Description Octavio Medellin, standing with three men and his carved black walnut sculpture, El Ahorcado (The Hanged One), at the opening reception for the Latin American Spirit Exhibition, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, Texas. This piece is part of the Dallas Museum of Art Collection.
Notes Recto: [handwritten] [copyright] 89 Gary Bissell. Verso: [handwritten] Opening reception, 'The Latin American Spirit', El Paso, Texas. March 4, 1989.
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Maximizing the stability of a biopharmaceutical is not an easy task and therefore, a critical objective of any drug development program.
Aggregation and depletion of proteins and peptides in drug formulations is a major source of dosage form and storage instability. The presence of aggregates and sub-visible particles also compromises the safety and efficacy of the drug formulations and may lead to a series of problems during manufacturing, handling and post administration. As such the minimization of protein aggregation and chemical degradation is part of a de-risking strategy key to ensuring a smoother "developability" of a biopharmaceutical.
Aggregation is a complex phenomenon and it can proceed via different mechanism. Depending on the rate determining step aggregates can be formed via association of partially unfolded conformers or by interaction of the proteins in their native state. Moreover, partial unfolding can be caused by diverse factors, for example it can be caused by interaction with interphases or following chemical degradation (e.g. Oxidation).
It is well-known that recombinant human serum albumin has the ability to stabilize proteins in solution preventing adsorption, aggregation and oxidation. The stabilizing ability stems from some of the roles albumin performs in blood, such as a carrier of small hydrophobic entities, participation in the control of pH and osmotic pressure and affording the majority of the antioxidant capabilities present in blood.
Recombinant Human Albumin (rAlb) is therefore a promising stabilizer for hard-to-formulate biopharmaceuticals. In this webinar we will illustrate the use of Albumedix™ Recombumin®, a recombinant albumin product, as a stabilizing agent for model biopharmaceuticals, both peptides and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) at high concentration, and elucidate on potential mechanisms.
Formation of aggregates and sub-visible particles during product storage is a major concern for formulation scientists due to the potential for loss, reduced efficacy, and increased immunogenicity of the product. Therefore, optimizing the stability of a therapeutic drug during final drug formulation, handling and storage is imperative to producing a safe final product with an appropriate shelf-life.
Albumedix will in this webinar share from our 30 years' of expertise within this area, in an aim to bring valuable yet initially unstable drug candidates to market and create better quality of life for patients and their families.
Phil Morton is a Science Director heading up the Bioprocess Characterisation function within Albumedix R&D. He has 20+ years' experience in the biopharmaceutical industry within process and product development.
His experience ranges from developing and transferring purification processes, to formulation development and characterisation of these processes and products. Phil holds a Ph.D. in Biochemical Eng. from Birmingham University and followed this with post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University.
Eleonora current focus is to study the stabilisation properties of Recombumin on an array of model systems. Previously she worked in the National Physical Laboratory on diverse topics such as protein aggregation, peptides biophysical characterisation and interaction with membranes.
Her background is biophysical chemistry (Chemistry degree, university of Rome), a PhD in Biochemistry on protein folding (Glasgow University) and post-doctoral experience in on peptide design (Prof. Woolfson Lab, now Bristol University).


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I'm sick of Obama's lip service to change and his appointments of Big Ag and Monsanto shills to important positions in government. I'm sick of the Democrats' groveling and whining and I'm sick of the Republicans' hatred and bullying. I'm sick of hearing about the magic filibuster-proof number and the partisanship. I'm sick of people expecting Obama to fix eight years of the GOP's economic destruction in one freaking year in office. I'm sick of people who are not only unwilling to do the right thing, but who don't even have the human compassion to know what the right thing is. I'm sick of corporations being in charge of this country. This country is not a republic, it is an oligarchy. The only politicians I like right now are Al Franken, Dennis Kucinich, Pricey Harrison, and Don Vaughan. I'm ready to emigrate to Canada.
Rant over. I'll still write letters, emails, and sign petitions. I'll still vote in all elections and primaries. But I'm done with the political parties in this country. Done.
I've been using a neti pot twice a day for the last week, the last resort in trying to clear out this sinus infection. Man, do I HATE getting water in my nose. It took a long time for me to learn to swim because I hated it so much. As much as I hate it, it does seem to make me feel better. This infection is persistent but not severe. It has been going up and down in intensity since September, when I took two courses of antibiotics. So I think that antibiotics may not be the answer. The main problem is that after this long, I am very run down, although I take a good multivitamin and fish oil every day. I missed some work this week and I spent a lot of time asleep or watching Hulu or reading.
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Other than that, I've been working on my lemon embroidery and I've been cooking more. Today I'm making a pot of beans with onions and garlic and tomatoes and Tuscan kale and chicken curry sausage that I bought at the Greensboro Farmers Curb Market last weekend. We ate some of this sausage with scrambled eggs (wonderful double yolks from another farmer at the market) earlier this week. It is so good and lean. The dried beans are from Deep Roots. I soaked them all day yesterday and cooked them with chicken broth that I make a couple of times a year with the bags of frozen collected vegetable scraps and the bones and broth from a whole chicken in a slow cooker. The tomatoes are frozen stewed tomatoes from the garden and I just picked the Tuscan kale fresh. Tomorrow I'll make some beef stew from Rocking F beef in the slow cooker to eat over the week ahead. The carrots and herbs will come from my garden.
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Robert Langer
David H. Koch Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Geochemist & Chemical Oceanographer; Diversity & Women in STEM Advocate
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Professor, Author, Theorist & STEM Advocate
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Scientist, Researcher, and Professional Speaker on Health and Wellness
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John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry at MIT; Expert on Electrochemistry & Renewable Energy
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Holocaust Survivor, Chemist & Author
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Professor in Chemistry at Hunter College & co-founder of RAISE-W
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Material Chemist Known for Her Pioneering Works in Cementitious Materials
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Physician and Serial Healthcare Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder of Advanced ICU Care
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Kára McCullough
Miss USA 2017 & Physical Scientist at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Chemical Engineer; Over 30 Inventions & Patents
David R. Liu
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University
Joseph Desimone
Co-Founder & CEO of Carbon; Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William Tarpeh
Assistant Professor at Stanford University
Union City, CA, USA
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Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont
Burlington, VT, USA
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Assistant Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Open Letter to G20 Finance Ministers and the IMF: Civil Society Organizations Call for Quick Special Drawing Rights Allocation
COVID-19 spurred health, social and economic crises that hit developing countries the hardest. The pandemic deepened development and inequality challenges and erased years of progress on poverty reduction and women's rights. Countries continue to face fallen revenues, lower foreign exchange earnings and higher fiscal and debt burdens. Many of these countries cannot afford expenditures vital to bring the pandemic under control, increase social protection to survive lockdowns and prepare to recover with equity and resilience. Of the trillions spent on stimulus packages around the world so far, wealthy countries account for 88 percent, while developing countries account for the rest.
