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Vampire Weekend: Contra
It's been almost exactly a year since Vampire Weekend dropped their highly successful self-titled debut, and now the band is back for another bite with Contra, released this week through XL Recordings. The new record finds the band experimenting with their sound a little bit, like on "I Think UR A Contra" where acoustic guitar is used for the first time on a VW recording, and on "California English" where Auto-Tune is employed.
Not all of the new sounds were planned, explains the band's Rostam Batmanglij. "I started making 'Diplomat's Son' in my living room. At one point my roommate walked in and turned on the kitchen faucet and you can hear it running behind the guitar solo."
Vampire Weekend's shows are the hottest tickets going right now; after selling out the Fonda here the guys went home to New York for several sold-out shows, and they have a string of dates in England in February that are also all sold out. Good news about a free listen to Contra though – KCRW.com is streaming the whole album now through Jan. 18.
Avenged Sevenfold Drummer Dies
The drummer for popular Huntington Beach-based Avenged Sevenfold has died. James Owen Sullivan, known professionally as "The Rev," was discovered in an unresponsive state in his home Dec. 28. Sullivan apparently died of natural causes, although at press time the Orange County Coroner's Office was still investigating pending the result of toxicology tests.
The Sullivan family and the surviving members of Avenged Sevenfold posted short comments on the band's MySpace page, Avenged Sevenfold saying in part, "Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly he was our best friend and brother. Jimmy you are forever in our hearts." Sullivan was 28 years old.
Rock the Roxy Video Contest
The Roxy Theatre and D'Addario have teamed up to hunt for hot, new, upcoming bands with a competition called the Rock the Roxy YouTube Video Contest. At stake is a prize package worth over $20,000 and a chance to perform at the Austin Rox showcase in Austin in March.
Musicians everywhere can enter by posting their video at YouTube; entries must be less than three minutes in length, show the band "rocking out" and be submitted as a video response. The top 50 bands with the most video views by Feb. 9 win prize packages from D'Addario and move on to the semifinals.
The winning band will perform at Austin Rox (airfare and lodging for up to five band members is included) as well as take home a prize of $500 cash and gear from Zildjian, Tama, Ibanez, Marshall, Vox, Guitar World and Korg. A one-year endorsement deal with D'Addario, Evans and Planet Waves, worth $5000, also goes to the big winner. Find all the details at rocktheroxy.com.
Bomp! 2 – Born in the Garage
If you wanted to keep up with the garage music scene in the '70s your best bet was to grab copies of the Bomp! or Who Put the Bomp! fanzines put together by Greg Shaw. Now hundreds of the best pieces published in the zines, written by scribes like Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, Lenny Kaye, Phast Phreddie and Shaw himself have been compiled in the new soft cover coffee table-style book Bomp! 2 – Born in the Garage.
Everything from surf to psychedelic, Mexican punk to British R&B and Dutch rock to pirate radio is covered in the tome. If it started underground and happened between 1970 and 1981, it's touched on here.
There's also lots of ink for important bands from earlier days like the Seeds, the Standells, the Knickerbockers and the Shangri-Las, plus informative chapters dedicated to the British Invasion, early garage scenes in places like Michigan, Boston and the Bay Area and even an essay on weird Beatles novelties.
Citay: Dream Get Together
San Francisco-based Citay are about to release their new one, Dream Get Together. The third batch of psych-rock from the cosmic wanderers drops Jan. 26 on the Dead Oceans label, and Citay will shortly thereafter find themselves in our city, playing the new material at an Echoplex show Jan. 28.

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This coral dress is my go-to for any type of formal daytime events during the spring or summer. It's perfect for weddings and can be accessorized with a statement necklace for a dressier look. I bought this dress about four years ago from Macy's in the junior's section. The brand is B Darling and although they no long have this exact dress, their other dresses are worth checking out.


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Not that the title is news or anything. Con planning continues, stress levels ramp up to even higher/impossible levels. WHEE.
Can't believe I leave for AZ in 7 days. SO NOT READY YET OMG.
I can't even imagine how busy you must be right now. Good luck with everything, and see you at the Con soon!
Great link! Am anticipating you leading a million-chinchilla army, all with little micronuclear rocket launchers on their backs. And I agree on the kitties.
Heeee. Now that would be a sight to see.
Presumably you mean me :) Or at least, I hope so.
Oh, well of course I know about *you*! Actually, funnily, I wasn't referring to you, since I think of you primarily as a WSFA person and secondarily as an LJ person. Hee.
I'll be there. I'm staying in the overflow hotel and will be arriving early thursday afternoon. and leaving monday evening.


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A simple story with not too many drastic twists, but what happens during the course of time, changes the lives of a married couple forever. An unlikely love triangle that wasn't intended to be, but still it was.
The story of Broken Nest starts in the courtroom where Mini is being sentenced. Bhupati, a newspaper editor, is sitting in the audience noting down the happenings in the courtroom. He belongs to an affluent family, but his dreams of running a successful newspaper keep him busy most of the time, leaving his wife, Charulata, lonely. Charulata, a beautiful young woman, talented and educated, seeks to resume her singing lessons to overcome her loneliness. Enter the younger cousin of Bhupati, Amol, who is studying law but is more interested in music. A jolly character, Amol is soon invited to stay over by Bhupati, so that he could teach music to Charulata, thus bringing a solution to her loneliness issues.
Charulata and Amol who always shared a sweet bhabhi-devar relationship, begin to bond more over music. The house is filled up with their songs, laughter, poetry and music. Charulata's thoughts are filled with Amol and his music and she doesn't realize that she hasn't been thinking much about her husband. Meanwhile, Bhupati suffers a setback, when he realizes that his brother-in-law, who worked with him, embezzled his money and ran away along with his wife. Bhupati confesses this to Amol and asks him not to reveal about it to Charulata, because she would be hurt with her brother's deeds. Bhupati though shaken decides to renew pursuing his dream as he still has the support of his darling wife, Charulata.
This jolts Amol out of the daze he had been in and discovers that he had become more closer to Charulatha than he ought to be. Realising that Charulata is not able to identify the troubles in Bhupati's life and that she has her eyes and ears only for him, Amol decides to remove himself from the equation and agrees to an alliance, which he had refused to earlier. A decision, that leaves Charulata shattered for she is unable to come to terms with it. She pleads Amol not to go, not to leave his music, not to leave … her … alone. But what is unlikely, does not happen and Amol leaves.
Crestfallen, Charulata loses her interest in music, in the sounds of the birds, in all those little things that she derived pleasure from. Bhupati tries to warm up to her by writing poetry, playing music; but to no avail. Soon , he realizes that her thoughts are filled up with Amol and that he has taken up a special place in her heart. Bhupati is heartbroken. The only support who he thought would always be with him, is now lost in another's thoughts.
He decides to take up a job in Mysore. Charulata pleads to take her with him. Bhupati says he would, if she believed that he would be able to fulfill her lonely life. Charulata decides to stay back and so they part ways.
Anurag Basu's version of the very popular story 'The Broken Nest' (Nashtanirh) in the series 'Stories by Rabindranath Tagore', is a treat to watch with outstanding performances by all the actors, especially Amrita Puri who played 'Charulata' very earnestly. The highlight of this version is the brilliant background music and the three beautiful songs, two of them by popular singer Shaan. 'Kora ye man …', 'Kali kali mandaraye …', 'Do nain kanwal …' set to Rabindra Sangeet are quite mesmerizing.
Durga di this seems to be the same as the Bengali movie Charulata that Indi and Indu di recommended in our chat once. Simple moments of daily life captured in the narration, but the end is too heartbreaking. Almost as if there is no way out of the tangles of love. The promo looks lovely.
