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The new year often starts harshly for people with high-deductible health insurance, but there are places to find help. Many of those deductibles reset Jan. 1, forcing patients to pay thousands of dollars for care before most coverage starts. Such a financial hit can be brutal, especially for patients with cancer or a chronic condition.
health insurance Dec 31, 2019
3 Years in, No Sign of Trump's Replacement for Obamacare
As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would "immediately" replace President Barack Obama's health care law with a plan of his own that would provide "insurance for everybody." Three years later, Trump still hasn't managed to repeal and replace his predecessor's big legislative achievement. Now, as the 2020 campaign heats up, Democrats are intent...
Obamacare Dec 16, 2019
'Obamacare' Sign-Up Deadline Is Extended Following Glitches
People will get more time to sign up for "Obamacare" health insurance, the Trump administration announced Monday, following a spate of computer glitches over the weekend. The new HealthCare.gov deadline is 3 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a statement. Coverage takes effect Jan. 1.
Congress Dec 17, 2019
Massive Bill Calls for $1.4 Trillion in Federal Spending
Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a government-wide spending bill. The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21.
Iowa Dec 14, 2019
Iowa Democrats Worry 'Medicare for All' Hurts Key Industry
Kim Motl doesn't work in the health insurance industry. But her friends and neighbors do. So when she saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Motl pressed the Democratic presidential candidate about her "Medicare for All" plan, which would replace private insurance with a government-run system. "What about the little guys that work in the insurance business,...
US Judge Bars Trump's Health Insurance Rule for Immigrants
A U.S. judge in Oregon on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking a Trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to show proof of health insurance to get a visa. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon said in a written opinion that the proclamation could not take effect while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality makes its way through the courts....
High School Football Player Prays With Rival Whose Mom Has Cancer
A hard-fought Texas high school football game took a backseat to the realities of life when opponents Gage Smith and Ty Jordan came together for an emotional prayer after the final whistle last week. Smith asked Jordan if the two friends could say a prayer together for Jordan's mother, Tiffany Jordan, 42, who has stage 4 lung and bone cancer....
Biden Defends His 'Vision' Against Warren's Indirect Attacks
Bristling at Elizabeth Warren's suggestions that he's a milquetoast moderate with small ideas, presidential candidate Joe Biden countered Saturday that he offers a "bold" vision for the country and warned that Democratic primary voters should not get distracted by the party's increasingly tense battle over ideological labels. It was a departure from Biden's usual campaign speech and signaled perhaps a...
US Judge Blocks Trump's Health Insurance Rule for Immigrants
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a temporary restraining order that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday. It's not clear when he will rule...
Lawsuits Around US Seek to Block Trump's Public Charge Rule
The scene is playing out in courtrooms from coast to coast — federal judges being asked to block a new Trump administration policy scheduled to take effect next week that would deny legal permanent residency to many immigrants over the use of public benefits. Almost a dozen lawsuits have been filed from New York to California with plaintiffs including states,...
Trump Signs Proclamation Restricting Visas for Uninsured
Immigrants applying for U.S. visas will be denied entry into the country unless they can prove they can afford health care, according to a proclamation signed Friday by President Donald Trump. The new rule applies to people seeking immigrant visas from abroad — not those in the U.S. already. It does not affect lawful permanent residents. It does not apply...
Chicago Teachers Union Members Vote to Authorize Strike
Chicago Teachers Union members have voted to authorize a strike, union leaders announced Thursday night, setting the stage for more than 25,000 teachers and staff to walk off the job in the nation's third-largest school district. CTU President Jesse Sharkey said the union eclipsed the 75 percent threshold needed to authorize a strike at approximately 9:15 p.m. Thursday. Sharkey said...
Share of Uninsured Americans Rises for 1st Time in a Decade
The proportion of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 — the first evidence from the government that coverage gains under President Barack Obama's health care law might be eroding under President Donald Trump. The Census Bureau also said in an annual report Tuesday that household income rose last year at its slowest pace in four years and finally...
Sanders, Harris Signal Support for 'Medicare for All' and Eliminating Private Insurance
Only two of the 10 candidates on the second night of the 2020 Democratic presidential debate raised their hands when asked who supported abolishing private health insurance.
Healthcare, Immigration Spark Liveliest Debate Among Democrats
At the Democratic debate in Miami Wednesday, the 10 candidates largely agreed on what the Democratic platform should be during the 2020 presidential election. But a few major differences divided them on hot button issues that will likely define their campaigns as the primaries approach.
California Lawmakers Agree to Health Benefits for Immigrants
California will become the first state in the country to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal state continues to distance itself from President Donald Trump's administration.
Health Care Fight Continues in DC
The health care of millions of Americans is once again at the center of a fight on Capitol Hill. The Trump administration says it now supports the full dismantling of the Affordable Care Act. This move could leave more than 20 million people without health insurance.
Trump Renews Fight Against Obamacare
In a new court filing, the Justice Department says it now supports the full dismantling of the Affordable Care Act, a move that would end Obamacare and risk leaving millions of people without health insurance.
DNA Privacy: Test Results Could Affect Your Life Insurance Coverage
Under federal law, companies are not allowed to use your genetic information against you for things like health insurance or a job. But that protection does not apply to things like life insurance or long-term care insurance, and the laws are constantly changing.
California Governor Scales Back LA-SF High-Speed Train
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Tuesday there "isn't a path" for completing the state's plan for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles, yet his office insisted he is fully committed to building such a project. Newsom, delivering his first State of the State address, said he'd shift his focus to completing just a 171-mile segment of...


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Birds @ NMS
Here are some of the birds you can see at Natural Mystic Sanctuary:
by en:User:Kalyanvarma
Black Hooded Oriole
- By J.M.Garg - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3048768
Ceylon Grey Hornbill
By Gihan Jayaweera - At Mihintale, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38962614
Ceylon Hanging-Parrot
By Thimindu - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10492013
Ceylon Junglefowl
by Steve Garvie
Ceylon Small Barbet
By John Gerrard Keulemans - A History of the Birds of Ceylon. Volume 1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10952809
By our guest Yulia, "DSC08411_large.jpg"
Emerald Dove
By Jason Thompson - Flickr: Common Emerald Dove, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30797786
Greater Flameback
Hill Myna
Attribution: Paul Lakin
Legge's Hawk-eagle
by Yathin S Krishnappa
Orange Minivet
By Vimal Rajyaguru - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56048089
By Hafiz Issadeen from Dharga Town, Sri Lanka - Scarlet Minivet - femaleUploaded by snowmanradio, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15876661
Pied Flycatcher-shrike
BBy Gihan Jayaweera - At Knuckles, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33146734
Purple-rumped Sunbird
By CLpramod - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41793857
By Polen2018 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69082174
Red Vented Bulbul
By J.M.Garg - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2994302
By Sam, from The Mud House at Natural Mystic Sanctuary
Serendib Scops-owl
By Peter Wächtershäuser/naturlichter.de, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15226241
Charles J Sharp - Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk
By Shantanu Kuveskar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50285167
By Sam, at Natural Mystic Sanctuary
By Dharani Prakash - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20689012
By Megalaima_flavifrons_-Sinharaja_Forest_Reserve,_Sri_Lanka-8.jpg: Thimindu Goonatillakederivative work: Berichard (talk) - Megalaima_flavifrons_-Sinharaja_Forest_Reserve,_Sri_Lanka-8.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14182191

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Last month at Amazon's AWS re:Invent user conference (see full coverage here), 9,000 attendees gathered to dig deep into the top cloud computing offering in the marketplace. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is very secretive about its business; everything from revenue to the underlying infrastructure of AWS are not disclosed since, as AWS SVP Andy Jassy told analysts attending the conference, "customers don't care about this". So while no one is allowed to tour the AWS data centers, we were given some rare insights into the methodologies and philosophy of design by AWS VP & Distinguished Engineer James Hamilton (see his interview on theCUBE from re:Invent).
