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Guinness Book of Records book toasts continued success after 60 years
Sixty years ago today, if Swede Hans Jeppson wanted to toast the appearance of his name in the first Guinness Book of Records using the most expensive bottle of wine commercially available, he would have had to spend a staggering £8 on a 1949 Feinste Trockenbeeren Auslese, a white wine from the Rhine Valley.
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Soccer player Jeppson, we assume, could afford it, having appeared in the book when transferred from Napoli to Genoese Atalanta for a headline-grabbing fee of stg £60,375.
That figure seems laughable nowadays, put in context by the fact it is a fraction of the weekly wages of modern soccer superstars.
Obviously, a little more cash is required if your goal is to make the iconic book these days under these categories.
So, for the record, the current entry for the most expensive bottle of wine is a single bottle of Chateau d'Yquem (1811) that sold for £75,000 ($117,000) in London in 2011. Compare that to the £36 and six shillings paid for a Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1806, a record that appeared in the 1961 book.
As for the beautiful game, Gareth Bale is the hot-shot, having transferred from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid for £85.30m in 2013.
The Guinness Book of Records, now titled Guinness World Records (GWR) has come a long way in 60 years. Its first edition recorded nebulae at 1,000m light years as the remotest known bodies. Engage the warp drive, as the new edition out next month lists a young galaxy, named UDFj-39546284 and found in the constellation of Fornax, as being an impossible-to-comprehend 13.42bn light years away.
The book also noted that, in 1955, the Pentagon, headquarters to the US military, was the world's largest office building. It still is, and its widest point is greater than the 443m height of the Empire State Building. In 1955, the New York skyscraper topped the world's tallest building category, but today it has been replaced by Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which is almost double the height at 828m.
The popularity of TV in 1955 saw US comedian Jackie Gleason pocket $65,000 for every weekly, half-hour episode of The Honeymooners. That's the equivalent of $555,000 today, but it's still significantly short of the $750,000 paid to Ashton Kutcher of Two and a Half Men.
Funny money, however, went to another comedian in 1998, when Jerry Seinfeld scored the highest annual earnings ever by a TV actor with a cool $267m.
In 1955, no less than six men shared the record for the fastest 100m - set at 10.2secs - including Jesse Owens of the 1936 Berlin Olympics fame. Fast forward to today and one Usain Bolt holds the current record for the 100m, breaking the beam in 9.58 seconds in 2009.
Considering that mores of the modern world, it is no surprise that some types of records are no longer acceptable. GWR, rightly, feels people would get the hump if it continued to carry records on camel wrestling. The claws would be out, too, if the heaviest animal category was not scratched, considering that Himmy the cat weighed 21.3kg (46lb 15 ½ oz) when it died in 1986 at the age of 10 years four months. He was owned by Australian Thomas Vyse and was transported around in a wheelbarrow.
There is no appetite either for records pertaining to gluttony. Guinness has had its fill of overeating, but in the 1983 edition, Edward Abraham Miller of Oakland, California, was recognised as the world's biggest eater, consuming up to 25,000 calories per day. While you digest that, consider that the typical daily consumption for a man is 2,000 calories.
Some records seem unbreakable.
Bill Gates is currently the world's richest person with $79.2bn to play around with. Compare that, however, to John D Rockefeller who, in 1913, was estimated to have $900m, equivalent to a staggering $189.6bn today.
Robert Pershing Wadlow remains the tallest man in medical history, reaching 2.72mtr (8ft 11.1in) when last measured in 1940.
The inflation-adjusted $3.44bn taken at the box office internationally by Gone With Wind makes it the highest-grossing film ever, but "tomorrow is another day" and with Phil the Minion and his cohorts having on eye on global dominance, who knows.
Modern records include the most tweets per second (143,199); the most liked person on Facebook, Colombian singer Shakira (107,142,986 'likes' in June 2015, with soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo in second place, boasting 102,782,118 'likes'.) Selfies and twerking also now make the grade.
In music, digital is hitting a crescendo, with revenue amounting to $6bn last year. The largest digital music service is iTunes, with nearly 800m user accounts in 2014, while the fastest-selling title in iTunes is Beyoncé's eponymous album, released without any prior announcement in December 2013, reaching 823,773 copies in its first three days on sale.
The biggest-selling digital artist is Katy Perry, who had, by 2014, sold 72m digital tracks in the US alone.
Piercings and tattoos also feature these days. The most pierced man is Rolf Buchholz from Dortmund, Germany, who (in a single count) had 453 piercings, including 158 around his lips, in 2010. Elaine Davidson had been pierced a total of 4,225 times in her life as of June 2006; she also holds the record for the most piercings in a single count, when 462 were documented in one sitting on May 4, 2000.
The most tattooed man is Lucky Diamond Rich (Australia, born in New Zealand), who has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified and has covered his entire body in black ink, which is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the black, and coloured designs on top of the white.
As for Irish records, what about the 1,953 schoolchildren who joined hands for the largest "ring-a-ring-o'roses" at The People's Park in Waterford. They repeated the song for 6.5 minutes, with everyone falling down and getting up in unison. Did you know that 4,572 veteran tractors (over 30 years old) ploughed the same field in Cooley, Co Louth, in 2007, that, Eamonn Hickson managed to reverse a tractor and trailer 17.36km in Annascaul, Co Kerry, in August 2014, or that Fiona Nolan wore 152 socks on one foot in Shannon, Co Clare, in 2011.
Michael Flatley earned $1.6m a week at the peak of success for Lord of the Dance, while money also appeared at the Aviva Stadium in 2012, when, amazingly, 36,222 people simultaneously tossed coins. A mere 911 people played in an exhibition hurling game at Meelin GAA club in Co Cork in 2013.
Sean Murray, Skibbereen, Co Cork, managed to unhook 91 bras in one minute in 2013. Speed also figured for Enda Wright, who vroomed to 173.81kph (108mph) doing a wheelie on the handlebars of a motorcycle. As if that isn't crazy enough, 395 people performed a raindance at Carton House, Co Kildare, in 2011. After the summer we've had, some would feel this is one record that needs to go the way of camel wrestling and fat cats.
A bird, or at least the speed of a bird unknown, was the origin of the Guinness Book of Records.
While shooting in Co Wexford in the 1951, Guinness Brewery managing director Sir Hugh Beaver and his fellow hunters argued about the identity of Europe's fasterst bird as they shot his slower Irish relatives.
In 1954, recalling his dispute, he had the idea for a Guinness promotion based on the idea of settling pub arguments. Enter the twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who compile a book of facts and figures, which they do in a converted gym in Fleet St in London. It took 13-and-a-half 90-hour weeks to complete, amounted to 198 pages and sold for five shillings, but brewery staff could get it for half price.
Amazingly, Guinness World Records, as it is now called, claims it never acutally named the fastest bird, as it did not undertake "European-wide superlatives". Until now that is. So, the record for the fastest game bird in Europe is jointly held by the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) and the Eider (Somateria mollissima), both of which can probably exceed an air speed of 104 km/h (65 mph).
To date, over 134 million copies – and 3 million e-books - have been sold in 21 languages, in more than 100 countries, which is enough to wrap around the equator.
In addition, GWR TV shows are viewed by over 750 million people worldwide and in 2014, GWR sent judges to over 63 countries to adjudicate events across charities, governments, schools and individuals.
