leader of the EU-Project 'The Rule of Law - Curriculum Reform of Legal Studies in Universities, especially in Iraq'.
In 2015 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), giving "recognition to his significant role as leader in various fields of education and law, his global influence in education law during the late 20th and the 21th century, as well as his assiduous campaigning for justice and good governance in education," and also chaired the Law Sessions in the framework of the World Congress on Catholic Education (Vatican, November 2015).


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A Blue Christmas for many
The term "holiday blues," or the idea that this time of year can be depressing for many, has become a socially acceptable construct within a culture that, typically, is not that honest about mental health issues.
Aside from the sturm-und-drang many people face of making appearances at holiday celebrations and covering all the bases with regard to gift-giving, many are lonely this time of year. In a time full of gatherings with large and wonderful families seemingly everywhere, for many, it can be an outside-looking-in sort of proposition.
Of the many holidays celebrated this season around the world, Christmas is the most traditionally family-oriented of those, and so many folks have empty chairs in their homes. I am one of those.
This year I have much to celebrate and a multitude of blessings for which to be thankful, but unfortunately, some of the burdens that have haunted me have reduced my cheer and drive to do much of anything. Like that old song goes, it's as if my get up and go got up and went.
Grief is ever-present and something no human is immune to. There's no one way to "deal" with it, despite whatever pop-psychology hogwash on television or in big-selling self-help tomes tell us. We're all wired differently.
Near the beginning of this festive month, I found myself feeling in a funk and could not deduce why. The night those blues began to set in, I figured it out.
There are dates on the calendar that haunt us all. Some call them "heaven dates," those anniversaries of those who've passed on. That day was the sixth anniversary of my grandfather's passing.
Two-thousand and fifteen was a humdinger of a year, personally, in terms of losses. I lost several friends; a mentor figure and at the year's end my grandfather.
By and large, looking back, I'd been numbed to loss by that point, but still, I know a lot of what I used to be disappeared in the wake of his passing.
The great Guy Clark, who was a musical favorite of my grandfather, and who passed away, himself, the next year after, wrote a tribute to his father titled "The Randall Knife." The lyrics deal with the passing of time and finding just the right tears to mourn his father, years after his passing.
I'm still feeling those blues, and not really looking that forward to Christmas, but I was finally able to get some solace in remembering my lost loved one.
You see, the day after he passed, I witnessed a most beautiful sunset, probably the most striking display of such I've ever witnessed, westbound on 287. I'd like to think my grandfather had something to do with that. Anyhow, in the years since, I've needed to write about that sunset, and did not realize how much I needed to do so.
It was a healing exercise, and I would like to share the resulting words with you, gentle readers.
Your Sunset
Early December,
when those pines've shed their clothes;
the brilliant show
of red-into-orange, tempered with yellow,
doesn't just whisper through the bare branches –
it screams.
It was like a belly laugh
you committed to one of your own corny jokes,
of which I thought there'd still be an ample supply.
We always think that,
turning away the inevitability of an ending.
The punchline never seems within the realm of reason,
but to everything there is a season.
Merry Christmas and happy rest of the holiday season to everyone. Whether you are spending these days of celebration with a large and wonderful family or by your lonesome, there is always some reason to be cheerful.
Remember those who are not with you any longer, but also, remember to celebrate those who are still here and able to talk, laugh and enjoy this time with you.
What if the supply chain disrupts Holiday deliveries?
We've got Christmas spirit, how 'bout you?
The turkey has been decimated, we've stuffed ourselves with stuffing, we're pie-eyed from pumpkin pie, and Dallas, once again, surprised nobody by losing to the Raiders, albeit it was in overtime.
Now it's time to move on to the next phase of the holidays, which of course means parades.
There are groups of people in every town, especially in our neck of the woods, whose mission is to make things as festive and home-town proud as possible. Here in the wilds of San Jac, the Shepherd and Coldspring chambers will be doing just that over the next two weeks.
First up, Shepherd, which will present a day of fun and festivities, capped off by a parade of lights. Then, Coldspring will have the Square of vendors, events, to be capped off by a parade of lights.
Aside from the obvious, which is the celebration of Christmas and the birth of Jesus, these celebrations remind us, especially in these times when it's all COVID all the time, that we are a community, and we are our best selves when we do things together.
•Filing for candidacy for state, district or county offices opened on Nov. 13, and will end Dec. 13, or in 11 days.
There are gobs of things that go into qualifying for a seat on a panel, but for me, the biggest question and qualification there is happens to be internal: Are you happy?
I realize that question is kind of vague, but it can be fleshed out in many different ways. When it comes to elections, it could mean with the county's direction, or the state's finances, or education, or roads, or insert your own concern here.
I've mentioned before that there is really only one correct way to make changes in the status quo, and that is through elections. First and foremost, is throwing yourself out there. It's one thing to complain about those ruts in the roads that the county never seems able to fix; it's another to actually get out and fix them. Which would get the fastest results, do you think?
If holding office is not your thing, that's fine. The other side of that coin is voting, which in and of itself is fine, but if you are passionate about change, and find a candidate that fills the bill, become a volunteer.
The more apathetic the voting public becomes, the freer the power that be are to usurp liberty. So become the solution you want to see.
•The return of the Christmas season also means the return of Christmas entertainment.
My personal favorite for top Christmas carol ever is "O Holy Night." There's not a definitive version I feel is tops; it's one that encapsulates the reason for the season best.
I also feel deeply and passionately that those songs by Wham! and Mariah Carey must never be played. They're so lifeless — insipid screeds of whining about me me me and forgetting what this time of year means.
On the television front, nothing can compare to "Rudolph" in its glorious stop-motion color, and the animated version of the Grinch, with the inimitable Thurl Ravencroft singing the theme song. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is another fave. The reason I believe is simple: the themes of these are timeless — brotherhood, family, love, sharing.
My ultimate go-to movie is "The Bishop's Wife," with David Niven and Cary Grant, followed by "The Bells of St. Mary's" and "It's a Wonderful Life." I can live without "A Christmas Story" for two reasons: that 24-hour marathon every year, and that the villain of the piece has the same last name as me. I heartily recommend watching these. You'll catch yourselves smiling. I promise.
Tony Farkas is editor of the Trinity County News-Standard. He can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Why are so many so angry?
By Jim Powers
Have you known anyone who suffered from major depression? Not just feeling blue, or depressed for a while because of a life event. Instead, there is a deep, persistent sense of hopelessness that you can't find your way back from?
For the severely depressed person, the voice that never stops talking in their head keeps telling them that the world around them is falling apart. That everything has permanently changed for the worse, that things can never get better. The people close to them keep telling them that, outside their own head, everything is fine, nothing has changed. But they know better. That voice that is with them 24 hours a day says so. And, it never stops talking.
Many people get through that kind of depression with the intervention of medication, or therapy and time. And on the other side they realize something many of us never learn. That those thoughts that run through their heads were lying to them. That the anger and fear and frustration they experienced when they were so depressed was the result of those lies.
Why are so many people so angry these days? Whether politically, or socially, or economically, or over religion or race, rage seems to consume a lot of people. Increasingly they are accepting and even encouraging violence as an appropriate response to their anger.
The sad truth is that, like the voice in the head of someone suffering from major depression, the voices we are listening to are lying to us. It doesn't matter what side of the now unbreachable political divide they come from. It doesn't even matter what their motives are (that's another issue entirely, and just as existential as their lies). It only matters that they are lying, and that we are accepting those lies uncritically, even when we know that they are lying for their own advantage.
For most of our history as a country, we held truth as the highest ideal (even while often falling short). We rejected friends or spouses who lied to us, we rejected politicians who got caught lying. We questioned not only the claims of others, but their motives for making those claims. Due diligence it is called. What happened to that? What changed?
Before 24-hour cable news, when we got our news from outside our community on the one hour 6 p.m. national news, our "community" was measured in square miles. Over the last 20 years, with the advent of smart phones and social media, our "community" is now the world. We spend many hours a day interacting with these devices, constantly connected to a billion of our closest friends. The voice in our head is now directly connected to the voices in our hands. And our slowly evolved brains seem to no longer know the difference.
So, about that voice in your head.
Anyone on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, or any of the other many social media outlets, can now be an "expert." They can be a complete crackpot, a serial killer, a sexual predator, a terrorist, or just a politician lying in their own interest, and pretend to be someone with just your interest at heart. And they can spread those lies to millions of people almost instantly. And before you can evaluate those lies, they can spread a thousand more.
Because social media companies, in their own interest, have implemented algorithms that silo every experience you have on their platform to agree with your own presuppositions, they have effectively taken away your freedom. They are not going to serve you information you don't agree with. Why would you want to read or watch that? The most important thing to the company is clicks, not truth. And you are more likely to click on something you agree with than something you do not.
We are angry because making us angry, and keeping us angry, is profitable for social media companies, and an effective way for politicians to pull to them increasingly corrupt power. Forget political parties, lies are corrosive to our society wherever they originate. We are increasingly awash in a tsunami of lies from those voices in our hands and heads.
There are really only a couple of solutions to the problem. We can either question everything we are told and spend the time to look beyond our own bias for the truth; or, we can turn off the voices bombarding us with propaganda. Social media and political lies are destroying our society and may very well have already destroyed our Democratic Republic. This isn't an accident. That device you hold in your hand is the 21st century's greatest threat to our continued existence as a free people.
The people lying to you hate democracy and, whether they are republican, democrat, libertarian or just contrarian, they do not care if they destroy this country in pursuit of their goals.
"We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out windows." Frederick Salomon Perls
Redefine rural?
Federal officials should pause move to reclassify communities
Kelty Garbee, PhdBy Kelty Garbee, Ph.D.
How do you know if you live in the city or the country? For some, any place without a Whole Foods is rural. For others, a stoplight is a harbinger of urban sprawl.
The federal government has more than ten definitions of what is and isn't rural. One of these, however, may be changing. And it could have big implications for our counties in Texas.
The federal Office of Management and Budget defines areas as urban if they contain a community of at least 50,000 people, known as a metropolitan statistical area. In January, OMB proposed to change the minimum population threshold for MSAs from 50,000 to 100,000. This new definition would move 251 counties nationwide — and 14 in Texas — out of the metropolitan category.
With the flick of a computer key, nearly 820,000 Texans in cities such as San Angelo, Longview, Wichita Falls and Victoria would be recategorized. In the popular vernacular, they would switch from urban to rural. I have visited a lot of rural Texas and can tell you: None of those cities are rural. Each has a Target, at least one Starbucks, and other non-rural characteristics.
But does it really matter how a federal agency categorizes a place? The trouble is that this definition is used by federal agencies to distribute funds. Even though OMB insists that agencies not use the definitions to make grants, money for highways, housing and community block grants are all issued based in part on OMB's definition of metropolitan. We don't know exactly how many federal agencies use OMB's definitions to allocate funds, but a few examples include the Department of Health and Human Services, the Federal Housing and Finance Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, so it's clear there will be broader implications.
Texas Rural Funders is a funder collaborative focused on bringing attention and resources to rural Texas. We are deeply immersed in rural Texas and the issues impacting rural Texans, their businesses, their families and communities. We're a welcoming bunch, but we want Texas communities to know the potentially far-reaching impact of this seemingly innocuous move.
OMB's new definition has been in the works for years. The current metropolitan definition was devised after the 1950 Census. The nation's population has doubled since then, so OMB reasoned the minimum population size for a metro area should double, too, from 50,000 to 100,000.
No one knows what it will mean to all the federal programs using this definition. It appears that OMB made its recommendation for statistical reasons. However, there will likely be real-world consequences. It could alter federal reimbursements for health care costs in already underserved communities. It could mean fewer mortgages in rural areas, which are identified as underserved by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and less public transportation.
According to the Brookings Institution, the current non-metropolitan county has an average of 23,240 people. The proposed reclassification means that non-metropolitan areas would have an average of 75,533 people. Towns of those average sizes are different in most every way.
In Texas, the 14 counties that would be re-classified are 3.6 times larger than the counties currently in the rural category. And the new definition of non-metropolitan areas would encompass communities ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 people. However, despite the differences across such a large range, they would be considered the same when applying for federal grant money from some government programs. There will likely be unintended consequences for communities, both small and large, on either end of the newly defined category.
There is a simple fix to this issue. OMB should postpone any action on its proposal. It should convene stakeholders, rural experts and local leaders to examine the consequences of such a change. Let's find out what effect this new definition of rural would have on 170 Texas counties before it is made official.
Dr. Garbee is executive director of Texas Rural Funders, a philanthropic coalition that works with rural communities to develop and implement solutions to their unique needs.
Texas Rural Funders is a coalition of funding organizations that believe the future of Texas depends on strong, successful rural communities. We are dedicated to working with rural communities to develop and implement solutions to their unique challenges. Learn more and find online tools and resources for rural Texas communities at texasruralfunders.org.
There's saying thanks, and being thankful
Learning more than just play


