Does the belief in guardian angels make people more cautious?
Los Angeles, CA - While many believe that guardian angels watch over to keep them safe in a dangerous world, a new study finds that those who believe are actually less inclined to take risks despite this believed protection. This study was published today in the open access journal SAGE Open.
Researchers David Etkin, Jelena Ivanova, Susan MacGregor, and Alalia Spektor surveyed 198 individuals and found that of those who believe in guardian angels, 68% said that this belief affects how they take risks.
While some expressed that the belief in guardian angels might make them more risky, the majority are more averse to taking risks than their non-believing counterparts. For example, when asked to provide their opinion about risky driving, the majority of those who do not believe in guardian angels felt that driving 20 km/h over the speed limit was a risk level of two on a scale of one to five, while the majority of those who do believe in guardian angels believed that it was a risk level of three.
"It may be that people who have a tendency to view the world as being risky or potentially dangerous are more inclined to have a belief in personal guardian spirits," the researchers commented.
Find out more by reading the full article entitled "Risk Perception and Belief in Guardian Spirits" published open access in SAGE Open.


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Jewish head of Ohio health department targeted with protest at her home, anti-Semitic slurs
May 4, 2020 By Ari Feldman
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A protester holds up a sign against Dr. Amy Acton outside of the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio on April 18, 2020, to protest the stay home order that is in effect until May 1st.
Protesters gathered in front of the home of Dr. Amy Acton, the head of Ohio's health department, on Saturday afternoon to push back against state rules that are keeping businesses closed in order to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Protesters and politicians who oppose the state rules have targeted Acton, who is Jewish, with critical signs and thinly veiled anti-Semitic rhetoric, especially in the wake of her announcement last week that state shutdown rules would be extended to May 29. Ohio has seen nearly 20,000 cases of Covid-19, with more than 1,000 deaths. The number of new cases has been rising for several days, according to data gathered by The New York Times.
On Friday morning, a state representative, Nino Vitale, called Acton a "globalist" in a post published on Facebook.
"Your basic human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness do not come from an unelected Globalist Health Director, who signed the order in the dark of night," Vitale wrote.
Police told News 5 Cleveland that two officers watched the protest, which consisted of between 15-20 people and did not last long. Acton lives in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus with a large Jewish population.
A freelance photographer who posted pictures of the protest to Twitter said that neighbors reported seeing people with semiautomatic rifles taking part in the protest.
A small group of protestors have gathered in front of the central Ohio home of Dr Amy Acton. Neighbors report several men walking up and down the street with assault weapons stating that there will be no violence. "For now" #ohio #amyacton #thisisamerica #asseenincbus pic.twitter.com/xC3HT0oVi6— KRForbesPhotography (@KRForbesPhoto) May 2, 2020
On Sunday, doctors held a rally in support of her at the state capitol in Columbus. They stood six feet apart from one another, connected by a rope.
"We want Dr. Acton to know that doctors here in Ohio are absolutely behind her," said Dr. Anita Somani, a member of the Ohio-based progressive activist group Physicians Action Network.
Ari Feldman is a staff writer at the Forward. Contact him at feldman@forward.com or follow him on Twitter @aefeldman
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Bangkok is sinking 02: commanders let it sink deliberately!!!
2014: Bangkok is sinking and will sink 02: The commanders of Thailand let sink Bangkok deliberately!!!
May 1, 2014: The commanders of Thailand let sink Bangkok deliberately!!!
Bangkok on photos of March 2013 (photos by Michael Palomino): The town is perhaps just 30 cm over the stream gauge, and every year it will be 6 cm less... - The following photos are not during the rainy season (July-December) but during the dry season (January-July) during March when the tide was coming in. As one can see there is always danger of flooding in Bangkok, and in 5 years this will be a lake.
I am 2 years in Thailand now. I wanted to see a good Thailand, but what I see is a disaster.
thus that the ground water consumption in Bangkok would be reduced so the sinking process could be halted, but Thai authorities are only laughing (police, security, media, governments, secret services, mafia groups and their commanders) because Thai authorities are not working with reading and learning (I live next to a security center since 2 months in Thailand, I see what they are doing!) but Thai authorities (police, security, governments, media, secret services, mafia groups and their commanders) are only working with beer and whiskey and peeping and making festivals with it!
-- and I was also making versions in Thai (google translate) and even giving the printed version to several locations, but there was no real effect! There was not one e-mail coming back to me from a Thai authority whereas the e-mail is indicated on the graphic!
-- not only that, but Thai authorities are even building a big tube system into the sinking clay layer now indicating that this would be a "progress" - and about sinking Bangkok which will reach 0m in 2020 is NEVER PUBLISHED ANY NEWS!!!
-- they let it sink Bangkok because alcoholics are mixing the priorities, and in this case they are not taking waters earnest. There is just no geography, nature nor physics in the normal school system. For them a river and the sea has no value but some fishes - well, they will be fishes at the end... - and they have a lake of beer and whiskey in their heads not being cured from their alcoholism!
In the house itself there are at least three times as many beer bottles, they were all removed at the end of April 2014 and the action needed about 3 hours.
Alcoholism of security members in Thailand is even celebrated in the street, and there is NO intelligence, and when there is some then it is only for dirty intrigues and peeping activities. Any curiousness for further education is killed because the alcohol is destroying the brain, and any will for protecting the country from real dangers cannot be developed - because the brain is missing and many dangers or solutions are not recognized. That means that these bodies for law and order and for public publication in Thailand, with police, security, government, media, secret services, mafia groups and their alcoholic commanders are absolutely mentally ill and mad putting the wrong preferences like alcoholics are just doing and with all this these alcoholic boards in Thailand are becoming even a charge for the society and they are destroying the country for example with sinking Bangkok.
You can spread this little report everywhere thus the world knows why a town is sinking. Pressure against this beer-whiskey-peeping-Thailand has to come from outside as it seems. In China there are 50 towns in the same situation, but Bangkok with 6 cm per year is the worst case.
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Home Health Omicron: UK Restriction On Nigeria Is Travel Apartheid, Says Nigerian High Commissioner
Omicron: UK Restriction On Nigeria Is Travel Apartheid, Says Nigerian High Commissioner
The Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Sarafa Isola, has described the travel ban slammed on Nigeria by the UK as travel apartheid, and discriminatory.
He said Nigeria aligned with the position of the United Nations Secretary-General that there should be no travel apartheid against countries with Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Speaking on CNN Quest Means Business on Monday night, the high commissioner submitted that Omicron was brought to Nigeria by travellers from the UK, stressing that the travel ban has caused an outrage in the country.
