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How Macron and Merkel can secure their Brexit legacy
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For the EU there are existential consequences to compromising too much
Published: November 28, 2020 09:38 Lionel Laurent
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The European Union has a history of muddling through crises at the eleventh hour, preferring a fudged compromise to anything that might definitively drive a wedge between its members. With not one but two deadlocked negotiations facing cliff-edge scenarios, that's likely what the bloc's sparring partners are counting on. They might have to think again.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is holding out for Brexit concessions from the EU to help him sell a trade deal to his supporters at home. Meanwhile, Hungary's Viktor Orban and Poland's Mateusz Morawiecki are refusing to approve a 1.8 trillion-euro ($2 trillion) Covid-19 recovery package unless a condition that recipients have to respect the rule of law is weakened or scrapped. That proviso had been agreed in principle in a softer form earlier this year, yielding what many hailed as a "Hamiltonian" moment for the bloc.
Both deals need resolution before the end of the year, and there's added pressure with the pandemic still raging in Europe. Yet any wishy-washy concessions carry risks for France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel, who are looking to secure their legacy as architects of a stronger, more integrated EU after the Brits' departure. While it's a cliché to say that the bloc's survival is at stake, there are clearly existential consequences to compromising too much.
The EU's challenge is how best to tie respect for its values to its transactional business relationships. Doing so would move the bloc — a single market with 450 million consumers — beyond a purely trade-based hub to one that can borrow, tax and spend ambitiously (one day) on big projects from climate change to defence. The U.K.'s departure creates a competitor on its doorstep, as Merkel put it, one that wants maximum market access with minimal regulatory constraints. To the east, a slide by member states toward corruption, cronyism and politicised judiciaries is a threat to investor confidence and the core founding tenets of the EU.
The Brexit Endgame
Where Brexit is concerned, Johnson shouldn't assume running down the clock will work in his favour. While a no-deal outcome would be bad, expedient sacrifices made to avoid it could store up trouble for the 27-member bloc. Backing down from demands for a "level playing field" on trade, from state aid to environmental and social protections, while still offering privileged market access could embolden other trade partners or current EU members (perhaps even Hungary or Poland) to demand similar treatment.
As for the holdouts in the EU's budget spat, they're at a disadvantage. Their veto threats look more like theatre than principle. Hungary and Poland aren't backed by their "Visegrad" partners Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and Orban's support for Donald Trump puts him at odds with a future President Joe Biden. That gives other EU members leeway to simply push ahead with rule-of-law conditionality regardless, chipping away at the logic of the holdouts' stance.
The risk is that a deal fails to change things long-term. The bloc's past attempts to hold Orban to account over abuses, such as his efforts to force out hundreds of judges, haven't worked out.
Signing fair terms of trade with the UK and unlocking Covid-19 stimulus would clearly help the EU achieve its global ambitions as a standard-setter that exports rules and a power bloc that can be strategically autonomous. Doing so would help it keep up with the US and China while silencing the objections of populists at home who don't want to lose more powers to Brussels.
But closer integration will require more than Merkel's famed negotiation skills. The bloc needs to upgrade its "convergence machine," code for closing economic gaps between members. This matters especially for Eastern Europe, where China and Russia are making inroads. Macron wants stronger political institutions such as the European Parliament to fill the bloc's democratic deficit too.
Without all that, further EU disintegration can't be ruled out. Macron and Merkel's legacy isn't safe yet.
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Justine Reiff Promoted to Store Manager at With Heart and Soul
RISBJ Staff | Aug 09, 2012
CUMBERLAND, RI (August 6, 2012): With Heart and Soul, a Cumberland boutique that sells jewelry, fine gifts, apparel and accessories, announces the promotion of Justine Reiff from sales associate to store manager.
In her new capacity, Ms. Reiff is responsible for staffing, scheduling, accounts payable, purchasing, inventory and payroll.
Prior to joining With Heart and Soul, Ms. Reiff worked as a barista at Hava Java coffeehouse (Woonsocket, R.I.). Previously, she served as restaurant manager at Andrew's Bistro (Cumberland, R.I.) and as cashier at Exotic Tans (Lincoln, R.I.).
Ms. Reiff attended Dean College (Franklin, Mass.) where she studied dance, after which she transferred to the Community College of Rhode Island (Lincoln, R.I.) to further her general education studies.
Ms. Reiff is a resident of Warwick, R.I.
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Carpetbaggers and Air Commandos from the 492nd Special Operations Wing gather for a change of command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 6, 2019. U.S. Air Force Col. Todd A. Fogle relinquished command of the 492nd SOW to U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew M. Jett after leading the wing for over one year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles)
U.S. Air Force Maj. Clay Mathews, an executive officer with the 492nd Special Operations Wing, welcomes Air Commandos and Carpetbaggers to the 492nd SOW change of command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 6, 2019. U.S. Air Force Col. Todd A. Fogle relinquished command of the 492nd SOW to U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew M. Jett after leading the wing for over one year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles)
U.S Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, left, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, U.S. Air Force Col. Todd A. Fogle, middle, and U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew M. Jett, outgoing and incoming commander of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, respectively, salute during a change of command ceremony May 6, 2019, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 492nd SOW is responsible for the training and education of Air Force special operations forces as well as AFSOC's Aviation Foreign Internal Defense program and a non-standard aviation program in support of Air Force special operations forces throughout the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, addresses Air Commandos and Carpetbaggers during a change of command ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 6, 2019. Webb oversees core missions including battlefield air operations, agile combat support, aviation foreign internal defense, information operations/military support operations, precision strike, specialized air mobility, command and control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles)
U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew M. Jett, new commander of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, addresses Carpetbaggers and Air Commandos during a change of command ceremony May 6, 2019, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Jett will provide mission qualification training in special operations forces aviation platforms as well as small unmanned aerial systems, combat aviation advisors, medical element personnel, and Air Force Special Operations Command security forces.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles
By Ciara Travis
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HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. --
Hundreds of Carpetbaggers from the 492nd Special Operations Wing welcomed their new wing commander during a change of command ceremony May 6.
Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, presided over the ceremony as Col. Andrew Jett took command of the wing from Col. Todd A. Fogle.
Webb spoke about the original World War II Carpetbaggers – intrepid Americans who developed innovative solutions to assist the French resistance in preparation for the D-Day invasion.
"These Carpetbaggers were pathfinders," said Webb. "They found a way to get the mission done."
Seventy-five years later, the National Defense Strategy has circled back toward great power competition.
"Great power competition is back and it will take pathfinders like the Air Commandos and Carpetbaggers here to maintain our competitive advantage," said Webb. "I have full faith and know that there is a way, and you will find it."
Webb noted the diversity of the missions of the 492nd SOW as being rather complex, and in many ways, the actual vanguard of the top priorities of the Secretary of the Air Force.
"Restoring readiness through the 492nd [Special Operations] Training Group, modernizing through the 18th Flight Test Squadron, driving innovation through the 492nd Special Operations Advanced Capabilities Squadron, developing joint leaders at U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, strengthening allies through the 492nd Special Operations Group through the Combat Aviation Advisors and Nonstandard Aviation Communities," said Webb. "The Carpetbaggers are exactly who the Secretary of the Air Force wants the rest of the Air Force to be."
As the new 492nd SOW commander, Jett addressed his formation.
"To the Carpetbaggers of the 492nd SOW, we are a unique wing inside of a unique command," said Jett. "Turning Airmen into Air Commandos; sending out small teams of Operational Aviation Detachments to train our international partners so that we can keep the fight far from our shores; hiding in plain sight as we deliver combat effects to the enemy in the seams and on the fringes and all the support that goes with that: these are no small charges and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve you and your families, put me to work."