Would you like to visit Abruzzo, but do not know if it is better to choose the sea or the mountains? We want to advise you on the best way to get around every corner of this wonderful land without spending a fortune and with the greatest possible freedom.
Have you ever thought to book B & B Abruzzo? The choice of B & B Abruzzo allows you to take you around the region far and wide, with no obligation to return for meals. It 's the ideal solution for those who decide to eat with backpackers and compete in nature trails in the mountains of Gran Sasso, or for those who prefer to stay on the beach from morning to evening, return to the hotel only to change and then go out again until late at night.
The choice of B & B Abruzzo is the most suitable in economic terms, not only because it is the cheapest accommodation solution, but also because there are B & B Abruzzo that have nothing to envy to a superior class hotel.
Abruzzo is a region with a high tourist rate, and the beauty is that the tourist flow is not limited to a period of the year, but expands in every season, because the Abruzzo sun and sea on the coast with accommodation high quality and nightclubs and entertainment until dawn. But it is also the Abruzzo mountains: the coast is easily reached the mountain in just an hour's drive, and if you get tired, you can always decide to return to the coast and vice versa. No Italian region can offer you everything!
And what about the possibility, if you choose B & B Abruzzo, have lunch and dinner in restaurants and cafes to explore the local culinary tradition, which counts among its plates, numerous specialty meat and fish.
What are you waiting to choose a bed and breakfast in Abruzzo for your holiday?


Bangkok Airways has announced that it starts direct flights between Bangkok (Thailand) - Cam Ranh Nha Trang (Vietnam) from 25January2019. There will be 4 return flights per week on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday with Airbus 319 Aircraft.
Qatar Airways is to launch direct flights between Doha (Qatar) - Da Nang (Vietnam) from December 2018. The air carrier, who has been successful in operating direct flights between Doha - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Doha - Hanoi (Vietnam), would like to expand the operation to Da Nang, a beach city in the Central Region of Vietnam.
South Korean low-cost carrier has announced to start direct flights between Incheon (South Korea) - Nha Trang (Vietnam) from February 2019. Apart from this flight, the air firm has got other flights between Seoul - Ho Chi Minh City, Seoul - Da Nang.
The lowcost carrier, AirAsia, is planning to operate direct flights between Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Phu Quoc Island (Vietnam) from 2November2018. There will be 4 flights per week for the start.
Vietnam Airlines is starting its daily direct flights between Ho Chi Minh City - Chu Lai and Da Nang - Can Tho in January, 2019. These flights help travel between the South of Vietnam and the Central Region of the country much more convenient.