Isola stated, "It is discriminatory, absolutely. Nigeria aligns with position of the UN Secretary General on this issue; what he described as travel apartheid; apartheid in the sense that the issue of Omicron as at today, there are only three cases detected in Nigeria. During the last week of November, precisely between 22nd and 28th, about 67 travellers that tested positive for COVID in Nigeria were mostly from UK and Nigeria did not on account of that place a travel ban on people from the United Kingdom.''
The envoy saluted the South Africans for detecting the variant, adding that the next step is for scientists to study its structure and features.
"Under normal circumstances, this variant has been discovered in South Africa. We salute the efforts of the South Africans for alerting the world to the Omicron variant. The next thing should be for scientists in the world to determine the various features of the variant. I must say as of today, South Africa did confirm that this variant does not involve any hospitalisation neither does it involve any death. So the issue of slamming bans on account of that variant is not the right thing to do," the diplomat submitted.
On the low vaccination rate in the country, Isola attributed this to low availability of vaccines, adding that Africa has not received its fair share of vaccines.
He noted, " Africa has not been able to take its due vaccines. The UN Secretary General also alluded to the fact that this non-vaccination of Africans is not their fault. This is not an African disease, it was brought to Africa and our leaders have done all within their powers to ensure vaccines are brought to Africa but production of vaccines is such that what comes to Africa is limited.
"I must say that even during the first and second wave, the process was well managed in Nigeria and we didn't have cause to go on the red list. That's why there is outrage in Nigeria now."
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The Exploring the Great Bear Sea Elementary and Secondary Curriculum Resources are based on the film The Great Bear Sea: Reflecting on the Past, Planning for the Future, by Green Fire Productions, and can be used to engage students on an inquiry-based, educational journey through the Great Bear Sea. The Great Bear Sea is a new name given to the North Coast of British Columbia (BC), an area that extends from Campbell River on Vancouver Island to the border of BC and Alaska. This region of British Columbia's coast is one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world, has enormous cultural significance to the people who live here, and contains important resources for BC's economy.
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Congratulations to re-elected Finnish President
Vietnam and Finland set up diplomatic relations on January 25, 1973. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Source: finlandtoday.fi Vietnam is among Finland's major partners in Asia and a bridge connecting Finland with other ASEAN members. The two countries have launched various exchange programs and training cooperation, and about 2,500 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Finland, the ambassador added. Finnish firms are paying heed to Vietnam's market, especially in clean energy, environment, waste treatment, smart urban areas, information management and health care. In addition, he stressed that Finland will promote the implementation of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) and accelerate the signing and ratification of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement, aiming to open new prospects in bilateral trade-investment cooperation. Source: VNA
On July 25, Truong Tan Sang was elected State President of Vietnam by the 13th National Assembly (NA) for the 2011-2016 term with 97.4 percent of the votes. Nguyen Tan Dung re-nominated as PM Deputy PM Hung elected NA Chairman In his speech after taking office, newly-elected Truong Tan Sang expressed his thanks for the NA's confidence, saying his new position is a great honour and a noble mission assigned by the Party, State and people. Despite facing many difficulties and challenges during the 12th term, Vietnam gained tremendous achievements under the Party leadership that helped the country shed its…... [read more]
Lebanese President Michel Aoun posing with the presidential medal at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut on October 31, 2016. — AFP/VNA Photo Viet Nam News BEIRUT — Lebanese lawmakers ended a two-year political vacuum Monday by electing as president ex-army chief Michel Aoun, who promised to protect the country from spillover from the war in neighbouring Syria. The deeply divided parliament took four rounds of voting to elect 81-year-old Aoun, whose supporters flooded streets across the country waving his party's orange flag. "Lebanon is still treading through a minefield, but it has been spared the fires burning…... [read more]
Three months after taking over as head the Korean public broadcaster KBS, Mr Cho Dae-hyun has been unanimously elected with immediate effect, as President of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The election of Mr Cho, two Vice Presidents and new members of the Administrative Council took place on the closing day of the General Assembly. Mr Cho is a career broadcaster and media executive, having first joined KBS as a TV producer in 1978 and has since held key positions including foreign correspondent in Tokyo, Executive Director of Culture & Information, Executive Managing Director of TV Division, Executive Vice President…... [read more]
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The 4th Congressional Green Party is excited to partner with Communities United Against Police Brutality to discuss a novel solution to police accountability--requiring police officers to carry professional liability insurance.
This solution will incentivize good policing, create consequences for bad policing, and provide relief for taxpayers.
Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB) was founded in December, 2000, by the killing of Charles "Abuka" Sanders by the Minneapolis police.
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The female Fourstardave. Dave's Pal. Tough and dependable.
So was Irish Linnet described during her six-year racing career, a career that saw her win at Saratoga for six consecutive years, including five straight wins in the Yaddo.
She won her first race at Saratoga as a two-year-old in 1990. It was the third start of her career, and her first win. Nobody who watched her that July day could possibly have considered that she would go on to do what no filly or mare had done before, or has done since.
Trained by Leo O'Brien, Irish Linnet was three years behind her famous stablemate. Like her, Fourstardave had won at Saratoga in his third start; that was in 1987, and it was a stakes race. She had a little catching up to do: it took her until her second season at Saratoga, in 1991, to win her first Saratoga stakes race, and it happened in the Yaddo, on August 23.
Fourstardave famously won a race at Saratoga for eight consecutive years, 1987 – 1994. Irish Linnet began her streak three years later and carried it on for one more year, winning at Saratoga from 1990 – 1995. Both horses were retired after that year; it was the first time in his nine-year career that Fourstardave didn't win at the Spa.
Irish Linnet was owned and bred by Austin Delaney, an Irish immigrant who was a New York restaurant owner; she was out of the Irish-bred mare Royal Slip and by Seattle Song. Delaney also bred Irish Actress, also by Seattle Song and out of Dianette. Both horses were trained by Leo O'Brien, and in 1991, the 3-year-old Irish Linnet won one division of the Yaddo; the 4-year-old Irish Actress won the other.
And Irish Linnet just got better as she got older. At six, she won the Yaddo and the Grade 3 Noble Damsel (being run at Belmont this Sunday); at seven, she got her fifth Yaddo win and second in the Noble Damsel, and she added the Grade 2 New York Handicap – her first Grade 2 win.