Hi Nishu. Thanks for reading and liking. Yes 'Kora ye man' is the Hindi version of 'jodi taare'. And the other two songs are beautiful too. Anurag Basu is creating a beautiful series and it is a pleasure to watch them. Last that I heard, I think they are working on a mobile app where all shows can be seen. I hope there would be an online portal too to watch them. There is a huge demand for releasing the episodes of many shows online. We have to wait and watch, what comes up.
I just watched the series 'Stories by Rabindranath Tagore' on Netflix. I cannot tell how refreshing it felt. I have been a probashi Bangali for too long. And this series just made me so proud to be a Bengali. To know that today, I can read these stories in its native language Bengali, makes me feel eternally blessed. I have suggested this to so many people. Non-bengali Indians and people from so many different countries. And they love it!
It is beautifully made! I could see that they have tried to keep the essence yet make it universally appealing and understanding.
Oh my God!!…I didn't know Tagore's writings are so beautiful. We have always read his biographies in our books but never thought that he was this commendable. ….Regarding this story, I am really sad about the ending but that's what real life is. Everything doesn't happen good good every time. But I couldn't make sense of one thing that Charu had so much affection for Amol that she couldn't stop thinking about him even when he is far away for so long but Amol also had but not to that extent to which Charu had. That is not fair because if he had he wouldn't have left her so easily but maybe he always remembered the limit that she is his bhabhi that is why he was able to pull himself away or the love for his brother was more? !!!!just very confusing and disheartening more for Amol and Bhupati but more for Charu.
Hello Arshpreet. Welcome to Writersbrew. Tagore's works are beautiful, intense and way ahead of his time. In his stories, he digs down into the psych of a character to bring out the raw emotions to the core. Charu and Amol have this affectionate bhabhi-devar relationship at the beginning. But their love for music brings them closer (Actually, in the story 'Nastanirh' written by Tagore, upon which this episode was based, the characters bond over their love for books). As soon as Amol realises that emotionally, a boundary has been crossed, he decides to take the first opportunity to go far away. Yes, he did love his brother a lot and didn't want to see him hurt on his account. He may have felt that distance and time would calm these new feelings and things would return back to normal. However, Charu could not bear the separation and ended up pining for him. But we do not know what became of Amol. We do not know if he went ahead with the arranged marriage. We do not know if he came back. We do not know what became of Charu after Bhupati left her.
One of the beauties of Tagore's stories is that he ends them at a point from where the story could go in any direction. It is up to the reader to arrive at a conclusion based upon his/her understanding of the story. Who knows? Amol, unable to bear the separation, may have come back and united with Charu. And the two making music everyday, lived happily ever after.
Hi. I want this song "kali kali" from this episode. Who is the singer and where can I get the song from?


It's been seriously crazy around here. One of the things I knew back in January was my son's passion would at some point become my problem. I was okay with multiple rehearsals happening all at the same time. I was okay even with the travel. I figured at some point the travelling to various rehearsals would become a burden and we would need to start staying in hotels. We've done that three times so far.
As we near the end of play number two for the year I thought there was a glimmer of hope that at least for a few months I would have some relief. Little did I know Adam Pelty, would be moved to tears by my child's voice. He didn't even really audition for this show…he was requested.
Then he auditioned for the JTF competition and he made that. We went on a homeschool field trip/media day to the High Museum and somehow we ended up to talking to some people from the Alliance Theatre about their shows. Stay tuned we will see how that ends up.
Can I be transparent for a moment? While trying to get my son seen by directors, it's not cheap. As wonderful and amazing as he is we have production fees for each of these shows. I assure you it's adding up and I wish I had an accountant that could tell me how to write his fees off on my taxes! By I digress.
I've adapted the nickname the married single mother over the last few months. My husband has been working multiple positions tirelessly since November. His hard work allows me to be a momager. But if I am really honest about my life this is what being a single mom felt like only I'm married. People have absolutely supported this entire journey. We have a fan club at each performance. We have a dynamic vocal and acting coach team in place. He's being casted in roles that showcase his talent. The opportunities currently being afforded to my kid are nothing but God's blessings. But as his mother, my responsibilities didn't decrease as the demands of his plays increases.
We had a very unique opportunity to meet Derrick Davis, the current Phantom of the Opera on tour. Marshall and Derrick had a long conversation about life, broadway, trials, triumphs, defeats and success. This is by far my favorite video of them talking. Whenever I feel completely overwhelmed by life's challenges I will often refer to this youtube video and meditate on the doors being opened not the chaos outside.


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Phishing Attacks on the Rise: 83% of Organizations in India Report Increased Attacks During the Pandemic, According to Sophos Research
MUMBAI : Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its global survey, "Phishing Insights 2021," which reveals that phishing attacks targeting organizations ramped up considerably during the pandemic, as millions of employees working from home became a prime target for cybercriminals. The majority (83%) of IT teams in India said the number of phishing emails targeting their employees increased during 2020.
"Phishing has been around for over 25 years and remains an effective cyberattack technique. One of the reasons for its success is its ability to continuously evolve and diversify, tailoring attacks to topical issues or concerns, such as the pandemic, and playing on human emotions and trust," said Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos. "It can be tempting for organizations to see phishing attacks as a relatively low-level threat, but that underestimates their power. Phishing is often the first step in a complex, multi-stage attack. According to Sophos Rapid Response, attackers frequently use phishing emails to trick users into installing malware or sharing credentials that provide access to the corporate network."
The findings also reveal that there is a lack of common understanding about the definition of phishing. For instance, 67% of IT teams in India associate phishing with emails that falsely claim to be from a legitimate organization, and which are usually combined with a threat or request for information. Sixty-one percent consider Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks to be phishing, and half of the respondents (50%) think threadjacking – when attackers insert themselves into a legitimate email thread as part of an attack – is phishing.
The good news is that most organizations in India (98%) have implemented cybersecurity awareness programs to combat phishing. Respondents said they use computer-based training programs (67%), human-led training programs (60%), and phishing simulations (51%).
"The ideal would be to prevent phishing emails from ever reaching their intended recipient," said Wisniewski. "Effective email security solutions can go a long way towards achieving this, but this should be complemented by alert and primed employees who are able to spot and report suspicious messages before they get any further."
The survey also showed that
Four-fifths of Indian organizations assess the impact of their awareness program through the number of phishing-related tickets raised with IT, followed by the level of reporting of phishing emails by users (77%) and click rates on phishing emails (60%)
All the organizations surveyed (100%) in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kolkata say they have cybersecurity awareness program in place. This was followed by Chennai where 97% have such programs , and then Bengaluru and Mumbai at 96% each
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BURN designs, locally manufactures, and distributes aspirational high quality fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in Kenya. BURN is seeking and independent and highly motivated Visual Designer to join its growing team in Kenya.
We are seeking an in-house graphic designer to lead graphic design work for our brand. This includes packaging, internal communication, above the line marketing, printed materials, and more. The right candidate will have excellent design skills; be able to offer creative direction and ideas; is proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. We are not only looking for a good technician, but also a creative who understands the BURN aesthetic. You will be the sole designer on the team. We are seeking someone who can take ideas from engineers and sales execs and turn it into beautiful brand art. You should have an understanding of cutting edge international design. This role is for a minimum of 6 months.
Be the lead creative and designer on our team. WOW us with your creative abilities.
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L-R: Incumbent president Petro Poroshenko, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy and ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko are the front-runners in the 2019 presidential election.
On 31 March the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, will defend his presidency in Ukrainian elections. This sham of democracy, played out by the same oligarchic forces which in 2014 launched a violent western-backed coup to overthrow the previously elected president and government, is bereft of any legitimacy.