If your brain and body were physically separated but still communicated via transceivers, where would "you" be? The conundrum was posed by philosopher Daniel Dennett in a thought-experiment in which his body leaves his brain to retrieve a warhead that destroys cerebral tissue; and it also sets the scene for Marguerite Galizia's Where Am I? Dan Watson is the "I" in question, acting out the plot in circuits of the stage. But he – oddly, effectively – "dissociates", the narration flicking between speech and voiceover, the story rebooting and ending up in different places, his body becoming a flipbook of nervy gesticulations as he switches from bemused enquirer to bewildered subject. Watson's seemingly casual management of this multiplicity is virtuosic. The result is both very brainy and rather wonderful.
whereof we cannot speak, thereof we remain… sound, image, voice, body.
Rather wonderful too is dancer Joel O'Donoghue and musician Pete Yelding's gently captivating duet Dragging Words. It too feels philosophical, or at least mystical. Yelding triggers swelling sound loops – a bassline, bowed strings, ambient chords, chants; O'Donoghue starts with a chewing noise which he expands – strangely, naturally – into stretchy gestures and curving crouches. A little echo-chamber of sound and action. Later, the pair sit on chairs, torsos pitching like dipping-bird toys as their disjointed, dippy dialogue keeps returning to the word "silence". Music and dance return, and now they intone "silence" like a mantra. Beautifully done, and kind of revelatory too: whereof we cannot speak, thereof we remain… sound, image, voice, body.
Protocol Dance Company's Manhood treads more familiar ground: an exploration of masculinity in street-dance style. The five guys begin rooted, their beating chests, rictus stomps and lashing arms exposing the cocktail of emotion, antagonism and restraint at the heart of krump. Choreographically more interesting are a series of tag-games that exaggerate the posturing, laughter, camaraderie and combativeness of their group dynamics, but the ending – two gasping men, suffering, alone, alienated – sounds a more obvious note. The piece certainly packs a punch, but offers only wiggle-room for nuance.


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NASCAR Back
Packed NASCAR schedule continues on Wednesday in Martinsville
Tue 9th June 2020
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Ricky Dimon
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Since graduating from Davidson (The College That Stephen Curry Built), I have been writing about sports--just about any and all you can think of!--and coaching tennis in Atlanta, Ga. Beyond the four major sports, I am an avid tennis fan and cover the ATP Tour on a daily basis. If I'm not busy writing, you can generally find me on a tennis court or traveling the world wherever a sporting event takes me.
By Ricky Dimon
NASCAR returned from its coronavirus hiatus with an unprecedented flurry of Cup Series races—five in the span of 15 days to be exact. Yes, in barely more than two weeks there were events in Darlington, Darlington again, Charlotte, Charlotte again, and Bristol.
Although a furious end to the month of May has come and gone, the Cup Series is not about to slow down. The QuikTrip 500 took place in Atlanta last weekend and there are two more races on the cards for this week. NASCAR returns to the track on Wednesday in Martinsville, Va. before the drivers take their talents to Miami, Fla. for Sunday's festivities.
Harvick wins Atlanta, looks head to Martinsville
Kevin Harvick certainly would not mind if races were held in Atlanta again and again. Harvick triumphed for a third time at that track this past Sunday, beating runner-up Kyle Busch to the line by more than three seconds. The 44-year-old's first Atlanta victory came only three months following the 2001 death of Dale Earnhardt after he replaced the late, great driver in the No. 3 car.
"For me, this place is pretty special," Harvick assured. "It brings back a lot of memories…. To celebrate the life of Dale Earnhardt and everything he meant to our sport, is obviously pretty special to me."
Harvick is a one-time champion (2011) of the upcoming Martinsville race. Brad Keselowski has won it twice in the past three years, while Clint Bowyer prevailed in 2018.
Busch is a +450 favorite to take home the checkered flag from Wednesday's Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 in Martinsville. Keselowski is a +500 second choice, followed by Martin Truex Jr. (+600), Denny Hamlin (+750), and a trio of drivers at +1000 (Harvick, Joey Logano, and Chase Elliott).
Be sure to check out our free NASCAR expert picks for Matinsville on Wednesday.
Fans to return in moderation
There will once again be no fans in Martinsville, but that is expected to change throughout the circuit sooner rather than later. NASCAR is reportedly going to allow up to 1,000 Florida service members—representing the Homestead Air Reserve Base and U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Fla.—to attend in Miami on Sunday. On June 21 at Talladega, up to 5,000 fans will be allowed in the grandstands by the front stretch. There will also be limited motorhome and camping spots available outside the track.
"We have tremendous respect and appreciation for the responsibility that comes with integrating guests back into our events," said NASCAR executive vice president Daryl Wolfe. "We believe implementing this methodical process is an important step forward for the sport and the future of live sporting events. The passion and unwavering support of our industry and fans is the reason we race each weekend, and we look forward to slowly and responsibly welcoming them back at select events."
Following Martinsville and Miami, the NASCAR schedule through early August is as follows:
June 21: Talladega (3:00 p.m. ET, FOX)
June 27: Pocono (3:30 p.m. ET, FOX)
June 28: Pocono (4:00 p.m. ET, FS1)
July 5: Indianapolis (4:00 p.m. ET, NBC)
July 12: Kentucky (2:30 p.m. ET, FS1)
July 15: Charlotte (All-Star Race) (7:00 p.m. ET, FS1)
July 19: Texas (3:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN)
July 23: Kansas (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN)
August 2: New Hampshire (3:00 p.m. ET, NBCSN)
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Who is Errick Allen? ( NYPD Police Officer) Wiki, Bio, Age, Arrested, Family, Career, Net Worth, Many More Facts You Need To Know
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Rookie cop Errick Allen, 27, of North Massapequa, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the May 12 shooting death of Christopher Curro, 25, of West Babylon.
The NYPD police officer arrested Thursday for fatally shooting his unarmed childhood friend last week in Farmingdale, allegedly shot the man five times with his service weapon, fled the scene and did not call 911, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Errick Allen Arrested
Allen shot Curro in the head on the evening of May 12, police have said. Nassau police officers responded to a 911 call around 8:05 p.m. for shooting on Langdon Road and found Curro's body, police said. Curro, who worked as a pizza deliveryman, and Allen had both attended and graduated from Farmingdale High School.
Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder described the encounter between the men as beginning with a conversation and escalating to a physical struggle that ended with gunfire in a brief news briefing a day after the killing. But the department has declined to provide many details of the incident or explain why it took more than a week for Allen to be arrested.
Nassau District Court Judge Anthony Paradiso ordered Allen, who pleaded not guilty, held without bail during his arraignment Thursday afternoon. Criminal arraignments are being conducted viturally because of the coronavirus and Allen responded "yes, sir," when asked by the judge if he consented to the proceeding.
"The defendant proceeded to fire five bullets into Christopher Curro's body, including two into his head, one at an exceptionally close range and one into his neck," said Assistant Attorney General Josh Gradinger., who is prosecuting the case. "Despite the fact that he was a police officer, the defendant didn't stay at the scene…he He didn't call 911."
Gradinger did not present a motive for the killing but said Allen apparently returned to the shooting scene about a half-hour later and admitted to officers he had shot his friend and made the following statements to police officers: "I know him. He is my friend Chris Curro. …I shot him once in the head."
Gradinger said Curro was "completely unarmed at the time of the killing" and in asking for Allen to be remanded told the judge: "The defendant shot an unarmed man at close range and he immediately fled the scene. This is essentially as serious as it gets, your honor."
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What Kind of Shitty Bars Is This Republican Flack Going To
Paul Blest
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Photo: Scott Olson (Getty)
Here is your latest installment of the show that will never end: Republican faux-grievance on behalf of a Common Man who does not exist.
Conservative flack Patrick Ruffini, who worked on George W. Bush's re-election campaign and then co-founded a consulting firm that has no discernible purpose, posted this tweet today railing against "working professionals" (Ruffini runs a company) who "live in cities" (Ruffini's listed location is Washington, D.C.) and "like to drink imported beer." Wait, what?
It was then pointed out to Ruffini, who you might remember for his helpful advice to Democratic presidential hopefuls to Be More Like Republicans, that this stereotype is painfully outdated. It's also extremely wrong, as craft beer is eating up an increasing share of the U.S. beer market. And so Ruffini then switched gears to whine about "elitist ivory tower alienation", and more importantly, how he can't get a regular damn beer in a regular damn bar anymore. This, according to the guy who runs a political consulting firm in Washington, D.C., is Socialism.
Ah yes, that classic bastion of small business entrepreneurship: Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union. Unfortunately for Ruffini, big beer distributors are buying up craft breweries like hotcakes, so it's not going to change anytime soon.
But setting aside the effortless way in which Ruffini floated from declaring that real Americans drink piss beer to whining about how he can't ever get that kind of beer in a bar, the question must be asked: What kind of goofy ass bar is this guy frequenting?? I'm not a huge beer fan myself (I'd rather have bourbon, or gin, or the Claw), but with the exception of craft breweries and fancy beer bars, I've never once in my life—in my decade of going to bars—been to one that didn't have at least Budweiser or Miller or Coors or PBR or some kind of regular domestic beer.
My solution: stop going to bars on K Street, you doofus. Maybe it's time to get out of D.C., and go catch up with the rest of us in Real America—where the Coors Heavy flows like water, and no one yearns for the hated beverage known as "India Pale Ale" ever again.
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In Downtown Moncton, it's 1234, go!
Crombie REIT launched the redevelopment of 1234 Main Street in Moncton in November, 2012. The familiar downtown landmark went through extensive reconfiguration to meet and exceed today's requirements for energy efficiency, user comfort and convenience, and flexibility of space. As a greener alternative to demolition and a completely new structure, Crombie REIT chose to revitalize this downtown location with a sustainable strategy to accommodate Moncton's growing market today, and for the foreseeable future.
Rentable space has been increased to just under 129,000 sf on eight floors as a result of the more energy-efficient envelope and mechanical systems.
The exterior now features anodized aluminum curtain wall system which incorporates tinted energy efficient glazing units. Tenants now have the benefit from individual tenant power metering, an upgraded natural gas boiler system, a redesigned central core with new electrical systems throughout, including today's energy smart LED lighting fixtures.
The renewed 1234 Main Street will meet or exceed Efficiency New Brunswick requirements, and will seek certification of BOMA BESt for Building Environmental Standards, the Canadian industry benchmark for commercial building sustainability certification, which is based on the internationally recognized and accepted Green Globes environmental assessment platform.
1234 Main Street's prime location is adjacent to the planned Moncton Events Centre, which promises to create a focus of excitement in the downtown core.
Crombie REIT ("Crombie"), headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, is the largest landlord in Atlantic Canada. Crombie owns and manages properties across Canada. Crombie is committed to providing their tenants with outstanding locations, facilities, and services.


