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Predicting coronavirus? SF emergency workers wear state-of-the-art rings in new study
Matthias Gafni
1of4UCSF researcher Ashley Mason poses for a photograph in San Mateo, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of4UCSF researcher Ashley Mason works at her computer in San Mateo, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3of4A close-up of the Oura rings which continually monitor people's body temperature, heart rate, breathing, etc.is seen in San Mateo, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
4of4UCSF researcher Ashley Mason poses for a photograph at her home San Mateo, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020.Nick Otto / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
sl At least 2,000 San Francisco emergency medical workers will begin wearing rings this week that track their body temperature and other vital signs in a first-of-its-kind study to try to identify the early onset of COVID-19 and help curb its spread.
In addition to UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital staff wearing the devices, UCSF also started a campaign Monday to ask the Oura Ring's approximately 150,000 users to share their medical data in hopes that researchers can develop an algorithm that could detect the earliest stages of coronavirus, before symptoms manifest.
It's that early detection that would allow wearers to seek treatment, isolate themselves and, especially for doctors and nurses serving vulnerable patients, stay home from work. The team hopes to develop a COVID-19 early detection device by fall, when infectious disease experts worry coronavirus will return for a second wave.
"It will help people self-quarantine sooner, get treatment sooner," said Dr. Ashley Mason, the UCSF assistant psychiatry professor who developed the project and is the lead investigator. "It's expected back in the fall and we need to have tools ready."
It's a novel approach and one that germinated over a text chain as COVID-19 grew in California.
Two weeks ago, Mason's study on saunas and extreme heat in the treatment of depression came to a screeching halt when UCSF froze all non-essential research.
A close-up of the Oura rings which continually monitor people's body temperature, heart rate, breathing, etc.is seen in San Mateo, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
A dejected Mason texted Harpreet Rai, the CEO of Oura Health. She had purchased the Oura Rings because they were non-invasive, wearable devices that tracked body temperature. The pair discussed COVID-19 and the CEO began wondering if the ring device that records the wearer's vital signs could help TSA agents in airports determine whether they are going to get sick.
"I told him, 'I have no idea how to get you into an airport, but I'd like to put them on the fingers of all UCSF's emergency staff,'" Mason recalled.
"Let's do it!" the CEO responded.
And just like that, in less than two weeks the pair started a collaboration that could change how medicine operates, said Benjamin Smarr, a UC San Diego assistant professor of bioengineering and data science.
"There are plenty of signs we can predict this coming," said Smarr, who works as an Oura scientific adviser and will help crunch data. "I have no question we could do a good deal of illness prediction."
As opposed to an occasional doctor visit that provides a snapshot of an individual's body temperature, heart rate and other vitals, the ring collects vital health information from wearers while they are sleeping and provides aggregate data the next morning. Overnight, unbothered by the environment, the vitals will tell a story.
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"Fever is one of the most reliable signs of people coming down with COVID," said Dr. Rick Hecht, an internist and director of research at UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine who is a senior researcher for the study.
One of the strategies in Wuhan, China, at the epicenter of the outbreak, was to have residents report their temperatures every day and immediately isolate anyone with a slight fever. The ring data provides a much more thorough analysis that eliminates fluctuations of temperature that can alter a thermometer reading, Hecht said.
There are data indicating that people often don't feel sick or have a cough at the earliest onset of COVID-19, Hecht said, so that window of early detection can be key in reducing the spread.
Researchers have taken particular interest in Petri Hollmén, CEO of a Finnish firm, who tested positive for COVID-19 and had been wearing one of the rings.
On March 12, Hollmén woke up and learned his body temperature was 1 degree Celsius higher than normal — about 100.4 Fahrenheit — and his heart rate and breathing rates were slightly increased. But he felt normal, Hollmén recalled in an email to The Chronicle.
"Without a device telling me this, I would've just thought that I was a bit tired due to the dog waking me up twice during the night," he said.
Alerted to that data, he called the hospital because he had been traveling for work the weekend before in an area of Austria that had since been declared a coronavirus hot spot. His test came back positive, and he has since been quarantined at home, where he still has felt few symptoms.
"Without the ring measuring my body during the night, I would not even had known about the temperature rise," Hollmén wrote in a Facebook post. "This makes this (illness easy) to spread — you might not even recognize it."
The short-term goal, Mason said, is for UCSF and San Francisco General emergency room doctors and nurses to get a heads-up of a fever or impending illness, not just COVID-19, so they stay home or get treated. Already taxed front-line medical workers can little afford to spread illness among themselves, she said.
The long-term goal is to collect as much data of healthy and COVID-positive patients who wore the ring and determine common bio-marker activity that precipitated symptoms, such as heightened temperature or breathing patterns. Whether they will be able to differentiate the common flu from COVID-19 is unclear.
"My hypothesis is they might look pretty similar, but that might not be the main value," Hecht said. "It could provide an early warning sign that you have some kind of infection going on. ... The important thing with this is we're trying to let people who might be infected know early."
The researchers hope users will volunteer their medical information through the Oura Ring app, which has a link to the UCSF study.
"In fall, (coronavirus) will probably come back, and if we get the data now," Smarr said, "by the time it comes we'll have a good system testing."
Matthias Gafni is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: matthias.gafni@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @mgafni
Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information. The rings collect vital health information from wearers overnight and provide aggregate data in the morning.
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Matthias Gafni joined The San Francisco Chronicle as an enterprise reporter in February 2019. He investigates stories in the East Bay and beyond. For almost two decades, Gafni worked for the Bay Area News Group - San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Times and Vallejo Times-Herald -- covering corruption, child sexual abuse, criminal justice, aviation and more. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and graduated from UC Davis. He lives with his wife and three kids in the East Bay.


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Viničný kanál je umělý, občasný vodní tok VI. řádu na Záhoří, v katastru obce Jakubov v okrese Malacky. Jeho celková délka činí 3,202 km, plocha odtokové oblasti cca 1,679 km² a povodí i s bezodtokovými oblastmi cca 2,806 km².

Jeho koryto vzniká nedaleko cesty II. třídy Záhorská Ves - Malacky u Jakubova, pod Hromovým vrškem (150 m n.m.), ve výšce 147,5 m n. m. S Borinským kanálem vytváří coby sekundární zdrojnice Lúčny kanál ve výšce 144 m n. m. (u asfaltové cesty za Jakubovem směrem k Zohorskému kanálu); místo soutoku se nazývá Hoštáky.