Thousands of people described by the Kiev junta as Ukrainian citizens living in the east of the country (the Donbass region, which has maintained its resistance to the fascistic coup government in Kiev for the last five years) are nevertheless disenfranchised from voting. Those who can vote, and are prepared to brave the climate of daily political violence now permeating public life to do so, are faced with a dizzying choice of 44 candidates.
This mirage of 'freedom of choice' dissipates when it is realised that most of the candidates have no realistic prospects of election and are simply using the presidential hustings to get themselves known as likely candidates in future parliamentary elections.
As for the tiny handful with any hope of becoming the next president, they all represent the vested interests of one or other of the oligarchic gangs that have handed the country over to Nato and the European Union, in the process transforming it into an armed camp and bleeding the public exchequer dry whilst amassing vast personal fortunes.
Opinion polls, unscientific at the best of times, are notoriously unreliable in Ukraine, where he who pays the piper so clearly calls the tune. Early polls claimed to show Poroshenko falling behind his veteran sparring partner Yulia Tymoshenko. More recent figures suggest that both of these gang bosses are losing ground to an upstart newcomer, one Vladimir Zelensky, previously known to the public as an actor and comedian playing the part of a fictitious president in a TV soap opera.
Claims that this outsider could inject a breath of fresh air into this rank stew of political corruption do not stand up to scrutiny however, as it turns out that he is fronting for the billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, who has been using his stake in the TV industry to plug his presidential candidate.
In short, you can vote for whomever you like, but the winner will be one or other wing of the kleptocratic elite that is enriching itself whilst the masses suffer.
According to a report in 2018 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme, over a million people in Ukraine are suffering from acute food insecurity. And a recent survey by the World Bank concluded that at the current rate, it would take fifty years for Ukraine's economy to catch up with Poland's, and a hundred to match Germany's.
Such facts do not find their way into the feverish hustings: Tymoshenko's campaign promise is to bring salaries up to Polish levels in just five years! As the masses endure the horrors of austerity and war, the personal wealth of just three Ukraine billionaires amounts to over 6 percent of the entire country's gross domestic product. (World Bank figures)
How 'multi' is the OSCE's 'multilateralism'?
Striving to give this electoral farce some shred of credibility, Ukraine's central election commission has registered no fewer than 226 observers from international organisations and countries, including 90 observers invited by the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe).
Having scoured the world for observers, the OSCE submitted an application for the accreditation of two long-term observers from Ukraine's nextdoor neighbour, Russia, to participate in the OSCE mission. However, Kiev turned the application down and, sooner than apply pressure on the junta to let the accreditation stand, the gutless OSCE contented itself by issuing a self-exculpating statement:
"After it became clear that the Ukrainian authorities would not accredit the Russian observers, the Russian foreign ministry announced that it had decided not to send the observers, citing security concerns."
Rather than take the junta to task for trying to pick and choose who did the observing, the OSCE caved in, making it clear that if Russia sent observers into the lions' den they need expect no guarantees regarding their personal safety.
No such problems dog Canada's plans to send scrutineers to Ukraine however. The government of Justin Trudeau, fresh from acting as hatchet man on behalf of US imperialism in the Huawei scandal, is now proposing to send not one but two fully fledged observer missions to Ukraine.
In addition to Canada's full participation in the multilateral OSCE mission, there will also be a bilateral Canada-led mission cooked up directly between Canada and Ukraine itself – presumably in case the OSCE gets the wrong answer (and also to curry favour with the 1.3 or so million Canadians of Ukrainian descent), (Canadian election observers arrive in Ukraine amid fears of Russian meddling by Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, 13 February 2019)
Whichever gangster boss scrambles up the greasy pole first, and whatever excesses of vote-rigging and dirty tricks characterise these elections, the real choice facing the Ukrainian masses is clear: either allow the country to go on being used as a dispensable launchpad from which Nato and the EU can further their preparations for war against the Russian Federation, whilst social chaos and economic ruin make life a misery for millions; or discover common cause with the anti-fascist struggle of the courageous people of the Donbass.
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Q: Middleware no aparece en mi vista - Usando Node js Actualmente estoy realizando o reproduciendo un servidor incluyendo la construccion de su svistas.
Tengo un problema con la aplicación de un middleware desde la pagina index hasta las vistas, de manera de hacer las paginas mucho mas dinamicas.
Las variables que cree son titulo de la pagina y ano de creacion de la pagina.
Estoy utilizando el metodo app.use, donde const app = express();
Les comparto el código para que me ayuden a ubicar cual es el error.
app.use ( (req, res, next) => {
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donde Req es la carga de la pagina y res, es aparecer esa variable en la vista que escoja.
Cuando corro el programa del servidor aparece que la variable no esta definida, sin embargo, en la teoría de la documentacion de Express(), entiendo que la variable se adiciona con marcarla sobre el objeto.
Lo que quiero que aparezca es la fecha del año actual, en el template de pug.
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                    a.nav-link(href="/viajes") Viajes
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En sintaxis de pug.
La idea es que aparezca en ese layout del footer el año actual que estamos.
Me podrian indicar porque no se ve ningun middleware en mis vistas por favor?
Muchas gracias

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Ellen DeGeneres reveals she was sexually assaulted by her stepfather as a teenager
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Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she's a victim of sexual assault. And she's hoping by sharing her story she will be able to help other victims who are too afraid to come forward.
On season 2 of David Letterman's Netflix show 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction' about her mother, Betty DeGeneres, marrying a "very bad man" who took advantage of Ellen when she 15 or 16.
"That's another thing that, you know, I'm angry at myself because....I was too weak to stand up—I was 15 or 16 and...I mean, it's a really horrible, horrible story and the only reason I'm actually gonna go into detail about it is because I want other girls to not, you know, ever let someone do that," DeGeneres tells Letterman.
"My mother had had breast cancer right after they got married," the 61-year-old star continues. "So she had a breast removed, and they had a very, very sexual relationship, which was also very uncomfortable for me. And he told me when she was out of town that he'd felt a lump in her breast and needed to feel my breasts because he didn't want to upset her, but he needed to feel mine."
"Again, 'cause I didn't know about bodies, I don't know that breasts are all different and...anyway, he convinced me that he needs to feel my breasts and then he tries to do it again another time, and then another time, he tried to break my door down, and I kicked the window out and ran 'cause I knew it was gonna do–it was gonna go more to something," she recalls. "And I didn't want to tell my mother, 'cause I was protecting her and I knew that that would ruin her happiness."DeGeneres says her mother "was happy with him" even though he "was a horrible man, and I should never have protected her."
"I should have protected myself," DeGeneres tells Letterman. "And I didn't tell her for a few years, and then I told her. And then she didn't believe me. And then she stayed with him for 18 more years. And finally left him because he'd changed the story so many times."
"What most women do is, we just don't feel like we have a voice," DeGeneres says. "And that's the only reason that this is the first time I've ever talked about this to anyone other than my friends. We just don't feel like we're worthy, or we're scared to have a voice and we're scared to say 'no.'"
"That's the only reason I think it's important to talk about it because there's so many young girls, and it doesn't matter how old you are, and when I see people speaking out, especially now, it angers me when victims aren't believed because we just don't make stuff up. And I like men, but there are so many men that get away with so much. It is just time for us to have a voice. It's time for us to have power."
The second season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman premieres Friday, May 31, on Netflix.
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Rio yesterday hosted an investor tour of the giant copper and gold mine, amid a mixed project outlook from analysts.
In preview reports, UBS analysts highlighted the risks of operating in Mongolia — where disputes with the government set the project back two years — while Macquarie focused on the potential for the mine to grow to beyond 1 million tonnes of copper production a year.
Boosted net present value and details on cash flow and ramp up were provided in a technical report released last Friday.
In the report, the company said estimates of net present value for the Oyu Tolgoi underground expansion had jumped from $US4.6bn — in a May announcement from Rio subsidiary Turquoise Hill, which owns a 66 per cent stake in the mine — to $US6.9bn.