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Q: Java with Sublime Text - Scanner not working? I am trying to learn Java, and I've just started. I want to run this code I found online:
import java.util.Scanner;  // needed for Scanner

/** A Java program that demonstrates console based input and output. */
public class MyConsoleIO
{
    // Create a single shared Scanner for keyboard input
    private static Scanner scanner = new Scanner( System.in );

    // Program execution starts here
    public static void main ( String [] args )
    {
        // Prompt the user
        System.out.print( "Type some data for the program: " );

        // Read a line of text from the user.
        String input = scanner.nextLine();

        // Display the input back to the user.
        System.out.println( "input = " + input );

    } // end main method

} // end MyConsoleIO class

However I get this error:
Type some data for the program:
Exception in thread "main" java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found
    at java.util.Scanner.nextLine(Scanner.java:1540)
    at MyConsoleIO.main(MyConsoleIO.java:17)
[Finished in 0.9s with exit code 1]

I am running the code in Sublime Text 2, directly in the editor, pressing CMD+B.

A: You can't call nextLine() directly, you need to check first if a line is available (the user has hit enter) with scanner.hasNextLine() that blocks until that line can be read.
String input ="";

if(scanner.hasNextLine()){
  input=scanner.nextLine();
}

The javadoc for Scanner describes this behaviour, the summary on top usually gives you all the information you need to use that class.
Also, if you are a beginner, the book Thinking in Java is usually recommended.

A: I'm not sure about Sublime Text, but your program looks correct. I ran it in my NetBeans 8.0.1 and all works fine. It looks like it is a problem in how Sublime runs java programs.
Try compile and run it with standard java compiler and run tools. For further details read this: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/compile-136656.html
See also:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/14810204/1981450

A: private String read(String text) {
      System.out.println(text);
      return read();
}

private String read() {
      if (!scan.hasNext())
      System.exit(0);
      return scan.next();
}

write and scan with
String string = read("Input: ");

only read with...
String string = read();

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Writing from Oceanside California where budget constraints forced the city to cancel last week's 4th of July fireworks for the third year in a row. This was just one example where many US cities had to cut on essential and non-essential programs during hard economic downturns.
The economy is already the lead issue in the upcoming US election between the presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney, and the unopposed Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama.
Despite the long and rigorous primary process, American voters' choice is limited to two candidates who have already surrendered their worth to large campaign contributors.
On Election Day, a sizable number of American electors do not vote for the candidate they agree with, but against the contestant they do not like. Or else, many end up casting a protest vote, like this writer, for a third party candidate with no credible chance of winning.
According to recent polling and unless Obama commits serious blunder, he is assured another four years in the White House. A Bloomberg National Poll conducted June 15-18 showed Obama put 13% ahead of Romney.
To the chagrin of Republican Party's pundits, Obama has taken great strides to put the economic wheel back on track after it was derailed for eight years under George W Bush's presidency.
In a predictable cyclical trend, the American economy is on an ascending course, albeit slowly, following years of decline under a Republican administration.
After losing more than 500,000 jobs each month towards the end of the Bush and start of Obama's administration, the economy is on the rebound gaining on average more than 100,000 jobs a month, combined with declining unemployment rate from more than 10 to just over 8 per cent now.
Every 10 years or so, the average life of an economic cycle, free market economies experience two extremes: boom and bust. At least since the Great Depression, the US and the world economies to that matter, experienced identical lows and highs trials.
During economic expansions, kowtowing to their ideological base, the political right targets surplus funds fueling growth by reducing taxes on the rich and large corporations. At the same time, the Federal Reserve moves to tighten money policies to tame inflationary tendencies.
In layman terms, the boom turns into bust when the surplus fund is replaced with deficit, turning national budget into the red.
The government then reduces public spending and services, businesses move into employment hibernation mood, circumspect consumers spend less and ultimately economic contraction.
In response, the government transfers the tax burden unto the middle class by raising funds under euphemistic nomenclatures called "fees," curtail spending on social programs and education to bring the budget back into the black.
– Jamal Kanj writes frequently on Arab issues and is the author of Children of Catastrophe, Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America. He can be reached via e-mail at jkanj@yahoo.com.
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WKOW-TV, no canal 27, é a afiliada da rede de televisão ABC em Madison, Wisconsin, nos Estados Unidos.

Ligações externas
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Canais de televisão do Wisconsin
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La revista Journal of Physical Chemistry A és una revista científica que informa sobre la recerca en la química de les molècules - incloent les seves dinàmiques, espectroscòpia, quinètica, estructura, unió, i química quàntica. És publicada setmanalment per la American Chemical Society.

Fins a l'any 1997 el títol era simplement Journal of Physical Chemistry. Degut al constant increment en la quantitat d'investigacions dutes a terme en l'àrea, l'any 1997 la revista es va dividir en dos parts, Journal of Physical Chemistry A (dedicada a la química física molecular teòrica i experimental) i Journal of Physical Chemistry B (estat sòlid, matèria tova, líquids, etc.). A partir de l'any 2007, la darrera es va dividir novament, amb la revista Journal of Physical Chemistry C siguent dedicada a les àrees de nanotecnologia, electrònica molecular i d'altres temes relacionats.