A multilateral solution is needed. One that will not push low- and middle-income economies into further debt distress. To that end, we ask that you urgently support a new allocation of IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) in the amount of US$3 trillion. We believe that an allocation of this size is required to address the real needs in a decisive and sustainable way. In 2009, the international community responded to a crisis of much smaller scope and proportions with an allocation of US$250 billion in Special Drawing Rights. This initiative had a significant role in restoring market confidence and supporting global recovery. Last year, even before the scale of this crisis was clear, IMF estimates placed emerging economies' financing needs at US$2.5 trillion.
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So far, the international financial response to the pandemic crisis fails to uphold the standard of solidarity we all should expect in the face of such threat. A new SDR allocation would send a strong signal of renewed multilateral coordination that puts life first and is within your immediate reach. We ask for your leadership in ensuring the international community rises up to this historic moment to do what is needed. See signatories of the letter here >>>
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See a film by the International Labour Organization on the Social Protection Floor here »»»
Knowing that more than 1.4 billion people still struggle to live on less than $1.25 a day (World Bank), it is obvious that much more must be done to eradicate the scourge of extreme poverty. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) coordinate the Social Protection Floor Initiative (SPF-I) as a joint UN effort to build a global coalition committed to supporting countries in building national social protection floors for their citizens.
A Social Protection Floor (SPF) is the first level of a comprehensive national social protection system that helps to realize human rights for all through guaranteeing:
1. Universal access to essential services (such as health, education, housing, water and sanitation and other services as nationally defined);
2. Social Transfers in cash or kind to guarantee income security, food security, adequate nutrition and access to essential services.
Countries will develop nationally defined strategies for the progressive realization and sustainability of their floor as well as higher levels of social protection in line with their needs, preferences and financial capacities. Building on existing social protection mechanisms these strategies may include a mix of contributory and non-contributory, targeted and universal, public and private instruments depending on the social economic and political context. For information about the campaign see here>>>. For further the letter initiative see here>>>
In summary, the SPF is:
• Universal- It includes everyone.
• Rights- based – (enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
• Nationally owned and designed.
• The first step in an ongoing process – not a ceiling of benefits.
• Affordable by all countries.
More on the CSO Coalition see here www.socialprotectionfloorscoalition.org
Already 2021 NGOs initiated a petition on social protection, see here »»»
This signature campaign has been used as a tool for lobbying at national and global levels. The most important purpose of the campaign was to convince national government that the Social Protection Floor is needed and wanted by its citizens and must be included in national development policies. This initiative presented an opportunity for NGOs to work together to roll back poverty, to put social protection at the heart of the international development agenda and to strengthen the chance for every person to live with dignity.
For further information see at https://www.social-protection.org/gimi/ShowTheme.action?id=1321 and the NGO Committe for Social Development see at www.ngosocdev.net
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Frank Lampard gets first Chelsea win as manager thanks to Tammy Abraham's double in Norwich triumph
Mason Mount also on target in 3-2 victory at Carrow Road
Chelsea's Tammy Abraham, left, celebrates scoring his side's third goal with teammates. Joe Giddens / PA Wire
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Tammy Abraham was Chelsea's hero as Frank Lampard picked up his first win as a manager in the Premier League.
The London side won 3-2 at Norwich City in Saturday's first game of the day.
Abraham found the net twice, with Mason Mount also on target, to give Lampard the taste of victory for the first time after his first two league games in charge had ended in a 4-0 loss to Manchester United and a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester City.
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Chelsea had also lost on penalties, after a 1-1 draw, with Liverpool in the Uefa Super Cup in Istanbul.
Abraham had fired Chelsea into a third-minute lead at Carrow Road, but that advantage lasted only three minutes as Todd Cantwell tapped home for the hosts from Teemu Pukki's centre.
Mount scored for the second successive game to restore Chelsea's lead, but Pukki netted his fifth goal of the season on the half-hour mark to restore parity.
Chelsea remained patience and were rewarded when Abraham struck with a shot from outside the area in the 68th minute.
Kurt Zouma had the ball in the net as well for Chelsea, but the goal was ruled out by VAR for a foul on Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul by substitute Olivier Giroud.
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There is no bigger believer in metaverse technology than Mark Zuckerberg, who changed the name of Facebook's parent company to Meta and pivoted its entire strategy to build for this new and growing world.
But policymakers, who are starting to see the different ways blockchain technology can be leveraged to make financial services easier and more secure, are still struggling to solve the equation of how to set rules for it.
In a recent blog post, which is presenting a discussion paper for the different ways policymakers should be approaching the metaverse, Edward Bowles, Meta's Head of Fintech Policy, notes that "the metaverse presents a promising new arena of economic opportunity," one that will be "potentially contributing more than $3 trillion to global GDP by 2031."
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The blog post continues, "it also presents an opportunity for policymakers to set fair rules for web3 technologies that keep people safe and promote innovation," advising that the "rules should adopt a technology-neutral approach, recognize the importance of decentralized systems and embrace greater collaboration between the public and private sectors."
Finally, he adds that blockchain technology has uses far beyond financial services, such as NFTs, which can go to form the very basis of the metaverse economy.
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LITE is a fully low impact series that was designed to challenge the intermediate exerciser. Although the workouts were created with the intermediate exerciser in mind, they are easily adaptable for a more advanced exerciser by simply choosing heavier weight options and adding impact to the cardio movement as desired. Higher intensity "Calorie Crush" add on bonuses have also been added to the cardio routines to allow an advanced exerciser to get a solid sweaty workout! These easy adjustments will also help an intermediate exerciser as they graduate with the program and start looking for additional challenges. The Calorie Crushes are also great on their own when you only have a small amount of time to spare and want to get a quick sweat before getting on with your day! The LITE Series has a perfect mix of solid weight routines and high energy, heart happy cardio! The series also includes two ab bonuses for a core focused challenge and two extended stretch bonuses for those days when your muscles are needing a little extra love. The routines in this series are on the shorter side making them time effective. The shorter length also allows an exerciser to add on the bonuses, utilize premixes or double up for a longer workout on days when time is not an issue! In this User's Guide, I've provided four rotations to keep you motivated and challenged as you get to know and love your new routines! These rotations utilize the LITE series workouts along with a few other favorite series to keep things fresh and challenging through the weeks in each rotation. Choose to do a one-month rotation or add multiple rotations together for a two, three or even four-month challenge! I've added one rest day per week throughout the rotations. Take additional rest days when needed and utilize the extended stretches as often as you like. Calorie Crush add on bonuses are always listed as "optional" and can be eliminated if you prefer to keep your workout entirely low impact. On the flip side, you can add Calorie Crushes on any days where they are not listed if you feel like you need an extra boost! As always, get plenty of water, eat well and make sure you always leave time for proper recovery. Double knot those laces; it's time to crush it!