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Andrea James is an Aboriginal Australian playwright and theatre director, best known for her plays Yangali Yangali and Sunshine Super Girl, the latter about tennis star Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Early life and education
Andrea James is a Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai woman, who also has Polish and Tamil heritage. She is the great-granddaughter of Thomas Shadrach James and granddaughter of Shadrach Livingstone James

She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Career
James has produced plays for Carriageworks, Blacktown Arts Centre, Urban Theatre Projects, La Mama Theatre and Ilbijerri, among others. Her works have been staged throughout Australia as well as in the United Kingdom, Paris and New York City.

She worked as Aboriginal arts development officer at Blacktown Arts Centre, before being appointed as  Artistic Director of Melbourne Workers Theatre in 2001, occupying this role until 2008. It was here that she wrote and produced Yangali Yangali.

James' play Sunshine Super Girl, about Wiradjuri champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong Cawley, has been produced by Performing Lines. It premiered in Griffith, New South Wales in October 2020 (its Melbourne Theatre Company debut having been postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria), subsequently being performed at the Sydney Festival in January 2021. The play is commencing a tour starting at the Darwin Festival in August 2022.

 James is an associate artist at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney, where she is producing Melissa Bubnic's Ghosting the Party which opened at the Stables Theatre, Sydney in May, until 18 June 2022.

Recognition and awards
 Recipient of an Arts NSW Aboriginal Arts Fellowship
 2013: Recipient ACCELERATE, a program run jointly by the Australia Council and British Council  for Aboriginal Art Leaders
 Writer-in-residence at Melbourne Theatre Company
 2022:  Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen Writers, for her body of work

Works
Yangali Yangali
Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country (2016) (co-writer, with Giordano Nanni
 Blacktown Angels for Home Country
 Bukal
 Winyanboga Yurringa
 Bright World
 Home Country
 The Torch
 Winyanboga Yurringa
 Dogged (co-writer, with Cath Ryan)

References

21st-century Australian dramatists and playwrights
Indigenous Australian writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)