Demonstrating the impact prices will have on returns, the main reason for the jump was more buoyant copper price assumptions, up from $US2.86 a pound to $US3, and gold price assumptions, up from $US1200 an ounce to $US1300.
The underground expansion of what is now an open-pit operation was approved in May after a stand-off with the Mongolian government was finally resolved.
In project slides released last night, Rio said first production from underground was expected in 2020, with full production and $US1.5bn of free cash generation in 2027.
From 2025 to 2030, production is expected to average 524,000 tonnes a year while peak annual free cash flow of $US2.82bn will be reached two years after full production is hit.
As Rio group executive of growth and innovation Stephen McIntosh led investors on the mine tour, chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques was in Beijing last night for a dinner to celebrate Rio's 50th anniversary of iron ore exports.
At the ceremony, which followed a celebration in Perth in August, Mr Jacques said Rio's long-held view about strong long-term demand for iron ore had been reinforced.
"We firmly believe there's a lot more of the China story to come," Mr Jacques said.
Ahead of the Mongolian mine tour, UBS analyst Glyn Lawcock emphasised the project's risks.
"In our opinion, Oyu Tolgoi is a high-risk project for Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill due to country risk, single customer (China) risk, technical/geological risk and commodity risk," Mr Lawcock said.
Macquarie analysts were more buoyant, saying a potential expansion to 1 million tonnes a year or more of copper — flagged by Turquoise Hill earlier this year — could have a net present value of $US11bn. "Our deep dive into the potential of Oyu Tolgoi indicates that the larger development options are conservative," they said.


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UFS's Unit for Children's Rights instrumental in helping human trafficked victim
Adv. Beatri Kruger.
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"Wheeling and dealing is part of our daily life. But what if the 'product' bought or sold is not a spanner or a cell phone, but a living human being? Disturbing news came to the fore... apart from other places in the country, and for that matter all over the world, it was discovered that people are treated like commodities here in Bloemfontein as well," said Adv. Beatri Kruger from the Unit for Children's Rights at the University of the Free State (UFS).
Adv. Kruger was instrumental in completing and availing the first comprehensive Research Report on Human Trafficking in South Africa to the public on 23 March 2010. As a member of the Reference Group advising on interim research reports on human trafficking, she contributed to the report. The report proves to be an extremely valuable tool for, among others, government departments and non-governmental organisations that use it as a guideline in planning interventions to combat human trafficking.
The Unit for Children's Rights is also one of the founding members of the Free State Human Trafficking Forum (FHF). To react on and fight the disturbing reality of human trafficking more efficiently, a number of concerned role players such as Child Welfare and other non-governmental organisations, police officials, prosecutors, social workers, health practitioners, private businesses, churches and community organisations joined forces and formed the FHF. The Unit for Children's Rights hosts monthly meetings at the UFS to facilitate the coordination of this multi-disciplinary counter-trafficking team.
Adv. Kruger is very excited about some of the successes of the FHF; such as the story of Soma (not her real name). This Indian woman was recruited in India by an Indian couple who are staying in South Africa, by promising her a good job in South Africa. However, instead of finding the promised job, Soma was extensively exploited for labour purposes. With the help of a "good Samaritan" she managed to escape from the perpetrators and fled to the police. Soma was removed to ensure her safety and accommodated in a safe place in Bloemfontein. Counselling and other services were rendered to her by an organisation which is also a member of the FHF. One of the challenges facing Soma and the service providers was that Soma speaks a foreign dialect and for weeks a trusted interpreter could not be found.
This obstacle rendered communication with her to the bare minimum. The perpetrators were arrested but unfortunately the new comprehensive counter-trafficking law is not in force yet. Therefore the perpetrators could only be convicted of some offences in the Immigration Act. However, due to good police investigation followed by shrewd consultations, the perpetrators agreed to pay for the victim's return flight to India as well as for the flight ticket of the investigating officer to escort her to safety. The Unit for Children's Rights did networking with Ms Maria Nikolovska of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), who agreed to assist in the safe reintegration of Soma in India. Soma is now on her way back home.


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Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by John Fidler
Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece
by Earl J. Hess and Pratibha A. Dabholkar: University Press of Kansas, 2009. 331 pp., illus. Hardcover: $29.95
In America at the Movies (1975), his potent and spirited cultural history of movies in the 1940s and 1950s, Michael Wood sets the waning days of the MGM musical against a backdrop that includes the American 1950s we wouldn't really understand until Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven (2002) held up its mirror of despair, the Iron Curtain that fell across Europe after World War II and America's reluctant entry into yet another war barely five years after the atomic bombs fell. Wood reminds us that when President Dwight D. Eisenhower had his heart attack in 1955, the stock market took a nosedive that reminded Americans of the Great Depression. The Korean War brought an exhausted post-war America back to the front and resulted in the battle deaths of more than 30,000 troops. And in Hollywood, Wood writes, the last of the great MGM musicals were bowing out as films like The Wild One (1953), On the Waterfront (1954) and East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause (both 1955) began redefining how Hollywood looked at America and how America looked at itself.
None of Wood's darkening colors appear in Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece by husband and wife writing team Earl J. Hess, a history teacher at Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee, and his wife, Pratibha A. Dabholkar, who teaches marketing at the University of Tennessee. That is both the book's salvation and its downfall. Their book is about gaiety's last gasp, a solidly researched if flatly written account of what the authors remind us continuously is America's favorite musical. Singin' in the Rain (1952) co-directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, tops the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest musicals. British film critic Philip French said the movie changed his life and called it "a perfect cocktail of wit, elegance ebullience and grace, intoxication without a hangover, an innocent Eden to be visited by those well acquainted with good and evil." Frank Sinatra, who starred with Kelly in George Sidney's Anchors Aweigh (1945), Donen's On the Town and Busby Berkeley's Take Me out to the Ball Game (both 1949), wrote of Singin' in the Rain in the foreword of Clive Hirschhorn's biography of Kelly, "To me, all film musicals before and since look a bit Neanderthal by comparison."
Singin' in the Rain – a film as tireless as Kelly's dancing, as snappy as Betty Comden's and Adolph Green's script and as sparkling as Arthur Freed's and Nacio Herb Brown's tunes, only one of which, "Make 'Em Laugh," was written for the film; the others appeared in earlier movies – is a satire on the problems the industry encountered when sound joined images in the last days of the Jazz Age. The book reflects the film the authors want to remember, and want us to remember. They describe, in detail that would satisfy any accountant, when the filming of certain scenes began and ended, down to the minute. "Kelly rehearsed with the 'bit children' from 3:25 to 3:41 and the kids rehearsed by themselves for another seventeen minutes before the first take of the 'mobbing' took place from 4:46 to 4:48." While I was interested in knowing that 60 minutes of Singin' in the Rain's 103-minute run time consisted of dancing and singing, I wondered who but a film historian or the most dedicated fan would need to know that one take of a scene took exactly two minutes. Elsewhere, every major player's date of birth is given. And for the most part, the authors' voices are hidden behind their thorough research. We seldom get a word of their own analysis, so driven are they to marrying the rich lode of earlier writings on the film to the defense of their thesis, genuine if not very original, that Singin' in the Rain is, as their title announces, an American masterpiece.