What level are the new workouts?
You will need a Fit Tower™, and a yoga mat, medium resistance band and a loop (all are included with the Fit Tower™). You will also need a barbell, step and a few dumbbells.
How long are the new workouts?
Do the new workouts have a vocals only option?
Yes the new workouts have a vocals only option which allows you to use your own music if you prefer.
Where can I find descriptions of the new workouts?
Go to our main new video launch page at New Videos and click on the product images about halfway down the page to see the workout descriptions.
How can I order the new DVDs?
I don't have a Fit Tower. How can I order the Fit Tower unit?
The Fit Tower™ unit is only available from the manufacturer and must be ordered from the Fit Tower™ website, not shop.cathe.com. Order the Fit Tower™ now at a Special Savings and Get Free Shipping!!!
I live in Canada. Can I order the Fit Tower™ unit and the Fit Tower™ DVDs?
The Fit Tower is now available for Canadian Cathletes to order on the Fit Tower website (excluding the provinces of Quebec, and the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut).The Fit Tower™ will ship from a facility in Canada and that means you won't have to worry about import taxes.
Can Hawaii and Alaska customers order the Fit Tower™ unit?
Fit Tower shipping to Hawaii and Alaska is now available. However, a shipping charge will be charged.
Can The Fit Tower™ unit ship to APO and FPO addresses?
The Fit Tower™ cannot ship to APO and FPO Addresses, as the cartons are too large for USPS and UPS is not granted access to military bases. Additionally, the Fit Tower™ cannot ship to a PO Box due to the carton size, so the customer needs to provide a street address. However, our Fit Tower™ DVDs can ship to all APO and FPO addresses.
Do I need The Fit Tower™ unit to do these new workouts?
Yes, the Fit Tower™ DVDs specifically use the Fit Tower™ unit and many of the exercises can't be done without the Fit Tower™ unit.
I Live in Europe, can I order the Fit Tower™?
As we expand Fit Tower distribution, our focus is on being able to cost effectively deliver the Fit Tower Workout System to as many customers as possible. The Fit Tower™ initial distribution was setup for the continental 50 U.S. states with Canada. We will continue to evaluate our distribution coverage, and may expand our distribution in the future beyond the 50 U.S. states and Canada.
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How big are the download files?
Most Cathe Download video files are about 1 gigabyte in size, so make sure you have enough hard disc space to handle the downloads you purchase.
Do Cathe Downloads contain the same exercise Premixes as the DVDs and OnDemand service?
No, our downloads don't contain any Premixes like you find on our DVDs or OnDemand streaming service.
Can you burn a DVD from the download files?
No, our video files are formatted as m4v files and are not made to be burned to a DVD.
What is the Workout Blender?
Our Workout Blender technology puts you in charge of your workouts and makes it possible for you to create unlimited custom workouts from any of Cathe's OnDemand videos. As long as you're an OnDemand subscriber you can shorten or lengthen any workout. You can eliminate or substitute one exercise for another. You can make the workout exactly how you want it to be! For example, you may want to substitute a high impact move with a low impact exercise, or perhaps you hate lunges and would prefer to do step ups. The Workout Blender is the only program that makes all of this easy, fast and simple to do—even for the computer novice. In just a few minutes you can mix segments from as many Cathe OnDemand videos as you like to create your own custom workout. Unlike a DVD, you're not restricted to doing just the premixes we give you on a single disc! We have developed our new Workout Blender to be an easy-to-use online application for computers (Mac & Windows). In addition to your computer screen, your workout can be viewed on your television by using a cable, Apple TV, or Chromecast. Your custom workouts can also be played on your iPad, tablet, and most mobile devices using our apps. However, you can only create workouts on a computer with this release of the Workout Blender.
Tutorial #1 will show you how to use all of the basic functions in the Workout Blender.
Tutorial #2 will teach you how to share your workout creations with others as well as to easily import your fellow Cathlete workout mixes.
Can I use the Workout Blender on my iPad, tablet or mobile phone?
The Workout Blender is designed for computers and is not designed for touchscreens. Hence you need to create Workout Blender workouts on your computer. You can then view any workouts you create or have downloaded from others using our iOS, tvOS and Android Apps.
How can I get Free shipping on my exercise DVD order?
We ship all DVD orders over $50 (after any coupons) for free worldwide by USPS.
Will Cathe workout DVDs play in my country?
Yes, our DVDs will play in all regions no matter where you live.
What are Daily Deals and where can I find them?
What is a DVD Workout Premix?
On most of our DVDs we include Premixes. A Premix is simply a script we include on your DVD that that allows us to take the DVD chapters and arrange them in a different order or eliminate them entirely. Hence, this allows us to shorten a workout by removing certain chapters or lengthen a workout by using certain chapters more than once. This also allows to make premixes where we scramble the order of the exercises giving the workout routine a fresh and different feeling. Premixes are great for those of you that need shorter workouts or are looking to increase the intensity of the workout routine by increasing its length. We also sometimes remove high impact exercises in routine making the same high impact workout doable for those seeking low impact workouts. By having more options Premixes help you to keep from being bored and improve results by challenging your body in different ways.
I just signed up for your streaming service (Cathe OnDemand or Cathe Live). How do I login to view the videos?
Just go to https://cathe.com/stream/my-account/ and log in using your username and password you selected when you signed up. Usually your username is everything to the left of the "@" in your email address.
How can I subscribe to Cathe OnDemand or Cathe Live?
First, if you sign up for Cathe OnDemand you will get Cathe Live automatically included for free. To sign up for Cathe OnDemand or just Cathe Live go to https://cathe.com/ondemand_subscribe/ and select the membership plan you prefer.
What apps are available for Cathe Live and OnDemand?
We have currently released 11 apps for our streaming service with 1 more apps currently in production.
Can I only view Cathe Live during the live broadcasts?
No, all Cathe Live broadcasts are recorded and archived so that you can watch them whenever you like just like our OnDemand videos.
What is the difference between Cathe Downloads and Cathe OnDemand?