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Sub-400cc motorcycle ban on Osmeña Highway: Who will enforce it?
The plot thickens
by Aris Ilagan | Jul 9, 2019
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Don't look at us. So says the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which claims it has nothing to do with the impending ban on sub-400cc motorcycles on Osmeña Highway.
Formerly a part of South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), this road section stretches from Sales Bridge in Pasay City to Quirino Avenue in Manila. It's now one of the busiest and most traffic-prone thoroughfares in Metro Manila. And above the at grade section is Section 1 of Skyway Stage 3, which is set to open in two weeks' time.
Before we proceed, let's review the controversial traffic policy. The advisory reads: "Effective July 22, 2019: Motorcycle below 400cc not allowed at Skyway at grade from Sales (Interchange) going to Manila, Makati and Pasay. Take Pasong Tamo Extension."
At least five placards bearing this advisory are now positioned in the area of Sales Bridge, which is being manned by MMDA traffic enforcers. Two can be found on the access road from East Service Road (under Sales Bridge and adjacent to the railway station), which leads to the northbound section of Osmeña Highway.
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Night and day, the access road is manned by MMDA constables, although SLEX and Skyway patrolmen show up every now and then to unclog traffic on Skyway's on-ramps at Magallanes, Amorsolo Street, and Buendia Avenue.
At present, horders of motorcycles coming from East and West Service Roads pass through Osmeña Highway to Pasay, Makati, and Manila. We think motorbikes already outnumber four-wheelers on these strips. And starting July 22, 2019, two-wheelers will have to divert to Pasong Tamo Extension, a narrow secondary road where traffic is hellish day in and day out.
MMDA Special Operations Group chief Bong Nebrija took to social media to set the record straight: "To my motorcycle riding friends. Let me just clarify it's not MMDA's policy prohibiting less than 400cc bikes from passing Osmeña Hiway from Sales in Pasay to Quirino Ave in Manila. Its Skyway's Policy. As to what agency who will enforce this is still unclear."
Nebrida literally said it's the Skyway management that's behind the impending ban. And more than anything, it's the last sentence of his post that will likely leave the riders hanging.
For so long, MMDA traffic enforcers—with the help of traffic aides from the cities of Pasay, Makati, and Manila—manage the flow of vehicles on Osmeña Highway (at grade level), which is a toll-free facility.
Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) spokesperson Bert Suansing earlier told Moto Sapiens that the Skyway O&M Company (SOMCO) and Citra have no more jurisdiction over Osmeña Highway (at grade level) given that it's a toll-free road. This stretch is now being maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), while traffic management, particularly on intersections, is being handled by the MMDA and the local government units of Pasay, Makati, and Manila.
SLEX, on the other hand, is now jointly operated by Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) and the San Miguel Corporation (SMC).
Apparently, SOMCO wants Osmeña Highway under its control because of the opening of Section 1 of Skyway Stage 3. Do we foresee more Skyway patrolmen manning the traffic on the ground level of Skyway 3 to assure their patrons of smooth-flowing traffic? After all, that's what the toll-road users are paying for, right?
Here are more questions: Will the MMDA and local traffic enforcers stay put on Osmeña Highway come July 22? Or are they going to disappear as the Skyway traffic enforcers take over this stretch?
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Even as several countries have moved towards legalising the medicinal and recreational use of cannabis, the NDPS Act, which clubs cannabis with other more harmful and addictive drugs, sparks outrage in India.
Legalisation has brought more awareness about cannabis in Canadian society. The involvement of the government has made the industry safer," says Jared Samson, manager of Green World, an authorised cannabis store in Ajax, a town in Ontario, Canada. He feels that everything in this industry must be licensed, starting from the store, salespersons, and products. He then goes on to talk about the evolution of the industry and the various types of products available. "We sell cannabis in various forms, ranging from smoking, vaping, beverages, edibles, topicals,
and lotions," Samson reveals.
Destiny Gibbs, a long-time consumer of cannabis, which is colloquially called weed, echoes similar sentiments. "We are getting better quality and safe products. We get all the products in tamper-proof packaging." Though she laments that some people still go to illegal shops to get beyond government regulations, that is, to buy a larger quantity of cannabis than the government-mandated 30 gm of dried cannabis or its equivalent.
The above instances reveal interesting outcomes of the initiative by Canada to legalise cannabis in 2018. The Canadian government had a number of goals while legalising weed. Among them were keeping hard drugs away from the youth, taking profits away from criminals and protecting public health by regulating the use of cannabis. According to the Canadian Cannabis Survey 2020, only six to eight percent of Canadians reported obtaining cannabis from illicit sellers. This is definitely an achievement as it is evident that people have moved to legal sources as far as the procurement of cannabis in Canada is concerned. The study also unearthed that illegal cannabis products were contaminated with microbes and pesticides.
According to the same survey, 27 percent of participants reported having used marijuana in the past year — an increase from 22 percent in the first cannabis survey conducted in 2017. There is an increase, but it is not alarming. It dispels the apprehension that legalising cannabis would make a greater percentage of the country's population users. On an average, in 2019, six percent of Canadians aged 15 or older
reported using cannabis daily or almost daily — about the same level as in 2018 (5.9 percent).
Before legalisation of cannabis in Canada, there was a concern that there would be an increase in the number of people driving after consuming cannabis and this would increase road fatalities. According to the same survey, the likelihood of reporting driving after cannabis use did not change with legalisation of the drug. For example, in 2019, 13.2 percent of cannabis users in Canada with a valid driver's licence reported driving within two hours of using cannabis — unchanged from 2018.
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GLOBAL SCENARIO
The ingredients obtained from the cannabis plant are known by multiple names around the world — marijuana, Mary Jane, weed, pot, hemp and grass. Various countries, apart from Canada, have legalised various forms of the cannabis plant for recreational use. These countries include Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay, Georgia, and the Australian capital region. In the US, 18 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia have allowed or at least decriminalised use of cannabis, though it is still banned at the federal level. The medical use of cannabis is allowed in even more countries.
In many countries, cannabis has been found to be of medicinal and industrial value. Its various forms have been found to be of use in managing various diseases like Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy and seizures, among others. Found to be an excellent muscle relaxant with an ability to lessen tremors in Parkinson's disease, marijuana is also used to manage nausea and can be helpful for cancer patients after chemotherapy.
Research is on-going on cannabis usage. Two compounds found in the cannabis plant, cannabigerolic acid and cannabidiolic acid, have the ability to fight the novel coronavirus! Oregon State University has recently conducted a study in a lab setting and found these two chemicals can prevent the Sars-CoV-2 virus from entering cells that typically line internal organs and the skin.
INTEGRAL TO INDIAN TRADITION
There is evidence that cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes in India for more than 2000 years. Sushruta Samhita, the ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery, documents the use of cannabis for treating respiratory ailments, diarrhoea and acute pain. The same fact finds mention in the Ashtadhyayi of Panini from 2,300 years ago.
In India, cannabis is available under different names like charas, bhang, and ganja. While bhang is a paste derived from grinding cannabis leaves and stems together, ganja is made from dried flower buds of the plant. Charas is a resin that is obtained by rubbing cannabis flowers for hours.
Sadhus and yogis belonging to Shaivite and Shaktiya cults have been known to use either cannabis or opium or both to induce concentration of the mind for meditation on the Supreme Being. Lord Shiva is described as a cannabis user, and known as the 'Lord of bhang'. Bhang, prepared in different forms, has been utilised in religious rituals. In some parts of India, bhang prepared in the form of a syrup is consumed on festive occasions such as Holi and Shivaratri.
MUCH-ABUSED LEGISLATION
The use of cannabis in India is regulated by the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) of 1985. But this law has sparked an intense debate after the involvement of Bollywood actors has often surfaced in many drug cases. Even though it is a pity that certain media houses got involved in such page three equivalent gossip journalism, it indeed brought an important topic to the fore, that is, much-needed reform of the NDPS Act.
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The law, in its current form, aims to prohibit "the manufacture, production, trade, use, etc. of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances", except for medical or scientific purposes. Punishment for possessing such drugs may range from one to 10 years in jail, depending upon the quantity possessed.
The biggest concern with this law is that, unlike most other laws in India, it shifts the burden of proof on the accused. Innocent unless proven guilty is not applicable here! The law does not even require personal possession of drugs during the arrest. It gives law enforcers ample scope to put up charges against someone.
The law puts drugs like marijuana in the same group as hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth. By clubbing cannabis with more harmful and addictive drugs, this law inadvertently tends to encourage the illegal drug trade to focus on hard drugs as the punishment is the same whereas the monetary gain from heroin smuggling is much more than from cannabis. Moreover, an outright ban on all sorts of narcotic drugs in India, except for medical or scientific purposes, encourages underground drug peddling and siphoning of revenue into other illegal activities, including terrorism. Further, this law puts huge pressure on the already strained law enforcement agencies in India. Instead of running after drug smuggling involving large amounts, our police force is often seen busy catching personal consumers of cannabis and small-time peddlers of it. When the Indian media was busy covering the Aryan Khan case, precisely at that time nearly 25 kg of heroin was seized from a container in Nhava Sheva Port in Navi Mumbai! We need to focus on the right priorities as no nation has infinite numbers of police personnel.
Moreover, criminalising personal consumption of cannabis puts a stigma on the victims and leads to their alienation from society. Instead of helping, it causes hindrance in the process of rehabilitation of drug users. A criminal record poses serious challenges in various aspects of a person's future life even after the person has discontinued use of cannabis.
PERILS OF CANNABIS
The use of cannabis does have its share of potential harmful effects. When used long-term, it can have very detrimental effects and can even cause brain damage. So, certainly, cannabis is not something that should be encouraged for random use or for recreational purposes. But that is applicable for any addiction like tobacco and alcohol.
LEGALISATION WITH REGULATION
We need to understand that in most cases, attempts to ban something give a fillip to its underground economy. Eventually, it causes more harm than good to society in the long run. We can draw an analogy here from the recent hooch tragedy in Bihar where 30 people died from consuming spurious liquor in November 2021. It was attributable, among other things, to the enforcement of Prohibition in the state.
Before legalising or decriminalising cannabis in India we have to ensure that there is strict government regulation so that it does not become an unbridled private profit-making business. We can learn from the Canadian example here as well. In the province of Ontario, cannabis sale is run by public-private joint venture with the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, a public company, commanding the legal monopoly over online retail of recreational cannabis to consumers and wholesale distribution to privately operated brick and mortar retailers throughout Ontario.
In colonial India, cannabis was not banned but the British had imposed a tax on different byproducts of cannabis to discourage its excessive use.
We have to appreciate the fact that India has historically been a liberal society and has taken the lead in terms of science and culture for centuries. We also have the ability to rectify our past mistakes and take scientific as well as informed steps regarding the future. One such step can be legalising cannabis usage in India through an effective, well-conceived regulatory regime.
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If the end game feels miles away, and min-maxing is difficult because frankly, you're gonna take what you get and like it, then the focus of the game changes completely. Suddenly it's about the experience of leveling again, and hanging out with friends, and chatting with people in Goldshire (well, for purely innocent reasons anyway -- the Moon Guard server's Goldshire crew still does plenty of chatting).
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Teri began working at Novartis Medical Nutrition in 2005, managing various brands in the healthcare portfolio. When Nestle acquired Novartis, Teri worked as a senior brand manager across the portfolio of clinical nutrition brands. After a short break to have children, Teri created a new position for herself within the company – Digital Marketing Manager for The Nestle Health Science Division. Teri worked in this role for more than 5 years and received international training from Facebook, Google and exposure to all aspects of digital and social media marketing.
The only thing typical about my day is that no day is ever the same. Whether I am at a client strategy meeting or working form my laptop in the school car pick up zone, my day and my work is so diverse. In the short time frame since I established FoodBytes, I have seen the benefits of empowering my clients to embrace new media to tell their nutrition story. This may be in the form of social media content, website blogs, internal staff training, peer-to-peer digital training or strategy development. The most rewarding part of my day is that I get to spend precious time with my young children before and after school and I am fortunate that I can fit in my working week around their needs.
The diversity of opportunities. All my clients have very different requirements for nutrition communication services and I am fortunate that I am constantly learning and working on very different projects.
Tell me a little bit about your career in dietetics thus far and/or why did you choose dietetics as a career?
I have always been interested in science and how the human body works. After school I initially wanted to study medicine but was put off by the long study time to become qualified. I chose a Bachelor of Science as my undergraduate degree and during this time, my roommate was studying to become a dietitian and it really appealed to me. During the course of my Dietetics Masters, I developed an interest in industry nutrition. My thesis project was done in corroboration with The Heart Foundation of South Africa and large corporate organisations.
Network as much as possible and don't be too fussy with your first job. I started volunteering at Diabetes Australia in NSW, which led to a paid job in the organisation. When I first graduated in South Africa, I worked for a catering company where I had to count cups and saucers as part of stocktake! However, in that job I learned valuable management skills and more importantly, realised that every job can teach you something if you have the right attitude, and you never know where it may lead.
My favourite food when I was a kid was toast fingers dipped in tomato sauce!


