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The government plans to introduce a special programme to consolidate fragmented landholdings to grow priority crops from the next fiscal year in a move aimed at boosting productivity and reducing the cost of production, the Ministry of Agricultural Development said.
"The consolidation of landholdings will increase the productivity of priority crops. It will also promote the use of subsidized inputs and extension services offered to farmers by the government," said Agriculture Minister Haribol Gajurel, addressing a workshop entitled Agricultural Mechanization in South Asia: Trends, Patterns and Implications for Agricultural Development in Nepal on Tuesday.
He added that farmers readily agreed to growing paddy, maize, wheat and other crops on integrated land under this farming model instead of growing them individually as it reduced labour and financial costs.
The government will classify farmland into various categories like super zones, special zones, pocket areas and blocks to improve land management and productivity, according to the minister. Seven super zones will be established in the seven provinces, and under them there will be special zones, pocket areas and blocks, he said.
The government will provide all types of services and facilities like irrigation, seeds, electricity, roads and machinery after classifying the farm lands. "We are still practicing subsistence farming, and this needs to be transformed into commercial farming to attain self-sufficiency in food," he said.
Farming is a backbreaking activity in Nepal. The method of tilling, planting, weeding, harvesting and bundling hasn't changed for centuries. Despite the hard work, farmers earn very little.
Studies have revealed that the cost of preparing land and sowing using machines is one-third less than traditional practices. For example, land preparation and sowing costs Rs988 per hectare using machines compared to Rs2,891 manually. Besides, productivity increases 10-20 percent through mechanization.
National Agriculture Census 2011-12 showed that Nepal's agriculture has made slight progress in terms of mechanization. As per the survey, 22.04 percent of the farm households in the country used tractors and 20.96 percent reported using threshers on their farms.
This is a big improvement from Agricultural Census 2001-02 which showed that the proportion of households using tractors and threshers was less than 10 percent.
However, power tillers are not popular among farmers as only 1.97 percent reported using them in their farming operations. The last census showed that there were less than 1 percent of the holdings using power tillers. Still, 28.01 percent of the holders are using the most basic farm technology—the iron plough. Users of iron ploughs made up 26.1 percent of the farm households in the last census.
Farming still remains labour intensive in the 21st century, and as a result, it has failed to attract the youth population with more than 1,500 people leaving the country daily in search of better jobs abroad.
The Agriculture Ministry has been studying the concept of 'custom hiring services' in a bid to achieve the objective of farm mechanization to boost production and productivity, Agriculture Minister Haribol Gajurel said.
Under this concept, farmers who cannot afford to buy high-end agricultural machinery will be able to rent them. The plan also envisages servicing old farm equipment.
"It's a new model and requires homework, and we are currently discussing it," Gajurel said.
Custom hiring services are not widely practiced in Nepal, but hiring farm hands to plant crops is common.
Government officials said that introducing such facilities would play a key role in introducing high technology farm machinery to even ordinary farmers that could boost production and improve the quality of agricultural operations.


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Biografia
Laureato in economia e commercio presso l'Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Morittu ha esercitato la professione di consulente per lo sviluppo e il riordino organizzativo delle aziende.

Già membro dei Democratici di Sinistra e in seguito del Partito Democratico, viene eletto consigliere comunale a Carbonia per tre consiliature consecutive, alle elezioni comunali del 2006, del 2011 e del 2016.

Sindaco di Carbonia
In vista delle elezioni amministrative del 2021, Morittu si candida alla carica di sindaco di Carbonia, sostenuto dal suo partito e da cinque liste civiche, in alcune delle quali erano presenti anche esponenti del Partito Sardo d'Azione e dell'Unione di Centro, venendo eletto primo cittadino al primo turno, conseguendo la vittoria con una percentuale del 65,75% dei voti validi. L'affluenza alle urne è stata pari al 56,01%. Gli elettori votanti sono stati 15.157 su 27.062 (Fonte dati Ministero dell'Interno).