If you think you have what it takes to make a record, Guinness World Records says it must:
Be measurable - Is it the fastest / longest / heaviest / most?
Be breakable - can the record be broken or repeated by someone else?; be standardizable - can the record title be done universally? For example, it cannot be related to something restricted to a region.
Be verifiable - can the claim be proven?;
Have one variable – GWR can verify the largest painting, but would not consider the largest painting by the most people; be an absolute record and not a category - for example, fastest 100m sprint, but not the fastest 100m sprint by a fireman;
Be universal - the proposal must be something, or about something that is known to the world's majority. It cannot be too specific / regional.
Guinness World Records 2016 edition is available on September 10.
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Mount Street positioned for continued growth as Ravi Joseph transitions to Executive Chairman Paul Lloyd assumes full role of CEO 14.02.22
Mount Street Group ('Mount Street'), the leading global third-party loan servicing and credit asset management firm, announces that Ravi Joseph has assumed the role of Executive Chairman, while Paul Lloyd, who was promoted to the position of co-CEO alongside Ravi in 2021, will take the full reins as Group CEO.
The management transition will see Ravi focus on strategic Group initiatives, while also remaining actively involved in Mount Street's growing Investment Management activities. All other management functions and reporting lines across the business will reside with Paul.
Mount Street, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2023, recently achieved a major milestone in reaching £100 billion of assets under management. Since inception the company has enjoyed significant growth, underpinned by the unique combination of its regulatory credentials; its proprietary technology platform, Credit Hub; and the deep, hands-on specialist sector expertise of its teams in commercial real estate, transportation, infrastructure, other asset based credit and private corporate debt. It now has 183 professionals operating through ten offices in key global financial center's across EMEA, USA and Australia.
Ravi Joseph, Executive Chairman commented: "This transition has long been anticipated and should be met with enthusiasm from clients and colleagues alike, with the comfort that Mount Street remains under Paul's safe direction. The business is going from strength to strength and we are both excited about this change while looking forward to delivering continued growth through our focus on excellent client service."
Paul Lloyd, CEO commented: "This is a hugely exciting time for Mount Street as we reach our tenth year in business. We are now managing over £100 billion of assets and the need for our varied services and products across the credit space, underpinned by our technology-based approach, is growing. With the strong platform we have established and our entrepreneurial culture, we are well placed to continue to respond to the structural changes in our industry and I look forward to leading the business into its next phase of growth. "
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Tel: +44 3727 1000About Mount Street Group
Mount Street is a leading global third-party loan servicing and credit asset management firm with ca £100 billion of assets under management. Mount Street is recognised as a leading real estate loan servicer and among the fastest growing companies in Europe. Leveraging its proprietary technology and a global presence across 10 offices in key financial centers worldwide, Mount Street has built an international team of seasoned banking, real estate, infrastructure, credit and technology professionals to assist institutional investors in capturing value across the lifecycle of their credit and other investments.

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Decision to allow parents to report schools over remote lessons provokes fury
Jan 6th 2021 1:37PM
The Education Secretary has provoked anger among school leaders after telling parents they can report schools to Ofsted if they are unhappy with their child's remote learning provision during closures.
Gavin Williamson told the House of Commons that the schools watchdog would enforce legal requirements for state schools in England to provide high-quality remote education during the lockdown.
He said schools are expected to provide between three and five hours teaching a day – and if parents feel their child is not receiving enough learning they should complain to the school first, and then ultimately to Ofsted.
School leaders' union NAHT said the threat was "nothing short of disgraceful" while the National Education Union (NEU) said teachers do not need the "spectre" of Ofsted looming over them during the pandemic.
Mr Williamson's warning came after the Government announced on Monday evening that all pupils – except children of key workers and vulnerable pupils – would move to remote education until mid-February.
But schools are expecting a higher turnout of eligible children onsite than in the March lockdown, prompting concerns about their ability to balance remote education with in-person teaching.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said schools have spent the last 48 hours "working tirelessly" to put plans in place following the sudden announcement of closures.
Coronavirus impacts Britain
People queue for vaccines outside Cardiff and Vale Therapy Centre in Wales, which is in Level four of its coronavirus restrictions, the highest level available, due to the surge in coronavirus cases. Picture date: Tuesday January 19, 2021. (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 19: Members of the public are seen in the city center on January 19, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The First Minister has announced that Scotland's Coronavirus lockdown will be extended until at least the middle of February, with most school children to continue learning from home. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: A volunteer from the Tri Service Support Centre prepares a food parcel on January 15, 2021 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Early in 2020 the armed forces charity SSAFA, in collaboration with the Tri Service Support Centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, created a bespoke foodbank for military veterans living in the the town. Every Saturday tinned goods, fruit, vegetables, dried food and snacks donated by local supermarkets via FareShare, a charity determined not to let food go to waste, is bagged up by volunteers and distributed. This service came into its own at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic when the service was extended to any person or family in need as well as veterans and they have since handed out over 100,000 food parcels. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)
An elderly person in a wheelchair attends a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Wembley, northwest London, on January 19, 2021. - Britain on January 18 extended its coronavirus vaccination campaign to people over the age of 70, as new, tougher restrictions for all arrivals to the country came into force. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Student EMT Ruth Corscadden (left) and Paramedic Daniel McCollam wearing full PPE during their shift for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service covering the Northern Trust's Hospitals. Picture date: Monday January 18, 2021. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)
A woman waits at a bus stop with a billboard showing a government message to observe the coronavirus restrictions in St Helen's, northwest England on January 18, 2021. - Britain on January 18 extended its coronavirus vaccination campaign to people over the age of 70, and new tougher restrictions for all arrivals to the country came into force. Since the innoculation campaign began on December 8, more than 3.8 million people have received a first dose of vaccine against the virus that has infected 3.4 million people in the UK and claimed more than 89,000 lives. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Air Ambulance, wearing face coverings, leave the helipad after arriving by helicopter at Frimley Park Hospital, in Frimley, west of London on January 18, 2021. - Britain on January 18 extended its coronavirus vaccination campaign to people over the age of 70, and new tougher restrictions for all arrivals to the country came into force. Since the innoculation campaign began on December 8, more than 3.8 million people have received a first dose of vaccine against the virus that has infected 3.4 million people in the UK and claimed more than 89,000 lives. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the quality control laboratory at Oxford BioMedica where batches of the Oxford/Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine are tested as part of the manufacturing process in Oxford on January 18, 2021. (Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / POOL / AFP) (Photo by HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
BOSTON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: An Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine is prepared at the Princess Royal Sports Arena on January 18, 2021 in Boston, England. Ten new mass vaccination centres will start administering covid-19 vaccines in England this week, joining seven existing "hubs," as well as the hospitals and GP practices enlisted in the nationwide effort to give 15 million people a first dose by February 15. (Photo by Darren Staples/Getty Images)
A person walks past a sign telling people to wear a face mask in Nottingham during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Monday January 18, 2021. (Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images)
People walk along the pier in Bournemouth, Dorset, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images)
People on the sea front in Brighton during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images)
Police on patrol in Hyde Park, London, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)
Back lights of driving cars are seen on a long shutter speed as they pass huge advertising boards that thank the National Health Service, or NHS in London, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 during England's third national lockdown since the coronavirus outbreak began. The U.K. is under an indefinite national lockdown to curb the spread of the new variant, with nonessential shops, gyms and hairdressers closed, most people working from home and schools largely offering remote learning. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks past an NHS Mural in Loughborough, Leicestershire, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images)
Young men in protective face masks are seen by the Thames River, London Eye as the UK's government introduced strict Coronavirus restrictions earlier this month due to sharp increase in numbers of Covid-19 cases in the UK - London, England on January 15, 2021. Under the new regulations exercising and going to work are exceptions for Stay at Home policy. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is prepared by a health worker at Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, before being administered to members of the public. (Photo by Steve Parsons/PA Images via Getty Images)