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The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way released an unusual number of strong flares in 2019. Now, astronomers are trying to figure out why.
Artist's impression of the disruption of a gas cloud as it passes close to Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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In 2019, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy woke up and emitted a series of burps. A new study now examines what meal may have led to this indigestion.
Waking Up for a Snack
Artist's impression of the dramatic outflows from an active galaxy's nucleus. The Milky Way's supermassive black hole, in contrast, is very quiet.
NASA / SOFIA / Lynette Cook
Sgr A*, the 4.6-million-solar-mass black hole that lies at the center of the Milky Way, is normally a fairly quiet beast. The black hole slowly feeds on accreting material in the galactic center — but this food source is sparse, and Sgr A*'s accretion doesn't produce anything like the fireworks we associate with supermassive black holes in active galaxies.
In May 2019, however, Sgr A* suddenly became substantially more active than usual, producing an unprecedented bright, near-infrared flare that lasted roughly 2.5 hours. This flare was more than 100 times brighter than the typical emission from Sgr A*'s casual accretion, and more than twice as bright as the brightest flare we've ever measured from our neighborhood monster.
The May 2019 flare marked the start of prolonged increased activity — an unusual number of strong flares that continued at least throughout 2019 (currently analyzed data extends only to the end of that year). What caused Sgr A* to wake up? And do we expect more flaring ahead? A new study by Lena Murchikova (Institute for Advanced Study) explores the options.
Shedding Sources
Reconstruction of the orbits of several S stars at the center of the galaxy. The two colored orbits mark two stars with the closest known approaches to Sgr A*.
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Sgr A*'s flares likely came from an abrupt increase in the amount of material available to accrete onto this black hole. Murchikova identifies two likely sources of this excess material.
Shedding S stars
The dense nucleus of our galaxy hosts a population of stars on tight orbits around Sgr A*. These stars shed mass via stellar winds, and when the stars swing close around Sgr A* at the pericenter of their orbit, this shed mass could accrete onto Sgr A*.
Disintegrating G objects
Also known to orbit close to Sgr A* are so-called G objects. These extended sources may be gas clouds, stars, or a combination of the two — we're not sure yet! Tenuous G objects lose mass as a result of friction as they orbit, exhibiting higher rates of mass loss as they get closer to Sgr A* and are stretched out into shapes with large surfaces areas passing through dense background material. The mass they lose through this disintegration at pericenter could then accrete onto Sgr A*.
Short-Lived or Long-Term?
The objects G2 (colored red) and G1 (colored blue) and the star S2 are visible in these high-resolution images of the galactic center, taken in 2006 (left) and in 2008 (right). The position of Sgr A* is marked with an X.
Through a series of calculations, Murchikova estimates how much material is shed by these two types of objects and how long it would take that material to accrete onto Sgr A*. Based on the available observations, the author finds that the most likely explanation for our black hole's unexpected rumblings in 2019 is currently accreting material from the combined past pericenter passages of the objects G1 and G2.
If this interpretation is correct, we would expect to see flaring continue for a limited time, but Sgr A* should then return to its quiescent state. If the flaring was instead a part of normal variability in the flow of accreting material onto Sgr A*, we would expect the activity to continue for years to come. Continued observations of this rumbling giant will tell!
"S0-2 Star, G1- and G2-objects, and Flaring Activity of the Milky Way's Galactic Center Black Hole in 2019," Lena Murchikova 2021 ApJL 910 L1. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abeb70
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Q: NCurses like library for haskell that runs on both Windows and Unix? I have a little program that is multi-threaded.  I'm tired of the output ending up cropping up within my input. I would like to use some type of library that will move me beyond the console model of the glass teletype.
The library I know (of) is ncursed which I can get to run under linux, but have never gotten working on windows.  I get stuck in dependency hell and can never get the D**m thing to compile.
I also have played with some GUI libraries that are nice, but I really don't want to have to reimplemented all the logic of line breaks, scrolling and even echoing characters by hand.
Is there a nice library with decent Haskell bindings that would let me set up a screen with an input area and an output area without requiring more programming time to create the the actual thing I'm writing?

A: Supposedly it is possible to make hscurses work on Windows, using PDCurses.  This page goes into detail: Installing hscurses on Windows. You might be able to use a similar procedure for the ncurses MinGW port (see ncurses FTP for DLLs).
The lower-level package System.Console.ANSI is said to work with Windows, but that is not what was requested: too low-level.
A comment points to jtdaugherty/vty-ui, but looking at its readme and source, I see nothing that hints it is cross-platform. Rather, it talks about terminal emulators.

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Is this saying she is a teacher of tanzanian or that she is teacher of tanzanian nationality?
Based on the rest of the examples, I'd say it's a teacher of Tanzanian nationality. If it were a teacher of Tanzanian, it would be mwalimu wa mtanzania. Also Tanzanian isn't really used as a noun so it wouldn't make sense, like what would a teacher of Tanzanian teach. Hope that helps!