In a 1994 article in the Albany Times Union, trainer Leo O'Brien called Irish Linnet "the new Fourstardave" in talking about his two Saratoga-lovers, whose streaks were both going strong at that time.
With two "Horses for Courses," O'Brien is really enjoying himself at Saratoga.
The article also notes that Irish Linnet broke her own record in the race that year, running the mile in 1:46.2. She set the Yaddo record of 1:47.0 in 1992 and tied it in 1993.
"This is important because it will be a long, long time before any filly could win this race five straight years…I'm proud of her because she started this when she was a 3-year-old, and that's not an easy thing to do.
Irish Linnet didn't go on to race at eight; she was retired later that year, after winning the Noble Damsel in September and the Ticonderoga in October. In her final six starts, her record was 4-1-1. Her lifetime record? 62 starts, 19 – 16 – 10, earnings of $1,220,180.
She's been bred to some big-name stallions, Giant's Causeway, and Saint Ballado among them; her most successful foal was her first, Blushing Irish (Rahy), with earnings of $133,136 from three wins in 19 starts.
Her 2008 Artie Schiller colt, Irish Art, made his first three starts this summer, breaking his maiden in his third try, on September 2 at Del Mar. Her 2009 bay colt by Spring At Last is hip 2691 in the current Keeneland sale, and according to John Stuart of Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services, Irish Linnet is now retired. "A wonderful, big mare," he called her.
In addition to living on through her offspring, the 23-year-old Irish Linnet also lived on this year in not one but two stakes races on the NYRA circuit, one at Belmont in April, one in July at Saratoga. And in the tradition of the mare who like to win the same race more than once, both 2011 Irish Linnets were won by John Terranova's Chorus Music, news that made it across the Atlantic to Irish Central (who doesn't quite get the family connection between Irish Linnet and Irish Actress).
While Irish Linnet regularly got her picture taken for wins in other races, there was something uncanny about her ability to win the Yaddo. No other filly or mare is thought to have won the same race five years in a row; only one male, Kelso, did it, winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup from 1960 to 1964. Though she was named for Ireland, Irish Linnet was a New Yorker through and through: a New York-bred horse who made her mark in a New York-bred race, doing in New York what no filly or mare will do again.
Photo credit to Bob Coglianese, with many thanks to NYRA for providing these two shots of Irish Linnet. Please don't re-post them without their permission.
Arcenault, Bill. "Dave's Pal Keeps Pace At the Spa; Irish Linnet Captures 4th Consecutive Yaddo." Albany Times Union, August 18, 1994. Accessed via New York State Newspapers database.
Finley, Bill. "Irish Linnet Aging Well," New York Daily News, July 10, 1995.
Finley, Bill. "Linnet wins 5th Yaddo," New York Daily News, August 17, 1995.
O'Shea, Sean. "Chorus Music stakes victory keeps great Irish horse racing tradition alive at Saratoga." Irish Central, July 25, 2011.
One of my all-time favorites… 🙂 Such a nice surprise to see an article about her – and, as usual, it's a thoroughly researched, wonderful article. Thank you!
Of course, anyone at the track during those days will remember her and the O'Brien stable (we also love Irish Actress).
I photographed Irish Linnet at the sales last time around. They brought her out to pose – John Stuart is sure right in that she's a big mare, and wonderful. She was a bit over at the knees by that time, but her eyes were so sparkly and proud.
She deserves the memories and the praise. Thanks again!
A beautiful tribute to a mare who was (and is) lovely in every way. Thanks for including me in this celebration.
He's a lot more unique than are either of those, considering his SEVEN consecutive (and eight overall) wins in the same stakes.
Perhaps even more remarkable are his TEN consecutive starts in the same stakes race.
It is so great to hear from people who know this horse…Barbara and Rob, thank you so much for reading, and for your comments.
Linda, photos to come this weekend.
Horatio: had never heard of Leaping Plum, but a quick look at his PPs sure reveals a high level of impressive. Thanks for bringing him to my attention.
Instead of having two different overnight stakes for her (as it seems NYRA sometimes haphazardly uses the same name for more than one overnight stakes event), why not add a new $100,000 regular stake for her early in the Saratoga meet (perhaps on opening weekend for fillies and mares at a mile on the turf, moving the Grade 1 Diana back to closing day where it has been contested in the past and finding another spot during the meet for the Grade 3 Glens Falls). That to me would make more sense.
How did I overlook Rob Whiteley's comment in the article above? Shame on me…it's beautiful, and it reflects Rob wonderfully. Rob Whiteley is one of the country's most precious resources – in my opinion, the most precious – protecting and valuing these older mares. A gem beyond words….
Definitely OK to post links…(well, except for the inappropriate ones…), so thanks for this…cool!
What I was proposing was to me a better way to honor Irish Linnet, and do it just like Fourstardave, by giving Irish Linnet an open stake for females on the turf at a mile, which actually would give NYRA a second stake during the Saratoga meet for Grade 2-3ish older female grass milers (what I would be doing with the Diana would be to move that back to closing weekend and also lengthen that race to 1 3/16 Miles on the turf, while as noted the Glens Falls would find a spot earlier in the meet at Saratoga, possibly lengthened to 1 1/2 or even 1 5/8 Miles).
Such would all be part of a major overhaul of the NYRA stakes schedule that potentially would see the Sword Dancer moved to April at Aqueduct as the first big money race for older horses going long (and first turf stake overall) of the year in New York (while staying at 1 1/2 Miles), getting that race away from the Arlington Million and moving the Fourstardave (with a purse increase to at least $250,000) to the spot currently occupied by the Sword Dancer and shortened to a mile (possibly becoming a "Win and You're In" to the BC Mile and the Bernard Baruch possibly also shortened to a mile and run on closing weekend) while the Man o'War is moved from the summer meet to closing weekend at Saratoga and the Bowling Green at Belmont returns to the spring meet there in the Man o'War's current spot.
Races at seven and a half furlongs and 1 3/8 Miles on the main track.
Races at six furlongs and 1 1/4 Miles on the Mellon Turf course.
Races at five and a half furlongs and 1 3/16 Miles on the inner turf course.
The first two additional options around one turn are the main reasons I would seriously be looking at adding a second finish line at Saratoga, with being able to have races at a mile and a quarter on the turf an added bonus (that I would be looking to do with the Diana if such a finish line were added).
Like most fans of NY racing, I have very fond memories of Irish Linnet; thank you for rekindling them. But my favorite time watching her was when Leo took a shot running her in the Irish 1,000 Guineas at The Curragh, a week after he won the male version of the race with Fourstars AllStar. She was prominent for awhile before fading. I just took a look and realize the winner was Kooyonga, who later won a G1 Stake at 4, and 2nd was Julie La Rousse, who won several stakes at GP the next year and dropped Mariensky and Rousing Victory.
I was forced to gallop her after a hard night out when her exercise rider didn't show up. I'll never forget it, "Me? Gallop her? Great, there goes her Yaddo streak." But we got along, she was stern and opinionated but always a lady. You knew you were a simply a guest.
Mark, thanks. Wonder if the video that race is out there anywhere? May have to engage in some serious procrastination to see.
What a great comment, Sean…she seems to have cast a spell on many of the men who encountered her.