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Collegamenti esterni

Politici dei Democratici di Sinistra
Politici del Partito Democratico (Italia)
Studenti dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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Exclusive: Monster Truck Accelerate Towards UK
Simon Rushworth 18th April 2019 EXCLUSIVE FEATURES
Monster Truck motor across the UK this month on the True Rockers headline tour. Rushonrock editor Simon Rushworth caught up with frontman Jon 'Marv' Harvey ahead of tonight's opening show.
RUSHONROCK: This year marks the 10thanniversary of Monster Truck – a decade ago where did you see the band heading?
JON HARVEY: Nowhere! We started this whole thing as a bit of fun – it's still fun but it's become a full- time thing. We started Monster Truck as a vehicle for something to do at the weekend. For it to turn into a 10-year touring career is amazing. A decade ago I was working at a tool story doing the inventory. It had a massive 30,000 square feet floorspace and I managed the stock. The rest of the guys all had jobs and we lived for the weekend and played a couple of live shows a month. It was just the easiest way to get free beer. You put on a show and get free beer – what's not to like? Then we did a show in Toronto where we met our first manager and he said I'll take you on if you're prepared to put the work in. We've never been afraid of hard work so we all quit our jobs and made Monster Truck the priority. In hindsight it wasn't the most responsible thing to do. But when has rock and roll ever been about responsibility?
ROR: Has there ever been a time when you considered quitting?
JH: There's no point in thinking about that kind of stuff. We need to give all our attention to the band while it's happening because we know it could all end suddenly. The whole point is that you have to love it to live it and we all still love it. And what's the alternative? A real job? This isn't like a real job and we know how lucky we are.
ROR: What are the challenges facing musicians in bands like Monster Truck?
JH: I think the most difficult thing for us is working out when we should be working and when we shouldn't. There's no denying the fact that we love to tour. We tour a lot. And we'd probably tour some more! That's what I like most about being in Monster Truck but on the flipside I have a young child and that's become the hardest thing to juggle. My instinct is to work all of the time but there's a time when I have to step back and be a father to my son. Fortunately, this isn't the hardest or the most regimented job and so I do get the time to be that father. It gets back to what I was saying before. Bands who say that this is the hardest job just aren't doing it right. Monster Truck have found a way to make it work and still have fun.
ROR: What do you love most about being in Monster Truck?
JH: I get too bored too quickly in the studio so I definitely don't like that side of it. Playing live and seeing new places is what does it for me. Getting out there and immersing myself in new cities is very important to me. I see this whole thing as a scouting mission for my vacations when I get older! It would be a waste not to see the places that we play and meet the people who come out to our shows. When we're in the UK and Europe I love to experience the culture. It's like living all of the fairytales that I was told as a kid – the castles, the countryside and all of that stuff. I soak it all up. I'm not a 20-year-old any more and I don't stay out all night partying. I like to get up around 9am, have a cup of coffee and go explore.
ROR: After sharing Download's main stage with Guns N Roses and supporting Black Stone Cherry on their UK arena tour how can Monster Truck top 2018?
JH: It was a good year. And it looks like a great year if you're in the UK. But apart from those trips we didn't do too much else in 2018. We didn't really play anywhere else! We spent a lot of last year working on the record and making sure it was the best it could possibly be. I'd like to make a record in two weeks and get back out on the road but it didn't really work like that. From a UK perspective we loved every minute of 2018 and that's why we're so excited to come back. We really wanted to do Download – who doesn't? And how do you say no to opening up for BSC? We went all over Europe with those guys but this year it's all about us. We've already done three tours and so we're primed for the UK. Our fans better be ready!
ROR: Does selling out your own headline shows give you just as much pleasure as playing huge festivals and arenas?
JH: More so. Wedid that. We can take ownership of our shows and our tours. It's on us if it's sold out or nobody turns up. Maybe we sold a few tickets on the BSC tour and a couple of kids might have seen we were playing Download. But when it's your tour it means so much more. You can't put a value on what it means to sell out a Monster Truck show. It's an incredible feeling.
ROR: As a band that's worked its way from the bottom up and stuck together through thick and thin are Black Stone Cherry an inspiration to Monster Truck?
JH: Totally. They're just awesome. Chris [Robertson, singer and guitarist] is the hardest working dude. I used to poke my head into their dressing room and he was always working on something but that's just his Kentucky mentality. It's in his nature. But you look at Chris and you look at his band and it's clear that if you want to be successful then you probably have to put the time in. You can't expect everything to fall into your lap. Chris and the BSC guys are so engaged with their fans and their music. It's impossible to not be inspired by what they're doing.
ROR: You're bringing the True Rockers tour to the UK but what is a True Rocker?
JH: It's whatever you want it to be. People look at it as a specific thing but it's way broader than that. If you want to be a True Rocker then be a True Rocker. We're trying to empower people rather than pigeon-hole them. We want people to make their own decisions and be true to themselves. Rock is a broad school and a huge thing. It's inclusive. That's what I love about it as a fan and what we love about it as a band.
ROR: You're working with the guys from Old Sarum tattoos in Bristol and London – offering up Monster Truck ink. Are tattoos synonymous with true rocking?
JH: Totally. But they don't have to be. It's just a bit of fun. These guys are great at working with bands and doing something a little different but would I encourage anyone to get a Monster Truck tattoo? Of course not! It's a ridiculous idea! But if that's what you want then go for it. One of our biggest fans has a whole sleeve of Monster Truck ink – way to go buddy but I wouldn't have done it!
ROR: You're bringing fellow Canadians Royal Tusk along for the ride on the UK tour – what can you tell us about those guys?
JH: We know a couple of guys in the band and the producer of our last two records worked on their album. We're good buddies and when it became clear that it was an option to bring them over to the UK with us we didn't think twice. It wasn't a hard decision. They're a great band and good guys.
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To welcome the festive season, the National Symphony Orchestra will give a series of Christmas concerts next week in churches around the Central Valley.
Guest conductor Ramiro Ramírez will take the baton and soprano María Marta López will accompany the orchestra. The program will include Shostakovich's Festive Overture, selections from Handel's Messiah and The Many Moods of Christmas (Suite 2), arranged by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell.
The performance schedule is as follows: Dec. 12, Our Lady of the Angels Basilica, Cartago; Dec. 13, Metropolitan Cathedral, San José; Dec. 14, Alajuela Cathedral; Dec. 15, San Antonio de Belén Church; and Dec. 16, Moravia Church. All concerts will start at 7 p.m. Admission is free.


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According to the old song, 'Breaking Up Is Hard To Do'. But as I survey the business world today, it seems that 'getting together' and making things work harmoniously may be even harder.
Every day, I encounter questions, advertising materials, conferences and more, advocating the benefits of collaboration. It is an interestring commentary on our times that we appear to find it so difficult, especially since collaborative behavior is the underpin to any form of trade. Yet somehow we have managed to make relationships in business today highly adversarial. The collaborative spirit that is inherent to an organization like IACCM still remains the exception.
I am pleased to be involved in a variety of initiatives related to understanding and encouraging increased collaboration. One of these is the new award program introduced by leading group purchasing organization Corporate United. At their Synergy Conference in Chicago May 3rd – 5th, I will join fellow judges Professor Rob Handfield and Jason Busch (of Spend Matters fame) in announcing the winners of the Corporate United Collaboration Awards program, established to honor supply chain, procurement and other related departments that have 'demonstrated superior collaboration with an internal functional group and/or an external supplier'.
I welcome this and similar initiatives to encourage more collaborative behavior because without collaboration we limit value creation and long-term economic growth. But at the same time, I cannot help but ask why we need such focus on what should be an innate characteristic. Is it not amazing that we need to make awards to people who cooperate with their fellow employees? Is it not remarkable that we see collaboration between a supplier and a customer as something exceptional? What has brought us to this position?
In the business world, are we less collaborative today than we used to be?
If yes, then why has that happened?
Unfortunately, given how our minds have evolved and the environment in which we find ourselves combine to make collaboration difficult. Humans naturally collaborate or are competitive based on factors such as the other people's status, how likely we are to encounter this person/these people again, and generally whether we believe they can help us achieve our own objectives. Where there is added anonymity (more today than there was 1000's of years ago where people lived in small villages or groups), there is less reason to take a collaborative approach than previously. Additionally, the competitive nature that allows people to rise within organisations, may occasionally lead to a bias toward reduced collaboration at a macro level. On the question of whether training, education, or suggestion can mitigate this issue, I am pessimistic. Having said that, intelligent, self-aware people may be able to mitigate their own biases for limited periods of time and within restricted circumstances.
We have been dealing with the same issues you discuss above for a long time. Our client base is primarily federal, state, and local governments and private sector organizations who do business with them. Contracting personnel within the public sector have moved to more and more adversarial relationships — perhaps in an attempt to "not violate a strict interpretation of the rules". After all, bureacracies tend to be inclined to "play it safe" rather than to focus on efficient or effective mechanisms, which may involve slightly more risk. In a recent statement by Dan Gordon, who is the US Federal Government's Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), Mr Gordon directly tackled this issue of the government's relationship with industry. One of his key points is to reassure the acquisition workforce that it's all right to talk with industry representatives, especially because it helps contractors understand an agency's expectations. He also said he's on a mission to change the thinking of a generation of acquisition officials who are shy about trying new things.
Hopefully leadership and training in this arena will help create a better bridge for collaboration. Unfortunately, fuel is added to the fire (and bridges are burned as a consequence) any time a private sector organization is accused of taking bribes, falsifying invoices, and not performing.
I read an interesting article recently that confirmed what we know anecdotally – we anticipate that the "other" person will be adversarial in their dealings with us so we preempt them by being adversarial first to gain a tactical advantage.
I have the honor of teaching collaborative negotiation skills to undergraduate students once a year. Many students start out the class believing that their negotiation partner will take advantage of them if they don't first take advantage of their partner. Through games, role plays and class discussions, they learn to appreciate collaboration, but is a process of changing their minds slowly over time.
Congratulations Tim on being a judge. It sounds like fun.
Do people really change that much? I am inclined to think not;there has been commercial courts of law and equity in existence since the year dot. Why? Because of disputes obviously.
Collaboration up to a point is of course in both parties best interests. But there is a line whereby to cross it means accepting the counterparties risk which if we assume was not part of the "deal" is not acceptable.
I also think we need to split public sector contracting from private. The former uses other peoples money and so "best value" duties need to be discharged. Onerous terms like termination for convenience; LAD`s; service credits; open book; gain share; benchmarking; most favoured nation; etc are all designed with that in mind. My view is these clauses can all be "managed" and the starting point is fully understanding the drivers.
Introducing these and worse (90 day terms?) into private sector deals is fine if the party who takes the benefit is willing to take the accompanying burden i.e. pay for it. The kicker is where they want something for nothing and the relationship – like a "gold-digger" marrying for money – is doomed from the start.
Gone are the days when a simple hand shake can close a deal and the fulfillment of a prestation to give, to do or not to do are nearly completed before the Contract documents are fully executed. Those were the days where the element of trust, good faith, fairness and equity are still embedded in the culture and values of the Contracting parties.
Presently, the proliferation of various Contract forms where the terms and conditions are onerous and exculpatory in nature is becoming a norm in the industry. The "good faith" attitude among parties are fading away and are being replaced by insidious machinations/trickery designed to take undue advantage of the other, under the masquerade and protection of being legally enforceable.
I personally have little doubt that a well managed, collaboration-based, major contract can deliver performance and value-for-money well ahead of one established on an adversarial basis.
It needs more than just inter-personal collaboration though – the T&C's and management methods need to be fully aligned and suitable for collaboration. Otherwise we put the project members in a conflict – do what is right for my employer v do what is right for the project/client.
Another major constraint to acheiving more successful collaborations is that companies who are actually combatative/adversarial can look very similar to those who are collaborative. There is a significant risk – usually to the client – that if they assume their supplier is collaborating and adopt similar behaviours, that they will be exploited. We have a "prisoner's dilema" – although collaboration allows for "win-win", if one party is "soft" relative to the other there will be a bigger win-big loose scenario, and we play to avoid the big loss. Both being combative is the safe option – you avoid the big loss, you are the same as your competition.
Trust will be the foundation of collaboration, it will require strong drive from all the parties involved, and will need to manage the whole project in ways which allow collaboration to significantly reduce the time taken and costs incurred.
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It appears that the London Mayor has changed his mind over the proposed redevelopment of the Dulwich Hamlet Football Ground and has said that Southwark should approve the latest revised scheme which provides more social housing. This will mean a series of blocks of flats being built on the existing stadium site while a new stadium is built on the adjacent Metropolitan Open Land – even though the Mayor acknowledges that an enclosed stadium does not comply with MoL policy. The Society and many local amenity groups objected to the loss of MoL but it is clear that the Mayor considers the provision of new housing more important than the preservation of public open space.