Popis toku
Po vzniku teče na západ a po 200 metrech přibírá Dubový kanál, pak se stáčí na severozápad a tímto směrem teče 750 metrů. Následně se prudce o 90 stupňů stočí na jihozápad a po chvíli znovu o 90 stupňů na severozápad na místě, kde do něj zleva ústí Včelínský kanál. Krátce teče severozápadním směrem, pak se stáčí na sever, pokračuje 600 metrů a v bezejmenné mokřině se prudce stáčí na jih. Dále teče přes 500 m, kde se v nadmořské výšce 144 m n. m. setkává s Borinským kanálem a vytváří Luční kanál. Borinský kanál je silnější, takže Viničný kanál je sekundární zdrojnice.

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Literatura
 ŠIMEK, Ján. Jakubov, od minulosti k dnešku. Jakubov : obec Jakubov, 2012. 303s. .

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How Can Public Bike Sharing Thrive in Indian Cities?
By Prateek Diwan and Anya George March 10, 2021
Cities are actively planning infrastructure to encourage and foster non-motorized transport, such as walking or cycling, among commuters. Photo by Wikimedia Commons
Cycling, a sustainable, healthy and low-cost mode of travel, has seen a resurgence in popularity during the pandemic as cars and buses stayed off the roads. During the lockdown in the UK, cycle-to-work schemes saw a 200% rise in bicycle orders from emergency workers. In India, according to the All India Cycle Manufacturers Association, the cycling industry is expected to grow between 15-20% in 2020, from the previous year's growth rate of 5-7%.
With traffic levels in Indian cities returning to almost pre-pandemic levels, it is important to keep the momentum for cycling going. Cities are actively planning infrastructure to encourage and foster non-motorized forms of transportation, such as walking or cycling, among commuters.
Cities should explore implementing public bike sharing (PBS) systems, a flexible transport service where users can rent a bicycle for a short period of time, making it a low-cost, sustainable and socially distant mode of commuting.
How Can PBS Systems Improve Cycling in Cities?
About 35% of vehicular trips in India are short trips (less than 5 kilometers) and form a huge potential market that can use bicycles to travel. PBS allows citizens the flexibility of renting and sharing bicycles for short trips at nominal rates, without the hassle of maintaining a personal bicycle.
Most PBS users travel shorter distances on bicycles (around 2 kilometers). PBS schemes located at public transport hubs in areas with low connectivity can help expand the reach of these services by providing first- and last-mile connectivity. Additionally, through innovative pricing models like long-term subscriptions, PBS systems provide affordable transit for a wide range of users.
PBS schemes usually have different types of bicycles, including regular, geared, electric or pedal-assist, and different rental models, such as one-time rental, subscriptions and long-term rentals. Municipalities often deploy PBS as a part of citizen-centric services, while transport agencies, whose primary job is increasing ridership, deploy these schemes as feeders to their main transportation modes, such as buses or metros.
In Mysuru, Trin Trin, an initiative of Green Wheel Rides, has 450 bicycles across 48 docking stations and provided about 1,000 rides per day before COVID-19. Currently, the PBS offering is seeing 8-10 new registrations per day (usually recreational riders) and providing 300-500 rides a day.
Besides Mysuru, Indian cities like Bhopal and Kochi have also implemented PBS systems. However, many still struggle with challenges like lack of funds for walking and cycling projects, mismatched objectives, or simply the lack of an existing cycling culture and ecosystem.
Challenges with PBS in India
A major stumbling block is the business viability of PBS projects so far. When cycling enterprises and systems initially started taking shape in India in 2008-09, they primarily focused on implementing large-scale PBS in cities like Pune, Delhi, Coimbatore and Bhopal with conventional bicycles, while focusing on smaller pilots in other Indian cities.
In Mumbai, bicycles formed an underwhelming 1% of all trips, far lower compared to other Indian cities. Through the Station Access and Mobility Program (STAMP), a challenge organized by WRI India and the Toyota Mobility Foundation with the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority and Mumbai Metro, the city has introduced bicycles at multiple metro stations to provide more sustainable last-mile connectivity.
When a PBS project is launched in a new city, it tends to attract interest from recreational and curious riders first, often driven by promotional discounts. However, the business model necessitates high uptake by others, like commuters, fast. There are high capital expenditures to set up stations and vehicles, high operational costs to keep stations stocked with vehicles, but low rental charges (India being a price-sensitive market, as per a WRI India discussion with bicycle operators). In many Indian cities, low uptake by consumers resulted in enterprises pulling out of markets and cutting their losses early.
To understand the financial requirements of running a PBS, we referred to a Detailed Project Report for a plan in Pune that was drafted in 2017, with a plan for 4,500-5,000 bicycles across 388 stations. Capital costs of building infrastructure and buying bicycles were pegged at between INR 481-731 million ($6.5-10 million) and recurring costs (operational, maintenance, etc.) between INR 124-166 million for the first year. However, revenue was estimated at only INR 40 million.
In Pune, while projected costs decreased markedly over the years, the difference between revenue and operational costs remained significant, starting at more than INR 27,000 per bicycle in the first year and INR 16,000 in the seventh year. Similar numbers were calculated in a study for Panaji, showing that unless supported by infrastructure and a cycling culture, such initiatives can fail to make an impact.
Opportunities Ahead
The best approach to making PBS systems successful is to develop a strategy that can identify the right mix of providers, operating models and revenue streams that is cross-governed and deployed as a value creation for end users and for service generators. While PBS operators in India have experimented with some strategies in silos, a more participative approach by city stakeholders to deliver holistic solutions – and value to diverse actors – is important.
Bicycle-sharing business models. Graphic by Shaheen et al.
In September 2020, WRI India and Karnataka's Directorate of Urban Land Transport conducted a focus group discussion with Indian bicycle operators who underscored the need for greater government intervention in creating infrastructure, setting policies and co-funding PBS schemes. This is a follow up to DULT's efforts to boost cycling in the city after their innovative permit model for PBS provisioning in 2018.
So far, governments have taken a passive role and relied more on private investment, which has been successful only in a few counts. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs suggests that more government investments in pilot projects can help determine the best financial model for building and maintaining PBS systems in India.
A more commuter-centric approach also needs to be taken in order to create a proper end-to-end PBS system that attracts and maintains riders, focusing on ensuring safety, identifying areas more conducive to cycling, and experimenting with innovative customer acquisition models.
The original version of this article appeared on WRI India's blog. Views expressed here are the authors' own.
Prateek Diwan is a Senior Associate for Sustainable Cities and Transport at WRI India.
Anya George is a Project Associate for Sustainable Cities and Transport at WRI India.
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import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.AbstractRichFunction;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.state.KeyedStateStore;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.windowing.windows.Window;
import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;
import org.apache.flink.util.OutputTag;