Many European cities are testing battery-electric buses, and now Amsterdam has announced that it will convert its entire bus fleet. The city council and bus firm GVB have agreed that the first batch of 40 buses will be replaced by electric vehicles in two years, and by 2025 the entire fleet will be electric. The ferries over the Ij waterway between the city center and the Noord district will also be powered by electricity.
The Dutch cities of Brabant, Utrecht and Maastricht also have pilot electric bus projects underway. Bus company Abellio, which is owned by the Dutch national railway firm NS, has submitted a proposal to electrify the 300 buses operating in Limburg province.


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Gamesforum London: Round-up
By Dann Sullivan On Jan 31, 2018 0
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Last week, on January 24th and 25th, the industry conference Gamesforum descended on London, bringing with it a plethora of industry veterans and future industry luminaries.
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The two day event, which took place in the very heart of the city in County Hall, Westminster — a luxurious venue which overlooks the Thames and stands in the wake of the London Eye — was the first time that organisers OsneyMedia had brought the new multi-platform event to the UK. Gamesforum, unlike its previous guise as Mobile Games Forum, had a name which was clear in its intent to bring the conversation to games as a whole, rather than simply the cellular marketplace.
Easily one of the biggest selling points for the event was the fact that it featured over eighty speakers from throughout the industry; from developer to press to investor and more.
There were, as a result, an amazing range of talks available, from Tokyo 42 publisher Mode 7's Paul Kilduff-Taylor's talk on tinkering with restricted marketing budgets, to Rami Ismail's fireside chat about his learnings from recently watching his mother play games. In addition to this, there were over a dozen industry panels including ones based around breaking into the Chinese marketplace and the balance of monetization in games.
In addition to the talks, the event also featured a modest showfloor which included several upcoming titles that we're very familiar with here at B3; the fantastic Lost Words, Mao Mao Castle, Dead End Job, and BFF or Die were present alongside Tetra: Elemental Awakening, Rico, and more.
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The majority of the games which were present were also entered into one of the other major features of the event: The Game Dev Showdown. While competitions of this sort are present at many conference events — I, myself, infrequently judge at select events — The Game Dev Showdown's arrangement saw each developer have a decent sized timeslot to pitch their game, business plan and company to the panel. It created a very specific, professional atmosphere to the proceedings, much more akin to an audition for a role in a play or TV show than others I've seen.
Game industry conferences do tend to be quite expensive when it comes to ticket prices, mostly due to the cost of hiring the venue and staff in consideration to the more specific audience they are targeting, Gamesforum, with it's plethora of talks and more, was surprisingly good value for money. We were actually invited along as guests for the event, which bears stating, however for those who paid there was definitely a lot included in the standard delegate ticket.
What I guess I'm trying to build up to is that there were lots of free food and drinks around the event, and each day saw all attendees offered up extremely well prepared hot lunch and desserts. While free food and drink should probably never be something to measure an event against, it would be ridiculous for me to not point out that the food, if not the other parts of the event, put it above similarly scaled and priced conferences.
Gamesforum Game Dev Showdown
Moreso than most events I've attended, I do think that a very delicate and specific effort was made by the organisers to collect a highly skilled, wide selection of speakers. This showed on the showfloor throughout both days as well, as it was hard to not walk around without recognising developers or publishers. Perhaps better yet, publishers walked the halls having arranged meetings, or having left the fringe Meet the Publisher event which had been held. This meant that in one moment the B3 team would be talking to Jason Tuyen, developer of Balls, or Adam Boyne of Betajester about their next name, to turn around and be faced with the owners of Slitherine, Ageod, and Matrix Games — with not one of those three interactions being with anybody who was showcasing at the event.
For this, the fact that Gameforum was easily one of the greatest concentration of industry talent and the value for money. It's impossible to not commend the team behind it and recommend the event for anybody looking to get sound advice and grow within the industry.
We'll be covering several of the games we saw at the event, as well as running several interview follow-ups, over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes on the site or our Twitter.
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Renowned Islamic Scholar Ustadh Wahaj Tarin says Allah mentions in the Qur'an that every soul shall taste death.
Ustadh Tarin who hails from Australia was speaking at Northway Masjid in Durban on Monday.
He is currently on a South African tour with programmes in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.
Ustadh Tarin says no one will know when they will die and there is no escaping death.
Ustadh Tarin says people shouldn't worry about what happened yesterday.
Ustadh Tarin says people who know that they belong to Allah must know that Allah will question them about the life they led on this earth.


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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' Stitch in Time.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote a memo to the company's employees responding to the recent article that appeared in The New York Times.
The New York Times daily had recently published an article portraying Amazon as a Brutal Workplace. The article was based on interviews with current and former Amazon staffers. The article claimed that at Amazon, employees were pushed to extremes and managers showed little sympathy or empathy to workers even when they were faced with illnesses or bereavements.
According to the article published in New York Times, employees were expected to answer emails well into the night and workers crying at their desks was not an uncommon sight. One former worker says Amazon encourages a culture that prioritizes the success of the company above all else.
Bezos also links to a rebuttal by Nick Ciubotariu, an Amazon employee, who countered the different parts of the story and alleged that the NYT article was full of 'half-truths' and was biased against the company.
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Home Health Congo will start vaccinating people with Ebola vaccine
Congo will start vaccinating people with Ebola vaccine
Rick Nesser
Congo will start giving an experimental vaccine on Monday in the northwestern city Mbandaka. There are about 1.2 million residents who are at high risk of getting infected with the deadly disease as per Congo's health minister.
According to the Oly Ilunga, who is the Health Minister said, "The vaccination campaign begins tomorrow, Monday, in Mbandaka, capital of the province. It will target, first, the health staff, the contacts of the sick and the contacts of the contacts."
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said in a statement that, till now 25 people have died due to Ebola outbreak and out of 45 cases 14 cases have been confirmed of Ebola.
The vaccine which will be given to the people is known as RVSV-ZEBOV and it will be distributed to about 8,000 to 10,000 people in the first phase. Peter Salama, who is the deputy director-general of the emergency preparedness and response, said that it will be given to the people who are suffering from Ebola or had come in contact with this deadly virus.
According to the officials, more than 4,000 doses are already reached Congo and more doses are on the way. The vaccine is still said to be at test stages but the test results which are done in West Africa is positive, so it is administered to the people. The main challenge of the health officials is to keep the vaccine cold in the tropical, vast and impoverished country whose infrastructure is poor.
Ebola is a contagious virus which can cause the sudden onset of the symptoms offatigue, fever and muscle pain. This symptomgets developed within 2 to 21 days after infection and people who are suffering cause vomiting, diarrhea, liver and kidney malfunction and rash and in some of the extreme cases, it alsocauses internal and external bleeding. The Ebola outbreak has already killed 11,000 people in a single month in West Africa during 2014.
The president of the Congo Joseph Kabila and his cabinet of ministers has agreed on Saturday that they are going to increase the funds for the Ebola emergency to about more than $4 million. They have also taken the decision to provide the free health care in the affected areas and also special care to all affected Ebola victims and their relatives. The country has put on the high risk of spread and they have been supported with equipment and personnel.
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Bridgepoint Credit announces pricing of debut CLO
Di Redazione 13 nov 2020
LONDON, Nov. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgepoint Credit today (14 November 2020) announced the pricing of its debut European collateralised loan obligation ("CLO"), the €302 million Bridgepoint CLO 1 DAC ("Bridgepoint CLO 1"). In line with Bridgepoint's responsible investing principles, Bridgepoint 1 contains specific ESG eligibility criteria which detail restrictions on the industries in which the CLO will invest.
Arranged by Barclays, Bridgepoint CLO 1 is expected to close on 18 December 2020.
William Jackson, managing partner of Bridgepoint said: "This is a milestone transaction for our credit platform which comes just three weeks after the completion of the merger of Bridgepoint Credit and EQT Credit. Credit is a key strategy for Bridgepoint which, thanks to our team's market position, allows us to continue to offer a diversified range of alternative investment products to our investors."
Andrew Konopelski, Bridgepoint Credit managing partner, added: "I would like to congratulate John Murphy and this team on the successful pricing today of Bridgepoint Credit's maiden CLO. The strong investor demand reflects the depth of expertise across the platform and our complementary suite of credit products for the market. The enlarged Bridgepoint Credit team is open for business. This was a great team effort."
The collateral manager of Bridgepoint CLO 1 is Bridgepoint Credit Management Limited.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. The securities to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The securities will be offered inside the United States only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and qualified purchasers for the purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended and to persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.
About Bridgepoint
Bridgepoint is an international alternative asset management firm. With over €26 billion of assets under management, it currently focuses on private equity and credit investing:
1) its private equity funds typically focus on acquiring well managed companies in attractive sectors helping companies and management teams by investing in expansion, operational transformation or via consolidating acquisitions.
2) its credit activities are implemented by Bridgepoint Credit which invests across the capital structure through three complementary strategies - direct lending, credit opportunities and senior debt.
Bridgepoint has offices in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Luxemburg, Madrid, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai and Stockholm.
About Bridgepoint Credit
Bridgepoint Credit has invested approximately EUR 10 billion of capital since inception. Bridgepoint Credit invests across the capital structure and risk-reward spectrum through its three complementary strategies of Senior Debt, Direct Lending and Credit Opportunities.
It has a dedicated team of approximately 50 professionals, located in London, Frankfurt, Luxemburg, Madrid, New York, Paris and Stockholm.
Bridgepoint Credit's Senior Debt strategy invests in diversified portfolios of primarily senior secured floating-rate loans and notes of strongly performing European companies through both open-ended funds, SMAs and CLOs. These investment opportunities provide a regular interest income stream and high capital preservation through the active selection and monitoring of companies.
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John Denis-Smith is a commercial barrister who dedicates his energy, knowledge and ingenuity to getting clients the quickest and most favourable results, often without the need for costly and lengthy court proceedings. Previous experience as a construction litigator in top tier solicitors' firms has given him a closer understanding of a client's needs and a grasp for the best strategic approach to managing high-value disputes.
In his approach to disputes, he explores all angles, persistently building on the evidence to identify the best options for a successful resolution. He has been praised for his "coolness and tenacity" in arguing his client's case. John's experience is wide and ranges across all dispute resolution areas, including mediation and arbitration, as well as various sectors, from construction, energy to professional negligence and insurance. He receives instructions in disputes as Counsel, either on his own or led by some of these Chambers' highly-regarded silks, or instructions for advisory work. He also receives instructions from clients under the Direct Access scheme.
Cases involve acting for arbitrator in Court challenge under Arbitration Act 1998 section 24(1)(a) and advising arbitrator on challenge by party, including allegations of breach of Data Protection legislation.
John acted for a client defending a US $90m claim for damages arising out of an alleged breach under an exclusive manufacture and distribution agreement for pharmaceuticals. The dispute included claims by the other party for damages and also an account of profits, hence raising questions of emerging law of restitutionary remedies for breaches of contract.
John advised a local authority on disputes concerning jurisdiction and alleged time bars in engineering disputes.
Successfully objecting to elements of other parties' proposed costs budgets and obtaining the client's costs of the challenge, in the first case on objections where the proposed costs budgets were held not to be unreasonable overall.
Successfully enforcing an adjudication decision in the face of allegations of a breach of natural justice. John also successfully defeated an application via the defendant for a stay of execution on the grounds of the claimant's financial position.
John was led in the above case, in a claim for fees and defence to a multi-million pound counterclaim for professional negligence by an architect against a high net worth individual client. The case was the culmination of disputes arising out of work at the Dinmore Manor Estate in Herefordshire.
A claim for damages and declarations concerning a contract for the sale and development of land. John was successful in obtaining for the client an order for payment of sums for the performance which the client had not requested the Defendant to perform.
This case entailed the successful defence of claims in nuisance and negligence arising out of fire damage to properties previously owned by the client.
Other recent litigation experience includes the successful defence of an application for an injunction against a construction professional. The case was brought by the client's former employers on the grounds that his new business's operations entailed breaches of copyright and the use of confidential information.