Download our Cathe exercise videos and save them to your computer's hard drive and then if you prefer sync them to your smart phone or mobile device. Since you don't need access to the internet after you have downloaded your videos this makes it easy to take your Cathe workout downloads to the Gym or wherever you travel. All of our digital downloads contain the same "chapter menu" points as our exercise DVDs and OnDemand streaming service, however, they don't contain premixes. The main advantage of downloads is you don't need internet access, except when you initially download them, to use them. However, they don't contain premixes like our OnDemand streaming service offers and you will need to store each video file you purchase on your computer's hard drive. Each file will take up about 1 gig of space. With our OnDemand streaming service all of the video files stay and live on our server, so you don't have to worry about storing large video files on your computer's hard drive. You also get access to our entire video library, not just the downloads you purchased, and you get Cathe Live for Free as well as over 2400+ Premixes and the ability to create your own premixes with our online Workout Blender. You also get Cathe's newest releases at no extra charge. How Can I Change my Cathe Live or Cathe OnDemand Subscription Payment Information? You can change your payment information for your Cathe Live or OnDemand subscription at anytime after signing in by clicking the "My Account" link at https://cathe.com/stream/. Then select "view" button in "Recent Orders". Then select the "view" button again in "related subscriptions" and then select the "change payment method" button and fill in the information for PayPal or your new credit card.
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The Five Pillars
Sexuality & Family
Bioethics, Conscience Protection, Coronavirus, Healthcare
Moral Guidance on Prioritizing Care During a Pandemic
April 5, 2020July 15, 2020By Joint Statement
In the next few weeks, as the pandemic perhaps reaches its zenith, we will have the opportunity to decide once again what sort of society we intend to be. We should eschew all invidious discrimination and recommit ourselves to treating all who are ill as bearers of profound, inherent, and equal worth and dignity.
This essay is part of a series concerning the Coronavirus pandemic. Read more from the collection here.
As our society struggles to come to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic, for which our resources to treat the ill may well prove inadequate, difficult and heart-wrenching decisions may have to be made by physicians and nurses. In a democratic republic like ours, "we the people" owe them as much guidance as possible, and we should want that guidance to be framed in ways that protect our society—and each of us individually—from temptations that will come all too readily to mind.
In cases where decisions must be made about who shall be saved when not all can be saved, we also decide what sort of society we want ours to be—we are constituting ourselves as a certain kind of people.
In cases where decisions must be made about who shall be saved when not all can be saved, we also decide what sort of society we want ours to be—we are constituting ourselves as a certain kind of people. When faced with scarcity, some will be tempted simply to pass by those who are older, the physically disabled or cognitively impaired, those who seem to have little to contribute to our common life. Indeed, some of the proposals for treatment allocation that have been made in different states may already reflect a yielding to that temptation.
We believe that such approaches are unacceptable, and recent statements by HHS on discrimination against the elderly or the disabled support this judgment. But there are additional ways in which even otherwise upright decisions could bring with them misinterpretations, seductions, and temptations that it would be wrong to accept.
Here, we identify three temptations in particular, along with principles to counter these, that we believe must be avoided when issuing, following, or contemplating guidelines for allocating resources in this time of scarcity. Various guidelines have been proposed, including, prominently, those by Ezekiel Emanuel and his distinguished co-authors that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. Helpful as these are in several respects, we believe it is also important to consider some social pathologies to which our current situation might contribute.
I. Allowed casualties are not intentional killings.
A first temptation will be to see the deaths allowed in consequence of our decision to treat some and not others as intentional killings. Decisions to save some may be framed (though not, let us hasten to say, by the distinguished authors of the NEJM guidelines) as decisions to kill others. And this slippage is likely to be encouraged by critics as well as friends of our rationing decisions.
But the slippage must be resisted. Already, attacks on the distinction between killing and accepting death as a foreseen side effect of an otherwise morally legitimate act whose object is not death itself, are staples of the pro-euthanasia and physician-assisted-suicide movement. If withdrawing a ventilator from one close to death is permitted, they ask, why not intentionally kill the same person in order to eliminate his suffering? After all, both, it is alleged, are "intentional" taking of life.
The answer is that intentional killing is not the same as allowing a person to die as a proportionate side effect of an otherwise sound moral choice. In intentional killing, someone's death is deliberately caused either as an end (out of hatred, for example) or as a means to something else (such as the relief of suffering). But when burdensome treatments are refused or withdrawn precisely to avoid the burdens they impose, the intention is to avoid those burdens, and death, even if foreseen, is not intended as a means or as an end, but is accepted only as a side effect.
Similarly, decisions to save some are not choices to kill others, as the NEJM authors acknowledge. This must be held steady in the mind's eye, lest our allocation choices be used as cover to advance the regime of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Accordingly we need to exercise tremendous caution in our language: "choosing who will live and who will die" is a dangerous way of expressing what we are about in trying to save whom we can, while mourning the loss of those we are unable to save.
II. Human lives are all of equal value.
Allocation decisions that will be made in our crisis will, again, have lethal effects in certain cases. When not all can be saved, some will perish. The NEJM guidelines mentioned above make some important recommendations for who should be given priority of treatment. Surely it is right to say, as they do, that critical COVID-19 interventions—testing, PPE, ICU beds, ventilators, therapeutics, and vaccines—should go first to front-line health care workers and others who care for ill patients and who keep critical infrastructure operating, particularly workers who face a high risk of infection and whose training makes them difficult to replace.
But no such prioritization principles should be allowed to undermine a core conviction of our moral tradition, viz., that the lives of all human beings are of inherent, equal, and indeed incalculable value.
It is a constant temptation of humanity to elevate the lives of some over the lives of others, and this will surely be augmented by the practice of prioritization. But it should be clear that, while there are valid reasons (in certain circumstances) to give priority to, for example, health care workers, this hardly means that their lives are more valuable, or more important, than the lives of their patients. We must be vigilant to ensure that the coronavirus crisis not lead to any cheapening of the value and dignity of each individual human being's life.
This must especially be kept in mind in thinking about health care allocation for the elderly and disabled once this pandemic has passed. The elderly are not owed less because of their age; nor are the disabled to be given a lesser share of the healthcare resources to which all are entitled. We need to emerge from the pandemic with these principles intact.
III. Expressive significance matters.
And this leads to our third point. Consider the language used by the authors of the NEJM piece: "Maximization of benefits can be understood as saving the most individual lives or as saving the most life-years by giving priority to patients likely to survive longest after treatment." Further on, the authors are more judicious, reserving a life-years approach, or other considerations, only for "comparing patients whose likelihood of survival is similar," which to some of us seems reasonable, though others of us disagree.
However, we all share a concern that a life-years approach, even if used only as a secondary consideration, could come to be understood in ways that would cut against the claims of the elderly, the disabled, and those who seem to have little to contribute.
Simply put, we fear the practical effects of emphasizing life-years, especially in a culture like ours. In practice such a policy could appear to systematically privilege the lives of the young over the old. Day after day, week after week, all across the country, and with the whole nation watching, the pattern would recur: a ventilator would be denied to an older patient and given to a younger one; denied to the 50-year-old in favor of the 30-year-old or the 15-year-old; taken from the middle-aged or retired, from parents and grandparents.