Nurses hold their hands up to signify a free bay, as members of the public receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
Members of the public at Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire, to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 14: National Health Service (NHS) staff demanding pay raise stage a protest outside Downing Street in London, England on January 14, 2021. As coronavirus death toll reaches over 100.000, health system in UK is reportedly under extraordinary pressure. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Shuttered shops are seen along deserted streets in the City of London on January 15, 2021, during the third coronavirus lockdown. - Britain's economy slumped 2.6 percent in November on coronavirus restrictions, official data showed January 15, 2021, stoking fears that the current virus lockdown could spark a double-dip recession. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Inside one of the storage units at the overflow mortuary at Breakspear Crematorium in Ruislip, London which will provide an additional 20% in capacity for public mortuaries in London, helping to relieve pressure on hospitals and council-run morgues. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)
A public coronavirus information sign is surrounded by snow in Auchendinny, Midlothian. Heavy snow and freezing rain is set to batter the UK this week, with warnings issued over potential power cuts and travel delays. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)
A man wearing a face mask walks past an advertising board in London, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Only a few people use the escalator at a tube station in London, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A jogger exercises on the banks of the river Thames with the backdrop of Tower Bridge in London, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A Deliveroo cycle courier rides past COVID-19 information boards in Liverpool, on January 13, 2021, as non-essential retailers keep their shops closed, due to England's third lockdown. - Britain's interior minister on Tuesday warned that anyone flouting coronavirus lockdown rules would face action from the police, as the government vowed to step up enforcement measures to cut surging infection rates that risk overwhelming health services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Lee Ullha receives an injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at the Depaul UK homeless shelter in Oldham, Greater Manchester. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)
Shoppers in Brixton, south London, during England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images)
A Union flag flies from a building on Ludgate Hill in central London as Britain is in its third lockdown due to the coronavirus on January 12, 2021. - People who flout coronavirus lockdown rules are putting lives at risk, the British government said today, as cases surge to record highs and rumours swirl of potentially tougher restrictions. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the public arrive to receive their injection of a Covid-19 vaccine at the NHS vaccine centre that has been set up at the Millennium Point centre in Birmingham. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
A shopper wearing a face mask enters a Sainsbury's store in south east London. Supermarkets are being called on to revert to more stringent in-store coronavirus measures with members of the public urged to respect regulations when out grocery shopping. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)
An empty carriage on the Jubilee Line underground train during the morning rush hour in London, as England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus continues. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
Commuters on the concourse at Waterloo Station during the morning rush hour in London, as England's third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus continues. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
People walk across Millennium bridge in central London as Britain is in its third lockdown due to the coronavirus on January 12, 2021. - People who flout coronavirus lockdown rules are putting lives at risk, the British government said today, as cases surge to record highs and rumours swirl of potentially tougher restrictions. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Rita Passey receives her injection of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine at the new Millennium Point NHS Covid-19 Vaccination Centre on 11th January 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This coronavirus vaccination centre which is one of the first in the UK with the aim to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February will administer 600 vaccines on it's opening day, rising to 1200 on the following days and approximately 2500 per day as of the second week. Customers all receive a letter and can come to the vaccine centre from a 45 mile radius. Once in the vaccine lane they are asked health related questions and asked to give consent to being vaccinated after being advised of any possible side effects. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
Police officers arrest a member of the public at an anti lockdown protest held by The Scotland Against Lockdown group outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland on January 11, 2021. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Paramedics and hospital staff attend to a patient outside the Royal London Hospital in London. A "major incident" was declared by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan last week warning that the spread of coronavirus threatens to "overwhelm" the capital's hospitals. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JANUARY 11: People queue outside the mass NHS Covid-19 vaccine centre that has been set up at the Millennium Point centre in Birmingham on January 11, 2021 in Birmingham, England. The location is one of several mass vaccination centres in England to open to the public this week. The UK aims to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 11: A general view of the mass vaccination centre at Ashton Gate Stadium on January 11, 2021 in Bristol, England. The location is one of several mass vaccination centres in England to open to the public this week. The UK aims to vaccinate 15 million people by mid-February. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
Member of staff erect signs outside the NHS vaccine centre that has been set up at the Life Science Centre International Centre for Life in Newcastle. The centre is one of the seven mass vaccination centres which now opened to the general public as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination programme against Covid-19. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
CROSBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: The Tottenham Hotspur bench watch the match in-front of surrounding houses during the FA Cup Third Round match between Marine and Tottenham Hotspur at Rossett Park on January 10, 2021 in Crosby, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
LEWES, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: A general view on a frosty cold morning of Convent Field as a member of the public plays football on his own at an empty football pitch on January 10, 2021 in Lewes, East Sussex. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Paramedics tidy up an ambulance wearing PPE outside the Royal London hospital in London on January 10, 2021 as surging cases of the novel coronavirus are placing health services under increasing pressure. - Medical chiefs in England raced to boost treatment capacity on January 10 as a surge in coronavirus cases risked overwhelming hospitals, even as the government stepped up its mass inoculation campaign. A leaked briefing suggested that London's hospitals were on the brink of running out of beds, endangering the lives of patients needing critical care. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
CROSBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: Jose Mourinho, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur speaks to the media as he is interviewed pitch side after the FA Cup Third Round match between Marine and Tottenham Hotspur at Rossett Park on January 10, 2021 in Crosby, England. Sporting stadiums around England remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: A pedestrian wearing a mask walk past a Kensington and Chelsea community notice displayed outside Town Hall in Kensington, where symptom-free coronavirus tests are available on January 10, 2021 in London, England. England is expanding rapid "lateral flow" testing across all 317 local authorities, prioritising people who cannot work from home. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: An air Ambulance arrives at The Royal London Hospital in London, U.K., on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the U.K. capital on Friday and warned the state-run National Health Service is at risk of being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Kate Green/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: Paramedics push a patient from an ambulance into The Royal London Hospital in London, U.K., on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the U.K. capital on Friday and warned the state-run National Health Service is at risk of being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus cases. (Photo by Kate Green/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A young man wearing a face mask waits beside government messaging telling people to stay at home, displayed at a bus stop in Whitechapel in London, England, on January 9, 2021. England began a third national lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to stem coronavirus transmission across the country. In the capital, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday declared a 'major incident' for the city over coronavirus pressures, warning that hospitals could soon be overwhelmed with patients with covid-19. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 9: Police detain several anti lockdown protestors in Brockwell park Brixton whom had initially gathered near Windrush square before heading into the park on January 9, 2021 in London, England. Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has filmed an advert for HM Government warning that people should stay home as the COVID-19 virus is spreading across the country. Despite these warnings the protest group StandUpX are demonstrating against coronavirus lockdown measures and vaccines. ( Photo by Guy Smallman/Getty Images)
Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" as the spread of coronavirus threatens to "overwhelm" the capital's hospitals. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)