Every day, AWS adds enough new server capacity to support all of Amazon's global infrastructure when it was a $7B annual revenue enterprise.
Scale matters, but AWS is not an undifferentiated collection of commodity gear. Hamilton said that 10 years ago he believed that architecture should be a giant collection of commodity gear where software provides most of the value. He now believes that this thinking is wrong and that it is through hyper-specialization that Amazon can continue to deliver innovation. The scale of AWS S3 is trillions of objects delivering over 1.5M requests per second. Not only is the scale massive, but for it to be predictable, Amazon DynamoDB consistently delivers 3ms average latency across all APIs. When asked about Facebook's methodology discussed at the Open Compute Summit earlier this year, which is to standardize on five compute configurations, Hamilton said "I have many more configurations that that now and will have even more next year." Adding more configurations does have more overhead, but at scale, it is better than just having a handful of configurations.
General market offerings must work in a wide range of data center environments; AWS solutions are optimized for specific, well known data center parameters.
While many solutions are built for specific application requirements, AWS builds each application to a scale that is unmatched and therefore doesn't lose economies of scale.
Amazon is a large consumer of Open Source Software (OSS) but is not a public contributor. James Hamilton is himself a large proponent of OSS initiatives, and in his presentation at re:Invent, he discussed the advantages of using commodity hardware. For the compute layer, Hamilton said that while a rack of Quanta servers weighs ¾ ton (up to 600 disk drives in a 42U rack – this matches the densest commercially available architectures for Hadoop), Amazon's configurations are even denser at over 1 ton per rack! AWS added a number of flash optimized instances. Recent industry figures show that ODM servers like those used at Amazon make up a sizable portion of the marketplace ($783M in 3Q13 which was 45% y/y growth). Amazon is not content to simply take components off the shelf; Hamilton stated that it has two engineers working solely on server power supplies where redesigns that are pennies cheaper or a fraction more efficient translates into huge savings.
While S3 may be the largest storage array in the world, it is made up of all compute-resident disk and flash. Server-based storage architectures can also be designed for the enterprise]]. Large cloud providers have used "Distributed DAS" architectures for many years and they have been adding more features into the solutions. Service providers and enterprise accounts need scalable solutions (although not the same order of magnitude of Googlezon) that are more feature rich and don't require a team of PhDs. ScaleIO (acquired by EMC) fits into this new category of solution; here's a blog about a 1000 node configuration. The best fits for compute based storage solutions are for test environments and larger scale configurations. As discussed in VMware VSAN vs the Simplicity of Hyperconvergence, the overhead of building, testing, optimizing and supporting this sort of architecture makes the total cost more expensive for smaller configurations.
From a networking perspective, Hamilton shared that AWS uses custom routers and protocol stacks. He is publicly supportive of white-box networking solutions and even wrote a blog post about Cumulus Networks bringing Linux to the networking world. By using merchant silicon, networking can follow a path similar to Moore's Law, leading to lower costs and especially at scale a non-linear growth (networking is one of the few resources that does not typically get cheaper at larger volumes). Since Amazon builds its own devices and stack, it can make fixes in a day that would otherwise take months if they had to wait for a vendor to spin code. Amazon's network and every service are heavily monitored so that every metric can be tracked.
Pass on value to customers & re-invest in features.
Action Item: Scale matters, and not all clouds are created equal. Amazon Web Services is continuing to innovate in secrecy in an attempt to keep ahead of contenders to its cloud leadership. CIOs need to pay attention to the hyperscale players, which herald the direction of technology. The forecast of public versus private cloud usage over the next few years is hotly debated, but it is without doubt that infrastructure designs and operational models are seeing seismic shifts, and Amazon is a key disruptor.
Footnotes: Stu Miniman is a Principal Research Contributor for Wikibon. He focuses on networking, virtualization, converged infrastructure and cloud technologies. Stu can be reached via email (stu@wikibon.org) or Twitter (@stu).
Stu, Great article. Some observers are suggesting that Amazon's move into more customized hardware is also going to support a move into private cloud -- providing hardware with AWS software preloaded to customers who want to run clouds internally. Did you see any indication of that at the conference?
Also, HP was very public at Discover Europe last week about its big push into the public and private (hybrid & managed) cloud market based on OpenStack. IBM of course is also using and contributing to developing OpenStack. Is this a real threat to AWS dominance in public cloud?
Bert - Amazon has stated that they have no interest in building private clouds. As I mentioned in the article, one of the reasons that AWS can build some of the solutions is because they have complete control over the environment and this wouldn't be the case in a non-Amazon data center.


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Lawsuit over damages from Milo Yiannopoulos event moves forward
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By Megha Krishnan | Senior Staff
Reflecting on the Free Speech Movement amid the election cycle
UC Berkeley to settle free speech lawsuit with conservative groups
Federal judge dismisses $23M lawsuit over Milo Yiannopoulos protest
Updated 3/18/18: This article has been updated to reflect additional information from city spokesperson Roqua Montez.
Two years after the violent protests on campus surrounding conservative speaker Milo Yiannopoulos' visit, a lawsuit that was originally filed in January 2018 against campus officials, UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department is moving forward.
U.S. Northern California District Judge Claudia Wilken denied UC Berkeley's motion to dismiss the charges against two UCPD officers: Lt. Marc DeCoulode and Lt. Joey Williams. According to the order regarding the campus's motion to dismiss, the reasoning behind the court's decision was that the plaintiffs — John Jennings, Katrina Redelsheimer, Trever Hatch and Donald Fletcher — had sufficiently pleaded that actions taken by these officers violated their due process rights under the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs' case against the rest of the defendants, however, has been dismissed without appeal.
"We believe UCPD acted appropriately to respond to the events that occurred," campus spokesperson Roqua Montez said in an email. "After the initial motions frame the scope of the case, UC defends the remainder of the case on the merits. That is the next step."
In the revised complaint submitted by the plaintiffs, they alleged that Lt. DeCoulode and Lt. Williams' decision to lock the doors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union caused further harm to the plaintiffs, as they could not seek refuge in the building.
The plaintiffs refer to arguments based "on information and belief" that DeCoulode and Williams' reactions were deliberately indifferent about the safety of the plaintiffs.
"They knew or should have known that they were violating a constitutional right when they deprived our clients due process … to be free of harm," said the plaintiffs' lead attorney on constitutional claims William Becker. "That created a mental state to where they aren't immune from liability. They knew a constitutional right was violated."
According to the plaintiffs' lead attorney on tort claims Shawn Steel, the case took two years to get to the discovery stage because many defendants were named, so there were many lawyers on the defendants' side — which led to delays in the legal process. Becker said the complaint itself was lengthy, and the courts took months to come up with a decision regarding the previous motions to dismiss filed by the defendants.
According to Becker and Steel, the plaintiffs want the defendants to pay for their medical bills and compensation for damages, and they want to ensure that there is a policy shift regarding conservative political events on campus.
"I think the overarching policy goal that we're seeking is that UCB will establish a policy whereby conservatives who visit campus will no longer have to be threatened by violence … simply because of their conservative views," Becker said.
The plaintiffs are currently moving forward with their discovery plan, according to Becker, who also said there was no offer of settlement given by the defendants.
Becker suggested that it would take about a year to fully resolve the case, which means, according to him, that the settlement would be larger if they won after trial rather than if it were settled now.