There are moments, however, when Hess and Dabholkar break free of their scrupulous mining of others' words to reveal their own opinions. Or at least I think they do. They credit the apt use of the Freed-Brown song "Temptation" as a bridge after Don Lockwood (Kelly) leaves Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) after the jalopy ride. Another example of an insight I would like to credit to the authors is the story about the Sound Department's reworking of a sequence in which the sound was out of synch with the images. It was supposed to be that way, "to poke fun at the problems in the early sound movies." But with the footnote number at the end of the paragraph, the reader can't tell if the nub of the story, which I quoted above and is in the middle of the paragraph, comes from the voice of the authors or from the source identified in the footnote. Throughout this well documented book, they end paragraphs with a footnote and when the reader consults it, numerous sources are listed, leaving the reader to decipher what, if anything, in the paragraph is original analysis and what is drawn from other sources. I'd never encountered this practice before and found it distracting. In one observation that is unmistakably the authors' own (and made me wish for more), they write about Donald O'Connor, who played Lockwood's friend and pianist Cosmo Brown: "He seemed content to make a great deal of money dancing his way through potboilers that did not tax his talents too deeply. This was the real reason O'Connor did not take advantage of the exposure Singin' in the Rain offered him – he was happy being a second-level success." No footnote, and a welcome if rare example of the authors going out on a limb.
The gold standard of books on a single film is Round up the Usual Suspects, the Making of Casablanca - Bogart, Bergman and World War II (1992), Aljean Harmetz's sweeping account of another American movie classic. Harmetz, who has written widely about Hollywood for The New York Times, invests her story with the contours of a mystery (in many ways it was – just like the film) and the sharp observations of the world beyond the soundstage. And while she relies heavily on primary sources, just as Hess and Dabholkar do, her writing radiates with intrigue and invention. Here is one example: "Hollywood films have always been rich in archetypes, and whatever the treasures that can be mined from the subtext of Casablanca, it is the specifics of the actors, the potent music and the satisfying drama of commitment and renunciation that have a compelling hold on our emotions today." This kind of writing – urgent, precise, impassioned, is as riveting as the film and is in fluid harmony with the story she tells. Frequently (and unfortunately), Hess and Dabholkar give us passages like this: "The soundstage was a beehive of activity as everyone understood that time was money when filming a musical." Isn't every soundstage busy and aren't all productions concerned about the budget? Besides writing that lacks electricity to describe the most electric of American musicals, Hess and Dabholkar's book contains a mere 16 pages of photographs that have not transferred well. They are pale and unexciting. Harmetz's book on the other hand is peppered with photographs and copies of important documents: telegrams, newspaper clippings, studio memoranda, budget worksheets and script revisions.
Any book about a single movie has several obligations. The first is to the film itself. The book must not just be about the film under discussion but must evoke the film. We must be able to see keys scenes, if not the entire film, through the author's detailed, even loving descriptions. Second, the book must reflect the period of time during which the film was made and in which it was first screened. And third, it must bring to the reader countless details about the film that can be found nowhere else. Absent this, it must at least round up previously available details and repackage them with fresh analysis, much the way a scientific review article gathers previously published research, presents it anew and draws new conclusions. But mostly, a book about the greatest American movie musical must itself sing and dance. It must aspire to be like the film, in this case, as film critic Dave Kehr writes, be a "celebration of movement as emotion." Hess and Dabholkar succeed immensely in their research and in sharing it with the reader. But their book falls short in spirit. It fails to grab our attention, the way Kelly's dancing with Cyd Charisse compels in their stunning "The Broadway Ballet" inSingin' in the Rain. Part of the problem might be that neither Hess nor Dabholkar has written previously about movies; he has published 10 books on the Civil War and she has written about technology and service management, according to the dust jacket. Together they have published two short works of fiction. Murray Pomerance has written, in An Eye for Hitchcock (2004) "perhaps one must become the films one loves." Hess and Dabholkar never convince us that they love Singin' in the Rain. Their achievement lies in convincing us only that lots of other people do.
To buy Singin' in the Rain, click here.
John Fidler, an editor and writer for the Reading Eagle in Reading, Pa., writes about movies and books for Senses of Cinema. He has also written for The Washington Post.


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You're invited to the Red Shield Event!
On Tuesday, May 14 the West Michigan Whitecaps will head to Lansing to take on the Lansing Lugnuts and The Salvation Army will take over Fifth Third Ballpark for a "Ballpark Bash".
Join us for this fun and casual evening at the ballpark!
That's right, you read that correctly FUN and CASUAL! We're convinced no one wants another rubber chicken event to endure so we've planned outdoor games, mascots, stadium food and so much more.
The entire family is invited to join us and for the first time ever, we're offering a Family Pack of tickets! When you bring the family, you'll receive a significant discount.
Reservations: $75 for an individual or $175 for a family.
Dennis Baxter's lifetime love of baseball and the desire for a place to take his children to see a professional baseball game inspired him to consider bringing a team to West Michigan. Without realizing it, Lew Chamberlin and Denny were attempting to do the same thing independently. They joined forces in 1986 and successfully brought the Whitecaps to West Michigan in time for the 1994 baseball season. Prior to becoming a Whitecaps Chairman & Founder, Denny held the position of President of West Michigan Baseball Development. As managing partner, Denny is a part of the strategic planning committee which oversees the day to day operation of the Whitecaps.
A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Denny continues to live there with his wife Rhonda. His children Tara, Eric & Rachel all live and work in West Michigan.
Denny is also the founder and president of Blue Cap Entertainment, which promotes sports and entertainment activities throughout the country. Denny was presented the Warren Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
Lew Chamberlin holds the positions of Chairman and Founder for Whitecaps Baseball. Lew, along with his partner Denny Baxter, was instrumental in bringing the Whitecaps to West Michigan: he began the process of bringing a minor-league franchise to the area in 1986 and didn't rest until the team's inception in 1994. The Whitecaps have set the all-time Class A attendance record three times and have drawn over 10 million fans to Fifth Third Ballpark over the last 25 years. The Whitecaps also received the Bob Freitas Award for Class A Minor League Franchise of the Decade from Baseball America in 1999.
A native of Grand Rapids, Lew remains an active participant in the West Michigan community and has served on the boards of numerous community organizations. He currently serves on the board of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and also serves as one of the seven members of the Kent County Convention/Arena Authority, the quasi-public board that owns and operates the VanAndel Arena and DeVos Place. For the past twelve years, Lew has been serving as a member of the First Steps Commission whose goal is to help build a comprehensive system of support for Kent County's youngest children ages zero to five and currently serves as First Steps Co-Chair.
In support of his early childhood work Lew also sits on the Children's Leadership Council of Michigan, a statewide group of business leaders advocating for early childhood investment. His past board service includes the Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Downtown Market and President of the Grand Rapids Art Museum board.
Lew was presented the Warren Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
The Red Shield Event is the single most important annual fundraising event for The Salvation Army in Kent County. In addition to all the fun, we plan to share inspiring stories of how The Salvation Army is changing lives in our community. You'll also be given an important opportunity to support the work of The Salvation Army.


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Wrapped In Love: A life well lived!
My sweet mother went to be with Jesus in the early hours of Sunday morning July 22, 2012. My mother was one of the kindest souls you would ever want to meet! My mother was a woman of faith and she walked the talk each and every day of her life! She has been reunited with my Dad who has been gone 12 years. I am sure they are skating together on a golden rink! (they met on a skating rink) I know she is basking in all of God's Glory!
This picture was taken in 1956 of my family in its early years..
These are some things my daughter and my niece posted on Facebook.
I know a woman who is an inspiration. She is a woman full of grace, love and kindness. Sometimes I wonder if she ever had any idea on how amazing she was. I doubt it. She's a humble woman. Did she ever have any idea that she was showing everyone around her love, simply by her attitude? Sometimes I wonder, is it possible for me to do the same? I sure hope it is. What made this woman so different? I know what it was. It was her letting Jesus shine through her. It was her faith. She is leaving a legacy. She is a Godly woman and with all that she has in her, she made an effort to point to the Lord, to seek the Lord, to show the love of the Lord.