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My Thoughts Of A Digital Health Future
By Serene Cai,
As a co-founder of a health tech company, I'm often asked what my vision of the future of healthcare is. I often wonder where to start(!), but mainly to avoid succumbing to the paralysis of analysis, I keep pithy soundbites in my pocket, like "a future characterised by volatility" and "what a sea of change should look like", which are true; and are well and good. But, let me try to really unpack my thoughts on what a digital health future will be like — and Speedoc's role in it.
First of all, my vision of the future — any future, really — lends primarily towards the concept that all things in essence are reflections of each other at scale.
Just like how the Rutherford-Bohr model of the atom was built after humans' understanding of the solar system, or the spread of information on the social internet mimics the viral network of contagion, I lean towards the art of statecraft to understand the rise and fall of industries in a way that business and marketing textbooks cannot explain. Let me give you an example of my thought process.
In Henry Kissinger's book 'World Order', he speaks of America's journey to its current position in the world order. Presidents like John F Kennedy and their administrations have passionately affirmed America's superpower status, but Woodrow Wilson, the President who first dreamt up the plan for this brand of foreign policy, would be hard-pressed to imagine anything beyond overextension and disillusion. In fact, America's original stake in its claim for world leadership was built largely on the fact that it emerged relatively unscathed from World War I, and as a result, produced about 60% of the world's GNP. When you hold that kind of economic power, you're able to call the shots, at least for a while.
In a parallel system, much has been said about the global pandemic giving digital health a shot in the arm. I, myself, have been quoted as saying that it's accelerated the adoption of digital health by two to three years. And yet, my "pithy soundbite" of the future being characterised by volatility holds true here. Despite the accelerated, almost universal, acceptance of digital health (from governmental regulation to consumer behavioural change), it would be vastly unwise to view the evolutionary change of digital healthcare as foreordained. Instead, leaders in digital health and health tech should view the irruption of the adoption of digital health with equanimity and emotional forbearance.
The global pandemic is to digital health companies what the development of X-ray technology was to semiconductor manufacturing firms — a big fundamental change that galvanised the industry, but which long term impact is yet to be determined. To date, despite great investment in X-ray technology development by the manufacturing industry, it did not take off.
Indeed, such is the bitterness of betterment.
There is hope yet. Not all is dull and gloom. Accenture found that 69% of consumers in Singapore were interested in using virtual care for remote monitoring through at-home devices for ongoing health conditions, and 60% of them would go virtual for routine follow-ups (such as using telemedicine).
When I think about Speedoc in the future, I think about how Brene Brown describes Barack Obama's brand of leadership — "straddling the tensions of opposites, forcing transformation through duality". I think about what this means for the future of healthcare, where healthcare gets steadily more embedded in technology and technological processes; and the arms race for connectivity leaves humans yearning for connection. In particular, one frontier of duality calls out to me - the idea of a high-touch, high-tech future. In effect, healthcare of the future, which in necessity must be driven by artificial intelligence, machine learning and the proliferation of digital touchpoints, should serve each organisation in becoming more human, more intuitive and more patient-centric, and not the other way around.
I imagine a "high-touch, high-tech" future to be characterised by things being impossibly simple to use, to be intuitive in a way that even consumers would find difficult to imagine — like the iPod click wheel, or Amazon's One-Click Purchase.
In his book, 'Only The Paranoid Survive', Andy Grove of Intel, writes about how Intel was a scrappy start-up, and soon enough found itself in a "strategic inflection point", and having to pivot away from memory chips to microprocessors. He also warns that strategic inflection points are often invisible and hard to detect. It is my wish and vision for Speedoc and other digital health companies to navigate the rise of digitalisation by not heeding it as a mandate for corporate success or a stamp of approval from the universe, but upon which to build a foundation of many, many strategic inflection points, that converge into the singularity of a high-touch, high-tech healthcare universe.
It is ever more so important in an industry where change is ever-present, not just in terms of technological change, but wherein family situations, biochemical profiles, diets, social support all remain fluid. The stakes are high - many patients don't seek out healthcare until they or their loved ones feel unwell, and they're depending on us to feel better. Sometimes, it's even a matter of life and death. All of this has resulted in an industry that is expected to grow by 37.1% by the end of 2021 and attain a post-COVID-19 compound annual growth rate of 18.8% from 2020 to 2027.
To whom much is given, much will be expected.
It must remain a moral mandate for us to look at "health" and "tech" in "health tech" as a duality and never pursue one without the other; nor must we ever innovate for the sake of innovative theatrics. The role of technology in healthcare must breathe life into each and every company's ethos of providing affordable, accessible healthcare; and to serve the ideals of disease eradication and proliferation of global health.
This article was written by Serene Cai, Co-Founder of Speedoc.