"Sadly, the police stood down… and… (did) not protect the people in Sproul Plaza," Steel said. "The police … primarily have to protect citizens. We need to find out who told them not to protect the civilians. Somebody needs to be held accountable."
Contact Megha Krishnan at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @_meghakrishnan_.
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Indicator update
While the public health system responds to emerging diseases, such as the coronavirus Covid-19, there have been reports of widening health inequalities, increased levels of obesity, and a slowing down of improvements in infant mortality and life expectancy. Seven years on from the shift of responsibility for public health services from the NHS to local government, we've examined our indicators to see how the quality of public health services has changed in recent years.
A study by the Local Government Association presents a positive picture of "continuing improvements in health" despite councils nationally having their funding cut by 49% between 2010/11 and 2017/18. Estimates suggest that a boost of £1bn is needed in 2020/21 to restore funding to levels seen in 2015/16.
Here at QualityWatch, we looked at trends in public health services across five key areas:
Substance misuse (drugs and alcohol)
It is important to remember that whilst this national-level data presents a broad overview of the health of the population, it may mask differential changes that are occurring at a local level. Nevertheless, monitoring risk factors and preventative services is vital in order to measure the impact of system reforms, funding cuts, and wider societal factors. A summary of our public health indicators is shown below. Clink on the links for more detailed content and analysis.
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Health Survey for England data shows that the proportion of adults who are overweight and obese has increased substantially over the last two decades. In 2018, 36% of the adult population was overweight and 28% was obese.
Data from the National Childhood Measurement Programme shows that the proportion of children in Reception (aged 4-5 years) who are obese has remained relatively unchanged since 2006/07. However, obesity in children in Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) has increased by 2.7 percentage points over the same time period.
One in five children in Year 6 (aged 10-11 years) were obese in 2018/19.
In 2018/19, in both children aged 4-5 and 10-11, the obesity prevalence was over twice as high in the most deprived areas than the least deprived areas. Between 2006/07 and 2018/19, the gap in obesity prevalence between children from the most and least deprived areas increased for children aged 4-5 (from 4.5 to 6.5 percentage points) and aged 10-11 (from 8.5 to 13.9 percentage points).
NHS Stop Smoking Services
The percentage of people using NHS Stop Smoking Services who self-reported that they were successful in quitting at four weeks has remained relatively steady over time, fluctuating at around 50%.
The number of people using NHS Stop Smoking Services who set a quit date has fallen for seven consecutive years, decreasing by 14% in the last year alone. The reduction may partly be due to the increased use of e-cigarettes.
In 2018, 18% of people aged 18 and over in the most deprived areas were current smokers compared with only 10% of people in the least deprived areas.
Smoking in pregnancy
In 2006/07, 16% of women were smokers at the time of delivery and this decreased to 11% in 2018/19. However, the reduction in smoking rates among pregnant women has slowed in recent years, with a percentage increase of 0.1% in 2017/18 and a percentage decrease of 0.2% in 2018/19.
Provisional data for the first half of 2019/20 shows that the percentage of pregnant women who smoke will continue to decrease. However, if the 6% target is to be met by 2022, the rate of decline will need to increase considerably.
Alcohol-related harm and drinking behaviour
Out of the four UK countries, Scotland has had the highest alcohol-related death rate since the dataset began in 2001, while England has had the lowest.
The rate of hospital admissions which were primarily due to alcohol consumption in England increased from 630 admissions per 100,000 people in 2017/18 to 660 admissions per 100,000 people in 2018/19.
According to the Health Survey for England, since 2006 heavy drinking has fallen for people aged 16 to 54 years old but has increased for people aged 55 and over. The 25-34 age group report drinking the most heavily, and the 75 and over group report drinking the least.
Between 2006 and 2018, the percentage of 13-15 year olds who reported that they have ever had a proper alcoholic drink decreased from 67% to 31%. Over the same time period, the percentage of 11-12 year olds who have drunk alcohol decreased from 26% to 6%, and for those aged 8-10 it fell from 9% to 3%.
International comparisons of preventable risk factors
Daily smoking has decreased in most OECD countries since 2000. In Great Britain, the proportion of the population aged 15+ who are daily smokers decreased from 27% in 2000 to 17% in 2017.
Obesity has been rising in most OECD countries over the past two decades. In England, the proportion of the total population who are obese increased from 21% in 2000 to 29% in 2017. Japan consistently has very low levels of obesity. In 2016, 40% of the total population of the United States were obese.
In the UK, alcohol consumption decreased from 10.4 litres per capita in 2000 to 9.7 litres per capita in 2017, which is just above the average of the comparator countries. Sweden had the lowest alcohol consumption in 2017 and France had the highest.
Adult substance misuse services
Since 2005/06, adult waiting times for a substance misuse treatment intervention have improved substantially. In 2018/19, nearly all individuals (98%) waited three weeks or less from first being identified as having a treatment need to being offered an appointment to start an intervention.
Overall, around half of people complete substance misuse treatment free of dependence. In 2018/19, opiate users had the lowest rate of successful completions (25%) and alcohol only users had the highest rate (60%).
Between 2008 and 2018, rates of new STI diagnoses increased for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital herpes and syphilis, but decreased for genital warts.
The proportion of the population aged 15 to 24 screened for chlamydia decreased from 27% in 2012 to 20% in 2018.
In the UK, the proportion of HIV cases diagnosed at a late stage of infection decreased from 55% in 2008 to 40% in 2015, but has since increased again to 43% in 2018.
Between 1990 and 2017, the under-18 conception rate decreased by 62%, from 48 per 1,000 women to 18 per 1,000 women.
In 2017, 52% of under-18 conceptions resulted in an abortion, which is the highest percentage in over 25 years.
Vaccination coverage for children and mothers
Coverage for all of the childhood vaccinations plateaued between 2011/12 and 2013/14, and has since declined. In 2018/19, for the first time since 2008/09, none of the routine vaccinations met the World Health Organisation's target of 95% coverage.
Provisional data shows that in 2018, there were 968 laboratory-confirmed measles cases in England. This is a steep rise in cases compared to the 283 confirmed measles cases in 2017, but is lower than previous outbreaks in 2008 (1,280 cases) and 2012 (1,920 cases).
Uptake of the HPV vaccine has declined slightly over the last couple of years, with 89% coverage for the first dose and 84% for two doses in 2018/19.
Pertussis vaccination coverage for pregnant women in England is not especially high, reaching 69% in September 2019. However, this is a considerable increase since its introduction in October 2012, when the uptake was 44%.
Adult flu vaccination coverage
In England, the World Health Organisation target to reach or exceed 75% uptake of the flu vaccine for people aged 65 and over was last met in the winter of 2005-06.
So far in winter 2019-20 (between 1 September 2019 and 31 December 2019), uptake has reached 71%.
Between 2007 and 2017, the UK had some of the highest levels of flu vaccination coverage among those aged 65 and over compared to other OECD countries.
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At the ending of Code Geass R2, the last scene showed someone whose face wasn't showed riding a horse-pulling-cart with CC. I believe that it is indeed Lelouch (who was previously stabbed by Suzaku wearing Zero's uniform as part of their Code Zero plan to free Elevens), and that he had gained immortality because of his frequent usage of his Geass.
Lelouch's Geass first leveled-up the episode when he accidentally ordered his sister Euphemia to kill all Elevens. Then, his father King Charles was beaten by him and I'm thinking that King Charles' immortality was transferred to him.
If that person was really Lelouch, then, has he already gained immortality by that time?
This seems to be a religious issue, judging by the amount of arguing I found while I was searching for the information contained in this answer. At the very least, xjshiya's answer is not universally accepted, and there are a lot of people who flat out reject that theory. In my opinion the evidence against the other theory is more compelling. I'm going to try to present said evidence as impartially as I can.