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 * Base abstract class for functions that are evaluated over keyed (grouped) windows using a context
 * for retrieving extra information.
 *
 * @param <IN> The type of the input value.
 * @param <OUT> The type of the output value.
 * @param <KEY> The type of the key.
 * @param <W> The type of {@code Window} that this window function can be applied on.
 */
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public abstract class ProcessWindowFunction<IN, OUT, KEY, W extends Window> extends AbstractRichFunction {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	/**
	 * Evaluates the window and outputs none or several elements.
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	 * @param key The key for which this window is evaluated.
	 * @param context The context in which the window is being evaluated.
	 * @param elements The elements in the window being evaluated.
	 * @param out A collector for emitting elements.
	 *
	 * @throws Exception The function may throw exceptions to fail the program and trigger recovery.
	 */
	public abstract void process(KEY key, Context context, Iterable<IN> elements, Collector<OUT> out) throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Deletes any state in the {@code Context} when the Window expires
	 * (the watermark passes its {@code maxTimestamp} + {@code allowedLateness}).
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	 * @param context The context to which the window is being evaluated
	 * @throws Exception The function may throw exceptions to fail the program and trigger recovery.
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	public void clear(Context context) throws Exception {}

	/**
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		/** Returns the current processing time. */
		public abstract long currentProcessingTime();

		/** Returns the current event-time watermark. */
		public abstract long currentWatermark();

		/**
		 * State accessor for per-key and per-window state.
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NOTE:If you use per-window state you have to ensure that you clean it up
		 * by implementing {@link ProcessWindowFunction#clear(Context)}.
		 */
		public abstract KeyedStateStore windowState();

		/**
		 * State accessor for per-key global state.
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		/**
		 * Emits a record to the side output identified by the {@link OutputTag}.
		 *
		 * @param outputTag the {@code OutputTag} that identifies the side output to emit to.
		 * @param value The record to emit.
		 */
		public abstract <X> void output(OutputTag<X> outputTag, X value);
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Shellfish reef found in Dutch delta
When searching for a suitable pilot location, a shellfish reef with wild flat oysters and mussels was discovered near the Brouwersdam of the coast of Holland. During one year this area was frequently monitored, to see whether the shellfish staid alive, grew and reproduced. Research was carried out by Wageningen Marine Research, Bureau Waardenburg and Sas Consultancy. Project manager Karel van den Wijngaard (ARK Nature Development): "Further monitoring of this wild shellfish reef showed out that it extended over an area of forty hectares, an area as large as 55 football fields!" Furthermore, it appears that the Dutch flat oyster (an endemic species) mainly attaches itself on Japanese oyster shells (an exotic species). Possibly the Japanese oyster can facilitate the recovery of the flat oyster, also in other areas.
Importance of shellfish reefs
Twenty percent of the North Sea bottom once consisted of shellfish reefs. These reefs disappeared due to overfishing, destruction of habitats and diseases. They are, however, of great importance. For example, the shellfish offer a resting area and nursery for young fish and other aquatic animals. The shellfish are also food for fish and birds and serve as a support for plants and animals to grow. In addition, they filter the water, which improves the water quality. Shellfish reefs are used worldwide as natural coastal defenders. They filter out sludge and algae from the water and separate it again in the lee of their shells. They raise sandbanks and protect the coastline against high waves and storms.
Given the size of the oysters in this reef, the bottom of this area has been left undisturbed for at least ten years. ARK and the World Wildlife Foundation made an appeal to the government and stakeholders to close this reef for protection. The reef provides a lot of knowledge about the development of shellfish and it is, as far as is known, the only place in the North Sea where flat oysters grow in a vast structure. The shellfish reef at the Brouwersdam provides an important foundation for the recovery of wild shellfish in the North Sea and a hotspot of natural wealth.
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We'd been invited to the Basketball Game as guests of Zapatista this Friday. For the past 39 years I really thought I didn't like sports, but after watching 4 games with Newcastle Eagles, I think I've been converted. With tip off at 7:30pm we had a tight schedule with sorting out a meal. So, we decided to grab a cheeky Zapatista's.
Zapatista have two venues in Newcastle now, but we've never managed to get over to the Grainger street one yet. Grainger street offers a larger menu with special after 5pm meals and a large cocktail selection.
Ridley place has a focused menu of Burritos, Fajitas, Nachos, Tacos, quesadillas and chilli with rice. Last time we were here I had the Christmas Burrito. Today, both Cat and I went for the Shredded Beef Fajita. The main difference between a burrito and a fajita is grilled peppers and onions or beans. A good dollop of spicy salsa, cheese and sour cream and we were wrapped ready to go.
Usually one of us is driving, but tonight we took the bus. Which meant both of us could try out the Mexican Sangria. Refreshingly fruity with a tequila hit. A jug of Sangria is £15, but you get 4 glasses out of it. Unlike some of the Spanish sangria I've had before this seemed less harsh on the red wine. In other words it was easily drinkable and we could have had a second jug, if it wasn't getting near time for the Basketball.
The kids meal is an absolute bargain. I'd totally forgotten about this little gem, but for £2.90 this is possibly the cheapest kids meal in Newcastle. The meal consists of 2 folded warm tortillas, cheese, rice, nachos and a filling of their choice. Kids also get a choice of a carton of either apple or orange juice. I'm sure there are places where a kids drink would cost the same as this full meal!
We polished off our meals and headed straight over to Sports Central at Northumbria University to catch the Newcastle Eagles vs London Lions.
Our timing with cutting it fine. Usually we're here long for the team talk. Today we were minutes before Fab Flournoy reflected on the past matches and the imposing battle ahead. London Lions and Newcastle Eagles are very evenly weighted in terms of their game. At this early part of the season, they were joint first place in the BBL table.
We've said this before and we'll say it again. This is a great night out as there is so much going on for the kids. Its fast paced and broken in to lots of sections.
We quickly grabbed a photo with the Newcastle Eaglettes. Throughout the game the cheerleading squad keeps the crowd entertained with their routines. With the amount of leaping around Imogen does I'm sure she'd love to be part of their squad.
At the end of the night Newcastle Eagles were victorious over London Lions. We continued our lucky winning streak and we really hope they win the BBL Trophy again this year.
We also vlogged our night at Zapatista and the Basket Ball below. Let us know what you think and if you like it we'd love it if you subscribed to our channel and let us know.
Love, Love, Love your video! I think it's your best one yet.
I always buy the spicy beef fajita with spicy salsa too – we obvs have impeccable taste!
Such a fab night, loved the atmosphere!
We tried a little direct to cam Vlogging and hoped it would work out.
Hotter the better for Salsa for me. I like the tingle that the chilli gives.