Caps de redacció
 1896–1932 Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Joseph E. Trevor
 1933–1951 S. C. Lind
 1952–1964 William A. Noyes
 1965–1969 F. T. Wall
 1970–1980 Bryce Crawford
 1980–2004 Mostafa El-Sayed
 2005– George C. Schatz

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 Química física
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10 Best Christmas Gifts for Dogs - Presents Your Pup Will Love!
Christmas gifts for dogs are one of the most fun things you can shop for this holiday season – or at least that's how we feel here at My Dog's Name.
Dogs are so full of excitement and joy already, and seeing them enjoy a special new toy or treat is such a magnificent moment of bliss.
As the holidays near, we've gathered inspiration as you shop for that special dog your life.
Our list of the 10 best Christmas gifts for dogs includes a variety of ideas for dogs of all sizes. Some challenge your dog mentally, physically or both, while others appeal to your dog's ever-present appetite.
As the clock counts down to Christmas, you don't want to delay finding the perfect gift for the dog in your life.
This interactive plush puzzle toy challenges your dog mentally and physically, all while being one of the most adorable things we've ever seen.
How it works is that you put the plush, squeaky reindeer toys in the Christmas-themed container and task your dog with finding a way to pull them out. Dogs love to bury their noses in the burrow to dig out the super-cute critters. You can also drop in a few treats for added fun.
When it comes to dog Christmas gifts, it doesn't get more charming than this.
The only downside about this cute Christmas dog toy is that it's geared toward small and medium dogs only, leaving out the big guys. Any pup parent with a large dog who is reading this right now can anticipate the destruction that would take place if they gave their dog this cute, delicate toy! But don't worry, we have lots of other dog Christmas gifts on the list that are great for the big boys and girls.
You've probably heard of BarkBox before. If not, here's the lowdown: It's a subscription service where every month a box full of cool dog treats and toys is delivered to your doorstep. The box includes 4-6 items curated from their current collection.
When you get started, you can pick your dog's size so all the treats and toys fit your pup just right.
What we love about this is that it's a fun surprise for dogs and pup parents alike. Getting a delivery every month is exciting! And it's also a convenient way to try out new treats and toys that you probably never would have heard of.
Bacon-flavored bubbles? This might just be one of the coolest Christmas gifts for dogs we've come across.
Dogs just love to chase and chomp bubbles, and let's be honest, it's a whole lot of fun to watch. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
To get started, you load up the Bubbletastic Bacon Bubble Machine with the safe, 100% non-toxic solution, turn it on and sit back and watch your dog go crazy trying to catch the yummy bubbles.
This is an awesome gift that's very different from the standard array of bones, balls and plush toys.
A list of the best Christmas gifts for dogs isn't complete without something from KONG, the creator of innovative, durable dog toys that we at My Dog's Name absolutely adore.
The KONG Wubba Ballistic Friends are a cute and tough interactive squeak toy that challenges your pup physically. Each toy is covered with durable, reinforced nylon for added toughness, which is great for the vigorous chewers.
Versatile and strong, the Wubba is designed for both indoor and outdoor use. And this is a toy that you can play with, too! Their floppy tails make them easy to pick up and throw, making it perfect for a game of fetch and/or tug-of-war.
Looking for a fun toy and lots of laughs? Check out the Rogz Grinz Dog Ball Treat.
First off, this is actually a pretty practical gift. The durable ball bounces and floats, making it perfect for games of fetch on land or in the water.
But, as you can see in the photo below, this is no ordinary ball. When it lands in their mouth just right, your dog will look like it has a big, cheesy grin. Fetch has never been funnier!
Speaking of fetch, have you ever had a dog that just won't stop? You'll throw the ball time after time, and they just can't get enough.
If this describes your pup, the iFetch Interactive Ball Thrower is the perfect solution. Your pup drops a tennis ball into the top and a second later, the ball shoots out for a game of fetch. The contraption does require a bit of training on your part, but once your dog gets a hang of it, they can entertain themselves for hours. Here's a demo video of how it works.
iFetch offers small, medium and large versions so you can find a size that fits your pup appropriately.
For Christmas gifts for dogs, this is a little bit on the expensive side. But when you calculate how much time this will save you, not to mention the joy it brings to your dog, it may well be worth it.
Another fun idea when it comes to dog Christmas gifts is to treat the lucky pup in your life to a gift basket full of dog treats.
We like the Raw Paws gift basket because it includes high-quality, all-natural treats that your dog will love.
The gift basket includes compressed rawhide sticks and bones, jumbo Bully sticks, grain-free dog biscuits and peanut butter cookies made especially for dogs.
Best of all, every treat included is 100% digestible and free from artificial anything.
Since the first film came out in 1977, Star Wars has been incredibly popular. And these days it is more popular than ever thanks to the reboot by J. J. Abrams.
So, if you have a Star Wars lover in your life, or are a fan yourself, these stuffed toys are perfect for dog Christmas gifts.
Stores are full of Star Wars dog toys, but what really sticks out for us are the Chewbacca, Yoda and Ewok plush toys. They're simply adorable, not to mention some of the most iconic characters in the series.
Dogs need mental stimulation, otherwise this can lead to unwanted behavior. With the Outward Hound Kyjen Puzzle Training Toy, pups get that needed stimulation while having fun in the process and getting a yummy reward for their work.
The puzzle includes six hiding cups where you place treats and encourage your dog to find them. By pawing and nuzzling, dogs learn how to seek out and retrieve the goodies.
Has your dog been naughty or nice this year? If they've been nice, then a Planet Dog snowball is right for them. But if they're naughty, a lump of coal might be more fitting.
Most dogs, however, are a little bit of both, so why not get both balls?
Strong and durable, the balls hold up for the toughest chewers. They may be a little bit too big for tiny tots, but for medium and large dogs, the size is perfect.
As if these toys couldn't get any cooler, we were delighted to find out they are made in the United States and 100% recyclable.
What do you think? Will you be adding any of these to your Christmas shopping list?


The market is primed and ready for your new products and services. The possibilities are endless. The team is excited and ready to go. There's no better time than the present to take the steps to scaling your small business.
It's pretty simple: people. Your customers, and the way you acquire and retain them, are the secret sauce for a successful business. Learn how to care for your prospective and current customers alike, and you'll overcome the biggest barrier to scaling: finding the fans to support your growth.
If you're like most small business owners, you're looking for a larger target audience. The wider the net, the more fish you'll catch, right?
Truth be told, acquiring new customers is hard work. Studies have shown that the cost of acquisition is anywhere from three to seven times greater than the cost of retaining an existing customer. That's why the first step is to take care of your current customers.
When it comes to your current customer base, it's wise to deepen the net. A tall customer base is made up of your faithful followers and friends; the people who know you, know your company, and know that you're the go-to resource for purchases in your niche. These are the customers that come back to your business time and again. If you're a car dealer, they are the ones that return to you for every vehicle purchase, while also recommending you to their family and friends.
Get to know them. Learn about customer likes and dislikes. Consider a brief survey, or take time to reach out and discover why they're so loyal. As you grow, you'll better understand their needs and how you can meet—and exceed—them.
When customers are delighted, they're likely to come back to your business again and again. Learn about their problems and challenges, ask them for honest feedback, and inquire about other problems they may be facing unrelated to your business.
Then, look for a solution. Whether it's your product that solves their problem or you point your customers towards an existing solution, the support and care you're showing your customers improves their lives. And customers will remember that. It builds loyalty in a way that feels authentic.
It's not always about driving your customers to their next purchase. Don't overlook the importance of utilizing digital resources.
I'm not talking about making a few posts on social media to sustain your growth. I'm talking about a coordinated content marketing plan that provides blog posts, emails, white papers, instructional videos and more, all with your customers' lives in mind. Every resource, every communication, should be focused on your customers and their specific needs.
Content ideas are around every corner. Start with your conversations with your customers and address the topics they're talking about, their concerns. This establishes your business as a valuable source of truth in their lives, keeping you top of mind when it's time for their next purchase.
Of course, holding on to customers is only half the battle. Focus #2 is attracting new customers. That's when all of your research and work comes into play.
What have you learned about your current customers? Use that information to build a buyer persona. Who is your average customer? What does this person like? Where do you find this person? Apply the lessons you've learned from current customers to the customers you're hoping to acquire.
You've already learned how to build and maintain a relationship with your current customers. Now, apply those same principles to your prospective customers. Open up several lines of communication and be responsive on each of your different platforms.
Give them great (and consistent) content that adds value to their lives. Unlike current customers who already have you at the forefront of their minds, prospective customers are just learning about your business. Give them content that informs and engages, and is highly shareable. As they start to see your name more and more often, you have a much greater chance of moving them along your funnel, converting them to faithful, paying customers and growing your business.
People are your business' greatest asset. A fact which becomes crystal clear when remembering that the vast majority of Americans seek a personal recommendation when on the market for a new product or service.
Looking to grow your business? Make sure that your customers would recommend your company when the opportunity arises. Find new and innovative ways to connect with your current customers and add value to their lives. Apply the same concepts to your potential new customers, and you'll create raving fans for life.