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While I don't claim to have a crystal ball, I usually have a pretty good sense of which areas in the field of rare gold coin collecting are poised to show an increase in interest in the coming years. Here are some areas which I feel are undervalued and which have the potential of becoming the Next Big Thing. 1. Classic Head Gold Coinage: If you are a regular reader of my blogs you know that I am a big fan of Classic Head gold coinage. I think the design of these coins is attractive and I like the fact that they neatly bridge the gap between "old gold" and the more familiar Liberty Head design that was employed for nearly 70 years.
One reason why Classic Head gold has not become very actively collected by specialists is the lack of a good Winter-esque style guide book. What I find very interesting about this series (in addition to the fact that it is short-lived and thus very completable) is that there are a number of fascinating varieties in both the quarter eagle and half eagle series. Many of these are touched on in the Breen Encyclopedia while others are described in detail and illustrated in the Bass catalogs. While I'm not a variety guy, per se, I do find a number of the varieties in these series very interesting and if someone were to better catalog and illustrate them clearly showing the differences, I think they would become very widely collected.
Another reason I like Classic Head gold is the interesting branch mint issues contained in both the quarter eagle and half eagle series. Clearly I am not a lone voice in the wilderness when it comes to issues such as the 1839-O quarter eagle or the 1838-C and 1838-D half eagles as these have seen considerable price increases in the last few years. Despite these increases, I still think the branch mint Classic Head gold issues are comparatively undervalued and if the Classic Head series becomes more widely collected by date then these issues will show even further appreciation in the coming years.
You need to remember that many of these varieties are quite rare to begin with and this is not a collecting specialty which could support more than a few serious collectors at any given time. I think the area which is likely to see the greatest number of specialists is the Capped Bust Large Eagle half eagles struck between 1795 and 1807; particularly the issues produced between 1800 and 1807. Dates like the 1804 and 1806, of which there are seven and six different varieties, respectively, are not prohibitively expensive on a per-coin basis as long as the collector is content to purchase nice EF and AU coins.
2. High Grade New Orleans Eagles: I base this prediction on how well coins like this sell for me when I list them on my website. I am referring primarily to common date New Orleans eagles (such as the 1901-O, 1903-O, 1904-O and 1906-O) in MS63 and higher grades.
Here's why I love a coin like the 1901-O eagle in MS63. The current PCGS population for this date in this grade is forty-two with just nine graded better. Trends is currently $3,500 and when I have these available I generally ask in the area of $3,250-3,350. Now look at a common date like the 1901-S which has a PCGS population of 3,920 with 3,209 graded better. These routinely sell for $1,100 in MS63 and you can literally buy them by the wheelbarrowfull at any major show. In my opinion, the 1901-O at a three times premium above the 1901-S is great value.
A coin like a 1901-O eagle in MS63 traded for around $2,500 a year or two ago so the market has clearly started to rise. But at the same point in time, a 1901-S traded for around $1,250. This means that the premium factor has only risen from 2x to 3x. It would not surprise me if in the next year or two, the premium factor grew to at least 4x and possibly as high as 5x.
3. Civil War gold: It's just a matter of time before someone starts promoting date runs of Civil War gold issues. It's been done before and it seems like such a no-brainer promotion I'm sure it will be done again.
The only problem with doing a comprehensive promotion of Civil War era gold is, of course, finding enough quantity to make such a promotion worthwhile. As an example, the gold dollars from 1861 to 1865 seem easy enough to promote but just try to find a quantity of 1863's in any grade. You can forget promoting quarter eagles from this era due to the extreme rarity of the 1863 and the 1864 issues - and the 1865 Three Dollar is rare enough to put the kibosh on this series. I guess if I had the answer I would be running the promotion myself right now. But I can just see that beautiful full-color brochure with the battlefield scene and the 1862 three dollar gold piece imposed on top of it….