HYDE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: A woman sits in her car as she is administered the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination centre at Hyde Leisure Centre on January 08, 2021 in Hyde, England. The coronavirus drive-through vaccine centre is believed to be the first in the world. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 09: Elodie, a young resident, wears a mask as she rides her bike, on January 09, 2021 in Brisbane, Australia. According to reports, Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus overnight as Brisbane residents remain under lockdown. Greater Brisbane is under a three-day lockdown until 6 pm on Monday, January 12 after a cleaner working at one of the city's quarantine hotels tested positive for a new variant of the Covid-19 strain that originated in the UK. (Photo by Jono Searle/Getty Images)
A couple wear face coverings as they stroll past illuminated trees on the Southbank in London, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man wearing a face covering walks past the London Eye in London, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Ellen Prosser, known as Nell, who is 100 years old, receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from Dr Nikki Kanani at the Sunrise Care Home in London, as the government continues to ramp up the vaccination program. (Kirsty O'Connor/Pool Photo via AP)
An advert shows the word 'Hope' at an unusually quiet Piccadilly Circus, in the normally busy tourist and sightseeing area of London, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
People outside the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, Thursday Jan. 7, 2021, join in applause during the nationwide Clap for Heroes event to recognise and support NHS workers and carers fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the latest lockdown. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
The London Eye on the bank of the River Thames is lit with blue lights to show support for the NHS in London, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Buildings across the country are being lit with blue lights to thank the work by NHS staff in caring for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A woman wearing a face mask, walks across Westminster Bridge past the Houses of Parliament in London, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Police officers detain a protestor during an anti-COVID-19 lockdown demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London on January 6, 2021. - Britain toughened its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, with England and Scotland going into lockdown and shutting schools, as surging cases have added to fears of a new virus variant. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Police officers attempt to detain a protestor and his dog during an anti-COVID-19 lockdown demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London on January 6, 2021. - Britain toughened its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, with England and Scotland going into lockdown and shutting schools, as surging cases have added to fears of a new virus variant. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)
People walk by coronavirus-themed graffiti on Meriden Street in Birmingham. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
A few shoppers at Bullring Open Market in Birmingham, England, Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021, as food stalls are permitted to remain open during the latest lockdown restrictions. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Workers sit amongst empty market stalls in Leeds, northern England on January 6, 2021, on the second day of Britain's national lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19. - Britain toughened its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, with England and Scotland going into lockdown and shutting schools, as surging cases have added to fears of a new virus variant. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman runs past some graffiti in Edinburgh, the morning after stricter COVID-19 lockdown measures came into force for mainland Scotland, Tuesday Jan. 5, 2021. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 04: Evie the bulldog looks out of a front window as children Eryn, Ewen, Gwen, Emily and Olivia watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson make a televised announcement on January 04, 2021 in Manchester, England. The Prime Minister announced tougher Covid-19 measures following a sharp increase of cases, driven in part by a new variant of the virus that officials say is more infectious. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)
A family in Knutsford, Cheshire, watch Prime Minister Boris Johnson making a televised address to the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 05: Ambulances line up as a government sponsored electronic sign gives out coronavirus pandemic information to visitors and staff at the Aintree University Hospital on January 05, 2021 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. British Prime Minister Johnson made a national television address on Monday evening announcing England is to enter its third coronavirus lockdown within a year. On Monday the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A quiet Piccadilly Circus, London, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
IMAGE PIXELATED BY PA PICTURE DESK Paramedics transfer a patient from an ambulance into Southend University hospital in Essex, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 05: A sign warning of the rising cases of Coronavirus on January 05, 2021 in London, England. British Prime Minister made a national television address on Monday evening announcing England is to enter its third coronavirus lockdown of the year. On Monday the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
A man walks by an almost deserted Victoria Square in Birmingham during the first day of the new national lockdown. Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a new national lockdown for England which means people will only be able to leave their homes for limited reasons, with measures expected to stay in place until mid-February. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images)
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a visit to view the vaccination programme at the Chase Farm Hospital in north London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021, part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Johnson warned Sunday that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely in the coming weeks as the country reels from a coronavirus variant that has pushed infection rates to their highest recorded levels. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP)
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 04: Members of the public walk through a deserted Edinburgh City Centre on January 4, 2021 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scottish Parliament will be recalled this afternoon to consider further coronavirus measure in an attempt to tackle the rapid increase in cases. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Practice Sister Tina Sutton (L) hands over an information leaflet after administering a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine to Derek Davies Games at the Pontcae Medical Practice in Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales on January 4, 2021. - Britain on Monday began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a possible game-changer in fighting the disease worldwide. (Photo by Geoff Caddick / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF CADDICK/AFP via Getty Images)
Naomi Carpenter, a 20-year-old sports rehab student at Hull University, takes a swab for a lateral flow Covid-19 test at the campus sports facilities on January 4, 2021, as students return to the university. - Britain -- one of the worst-affected countries by the global health crisis, with more than 75,000 deaths -- is pinning its hopes on the jab as the mainstay of its mass vaccination drive. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
John Murphy CEO of Oasis Community Learning unboxes gloves at Oasis Academy Coulsdon in Coulsdon, south London. A mass testing programme is being executed in schools across England to safely accept pupils back into the classroom. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty Images)
Pupils arrive at Manor Park School and Nursery in Knutsford, Cheshire, as schools across England return after the Christmas break. (Photo by Martin Rickett/PA Images via Getty Images)
A view of a poster informing on Coronavirus safety measures outside Floreat Wandsworth Primary School in Wandsworth as primary schools across London and the south east of England will remain closed until January 18 due to high coronavirus infection rates, on 03 January 2021 in London, England. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Paramedics wheel a patient into the Royal London Hospital in east London on January 3, 2021. - The British prime minister said on January 3 he was "reconciled" to the prospect of tougher restrictions to combat spiralling coronavirus cases. Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Ambulances are seen outside the Emergency Department of St Thomas' Hospital in London on January 3, 2021. - The British prime minister said on January 3 he was "reconciled" to the prospect of tougher restrictions to combat spiralling coronavirus cases. Health Services are under increasing pressure after record levels of daily lab-confirmed cases of Covid-19 has led to more patients being treated in hospital in England than during the initial peak of the outbreak in April. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Ambulances parked outside the ExCeL in east London which is the site of one of a number of Nightingale hospitals prepared last year at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and which the NHS says is being reactivated and made ready to admit patients as hospitals in the capital struggle as Covid patients numbers rise. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
Embargoed to 1630 Saturday January 2, 2021 Assistant Technical Officer Lukasz Najdrowski unpacks doses of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
Police patrol Barry Island, Wales, which usually draws crowds for the New Year day swim, but is relatively empty as the country is in Level four of its coronavirus restrictions, the highest level available, due to the surge in coronavirus cases.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 01: Members of the public brave cold waters in River Forth to take a New Year dip in front of the Forth Rail Bridge on January 1, 2021 in South Queensferry. Restrictions have been placed on many new year festivities around the world including the annual Loony Dook as countries attempt to curb spikes in new coronavirus cases. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
LONDON / UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 1:Two women celebrate the new year in front of the Big Ben in London, England on January 1 2021. London Mayor Sadiq Khan cancelled the show and the celebrations this new years eve. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Fireworks and drones illuminate the night sky over London as they form a light display as London's normal New Year's Eve fireworks display was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)