First, no official source has ever claimed that Lelouch survives at the end of R2. That alone doesn't answer the question, because it could be deliberately ambiguous. Of course, Lelouch would need to be alive to be driving the cart.
" -----Still, isn't it possible that defeating the wise ruler Schneizel, the person who was supposed to have brought order to the world, might lead to some [viewers] interpreting it as a Bad End?
-----Was there a dispute among the staff members regarding the ending?
-----Why were you so bold as to choose this ending when the viewers might see it as a Bad End?
------I see. So Lelouch's decision was also your, Mr. Okouchi's, and Director Taniguchi's decision.
Okouchi: Which is why I think of both our and Lelouch's decision as Happy Ends. I believe that there will be better things in the tomorrow awaiting Nunnally, Kallen and the rest who have been left behind. And surely Lelouch, who was able to make this into a reality, can only be happy [about this].
-----Some unresolved mysteries still remain.
Okouchi: From the very beginning, [I/we] never planned on explaining everything. In fact, if you ask me, I think we might have overdone the explanations. While it's undeniable that Lelouch's story has ended with a full stop, the other characters' stories are still on-going, and it's not like the world [of Code Geass] itself has come to an end either. [I/we] didn't want to end it by closing it up for good."
That seems to pretty strongly confirm that at least Okouchi believes Lelouch dies in the end. Of course, Okouchi, being a writer, doesn't have the final say. The director is the one whose word we should ultimately be looking for, but director Gorō Taniguchi has not said anything definitive either way. He did say something ambiguous, to the effect that he "prefers to see the end as a happy one," but Okouchi also claims it's a happy ending despite Lelouch dying. Okouchi also didn't seem to have any difficulty speaking for the whole team, and no one came out to correct him, so this seems reasonable.
The link above has a couple other relevant quotes which I will not repeat here. I believe that this establishes that there's a pretty strong opinion that Lelouch is, in some form or another, dead.
Here's a further confirmation of this. This image lists people who died in R2. I've boxed the relevant entry for Lelouch.
The above was taken from the same issue of the magazine. This is an official image. I don't think this really adds anything to the above except removing some ambiguity.
There's some further evidence here (I haven't really checked this translation but by a cursory skim it seems to be accurate).
Given that the "Lelouch = Cart Driver" theory requires that Lelouch and C.C. aren't separated at the end, this piece of information just doesn't make sense unless we reject that theory.
So we've confirmed that Lelouch is pretty dead at the end of R2, and that the fan theory that he is the cart driver really isn't supported by the official statements. There are a couple of ways to get around all of these facts. I don't really regard them as anything but conspiracy theories and other ways fans are trying to deal with the ending that isn't quite as happy as they were hoping for.
Lelouch has at least two identities. Perhaps Lelouch vi Britannia died, but Lelouch Lamperouge lived on? Or maybe Lelouch abandoned his name, but he's still alive, and the sources list him as dead because his identity as Lelouch vi Britannia is dead? I can't really argue against the possibility of this, but there is no evidence supporting it at all. It doesn't really make sense in light of the C.C. bio either.
While several people have confirmed that they believe Lelouch dies, director Taniguchi has been notably silent. Perhaps there was some disagreement among those in charge, and Taniguchi actually thinks Lelouch is alive? We can't ever know for certain what happened when they were writing the ending, but it seems reasonable to expect that if there were disagreements, Okouchi wouldn't have claimed that there were none, and if the disagreements were major someone else probably would have spoken up.
Again, I regard those as little more than conspiracy theories by disgruntled fans who think the ending is somehow "unfair". There is no evidence supporting either of them.
While the theories proposed in the other answer are good speculation, they just don't fit with facts released later. The consensus of the production team is that Lelouch is dead and not driving a cart at the end of Code Geass R2. The cart driver is probably just some random guy. If this seems unfair to you, then it's worth remembering that many other characters with far fewer crimes died in the series, so in some sense it's poetic justice for Lelouch to also die. And the interviews with everyone including the director do confirm that in dying, he was successful at his goal of starting the world down a better path.
Again, this seems to be something people view religiously. I'm not claiming that the speculations that Lelouch survives are bad in-universe, but there's simply no evidence for them either from the producers and a lot of evidence to the contrary, so the better answer in this case is that Lelouch is dead.
Lelouch is really the cart driver at the end of Code Geass R2.
The most obvious reason would be CC calling to Lelouch in the closing scene of the episode. As we can assume CC to be still sane, she must be talking to someone, and that someone would most probably be the driver of the cart: Lelouch would have to be alive.
Second, however, and this is where the others have thought things through, Lelouch is alive because he got his dad's code. He beckoned the World of C to lend him its powers, and he took Charles's code before Charles passed on. The reason why Lelouch still has his Geass is because he didn't take the Code from the same person who gave him his Geass: he took his Geass from CC, and he took his Code from Charles. Thus, he now possesses both immortality and a Geass. This is also a reason that the title is Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.
To further corroborate this, however, remember that when Nunnally held Lelouch's hand he transferred his memories to her. CC also did it when Lelouch touched her accidentally back then, so it could be assumed that people with Codes are indeliberate telepaths. This leaves us with both immortals traversing the world for the rest of eternity.
Charles grabbed Lelouch with his right hand, which had the Geass sigil.
Lelouch needed the fully evolved Geass to transfer a code.
The code doesn't appear to activate until someone dies. Hence, why C.C. was wounded when she first inherited her code. Same happened with Charles in the World of C.
When Lelouch touched Nunnally, Nunnally got a flash of his memories. This ONLY happens when a high potential Geass user touches someone with the fully evolved Geass.
The title of the series is "R2″, which is similar to how "C.C" is pronounced. So Lelouch would be "R.R." which is Engrish (I presume) for L.L., Lelouch Lamprouge.
When C.C. is talking on the wagon, she says "the power of Geass brings loneliness…that's not quite right is it, Lelouch?" and nods her head in the direction of the wagon driver.
[Furthermore,] Orange knew of Lelouch's and Suzaku's plan and helped them out by ordering his men not to fire on Zero, he even smiled when Zero (Suzaku) jumped on his shoulder.
Now would Orange, a man who devoted himself entirely to Lelouche and threw away everything without a second thought be OK with a plan where the sole person he wants to protect in life is actually killed? The answer to that is NO, not even if Lelouch ordered him to accept the plan: he would not go along with it and would protect him with his life. There is only one way that Orange would be OK with a plan like that and that's if he knew about Lelouch's immortality, which I assume he did as he worked with V.V. in the Geass research base. Orange was OK with this plan as he knew Lelouch would come to no harm and would be able to start a new peaceful life with the woman he loves in a world which he himself had made peaceful.
Even at the end, we see Orange on his orange plantation, completely content with the way things have panned out, he definitely could not be that happy had Lelouch actually died.
So Lelouch and CC lived happily ever after, literally.
Over the past 10 years the creators of the show have repeatedly explained that Lelouch is truly dead. This was done in interviews, articles, tweets, live commentary, the official guide book, the remade epilogue (from 2009) where they dropped the misunderstood hay cart scene and replaced it with C.C. explicitly narrating to the audience that Lelouch is dead, etc. There's a Reddit post where all these official statements can be found. This post also scrutinizes the fan theory which assumes that Lelouch has the code and shows where and how the anime itself contradicts the theory's points.
I will give a few examples from that linked post, for a full overview follow the link above.