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Home COVID-19 If the virus is so bad, why are European death rates down?
If the virus is so bad, why are European death rates down?
By Will Jones
IT WILL be some time before we fully understand the true nature of this coronavirus crisis. However even at this stage a picture is beginning to emerge based on some initial hard data. It is a picture that is quite different to the one routinely presented in the mainstream media, where a fixation on the reported case and death statistics (which understate cases and overstate deaths) gives a misleading impression of the real situation.
Here are the important data points for gaining a true appreciation of the nature of the beast.
First and perhaps most important are the overall European mortality statistics. These show that up to 25 March all parts of Europe have seen below average overall numbers of deaths for this time of year, with the exception of the over-65s in northern Italy. This means that so far Covid-19 is not resulting in more deaths generally in Europe than would normally happen at this time of year, except in some parts of Italy among the older age brackets. There may be specific local reasons for this, such as poor air quality and overstretched health services (resulting from, among other things, the demand and staff shortages induced by a health panic).
The likely reasons for these below-average figures are, first, because pneumonia and complications of flu and colds are common killers around the world, with an estimated 650,000 such deaths globally each year and more than 28,000 in the UK in the 2014-15 flu season alone. Secondly, because almost all those who die with Covid-19 have serious underlying health conditions, meaning many have not so much died of the virus as died of something else while having the virus. It has been shown, for example, that only 12 per cent of deaths reported as coronavirus related in Italy actually have coronavirus recorded as a direct cause of death on the death certificate.
A second key data point for the emerging coronavirus picture is that of how widespread the virus is, and whether it is currently spreading exponentially through the population, as many of the doom-laden models assume. While we must await the results of serosurveys to learn for sure how far the virus has spread, there are already several studies that give us a strong idea of what to expect.
A study by immunology professor Sergio Romagnani from the University of Florence looks at 3,000 people in the fully Covid-19 tested Italian community of Vo and comes to the conclusion that 50 to 75 per cent of the test-positive people of all ages remain completely symptom-free.
An extensive survey in Iceland finds that 50 per cent of all test-positive people show 'no symptoms' at all.
A Japanese study shows that 48 per cent of the test-positive passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship remain symptom-free.
The consistency of these findings from a variety of contexts is remarkable and suggests Covid-19 may turn out to be symptom-free in around half of infections.
In terms of how many people already have it, Dr Richard Capek and others have looked at the Covid-19 test results from around the world and found that in all the countries they have studied so far the number of people who test positive for Covid-19 remains constant as a proportion of the number of tests performed, at between 5 and 15 per cent depending on the country. Importantly, this contradicts the notion of a current exponential spread of the virus in these populations, and indicates instead an exponential increase only in the number of tests.
These figures are notably similar to those from the Diamond Princess, where 17 per cent of the 3,700 passengers were infected despite all of them (we assume, given the confined context) being exposed to the virus before it was discovered.
What, then, is the picture emerging of Covid-19? It is of a virus that may infect between 5 and 20 per cent of a population, with around half of those not showing any symptoms. A virus that may already have infected most of the people it is going to infect, having been active in populations for some time longer than we have been aware of. A virus that is not in most places resulting (yet) in more deaths than average for the time of year.
This picture fits well with the death rate of around 0.1 per cent (or the same as flu) ascribed to it by a significant number of virologists, immunologists and epidemiologists around the world, including John Ioannidis, Sucharit Bhakdi, Stefan Hockertz, Pablo Goldschmidt, Giulio Tarro, Carsten Scheller, Yanis Roussel, and Eran Bendavid and Jay Bhattacharya.
We might also note that the UK government appears, oddly, to agree with this mortality rate since, despite the extraordinarily costly, illiberal and harmful lengths it has gone to in its efforts to suppress Covid-19, it has just removed it from the official list of High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID), stating that mortality rates are 'low overall'.
If this emerging picture turns out to be in any way close to the mark (and we will know by comparing the outcomes in different countries that have taken different approaches, such as Sweden) the most important lesson to take away from this debacle will be never again to do something as monumentally disproportionate as lock down the country and crash the economy over something comparable to a bad epidemic of the seasonal flu.
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Dr Will Jones is a maths graduate with a PhD in political philosophy and author of Evangelical Social Theology: Past and Present (Grove, 2017).He blogs at https://faith-and-politics.com/


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I'm extremely pleased to announce a new sponsor coming on board for the 2018 season! Mode Lighting.
Hertfordshire based Mode Lighting are a privately-owned company employing more than 100 people and with over 40 years of manufacturing experience. Specialising in the design, development, manufacture and support of lighting control systems for a wide range of projects from hotels, bars, stadiums and shopping centres to retail spaces, offices, schools, medical centres, smart homes and assisted living solutions. Their flexible, client focussed approach has led to the creation of many unique products to suit most lighting control sectors and their Specification and Engineering Teams are available to offer support through every step of a project, regardless of the size or complexity.
I first became aware of the company when I started renovating my house in 2017. I needed a lighting solution that would work for me as a wheelchair user and the Mode system seemed the perfect choice. It turned out that Andrew Morris, MD of Mode Lighting, was a massive petrol head and had been following my racing on Twitter. After a brief conversation, we knew that there was potential to work together and I also knew that the system would be perfect for my new home. After a meeting with Andrew in early January, we secured a sponsorship deal for this season and I can't wait to start racing with my first new sponsor of 2018. I'm getting a new wrap on my car this season and the Mode Lighting logo is going to look great on my Cayman! I'm also very much looking forward to using the system in my home once the build is complete.
The Mode team are very personable and have made the whole process of ordering the system very user friendly and client orientated and look forward to a great relationship with them as both a customer and as a sponsor. For further information, please visit www.modelighting.com or call their Sales Team on 01920-462121.


It was time for us to participate in our annual food and toy drive. But I wanted to add new meaning to the experience now that my granddaughter, Zoey, is 4 years old. So we used the Kindness Elves (including the baby Kindness Elf), Pete the Cat, and more in-depth information about hunger and poverty.
"Give it your all, give it your all.
We continued to use Kindness Elves and Pete the Cat in our food and toy drive last December.
Our Pete the Cat Saves Christmas Doll was waiting again this year with our Kindness Elves (now a family with a baby) to read Pete the Cat Saves Christmas. I like to start the year's readings listening to the Harper Collins sing-along version of the book and singing along with the song.
Zoey was given minimal information about hunger and poverty before … mainly that we were giving food and a toy to a family who needed them.
This year, we had a deeper discussion about how some families can't afford to buy their children toys for Christmas, and some families don't even have enough money to buy the food they need.
Maddi's Fridge is a sweet book about friendship and and finding a way to make a difference when a friend experiences childhood hunger.
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen is a compassionate look at a soup kitchen and the people who need to use it when a boy works there with his Uncle Willie, who works at the soup kitchen every day.
Tight Times is another compassionate view of a family who goes through financial hardship when the father loses his job.
Those Shoes is a story kids can relate to. Although Jeremy wants the popular shoes, he rises above his own wishes to show empathy and kindness.
My daughter, Christina (Zoey's aunt), Zoey, and I were the ones to bring the food and toy to the Salvation Army this year. Like last year, we chose healthy, non-perishable foods and a Montessori-friendly toy that Zoey loves.
Zoey checked that our food and toy bags were ready before giving them to the Salvation Army volunteer. Then she placed some money I gave her into the Salvation Army donation bucket.
I've collecting Kindness Elf activities and ideas since they first came out in 2013. You can find all of my Kindness Elf posts in my Ultimate Guide to Kindness Elves.
I'd love to hear if you're participating in a food and/or toy drive!