LONDON / UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 1: Big Ben shows the arrival of the new year in London, England on January 1 2021. London Mayor Sadiq Khan cancelled the show and the celebrations this new years eve. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A man wearing a face covering walks past graffiti on the Lower Newtownards Road in Belfast with a message reading 'Wear a mask, it hasn't gone away you know'. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)
Mounted Police officers attempt to disperse crowds gathered near Westminster Bridge in London, Britain, 31 December 2020. The government is discouraging people from celebrating New Years Eve and urging them to stay home as coronavirus cases in the UK continue to surge. (Photo by Maciek Musialek/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
CARDIFF, WALES - DECEMBER 31: Two people wearing protective face masks walk down an empty St. Mary's Street on December 31 in Cardiff, Wales. Wales went into a Level 4 lockdown from midnight on December 19. All non-essential shops have closed and people have been advised to stay home in a bid to curb the infection rates in one of the worst hit areas of the UK. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 31: A couple pose for a friend's photograph as they hold a sparkler in front of the London Eye, in what would normally be a ticket-only area filled to capacity waiting for the annual fireworks display, on December 31, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. New Year's Eve Celebrations have been curtailed in the UK this year dues to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. With most of the UK in tiers three and four, socialising is off limits. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 31: Police officers speak to two revellers near to the London Eye on December 31, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. New Year's Eve Celebrations have been curtailed in the UK this year dues to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions. With most of the UK in tiers three and four, socialising is off limits. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
Christmas lights adorn trees in a deserted street in the centre of Edinburgh on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2020, as authorities hope people stay at home and do not come to celebrate Hogmanay this year in the city. - The streets of Scotland's capital are normally packed at Hogmanay, as people from around the world flock to see in the New Year in raucous style. As with so much else, the coronavirus outbreak has put paid the celebrations, putting Scots in a gloomy mood made worse by Britain's parting of the ways with Europe. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP) (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Revellers enjoy a night out in central Liverpool, northwest England, on December 30, 2020 before hightened Tier 3 restrictions closing hospitality venues, and bars indoor and outdoor socialising between households are imposed in the city amid surging cases of the novel coronavirus. - Tighter coronavirus restrictions will be extended across England from on December 30 the British government announced, with a new Covid-19 variant blamed for a rapid surge in cases. Liverpool enters Tier 3, which closes hospitality venues, and bars indoor and outdoor socialising between households with the highest Tier 4 rules, which require all non-essential shops, hairdressers as well as leisure and entertainment venues to close, will now apply to more than 44 million people. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Note to eds: picture has been pixelated by PA Picture Desk to protect identity of patient. A patient arrives by ambulance at Southend University hospital in Essex. Hospitals in the county have declared a major incident and local authorities, concerned about the number of Covid-19 cases, have asked for military help to increase hospital capacity, with fears over critical care, bed capacity and staff sickness. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2020/12/30: A lady wearing a face mask a preventive measure against the spread of covid 19.walks on the street. As daily Covid19 infection rate hits record high in London, the government is pinning its hopes on the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. (Photo by Pietro Recchia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2020/12/30: General view of an empty and deserted Camden High Street, London. Most businesses and shops remain closed as much of England moves into Tier 4 restrictions and the UK sees a record number of coronavirus cases. (Photo by Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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He said: "It is therefore nothing short of disgraceful that the government should choose today to start threatening schools about the quality of their remote learning offer.
"Schools are keeping going in the most extreme circumstances right now – support is needed to overcome the challenges they face, not threat or sanction."
Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said: "The last thing teachers and heads need right now is the spectre of Ofsted, which has been of neither use nor ornament throughout the pandemic. It is sadly part of their DNA to criticise rather than offer solutions or real help.
"The best thing inspectors can do right now is offer their services, either as additional teachers or to supervise daily testing of those who will still be attending their school or college during this period of lockdown."
Addressing the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Williamson confirmed that children who do not have access to technology are seen as vulnerable and can attend school in-person during the national lockdown.
Government guidance says vulnerable children may include "pupils who may have difficulty engaging with remote education at home (for example due to a lack of devices or quiet space to study)".
Speaking to PA on Tuesday, Steve Chalke, founder of Oasis Charitable Trust, which has 53 schools across England, said heads were preparing for a greater number of pupils to attend school due to the guidance on remote education, as well as a higher demand from parents who are key workers.
The Department for Education (DfE) has said it expects schools to have a digital platform, such as G-Suite or Microsoft Education, and they should provide at least some of their remote provision via video lessons.
The DfE will publish updated guidance for schools regarding remote education – including increasing the number of hours schools are expected to provide.
Ofsted will carry out inspections in the spring term of schools most in need of challenge and support – which will have a strong focus on remote education.
The watchdog can also inspect schools of any grade where it has significant concerns about the quality of remote education being provided, the DfE said.
An Ofsted spokesman said: "While schools and colleges are closed to most pupils, education remains a national priority. There are clear requirements about remote learning and our monitoring inspections this term will focus on how well these are being met, to provide reassurance to parents.
"In addition we will consider any complaints we may receive from parents about remote learning at their children's schools."
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Q: Finding out the last columns format problem Can you please help me edit this code to make it possible. I think it's format problem. But i don't know how to solve it.
My code is to find out how many columns we have.
Range("m4").Value = Range(""A" & Columns.Count, 1").End(xlToLeft).Column

A: Learn how to address cells.
A cell is defined by its coordinates, row and column numbers, like Cells([Row], [Column]). A cell is a member of the Cells collection which are all the cells within a range. Plain Cells refers to the collection of all the cells in the ActiveSheet. Therefore Cells(4, 1) defines Range("A4"). A cell is a range object.
Cells(2, Columns.Count) specifies the last cell in row 2.
Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft) instructs to move to the left from that last cell until a used cell is detected. The return is a range object, obviously, a single cell.
That range object has Column and Row properties as well as a Value property. Therefore you can ask for
Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Value
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Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Row
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Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
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Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Address

You can also use the cell as the end point of a range.
Set Rng = Range(Cells(2, 1), Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft))

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TNM_CLIN_T
Alphanumeric, Uppercase
Identifies the clinically-determined size and/or extension of the primary tumor (cT) as defined by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC).
· Refer to the applicable AJCC Cancer Staging Manual for coding rules.
For cases diagnosed on or prior to December 31, 2003, this item was expected to be completed by an attending physician, though registry staff were frequently involved in the determination of the information coded in this item though the review of full range of clinical and patient notes available to registry staff. For cases diagnosed January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2007, the CoC required registries to copy the staging elements from a standardized document found in the patient record, as recorded by the managing physician. PUF users may notice an increase in the proportion of cases with cT reported as X as a consequence of the CoC restriction on the allowable range of registry coding of information beyond that documented by the managing physician.
The rules changed again with cases diagnosed in 2008. Beginning with 2008 diagnoses, registrars were required to record clinical stage. If it was not available from a physician, it was to be coded from information available in the patient record.
Cases are coded using the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual edition in use during the year in which the case was diagnosed. Consult the appropriate edition of this manual for organ or site specific codes and their definitions. See AJCC TNM Edition Number (NAACCR Item #1060). Prior to implementation of the 5th edition of the manual, some "slippage" in version occurred, and edition numbers are not included in the PUF for those older cases.
Codes on this list comprise all codes valid for any AJCC manual through the 7th edition and for any chapter. Please consult the applicable manual and chapter for codes that are valid for specific site, histology and AJCC edition combinations.