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I guess when you watch Fox News every day the brain washing takes effect
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
~Morpheus, The Matrix
Sometimes people surprise you in ways you would never suspect, especially if that person is a close relative. A close relative told me to stop informing him about my blog as he is too busy and any way he is a staunch Republican. Whoopee, staunch idiot is what I thought. But I guess when you watch Fox News every day the brain washing takes effect. Independent rational analytical thinking no longer works and one becomes a fire breathing Republican Conservative. "I'll vote against my own self interest because I believe bullshit, lies, and twisted logic." It should not be a surprise as I have heard illogical opinions from this relative before. The hypocrisy of it is that when one benefits from the social programs that Democrats fought thirty years to implement over the objections of the Republicans such as Social Security and Medicare one would think that he might have a reason to consider the Democratic position. When we have a Republican president that allowed the banking industry to gamble with investors money causing the biggest financial collapse since the Great Depression and a Democratic president prevented us from going into a full blown Depression one would think that maybe he would examine that. When a Republican president starts an illegal war on a sovereign country and thousands of Americans die, billions of dollars disappears down a black hole known as Halliburton he might ask questions. When the United States endorses the use of torture on prisoners under the euphemism of enhanced interrogation one might think he would question the morality of that. He ignores the facts that Republicans support tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and oppose tax breaks and tax incentives for small businesses and oppose bank regulatory reform. Leave health care alone as the price of health insurance continues to rise to the point that many small businesses can't afford it, why because he's a staunch Republican.
I can pick my friends but I can't pick my relatives. Maybe one day he will see the light but I doubt it. If the Republicans win the next election and eliminate Social Security and Medicare because it is socialism, something they tried to do under the Bush administration, he may scream uncle. With the new ruling by the Supreme Court allowing unlimited financing of political campaigns by corporations who knows what will happen. The health industry may just tell their wholly owned congress to do just that. The health industry does just about anything it wants to do anyway. Woodland Hills (Los Angles County) based "Anthem Blue Cross customers got a shock this week when the health insurer informed thousands of individual policyholders that their premium rates will jump as much as 39 percent on March 1st'. My relative like many others wants the government out of his business. The government will be out of his business and in bed with big business. Social programs for the rest of us will cease to exist. He will end up screaming for the government to help him but by then it may be too late. I am reminded of the movie The Matrix when Morpheus shows Neo a battery and tells him that is what humans are to the Matrix. That is what big business sees us as batteries. It is time my relative woke up but I am afraid he likes being a battery.
I don't think he will read the blog so I am not worried about upsetting him. What is interesting is that my Conservative friends encourage me to send them notices about my blog. I guess they want to see where I am going with my ideas and opinions. Like I said you can't pick your relatives but you can pick your friends and many of my friends are conservatives, something I don't hold against them. I consider them future progressives that have yet to see the light.
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The election in 2010 might very well be the last truly free election in America
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
~Benito Mussolini
The recommended book is The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank, definitely a most hated book by Conservatives. Frank lays out the seeds of destruction of our democracy and in light of the latest decision by the Supreme Court in support of unlimited corporate financing in support of political campaigns it is a poignant reminder of how fragile our democracy is. The corporate elite will move us from a representative democracy to a corporate fascist state while all the time using the pro conservative media to brain wash the American people that it is in their own self interest. Any criticism will be labeled socialistic or liberalism and un-American meanwhile the corporations will be buying and paying for the best government their money can buy and that government will do their bidding. The American people will have lost their government. This is a most important book and it should be a wake up call to the danger that exists and a call to arms for the American people to be aware of whom they choose to represent them. The election in 2010 might very well be the last truly free election in America.
Recommended Book: The Wrecking Crew:ow Conservatives Rule by Thomas Frank
"Following up on his masterly examination of the paradox under which Red Staters consistently vote Republican against their own economic self-interest (WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS?), Thomas Frank sets out to trace the present-day conservative Republican approach to government in THE WRECKING CREW. What he demonstrates is deeply disturbing even though it has remained on display virtually every day of the entire Bush II administration.
According to Frank, the conservative worldview is totally committed to "the ideal of laissez faire, meaning minimal government interference in the marketplace, along with hostility to taxation, regulation, organized labor, state ownership, and all the business community's other enemies. "The conservative movement promotes the interests of business exclusively over all else in accordance with the motto, "More business in government, less government in business." So-called "big government," also tagged as the liberal state, is the enemy; in fact, virtually all government is the enemy, other than the national defense.
Mr. Frank follows the conservative movement from the turn of the Twentieth Century through the Depression and New Deal, focusing most heavily on the movement's rebirth under Ronald Reagan and on into the new millennium. Along the way, he discusses the growth of lobbying as a major force in converting the nation's capital into a massive feeding ground for corporate special interests. Frank also highlights the manner in which conservatives have repeatedly run the country into huge spending deficits in order to "defund the left" while simultaneously politicizing government management positions by favoring ideology over competence. The end result under Republican conservative stewardship is government that demonstrates itself as ineffectual and incompetent, offering but further proof that big government is inherently incapable of working and needs to be outsourced to private, professional concerns who can do the job correctly (and then inevitably failing to do so).