"A young man dies. He had the power to change the world, to create a new order. The world feared him, hated him. But, I know he died with a smile on his face. Only those who have realized their dream will truly understand that feeling of utter contentment. So, this is not a tragedy. And whenever I feel sad or cry at night, I sing a song. A song of man's making. Zero Requiem!"
As if all the official statements about his death aren't enough, the creators even explicitly denied some of the core points of code theory, such as Nunnally seeing memories/code visions.
This answer was based on a compilation post from reddit. The compilation post consists of 2 parts, part 1 gathers all the official statements, part 2 shows how the anime itself contradicts code theory because code theory violates the rules established by the anime's canon.
Well, actually, if you're going to offer that the official records pronounced him dead. I'd like to counter by saying during the show, after freya was launched by suzaku, the official records pronounced both nunnally and sayoko dead, and we know what happened there.
I know it was to prevent spoilers for the show, but still. Unless there's another season that adds on to it, we really can't definitively prove whether Lelouch is either dead or alive. There's just too much circumstantial evidence that he is alive, yet more solid evidence plus motive to say that he is dead.
It's inconclusive, really, but as a placeholder I think seeing him as passed on would be appropriate for now.
What did the old man say to the bartender at the end?
Did Daichi and Hana survive?


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The Besarabsky Market (, Besarabs'kyi rynok), also referred to as the Besarabka (), is an indoor market located in the center of Kyiv on the Bessarabska Square at the southwest end of the city's main thoroughfare, the Khreshchatyk. Constructed from 1910 to 1912 to a design of Polish architect Henryk Julian Gay, the market features  of market space.

Its name originates from Bessarabia, a region conquered by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish Wars and now partially located in southwestern Ukraine on the territory of the Odessa Oblast (province).

See also
 Lazar Brodsky
 Market (place)
 Retail

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External links

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   Бессарабський ринок  in Wiki-Encyclopedia Kyiv

Buildings and structures in Kyiv
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Shopping malls established in 1912
Art Nouveau architecture in Kyiv
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Side view of the existing Diesel-Electric Generators at the Short Range Development site in North Bay, ON. One replacement engine will improve reliability and fuel efficiency.
With help from DCC, radar stations in northern Canada will continue monitoring northern airspace for decades to come.
A DCC team is currently overseeing the replacement of the 111 diesel electrical generator engines that power 36 North Warning System stations. The unmanned stations are located near the 70th parallel, with a monitoring and control station at 22 Wing North Bay, Ontario.
"The current engines were installed in the late 1980s," says Nahed Farah, Technical Specialist, Project Management. "The engines were discontinued, so it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain them."
Five engines—three at BAR3 near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories and two in North Bay will be replaced this year, with the first in North Bay being the test run. One third of the remaining engines will be installed in each of the subsequent three years.
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I've got commitment issues. Commitment issues to my blog. I don't know why, but I just can't seem to find the time to put 100% effort into it. It might be because I've been in the midst of the busiest summer of my life… no joke. But it might also be down to the fact that I am a perfectionist. If I can't do something completely, then I just won't bother. In other words, if I can't get good content, beautiful imagery and schedule it all on the blog for one specific day, then I just don't see the point. My blog has suffered because of it; my creativity has suffered because of it.
If you've read my 'About' page, you'll know why my blog is called The Happy Journal. Along the way, this mission got a little lost. I've struggled with my sense of self here on the internet. Discovering what I want to blog about has been tough, and I've often opted for the easy option or the most popular option. I've dabbled in a little bit of PR, but overall I've neglected my original purpose: to spread positivity.
My blog is for encouragement, I must remember that. If I am putting my whole heart into what I do, that's when people will become affected by it.
So, with that in mind, I'm bringing back a beloved series that I started last year. My online Happy Journal will document the things each week that made me smile or that deserve a mention. Ideally, I'd post this every Monday, but today it's Wednesday but I'm going to post it anyway. I'm a believer in the little things in life, so I want to be able to look back in years to come at the things that made me happy.
At the start of this week, we were in Spain, so Monday didn't feel so bleugh! In fact, we went to the Les Fonts d'Algar which is a big valley in Spain with lots of waterfalls. We've been lots of times before, and it's always so fun. Although the water is freezing, there are big pools to swim in.
I lost my engagement ring… and then I found it! I was so happy! I'm going to write a little anecdote on the story but after I had come to terms with the fact that I would need to claim on the insurance to get another, it turned up.
Last Thursday I hosted a little pizza and games evening at my place. Everyone brought a pizza, we provided chips and garlic bread and we played rounds of Presidents and Pooheads (I believe the game is also called Capitalism) and Jungle Speed.
This coming week, we are heading to Soul Survivor, a Christian festival, as youth leaders. Last Friday we had our last planning meeting. I've not been for a couple of years so I'm really excited.
We went to the gym on Saturday – only to find that it closed half an hour later lol- and on our way out we saw bushes full of blackberries! We picked some to take home.
Joel and I (mainly Joel – credit where credit is due and all that) recreated a dish that we ate on my birthday at Rose Cottage Tea Rooms in Castleton, the Peak District. It was awesome! We added a few extras to it and it was so yummy.
Yesterday we went wedding cake tasting! Joel and I went to visit a woman who has taken on the task of our wedding cake and we scrolled through Pinterest and stuffed our faces.
I found an embellishment for my wedding outfit and I think I've found the shoes I want! Things are really starting to come together now!
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We're doing something a little different today. I've expanded the parasha to be our main message this Shabbat. There is a theme woven throughout this section of the Torah, and I felt it deserved our deeper consideration. First, I'll give an overview of the parasha, then we'll address that underlying theme, and draw some applications.
But I'll begin with a question: what is the name of the government agency in charge of space exploration? NASA, of course, which stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. You know, they could have named it any number of ways, but the acronym NASA seems apropos to me, because the Hebrew verb nasa means to lift up or take up or carry away.
The parasha for this first Shabbat after Shavuot is entitled Naso, from that same verb nasa. It covers Numbers 4:21-7:89. Chapter four describes the taking of a census of the levitical families of Gershon, Merari and Kohath. These families were set apart by God to be responsible for the set up and transport of the Tabernacle and all its materials. In other words, they were sanctified schleppers.
As we have learned in weeks past, the tribe of Levi was set apart to serve the Mishkan because they alone stood loyally by Moses and Adonai on the day of the golden calf fiasco. As horrible as that incident was, the tribe of Levi distinguished themselves that day. They were zealous for the Lord, and willing to regard Him above every other consideration; to the extent that they assumed the painful responsibility to put to death the leaders of that rebellion – even if it was a friend or a family member involved.
We get this understanding from Deuteronomy chapter 33, where Moses, blessed the tribe of Levi, saying, "He said of his father and his mother, 'I did not consider them;' and he did not acknowledge his brothers, nor did he regard his own sons, for they observed Your word, and kept Your covenant." This also helps us put in perspective Yeshua's words, "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me" (Matthew 10:37).
Chapter five begins a section on another group of people who were to be set apart, but in a different way, and for a very different reason. This separation was for various types of uncleanness. Included here is the command that lepers must dwell outside the camp; not only to minimize contagion, but more importantly, because an infinite, perfect, holy God dwelt within the camp. For most Israelis diagnosed with leprosy, it was a temporary condition, but imagine the loneliness of that isolation, and all the more if someone had a permanent case of leprosy!