Founded in 1938, Walls got their first start in Dallas, Texas by producing coveralls for oil and gas industries.
Since then, the rugged clothing brand has gone onto to produce the toughest men's workwear, flame resistant clothing, hunting gear, and everyday outwear.
All of which is built to handle to rigors of harsh environments and good old-fashioned hard work. It's a good reason as to why their coveralls to outwear to bibs, shirts, pants, jeans, and beyond all have become favorites of farmers and rangers across the country.
If you're familiar with Walls, then chances are you know that Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. Goods purchased the company back in 2013. However, there are a few other things that I personally find interesting when it comes to the history of Walls.
For starters, Walls was the coverall choice of Red Adair when he fought oil fires. They also helped to create modern camo hunting gear when they became the original exclusive apparel licensee of both Mossy Oak and Realtree. Walls has also become the exclusive licensee for Oilfield Camo too.
And interestingly enough, Walls was one of the original eight founds of SHOT Show.
With that said, I had a chance to head out into the woods and give their latest pieces of gear a try on. Below, you'll find my Walls Modern Work Insulated Rain Jacket and Pro Series Xelerator Hunting Pants plus Jacket review.
– Scentrex scent management system controls 99% of human odor-causing bacteria.
If you want to put up a good fight against old man winter, then throw on a fully seam sealed Walls Modern Work Insulated Rain Jacket.
With a waterproof, breathable and insulated construction, this ruggedly masculine will keep you plenty warm, dry and comfortable. Over the course of a few days, I worked on the snow/ice covered grounds with frigid mountain winds and downpours of wet snow. The Walls Modern Work Insulated Rain Jacket kept working just as hard as I did.
The 100% polyester material construction features a 2.5 layer laminated ripstop fabric which begs to be put up against brutally harsh outdoor conditions. Meanwhile, the quilted 4 oz. insulation offers plenty of toasty warmth while you work throughout the day.
Regarding durability, this jacket is as tough as nail. I can easily see it lasting for years down the road.
The Walls Modern Work Insulated Rain Jacket also features two secured chest compartments that will keep your daily essentials stowed safely. You'll also find really nice lined hand warmer pockets, an adjustable 3-piece hood, cuffs, and hem, plus a ghost reflective back accent detail.
Add it all together, and you've got one well-rounded workhorse of a jacket.
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Musawah (Arabisch voor gelijkheid) is een beweging van islamitische vrouwen die sinds 2009 wereldwijd actief is. De beweging wordt geleid door moslim-feministen en richt zich op vrouwenrechten in de islamitische wereld, het islamitische familierecht en op mensenrechten in algemene zin. Musawah wil aantonen dat de beginselen gelijkheid en rechtvaardigheid verankerd zijn in de Koran.

Ontstaan en missie
Het initiatief voor de oprichting van Musawah werd genomen door twaalf vrouwen uit Egypte, Gambia, Indonesië, Iran, Maleisië, Marokko, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkije en het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Zij vormden een oprichtingscomité dat in maart 2007 in Istanboel bijeenkwam. De officiële oprichting volgde in februari 2009 tijdens een bijeenkomst van 250 moslimactivisten, wetenschappers, juristen en beleidsmakers in Kuala Lumpur. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst werd er onder andere gediscussieerd over het recht van islamitische vrouwen om een echtscheidingsprocedure te starten, de vraag hoe vrouwen weerwoord kunnen geven aan geestelijken die van mening zijn dat de Koran een man het recht geeft om zijn vrouw te slaan, en actie tegen gedwongen huwelijken.

Mona Eltahawy, een Egyptisch-Amerikaanse journalist, omschreef de missie van Musawah als 'het terugveroveren van de islam op mannen die het tegen vrouwen gebruiken'.
Volgens mede-oprichter Zainah Anwar wil Musawah bijdragen aan grotere diversiteit in interpretaties, meningen en uitgangspunten, en het daardoor mogelijk maken dat gelijkheid en rechtvaardigheid worden erkend als onderdeel van de Islam. Uitdagingen waarmee Musawah zich geconfronteerd ziet zijn de verschillende interpretaties van de Koran, en het vinden van draagvlak voor mensenrechten gebaseerd op principes van de islam in plaats van op seculiere rechtsbeginselen.

Organisatie en activiteiten
Het secretariaat van Musawah is momenteel gevestigd in Maleisië maar de organisatie is van plan om de vestigingsplaats te laten rouleren. Leden van Musawah werken wereldwijd samen met lokale organisaties die zich inzetten voor vrouwenrechten. Musawah publiceert voorlichtingsmateriaal en geeft onderzoeksopdrachten aan deskundigen op het gebied van islamitische wetgeving, geschiedenis en ethiek.

Publicaties
 Home Truths: A Global Report on Equality in the Muslim Family 2009

Externe links
 Officiële website
 YouTube-kanaal

Moslimfeminisme
Mensenrechtenorganisatie

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TSG offers a wide variety of helmets and protective gear for skate, bike, bmx, snowboard, ski and wakeboard. Titus Dittmann, passionate skater and owner of Germany's most influential skateboard distribution, saw the need and founded in 1988 the protection gear brand TSG. The company's objective was to develop quality pads that protect from injuries without restricting any movement while skating. During the next years TSG invested a lot of time and budget into the development, design and testing of protective gear that fulfills the different requirements of the skate sport.


Men should avoid slouchy denims and pants, and pick ankle length jeans or shorts to enjoy the rains, suggest experts.
The show will be held on Friday, read a statement.
"Our jewellery lines are a distinct combination of craftsmanship and fashion Bibhu's collections mirror this philosophy and we are particularly proud to partner with him and ForeverMark on this endeavour," said Ketan Chokshi.
The collection of their exclusive Forevermark diamonds is inspired by the universal concept of the solar system. In all designs, the combination of sun, moon and stars is entwined.
The studded or non-studded linear elements signify the orbits. The bright and sparkling round shaped diamonds depict the planets, moons and stars.


Geek Girls Rule! # 473 – Geekscapes – Geek Girls Rule!!!
I've started thinking of people's clustered fandoms as their Geekscapes. Those things that shape their imagination, free them from the struggles of the mundane world, if only for the length of a comic book, movie or novel. Geekscapes are as many and varied as geeks.
Anymore, I'd have to say my personal Geekscape currently houses the MCU, the Marvel comic continuity, the Check, Please! webcomic, the Questionable Content web comic, Night Vale, The Magnus Archives, TANIS, The Black Tapes, the latest Ghostbusters film, among other things I know I'm spacing on because they aren't in the forefront of my Geekscape right now.
The Martian and the Best Girlfriend in the World also have vastly different Geekscapes from each other, and us. In fact, I think the only overlap the BGFITW and I have is the MCU and Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant's writing. The Martian and I are both into NightVale, TANIS, and Questionable Content, and the MCU.
Basically, there is no wrong way to Geekscape.
Some folks may keep their Geekscapes neatly organized into little boxes. They only think about MCU stuff when they think about the MCU. Or they only think about Pacific Rim. One thing at a time.
Then there are those of us whose Geekscapes bleed all over one another. "Wouldn't it be cool if Kevin in Ghostbusters was Thor's secret identity on earth?" (Yes, I know it's Donald Blake in the comics, don't harsh my mellow), which is a headcanon I adopted the second I saw it on Tumblr. "What if Buffy met the Marvel Comics Dracula?" He is arguably more powerful than most of the Buffy-verse villains. However, Buffy is the Chosen One. So…?
But no matter how you curate your Geekscape, neatly organized little boxes, or a sprawling mash up of every you have ever loved, you are doing it right. It's yours, make of it what you will.
And send me links to the fic.