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Win for the Estonian e-state: an electronic vote only costs between 10 and 50% of a conventional paper vote in terms of administrative effort. Source: Siim Lõvi/ERR
TalTech scientists have calculated the administrative cost per electronic vote in Estonia. At €2.32, it is by far the cheapest option, followed by €4.37 per vote cast on election day, €6.24 per early vote in the country's county centres, and a whopping €20.41 per vote cast at a local polling division.
Scientists of the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) used data collected in last year's local elections as the basis for a paper to be published early next month, daily Postimees wrote on Friday.
In Estonia's last local elections in October 2017, a total of 586,519 Estonian residents voted. Of all the votes cast, 120,888 were early votes, 186,034 were electronic, and 279,597 were cast on election day.
Electronic vote cheapest option by far
An electronic vote costs just €2.32. This isn't just the lowest administrative cost per vote in Estonia, but likely also one of the lowest worldwide.
Generally speaking, the administrative cost of any election or referendum increases the farther away from any centre or nationally elected political assembly the voting takes place. In other words, the more local you go, the more your election will cost.
A paper vote on election day in October 2017 on average cost the state €4.37 to arrange. An early vote cast at a county centre, still relatively close to the heart of the state's administration, cost €6.24 on average.
Some votes were cast at relatively remote polling stations, making them the most expensive at €20.41.
Votes cast closer to government centre cost less
The scientists' work goes into more detail yet, for example specifying the cost per single vote not only by the place where it was cast, but also when it was cast. There again, the trend seems to be that the closer to election day and the centre of government a vote is cast, the lower its cost to the state.
This breakdown of the cost of last year's local election seems to confirm the Estonian experience that the digitisation of state functions and services is a good way to cut costs.
According to Postimees, the government is working to further simplify the election procedure, not only trying to encourage more citizens and residents to vote electronically, but also by reducing the amount of red tape in the process of arranging the next elections.
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Edward Heacox was a pharmacist's mate in the United States Navy from 1953 to 1957, serving at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Photo Courtesy of the Heacox Family
SHARON — Sharon Pharmacy was opened on July 3, 1961, by Edward and Kathryn Heacox. And on Saturday, July 2, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Heacox family will host a party outside at the Sharon shopping plaza to mark 50 years in business.
Three generations of the Heacox family have been involved in the pharmacy, which is still at the same location after a half century in business. It is now run by four of the founder's children: Ed Heacox Jr., a pharmacist; Joseph Heacox, the general manager; Chris Heacox the front of house manager; and David Heacox, a pharmacy technician.
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Jon Hannz – Love, Life and Commitments
Jon Hannz, the answer to the question is hip hop dead? No it is very much alive! Born and raised in Ny moving to Alabama at age 17 then at 25 moving to Atlanta has rounded Jon Hannz to become One of undergrounds proven emcees. Jon hannz has been signed at age 18 to an independent label, as that fizzled away he learned the back side of hip hop. Jon Hannz tells a story of struggle, pain, love and the everyday life of a man. Jon Hannz started his own independent label and put out his own music with this album "Love Life and commitments" an awesome 38 minute listen has got the attn of several blogs and his fan base is growing fast! Jon Hannz has a song on the album "talk no more" and he has a line that says "I'm willing to loose in order to win" and fact over 15 years Jon Hannz has lost, only to release this grand body of work and see for yourself it's a win!
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Today's theme for the Spoonflower Design-A-Day challenge was abstract.
Last night, I made some fancy roasted carrots for dinner. The actually cooking wasn't fancy, but the colors of the carrots were so pretty! I snapped a quick photo so I could use the colors for a design later.
Those colors! I loooove them, especially that deep purple.
When I read that today's prompt was abstract design, I thought about those carrots and started to work! I made some long skinny triangles to represent the carrots using colors I picked up from the photo.
I laid the carrots randomly at first, and then wiggled them around a bit more. I went for a scattered look, not the row I had in my original photo.
After I trimmed up the edges and tried out the repeat, I realized I didn't like the way the point of that yellow carrot met the edge of the purple one.
I extended the point on that one and had a design I was happy with for now.