Chapter six describes yet another type of separation – those who willingly set themselves apart through a Nazirite vow. Nazirite comes from the word ryz]n meaning consecrated, either in a religious or ceremonial sense, or set apart for high office. It may also be translated crown or diadem. The Nazirite vow was to be a minimum of 30 days, but it could be potentially much longer; even for a lifetime! During that time, the Nazirite was forbidden to consume wine or strong drink, or even grape juice, grapes or raisins! Anything produced by the vine was prohibited. Scholars suggest it may have been a caution against drunkenness during the vow, or else (and I think this is more likely) it was a renunciation of anything associated with Canaanite (agri)culture and a remembrance of Israel having relied entirely upon God in the wilderness. The Nazirite was also required to let his hair grow until the completion of the vow, at which time it would be cut and then burned on the altar. After the completion of the vow, he would again be permitted to enjoy the fruit of the vine.
Also in this chapter is a description of the unusual priestly test for a woman accused by her husband of adultery. In Jewish tradition, marriage is called kiddushin – from the word kadosh, meaning holy or set apart. At a Jewish wedding the groom will say to the bride, Harei at m'kudeshet lee – "behold, you are set apart to me!" The covenant of marriage mutually excludes the two from every other person on earth and sets them apart for each other only.
This is why throughout history, both Judaism and Christianity have regarded adultery as among the most serious of offenses. What I can appreciate about this unusual type of trial is that the matter is taken out of the hands of a jealous husband, and reserved for God to judge. Furthermore, a public trial such as this served not only to establish guilt or innocence, but also acted as a deterrent. Our sinful nature is kept in check through the threat of severe consequences for sinful actions; and that would be as true for the making of a serious but false accusation, as for adultery.
Chapter six concludes with the Aaronic benediction – the marvelous blessing God gave Aaron and his descendants, the priests, to pronounce over the sons of Israel. To this day it is chanted in synagogues around the world, but only by a Kohayn (someone descended from the family line of Aaron). This is further evidence that God always had our people approach Him through a mediator. It also shows us that Israel as a nation was set apart by Adonai. Of all the nations in the world, He made a covenant with just one. This is why He could say to the Jewish people, "You are to be holy to Me, because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own" (Leviticus 20:26).
Chapter seven describes, in great detail, 12 days' worth of lavish offerings presented to the Lord at the Tabernacle by the leading families of Israel (presumably representing the tribes). These families set apart a portion of their wealth and consecrated it to the Lord. Are you as intentional about the way in which you give back to Adonai from your wealth?
Hopefully, we've identified the common thread. Woven throughout parasha Naso is the theme of God-ordained separation, and that is what holiness is about; being set apart by the will of God.
To those of you who are believers in Messiah Yeshua, on that day you surrendered your will to His, transferred your loyalty to His kingdom, and committed yourself to obey His teachings, you became holy. In Messiah you and I are set apart. And now that we are His disciples, God has also made us Messiah's ambassadors. In John chapter 15 Yeshua said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you…You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last" (John 15:13-16).
Yeshua reiterated this in what has come to be known as The Great Commission, when He said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me; therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:18-20). Thus,
We are set apart by God as representatives of Messiah Yeshua.
Unfortunately, but predictably, that makes us very unpopular with our own people. Fact is, long before the present, worldwide increase in anti-Semitic activity, long before the Holocaust, long before the pogroms and mandated Jewish ghettos in Europe, long before the Forced Disputations in Spain, long before the Crusades, long before the usual litany of historical justifications Jewish people use as a rationale for rejecting Yeshua, the matter had been decided by our own leaders. There was collusion! The Pharisees, chief priests and Torah experts assembled and, fearing the loss of their power and influence over the people, decided that something had to be done about this upstart rabbi from Nazareth. Henceforth, any discussion on whether or not Yeshua might be the Messiah was shut down and forbidden. Evidence suppressed. Witnesses intimidated. Case closed.
And if you dared question the wisdom of the rabbis, you would find yourself 'set-apart' – ostracized from the Jewish community, even from your own family and friends; and branded a meshumed ('apostate') and a traitor.
Do you remember in John chapter 9 how the Pharisees treated the man who had been blind all his life and was wondrously healed by Yeshua? First, they interrogated him, then they attempted to deny outright that this miracle even happened, then they attempted to pressure him to deny Yeshua by bringing in his parents and putting him on the spot, and eventually, when he answered them back, speaking the truth, they put him out of the synagogue!
And the suppression of the truth continued…
Before encountering the risen and glorified Messiah Yeshua on the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus, whom we now know affectionately as Apostle Paul (or Rabbi Paul around here) was just such an anti-Yeshua zealot. But once he let it be known that he, too, had become a follower of Messiah Yeshua, he became public enemy #1, and remains to this day the second most hated Jew among Jewish people.
As early as the late 1st and early 2nd Centuries AD, followers of Messiah Yeshua were being ferreted out by synagogue leaders and hunted down from city to city. At the Council of Yavneh, a 19th benediction was added to the Shmoneh Esreh (18 benedictions). It is called Birchat HaMinim a curse on the minim, a generic word for 'heretic' but applied specifically in this context to the Nazarene sect – Jewish followers of Jesus. The rabbis began implementing cherem (shunning and excommunication) systematically against Messianic Jews.
So, as I said, we Jews have been pressured by our own leaders since almost the very beginning, to reject Messiah Yeshua, and discouraged from even considering the evidence or, heaven forbid, reading the Gospel for ourselves. And if a Jewish person should be discovered to be investigating Yeshua, or having believed in Him, they will be ridiculed, labeled and marginalized.
We shouldn't be surprised by any of this, and we mustn't let ourselves be deterred by it. Yeshua Himself told us, "A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household!" (Matthew 10:24-25)
He went on to warn us that, precisely because we are identified with Him, we will be hated by all nations, beginning with and including our own. We are accounted as losers to be ridiculed and like lepers to be avoided.
We are set apart by men as rejects because of our loyalty to Messiah Yeshua.
But don't let it get you down. Sometimes the hero or heroes of the story are thought to be 'losers' by everyone else. Let me remind you of the unlikely heroes of the city of Samaria in the days of King Joram.
Samaria had been under siege by Aram (Syria) for so long, that the people were starving to death. They actually began resorting to cannibalism! And in 2 Kings 7 we read about four lepers sitting outside the gate of the city. As lepers, they weren't welcome in the city, but there was no food in the city, anyway, so that wasn't an option. And they reasoned that if they just sat there, they would die. It left them just one course of action: go surrender themselves to the Syrian army. At least the Syrians had food.
But when they got to the Syrian camp, it was abandoned. There was food, money, clothes, and treasures galore, but the camp itself was abandoned. We find out that God had put a panic in the hearts of the soldiers, thinking they heard the sound of an enormous invading army, so that they ran for their lives! And the lepers went from tent to tent, eating, drinking and collecting gold and silver.
But then their consciences troubled them. Their countrymen were dying of starvation inside the city. They've discovered a vast supply of food and water and treasure; how could they keep that good news to themselves? Sure, their own people disdained them as lepers; but they had a responsibility to announce deliverance. And that they did. They'll always be lepers in the eyes of the community, but they are the unlikely heroes of 2 Kings chapter 7.
Let's understand this historical event to also serve as a metaphor for the Gospel. The starvation of the inhabitants of Samaria stands for the desperate need of our Jewish people, who are dying spiritually every day. The Aramean armies of Ben Hadad, who besieged the city, can represent Satan and his forces, who would prevent our people from obtaining what we need to live: the Gospel.
And the lepers? They're you and me. We're not exactly the elite of society. In fact, as far as the Jewish community is concerned, Jewish believers are outcasts. Like those lepers we are thought to have no credibility. Meanwhile, we are like those who in the midst of a famine have found food and drink and clean clothing and great riches – the Gospel. And for a short while we revel in our discovery, but quickly come to understand that we need to tell this Good News, because our people are dying for the lack of it.