This hand-blown rabbit and his petite pewter friend help you keep the promises you've made to yourself.
A whole lot cuter than tying a string around your finger, Jill Henrietta Davis's sweet Habit Rabbit serves as a long-eared reminder to reach your goals. Whether you want to break your habit of eating dessert first or start calling your mom more, this hand blown rabbit and his petite pewter friend help you keep the promises you've made to yourself.
Want to start drinking more water? Put the glass rabbit next to your water filter or sink and the pewter guy on your desk at work as a reminder to get your recommended amounts of water per day. Need some motivation to go running after work? Nestle him right next to your sneakers and keep his companion in your pocket. A sweet way to cheer on someone else's successes or your own, this long eared duo encourages the user to hop to it and make things happen. Handmade in Rhode Island.
Glass rabbit: 2.75" H x 1.25" diam.; Pewter rabbit: .9" H x .4" diam.
Please note: each set contains 1 blue glass rabbit and 1 pewter rabbit.
At the turn of the new year I made some changes for the healthier and am rewarded with results. I wanted to buy this habit rabbit as a token of my progress and to encourage myself to keep up my goals. The tiny rabbit fits comfortably in my pants pocket, keeping up with it until the end of the day and putting it up safe for another, is a reminder that achievements are a continuous process. The blue glass rabbit is a surprisingly sturdy and pretty!
Pay attention to the product photos: these rabbits are small. The blue glass bunny is a perfect size to keep on a refrigerator shelf, etc. I keep mine next to my toothbrush so I can see it every morning while I think about the day ahead. I keep the tiny bunny in the little mesh bag that it came with, so I'm less likely to lose it in my pocket or purse. I love my Habit Rabbits!
The rabbits are well-made and adorable.
What an adorable pair of bunnies, love them!
Happy Holidays to you all!!!!!!!!
I love rabbits and glass pieces. But I ordered this immediately as I loved the concept. Too many times I get to the end of the day and forgot about the daily tasks that I wanted to make part of my life. I then feel terrible. This is a wonderful idea as I'm very visual and know that having this little reminder on my kitchen sink and in my bedroom will help remind me of what I want to do for me when I'm performing all my other tasks.
I really love the idea of this piece. Instead of the annoyance of yourself or others, you can look at this beautiful little bunny to help show you the way. The glass ornament is more solid than anticipated, which is quite nice. I was well aware of the sizes of both the blue glass ornament and the smaller pewter ornament having read the description details. I bought this item as a gift because it was unique and thoughtful. I would recommend this product to anyone who is looking for something sweet and thought-provoking.


We will post the whole updated and revised FAQ tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are a few of the most frequently asked of the frequently asked questions, with answers behind the cut.
Q: Is it really Sassafras people are seeing?
Our sightings are confirmed by the tracking dog, which means we can be 100% certain she has been there. If Sassafras' scent isn't there, the dog has nothing to follow. (http://www.puregoldpettrackers.com/) We had plenty of negative sightings where the tracking dog didn't find anything.
When we receive a phone call (or email) about a sighting, we ask lots of questions to see if the sighting was likely Sassafras. For those that are promising and there is a very specific location to start a track from, we bring in the tracker. The tracking dog sniffs a scent article three times (in our case, a bag full of Sass' hair and her brush) and then uses her nose to determine if she can follow that scent.
It's hard for a lot of people to believe exactly how effective the tracking dog is, unless they've worked closely with one – the dogs use a highly-developed sense of smell and special training (the training takes about two years, and it's generally about training the dog and human as a team so they communicate with one another) to pin-point one smell from a huge variety of smells. Someone explained it to us as if we were to give a human a color to follow, and having them follow that one line of color through many lines of many colors.
Our assumption is that Sass is chasing small animals and finding trash, as well as discovering water sources. Rock Creek Park is full of picnic sites, and the DC area has many, many creeks. We don't think someone is directly feeding her because the confirmed sightings have all come from someone who saw her alone and the tracks have covered a great deal of ground. During the tracks there is evidence that Sass is chasing animals and stopping at water sources.
It is normal for lost animals to travel when people are not around. Because of the heat during the summer months while she was lost, and her extreme skittishness and shyness around people, Sass seems to be traveling at night. One of our confirmed sightings of her was when she crossed a road at 3:30 a.m.
1. First, Sass was only comfortable with humans in her "pack." In other words, only we or her daycare providers could pet her, and she would avoid being touched by strangers. She'd only allow a stranger to pet her after at least 10 minutes in our company. So if someone tries to pet her or call her, she will run away. She's very shy.
2. Second, her breed(s) and the natural tendencies of those breeds make it difficult.
3. Beagles are born travelers, so Sass' 10+ mile radius of territory isn't unusual (for those familiar with the DC area, a 10 mile radius is basically anywhere within the Beltway).
· The first reason is that she may take weeks to return to any one spot, or she may never go back there; because of her range, we cannot possibly predict where she'd show up.
· Second, Sass seems to be traveling at night (see question above).
Dogs live in the now. Sass isn't reasoning that she needs to find people - she's finding food, water and shelter and in her brain that is her life now, she's not trying for anything beyond her needs. She doesn't think like a human, so we can't impose human logic on her thoughts. For shelter, she's probably curled up under a bush somewhere - we see plenty of places where this is possible on our tracks.


Green tea's health benefits have been attributed to its major polyphenols, the catechins: (−)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), (−)-epicatechin gallate (ECG), (−)-epigallocatechin (EGC), and epicatechin (EC). Catechins (especially EGCG) modulate a wide range of biologically important molecules, including many membrane proteins. Yet, little is known about their mechanism(s) of action. We tested the catechins' bilayer-modifying potency using gramicidin A (gA) channels as molecular force probes. All the catechins alter gA channel function and modify bilayer properties, with a 500-fold range in potency (EGCG > ECG ≫ EGC > EC). Additionally, the gallate group causes current block, as evident by brief downward current transitions (flickers).


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Q: Has anyone deployed Metabase with cloud run? I did research but couldn't find any "howTo" for deploying Metabase with Cloud Run on GCP, I only found Q&A the problems by deploying it.
My goal is to deploy Metabase with Cloud run and use Postgres as database. I have already deployed  app by Cloud Run and have cloudbuild.yml pipeline on git that I use it for building my app I just wanna add Metabase.
Any directions or solutions?

A: It is not recommended to deploy Metabase on Cloud Run because:

Computation is scoped to a request. You should only expect to be able
to do computation within the scope of a request: a container instance
does not have any CPU available if it is not processing a request.

Container runtime contract
Therefore you might be facing issues loading the application and database connections timeout.
I think your best option is using AppEngine Flexible.
Install Metabase on Google Cloud with Docker – App Engine

A: It's very hard to use Metabase on Cloud Run. And Running it on Flexible App Engine is more expensive (~100$/month). Metabase entrypoint doing lot of processes and if Cloud Run decide to create another container instance it will display the loading metabase page so we have to do multiple manually refresh to get the new container ready.
I managed this problem by using more JVM JAVA_OPTS -Xmx4g and limit the MAX_INSTANCES to 1. I set a Cloud Scheduler task who does a get query to the metabase service base URL every 10 minutes.
With this configuration metabase will stay alive and Cloud Run will never create more than 1 container. So the refresh problem will not appear any more.
For the moment I don't have problems with this configuration but I think the best way to host metabase is to run it on Compute Engine VM.