THE WRECKING CREW is filled with fascinating side observations, such as its note that the movement has always lionized bullies, from Joe McCarthy to Bill O'Reilly, from Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay to George Allen and Michelle Malkin (whom Frank describes hilariously as "a pundit with the appearance of a Bratz doll but the soul of Chucky"). The book's most effective and outrage-generating section has to be its chapter on the Marianas Island of Saipan. Frank casts Saipan, with all its corruption, nepotism, income inequity, slave labor sweatshops, and local political control exercised in the name of big business as the perfect and ultimate model of the conservative movement ideal, a truly horrific prospect. He also notes, properly, that the morass that is today's Iraq is equally a product of the attempt to force fit these same free market ideals to a foreign country, implemented (so the Bush Administration hoped) by inexperienced, wet-behind-the-ears young idealogues, home-schooled ultra-Christians with college degrees from the likes of Patrick Henry College, Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, and Pat Robertson's Regent University. Saipan and Iraq constituted "laboratories of liberty," modern-day "capitalists' dreams" whose realizations are (or at least should be) shameful American nightmares.
There is little good news in THE WRECKING CREW. Author Frank shows that our national government has been hollowed out under Republican conservative control, savaged into an ineffectual husk. Furthermore, he illustrates clearly that this was no mistake, that it is part of a deliberate process not just to privatize government and eradicate government regulation but to make these changes permanent by destroying the liberal left (and with it, of course, the Democratic Party). Frank demonstrates well that present day politics has truly become, to invert von Clausiwitz's famous maxim, "a continuation of war by other means." Regrettably, one side of the battle continues to play the game as politics, as elections won or lost and citizens swayed or not, while the other side approaches it as an act of war, a no-holds-barred contest in which the only goal is the complete and utter destruction of the other side.
THE WRECKING CREW is compelling and informative even as it paints a bleak picture of an America being driven rightward and increasingly toward the excesses and inequities of the pre-New Deal era. We all know how that era ended in October, 1929."
By Steve Koss
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The point is that "Fox and Morons" are faced with a force they are not use to, decency, honesty and intelligence.
Their coverage on the Fox News Channel has been atrocious. The stuff that comes out of Sean Hannity's mouth has been infuriating. The stuff that Bill O'Reilly says has been illogical. You go up and down the schedule and it's insanity over there. The number of lies, perpetuated, promoted by Fox News is just shameful and it hurts everybody.
~David Shuster, Journalist
Fox (white man made up) News cut away from Obama's meeting with the GOP with twenty minutes remaining but aired the Republican response in it's entirety. Clearly President Obama was in good form, and without a TelePrompTer. He responded to all the Republican questions and their inaccuracies with fact and he corrected the untruths stated by the Republicans. Fox cut away because the Republicans were getting a ass whooping. Fox has had a bad week, their CEO Roger Ailes misspoke regarding Glenn Beck about "Slaughtering progressives in the White House, see below, President Obama's masterful State of the Union address and concluding with Obama's meeting with the GOP to answer all of their questions.
The real problem is that President Obama is smarter than they are and it isn't even close and they don't know how to deal with it. His polices are sound he is going in the right direction and they haven't got a clue. The point is that "Fox and Morons" are faced with a force they are not use to, decency, honesty and intelligence.
John Cleese and a wonderful view of Fox, Palin, Obama, Hannity, Bush and a laugh.
More from "Fox and Morons" the network for those who hate decency, hate tolerance, hate gays, hate equality, hate inclusion, hate intellectuals, hate Democrats, hate minorities, hate people of color, hate Mexicans, hate Muslims, hate prochoice, hate women, (except Palin and Bachman) hate Liberals and hates anyone who disagrees with their perverted view of the world. Read it here! You can't make this shit up, well Fox does.
Fox & Friends falsely claims government says stimulus "has only created the 600,000 jobs"
Michael Wolff: James O'Keefe: What Did Glenn Beck Know, and When Did He Know It?
Roger Ailes lies about Glenn Beck: 'Slaughtering' remark was about progressives in the White House
The Beck Week That Was; Woodrow Wilson is an Evil S.O.B. Edition
Laffable: Fox News gives platform for former Reagan budget director to push dubious claims
Fox & Friends' Alisyn Camerota Does "Fair & Balanced" Interview
Paul Krugman tells Fox (white man) News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes that Fox engages in "deliberate misinformation"
~Winston Churchill
Paul Krugman tells Fox (made up white man) News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes that Fox engages in "deliberate misinformation". Coming from Paul Krugman this is a stiff rebuke. Krugman a professor at Princeton and a New York Times columnist a respected intellectual and Nobel Prize winning economist takes Fox to task and calls it as it is. He also has little regard for Glenn Beck.
President goes into the lions den to debate the GOP on their own turf and kicks some GOP ass. If you watch anything this year this is the one to watch. Obama is on 100%.
Roger Ailes defends Glenn Beck's over-the-top arch-conservative rhetoric: "I think he speaks English "
Roger Ailes' Non-Explanation For Cutting Away From Obama/GOP Discussion
Fox Nation Attacks Julian Bond's "Hate Speech" While Ignoring Its Own
Fox News' top shows largely ignore Obama-GOP event
Ailes brings GOP, Fox News talking points to ABC's This Week
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Telemedicine Application and Assessment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Gustavo Marques Fernandes Bezerra, Enzo Studart de Lucena Feitosa, João Gabriel Vale Catunda, Caio Nogueira Sales Graça, Pedro Lucena de Aquino, Antônio George Bezerra Neto, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior
Telemedicine had a significant increase during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which is still on course. In different parts of the world, healthcare units had to adapt their practice, and several assistance services were remotely delivered. The present study is a systematic review of studies that had applied telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic and had assessed its effects on the delivered care. We have covered a 1-year period in order to assess the initiatives developed during the pandemic time and that had already evaluated the effects of the telemedicine program that had been implemented. All the analyzed studies evidenced a positive effect of telemedicine in the treatment of different conditions, including chronic diseases, mental disorders and oncologic diseases. The real impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the healthcare sector is still to be fully understood, and telemedicine implementation in different areas is one of its positive legacies.