What lesson would people draw from this, and what attitudes might it entrench? That depends in part on what our culture has already primed us to think. And ours is a culture in which youth is worshiped and the natural effects of age are despised. Sometimes we fall into a pattern of thinking of the elderly as a "burden"—on themselves and on us. We already have political movements, and in some places laws and policies, that would permit or encourage assisted suicide or euthanasia for those with lives judged to be no longer "worth living" or "burdensome" to society, including the frail elderly.
In this milieu, a policy of almost always prioritizing the young over the old could reflect and entrench a bigotry that is already widespread. It could lead to a further devaluation of the lives of the elderly, which could work severe and often lethal harms far beyond the triage scenarios imposed by public health emergencies. That is a possibility that gives us strong prudential reasons to oppose any principles that would advise doctors to maximize the number of life-years saved rather than to look to the number of lives saved—old or young.
IV. Conclusion.
Moving forward, we must not blur the distinction between "saving the most individual lives" and "saving the most life-years." A patient who—even if successfully treated—is likely to live only a few more years is, here and now, equal in dignity to one who may live for decades if successfully treated. So we agree with Dr. Daniel Sulmasy when he writes that we should focus on the benefits of treatment during this pandemic by prioritizing those with the most profound needs and those who are most likely to survive the treatment. Rather than claim to maximize benefits by attempting to calculate the number of "life-years" we can maximize, we should focus, as Dr. Sulmasy puts it, on the "patient's objective clinical state, as best it can be assessed, for example by using a clinical scoring system to determine who has the best chance at survival." Doing so will almost surely still leave us uneasy and discontented, because we cannot do all the good we would like to accomplish. But we will not risk contributing to a cultural tendency to undermine our understanding of the equal worth of the elderly and disabled.
This is a reasonable way forward in our decision-making that affects all those—young and old, able-bodied and disabled—whom we are committed to regarding as our equals. None of this is to deny, however, that in a time of pandemic, such as this, there might be occasions when some patients should themselves consider—not out of legal or even strict moral duty, but rather as a supererogatory act of generosity—giving up access to something to which they are entitled so that someone else might have it. None of us should place greater value on one life than we place on another, but any of us may rightly decide for ourselves that we will live in such a way that we are prepared forgo care in order that someone else may live.
Ryan T. Anderson, PhD
William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy,
The Heritage Foundation.
St. John Paul II Teaching Fellow in Social Thought,
University of Dallas.
Charles Camosy, PhD
Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics,
Fordham University.
Former member of the Ethics Committee, New York Presbyterian Children's Hospital.
Former member of the Ethics Committee, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
Margaret Chisolm, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and of Medicine,
School of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University.
Farr Curlin, MD
Josiah C Trent Professor of Medical Humanities,
Duke University & School of Medicine.
Robert P. George, JD, DPhil, DCL, DLitt
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence,
Princeton University.
Former Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Former member of the President's Council on Bioethics.
Former member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Mary Ann Glendon, JD, MCL
Learned Hand Professor of Law,
Harvard University.
Chair of the U.S. Department of State Commission on Unalienable Rights.
Former Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL
Kennedy Institute of Ethics,
Georgetown University.
Aaron Kheriaty, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior,
Director, Medical Ethics Program,
University of California Irvine.
Katrina Lantos Swett, JD, PhD
Tom Lantos Foundation for Human Rights.
Member of the U.S. Department of State Commission on Unalienable Rights.
Former Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Patrick Lee, PhD
John N. and Jamie McAleer Professor of Bioethics and
Director of the Center for Bioethics,
Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Daniel Mark, PhD
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Villanova University.
Paul McHugh, MD
University Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry,
Melissa Moschella, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
Catholic University of America.
Adjunct Professor of Medical Ethics,
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Jacqueline C. Rivers, PhD
Lecturer in Sociology and African-American Studies,
Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies.
William Saunders, JD
Fellow and Director of the Program in Human Rights,
Institute for Human Ecology and the School of Arts & Sciences,
The Catholic University of America.
Christopher Tollefsen, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy,
University of South Carolina.
Candace Vogler, PhD
David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy,
University of Chicago.
Tyler VanderWeele, PhD
John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology,
T.H. Chan School of Public Health,
Cornel West, PhD
Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy,
Class of 1943 University Professor Emeritus,
Zaytuna College.
(Affiliations are for identification.)
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How to watch Charlie's Colorforms City: Season 1 (2019) on Netflix Germany!
Yes, Charlie's Colorforms City: Season 1 is now available on German Netflix. It arrived for online streaming on March 22, 2019.
We'll keep checking Netflix Germany for Charlie's Colorforms City: Season 1, and this page will be updated with any changes.
Charlie creates fun stories using different shapes, and he needs your help! Take off for adventures in outer space, the Wild West -- and right at home. Triangles, circles, squares. You can make anything if you've got the right shapes -- and some good friends by your side!
Season 1 of Charlie's Colorforms City has 13 episodes. Because different Netflix countries have different availability for episodes, you'll need to check the episode listing below to see which are available in Germany.
Charlie tries to find a way to make pancakes for all his hungry friends. Star comes down from the sky to play but needs help when she gets stuck.
Charlie's rock band has a hard time finding a good place to play. It's Charlie's birthday, but he forgot to send invitations to his party!
Charlie and his pals rush to the finish line during the Colorforms City Race. Charlie, Red and Violet become knights and must rescue a hot air balloon.
Charlie, Violet and Red go on an adventure to the other end of the rainbow. Charlie creates a cute pet but can't figure out how to care for him.
Charlie and his pals do silly things to cheer up a grouchy baby. When color starts disappearing, Charlie and Miss Weather try to solve the mystery.
An unexpected problem keeps Charlie and his friends awake at his sleepover. Charlie's little brother doesn't want to play the same game as Charlie.
Miss Weather goes on vacation and leaves Charlie in charge of the weather. Charlie becomes a giant and learns that being big isn't always easy.
When Charlie and his friends play hide-and-seek in an old house, things get silly ... and spooky. Charlie becomes a superhero and has to rescue Klunk.
Charlie and his pals head off in a rocket for a fantastic space adventure. It's the Orange Drizzle versus the Blueberry Tornadoes in an epic ball game!
With help from some Silly Faces and Octo-bocto, Charlie plans a surprise party for Violet and Red. The friends help a mermaid looking for treasure.
Charlie sets out to prove he's the best cowboy on Old West Color Street. Things get chaotic after a baby discovers Charlie and Red's invention.