This woman is 90 years old and is still inspiring. However, time has taken it's toll and she is just waiting for her time to be called home and it appears that it may be soon. Is it sad? Of course. However, I can honestly say that I also feel a sense of celebration for her. Why? Because, I know where she's going to be spending eternity. This isn't the end for her. When she leaves this world, she will be welcomed into Heaven with open arms. She will be meeting her Savior and she will be reunited with the love of her life. It is going to be a celebration when she gets there. It is going to be far better than anything you can possibly imagine. And, for this reason, I am celebrating for her, too.
As great as she is, she won't be going to heaven because she is a good person. Believe me, she is a great woman, but no one can ever be good enough. When you lay your head down to sleep, do you know without a doubt where you will be spending eternity? There was a time, I didn't know. But, I do now. If you aren't sure, all you have to do is open your heart. Ask the Lord for forgiveness and as Jesus to be the leader of your life and your heart. It IS that simple. We try to make it difficult when it is not. We try to add all sorts of our own rules and ways to make it all come together. But, plain and simple: God wants to have a relationship with you. He wants to love on you and to guide you. He wants to spend eternity with YOU!
This woman is someone who inspires me to be more like her. I hope that someday people will be able to look at me and know that I am a follower of Christ…not because I go to church or because my Facebook page says that I'm a Christian….but, because I am showing the love of the Lord. I am trying, but I am a work in progress. God's not done with me yet. And, I praise Him for that! I hope that when he is ready to call me home that I will have been an inspiration like she was. She is beautiful inside and out. She is my Grandma, Fay Williams.
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Land mine explodes on Chile border, injuring two Peruvians
By Colin Post September 7, 2016
Pre-trial detention ordered for President Castillo's sister-in-law
Two Peruvians were injured on Monday when an anti-personnel land mine detonated in Chile's border region with Peru.
The two men were illegally walking across the border from Chile into Peru through an unauthorized crossing when the mine exploded, injuring both men. Correo reports that one man requires having his right leg amputated.
In the 1970s Chile President Augusto Pinochet placed tens of thousands of anti-personnel mines along the border with Peru during a tense time between his right-wing dictatorship and the left-wing dictatorship of Peru's President Juan Velasco. Pinochet also planted mines near Bolivia and Argentina during border disputes with those countries.
In February a 27-year-old Peruvian man was killed by a land mine as he crossed illegally from Peru into Chile.
In 2012 the border crossing between Peru's southern city of Tacna and Chile's northern city of Arica was closed after heavy rains washed some of those mines on to the highway. More than 300 mines also washed on to Peruvian territory.
In 2012 a Chilean soldier was injured while performing demining work.
Chile planted over 180,000 mines along its borders during the 1970s and 1980s. In 2002 Chile signed the Ottawa Treaty, which banned the use of anti-personnel mines in 1997. Chile's signing on to the agreement requires the country to remove all anti-personnel mines from its territory by 2020.
"Anti-personnel mines cannot distinguish between civilians and soldiers," reads the Red Cross profile on mines aimed to injure or kill humans as opposed to debilitate tanks or vehicles. "They continue to kill and maim civilians long after the fighting has ceased. Vast areas of valuable land are put out of use, destroying livelihoods. Communities can be affected for decades after the end of an armed conflict."
Chile's defense ministry announced in May that it had removed 31,000 mines this year. The army has removed a total of 130,000 mines since 2002. El Comercio reports that 20,000 of the remaining 50,000 mines are placed near the border with Peru.
Peruano pierde la pierna tras explotarle una mina en la frontera con Chile (Correo)
Dos peruanos heridos por explosión de mina en Chile (El Comercio)
Explosión de mina antipersonal hirió a militar chileno en frontera con Perú (El Comercio)
Peruano muere tras pisar una mina antipersonas en frontera Perú-Chile (Andina)
La olvidada frontera minada entre Chile y Perú (BBC)
Chile-Peru border closed over landmine hazard (BBC)
Chile removes more than 31,000 land mines along border with Peru (Fox News)
Anti-personnel mines (International Committee of the Red Cross)
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Peru to close 40 military bases in VRAEM, aka 'Peru's Cocaine Valley'
By Diego Lopez Marina - May 5, 2022
At least 15 dead and 32 injured at wedding party after a landslide
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The City of Rifle is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,172 at the 2010 census, up from 6,784 at the 2000 census. Rifle is a regional center of the cattle ranching industry located along Interstate 70 and the Colorado River just east of the Roan Plateau, which dominates the western skyline of the town. The town was founded in 1882 by Abram Maxfield, and was incorporated in 1905 along Rifle Creek, near its mouth on the Colorado. The community takes its name from the creek.
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Yeah nutrition is hard, very hard. I still expect our stroke leaders to to come up with all the diet protocols we need. Leaders tackle BHAGs(Big Hairy Audacious Goals) they don't sit on their asses waiting for SOMEONE ELSE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM!
I still expect our stroke medical professionals to create the following diet protocols. Not useless guidelines; PROTOCOLS!
For stroke prevention; for dementia prevention; for cognitive improvement; for cholesterol reduction; for plaque removal; for Parkinsons prevention; for inflammation reduction; for blood pressure reduction.
Nutrition science is supposed to tell us how to eat. It's in the midst of a crisis.
Despite what the diet zealots say, there's lots of data suggesting humans can survive — and even thrive — on myriad eating patterns.
The million-dollar question in nutrition science is this: What should we eat to live a long and healthy life?
Researchers' answers to this question have often been contradictory and confusing. But in recent decades, one diet has attracted the lion's share of research dollars and public attention: the Mediterranean way of eating. And in 2013, its scientific cred was secured with PREDIMED, one of the most important recent diet studies published.
Not anymore. Last week, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine pulled the original paper from the record, issuing a rare retraction. It also republished a new version of PREDIMED, based on a reanalysis of the data that accounted for the missteps.
PREDIMED was supposed to be an example of scientific excellence in a field filled with conflicted and flawed studies. Yet it now appears to be horribly flawed.
But after spending the past few days talking with some of the brightest minds in nutrition research and epidemiology, I now feel the PREDIMED retraction is actually cause for hope. Maybe even a new beginning for the field.
Yes, studies with big flaws pass peer review and make into high-impact journals, but the record can eventually be corrected because of skeptical researchers questioning things. It's science working as it should, and the PREDIMED takedown is a wonderful example of that. This process should bring us a step closer to what really matters: informing people who want to know how to eat for a healthy life.
As I've reported, nutrition science has done a great job of finding ways to address diseases of nutrient deficiencies, like scurvy. But today, our greatest health problems relate to overeating. People are consuming too many calories and too much low-quality food, bringing on chronic diseases like cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
These illnesses are much harder to get a handle on. They don't appear overnight but develop over years. They're not usually related to one cause; they're caused by many lifestyle and genetic factors in concert. And fixing them isn't just a question of adding an occasional orange to someone's diet. It involves looking holistically at lifestyle behaviors, like diet and genetics, trying to tease out the risk factors that lead to illness.
The trouble is, most of what we know about nutrition's effects on chronic disease comes from observational data. Researchers track what large numbers of people eat over time and then look at their rates of disease, trying to tease out relationships in the data. Do people who drink more red wine have lower rates of heart disease? Is meat associated with an early death?
Because these studies aren't controlled like experiments, they can't tell us whether one thing caused another thing to happen. Researchers try to use statistics to control for some of these "confounding factors," but it's impossible to catch all of them.
That's why the randomized controlled trial (RCT) is considered the gold standard for evidence in health research. With these trials, scientists randomly assign their study participants to one of two groups (or sometimes more). One group gets a treatment or intervention; a control group gets a placebo. Again, they give participants these assignments in a random fashion, meaning the members of the study have an equal chance of being selected for each group. And if there's a difference in health outcomes at the end of the study, it's fair to say the intervention was the cause.