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SpotPH: Ferdinand Marcos Jr and the Marcos Mythology
(The following essay is written by Clinton Palance for Spot.PH)
In 1986 I spent most of the year in Shanghai, when the city was still full of old men in Mao suits and everyone rode a bicycle. The country had recently been opened to the outside world and they got their news from a single government news agency by reading newspapers tacked to communal bulletin boards under the plane trees. Although much of the events of February that year in Manila had been heavily redacted by the censors, everyone we talked to was elated to meet someone from the Philippines. "Aquino!" they said, in Chinese. "People's revolution!" It was a great time to be a Filipino.
Exactly 30 years later, the people of the Philippines seem to be ready to elect the deposed dictator's son, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. to the second-highest position in the country. To a Martial Law baby such as myself, the thought of this is as toxic as the Nazi party returning to power in Germany by popular demand. The surreal spectre of Marcos' election as vice president is made even more noxious by the unexpected choice of a former human rights lawyer who is known for her outspoken, populist ballsiness as his running-mate for president.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago is too smart to have entered the presidential race expecting to win; but she is expecting to, and most certainly will, have fun along the way. She is no doubt being well-compensated for her acquiescence in the rigmarole, which will be a good retirement fund for a politician wrapping up her career. Although she will not win the presidency, she has the power to be a great disruptive force in what was assumed to be a two- or three-horse race, as well as to be tremendously distracting in the debates, further hindering the public's attention on issues. It's an ignominious way for one of politics' much-beloved Falstaff figures to go out.
How do we explain Marcos' popularity? It has been less than three decades after the trauma of whimsical "salvagings" of political opponents, routine torture in Fort Bonifacio (the prisoners were held in the lot now occupied by S&R), and massive economic instability and growing debt ended in jubilant crowds and a peaceful revolution that was compared to Gandhi's liberation. Today, his son Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is neck-and-neck with Francis "Chiz" Escudero for the position of vice president. Are we amnesiac as a people? Is this a failure of collective memory?
There is a concept in Philippine politics about the "masses," the supposedly imbecilic herd who are easily manipulated and subject to the workings of "machinery." I don't know if all this exists or it is quite as simple as all that. But we, the middle class, can't be too smug. Imelda Marcos, the dictator's wife, who is a lot less kooky than she seems, is a fixture at society events, and was hob-nobbing with the Ateneo de Manila University faculty at a scholarship event last year. Imee Marcos was famously on the cover of the Philippine Tatler this month, which caused a lot of outrage but sold a lot of magazines. And these are just the people who bear the Marcos name. It is literally impossible to do business or to socialize in Manila without bumping into someone, or the descendants of someone who was, in some way, associated with the Marcoses or profited during the dictatorship.
"Sins of the father," we say, and brush it off. Nevertheless, one main point of exoneration being used by today's pro-Marcos camp is that he is not his father; the opposition points out (and quite rightly) that he has shown no remorse and in fact glorifies his father's presidency. But the truth is that doesn't have to clear his name. The Marcos presidency looms large in the public imagination, much larger the beleaguered Aquino one that followed it. If you get a random person to recite the presidents, I would wager most would get Aguinaldo, Quezon, and Laurel, then have to think hard up until Marcos. His presidency spanned over two decades; the buildings that Imelda built still dominate the landscape; and he spun a complex and rich mythology that no one has been able to match. "Ang Bagong Lipunan," the heroic comic-book imagery of springing out from the bamboo as Malakas at Maganda, the appropriation of the Maharlika and all that it stood for, remain unmatched in their imaginative scope. It's not just that he was a brilliant lawyer who turned into a brilliant thief, but he spun a great story that people still believe.
The history books, post-Marcos, are fuzzy. Even if all the presidents who followed him were capable and honest, which they weren't, they would still be picking up the pieces of a broken economy. Marcos entrenched a culture of corruption in government that made it okay not just to steal a little but a lot, brazenly, without bothering to keep up a pretence of rectitude. And again, the middle class are complicit: we sigh and cave in to the culture of corruption because it's the way business is done in this town. We make cynical jokes about dirty politicians rather than hold them to a higher standard, and guess what, they live down to it and more.
We can't really say #neveragain to something that never went away in the first place. Imelda Marcos ran for president under the KBL banner in 1992; Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won a seat in the House of Representatives in the same year and has been in power almost continuously since then; and there has never been a national election since 1986 that the Marcos money did not have a hand in influencing. I have never quite understood the concept of a bailiwick or of continuing to support a thief and murderer just because we share the same home province, but apparently people do it.
Worryingly, though, Marcos' popularity, and power, comes from significant strata of the general population outside of Ilocos. While Manuel Roxas II campaigns on the promise of the continuation of "Daang Matuwid," Ferdinand Marcos Jr. coasts along on the historical memory of his father's presidency and the paucity of notable personalities to come after him. It's not so much that people have forgotten about the Marcos presidency, but that there is so little of note to remember that came after it. As the reality of a Marcos return to the Executive Branch looms, some of the old freedom-fighters have emerged from the woodwork to tell, once more, the stories about Martial Law. It may be too little too late; worse, it could even bolster the myth of a strong state that did not tolerate fools gladly. And there is a strong authoritarian streak in our psyche; there are many who believe that an iron hand would be good for the country.
And it is our fault: we are to blame. The fault is ours for not telling the story of the nightmares of dictatorship as throughly as we should have. It is ours for not passing on the torch and responsibility of freedom and democracy to a new generation obsessed only with progress, from Philippines 2000 to the continuing promise of First World status. It is ours for not inscribing that victory in 1986 in the history books, for not making it one of the founding myths of our society.
That Marcos would run for higher office was inevitable, given his quiet but inexorable climb from governor to becoming one of the highest-polling senators. What is unexpected and alarming, though, is his new power base among the youth: a popularity that his very capable communications staff will be translating into votes. Added to the resurgent loyalists and the family's traditional power base in the north, his victory is almost inevitable. Perhaps it's time to change the rally slogan of "Never again" to something along the lines of "This ends now."


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2021-08-25 Connor StumperthLeave a Comment on Vice President of Theolonia Elected, Presidential Election Inconclusive
Vice President of Theolonia Elected, Presidential Election Inconclusive
On 22 August, the Herzog of Theolonia Connor I called for the election of a new President and Vice President of Theolonia. But there was no public ballot, so what's the deal? It all comes down to the unique way in which the government of Theolonia operates. According to the Constitution, the Executive Council shares executive power with the Herzog. In the last executive elections, the citizens elected three members to the council. The council then elects the President and Vice President from its elected membership. These elected members then serve a term of one year. So the members of the council haven't changed, only their roles within the government.
Following the term of President Nicholas Graf von Kaos, an election for President and an election for Vice President were held. The presidential election was held between the two eligible members: Chase Graf von Mahoning and Thomas Markgraf von Bainbridge. The vice presidential election was held between all eligible members, including von Kaos.
The first round of voting led to the election of von Kaos as Vice President. The voting for President was inconclusive, with a tied result. Thus, the election will be repeated until a definitive winner is decided. Once the election is decided, a public announcement will be made.
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My wife caught me here.
Conducting Jerry Goldsmith's "Rudy" with the Golden State Pops Orchestra for the 35th Anniversary of Varese Sarabande.
Practicing the violin in Joshua Tree, CA.
The day Star Trek VI first opened at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA.