Charlie creates a robot to help him and his friends fix cars, but the robot causes problems. Charlie and his pirate crew search for Pancake Island.
Poor Charlie is sick and keeps sneezing himself into different stories! Chef Charlie creates some strange pizzas for his unusual customers.


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Ongoing UCITS fees are falling
By James Duvall December 2019 (Magazine)
● Equity and bond UCITS fund fees fell by about 20bps in the five years to 2018
● Assets are concentrating in lower-cost fund vehicles
UCITS are an example of EU financial innovation and a global success story. With €10.1trn in total net assets, UCITS help global investors save for financial goals, including retirement, education, and housing.
Like any investment vehicle, UCITS are not free: investors pay ongoing charges that cover a host of services. There is good news, as average ongoing charges have steadily declined. A recent report by the US-based Investment Company Institute (ICI ), an association representing regulated funds globally, demonstrates this decline and highlights trends in the ongoing charges of UCITS.
The publication shows that average ongoing charges for both equity and fixed income UCITS fell by about 20bps between 2013 and 2018. For equity UCITS, excluding exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the asset-weighted average ongoing charge fell to 129bps in 2018 from 149bps in 2013, while asset-weighted average ongoing charges for fixed-income UCITS fell to 79bps percent from 98bps (see figure 1).
An asset-weighted average – which gives more weight to the ongoing charges of funds with more assets – is the preferred measure for summarising ongoing charges. This is in contrast to the average, which over emphasises the ongoing charges of UCITS in which investors hold fewer euros.
ICI's report shows that many factors are driving this downward trend, including that investors are concentrating assets in lower-cost UCITS as higher-cost UCITS are closing.
Two other factors could accelerate this trend:
• Greater understanding of UCITS costs and charges
• Economies of scale
Greater understanding
Regulatory changes, including MiFID II, have fostered simpler and more transparent disclosure of costs and charges. EU policymakers continue to discuss how they can improve investors' understanding of what distribution costs encompass and how they pay for them. This is an important dialogue as there is no one-size-fits-all model covering fund distribution and financial advice charges.
For example, in the US, mutual fund investors are choosing to pay for distribution and advice separately rather than through the fund. According to ICI research, 71% of US mutual funds' total net assets in 2018 were in no-load share classes where any payments for a financial professional's services are separate from sales commissions, or loads, paid through the fund. In addition, the vast majority of net assets in no-load share classes in the US do not include distribution costs in their charges.
By contrast, UCITS retail investors predominantly pay for distribution and advice through ongoing charges that bundle the cost. At least half of the net assets in retail UCITS share classes are in bundled share classes. In recent years, in response to regulatory developments, UCITS have made available retail share classes that unbundle the cost of advice. These generally have lower ongoing charges than bundled share classes. If retail UCITS investors continue to shift towards unbundled share classes, one would expect, all else being equal, average ongoing charges of UCITS funds should continue to decline.
While there is no one-size-fits-all approach for how retail investors should pay for distribution and advice, they should understand the total cost of a UCITS. Ensuring that fee disclosures are as easy to understand as possible empowers investors to choose the payment method that is best suited for them . Greater transparency around costs also fosters competition, which tends to push charges downward.
Economies of scale are another factor influencing ongoing costs. As funds grow larger, they can spread costs that are relatively fixed – such as transfer agency fees, accounting and audit fees, and depositary fees – across a larger base of assets. That means they contribute less to ongoing charges measured as a percentage of assets as a fund grows.
ICI research shows that at year-end 2018, the average size of a US mutual fund was €1.66bn compared with €284m for the average UCITS (figure 2).
Given the scale of the average US mutual fund, it is not surprising that their average ongoing charges are lower than for UCITS – 55bps for a US equity mutual fund compared with 129bps for an equity UCITS. The US retirement system allows mutual funds to achieve such scale.
Cross-border UCITS, which account for about two-thirds of UCITS assets, gain economies of scale by selling into, and gathering assets from, multiple countries. But such funds face hurdles in gaining economies of scale. Cross-border UCITS incur costs to research, understand, and comply with the marketing rules in each state where they are distributed. In addition, regulators may charge fees for processing and maintaining required marketing notifications.
Recently, the European Commission has focused on reducing these barriers. For example, a new law provides flexibility for a UCITS to determine whether to establish local investor facilities in each jurisdiction in which it is available for sale. These physical business presence requirements can be costly, especially for smaller funds, and any effort to help reduce these fixed costs will allow funds to achieve greater economies of scale and thus reductions in their ongoing charges.
As the distribution and regulatory landscape has evolved and UCITS investors have gravitated towards lower-cost products, UCITS ongoing charges have steadily declined. Continuing to improve investors' understanding of costs and charges and fostering greater economies of scale could further reduce UCITS ongoing charges. That would significantly benefit UCITS investors around the world.
Giles Swan is director of global funds policy at ICI Global. James Duvall is an associate economist at ICI
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After a 44 save performance by Alex Georgiev against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Rangers look to carry their momentum forward against the Pittsburgh Penguins (7:00 P.M. ET, MSG).
After Saturday night's game, Leaf players and fans are going to be seeing Georgiev in their dreams. After making 55 saves at Madison Square Garden in February against the Leafs, Georgiev had an encore performance in Toronto making 44 saves. In each contest, Georgiev held the Leafs to just one goal and he was victorious in both meetings stopping a combined 99 of 101 shots.
After a scoreless 40 minutes, PavelBuchnevich opened the scoring on Saturday just seconds into the third periodleaving the Scotiabank Arena in silence.
Zach Hyman would get the Leafs on the board in the middle of the third period, after a gorgeous no look pass by John Tavares. In overtime, Ryan Strome and Boo Nieves would combined on an odd man rush only to be robbed by Frederik Andersen. However, Nieves wouldn't quit on the play as he found Strome just seconds later who tucked in the puck off Andersen for the Rangers 2nd overtime victory this season.
"I'm just really proud of our guys. To come up here in this buildingand get two points against this team … says an awful lot about our character,"said Quinn, who registered his first career win in Toronto.
Tonight, the Blueshirts look tocontinue their momentum against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins currentlysit in third in the Metro, but just two points ahead of the Hurricanes who arein the first wild card spot. Sidney Crosby is having another outstanding seasonfor the Penguins. The 31-year-old leads the Penguins in points with 93.
Matt Murray will get the start forthe Penguins. The Blueshirts have never defeated Matt Murray as he holds a 5-0career record. Murray is also 3-0 against the Rangers in the post season.
Kris Letang will not be available for the Penguins in Monday night's game. Letang is currently dealing with an upper-body injury and is considered day-to-day. Marc Staal is questionable for Monday's game with a lower-body injury. Freddy Claesson will likely draw back into the lineup if Staal can't play.