But there's a catch with RCTs: It's extremely difficult and expensive to run this kind of study for long enough and in numbers that are large enough to yield meaningful answers.
The study was conducted in Spain and tracked more than 7,400 people at high risk for cardiovascular disease, recruited through 11 study sites.
The study participants were randomly assigned to one of three groups: getting advice about following a Mediterranean diet as well as free extra-virgin olive oil delivered to their home; getting advice about following a Mediterranean diet as well as free nuts to their doorstep; and, for the control group, getting advice about following a low-fat diet.
The main endpoints the researchers tracked were major cardiovascular events — strokes, heart attacks, death from cardiovascular causes. They stopped the trial early, after a median follow-up time of nearly five years, because the effects of the diet seemed to be so dramatic. The Mediterranean diet, when supplemented with lots of olive oil or nuts, could cut a person's risk of cardiovascular disease by a third.
It's rare to see an effect size that big, even in studies on medications. What's more, the study's early halting seemed to exaggerate the results in the minds of the public.
The findings helped heave olive oil and nuts into the realm of the sacred. They were catnip for journalists ("Mediterranean Diet Shown to Ward Off Heart Attack and Stroke," the New York Times story read. "Spanish Test: Mediterranean Diet Shines In Clinical Study," proclaimed NPR's headline.) And they spawned a cottage industry of studies by other scientists, who used the PREDIMED data to run hundreds of different analyses.
But it turns out the trial wasn't properly run.
John Carlisle, a British anesthesiologist (and legend in medical statistics), first called attention to the fact that something seemed fishy about PREDIMED in this June 2017 paper. In the study, he applied a statistical test to 5,087 randomized trials, including PREDIMED, to see if the groups randomized in the studies were too similar to happen by chance. He found they were, suggesting problems with the trial's randomization process.
One of PREDIMED's authors, nutrition researcher Miguel Ángel Martínez González, told Vox that upon seeing the Carlisle paper, he reached out to his colleagues on PREDIMED's steering committee about reexamining the data. He told me they also wrote to the NEJM about the potential errors, which led to a plan to recover old data and fish for errors — though the editor of the journal told Science it was they who reached out to the researchers.
The researchers at one of the study sites, overseeing 11 clinics, failed to randomly assign individual people to the different diets, instead assigning everybody in the same clinic to the same diet.
Researchers at another study site failed to properly use the randomization table, which is supposed to guide researchers in how the randomization is done.
Altogether, these errors meant that some 1,588 of the study's participants — or a little more than 20 percent — weren't properly randomized in one way or another.
Needless to say, this isn't how a randomized trial should work. The researchers should have made sure each study site and clinic involved in the trial was following strict procedures on how to randomize, continually following up with and checking in on them, Indiana University School of Public Health dean David Allison told me.
Martínez González insists that the problems with the randomization were not clinically meaningful, that they don't fundamentally change the conclusions of the study. "The aim of randomization is to get balanced groups. There were no imbalances in the three groups regarding the clinical characteristics," he said.
Researchers who weren't involved in the study aren't so sure about PREDIMED's retooled conclusions. They feel the randomization problems suggest sloppiness or deliberate data manipulation and that upon further scrutiny, more errors will indeed materialize that will shake PREDIMED's conclusions even more.
For Richard Bazinet, a University of Toronto nutrition researcher, the biggest worry isn't just that the study itself is wrong; it's all the other studies out there that are based on PREDIMED's data.
We can probably expect to hear more about PREDIMED in the coming months. And the only way to move toward better and more robust nutrition science is to learn from the debacle.
"A big [lesson] is how important it is to take post-publication critiques seriously and act on them," said Bastian.
While many people had pointed to flaws in the trial over the years, it was Carlisle's statistical critique, and the fact that it wasn't ignored, that led to the retraction. "The better, critical systematic reviews had already pegged this study as being particularly weak evidence, and they needed to be taken more seriously too," she added.
"I wouldn't give up [on nutrition science]," said Ioannidis. "But we need to take at a minimum some steps forward: Perform more, long-term, large randomized control trials — like PREDIMED but do it right. We need to share the data, and make them publicly available, have people be able to look at them and see that they get the same results." People in many other fields of science, notably psychology, are calling for similar steps to strengthen science.
For now, he added, "[Nutrition epidemiology] is a field that's grown old and died. At some point, we need to bury the corpse and move on to a more open, transparent sharing and controlled experimental way." PREDIMED is probably that point.
The PREDIMED retraction isn't a total dismissal of Mediterranean eating patterns, but it's a reminder of just how difficult it is to come by clear advice on precisely what people should eat for their best health.
Layered on top of the difficulties with studying nutrition is the fact that people have very strong feelings about food — from scientists to study authors to the media — and these feelings bias the research and how it's interpreted. Food is cultural, it's social, it's about our family histories and where we grew up, and it's something we all have experience with, Allison noted. It's no wonder "people become zealots" when they talk about diet.
Despite what the zealots say, there's lots of data suggesting humans can survive — and even thrive — on myriad eating patterns. The optimal diet for any individual probably varies, but in general, you can't go wrong with lots of fruits and vegetables, little junk food, and not too many calories. If you don't smoke too much, don't drink too much, and exercise regularly, you'll probably be okay. Of courses, that's easier said than done for the vast majority of people.


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5 Common Contract Management Risks and How to Avoid Them
Contrary to popular belief, contract management is not just a task for large corporations with extensive legal departments. In fact, small to medium-sized businesses may be at even greater risk of contract-related problems due to their limited resources and lack of in-house expertise.
As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is your responsibility to safeguard your company's financial and legal interests by properly managing contracts, no matter the volume. Failing to prioritize contract management can have serious consequences, including lost profits, damaged business relationships, and even legal action.
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It's time to start treating contract management as the crucial function it is and equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to mitigate the risks.
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Miscommunication or lack of clarity in a contract is a common risk that can lead to misunderstandings and disputes between parties. As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is crucial to ensure that the terms of the contract are clearly stated and easily understood by all parties involved. Ambiguity in language or miscommunication during the negotiation process can create confusion and lead to disputes down the line.
To avoid this risk, it is important to take steps to ensure clear communication throughout the contract process. One way to do this is to have a third party review the contract to ensure that the language is clear and easy to understand.
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Unforeseen changes in the business environment can pose a risk to the terms of a contract and can have significant impacts on a company. As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is important to anticipate and plan for potential changes that may occur during the lifespan of a contract. These changes could include shifts in the market or industry, changes to a company's products or services, or changes to the company's internal operations. If not properly addressed, these changes can affect the viability of a contract and potentially lead to disputes or legal issues.
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Non-compliance with the terms of a contract can lead to a range of problems for businesses, including legal issues and damage to business relationships. As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is important to ensure that all parties involved in the contract are adhering to their obligations and meeting the agreed-upon terms. Failure to do so can have serious consequences and can potentially jeopardize the entire contract.
To avoid non-compliance and the risks it poses, it is important to take proactive steps to ensure that all parties are meeting their obligations. Setting reminders for important deadlines and regularly reviewing the contract can help ensure that all parties meet their commitments.
Additionally, consider implementing a contract management system or using software to track and monitor the performance of all parties under the contract. By staying vigilant and taking proactive steps to ensure compliance, you can help protect your company's interests and mitigate the risks of non-compliance.
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A lack of proper contract management systems can lead to a range of problems for businesses, including lost or mismanaged contracts and missed opportunities. As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is important to have effective processes in place to manage and track contracts throughout their lifecycle.
Poor contract management can result in contracts being misplaced or forgotten, leading to missed deadlines and unfulfilled obligations. It can also lead to missed opportunities for your company, such as failing to renew a contract before it expires or missing out on new business due to disorganized processes.