There is no standard mechanism to recode AJCC items from one edition to another. Careful review of the individual definitions in the respective AJCC manuals is necessary before combining or comparing data across two or more AJCC editions.
Not available in patient record
cT2a1
cT2b
cTis
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cTispu
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NVIDIA graphics cards are powerful right out of the box, but by updating the drivers, not only will your computer and games perform better, you will also ensure that your PC stays compatible with your other peripherals.
Here's everything you need to know about updating NVIDIA drivers.
Before you begin, you must know what NVIDIA graphics card are installed in your computer. The model name should be in the box the card comes in.
Open Run (Windows + R) and type DXDIAG.
Check if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit system. You will need that information later on. You'll find the answer on the System tab under Operating System.
Go to the Display tab. Take note of what's specified under Chip Type. That's your NVIDIA graphics card.
Go to the NVIDIA GeForce Driver Download page.
Perform a search for the driver manually. Use the drop-down menu to narrow down your options.
Download the most recent version of the driver you need. Launch the installer once the download is complete to begin the update.
Note: We encourage users to perform a backup before update any drivers. That way you can simply run System Restore and revert back should anything go wrong.
If you're still unsure at this point what NVIDIA graphic card you have installed, you can use the Auto-Detect Your GPU feature found just below Manual Driver Search.
The GeForce Experience is a program that complements your NVIDIA driver. GeForce was designed to do many things including video capture, screenshots, live streams, and driver updates.
Download GeForce Experience through the official website. Launch the application once installed.
You will be prompted to sign in to continue. Click Create Account if you don't have one and fill out the online form. Otherwise, enter your login credentials or sign in using Google, Facebook, WeChat, or QQ.
Once logged in, click the Drivers tab. Download and install all the available drivers that you might need.
There are times when NVIDIA will release updates along with Windows updates.
Go to Settings (Windows + I) > Update & Security > Windows Update.
Click Check for Updates to see if there are NVIDIA or Windows updates available.
Click Download if applicable. Otherwise, Windows will notify you if your PC is up to date.
Take note that some updates take quite a while to finish. And critical updates would likely require you to reboot your PC once or twice.
So if you're updating your NVIDIA graphics driver through Windows Updates, you might want to save your work and stop working until the updates have been installed.
As mentioned earlier, it would be better if you could perform a manual backup in case you run into complications while updating drivers. Normally, if you have System Restore enabled, Windows will take a snapshot before installing any driver updates.


The Bulldogs were able to avenge an earlier season loss to Hoover. The Bulldogs had lost to Hoover in the 2nd game of the season by double digits, but have been playing better basketball as of late and were able to come out victorious. The Bulldogs led from beginning to end and once again played a complete game.


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Daniel Vnukowski has taken part in numerous films in the role of pianist.
1) Walter Arlen's First 100 Years. Stephanus Domanig's portrait film covers the story of Walter Arlen's life as he had experienced it in 1938/39 in Austria: the mental collapse and eventual suicide of his mother, the imprisonment of his father, and his own narrow escape to Chicago.
More information: https://www.viennale.at/en/films/erste-jahrhundert-des-walter-arlen
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Jcvqrv9sg
2) Our Lady In The Kitchen (In production). Our Lady of the Kitchen chronicles what happens when Homeland Security Investigations Special Agents show up on the doorstep of a Los Angeles couple's home to deliver the shocking news that one of their most cherished worldly possessions, a 16th century portrait of an unknown lady, had been looted by the Nazis from Poland's National Museum in Warsaw.
3) Karol Rathaus. Daniel takes part in a special documentary produced in the U.S., honouring the life of exiled Polish composer Karol Rathaus. The documentary will trail the life of Rathaus from his humble beginnings in Tarnopol, to his studies in Germany and Austria, his harrowing escape journey throughout France and the U.K., and ending with his new life as a composer in exile in New York. Visit KarolRathausFilm.com for more information.
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Karol Rathaus is a fascinating composer, whose life remained permanently altered as a result of Hitler's invasion in Europe. At one point, considered one of the greatest living 'German' composers of the early 20th century, his heyday proved to be ephemeral, and he eventually settled into a quiet academic life as an émigré teaching composition at Queen's College in NY. It was upon hearing music from his ballet "Der Letzte Pierrot" that I became instantly captivated by the man and his art. This enthusiasm is something also shared by many of my colleagues upon hearing the score.
I am honoured to take part in this historically significant project. Each person on our cast has a similar mission in mind: to bring the story of Karol Rathaus to life. And then to share the process of discovery with our listening audience as we revel deep within the compositional intricacies that lie at the heart of his music.
Yet, Rathaus is neither quintessentially Polish, Austro-German or American. He is simply Rathaus – Rathaus, the great mind and true master of his craft. He is somebody who cannot be instantly categorized yet one can hear his very own, unique and personal voice emanate out of every phrase and harmonic conjunction.
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Are you looking for something a little bit out of the way and a little bit out of the ordinary? Then a cruise to Alaska could be for you.
Travel to Alaska is like a little gift from Mother Nature. Ok, it's more like a big gift! Lying northwest of Canada, Alaska is known for its diverse terrain, wide open spaces, stunning mountain views and abundant wildlife. Thus it's the perfect cruise destination for memorable experiences.
To make sure you don't miss out on anything during your cruise vacation, we've made a list of some places you must see in Alaska.
When it comes to what to do in Alaska, adventure is at the top of the list! There are plenty of fun Alaskan shore excursions to help you make the most of your vacation.
Fly high across the treetops at the Klondike Zipline Adventure Park! Begin with a short, guided drive through the quaint seaside town of Skagway. Then, after a quick nature hike from the bus stop, you'll be fitted with safety equipment and ready to zip! Let the thrilling ropes course challenge you and the heart-pumping aerial zip lines excite you.
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← Upcoming events for BBC Watchers in the UK
BBC's Connolly contorts Israeli – and British – history to fit his political narrative →
BBC Hardtalk for Israel, Softchat for Palestinians
This is a guest post by Aron White.
In his October 21st Hardtalk interview, Israeli MK Yair Lapid turned the tables on presenter Stephen Sackur and made the following remark:
Yair Lapid: "I have been watching the show. Whenever a Palestinian is on, you don't ask the questions that are that difficult."
Steven Sackur: "Well you haven't been watching the show enough then, because the Palestinians say exactly what you just said, "Oh, you are tougher on me than you are on him (the Israeli)."
An objective analysis will show that Yair Lapid is totally correct – Israeli guests on the show face a tough grilling whereas Palestinians and their supporters get basically a free pass.
Here is the introduction Stephen Sackur gave Yair Lapid last week:
"The latest paroxysm of violence between Israelis and Palestinians has conjured up a wave of horrifying images. Israelis stabbed in random street attacks, Palestinian suspects shot dead by Israeli police when seemingly no longer a threat, an innocent bystander beaten to death by an incensed Israeli crowd. Well, my guest is Yair Lapid, former finance minister, and leader of the Yesh Atid party. He has called on Israelis to"shoot to kill" at the first sign of danger. Will that kind of language enhance anyone's security?"
This is a genuinely harsh introduction – and considering that Sackur draws no distinction between the Israeli victims of terror attacks and Palestinian attackers killed by policemen, it maybe is too harsh. But let us compare this with the opening Hardtalk laid out for Saeb Erekat during an interview in February 2014.