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Jerry Jones supports the inconsistency in NFL crowd rate, mixed opinions of others
Sadia Afrin
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones always has been on his own track in terms of opinions for his beloved team. A burning topic of conversation is circulating in the NFL, whether it's fair for some teams to have huge fans in their home stadiums, whereas some failed miserably to possess. Several NFL coaches have already started to worry, but Jerry Jones doesn't think it's a problem.
Jerry Jones stated Josh Clark of 105.3 The Fan in Dallas that, "Absolutely (it's fair). The benefit of crowds is important to sports. On the other hand, is it possible to have great games without it … you saw one the other night in basketball. But it's fair. We've made up our minds this thing isn't going to be one way or another. Surely, about evening up everything that could be competitive, you've got to have to adapt to the virus. Attendance is one of them. To the end that we can get fans enjoying these games with an experience similar to the thing they've come accustomed to is a big step in the right direction."
Washington team to face Philadelphia at FedExField on 13th September, that too without any fans
Jerry Jones' decision about fans
Some franchises will have fans at games, while others won't have any at all. The Cowboys want to be at the forefront of bringing fans back to the stadium, whether it's risky or not.
Jones also has made it clear that he intends to host fans at AT&T Stadium this season. On Tuesday, he added that he has permission from the Governor of Texas to do so. He also dismissed concerns about whether that's fair or not, saying games can be great with or without crowds.
Other opinions on this issue
Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott is speaking out about the NFL's lack of a cohesive policy on fans attending games in 2020. For him, it's a completely ridiculous decision. He said, "We control what we can control. I think it's honestly ridiculous that there will be … what appears to be a playing field that is like that. Inconsistently across the league with the different away stadiums. We control what we can control. That's gotta be our mindset and that's how we attack it."
Sean McDermott feels it is "ridiculous" that fans will be in some stadium, but not others.
Hear a very honest response from the #Bills head coach pic.twitter.com/saya3l3z0s
— Jon Scott (@JonScottTV) August 24, 2020
Mike Zimmer, the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings, agrees with Sean that it gives an 'unfair advantage' to teams that can have fans. On the other hand, Vic Fangio of the Denver Broncos shares the same stance as Jones.
When other major games are following the 'No Attendance' rule for this 2020 season as the Coronavirus is still raging in the USA, the NFL didn't follow other league's attendance guidelines and decided to give the flexibility of having fans to the individual team if they wish to have.
Present Covid-19 situation
The pandemic is still on the rise in the USA. Texas has the third-most coronavirus cases in the United States at 580,384 and its 37,434 cases over the last seven days are second-most in the country (per the CDC). The 2,022 case rate per 100,000 for the state of Texas is the 11th-highest in the United States.
"We have the ability to lead the way to a more normal type of activity whether it be economic or whether it be social. This is a great opportunity to do that in a very safe way. We're very unique in our stadium relative to just space and we're going to take advantage of it"- Let's see how much they can withstand with this statement of Jones!
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3. The fourth century bc
Socrates and the Sophists helped to make Athens the philosophical centre of the Greek world, and it was there, in the fourth century, that the two greatest philosophers of antiquity lived and taught, namely Plato and Aristotle. Plato, Socrates' pupil, set up his school the Academy in Athens (see Academy). Plato's published dialogues are literary masterpieces as well as philosophical classics, and develop, albeit unsystematically, a global philosophy which embraces ethics, politics, physics, metaphysics (see FORMS, PLATONIC), epistemology (see INNATENESS IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY), aesthetics and psychology.
The Academy's most eminent alumnus was Aristotle, whose own school the Lyceum came for a time to rival the Academy's importance as an educational centre. Aristotle's highly technical but also often provisional and exploratory school treatises may not have been intended for publication; at all events, they did not become widely disseminated and discussed until the late first century bc. The main philosophical treatises (leaving aside his important zoological works) include seminal studies in all the areas covered by Plato, plus logic, a branch of philosophy which Aristotle pioneered. These treatises are, like Plato's, among the leading classics of Western philosophy.
Platonism and Aristotelianism were to become the dominant philosophies of the Western tradition from the second century ad at least until the end of the Renaissance, and the legacy of both remains central to Western philosophy today.
Sedley, David. The fourth century bc. Ancient philosophy, 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-A130-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/overview/ancient-philosophy/v-1/sections/the-fourth-century-bc.


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Westminster alumnus awarded Entertainment Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year award for his work in Nigeria
Barrister Rockson Igelige, an alumnus of the Entertainment Law LLM course, has been awarded the Entertainment IP Lawyer of the Year award by the non-profit organisation Prestige Anchor International for his work as an intellectual property lawyer in Nigeria.
Barr. Rockson Igelige with his mentee Sarah Miele
The award will be given at the Intellectual Property Law Symposium and IPL Awards on 18 September, where Rockson will be the special guest of honour. The Symposium aims to promote innovation and creativity, while bringing awareness to intellectual property law in Nigeria.
CEO and Chief of Prestige Anchor International, Adebayo Nathanial said of the award: "Barrister Rockson Igelige has made an exceptional feat in Intellectual Property Law as it relates to Entertainment. His giant victories at IP Entertainment cases is something we can't overlook, as well as his great advocacy and promotional effort. He is a champion of IP in Nigeria."
Since his graduation from the University in 2012, Rockson has gone on to have great success as a lawyer. He has filed several lawsuits against organisations caught violating intellectual property rights. Prominent winning cases include an artist whose songs were being sold by a large record label without the artists' consent, and another of a woman whose photos were taken from social media and used in a newspaper without her knowledge.
Along with his success as a lawyer, Rockson has launched the Friends of the Creators Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) with the aim to protect and promote the works of creators in the entertainment industry in Nigeria. The Foundation has organised World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) in Nigeria for three consecutive years, promoting intellectual property law and giving awards in recognition of those who have contributed to the development of entertainment and intellectual property law.
He has also written many pieces in national media as a guide to professionals and creators on the legal and entertainment industries.
Speaking about this prestigious award, Rockson said: "I am delighted and grateful to the University of Westminster's support at the formative stage of my career. No doubt, this tiny seed that has grown into a big tree with branches and fruits was watered and nurtured by the University of Westminster in this field."
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For a corporate seminar or week-long conference, The Houstonian Hotel is known as one of the most prestigious meeting venues in Houston. State-of-the-art conference facilities combined with impeccable service and amenities add distinction to any business or corporate event.
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My son came home from school the other day with a note from his teacher saying that they were getting ready for Valentine's Day and each child should make their own Valentine's Mailbox for collecting their Valentine's Day treats.
Start out with a shoe box. Cut a hole for the mouth.
Cover the top and bottom with tin foil (shiny side up).
Add decoration – I used cardboard for the teeth and attached them on the inside of the box top. Have fun, get creative!
Are you looking for some non-candy treats to give out this year in your child's classroom? Check out some of these great ideas in my post Non-Candy Classroom Gifts! I also have some other great Valentine's Day recipes and crafts – Take a look!