But like lepers, most of the time we're not believed. Yet the time is coming when the Jewish people – my people, will come to faith in Messiah Yeshua and discover unimaginable blessings, just like we did. And we'll be vindicated. But that's then. This is now. And right now, we are supposed to call out to the 'gates of the city' as it were, and let people know where there's spiritual food and drink, regardless if anyone listens to us or not, so that no one else needs to perish!
So, we are set apart with honor by God as Messiah's representatives and, sadly, we are often set apart with disgrace by men as rejects. But the good news is that we get to be set apart – together! Yeshua said that we should count ourselves blessed when people insult us, persecute us and falsely say all kinds of evil against us because of Him. He said that we should rejoice and be glad, for our reward in heaven will be great; because that's how the righteous prophets were treated.
So, let's embrace both ideas of what it means to be a people set apart; set apart for disgrace, and set apart for honor. Disgrace for the moment, but honor in eternity, and in the eyes of the only One whose opinion really matters. Let us fulfill God's calling on our lives, get outside these walls and make a genuine effort to share the Good News with unbelievers.
Each day brings opportunities that you may have misinterpreted as interruptions. Start thinking differently about the people you encounter. Stop thinking about ministry as something you go somewhere to do at a set time, and start viewing yourself as always being on the alert for the people God is sending your way. And, yes, sign up and participate when Shema goes out on evangelistic forays.
And choose to live lives set apart – all to the glory of Messiah Yeshua, and for the expansion of His Kingdom.
By Rabbi Glenn|2019-06-17T15:07:46-04:00June 15th, 2019|Categories: Sermons by Rabbi Glenn, Torah Parasha|Tags: Naso, Numbers, Rabbi Glenn|Comments Off on Naso – Set Apart: For Disgrace and for Honor
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Welcome to the nineteenth edition of our A Better Start Southend Research Bulletin, bringing you the latest on 'what works' in early years' around our outcomes: Social and Emotional Development, Diet and Nutrition, Communication and Language, Community Resilience and Systems Change.
Your regular update, edited by Rachel Wood also shows how we are using these findings to influence our work in Southend. In addition, we invite you to help shape our 'test and learn' projects and innovations in prevention and early intervention.
If you would like to contribute an article, want to sign up to receive these updates, or have a question, please email: abssresearch@pre-school.org.uk
Early Language Development and Conversation (Communication and Language)
First Foundations: Social and Emotional Development (Social and Emotional Development)
Two-year-old free childcare: Take up and outcomes (Systems Change)
Early Language Development and Conversation
Title: Trafton, A (2018), Back-and-forth exchanges boost children's brain response to language, MIT News
Research source: http://news.mit.edu/2018/conversation-boost-childrens-brain-response-language-0214
Our Summary: This report argues that engaging young children is critical in language development. The finding was that this made neuronal changes, which were the same regardless of a parent's income or education. On this basis, it is argued that parents can make a significant impact on their children's early language development.
The authors argue that it is not talking at your child, which is important, but it is conversation.
Using imaging techniques the scientists found that the parts of the brain (Broca's area) known to be associated with speech production and language processing was more active when children were listening to stories. It was this activation which was found to be linked to language acquisition.
Whilst the research was undertaken with children aged 4-6 years, the authors argue that would also apply to children in the early years. It seems to shows that it is the active participation that is important, and not just talking at a child.
The study is now being extended to see what support methods can be used to remind parents to have this type of conversation (e.g. text prompts etc).
By the delivery of a wide range of 'Let's Talk' activities, and screening offer.
Are there other ways that we could support early language development and conversation?
First Foundations: Social and Emotional Development
Title: Thompson, RA (2018), Social-Emotional Development in the First Three Years: Establishing the Foundations, Pennsylvania State University and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Research source: https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2018/rwjf444708
Our Summary: This American study argues that although the first three years are crucial for social and emotional development that this can be threatened by exposure to stress.
The study looked at a range of ways in which positive social and emotional development can be supported. Examples looked at in the study were:
Home visiting programmes (information and support). The study looked at Nurse Family Partnership (FNP in the UK) and Child FIRST (Child and Family Interagency, Resource, Support and Training). The second has been shown recently in a Randomised Controlled Trial to reduce parental stress and externalised behavioural issues at age 1;
Parent skills programmes that look at parental responsivity. The study reports that a video feedback method has been found to be effective in 12 Randomised Control Tests (RCTs). A programme called Early Head Start was also found to be effective in cognitive and language development gains;
Early infant mental health consultations. It is argued that these may show promise; however, there is currently only one RCT that reports outcomes in the early years.
The report argues that further research is needed as follows:
As to what the most successful elements of a social and emotional development programme for infants and toddlers is:
Efficacy studies have shown that meaningful change can be made in a number of weeks. However, longer term follow ups are needed to ensure that such changes can be maintained;
On measures that can show social and emotional development on a universal basis.
Our Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) Adapt and Work Skills projects are currently in delivery in our test and learn wards;
We are currently in the design process to widen our programme of delivery to maximise impact in this area.
In what other ways can we support social and emotional development in infants and children aged 0-4 years?
Two-year-old free childcare: Take up and outcomes
Title: Teager, W and McBride, T. (2018), An Initial Assessment of the two year old Free Child-Care Entitlement: Drivers of Take Up and Impact on Early Years Outcomes,
Research source: http://www.eif.org.uk/publication/an-initial-assessment-of-the-2-year-old-free-childcare-entitlement/
Our Summary: The 2 year old entitlement for free child-care was introduced in 2013. This entitlement is for 15 hours per week.
Take up was initially found to be slow; however, by January 2018 it was found to be accessed by 72% of those eligible.
However, this was found to be inconsistent in that in some areas there was near to universal take up whilst in others it was as low at 47%.
They found that cultural and language differences did play some part in this, but it did not explain all of the differences. Take up was found to be at the lowest in London and Birmingham.
The report also argues that the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) had limitations in the extent that it could evaluate the policy.
The recommendations for further examination were as follows:
There needed to be more understanding as to why there is less take up in the earlier 2s (and that there should be most studies into why this should be);
More research needs to be done into cultural and language differences in terms of take-up.
In terms of educational outcomes, the report concluded that the take-up does have some potential of impact on children who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) and those who are not.
We develop our services to ensure that they are as accessible as possible (e.g. English as a Second Language);
What other ways could we support outcomes for children who are 2?


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110,946 students make it to state universities
Jakarta / Wed, April 18, 2018 / 05:16 pm
Indonesian schools have just started this week, and high school students in their senior year are already busy preparing for the university entrance exam. (Shutterstock/-)
As many as 110,946 students have made it into 85 different state universities across the archipelago through the entrance test for state universities (SNMPTN) this year.
The SNMPTN assesses students based on their report cards, national examinations, school performance and school performance index, and does not involve any additional testing. The results were announced on Tuesday evening via its official website and later on Wednesday morning in a national newspaper.
The students were selected by a committee out of 586,155 applicants, according to the chief organizer of the 2018 SNMPTN, Ravik Karsidi. Among the students, 28,069 were recipients of Bidikmisi, a state-sponsored scholarship program that aims to support talented students facing financial difficulties.
"The [110,946 students] filled up at least 30 percent of the total seats available in state universities," he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
The remaining seats in state universities will be available for students taking the Joint Entrance Test for State Universities (SBMPTN), slated for May 8, and independent admission entrance tests hosted by respective universities. At least 1.4 million students graduated high school this year.