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Brexit: Defra urged to increase veterinary capacity
The BVA is calling for vets to be reinstated on the Shortage Occupation List to avoid shortfalls in capacity.
Report underlines concerns over increased workload.
Defra is being urged to develop a 'credible plan' to increase veterinary capacity for export health certificates after Brexit.
The recommendation was made in the Public Accounts Committee report, Defra's progress towards Brexit.
If there is a no-deal Brexit, UK exports of animals and animal products could be delayed if there is a lack of vets to meet the increased demand for veterinary certification and border checks.
Exports will be carried out subject to the EU listing the UK as an accepted third country. Even when access to the Single Market is achieved, previous warnings suggest that there could be a 325 per cent increase in the volume of products requiring veterinary certification as they leave and enter the UK.
President Simon Doherty said in a statement: "This report puts addressing concerns about veterinary capacity top of Defra's to-do list. The Department has an unenviably mammoth task of contending with the current knowns and unknowns that Brexit may bring across agricultural and environmental policy, but we would certainly urge them to take heed of this report and its wide-ranging evidence base.
"We have had assurances from Government that there will be enough vets to meet certification demand after Brexit but this does not necessarily tally with what we are hearing from our members.
"Many are concerned that they could end up being spread too thin and having to take on extra certification responsibilities on top of existing heavy workloads if no agreement is reached. It's telling that the committee has called Defra 'cavalier' for assuming that only 50 further vets will be enough to meet these requirements.
"It is critical that the government fully engages with the veterinary profession on matters which may have a bearing on their vital work supporting animal welfare, public health and future trade."


The perfect dish for a summer BBQ or an evening meal al fresco, by Siucra x Catherine Fulvio.
Combine all the ingredients in a bowl for the marinade, add the lamb, cover and leave in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
To make the dressing, combine all the ingredients together and whisk well. Check the seasoning and add salt and freshly ground black pepper if needed. Set aside.
To prepare the skewers, thread the lamb strips and bay leaves alternatively onto the skewers. Place on a clean plate and pat with kitchen paper to dry off some of the excess marinade.
Heat a large frying pan or chargrill pan. Drizzle the skewers with oil and cook the lamb to your preference.
To assemble the salad, combine the rocket leaves, diced melon and strawberries together with a little dressing and spoon onto a serving platter.
Pour the extra dressing into a jug to serve separately.
To serve, place the skewers on top of the salad and crumble over some feta cheese.
This mouthwatering combination of sweet and savoury is perfect to serve up during the delicious summer heat.


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Q: mysql missing update information ive got problem with update.
here is mysql query.log
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                 SET mailid = '1Rj6eb-0005bG-ED'
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there is no error or something like this.
How can i debug this? or fix or what to do?

A: is mailid a primary key for db_mail4u.dMailerQueue table? if it is, why do have LIMIT 1 on your query? but if not, maybe the first record found is only the one being updated.
try to count if how many records of mailid ('1Rj6eb-0005bG-ED') are there in the table db_mail4u.dMailerQueue


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Three women charged with trying to smuggle ganja out of Jamaica
The Narcotics Police have charged three women with attempting to smuggle more than $7 million worth of ganja out of Jamaica.
They were arrested on November 21 and November 25, during anti-narcotics operations at Norman Manley International Airport.
The women have been identified as 20-year-old Sherice Brown, an office clerk of Havana Heights, Clarendon; 28-year-old Shanalee Green, a waitress of Mason River, Clarendon; and her sister, 32-year-old Judie Green.
The police reported that Miss Brown was arrested while waiting to board a flight to Barbados after she was found with approximately four pounds of ganja, valued at US$12,000.
The Green sisters were detained while being processed for a flight to Curacao. Shanalee was held with eight pounds of ganja, valued at US$16,000 and Judie had approximately nine pounds of the drug in her possession, worth US$18,000.
The women are scheduled to appear in the St. Andrew Parish Court on December 16.