"What does the new right-wing Israeli coalition government under Benjamin Netanyahu mean for the Palestinians? The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has made moves recently to win international backing for his cause, particularly through the United Nations. Will this strategy help or hinder their aspirations for statehood? My guest today is the Palestinian veteran chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat. Can they isolate Israel, and achieve recognition of a Palestinian state through international diplomatic channels?"
This is not the opening to a difficult interview in which Palestinian intransigence, rejectionism, incitement, corruption and human rights violations will truly be open for discussion. The question on the table is how best can the Palestinians isolate Israel: instead of asking hard-hitting questions, the BBC is merely asking whether the Palestinians can achieve their goals.
The Hardtalk bias was open for all to see during last summer's conflict between Israel and Hamas. Hardtalk conducted two interviews on consecutive days – the first interview, on July 24th, was with Danny Danon, a former Israeli government minister, and the second interview the next day was with Khaled Mashal, leader of Hamas.
Here is the introduction to the interview with Danny Danon:
"Israel says its current campaign in Gaza is in response to rocket strikes from Hamas militants, and is aimed at destroying its illicit tunnels Hamas uses to smuggle arms. In more than two weeks of conflict, more than six hundred Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed, and nearly four thousand wounded. The U.N. Human Rights Commission (sic.) says Israel may have committed war crimes. About thirty Israeli have died, nearly all of them, soldiers. My guest today is Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, He was dismissed as deputy defence minister earlier this month, for accusing the prime minister of being too weak in his Gaza campaign. How does he justify the high Palestinian death toll?"
Compare this to the introduction to the interview the very next day, with Khaled Masha'al.
"My guest today is Khaled Masha'al, the political chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, which is currently locked in a grim and costly military confrontation with Israel in Gaza. Right now, the pressure on Hamas is immense, military, political and diplomatic. So, is the showdown in Gaza a battle for Hamas' survival?"
Masha'al is not being asked any hard questions at all – no question about Hamas rockets, human shields, human rights abuses, or its openly jihadist constitution. Rather than hard questions, sympathy for Hamas simply oozes from the description of a "costly" conflict with Israel that may be a battle for Hamas' very survival.
This highlights a further point: not only does Hardtalk ask Israelis far tougher questions than Palestinians; the interviewers openly display sympathy for Palestinians and their supporters.
During his interview with William Schabas, initially appointed head of a U.N. Human Rights Council commission of inquiry into the 2014 conflict between Israel and Hamas who resigned from the post due to concerns about his objectivity, Stephen Sackur asks:
"You have talked about the campaign against you. We remember the full-page ads in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal condemning you, talking about your bias, I believe also, you had personal emails. You had threats. Did it get to a point where you could just stand it no longer?"
Yet when he interviews Yehuda Glick, the man who was shot four times because of his activism to allow Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, Stephen Sackur never asks him how he felt, but instead offers this musing:
"I am guessing, Yehuda Glick, that what happened to you wasn't entirely a surprise to you. You have been a controversial figure described by many Israelis, indeed many Israelis in the Israeli government and security establishment as a provocative figure and as an extremist for years. You have known that there have been threats upon you for years too. So although it was awful, it wasn't really a surprise was it?"
So one man who actually got shot four times (for campaigning for what he sees as religious freedom) should have seen it coming because he received threats but another man who received threats (though admittedly, by "personal email," no less) deserves our deepest sympathy. I mean, how bad are four bullets compared to an advertisement in a newspaper?
Hardtalk is deeply biased. It challenges Israelis about how they defend themselves, but poses no hard questions to the inciters, jihadists, rocket launchers and terrorists. For Israelis, an appearance on the show is a hard talk. For Palestinians and their supporters, it is merely a soft chat.
'Hardtalk': a test case for BBC claims of 'equal coverage'
By Hadar Sela • Posted in BBC, Guest Post, Impartiality	• Tagged 'Hardtalk', BBC, BBC News Channel, BBC World News, Stephen Sackur
7 comments on "BBC Hardtalk for Israel, Softchat for Palestinians"
josephinebacon
Stephen Sackur is obsessed with interviewing Israeli politicians for Hard Talk and attacking them. He is married to an Iraqi by the way. I saw part of this interview and applaud Aaron White, it is indeed "Hard Talk" for the Israelis and Soft Talk for the Palestinians and any other politician from a corrupt dictatorship.
Sharon Klaff
Totally brilliant analysis. What strikes us all as we tune out, the blatant bias too nauseating to stomach.
Sackur's overt bias begs the question as to who he is as a person – in childhood it'd be termed bullying – were Israelis less tough they'd be found hanging from a tree like a bullied schoolboy. Thank god as Douglas Murray once said ,that Israel's survival doesn't depend on the likes of such bigots. Maybe one day he'll under stand the role he plays in the delegitimisation process of the Jewsish nation, condoning terrorists so long as it's Jews they attack.
I also heard the Kevin Connolly piece, more total distortions of history, not a word about the Arab invasion of Palestine in 1947, anyone would think the Six-Day War had never happened, Jordan just happened to hand over the West Bank to Israel!
Please sign this petition to pressure NBC to sack reporter who lied about stabbing attack in Jerusalem:
https://www.change.org/p/nbc-fire-ayman-mohyeldin-from-nbc
It's "Hard TO Talk" for Israelis and "Soft Talk" for the Palestinians.
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A Bloody Secret Haunts Diamond Industry
Max Torres , associate professor, business and economics, was quoted in a CNA story on the ethics of sourcing of diamonds. See below.
A bloody secret still haunts the diamond industry
From: Catholic News Agency Date: July 5, 2015 Author: Adelaide Mena
What - if anything - can Catholics do to counter the immense human cost still attached to some of these gems?
Plenty, according to Max Torres, business professor and Director of the Management Department at The Catholic University of America.
"In this economy, the consumer is king," he told CNA. "The day that consumers want to get worked up over diamonds, this will stop, whatever abuse it is we're trying to eradicate, it will stop."
While there are many steps in the process and levels of moral responsibility from consumers to the diamond exporters themselves, Torres maintained that ordinary people can still work to change large-scale moral problems in the industry.
"Do not underestimate the power of the consumer to move supply-chain decisions throughout the economy," he stressed.
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Q: Get the number of Items in a Category I am trying to get the number of items in each of my categories to show up next to the category name... here is the code i am currently using.  The SQL is setup to show the number of items...but I dont know how to write the PHP code to display it.  the PHP code currently only outputs the category names....but I need it to show the category...and then the number of items in each category....IE.
Things (10)
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A: your query will be
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A: First of all you should change "Total Items" to "Total_Items" remove space.
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Adam Rubinstein
Photographer, Designer, Editor
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Def-I
Def-I's not only one of the most talented rappers I've ever seen, and not only does he make beats to match his verbal dexterity, and he's not only an impresario to beat the band… he's also one of the most sincere performers in town. We did a headshot session together late last year.
Post author By Adam
Local emcee and producer Def-I is a bit of a phenom.
Def-I's not only one of the most talented rappers I've ever seen, and not only does he make beats to match his verbal dexterity, and he's not only an impresario to beat the band… he's also one of the most sincere performers in town. It's rare you find that combination of talent, ambition, and humility in one person, and here he is, the full package.
Def-I's a local boy. He grew up in a rough part of town (now known affectionately as the International District), and cut his teeth in local bars. With the release of Shields for Raining Arrows, his latest album, he's been touring around the US, leaving a trail of dropped jaws.