Following is the list of universities that accepted the most students from the SNMPTN:
University of Brawijaya, East Java (3,341)
University of Haluoleo, Southeast Sulawesi (3,046)
Diponegoro University, Central Java (2,929)
Indonesia University of Education, West Java (2,563)
Padang State University, West Sumatra (2,476)
Hasanuddin University, South Sulawesi (2,466)
Tadulako University, Central Sulawesi (2,374)
Bandung Institute of Technology, West Java (2,359)
Malang State University, East Java (2,356)
University of Jember, East Java (2,325)
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The initial brief was to redesign the current school website, bringing it up to date in terms of information and design. As with any new development we thought it would be sensible to ensure that future growth requirements are captured from the outset.
We produced a website in WordPress which is easy to maintain and update by key staff members. The original site had a lot of duplicate pages and pages not in a logical structure. We restructured the content for better user experience and Search Engine Optimisation.


Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller told Sports Illustrated Thursday evening that he plans to transition from quarterback to wide reciever. Miller said he hasn't given up on the quarterback position as he will continue to do some drills at the position but he will focus the 2015 season primarly as a wide reciever as well as doing some punt returning. Here's a quote from the article.
I love this move for Braxton Miller. His pro prospects weren't going to be at the quarterback spot. I'm glad he's making the transition now instead of wasting years of his potential pro career like former Ohio State quarterback and current Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor. Miller can spend his senior year learning the receiver position and preparing for his NFL future. Miller will join a talented wide receiver group at Ohio State including Michael Thomas, Corey Smith, Johnnie Dixon and Parris Campbell. If Miller can make the transition, the Ohio State offense is going to be an even more exciting offense to watch.


I've recently been looking at purchasing a two-wheeled vehicle, like a scooter or motorcycle. I've been looking at scooters in particular, as they tend to be smaller, less expensive, and more fuel efficient. The fact that I could tinker with a small engine and save on maintenance costs is also a plus, as is the cost for insurance (about $100/year rather than $1,200/year for my car).
Obviously, I wouldn't give up my car (an '06 Toyota Camry), as there are many situations where having a car is useful. But there are many situations where it's not terribly efficient to lug around a few extra thousand pounds of metal. As a physicist, I need to do my part to minimize my contribution to increasing universal entropy, and thus help stave off the heat death of the universe.
Are there any readers in the Tucson or Phoenix (Chandler/Scottsdale, specifically) metro areas who are looking to sell a scooter like the Honda "Elite 80" or something similar? I'd prefer widely-known brands like Honda, rather than essentially no-name Chinese scooters. I also like the styling of the Elite 80 over the more curvy Vespa-style scooters.
Any recommendations on transporting firearms, particularly long guns, on such a vehicle? I know that rifle cases exist for ATVs, but I have no idea if any solutions exist for scooters/motorcycles. Obviously one could carry a slung rifle or shotgun on one's back, but I'd imagine that'd be potentially hazardous if one were involved in an accident.
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One of the comments on this article stood out at me, and necessitated a reply.
He sold the guns used in two recent massares, over the net. He wants to make up for it by selling guns at cost so everyone can protect themselves.
Believe it or not, they featured him on the local news here with no comment, stating his case. As if he were a hero.
Mind boggling. There is no limit to the insanity of humans or the gullibility of mass media.
Did the bushies make it legal to sell guns over the net? How is this possible?
With very few exceptions (e.g. antique firearms), a non-FFL-holding individual cannot directly buy guns from the internet and have them shipped directly to them. This has been the case since 1968, and has not changed since then. Bush and his supporters have changed nothing.
One may purchase a gun from an online vendor like TGSCOM or a private seller on an auction site like GunBroker and have it shipped to their local Federal Firearms License holder (i.e. a gun shop). Next, the purchaser must go through the normal procedure of buying the gun from the dealer: filling out an ATF Form 4473 and undergoing a NICS background check. All state and local laws must also be obeyed.
Oftentimes online vendors have better pricing than a local shop.
Online vendors can often stock a larger variety of guns, often including unusual or uncommon guns, than a local shop.
Interstate purchases do not incur the cost of state sales tax.
Even taking into account the cost of shipping and the local dealer's transfer fees, the lack of sales tax and better online pricing often results in a net savings of money for the purchaser.
In practice, this is absolutely no different than having the local gun shop special order a gun from a distributor, except that the buyer (rather than the dealer) initiates the transaction and has a greater choice of vendors than does the local gun shop.
Eric Thompson (proprietor of TGSCOM, who runs GunsAtCost.com and other online gun shops) did not sell the guns used in two recent massacres. Rather, he sold a single gun to one of the shooters, and some non-regulated parts (magazines) to another. He complied with all applicable laws: once paid, he shipped the gun to the buyer's local FFL. The dealer complied with the law, ensured the appropriate forms and background check were completed, and sold the gun to the buyer. Everything was conducted in accordance with the law. The fact that the buyer later used the gun to commit a heinous crime is not the fault of Mr. Thompson or the local dealer. The fault lies solely with the murderer.
Mr. Thompson's offer to sell guns at cost so that law-abiding citizens can afford to protect themselves is an honorable act, and I applaud him for doing so.
Statistically speaking, shooting is one of the safer recreational activities that one can participate in.
However, guns do have the potential to cause a great deal of harm, be it accidental or intentional harm. Additionally, many ranges are in out-of-the-way locations (I shoot a lot on National Forest land) where any number of natural hazards exist and emergency services may not be readily available.
While I've been fortunate enough to avoid any serious injuries at the range, I still have pack a first aid kit and other emergency supplies whenever I go shooting. The most serious injuries I've had to treat at the range have been minor (<1″ long and not very deep) cuts and some sprained ankles from slipping on rocks. A basic first aid kit can be assembled for not very much money (do-it-yourself kits are almost always cheaper and more effective than store-bought ones), and can treat most minor-to-moderate wounds and injuries.
The addition of QuikClot and some occlusive dressings can help treat a gunshot wound in the unlikely event that one occurs. If one uses these items, be sure to get enough to treat both an entrance and exit wound.
Remember, the first rule is "do no harm". Don't pack stuff you're not qualified to use (Doc Russia is capable of performing field surgery with his truck kit, but I'm not…so I don't bother with most of the stuff he has.), lest you end up harming someone more than helping.
In addition to "stuff", be sure that you have knowledge. Take a basic first aid class from the Red Cross. If you'll be out in remote areas, take a wilderness first aid class. One can never have too much knowledge. I'd bet my life on a trained, knowledgeable first responder with basic equipment, rather than a well-equipped but untrained person. Keep your training up-to-date.
Write down the emergency and non-emergency telephone numbers for the local emergency services. Calling 911 from a remote area may result in your call being routed to a more distant call center. For example, 911 calls from cellphones in California are often routed to the Highway Patrol, who may have to transfer you to the local emergency services. When on National Forest land, I also have the number for the local Ranger Station.
Be prepared to give your exact location when calling emergency services. Know the name (if any) and location of the range where you're shooting. If in a remote area, get a GPS and write down the coordinates ahead of time (like when you park). If there is no address where you are, know the local cross street (even if it's just numbered National Forest roads), if any.
Evaluate communications options before you start shooting. If you're out of cellphone range, find out how far and in what direction you need to go in order to get sufficient signal to call for help. If possible, locate the closest landline telephone (say at a Ranger Station) ahead of time. If in the deep wilderness or at sea, consider getting an emergency locator beacon.
Before you head out, be sure that someone knows where you're going and when you expect to be back.
If shooting in remote areas, consider going in groups of at least three: if one person gets seriously injured, the second can provide first aid while the third finds help (such as traveling to where cellular signal is available).
Anyone else have any hints, tips, tricks, recommendations, or resources?
While I dislike rising ammo prices, I'm pleasantly surprised to see a mainstream news organization reporting on the increasing cost of ammo in a neutral fashion, just like they would report on bread, milk, gasoline, etc.


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