On Friday, a little-known civil society group, Zamfara Unity Forum, issued a press statement raising the alarm that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was trying to interfere in the 2019 governorship election in Zamfara state. The allegation is that the anti-graft agency has arrested Mallam Dauda Lawal, the consensus governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and kept him incommunicado for over a week. This, the group alleged, was to force Lawal, a former banker, to drop out of the governorship race in favour of an unnamed anointed candidate. Unfortunately, the INEC deadline for substitution of the candidate has passed.
Zamfara presents a unique case in Nigeria. The incumbent Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, had reportedly wanted his commissioner for finance, Alhaji Mukhtar Idris, to be his successor. However, he could not get his way through. Some of the aspirants reportedly met and decided to endorse Lawal for the governorship ticket following the inability of the party to hold a primary election in the state. Zamfara had been a fierce battleground during the primary, with reports of violence and gunshots rocking the state. Nobody would expect such a virulent contest in a state considered to be one of the poorest in Nigeria. But so it goes.
To make matters worse, INEC is yet to accept the candidature of Lawal. As far as the electoral umpire is concerned, APC did not hold any primary election in Zamfara and can therefore not present a candidate in the March 2, 2019 governorship election. The APC, on the other hand, says it will field a candidate because its constitution, a copy of which is in INEC's possession, allows the party to pick its candidate either by a primary election or through the consensus option, depending on the circumstances it finds itself. There seems to be a logjam there. My opinion is that this would be eventually resolved by a court of law. I won't worry about that.
What I really worry about is the implication of EFCC arresting Lawal at this point in time. Ever since I read this press statement, issued by one Comrade Usman Bungudu who was described as the convener of the forum, I had been expecting the EFCC to deny it. No such denial is forthcoming. I found this disturbing. The arrest of Lawal, for whatever reason, is ill-timed. Even if the EFCC has any serious case against him — which we do not know yet — it is going to be very difficult for the agency to explain to the public that it had nothing to do with Zamfara politics. The ordinary interpretation would be that EFCC is being used to decimate Lawal.
Why am I worried? As we prepare for the 2019 general election, I would say the greatest challenge ahead is the test of credibility. Whether or not we like it, the 2015 elections remain among the best we have organised. It was not as if they were perfect; far from it. The figures still looked incredible in at least six states across the country. There were reports of "communal voting", underage voting and disenfranchisement in key places. But, by and large, 2015 represented a step forward rather than backward. And President Goodluck Jonathan put an icing on the cake by conceding while the final result was yet to be officially announced. He also did not challenge the outcome at the tribunal.
We should be making progress from there — by taking several steps forward, by adding what can make the elections more transparent and credible — instead of going backward. The Zamfara case, if true, will represent a step backward. No state institution should be involved in trying to influence the outcome of any election. The police tried to arraign Senator Ademola Adeleke over allegations of examination malpractices before the Osun state governorship election but backtracked at the request of President Muhammadu Buhari. Many Nigerians had accused the police of trying to influence the Osun governorship election in which Adeleke was the main opposition candidate.
As things would later turn out, Adeleke still lost the election and has now been charged to court by the police. Of course, police could, technically, argue that they were doing their job. You cannot, convincingly, argue against that. But it's not all things that are lawful that are expedient. The moment politics is in the mix, the official argument would only be weakened. If EFCC had arrested and detained Lawal months before the Zamfara primary election, it would have been difficult to build a case of interference against the anti-graft agency. But coming right in the middle of an electioneering process, this move will certainly and justifiably raise dust.
We desperately need credible elections next year. We should not have to be arguing over legitimacy again. It creates moral and political setbacks. We need to focus on the key ingredients for credible elections: absence of violence and corruption; an unbiased electoral body; transparency; and neutrality of state institutions. When there is violence, credibility suffers. When there is inducement of voters, the system is distorted. When the electoral umpire is less than unbiased, the cause of a credible election will not be served. When state institutions, such as the security agencies, perform their duties in a way that influences election outcomes, credibility crumbles.
President Muhammadu Buhari has consistently maintained that he wants us to have credible elections in 2019. He has said it at every turn. In fact, I have lost count of how many times he has praised Jonathan for conceding the 2015 presidential election. This is what is called legacy. You don't have to be a fan of Jonathan — but anywhere people discuss 2015 elections today, his name is mentioned in positive light for the way he reacted to his loss. If I were Buhari, I would do everything possible to create my own legacy so that history would be kind to me too. One legacy is to ensure that state institutions are not working, overtly or covertly, under political influence.
By all means, 2019 must be better than 2015. That is one sure way of evaluating our progress as a democracy. I shivered recently when the chief of army staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, said the army will replicate its success in the Ekiti and Osun elections in 2019. No, that does not sound right. To start with, APC was vehemently against the deployment of soldiers for election duty when PDP was in power. What changed? Also, statements such as this lead to accusations of partisanship against the military. There were allegations of intimidation of voters by security agencies in Ekiti and Osun and the cases are now before tribunals. The army shouldn't be talking about "replication".
INEC, under the scrutiny of Nigeria's development partners and civil society organisations, has sought to be above the fray. Just as APC subjected INEC to intense pressure ahead of 2015 apparently to exact neutrality from the umpire, PDP seems to be copying the same strategy. No pressure can be too much on INEC because it is the body that can make or mar the elections. The way it handled the Osun governorship election has been criticised by the PDP, which believes it won and has headed for the tribunal to seek justice. We leave that to the judiciary to determine. But INEC must not just be fair, it must be seen to be fair. This is the least expectation of all neutrals.
Above all, Buhari must consciously work for credible elections as part of his legacy. He needs to review his decision to withhold assent to the electoral amendment bill, which many activists think will instil more transparency in the process — especially the aspect on electronic transmission of results from polling units. Enhanced transparency could be a win-win for everybody. Buhari should point out the new provisions he does not agree with in order to reach a compromise with the national assembly. I have not seen any provision that cannot be further amended in the national interest. We must not throw away the baby with the bath water.
Buhari saw himself as a victim of tainted elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011. What reforms has he promoted to make our elections more credible? What would history record against his name in electoral reforms? He needs to sincerely ask himself these questions. Jonathan gave us the popular slogan: "My ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian." Buhari must give us his own by way of absolute commitment to credible elections. Also, he must let it be known to the security agencies that their role is to help the process run smoothly and fairly. He must let it be known to the EFCC and other anti-graft bodies that they should not meddle in the elections. Progress.
I watched Hon. Sanni Zoro's address to the house of representatives in which he lamented how unsafe parts of Borno and Yobe states are because of the Boko Haram insurgency. This, apparently, questions claims by the federal government that we are winning the war. However, it is comforting that Zoro went and returned alive, meaning there is still a bit of progress despite the recent setbacks. It is now left for President Buhari to do the needful by carrying out a comprehensive overhaul of his strategy, both military and non-military, so that we can deal a fatal blow on the insurgency. Things certainly have to change, except we want to be living in denial. Rethink.
Hajia Aisha Buhari has refused to enter a ceasefire agreement with the "two men" she has been fighting since 2015 for allegedly running her husband's government despite not contributing "anything" to his victory. Speaking at a summit recently, she re-launched her tirade. "Our votes were 15.4 million in the last elections and after that only for us to be dominated by two people… this is totally unacceptable," she said. I think she owes us a book on these two mysterious men. If I were Aisha, though, I would be busy promoting Buhari's re-election bid rather than giving the opposition more ammunition to take him out. Or is it a case of "my way or nothing"? Odd.
I am generally against the involvement of clerics in partisan politics. Jesus Christ himself refused to be drawn into political games throughout his ministry on earth. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has not only been deeply involved in partisan politics, he has now become brazen with financial demands from politicians. He said Buhari "will go nowhere if he remains ungrateful" to his ministry, apparently because he endorsed Buhari in 2015. He has also said Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate, and Mr. Peter Obi, the running mate, might "end in shame" for failing to make donations at his harvest and bazaar celebration. Embarrassing.


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The body is a new twist on the classic "V" design. the Shogun features a tapered, string through, body to help maintain a comfortable feel and perfect balance. the spruce used in the construction provides a nice resonant tone. often superior tone woods like spruce are reserved for the soundboards of acoustic instruments, but we have found they work quite well in both hollow and solid body construction.
the incredible tone and sustain is pushed further to the ends of the universe by a powerful array of Dimarzio pickups. again we opted for something a little less common. a single, double, single pickup configuration. in actuality, both the Pro-tracks pickup in the neck and the Chopper pickup in the bridge are humbucking pickups designed by Dimarzio to fit in a single space. both are armed with a coil tap switch to give you the option of double or single coil sound. the Dimarzio Air Norton, mounted in the middle position is armed with a double coil tap switch. this allows you not only to select from double coil to single coil, but select which coil you want.
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REBECCA Wiasak has completed the rare 'triple crown' of the Bathurst Cycling Classic weekend after taking out Sunday's Blayney to Bathurst. Wiasak was the first woman home in the 110 kilometre long course event, completing the course in three hours, one minute and 21 seconds. In doing so Wiasak added to her division one criterium and hill climb victories from Saturday. Georgia Whitehouse, who Wiasak beat in a sprint finish to the criterium victory, was 50 seconds behind for the silver medal while Bathurst's Jodie Martin was just a further two seconds away in third. All three of the overall podium finishers also won their respective age divisions. Sunday's main event was the first time current Australian criterium champion Wiasak had attended the Blayney to Bathurst since 2011, and she was thrilled to be back. "It was a good, strong women's bunch today and it just split up over the climb," Wiasak said. "It actually got a little bit dodgy and I moved to the back to decide if wanted to continue or pull the pin. It was raining quite heavily and it became quite a huge group when the 15-minute bunch behind us caught up. "That was nice though because towards the end were take turns with them and hold off the chasers." No breakaway formed from the women's bunch and it led to a large group when the men's wave behind them tagged on. On Rockley Mount Wiasak took the opportunity to join a breakaway group without any other women's riders, and it paid off. Keep up to date with the latest sports news by clicking here. After claiming the Queen of the Mountain title, for being first over the ascent, the Canberra rider powered down towards Perthville and went on with the job. "I had about six really strong guys who were keen to stay away. A little group came and caught us on the downhill and were chopping off turns really well," Wiasak said. "With five to six kilometres to go I knew I had to keep it going, especially because Georgie was nearly with me at the top of the climb and I knew they would be chasing as well."
REBECCA Wiasak has completed the rare 'triple crown' of the Bathurst Cycling Classic weekend after taking out Sunday's Blayney to Bathurst.
Wiasak was the first woman home in the 110 kilometre long course event, completing the course in three hours, one minute and 21 seconds.
In doing so Wiasak added to her division one criterium and hill climb victories from Saturday.
Georgia Whitehouse, who Wiasak beat in a sprint finish to the criterium victory, was 50 seconds behind for the silver medal while Bathurst's Jodie Martin was just a further two seconds away in third.
All three of the overall podium finishers also won their respective age divisions.
Sunday's main event was the first time current Australian criterium champion Wiasak had attended the Blayney to Bathurst since 2011, and she was thrilled to be back.
"It was a good, strong women's bunch today and it just split up over the climb," Wiasak said.
"It actually got a little bit dodgy and I moved to the back to decide if wanted to continue or pull the pin. It was raining quite heavily and it became quite a huge group when the 15-minute bunch behind us caught up.
"That was nice though because towards the end were take turns with them and hold off the chasers."
No breakaway formed from the women's bunch and it led to a large group when the men's wave behind them tagged on.
On Rockley Mount Wiasak took the opportunity to join a breakaway group without any other women's riders, and it paid off.
After claiming the Queen of the Mountain title, for being first over the ascent, the Canberra rider powered down towards Perthville and went on with the job.
"I had about six really strong guys who were keen to stay away. A little group came and caught us on the downhill and were chopping off turns really well," Wiasak said.
"With five to six kilometres to go I knew I had to keep it going, especially because Georgie was nearly with me at the top of the climb and I knew they would be chasing as well."