Chris Kreider will remain out ofthe lineup as he continues to nurse a lower-body injury. Brendan Lemieux will likelyremain on the top line in Kreider's absence.
"For me, I have to remember why I'm there and what kind of game I haveto bring to their line, and that's straight lines, heavy, physical, being atthe net and winning battles for them," Lemieux said.


If you haven't noticed, there is much development all over the city of Chicago, but especially in the trendy and prospering West Loop. Union West at 933 W Washington is co-developed by ZOM Living and Verde Communities and designed by bKL Architecture. The design firm is also responsible for Coast, Wolf Point West and Exhibit on Superior, so we're definitely excited to see what's in store for Union West. While pre-leasing begins this coming Spring and residents move in later this fall, this luxury community already boasts some serious bravado!
Located at the corner of Madison and Morgan, Union West's two 15-story towers will offer 357 rental units, perched atop of a shared podium that houses 255 parking spots and roughly 12,000 square feet of retail space. Above the podium and between the towers is a landscaped amenity space, bridging the dual-towered community. Paying homage to Chicago's architectural blend of new high rises and old industrial, the structure features a glass top portion and is anchored by a brick base.
Based on the renderings, the podium that sits between the two towers will house an outdoor pool with lounge seating and cabanas, plus a private landscaped sundeck featuring private seating and BBQ grills.
Let's not overlook Union West's prime location. West Loop is known for its trendy restaurants, art galleries, and shopping, but its convenience is pretty stellar. Within walking distance (about 5-10 minutes) is Restaurant Row, Whole Foods, Mariano's and CTA's Morgan station for all your commuting needs.
City Winery is a 30,000 square foot venue offering an extensive collection of wines and beers, in addition to fine Mediterranean cuisine. The space is home to a variety of events: from culinary & wine classes and tastings to live entertainment. Give their pulled lamb sandwich a go, you will not be disappointed!
Au Cheval is an upscale "diner" and bar serving up divine burgers and fried chicken with a twist (check out general jane's honey fried chicken with chili, cilantro and sesame seeds). This trendy spot has a refined and edited beer collection and offers dairy and gluten-free menus.
With its farm-to-table menu, The Publican offers seafood and pork-focused dishes and global brews. Reminiscent of European brew halls, communal seating is what anchors this hip spot. You can't go wrong with any of their seafood fares, but don't miss out on Sunday brunch!
Check back in with HotSpot Rentals for updates and pre-leasing info on Union West and to get a feel for what we expect to be a fantastic place to call home in one of the best up-and-coming neighborhoods in Chicago, the West Loop. Just give us a call or contact us online to set up your tour.


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Ruijin Sports Center Stadium project is progressing smoothly
(Summary description)Ruijin City Sports Center Stadium Project is located in Xianghu Town, Ruijin City. The roof of the stadium steel structure project undertaken by Dadi Steel Structure is composed of four parts, including the roof of the east and west main stands and the roof of the north and south entrances. The roof of the east and west main stands adopts a plane truss structure system, which consists of 66 floor-standing triangular trusses, 66 plane trusses, 32 plane secondary trusses, and a large number of struts and steel tie rods. The connection between the triangular truss and the plane truss, the plane truss The connection node with the secondary truss adopts steel castings; the roof of the north and south entrances adopts a single beam system. The maximum overhang length is about 31.5 meters, and the minimum overhang length is about 9.3
Ruijin City Sports Center Stadium Project is located in Xianghu Town, Ruijin City. The roof of the stadium steel structure project undertaken by Dadi Steel Structure is composed of four parts, including the roof of the east and west main stands and the roof of the north and south entrances. The roof of the east and west main stands adopts a plane truss structure system, which consists of 66 floor-standing triangular trusses, 66 plane trusses, 32 plane secondary trusses, and a large number of struts and steel tie rods. The connection between the triangular truss and the plane truss, the plane truss The connection node with the secondary truss adopts steel castings; the roof of the north and south entrances adopts a single beam system. The maximum overhang length is about 31.5 meters, and the minimum overhang length is about 9.3 meters. The entire upper steel structure canopy is supported on the column top of the lower concrete structure and the outer support platform through the upper and lower supports. The east-west central axis and the north-south central axis are symmetrical, the roof is a curved surface, and the complex structure resembles a "small bird's nest".
As a key project in Ganzhou City, Dadi Company, the general contractor of the project, the owner and other related units attach great importance to it. Due to the great technical difficulty of the project and the high temperature season in summer, a lot of preparatory work was invested in the early stage, combined with the special plan for steel structure hoisting and safety. The project plan is to eliminate the potential safety hazards to the greatest extent, and complete the hoisting operation under the premise of ensuring quality and safety. The steel truss officially began to be hoisted on July 5, 2018.
The external facade truss is triangular in shape, with a large arc, the maximum width is 10.5 meters, the maximum length is 26 meters, and the maximum height is 7.2 meters. The maximum weight of a single truss is 27 tons. After the ground pay-off tire frame is assembled, use a 180-ton crawler to hang four strands of D36 steel wire rope to lower the tire, and then use two strands of D42 steel wire rope to lift and install.
Truss lower tire
Truss hoisting
The roof truss in the field is a unilateral truss, the maximum length of the main truss is 31 meters, the maximum width is 6 meters, the maximum weight of a single truss is 15 tons, the maximum lifting height is 41 meters, and the roof slope is 50%. The main truss is also in the form of overall hoisting after pre-installation on the ground, and the secondary truss is directly connected at high altitude, and is hoisted and installed by two D36 steel wire ropes of a 200-ton crawler crane.
Truss Lifting
Truss in place Truss butt
It has been more than two months from the completion of the aerial docking of the first truss hoisting until today's construction, and the hoisting progress is about 65% completed. So far, our steel structure construction technology has been recognized and praised by all parties including the owner, the supervision company and the general contractor. For the hoisting operation, our company will go all out to ensure the smooth completion of the project, which will add a glorious touch to our company's engineering performance.
On-site roof truss
Field Facade Truss
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The Pisces Plot
Lucy is doing a thesis on Sappho for University. When she realises she doesn't love her geologist boyfriend, Jamie, he moves on with Megan. Broken hearted, Lucy goes to stay at her sister's in L.A at an amazing beach house whilst they're away and looks after their dog. She joins a support group and continues to date, realising it's not what she's after. When meeting Theo, she learns there's more to life than his looks.
This book speaks in so many volumes! It explores sexuality, spiritualism, types of love (unrequited or unconditional), suicide, drugs, slight erotica, animal cruelty and searches for inner happiness. I was struggling to conclude if this book was realistic to its symbolism or completely out of this world. Well, of course it is both. Lucy's emotions are so deep that it is literately like a black hole swallowing them to the point where she feels her life is in complete darkness. I guess this is the whole agenda when you're battling addiction in whatever form.