GoettenMar Apartamentos is only 200 m from the blue Mediterranean Sea, the wide sandy beach, the lively car-free beach promenade, the numerous cafés, restaurants and bars.The holiday center is thus idyllically located in a quiet residential area of Playa de Aro. Still, the city center of the popular resort of Playa de Aro (Platja d'Aro) is only about 300 meters away. Shaded from the pine trees, the GoettenMar holiday center blends beautifully into the Mediterranean ambiance of Playa de Aro.


The technologies proposed here offer potential to deliver a transformative advance in cancer diagnostics and treatment by enabling rapid (~ 40 min) analysis and characterization of the entire cell population in a 1 mL blood sample. Unlike current methods based on antibody capture and fluorescent labeling, our approach eliminates the need for staining and permits all cells to be simultaneously probed, delivering at least a 10-fold reduction in analysis time, while simultaneously providing a wealth of currently unavailable morphological information across the entire cell population that can be mined to gain new diagnostically relevant insights. The goal of this proposal is to overcome remaining knowledge gaps associated with adapting our approach toward high-throughput analysis, and to quantify achievable performance and throughput. Once these barriers are overcome, it is envisioned that this technology can progress toward implementation as a diagnostic tool on a rapid 2-4 year timeframe. Development of new technologies to enable direct analysis of CTCs would provide a revolutionary step forward in cancer diagnostics (i.e., to provide early detection of metastasis) and treatment (i.e., removal of CTCs could greatly reduce spreading of the malignancy). We propose to develop an entirely new class of instrumentation that uniquely addresses these needs, with the aim of making CTC-based analysis a routine diagnostic tool. In addition to isolation and enrichment, our design will enable viable CTCs to be easily recovered for subsequent analysis to aid in cancer biology research. Finally, by providing a convenient platform to routinely monitor CTC levels, we ultimately envision that this research will lay a foundation for new and powerful methods to assess the efficacy of cancer treatments so that personalized "on the fly" adjustments can be made during the course of therapy. These capabilities are not available in technology available today.


The installer was on time, extremely competent, friendly and answered all of my questions. The product fits perfectly and has made the whole house look much brighter in the day and gives privacy at night. I highly recommend 3day blinds!
Our blinds are beautiful and installers were knowledgeable and efficient. Would highly recommend to friends and family!
We got a couple of quotes elsewhere, but 3-Day blinds had the best deal and the best price. Most importantly, both the salesman and the installer were very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend them, and will surely use them in the future.
My only wish was that they would have informed me they would be drilling the battery units into our WOOD windows. We'd rather not see the units so we'll have to have them painted. Perhaps something for them to consider in other homes. Still very happy with the blinds and the fact they cleaned up and were very professional.
My nephew suggested to me to call 3Day Blinds for a quotation, well I didn't have to go any further, love the way it was presented to me and after the installation it was confirm that I made the right choice.


Most mornings when being in Los Angeles I go for a run or a walk. Not as much for the exercise as for the love of looking at all the houses and gardens and all of their different looks and souls. As much as I love Scandinavian design and working as an interior stylist mostly featuring those influences, I´m sometimes a bit bored with the trends making all homes look almost the same (and before anyone says anything, I know I´m a part of creating those trends so it´s partly my fault too). The trend right now in Sweden is so beautiful, classic and with the perfect natural color tones in combination with beautiful wood and art pieces. And I love it. And I´m tired of it too…I´ve never been one of wanting just one thing in terms of decor and styling. I like mixing and it often starts with the love for one specific object and then creating a story from that specific piece.
Anyhow – the bedroom featured here I found on American lifestyle site The Effortless Chic and I think it very well captures what I in addition to Scandinavian style love too (along with several other things of course). It´s the warmth, the colors, the personal touch and the effortless cosiness. What I fell in love with at first sight was the beautiful vintage rug that seems to have angled corners. It´s nice with a little variation, right?
Photo by Katie Jameson. The bedroom is one of The Effortless Chic contributor´s, Sara Malek Barney.
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When someone started to get bored with own creation it means that person will try to give something new and better than the present.


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JULY 2012 BAD FAITH CASES: COURT RULES THAT POLICY LANGUAGE, NOT CARRIER'S INITIAL REACTION TO A CLAIM PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION, CONTROLS THE INSURED'S BAD FAITH CLAIM; SUBCONTRACTOR WORK SUBJECT TO EXCLUSION AS WELL (Philadelphia Federal)
In Neshaminy Constructors, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., the court heard cross motions for summary judgment filed by an insured general contractor and its insurance carrier. The insured claims that the carrier breached its contract and denied coverage under the policy in bad faith.
The case stems from bridge work performed by the insured's subcontractor. As a result of defective concrete forms the bridge's beams were damaged, requiring repairs that resulted in cost overruns and delays. The main question for the court was whether the losses were covered or fell under policy exclusions in the insured's policy.
The policy covered direct physical loss or damage to "project works cause by or resulting from a peril not otherwise excluded." The term "project works" was defined as materials, supplies, machinery and equipment which you own . . . to be used in and become permanent part of the construction . . . or repair of an insured installation project." The policy exclusions barred coverage for design defects and faulty or defective workmanship, materials, maintenance or construction.
The insured first argued that the policy was ambiguous because it did not specify to whom the exclusion applies. Given this question as to the scope of the exclusion, the insured argued, it is unclear if the provisions prevented coverage for work performed by a subcontractor, as in this case. The insured also claimed that its expectation when purchasing the policy was that the exclusions did not apply to subcontractors. The court disagreed, finding that the omission of a limitation on the scope of the exclusion supports a conclusion that all design defects and faulty workmanship is excluded, no matter who caused them.
The insured also claimed that the policy was illusory because the exclusions were so broad as to negate any possible coverage under the policy. The court disagreed, ruling that the policy language covered several "fortuitous events that are not the result of deficiency in design or faulty or defective workmanship and materials."
The court also rejected the insured's bad faith claims. Soon after the insured submitted its claim to the carrier, the latter put the insured's subcontractor on notice of a potential subrogation claim. The insured claimed that this was an admission by the carrier that the claim was covered under the policy and that denying coverage was based upon a bad faith interpretation of the policy. The court refused to accept this argument, finding that the policy language is always controlling, not the carrier's initial reaction to the insured's claim.
Therefore, the court granted the carrier's motion for summary judgment.
Date of Decision: June 21, 2012)
Neshaminy Constructors, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., No. 11-7168, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86079, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa. June 21, 2012) (Savage, J.)
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Q: Не могу спарсить весь сайт Steam Нужно получить значения пяти первых лотов на покупку, но при парсинге эти значения не выдаются

Пример страницы: https://steamcommunity.com/market/listings/730/StatTrak%E2%84%A2%20AWP%20%7C%20Containment%20Breach%20%28Factory%20New%29
Код:
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}
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src = req.text
print(src)

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Carlos Abellan, the brains behind Commerc 24, opened this modern tapas place and I think it's one of the best around. I loved it last time, and I loved it this time too.
The McFoie burger. Foie Gras in a broiche bun. Tasty but way too rich, even for me. HI loved it.
"ALHUCEMAS" LAMB KEBAB very tasty, moist and tender.
Tapa C24 is home to the bikini,seen in the middle at the front, one of the most statisfying creations around- stringy cheese, jamon and truffle. Mmmh mmmh. Perfect.
Pascadito Frito on the left. They look like fried Gekkos.
They were a little disappointing. I had thought their skins would be nice and crunchy and you could bite them whole, but they also had quite a large backbone which I needed to disect out.
We tried to go here on Sunday after finding out Bar Mut didn't serve food until 1.30 pm but unfortunately it's was not open.
No truffle bikini's for you!