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bouring hills, bursts proudly on the view.
at a place called Stradella.
I shouldn't know it to-morrow, if I were taken there to try.
and some dragging them, and all shouting abuse to them.
jolting and wallowing away, through the mud.
family affairs of the whole party.
blood, to want to come out.
one another, and were coming dancing down the field !
red stone are clustered in a noble and magnificent repose.
sionals, as I had left in Genoa and everywhere else.
odorous with the rotting of Correggio's frescoes in the Cupola.
confounding display of arms and legs.
the tread, and bury the visitor in the gloomy depth beneath.
ever Ghosts act plays, they act them on this ghostly stage.
in the usual, low, dull, drawling, melancholy tone.
by a blast from the shrillest trumpet that ever was blown.
descended to scatter largesse in the form of a few handbills.
had come out of the church to stare at it, went back again.
Circus, though I had been her Father Confessor.
ties in every place I visit.
green it is, how cool ! It's like a meadow ! There are five,"
number, which an Italian peasant will always do, if it lx?
the right. Well! Thanks to God! It's very cheerful.
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These are the words of Sara, a resident of Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan province. "Over the last few months my husband's family kept complaining that I do not go and visit them," she says. "Many of our friends say they have been going out but have not been infected and that we are being played. People do not trust the news and do not take what the government says seriously."
On the night of Wednesday, May 6, Farhang Korebandi, the president of Razi Hospital, told a television news broadcast that the situation in Ahvaz is critical [Persian video]. "It is so bad that for every two people who come to Razi Hospital one has to be hospitalized," he said. Korebandi blamed the resurgence of the coronavirus epidemic and the climbing curve of infections in Ahvaz on people's refusal to take preventive measures. He added that the hospital had reported high numbers of seriously ill patients, including people with diabetes, the elderly and other vulnerable people suffering from a variety of illnesses and diseases.
On May 6, Ahvaz Jondishapur University of Medical Sciences announced that in one day alone, 111 people had tested positive for coronavirus in the city of Ahvaz [Persian chart].
"We have witnessed an increase in the number of infections just in the province of Khuzestan and investigation teams have been dispatched to the province to investigate the issue," said Dr. Ghasem Jan-Babaei, a deputy health minister, on the same day [Persian link]. "Patients in the cities of Ahvaz, Dezful and Abadan are not seriously ill," he said, adding the claim that "despite the 20 percent increase in the number of infections in the province in the last several days, we have now arrived at a steady flow."
But both the city's residents and medical workers challenged the claims. "Razi Hospital's capacity for hospitalizing patients has been exhausted," says a doctor who works at the hospital but asked to remain anonymous for security reasons. "My colleagues at Taleghani Hospital and Abuzar Children's Hospital are in the same situation. ICU beds are full and the patients have to fight against death in a very bad situation while suffering pain. From the very beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Razi Hospital was equipped to fight it," he says. "We increased ICU rooms to five with a total capacity of 60 beds but as we speak, we do not have a single empty bed for patients with serious conditions who are brought to the hospital's emergency room."
Given what Farhang Korebandi said — that one out of two people who come to the emergency room will have to stay in the hospital for treatment — the situation is dire.
Why has there been a surge of coronavirus cases in Khuzestan?
According to Gholam Reza Shariati, the provincial governor of Khuzestan, the number of coronavirus infections in his province has risen due to people "ignoring social distancing," the "reopening of the bazaar and businesses" and "a more robust system for detecting patients" [Persian link].
Following a decision by the Iran Business Council, which was endorsed by the National Coronavirus Combat Taskforce, barbershops and hair salons were allowed to reopen from Wednesday, May 6, provided they observed all health guidelines. The wearing of masks and gloves in offices and crowded environments was declared mandatory.
The moment that businesses reopened, people appear to have rushed out into the streets. Photographs posted online of Ahvaz's main streets show people out in force, and not only to carry out necessary chores.
Sara's husband is self-employed and runs a shop, while Sara manages the house and looks after their three-year-old daughter. She says a large number of her husband's colleagues and fellow shopkeepers re-opened their businesses after restrictions were lifted in Khuzestan. "For three months we paid our expenses because my husband owns the shop, but many of his colleagues are tenants and could not pay their expenses," Sara says. "And there have not been many sales, either. I have no idea what so many people are doing out on the streets."
Azadeh, another Ahvaz resident who worked for one of the well-known beauty salons in the city, says she was fired from her job because when the salon re-opened she refused to work on eyelash extensions or lash enhancement tattoos. She didn't want to get too close to clients. "The manager of the salon called and said, 'come in, we are open,'" she says. "I told her I would do nail work but I would not work on eyelashes or anything that has to do with the face. 'Then go and look for another job,' she said, 'because the moment I arrived at the salon I had 13 appointments and I will have more before tonight. I will give the appointments to other girls and you can find another job.'"
Azadeh says that many of her clients have called her personally and told her not to be so concerned; if it was a problem for salons to re-open, they wouldn't have been allowed to, they said. "Part of the problem in Khuzestan is the government's negligence, but it is also the fault of our fellow citizens who do not take the matter seriously," she told IranWire.
But Azadeh also pointed to a bigger problem. "There are some people who cannot afford to pay for health equipment, but there are also those who are unwilling to spend money on disinfectants, masks and gloves. For instance, it has been announced that in Khuzestan people must wear masks and gloves in public spaces. A pack of latex gloves costs 179,000 tomans [$42] here and people cannot afford it. And freezer gloves are no good. I like to make money — but I have to stay alive to spend it. In this situation, you might fall ill at any moment. The only remedy is to stay home and take precautions."
Outbreak of Cholera
Over the last few days, there have been unofficial reports on social media of a cholera outbreak in Khuzestan, but they have been denied by government officials. In a live online chat with the public on the evening of Monday, May 4, Gholam Reza Shariati, the provincial governor of Khuzestan, said, "Because of its climate, Khuzestan has cholera outbreaks twice a year, in May and in September, but, as of now, we have had no cases of cholera in the province."
On Tuesday, May 5, the governor's office in Ahvaz issued a statement denying that city water had been infected by cholera bacteria. The statement also called for legal action to be taken against the people who had spread the rumor.
Yet only two days earlier, on Saturday, May 2, Shariati himself had warned against the danger of a cholera outbreak and had said that he had ordered cities and villages in the province to dredge open water conduits and spray them with lime to prevent the spread of the disease.
Roshanak, an employee of an insurance company in Ahvaz, heard about the cholera outbreak from a doctor who is trusted by her company. "He knew about it and told us to take it seriously," she says. "We now only drink water that has been boiled. Cholera has happened before in Khuzestan and now that we have coronavirus as well, the situation is bound to get worse. Of course, there are many who say this is only a rumor. After the situation was declared normal, our friends go to falafel shops in Lashkar Abad every night and they are not worried at all. But I am afraid because I have a young child."
The doctor I spoke to at Razi Hospital confirmed that he had seen cases of cholera. "Unfortunately, we have had some cases, and the patients were hospitalized in the emergency ward," he told IranWire. "They were mostly margin-dwellers or from bordering towns, from Gheyzaniyeh and Hamidiyeh in particular. Either the situation in their neighborhoods is unhygienic and they have open streams or they live next to vegetable fields. But the coronavirus situation is so horrible that nobody talks about cholera. Considering that there is a cholera outbreak in Khuzestan twice a year and one them is in May, we advise people to boil drinking water even if they have purifiers at home and, as much as possible, not consume raw vegetables and fruits."
Coup de Grâce: Air Pollution
While the people of Khuzestan are struggling with the coronavirus epidemic and a possible cholera outbreak, a dust storm moving in from Iraq has made the crisis even worse. Photographs of pollution and poor air quality in Khuzestan, published by both traditional and social media, show a high level of haze, a situation that can worsen conditions for people suffering from heart and pulmonary diseases.
Mohammad Javad Ashrafi, Director General of Khuzestan's Environmental Protection Agency, said on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 6, the level of haze in the port city of Abadan reached 6,547 micrograms per cubic meter, 43.64 times the level deemed to be safe. The corresponding numbers for several other towns on that day were as follows: 1,790 in Ahvaz, 1,646 in Hamidiyeh, 6,535 in Khorramshahr, 2,772 in Susangerd and 1,453 in Shadegan.
Hospitals in Ahvaz, Mahshahr, Dezful, Abadan and Khorramshahr are struggling with shortages of facilities, medical equipment and manpower to treat coronavirus patients. Air pollution and cholera — dangerous at the best of times — pose further deadly risks to people's health and lives, especially as people are not being stopped from fearlessly congregating in public spaces in cities.
IranWire reports on the Coronavirus Outbreak in Iran
Lies, Misinformation and Makeshift Graves: a Chronology of Coronavirus in Iran
Iran Continues to Harass Journalists Reporting on COVID-19, 5 May 2020
The Economic Impact of Coronavirus on Single Iranian Women, 1 May 2020
Hit Hard by the Pandemic Recession, Many Iranian Day Laborers Turn to Scavenging, 29 April 2020
More Than 7 Percent of Iranian Covid-19 Victims are War Veterans, 28 April 2020
Will Ramadan Worsen the Spread of Coronavirus?, 24 April 2020
Iran's 4 Big Lies About its Response to Coronavirus, 24 April 2020
Iranian Online Network Still Peddling Coronavirus Disinformation, 21 April 2020
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I've checked them out too and it looks like I might try their Master of Theology program and then the Doctorate. There are not many options for guys that can't afford much and I just want to further my education without all the cost and having to repeat a bunch of classes I already have taken in my BA of Theology program. Thanks for the post.
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It's funny you commented Willis…I was just re-reading my letter of ordination from Crossmark. Thanks for everything, brother.
I just received my Associates from Andersonville. What are some of the schools you contacted that said they would consider an Andersonville degree as a basis to get admitted into a Master's program? Only ones I know off the top of my head that would are Liberty and Luther Rice.
Luther Rice and Liberty do indeed accept their credits/degrees without issue. New Orleans Baptist said they would consider me on a probationary basis to ensure I am able to do the work. Southern, said something similar except they said I could be asked to take an evaluation exam, with the major issue being my grasp of biblical languages. Southeastern was less enthusiastic as was I believe southwestern and southern evangelical. Still they didn't say no, they simply said I could send in transcripts to be evaluated, but they didn't sound encouraging. However, these schools have no issues accepting credits/degrees from Luther Rice…with the exception of RTS I believe. So one could conceivably get a bachelors from andersonville, apply to the masters program at Luther Rice, either finish a masters and pursue M.Div elsewhere….or simply transfer earned credits from LRU to another school to finish up a masters…though honestly, from my research Luther Rice looks very solid these days, though their name may not carry the same prestige as say Southeastern or Southern.


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Q: Running a function in PowerShell I am new to PS and have been given a script to run.  The first thing I do is type in c:\powershell\ir.ps1.  This seems to work.  Then after defining my clients directory I am supposed to be able to just type in functions such as ir-n.  This worked at the person's desk that showed me how to do it, but I get the following error:
The term 'ir-n' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name,
or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
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Is there something simple I can do to get it to run?  I see the function in the ir.ps1 file so I know it is there.

A: It looks like you are running the ir.ps1 script when you should be sourcing it.  I'm guessing that the ir.ps1 file is defining a function named ir-n.  In that case running the script will not define the function in the script's context but not the command window.  You need to source the script to get it to persist in the command window.
Try running the following
PS$> . c:\powershell\ir.ps1

After running this then try ir-n.

A: You probably need to dot source the script which will leave the functions it defines available in the global scope e.g.:
PS> . c:\powershell\ir.ps1