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The work on a potential Canadian victory at Davis Cup this weekend, against perennial tennis power Spain, began in early January with no racquets, balls or players on hand. Quietly, at an old building at the University of British Columbia, Michael Maxwell-Smith worked methodically and alone.
He laid out 23 pieces of a 60-millimetre-thick, specially purchased, indoor hard-court tennis surface first acquired by Canada for last year's Davis Cup tie against France. Canadian star Milos Raonic won his first ATP tournament on the surface in 2011 in San Jose, Calif.
Spain's players are best on the slower red-clay surface, so Maxwell-Smith's job was to make the court faster. He worked amid 60-litre buckets of frothy tincture, "a pancake mix" of acrylic binders, pigments, sand and water. He squeegeed the concoction on to the court, three coats, with several days between coats to cure and dry, all in a two-week process.
Under the direction of Tennis Canada, Maxwell-Smith painted on a mix of "100-mesh aggregate" instead of last year's "80-mesh aggregate," this time using a slightly smaller kernel of material. It means balls won't catch as much when they hit the court, and the pace of play will be quicker.
This is home-court advantage. It is among the quirks of Davis Cup, the international tournament that stretches back to 1900, when the United States won the first event against the British Isles, the U.S. playing at home in Boston. The advantage of playing host starts with the surface and includes everything from picking the balls (Wilson US Open Extra Duty this weekend) to a raucous, partisan crowd expected to exceed 6,000 daily.
After Maxwell-Smith completed his work, the court was disassembled, rolled up and crated to nearby Thunderbird Arena. Last weekend, it was rolled out and taped down on the concrete floor of a venue that normally plays host to hockey. Starting Friday, it promises to be the site of Canada's finest moment in a long history of tennis ignominy.
The opportunity has never been better. Backed by home-court advantage, the 22-year-old Raonic, ranked No. 15 in the world, will lead Canada against a depleted Spanish side that arrives without any of its stars. Spain is led by Marcel Granollers, 26, who has a losing record on hard-courts, 42-50. Still, Granollers, No. 34 in the world, is a dominant doubles player, and Canada remains the underdog. But the setting has stoked hopes that Canada, for the first time, could win to reach the quarter-finals of Davis Cup world group.
Home-court cannot be underestimated. In the past five Davis Cups, from 2008 through 2012, Spain has played most of its matches at home and won three titles. Spain has been perfect at home, 11-0 on clay, including the finals in 2009 and 2011.
Of Davis Cup ties in the past five years in a foreign country, Spain has lost twice in seven contests, both times on hard-court. However, Spain won the 2008 Davis Cup on hard-court in Argentina.
The International Tennis Federation has five broad categories of court pace: slow, slow-medium, medium, medium-fast, and fast. The ITF conducts a test before a Davis Cup event to make sure the court is within the broad bounds. At UBC, the rating, as measured by the ITF on Tuesday, is medium-fast. The same court last year, with the coating of larger aggregate – and thus slower – had been rated medium.
Curating a court is as much art as science, said Gavin Ziv, tournament director for Tennis Canada.
The Spaniards betrayed no worry this week.


Secret e-mail about the Web 2.0ification of Microsoft?
Mr. Ozzie doesn't define specifically what kind of services and software the company will create, but emphasizes that they will be "seamless" — designed for the current environment in which users move between PCs, laptops, handheld computers, cellphones and videogame consoles. Such a seamless operating system, for example, would "deploy software automatically and as appropriate to all of your devices," Mr. Ozzie wrote.
Is it just me, but don't these Gates and Ozzie e-mails sound like they were cribbed from Robert Scoble's weblog?
Well, both Ozzie and Gates have told me they read my blog, so that's very possible!
Seriously, though, the memos are far more in depth than anything I've written.
Robert – you've certainly influenced the discussion both inside and outside of Microsoft.
It could always be the other way around.
Scoble, of course, is an agent of the company PR message and this entire thing is simply a staged event. Scoble has the talking points and starts "off the cuff" expounding on the story he's been told to run with.
On the other hand, the elephant on the table is so large that it's time everyone started talking about it.


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Q: Get repeating pattern using regex If I have this input string: {post:[matt]}
and I want to get the string where "matt" currently is, I'd use this:
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^\\{(.+):[(.+)]\\}$")
Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher("{post:[matt]}");
    if(matcher.matches()) {
        // pattern matches input string
        String str1 = matcher.group(2);

But if I had a string like this: {post:[matt,13-mar-2011,hello]}
how would I get the strings "matt", "13-mar-2011" and "hello" - when there may be a variable number of them? If it was just 3 it would be easy.

A: You can try the find function, its supposed to find next match and next and next...
I dont know if you will have to modify your pattern or not.
matcher.find()


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ReCharge Collectible Card Game is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) based on Marvel Superheroes and produced by Marvel Entertainment in 2001. The game is modeled after Wizards of the Coast's X-Men Trading Card Game. It was subsumed by UpperDeck's Vs. System, which is still the torch-bearer as the main Marvel CCG.

Product releases
Two sets of ReCharge were released, called Series 1 (a.k.a. "Inaugural Edition") and Series 2. However, the cards between the sets are almost identical.