You cannot hold back the surge of the ocean with your bare hands. You cannot will the passage of time to cease, nor can you call upon the heavens to cease their movement through space. You can only pray for the forces of providence to heed your wishes, and know in the back of your head that nothing will come of it.
Such is the world when Jose Altuve has come to the plate and gotten on base this postseason.
The man who may be the American League MVP has reached base in 17 of 27 plate appearances against the Red Sox and Yankees, and reached home plate seven times. His bat and speed have reached another level in the playoffs, elevating him from greatness to something akin to divinity. Against the Yankees he is 5 for 8, but his legs have essentially won both games for the Astros.
New York, already down two games to none, must do what appears to be the impossible if it wishes to advance to the World Series. It must attempt to stop the fading of the daylight and contain Altuve.
Game 1 saw him reach on an infield hit, steal second, then come home on a Carlos Correa single, the opening salvo of a two-run rally that would prove to be enough to best New York. Game 2 saw him score from first base and beat a relay throw to the plate for a walkoff win, again on a hit by Correa.
Altuve is one of the few players who can single-handedly change the landscape of a game. Baseball is not a sport that lends itself to single position players commandeering games on their own, but Altuve has done just that. Though he's listed at just 5-6 (and rumored to be even smaller than that), Altuve's small legs do little to impede his blistering speed. He finished fourth in baseball in stolen bases with 32, and is as big a threat to take an extra base as any.
This is what the Yankees face in their fight to stave off elimination, and there are few easy answers.
Keeping Altuve off the basepaths is a difficult enough quandary. New York will start CC Sabathia in Game 3 on Monday, and Sonny Gray on Tuesday in Game 4. Neither pitcher offers much comfort. Altuve has virtually no righty-lefty splits, and even some of New York's most impressive pitchers could not solve him. Once he's on base, he's difficult to stop. As strong as Gary Sanchez's throwing arm is, there's only so much he can do, and as Saturday's game showed, Altuve doesn't need to steal to cause chaos.
Almost every other player in the game is standing on third base at the end of that play. Part of what contributed to Altuve scoring is the Yankee defense. Aaron Judge overthrew the cutoff man, Didi Gregorius' throw was likely impacted by Correa's slide, and Sanchez fumbled the ball.
However, Altuve's well-known speed put pressure on the defense to execute flawlessly, and may have led to rushed decisions. Speed adds a mental obstacle to the opposition. It's a factor that isn't there when someone such as Sanchez is on base, or even a more average runner such as Yulieski Gurriel.
We saw in 2014 and 2015 how the Royals' Jarrod Dyson changed the complexion of a playoff series. We saw it in 2004 with Dave Roberts as the Red Sox clawed back in the ALCS against the Yankees. The ability to take a base is incredibly valuable when there are only a certain number of outs to work with, be it through a stolen base, stretching a single into a double or even just reaching on an infield hit.
Altuve offers that skill without needing to come off the bench, and because of his incredible bat, he does it ahead of great hitters such as Correa. He is, in effect, the perfect playoff weapon.
This is usually the part where an answer is presented, where the secret key to getting Jose Altuve out is revealed. There isn't much to tell. Altuve has good splits against virtually every type of pitch except for the cutter, and he only saw 188 of those this year, hardly a large sample. Sabathia throws a good cutter, so it's something to keep an eye on against Altuve, perhaps as a way of exploiting his aggressive tendencies at the plate.
If that's the most readily apparent way of getting him out, though, the Yankees are in trouble. It stands to reason that Altuve will not continue to hit .625, or anything close to that, in this series. The natural order of baseball dictates that he's not that good.
Yet the ALCS is such a protracted slice of baseball that he very well could. It's not impossible for a very good player to turn into a godlike player for a handful of games, and this series is nothing if not a handful of extremely meaningful games. Successful playoff teams ride the hot hand to the promised land. Altuve is very, very hot. The Astros are a fine-tuned machine designed to bring him home.
The Yankees are down 2-0. They'll need to play almost flawless baseball if they wish to advance. Even then, stopping Altuve is something that nobody was quite able to do this year. There is only so much you can do to stop a true force of nature. You cannot halt the melting of snow or the burning of wood into ash, nor can you prevent the passage of the planet around the sun. It seems that you cannot stop Jose Altuve. But we know this to be untrue.
The most likely outcome of any given plate appearance is an out. That universal rule applies to Altuve; 59 percent of his plate appearances in the regular season ended in outs.
It feels much lower than that. It feels like Altuve, like the wind and tides and ever-grinding passage of the ages, is an unbreakable truth. He will reach base. He will run. He will not be caught. He will score.
The Yankees must change this if they're going to reach the World Series. It's much easier said than done.