We first worked together at the El Rey theater in downtown Albuquerque last year, when he opened for archetypal Dub act Sly and Robbie. (The best shot from that night made its way onto Shields for Raining Arrows, literally, later that year. He also hired me to shoot the painting by Randy L Barton that would be used on the cover.) We liked the look of that space so much agreed to explore the same pallet in a headshot session at my home studio.
It's Def-I's sincerity that makes him such a joy to work with.
As I shot, he told me about growing up in Albuquerque, his years in the local hip hop scene, and his hopes for his new album. It's rare such talent comes in such a confident, humble person.
Def-I has since used images from that shoot all over, from an article in The Alibi, our local alternative weekly to his Bandcamp page.
In January of 2016 I shot the release party for Shields, at Sister Bar. It was a huge, rawkus night, a full celebration.
← Beyond the Light → The LAND an art gallery
© 2020 Adam Rubinstein


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JODY WHITESIDES
ninth song finalized is "touch"
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January 3, 2013 In Fit To Print In The Studio Tagged as lyrics ninth song finalized is "touch" radio rap rapper song touch vocals By Jody Whitesides
Getting the new year off to a productive start. Day one had me making some re-records of vocals from songs already finalized. But yesterday found me getting yet another song's vocals re-recorded as well. After that recording my ninth song finalized is "Touch".
I got some additional vocals layered in on it. More for the addition of a couple of female vocalists to do some backgrounds to add spice. Once I hit that, I ended up scrapping the original bridge lyrics. In their place is a large flow of words that require bringing in a rapper to spit it out. The bridge is now way more over the top, blunt, rhythmic, and slammin. Got me saying to myself – Fuck Yeah!
No doubt this is going to hit the charts when it's released as a single. I'm confident of that.
Another thing that I'm confident on it is, I'll have to mix a radio-friendly version or bleep some of the bridge vocals. Not the first time I've had a song that would require bleeping, but it is the first time on a hit calibre one. Let's see if I'm right this time.
I'll be back at it later today getting the next track pre-flight ready for hitting the studio. New fire in the sails for this new year has me feeling gung-ho, ready let's go! With that, I've got my ninth song finalized and it's called "Touch".
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TRIKSTARS: Masters of Trickery, a world-class magic, illusions, comedy and musical unlike anything seen before in Malaysia, will be performed right here at Sunway Lagoon's Amphiteatre for the very first time from 5th December 2015 to 20th December 2015.
The Wizardry of Phelston Jones, a great magician that captivates audiences with magic and comedy as he playfully picks on the audience to produce mesmerizing one-of-a kind illusions.
Joining the fun is Sylvester the Jester, an American magician best known for playing a cartoon character who comes to life.
King Charles Troupe, a group of young men who play an unbelievable game of high energy basketball on unicycles as they dribble, pass, shoot and weave their way through the world's wackiest game of basketball.
Nightmares with my kids. Nightmares from Netherlands is the winners of numerous Magic Awards, it is the new era of Magic with a unique combination of story telling and strong visual.
Sebatian & Kristina from Hungary are multi award winning dancers who dazzle audiences around the world with their magical transformations.
There is Rudy Coby who leaves audiences in stitches with his humour and enchants them with his acts. To further jazz up the show, Australian born singer J'aime Holland will showcase her vocal versatility and charm you with her sweeping voice.
On 27th November 2015, bloggers, media and VIP guests were given the opportunity for a sneak preview and to meet the cast & crew up close.
Mr. Sean Choo, General Manager of Sunway Lagoon gave a welcome speech. He said to make this a magical experience, his team is encouraging Malaysians to nominate their loved ones or preferred charity organization to win a free show.
Mr. Adam Dion Bahoudian, the driving force behind Dion & Randall Productions gave an introduction to TRIKSTARS cast & crew.
We we all amazed by the sneak preview of the TRIKSTARS magic.
TRIKSTARS is sponsored by Coca Cola, Nestle, Milo and 100 Plus.
Call +603-5639 0000 or visit website www.sunwaylagoon.com or Facebook page HERE for more information.
I was very happy to receive my personalised T-shirt and personalised cushion from Printcious. If you had missed out on my previous blog about ordering from Printcious, you can click HERE. I am very satisfied with the T-shirt as it is very good quality, 100% cotton and preshrunk. The photo is very clear too. Don't miss out the opportunity to get personalised gifts for your friends this Christmas.
I ordered this T-shirt with my recent family trip photo to Australia because I really love this photo of us with the Koala. This T-shirt looks as though I bought it from Australia. From Printcious, it is only RM 29.00 if there is Printcious logo and RM 39.00 for normal T-shirts. It also came with T-shirt care instructions.
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My daughter and I had our buffet lunch at Terrace Coffee. Coffee Terrace is one of the most spacious dining restaurants at the resort. The premise can accommodate up to 600 diners at any one time. Coffee Terrace features 4 sections - Private Room, Lanai Bar, Nyonya Baba Corner and Alfresco Terrace. There is also good scenic view if you sit near the windows.
The salad bar with healthy vegetables.
There was a variety of food, mainly Western, Chinese and Malaysian food.
Indulging in dessert was my favorite part. These were the different types of cakes and jelly.
Terrace Coffee is having lunch promotion for RM 38.00 adult and RM 19.00 child on normal days until 30th November 2015. For more information, you can visit here.
My daughter loves satay the most. We really enjoyed our buffet lunch at Terrace Coffee.
The Chin Swee Caves Temple is located 4,600 feet above sea level on a 28 acre plot of rocky, forested land donated by Genting Group Founder Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr) Lim Goh Tong. It is about 5-10 minutes drive down from the peak of the mountain. It is the most scenic site of Genting Highlands.
One of the attractions is the newly-built observation square called the Sky Terrace. Spanning across 35,000 square feet, the Sky Terrace was built for guests to take a leisurely walk among the 'clouds in heaven'.
A large statue of the late Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lim Goh Tong erected in honor of his dedication to the Chin Swee Caves Temple stands tall in the vicinity of the Sky Terrace.
My blogger friends and me.
Nine colour dragon wall of luck is at the main entrance of the Temple. The nine colours represent different type of luck. For instance, in ancient folklore, a scholar meeting a yellow dragon would be destined to become a high-ranking official.
Large statue of Buddha. Besides praying to Kuan-Yin and Buddha, devotees can also pray to a black seated statue of Reverend Master Chin Swee which is found inside the Temple.
My daughter touching the holy water. It is believed that this holy water can protect people.
Bridge of Fairies shows seven beautiful fairies descending gracefully from heaven.
The most popular tourist attraction is the Journey to Enlightenment that depicts the Ten Chambers of Hell. According to Chinese beliefs, the soul of a dead person would be sent to the First Chamber of Hell and his past deeds would be screened by Chin-Kwong-Wang who would decide whether he should receive punishment.
A good soul would be sent for rebirth in the Heavenly Realm.
For those who are looking for a quiet place away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this is the right place to visit. The Gohtong Hall consists of 110 rooms - 93 triple tooms and 17 double rooms for meditation, retreat and self discovery.
There is also a function hall 7,035 square feet to accommodate 300 people comfortably and two meeting rooms with a built-up area of 1,400 square feet and 650 square feet respectively. For more information on Chin Swee Temple, please visit www.csc.org.my or call 03-27181113.