Reviews
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References

External links
 Recharge Series 1 Checklist
 Recharge Series 2 Checklist

Card games introduced in 2001
Collectible card games based on Marvel Comics


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Events in Bangladesh
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Road Transport Act Execution: Mobile court not fully equipped
The Daily Star November 15, 2019
Overloading, vehicle modification excluded from mobile court jobs
Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary
Mobile courts run by the BRTA and district administrations are getting the power to enforce the much-anticipated Road Transport Act 2018 next week. But the courts will not have the full force of the law behind them.
The act's two key sections that deal with checking unauthorised modifications made to vehicles and overloading are not incorporated in the schedule of Mobile Court Act, 2009, said ministry and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority officials.
As a result, the mobile courts will not check modification and overloading, let alone file cases accusing the violators. This will make the courts less effective.
Unauthorised modification and overloading have been identified by experts as the main causes of frequent crashes and damages to roads and bridges.
Although the act was supposed to come into effect on November 1, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader halted its full execution, saying that people lacked awareness about the tough law.
But experts pointed out that the BRTA and police had little preparation to enforce the law. The government didn't even finish framing the rules for the act.
There are also allegations that transport associations had been lobbying against enforcement of the act, which replaced the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1983. Officials refute the allegations.
Amid widespread demonstrations for safer roads, parliament passed the act in September last year.
On October 22, the Road Transport and Highways Division issued a gazette stating that the law would come into effect on November 1.
In the first week of this month, the Road Transport and Highway Division sent the law to the home ministry to incorporate it into the schedule of the Mobile Court Act, 2009.
When the home ministry sent the act to the law ministry for vetting, the latter refused to incorporate the section-84 and -98 into the schedule of Mobile Court Act.
Nazrul Islam, secretary of the highway division, said the law ministry made the decision as the highest punishment under these two sections is three years in prison while the mobile court can give a maximum of two years sentence.
For unauthorised modification and overloading offences, police will have to file case and investigate and the court will hold trial.
"This is a time-consuming process," Nazrul told The Daily Star. "We sent a letter to the law ministry [via home ministry] seeking review of the decision but the law ministry was not persuaded."
He added that the offences are major concern for the authorities.
He hoped that the necessary gazette would be issued and the mobile court will be able to start working from Sunday. However, the gazette was not issued until yesterday evening, a ministry official said.
Under the section-84, an offender may face a maximum of three years or a minimum of one year in prison or be fined Tk 3 lakh or both if they change the technical specification and structure of a vehicle without approval.
Section-98 says if anybody causes damage to life or property by reckless and risky overtaking, overloading, reckless driving, they would face a maximum of three years in jail or a fine of Tk 3 lakh or both.
Although the law ministry officials said that prison sentence of over two years was beyond the purview of a mobile court, there are many exceptions.
Two officials of the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry and BRTA said over 100 sections of different laws with more than two years' jail terms have been incorporated in the schedule of Mobile Court Act and mobile courts have been conducting drives to execute those sections for years.
"We have mentioned these issues, but the law ministry was not convinced," the ministry official said.
Some of the acts they mentioned are Protection and Conservation of Fish Act, Public Examinations Offences (amendment) Act, and Safe Food Act.
A BRTA executive magistrate said the mobile court will give a maximum of two years' sentence and when the court deems the punishment inadequate, the matter will be referred for filing a regular case.
Contacted, Naren Das, secretary of Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, refused to comment on the issue.
The Daily Star could not reach Law Minister Anisul Huq over phone.
Supreme Court lawyer Jyotirmoy Barua, however, said the law ministry's decision to keep the sections out of the Mobile Court's purview was right.
"If any sections with more than two years' sentence have been incorporated in the schedule of the Mobile Court Act, those were done illegally. One illegal decision can't justify another illegal action."
He said a case regarding the Mobile Court Act is still pending with the Appellate Division of the SC.
Jyotirmoy, also a vice-chairman of the Road Safety Foundation, said the authorities have kept many contradictory provisions in the Road Transport Act to provide the transport owners and workers with some undue advantage.
"These would ultimately jeopardise the purpose of the law."
PROBLEM WITH OVERLOADING AND MODIFICATION
Experts and Roads and Highways Department officials consider a major cause behind early damages to roads and bridges.
This increases maintenance cost of roads and bridges, they said.
Around 25 percent of the country's roads, constructed by the RHD, are in "poor, bad or very bad" shape, according to a survey on 17,452km of roads in March.
There are 21,576km of national and regional highways and district roads under the department.
There are only three weighbridges in two national highways and the government will build 21 axle load control centres for Tk 1,630.28 crore at the entrance points on the highways within June 2022.
But many owners modify the vehicles, especially trucks, to increase the load capacity. Owners of people carriers also modify their vehicles for similar reasons.
These modifications make the vehicles prone to crashes, said Kazi Shifun Newaz, associate professor of Buet.
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Bosnia's dramatic north: Jajce, the Vrbas River Canyon and Banja Luka
For most people, tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina is synonymous with visiting Sarajevo and Mostar, and perhaps Trebinje, Medjugorje and the Sutjeska national park.
This, however is unfair to the rest of this stunning country, which does not only offer a lot of wonderful unspoilt nature throughout, but also ancient fortresses, churches and mosques, which have persevered through its turbulent past.
Last week I went on a family trip to Jajce, passing through the Vrbas River Canyon and with a stop in Banja Luka.
Jajce used to be one of the main tourist spots in Bosnia, thanks to the fact that post-WWII Yugoslavia was made there on 29 November 1943 during the 2nd session of AVNOJ (Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia). Tito could not have picked a more scenic spot for a meeting with representatives of Partisan resistance.
Tucked in the steep valleys of the Pliva and the Vrbas, Jajce is an ancient city of stunning beauty. Its stunning 14th century fort, which served as the capital of the Kingdom of Bosnia is perched on a steep hill, dotted with remains of an abandoned romanesque royal monastery and minarets of Ottoman mosques. Below the walled city, the Pliva plunges 20 meters to meet the Vrbas, making for a majestic waterfall.
Although sleepy after the destruction caused by the Bosnian War – during which pretty much all of its major churches, monasteries and mosques were damaged – Jajce offers a lot to see and do. Besides the fortress, you can visit a well preserved Roman temple dedicated to Mithras, an old Persian deity, or check out the catacombs which held the remains of the Hrvatinić family, which founded the city. Then of course, there is the museum in the building where the meeting of the AVNOJ and "Kod Asima", a great restaurant in one of the city gates where you can try Bosnian specialities – I recommend the "cevapi in somun" (local meatballs in delicious bread) and "bosanski lonac" (a stew).
Up river from the city is a lovely picnic area around the Pliva lake which offers stunning views of the hills, and a dozen of small old mills, one of which still makes fresh flour.
North from Jajce, there is an old Catholic sanctuary above a healing spring in Podmilačje, whose water apparently helps with mental problems. As the sanctuary was burnt during the war, it is now being expanded as an extravagant concrete spiral with stunning underground extensions. Further down river, is the majestic canyon of the Vrbas, stretching all the way to the suburbs of Banja Luka. Although nature is stunning by itself, there is also an socialist era hydroelectric plant hidden in one of the hills for those who like industrial heritage.
Once in Banja Luka, after checking out the main square with the Banovina Palace and Church of Christ the Saviour, I recommend having walking around the Kaštel fortress and taking a peek in the newly restored Ferhat Pasha Mosque. If you are peckish, grab a nice "burek pod sačem" (local pie) in imagintelively named, "Burek pod Sačem" next to the School of Engineering or some of the wonderful cakes in "Manja" in faded, art-nouveau Palas hotel.
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Have you been watching "The Mindy Project"?
I love it. I'm convinced that I would be BFFs with Mindy Kaling if we ever met. I was watching last week's episode last night and like every week, I wondered if the Brit on the show was actually British.
The difference this time? I Googled it at the moment that I thought it. Meet Ed Weeks, the actor who plays Jeremy Reed, and he is a real Brit! More about him here.