My intent is to ask external parties to trust PolicyExt01 and add that to the trusted root store. Since it is constrained, and limited in use, I think that most intelligent 3rd parties wouldn't have an issue with this.
Is this an acceptable configuration for deploying trusted SMIME certs outside our organisation?
What changes would you make in order for you, yourself as a security admin, to this process?
I would recommend using a completely separate root for the external and internal certificates, to prevent any information leak about internal hosts or users, through Root01, but also prevent any implicit trust by broken software. By using 2 separate root for external and internal use, theres no possible for any trust to leak from External to Internal certificates, regardless how broken the software is.
And SubCA02 is imported as trusted. In a valid PKI implementation, Cert01 should not be trusted. But as you know with lazy coding, broken software, and hacky parsing of certificates, theres is possible for trust to leak over from subCA02 to Root01 and thus leaking over causing Cert01 to be trusted by someone that shouldn't trust that cert, if the PKI implementation is very broken and, for example assumes any higher cert as trusted automatically. Yes its far fetched, but better account for any broken software by using completely separate roots instead.
I would also add a PathLength=0 Basic constraint, preventing the CA certificate from being used to sign other CA certificates, in addition to the name constraint.
As you might know, there is lots of broken software out there, and a privilegie escalation attack (as you call it when someone manages to sign a certificate in violation with the constraints) can happen, for example if the said PolicyExt01 certificate is used to sign a subordinate CA, that in turn is signing a S/MIME certificate.
Some broken software only checks for example naming constraints "1 level Deep", and adding a Pathlength constraint would then cause longer chains to fail instead of being accepted as trusted.
And then sharing Root01 cert with those third parties that should trust it, while installing both Root01 and Root02 in all Company-internal computers.
Both Root01 and Root02 is then self-signed root CA certificates.
When using Namingconstraint, I would only put a Email=@domain.com Naming constraint, and then put every other naming constraints (IP, DNS, UPN, URI) as wildcard excluded, to prevent a certificate from being used as for example a website SSL certificate, if a broken browser or SSL implementation would be unable to parse the key usage flags.
A good idea is also to test your setup, preferable by exporting the root CA certificate and private key to a secure offline computer, and then attempt to sign "invalid" certificates with this. Then test the "invalid" certificates with common client software to ensure the constraints are kicking in and marking the certificate as untrusted.
I do not personally know any explicit configuration that would cause such a "privilege escalation" attack, but as you know, theres lots of broken SSL implementations and PKI software out there, so better be safe than sorry and restrict the certificates as much as possible, and also use separate roots to prevent any trust leak between the certificates by VERY broken software.
The purpose of S/MIME certificates is to sign and encrypt email messages. Given your use case, what you are proposing is not appropriate. For email you want recipients to be able to verify email messages without having to download and install your organization's root key. So for email, you really want to use certs issued by a globally recognized S/MIME certificate provider, such as Comodo, VeriSign, or StartCom. You can issue these certificates on-site if you purchase the appropriate system from these providers.
If your relying parties have removed all of their certificates from their root stores, then you can, of course, provide them with your own root certificate and scope it as you have described. However, once again, there is no need to have a separate PKI for internal and external use. It will be nearly impossible to manage, and there is no added security in doing so. Just use a single root.
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Nigeria's big elections day beckons
Lerato Matlala Lerato Matlala
15 February 2019, 9:55 PM | SABC	| @SABCNewsOnline
Tags: Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar, Elections
Image: Reuters , SABC News
Voters find their names on voting lists during governorship elections in Lagos, Nigeria, 11 April 2015.
Last-minute preparations continue in Nigeria ahead of Saturday's Presidential elections. It is a day ahead of the election and for many Nigerians the priority is that they pass off peacefully and fairly.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured the over 84 million registered voters of a better conduct of elections this time.
Previous elections have been marred by electoral malpractices and violence during and after the exercise.
Movement of sensitive electoral materials has commenced from state headquarters to the 774 local government areas and the over 120 000 polling units in the country.
Last week, three INEC offices in the South East states of Anambra and Abia, as well as North Central Plateau states, containing voting materials caught fire. But the commission says it has replaced the destroyed items to ensure elections go ahead in the affected areas.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking a second term in office under the ruling All Progressives Congress, is challenged by over 70 other aspirants including his main opponent and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party.
The campaigns are now officially over and the two major candidates will be hoping they have done enough during several months of rallies across the 36 states and federal capital up until Thursday, 14 February.
Nigeria continues to battle high levels of poverty, insecurity and corruption and these issues are expected to influence the choices of Nigerians as they head to the polls to cast their ballots on Saturday. Author- Phil Ihaza
Buhari, the 76-year-old leader of Africa's most populous nation, was elected in 2015 on a wave of hope he could defeat Boko Haram, tackle rampant corruption and boost the economy.
But he faces a stiff challenge from former vice-president Abubakar, 72, amid fears about widening insecurity, claims of creeping authoritarianism and economic incompetence.
Analysts were split over who would win Saturday's ballot, which is the sixth in the 20 years since Nigeria returned to democracy after decades of miliary rule.
"It's likely to be very, very tight," said Nnamdi Obasi, senior Nigeria researcher at the International Crisis Group think-tank.
A record number of 73 candidates are on the ballot but Buhari, from the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are considered the main contenders.
Over 84 million people are registered to vote — up 18 percent on 2015 and another record, which has been taken as a sign of Nigeria's developing democracy.
Also up for grabs are 360 seats in the lower House of Representatives and 109 in the Senate.
Nearly 120,000 polling units are set to open at 0700 GMT and close at 1600 GMT.
No date has been given for the results, but an announcement is expected from early next week. -Additional reporting by AFP
Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari Atiku Abubakar Elections
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Q: How to connect database in Perl program I have to make some scripts in my server using Perl program. So anyone please help me what is the command for running a simple Perl program with database connection and how to check whether it is connected to the database or not? I am new in Perl. Please help me anyone.