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Lucy is character that you learn to love when she knows what is right but you constantly follow her in the story on edge. Whilst she is trying to fill the void, following the break up of her laid back boyfriend called Jamie, you could tell she wanted a path to guide her back to a sort of happiness. It's heartbreaking, we've all been there. I don't touch certain foods I liked as a teenager because it reminds me of those horrible times I find disgustingly cringy. I had to laugh when Lucy punched Jamie in the face but considered it a huge warning sign. Broder had mentioned in Forever 35 podcast that she was fully into crystals, meditation or spirituality so as Lucy headed to L.A to visit her sister there was some faith she would count this as a new beginning. I love crystals because they're pretty and calming. Broder wrote in lines anyone would think when first buying them leading Lucy to later realise they weren't as fulfilling as she thought they would be. I felt like Lucy was trying to fill in those shoes of her sister who is a successful healer or wellness guru. As a reader, you could only feel a connection with Lucy at this point because she was using the void as an excuse to purchasing clothes or self-help items that you consider a cure to break ups and it's what anyone would naturally do in the process of one.
So next, Lucy explores Love. She goes on a date with a hot guy and they agree to meet up again in a hotel where she has prepared herself with the most raunchiest underwear. I laughed when Claire said, "none of this Victoria Angel's stuff" and went to the raunchiest shop they could find. She rushed home to shave her legs and get ready for the date knowing all of us ladies have a similar routine. It's like seeing an addiction to self-happiness as well as appearance as Influences for instance .. looking back over time .. change their speech, appearance and attitudes for the audience they are trying to attract or they are searching for the attention that is being asked of them. What was she searching for out of this date? This date wanted to have sex with her in a hotel bathroom which she was unaware off the logistics of the performance thinking there would be a room for the night. Setting back Lucy by a mile because she has been used. She drugged her sister's dog to be with this man. It depreciates your confidence. It comes to mind when people say "don't change for a man" but it proves that it is easier said than done when you want the attention of that person, especially if you are not feeling yourself. This chapter of the book was so erotic. I cringed. I laughed. I was shocked at some of the details – I felt like I was learning a few things. Symbolism of filling a hole with a romantic obsession and the foundations of loving someone shines massively here.
Broder romantically likes Apollo (man of the sun). She read a book called The Professor and the Siren. She stated thinking about the relationship paradoxes among physical relationships. It blossomed from this idea which switched to a woman and a merman. When we come across Theo, we realise there is more than meets the eye because he acts so shady but friendly. I kept thinking why isn't he going to get out the water – is he just really addicted to swimming or what? He eventually tells Lucy that he is a merman with a penis but fins from the leg down. I did not read the plot before reading this. I only read the blurb so when I got to this part I was completely shocked at the random twist not learning the reasons of Theo until after I had read it.
Lucy & Theo form a toxic relationship from this point circling around the theme of Limerence. Limerence is the beginning of dating where you get the butterflies and lust towards them or what we call the "honeymoon phase". Broder feels reality and fantasy merges together in the same form of Limerence which Lucy is ultimately living. There was a line in the book which concluded the meaning of lust: "Maybe this is what past men knew, that everything temporary was between us". Lucy knew at some point before her sister came home that she would have to break up with the merman. It was like a scenario of unrequited love. When you fall in love, you're thinking about the adventure not the ending and the merman was so valuable to Lucy because it made her happy which drew in an addiction to needing him. Broder described this best in Skylight Books Podcast. Dominic the dog was a real love because it is a responsibility but it is hard to truly get high on the love when you're feeding them and nurturing them especially at times when you don't feel like looking after them. This was a sad consequence but the journey she took was an eye opener to obsession, addiction and true romance.
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Researchers have found a new variation of the Rowhammer attack technique they have dubbed RAMpage. The vulnerability could allow an adversary to create an exploit to gain administrative control over targeted Android smartphones and tablets. The flaw impacts Android devices dating back to 2012.
RAMpage follows a string of Rowhammer variants that have come to light since 2015 when researchers initially identified the flaw in DRAM memory in laptops and PCs.
This latest iteration (CVE-2018-9442) was revealed on Thursday by a team of eight academics from four universities and two private companies, who published a technical breakdown of the vulnerability.
The original 2015 Rowhammer flaw is a method for repeatedly hammering on rows of cells of memory in DRAM devices to induce cells to flip from one state to another. This type of bit flipping is also described as electrical crosstalk or transistor leakage. Google's Project Zero initially discovered the Rowhammer vulnerability and showed how a malicious app could produce these bit flips in cells and gain kernel-level privileges to laptops and PCs.
In 2016, researchers figured out how the PC-based Rowhammer attack technique could be applied to Android devices and give an attacker root access to millions of Android handsets including Nexus, Samsung, LG and Motorola.
This Drammer attack differed slightly from Rowhammer in that it relies on the Flip Feng Shui exploitation technique. A Flip Feng Shui exploitation technique carefully selects the sizes of the portion of memory where dynamically allocated memory resides (heap). Next, the Rowhammer attack targets that portion of memory which can "flip" – or change the state of adjacent memory bits – creating circumstances ripe for memory manipulation. Those bit flips could include simply changing a 0-to-1 or 1-to-0, according to researchers.
The latest variant, RAMpage, works in similar ways. It targets an Android's universal generic memory management system called ION introduced by Google in 2011 as part of Android 4.0. It's part of a subsystem used to manage and allocate memory. An attack consists of a write and refresh request on the device's RAM until it flips a bit in an adjacent row. This opens the door to the device compromise.
The prerequisite for a likely attack is a user installing an unprivileged app capable of carrying out the attack. "We consider an attacker with full control over a zero-permissions holding, unprivileged Android app that is running on the victim's device," researchers wrote.
The good news is the researchers have also released a tool called Guardion, a software-based mitigation against rampage attacks. "It prevents an attacker from modifying critical datastructures by carefully enforcing a novel isolation policy," researchers wrote. "Although Guardion is not deployed in operating systems yet, there are ongoing efforts to realize this. The source code for Guardion is available online in the form of Android kernel patch." Currently the patch is not widely available and only tested for Google Pixel, running Android 7.1.1 (Nougat).
RAMpage researchers credited for the discovery include Victor van der Veen, Martina Lindorfer, Yanick Fratantonio, Harikrishnan Padmanabha Pillai, Giovanni Vigna, Christopher Kruegel, Herbert Bos, and Kaveh Razavi. Universities include Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amrita University India, UC Santa Barbara and the French graduate school Eurecom.
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