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Recently, I spent the day and evening with a friend who has had many obstacles to overcome. God has miraculously seen her through all of them: radical surgery, chemo and radiation. That afternoon she told me, "One of the hardest parts of this season was hearing one of her grandbabies say, "Nana, when are we going to get to spend the night?" That evening, she and I talked, laughed and cried. When she took a breath, I would speak, and when I took a breath, she would speak! Needless to say, we were both encouraged in the Lord.
The following night, I spent the night with another friend, and we did the same thing. We talked about our families and the many prayers God has answered over the years. We all have been through a lot, but we all strongly agreed that over the years and through it all our relationships with the Lord has grown much sweeter, and our desire to read and study His Word has also increased. Visiting these two friends reminded me how important it is to spend time with friends, family and to support and encourage one another.
With each of my friends, I was able to share about my mission trips last year to Nicaragua and Africa. I shared how the Lord used the children from these places to change my life and challenge me to "sell-out totally to Jesus and follow Him, wherever He leads." When we pursue Jesus… He will direct our steps. Below are my two friends from Challenge Farm, Alice (left) and Carol (right). They are precious women of God!
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Whoopi Goldberg Thinks Maya Angelou Deserves More Than A Quarter's Worth Of Commemoration, Twitter Users Weigh In
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On a recent episode of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg shared her unbridled opinion on Maya Angelou being minted on the United States quarter. According to the award-winning actress, Angelou receiving recognition in any capacity is the poet's rightful honor. Still, America can and should do more to highlight the Black women who've enriched our country's history.
"I want to point out that, not too long ago, we were expecting to have Harriet Tubman gracing the $20 bill, remember that?" Goldberg told her co-hosts on the Jan. 11 episode of the daytime talk show.
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"But now it looks like the price has been slashed to a quarter, because now we have Maya Angelou on a quarter," she said, adding, "And having Maya anywhere is a magnificent thing. But come on, America! You don't think this is gonna make folks feel a little bit uncomfortable? We were on a $20 bill and now you have all of these powerful women, and you put them all on quarters? Come on!"
Earlier this week, Angelou became the first Black woman to be featured and distributed on a U.S quarter thanks to the American Women Quarters program.
On social media, many agreed with Goldberg's take. With the slew of social and institutional reforms citizens wish would be implemented, some believe Angelou's recognition on a U.S. coin should have taken a backseat on the government's priority list. View some of the Twitter commentary circling Angelou's quarter down below.
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India's plan to become a leading rail freight force
As international rail freight superpowers grow, India should not be overlooked. The country is not a new rail freight market. However, it is an extensive and full of possibilities market that seems to take all...Read more
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If the Steelers want to draft a QB of the future, 2018 is the year to do it. While there are a lot of quality college QBs, the NFL has around 7 or 8 teams who may pull the trigger in the 1st or 2nd Rd, so the Steelers will probably have to trade up to get the guy they want but that is a subject for another article.
And I know, it's a series on the top five so what's up with the #6? This year the college ranks have a deep and talented crop of signal callers. Baker Mayfield is the Russell Wilson of this year's draft. While I couldn't put him in my top five I couldn't leave him out of the series.
Whoever drafts Mayfield is going to get a talented QB with intangibles to spare and a history of playing big when it matters. There are some haters who think he's too short at 6′-1″ to make it but tell that to Drew Brees.
And tell it to Ohio State.
Baker Mayfield, Quarterback – Oklahoma – 6′-1″ 215# – Projected Rd 1-3.
Arm Talent – Mayfield can make all the throws. His delivery looks smooth and his mechanics are solid. He has a good touch on his short and intermediate passes and routinely hits his man in stride on the long balls. Good ball placement. Can throw to the back shoulder and away from coverage. Still a see it, throw it passer, Mayfield's ball placement bodes well for anticipation throws.
Leadership/Intangibles – Plays like a winner. Unwilling to believe he will get outgunned by the opposition's Quarterback. You can tell players believe in him and like to rally around him.
Mobility – A natural pocket passer, Mayfield can be very elusive while always keeping his eyes downfield to make the throw. Can also tuck it and run. Has good short area quickness and can make things happen. Oklahoma utilized Mayfield's mobility in designed run plays.
Under Pressure – Sometimes looks a little harried when in the thick of it, Mayfield still manages to fight the tendency to bolt. He scrambles a little finds a safe spot and lets it fly. Does get a little choppy in his stance but not to the point of having 'happy feet'.
Concerns/Areas Needing Work – Tries to force the ball. Takes chances that might not pay off at the next level. Sometimes displays traits that show he might have problems under NFL pressure. Is a little shorter than the modern prototypical NFL Quarterback.
Now, I'm not one to judge and I'm glad they didn't have camera's everywhere when I was in college.
Bottom line: Whoever drafts Baker Mayfield is getting a technically sound, accurate and mobile QB with all the tools to succeed at the next level. He projects as a starter and at the least should have a long NFL career as a #2. You could also be getting the next Russell Wilson and that wouldn't be bad at all.
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Novavax launches pivotal US trial of COVID-19 vaccine
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Novavax announced on Monday that it initiated the Phase III PREVENT-19 trial of its experimental coronavirus vaccine NVX-CoV2373 in the US and Mexico following earlier delays. The study, which is being conducted in collaboration with Operation Warp Speed (OWS), will enrol approximately 30,000 people aged 18 years and older who will be randomised to receive the protein-based vaccine or placebo.
In late October, Novavax explained that the start of PREVENT-19 had been pushed back by about a month as it worked to scale up the manufacturing process, although it noted at the time that it had made "significant progress" on that front. Meanwhile, the company indicated last month that the trial would get under way in "in the coming weeks."
Diverse study population targeted
According to Novavax, two thirds of the study's participants will receive two intramuscular injections of NVX-CoV2373, administered 21 days apart, while the remainder will be given placebo. The trial's primary endpoint is the prevention of PCR-confirmed, symptomatic COVID-19, while the key secondary goal is the prevention of PCR-confirmed, symptomatic moderate or severe COVID-19. The drugmaker said that both endpoints will be assessed at least seven days after the second study vaccination in volunteers who have not been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Novavax added that it plans to recruit a diverse population into the study, with at least 25% of participants expected to be 65 years or older. Gregory Glenn, the company's president of R&D, remarked "we recognise that volunteers considering our trial may have questions about the potential impact on their ability to receive an authorised vaccine when it becomes available to them. We wish to reassure participants that we are working to ensure that their involvement in our trial does not negatively impact their ability to be vaccinated at the appropriate time."
UK, South Africa studies under way
Novavax is also currently conducting a pivotal Phase III trial in the UK, a Phase IIb safety and efficacy study in South Africa, and an ongoing Phase I/II trial in the US and Australia. "Data from these trials are expected as soon as early first-quarter 2021, although timing depends on transmission rates in the regions," the company said. Novavax has previously reported data from Phase I/II trials demonstrating that NVX-CoV2373 provoked a robust immune response, generated highly neutralising antibodies against the virus and was generally well tolerated.
Novavax is preparing to deliver 100 million doses of NVX-CoV2373 to the US, possibly as early as year-end, as part of a $1.6-billion contract with the federal government. The vaccine comprises a stable perfusion protein antigen derived from the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and contains Novavax's Matrix‑M adjuvant.
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Novavax Announces Initiation of PREVENT-19 Pivotal Phase 3 Efficacy Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in the United States and Mexico - (GlobeNewswire)
Phase 3 trial of Novavax investigational COVID-19 vaccine opens - (NIH)
Novavax Launches Phase 3 Trial of Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate - (TheStreet)
Novavax Starts Late-Stage Trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in US, Mexico - (Fidelity)
Novavax starts late-stage trial of COVID-19 vaccine in United States - (Financial Post)
Novavax starts Phase 3 COVID vaccine trial with plans to enroll 30,000 volunteers in U.S. and Mexico - (MarketWatch)
Novavax coronavirus vaccine becomes fifth to begin Phase 3 trials in United States - (CNN)
Novavax Starts Late-Stage Trial of Covid-19 Vaccine in U.S., Mexico - (The Wall Street Journal)