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Logan Paul Calls Floyd Mayweather 'Dirty Little Rat' for Failing to Pay Him for Their Fight
The YouTube sensation slams the former five-time world champion fighter more than a week after he shared a Photoshopped image of the latter and called him a 'corny weasel of a human.'
AceShowbiz - Logan Paul insisted that Floyd Mayweather, Jr. still owes him money. Six months after their exhibition match, the YouTube sensation accused the former boxing champion of not paying him for their fight and called him a "dirty little rat."
The 26-year-old brought up his allegations on Twitter. The social media personality first shared a screenshot of an article that read, "Floyyd Mayweather earned so much from Logan Paul fight he could buy Jeff Bezos' jet."
Alongside the snap, Logan wrote, "Yeah because the dirty little rat hasn't paid me yet lol. It's been 6 months." He added, "but no worries @Floydmayweather, @KSI and I are going to make back the money you stole from me & more. January 4."
Logan's younger brother, Jake Paul, then caught wind of the post. Quote-retweeting the tweet, the 24-year-old penned, "[Dana White] and Floyd should be best friends. They don't want to pay anyone." Logan later replied with a laughing GIF.
This was not the first time Logan called out Floyd publicly. More than a week prior, he shared a Photoshopped image of the 44-year-old athlete during his trip to Russia. He raged in the caption, "Pay me my money u f**king corny weasel of a human @floydmayweather."
It remains unclear how much Floyd owes Logan, who previously suggested that he could make as much as $20 million for his part in the fight. The father of Yaya Mayweather himself has yet to respond to Logan's allegations.
Logan and Floyd's match took place on June 6, 2021 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. However, fans were disappointed at the fight because it went the distance. Neither man was declared as the winner since it's an exhibition fight.
However, Logan's brother Jake insisted that the former won the fight. In an Instagram post following the exhibition, he proudly declared, "GOTCHA F**KING CAREER!! LOGAN PAUL MY F**KING BROTHER JUST BEAT FLOYD MAYWEATHER."
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In episode #37 Fr. Darryl Millette (@frdarryl) and Fr. Cory Sticha (@FrCorySticha) get together to discuss the NFL (some breaking news!!), the CFL playoffs (the Riders lost… sigh), and the NHL. We also mention a bit of your feedback from the last show. All that and more… next!
What do you think? Who will win the Grey Cup? Comment below, send an email to feedback@thesportsfathers.com, or leave us a note on Facebook or Twitter!
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I looked it up and 11 NFL teams Had winless season. The last team to do it was the Detroit Lions in 2008.
Hehe! Ok, I don't feel so bad then. 🙂 Thanks for the info and thanks for listening!


We are pleased to announce today that Mark Sinnett will step into an expanded role as the leader of JLL's Capital Markets team in Montréal, effective February 18, 2019.
JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group today announced that Gilda Perez-Alvarado has been named Chief Executive Officer of the firm's Americas Hotels & Hospitality Group. Additionally, Jeffrey Davis and John Strauss appointed co-leads of Americas Hotel Capital Markets.
Former Google executive Vinay Goel explains why he pivoted his career to help commercial real estate giant JLL pivot its business model.
JLL Canada has grown by 1,000 per cent, from both employee and revenue perspectives, since Brett Miller was named chief executive officer and the multinational corporation's global board decided to increase investment in Canada in 2012.
JLL Canada's division is out to become the top commercial real estate services company in the nation, tapping tech to propel growth.


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SBA List: Santorum Bid Has Energized Critical Pro-life Voting Bloc
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 10, 2012
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Pro-life Voters Key to Defeating President Obama in November
Washington, DC ─ Today, after the announcement by Senator Rick Santorum that he is suspending his presidential campaign, the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), a national pro-life organization thanked the Senator for his efforts and vowed to continue working to defeat President Obama in November.
"With great vision and passion, Rick Santorum reached the hearts of pro-life voters and allowed them to show the strength of their voting bloc," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA List. "The Susan B. Anthony List is proud to have mobilized those key voters."
"Pro-life voters are a consistent and growing constituency, who proved invaluable to Senator Santorum in state after state throughout the primary elections. We will continue to reach out and mobilize those voters and millions more like them across the country. The political muscle of the pro-life movement will be critical to defeating President Obama in November."
Throughout the primary election, exit polling revealed Santorum's strong pro-life position gave him a 4 to 10 percentage point advantage among all primary voters. Historically, the high number of pro-life voters combined with voter intensity makes the Life issue critical in elections because of the effect pro-life voters can have on majority making.
The SBA List spent more than $500,000 on an independent expenditure campaign including a bus tour mobilization effort which rallied pro-life voters across seven states in support of Santorum's presidential candidacy. The SBA List's "Rick Bus," led by former Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave, traversed Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Illinois rallying pro-life women and social conservative voters to support Santorum in those key primaries. The entire SBA List campaign also included a $350,000 radio ad campaign in Ohio and Michigan.
The Susan B. Anthony List is a nationwide network of more than 365,000 Americans dedicated to mobilizing, advancing, and representing pro-life women in politics. Its connected Candidate Fund increases the percentage of pro-life women in the political process.


After shocks in the the cup, could Bees now follow suit in the league?
With all the talk currently about FA Cup upsets – Arsenal beating Sutton United and Lincoln City recording that famous win up at Turf Moor being the pick of the fifth round shocks – one could be forgiven for overlooking the Championship. Yet it continues to come at us faster and furiouser (is that even a word?) than Vin Diesel in a souped up Dodge Charger. Tonight is no exception as Brentford face the gruelling trip to Sheffield Wednesday.
A midweek visit to Hillsborough really is about as hard as it can get for Dean Smith and his Bees. Despite reverting to a more traditional back four and a much more attacking shape, the problems have now started to appear at the back where Brentford have shipped 10 goals in the last three league games. Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, know that a win tonight will take them up to third place in the Championship table.
Whilst Newcastle United, who won again last night against Aston Villa, and Brighton seem to have the top two slots locked down, anything is still possible. And with the pair of them meeting next Tuesday at the Amex. something has to give there shortly. Wednesday will be chomping at the bit for a chance to slip in between them when that happens.
Will Dean stick or twist? His reshuffle has won the plaudits but, sadly, it doesn't seem to be winning that many games. Despite the hugely impressive performances against Aston Villa and Brighton, both Preston and Wigan were games we could well have won yet, despite scoring twice and leading in each, have thrown them away with a series of defensive mishaps.
Whilst I'm all for this new look team set up – and hope we stick to it against divisional whipping boys Rotherham United on Saturday – perhaps discretion is the better part of valour tonight. If not in terms of playing five defenders then, perhaps , a personnel switch to add some muscle to the middle (calling Mr McCormack) or maybe he'll accommodate the return of John Egan / Yoann Barbet.
One thing is for sure. With ex-Bee Jordan Rhodes now plying his trade for Sheffield Wednesday and doing what he does best (i.e. scoring goals) any mistakes will be punished by a team looking to consolidate their place in the play-offs.
Brentford's task will be made all the harder by this game having been moved to a midweek due to our involvement in the FA Cup fourth round. For logistical reasons alone, expect fewer Bees fans to travel. The train isn't an option (unless you stop over) whilst work gets in the way for many. Hats off to those making the effort tonight, that's for sure. I salute you and wish I could be there. Instead, it is Mark Burridge and Beesplayer for me.
The other hurdle to overcome will, of course, be 'that band'. Regular readers know the drill at this juncture and although oft repeated, they can't be allowed to pass without a brief mention. Off key renditions of 'seven nation army' or 'The Italian job' washed down with Bernie Clifton's jingoistic greatest hits are no replacement for an atmosphere. Let's hope those that do travel are of loud voice.
The bookies have Wednesday as odds on favourites. The Bees are close to 4/1 to come away with the points. There's more chance of finding a role of sellotape in our local Morrisons than of Brentford recording a win, if club sponsor 888 are to be believed.
Wednesday are good, no question. But Brentford aren't 18/5 bad and one thing we have in us is goals. After a weekend of shocks in the cup, could we now see the bookies upset in the league?
At 7.45 tonight, we find out.
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Would like to see Alan McCormack and/or John Egan back in the side tonight reverting to a more attacking formation on Saturday. So sorry to see Scott Hogan's serious injury last night . Wishing him a speedy recovery.