Kingdom: +3 --- Gained when Keyblade is first found.
Jungle King: +3 Str +2 and it has a longer attack range. Gained when you seal Deep Jungle.
Three Wishes: +6 Str +3 and it decreases enemy rate of defending against blows. Gained when you seal Agrabah.
Crabclaw: +6 Str +3, MP +1 and a higher all around magic power. Gained when you lock Atlantica.
Pumpkinhead: +7 Str +4, longer attack range and the ability to inflict a chain of critical hits. Gained when you lock Haloween Town.
Wishing Star: +5 Str +2, ends each combo with a critical hit. In Gepetto's house in Traverse Town.
Spellbinder: +4 Str +1, MP +2, raises all around magic power. Once all of the level one spells have been acquired talk to Merlin.
Metal Chocobo: +10 Str +7, MP -1 and has long range. Defeat Cloud in the Hercules Cup to get this Keychain.
Olympia: +9 Str +6, inflicts double damage critical hits and is hard for enemies to deflect. Conquer the Phil, Pegasus and Hercules Cups at Olympus Coliseum.
Lionheart: +9 Str +6, MP +1, deals higher physical damage enhances all around magic power. Defeat Leon and Cloud in the Hades Cup.
Lady Luck: +8 Str +5, MP +2 and enhances all around magic power. White Trinity in Wonderland.
Oathkeeper: +9 Str +6, MP +1, is capable of chains of critical hits and enhances all around magic power. Kairi gives it to you in the Underground waterway after you rescue her.
Oblivion: +11 Str +8, MP -1 and it contains incredible physical attack power. Found in the Grand Hall in Hollow Bastion.
The Ultima Weapon: +12 Str +9, MP +2 and it has every enhancement possible for a Keyblade contain. Synthesized.
Knight's Shield: +1 --- Goofy's default equipment.
Mythril Shield: +4 Str +1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 750 Munny.
Onyx Shield: +6 Str +5 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 2,800 Munny.
Smasher: +3 Str +2 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 250 Munny.
Gigas Fist: +7 Str +6 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 1,000 Munny.
Stout Shield: +1 --- Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 250 Munny.
Golem Shield: +3 Str +2 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 1,000 Munny.
Adamant Shield: +5 Str +4 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 4,000 Munny.
Herc's Shield: +9 Str 8 Defeat Herc in the Hercules Cup.
Genji Shield: +8 Str +7 Defeat Yuffie in the Hades Cup.
Defender: +10 Str +9 & MP +1 Occasionally dropped by Defenders.
Dream Shield: +6 Str +5 & MP +2 After acquirring all of the Spell Arts from the White Mushrooms talk to Merlin.
Save the King: +10 Str +9 & MP +2 Complete the Hades Cup Timed mode.
Mage's Staff: +1 --- Donald's default equipment.
Morning Star: +2 Str +1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 150 Munny.
Shooting Star: +4 Str +3 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 750 Munny.
Magus Staff: +3 Str +2 & MP +1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 1,000 Munny.
Wisdom Staff: +5 Str +4 & MP +1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 4,000 Munny.
Warhammer: +4 Str +3 & MP -1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 250 Munny.
Silver Mallet: +7 Str +6, MP -1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 1,000 Munny.
Grand Mallet: +9 Str +8 & MP -1 Purchased at Traverse Town Item Shop for 4,000 Munny.
Wizard's Relic: +5 Str +4 & MP +2 Occasionally dropped by Wizards.
Dream Rod: +8 Str +7 & MP +2 After acquirring all the max spells talk to Merlin.
Save the Queen: +9 Str +8 & MP +2 Complete the Hades Cup alone.


We visited Cadbury World a few years ago, and I too found it much more interesting than I anticipated. I loved Bourneville Village - the Cadbury's were such enlightened employers who took a great paternal interest in their workers.
I loved the carillon - it was Christmas time when we visited and it was playing carols which were lovely to hear and created a festive atmosphere.
Glad you had an opportunity to visit such a fun place with your daughter. I love Cadbury chocolates, and knowing the family had been good to their employees will make future bites and purchases much more enjoyable.
Great post, and my mouth started watering as soon as i saw the word CADBURY. I am on a diet, and I do miss my chocolate. So nice to have a trip with family. HOpe you are well and making plans for something different and special for the holidays!
I love your photos of the village and of course I love chocolate too.
I would like to visit Bourneville one day. I wish there were a few more philanthropists around who would do this kind of thing, although to be fair I suppose it was much cheaper to build properties inthose days. But how marvellous it would be if employers provided subsidised housing. I have been less keen on the idea of Cadbury World, although as a kid I always wanted to take a tour of a food factory, specially a chocolate one! I suppose food hygiene regulations preclude that now.
Hi Linda. I thought I was following this blog, but apparently not! I have now rectified this. Lovely that you had that visit with your daughter and her fiancé, and a great idea to meet up somewhere in the middle like that. I really must try to arrange a visit to Cadbury World. Some very interesting facts there, and it looks like a lovely village. I did know that Cadburys were Quakers and very good and caring employers.
Wonderful history. Who does not love cadbbury?
The tour was great fun (and I'm even hungrier for chocolate than I was on your photo blog). Love love love the idea of taking the train for your visit and am envious that you can..... our public transportation basically is non-existent. We used to do a lot of factory tours when we first started full-time RVing... they are great learning experiences ... we did also once spend time in Hershey PA...where the whole town smells like chocolate.


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We study the complexity of decision problems about symmetric Nash equilibria for symmetric multi-player games. These decision problems concern the existence of a symmetric Nash equilibrium with certain natural properties. We show that a handful of such decision problems are Existential-R-complete; that is, they are exactly as hard as deciding the Existential Theory of the Reals.


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Tags: torture | john mccain | politics | intelligence | cia | gina haspel
McCain Voices Concern over Torture Record of CIA Nominee
Sen. John McCain. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
AFP Tuesday, 13 March 2018 04:07 PM EDT
John McCain, the US senator subjected to brutal treatment as a prisoner in North Vietnam, questioned Tuesday the nomination of a CIA official once involved in torture to lead the spy agency.
McCain said Gina Haspel, currently the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, must pledge "without reservation" to oppose the use of torture if she is to be approved as director.
"The torture of detainees in US custody during the last decade was one of the darkest chapters in American history," McCain said in a statement.
"Ms. Haspel needs to explain the nature and extent of her involvement in the CIA's interrogation program during the confirmation process."
President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Haspel, 61, to replace Mike Pompeo, who has been named to take over the State Department after the top US diplomat, Rex Tillerson, was fired.
Haspel, who has had a long career in the CIA's clandestine service, ran the agency's "black box" interrogation cell in Thailand after the September 11 attacks.
Two high-profile al-Qaeda detainees, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, were subjected to waterboarding and other torture methods while they were held in the secret prison.
McCain, a navy pilot, was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. Taken prisoner, his severe injuries weren't treated and he was repeatedly bound and beaten.
Since then he has steadfastly opposed the use of torture by the US government.
"In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, our government squandered precious moral authority in a futile effort to produce intelligence by means of torture," McCain said.
"We are still dealing with the consequences of that desperately misguided decision."
"Current US law is clear in banning enhanced interrogation techniques. Any nominee for director of the CIA must pledge without reservation to uphold this prohibition," he said.
© AFP 2023
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018 04:07 PM
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