To avoid these risks and streamline your contract management processes, consider implementing a contract management software or system. These tools can help organize and store contracts in a central location, track important deadlines, and automate routine tasks. By investing in a contract management system, you can help ensure that all contracts are easily accessible and properly managed, reducing the risks of lost or mismanaged contracts and missed opportunities.
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Cybersecurity threats are a growing concern for businesses of all sizes, and contracts are no exception. Hackers can target contracts in an effort to steal sensitive information or disrupt business operations.
As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is important to be aware of the risks that cybersecurity threats pose to your company's contracts and take steps to protect against them. This can include using secure servers for storing contracts, regularly updating cybersecurity measures, and educating employees about best practices for protecting sensitive information.
By being proactive and taking the necessary precautions, you can help safeguard your company's contracts and reduce the risk of cybersecurity breaches. In an increasingly digital world, it is more important than ever to prioritize cybersecurity and protect your company's interests from online threats.
In conclusion, proper contract management is essential for businesses of all sizes. By implementing effective contract management processes and using tools such as contract management software, companies can mitigate the risks associated with contract management, including miscommunication or lack of clarity in the contract, unforeseen changes in the business environment, non-compliance with contract terms, lack of proper contract management systems, and cybersecurity threats.
As a contract manager or procurement manager, it is your responsibility to prioritize contract management and take the necessary steps to protect your company's interests. By doing so, you can reduce the risks of contract-related problems and ensure the success of your business.
Remember, proper contract management is not just a task for large corporations with extensive legal departments – it is crucial for businesses of all sizes to prioritize contract management to safeguard their financial and legal interests."
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Editorial: Touching The Sun — Parker Solar Probe
Posted by Travel_Story_Of_a_Girl on 23 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2018
By the end of its seven-year mission, a 10-foot probe about the weight of a Clydesdale horse will travel nearly eight times closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before.
Here comes the 'Parker Solar Probe' and it's more than all right. "I like to call it the coolest hottest mission under the sun," NASA project scientist Nicola Fox said at a gathering. The event marked the rechristening of the spacecraft (previously called Solar Probe Plus) in honour of Eugene Parker, the University's S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Physics. It's the first time NASA has named a spacecraft for a living person.
Parker is best known for his pioneering work on solar wind, whose existence he predicted in 1958. When the theory was confirmed, it changed how scientists conceive of the Sun and the space between planets and stars – not a vacuum, as once thought, but a tussle of radiation and magnetic fields. Thanks to Parker's work, "Nature has become more beautiful, more complex." Thomas Zurbuchen, the head of NASA's science mission directorate, said at the event.
With the 'Parker Solar Probe' researchers hope to solve other puzzles about Earth's Sun. For instance, why is the Sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, so much hotter than the star's surface?
"It is like water flowing uphill. It shouldn't happen." Fox said. Data from the Parker Solar Probe will also be used to study the physics of stars and improve forecasting of major space weather events.
During its long ride, the probe will orbit the sun 24 times, tightening the circle as it goes with a little help from Venus's gravity. The 'Parker Solar Probe' will launch in late July of 2018 and reach its first perihelion (the point in an object's orbit when it is closest to the sun) three months later.
Parker, now 90, called the effort "a heroic scientific space mission. By 'heroic,' of course I am referring to the temperature" i.e. blistering 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. The probe's only protection is a carbon-composite shield just 4.5 inches thick.
"As a theoretician," Parker added, "I greatly admire the scientists and engineers whose patient efforts together converted the solar probe concept into a functioning reality, ready to do battle with the solar elements as it divulges the secrets of the expanding corona."
"So," he concluded, sounding pleased, "hooray for solar probe."
You've probably watched tendrils of steam rise from a hot cup of tea. As it ascends, the steam gradually cools and slows down. Now imagine if that steam got even hotter and sped up as it left your mug. This, in essence, is how solar wind behaves.
Solar wind is a scorching, high-speed torrent of electrically charged gas that cascades out from the Sun's corona. For reasons scientists don't understand fully, but hope to study with the Parker Solar Probe, the corona – the faint, glowing outline of the sun that is visible during a solar eclipse is even hotter than the Sun's surface. The corona can reach temperatures of 3.5 million degrees Fahrenheit; by comparison, the solar surface is practically frigid at just 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Particles in the uppermost reaches of the corona are so hot and move so fast that the Sun's gravity can't hold them anymore. The corona continually sheds these particles in the form of solar wind.
Solar wind varies in speed – sometimes it's more like a breeze, and other times more like a gale – and can take two to four days to travel to Earth. When fast solar wind strikes Earth's magnetic field, the interaction can enhance the intensity of auroras, the brightly coloured light displays sometimes visible in the skies of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, or disrupt satellite functioning and cause power outages.
As it moves away from the sun, solar wind expands to fill the large volume of space in our solar system, gradually losing density and pressure in the process. At distances of 84 astronomical units – more than twice the distance from the Sun to Pluto – its progress is finally stopped by the interstellar medium, the gassy, dusty material that sits between stars.
In 1958, shortly after he submitted a paper to the Astrophysical Journal, Parker got a memorable scolding from the referees assigned to vet the research before publication. "This is ridiculous," one of the anonymous reviewers told him. "Before you write a scientific paper you should at least take the trouble of going to the library and reading up on the subject."
Parker was neither surprised by the reaction ("any paper with a really new and interesting idea is going to run into trouble," he says) nor deterred. The reviewer was infuriated but hadn't identified anything incorrect in the paper, which predicted what Parker would later dub 'solar wind' – a stream of plasma hurtling away from the Sun at speeds of a million miles an hour.
As early as the 1940s, scientists in Germany and Sweden suggested material was escaping the solar corona and moving into space; in 1951, astronomer Ludwig Biermann noticed that comet tails always point away from the sun and proposed this was due to some kind of continuous coronal radiation.
Parker unlocked the specifics: the outer part of the Sun's corona, he argued, doesn't behave like Earth's atmosphere, which gets colder farther away from the planet's surface. Instead, the outer layers of the corona become so hot that they surge out into space as solar wind, or 'solar corpuscular radiation' as it was first (and less catchily) called. The math four lines of algebra checked out. "As far as I was concerned, it was open and shut," he says.
Nearly everyone disagreed. How, critics wondered, could the sun continue to exist as we know it if its corona was continuously flying away? Even Parker's UChicago colleague Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, then editor of the Astrophysical Journal, was initially skeptical about the idea. But despite his own reservations he couldn't see any obvious errors in Parker's work and decided to publish the paper overruling the reviewers who had judged it so harshly.
Experts, including Joseph Chamberlain of Rice University, developed competing theories. It took a series of US and Soviet missions in the late 1950s and early 1960s for Parker's work to be fully vindicated. The Soviet satellite Lunik 2 captured hints of solar wind in 1959, and three years later, NASA's Mariner 2 confirmed the conjecture using an instrument codesigned by Marcia Neugebauer of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Right away, the probe detected a flow of solar radiation at velocities and densities that matched Parker's prediction. "Parker had certainly been right on," Neugebauer recalled later. "Finally," Parker says, "there was no way out of accepting it."
Since Mariner 2, scientists have measured the acceleration of solar wind and discovered the source of the fastest gales. In 2015 NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission revealed that solar wind stripped away gasses from Mars's atmosphere, transforming the once warm and wet planet into a much colder and dryer one. But deep mysteries about solar wind remain mysteries that the 'Parker Solar Probe' may help solve. For instance, the mechanisms that heat the corona and accelerate solar wind aren't well understood. "It's very exciting that we'll finally get a look," Parker said in an interview with NASA. "I'm sure that there will be some surprises. There always are."
Source of Information http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu
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