A: First open an editor, write some perl program and save it with .pl extension. Now to run this program in a simple way open a terminal/command prompt, go to on the same path where you have saved your program. and type perl yourprogramName.pl.
To connect with database use DBI module. see this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;

my $driver = "mysql";
my $database = "test";
my $user = "test";
my $password = "test";
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:$driver:$database", $user, $password) or die "Unable to connect: $DBI::errstr\n";

for more see the perldoc DBI.


slave of Muhammad Ghori rose to power following his master's death. You cannot keep religion out of dating in Nigeria because in case you want to get married to your Nigerian girlfriend a lot of issues have to be sorted out. As food was limited, water may have been just as worse. I was exceedingly amazed at this account, and really thought they were spirits.
The young Ghanaians mostly stay in cities and are free to visit the clubs and pubs. This website covers African females living in US, Florence, Canada, Germany etc. . The profits of the slave trade and of West Indian plantations amounted to 5 of the British economy at the time of the Industrial Revolution. Dominican Republic the jewel of Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea is a popular tourist attraction for its tropical climate.
Thatâs all for now. Next week, Iâll talk about a few other things to be wary of, but the important thing to remember is that the overwhelming majority of people that youâll encounter are there for the same reasons as you! Since most of Dominicans are Christians, chances of facing spiritual conflicts would be less. I there-fore wished much to be from amongst them, for I expected they would sacrifice me; but my wishes were vainfor we were so quartered that it was impossible for any of us to make our escape. On, he had been appointed under-secretary of the navy, and caused a decree to be issued by the provisional government which acknowledged the principle of the enfranchisement of the slaves through the French possessions. Free blacks owned one-third of the plantation property and one-quarter of the slaves in Saint Domingue (later Haiti ). "Slavery came in different guises in different societies: there were court slaves, slaves incorporated into princely armies, domestic and household slaves, slaves working on the land, in industry, as couriers and intermediaries, even as traders". The model created by South Carolina was driven by the emergence of a majority slave population that required repressive and often brutal force to control. If you are looking for Kenyan beauties in and around the world, this website is perfect for you. 316 The head of the post, Hendrik Hertog, had a reputation for being a successful slave trader.


I have an interesting relationship with Mr Robot. Unlike Game of Thrones or Westworld, where I'm desperate for the next season to start, I almost forget about Mr. Robot when it's not on. But when it does return, I can't get enough. It's a perfect series to binge-watch because each episode ends leaving you wanting more, and the story of Elliot (Rami Malek) and his ongoing war against Evil Corp, not to mention his own demons, is an intricate and complex web that unravels at a hectic and addictive pace.
Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, the third season delivers another stellar run of episodes that build on the groundwork laid in previous years, offering more tense and surprising developments. This is a drama that never rests on its laurels, so just when one think it's going left… it goes right, taking you to places you never saw coming.
The most important part of what makes Mr. Robot such a rewarding and entertaining show is this element of surprise. And it never feels forced or shocking for the sake of it. The writers know what they're doing, where they're going, and every move seems logical—or as logical as can be applied to a story about a man with a dissociative personality disorder.
A quick recap of the end of season 2: Elliot is questioning whether Tyrell (Martin Wallström) is real or not, despite being shot by him; and Darlene (Carly Chaikin) is in deep with the FBI after the Dark Army's attack. Things have escalated pretty fast and the world is a different place now. Loyalties are questioned and even Elliot isn't sure about what he wants anymore. The last scene of the last season found Mobley (Azhar Khan) and Trenton (Sunita Mani) hiding out, and Trenton wanting to undo the hack. Of course things are never that simple, and they were met by Leon (Joey Badass), who works for the Dark Army, so things weren't looking good for them. It wasn't looking good for anyone, really, and that's where we join the world in season 3—uncertain and bleak with the lines between good and evil totally blurred. Even Elliot doesn't know where he fits in anymore.
Some of the criticism levelled at season 2 was that it didn't feel as focused or tight as its first. It's hard to capture the magical feeling of discovering something you unexpectedly fall in love with, and showrunner Sam Esmail knows that. Instead of attempting to recreate former glories, this third season just ups the ante and rewards viewers for their patience. By allowing the show to embrace the ensemble cast — Wallstrom, Chaikin, Portia Doubleday as Angela, and the ever fantastic Christian Slater as "Mr. Robot" himself—we're treated to a drama that never lets up. Bobby Cannavale even gives Rami Malek a run for his money as an enigmatic used car salesman linked to the Dark Army.
We've come a long way with Elliot and it's interesting to see his relationships develop, especially with Angela and Darlene. Both were more secondary characters in early episodes, but they now exert a lot of influence over Elliot and his actions. In particular, Angela is someone who's fighting her own internal battles and looking to figure out what her actions should be, even to the point where she's quite manipulative when it comes to Elliot. Her arc is especially fascinating during season 3, turning her into a key character, particularly through her scenes with Phillip Price (Michael Cristofer).
The same struggles can be seen in Elliot's sister Darlene, who has to fight for her own survival as well as trying to look out for her mentally ill brother. She's constantly torn between working with the Feds because it's the right thing to do, and maintaining a healthy relationship with her sibling, much like Elliot being pulled between himself and his 'Mr. Robot' identity. It's one of the key themes for the show's characters and makes for compelling viewing, as one never quite knows which path they'll choose.
Of course, it's not always about choices. Does Darlene have a choice, or is it really down to FBI agent Dom (Grace Gummer)? We find out soon enough that neither are really in control. The same can be said for Elliot, who continues to tussle with Mr Robot, who keeps taking over because they both have different agendas. But is that something Elliot can control, or is he under the influence of those around him, like Angela and Tyrell? Overall, there's only one person that can be seen to be pulling most of the strings and that's Whiterose (B.D Wong).
Wong is exceptional in this role and brings something special to proceedings. The character develops in a more human way this season and allows us a little more insight into him, but not too much as to completely ruin Whiterose's mystique. We even get the chance to revisit Trenton and Mobley for a strong pay-off to that cliffhanger last season. Sometimes it might seem like the writers have forgotten about certain things… but they're often just biding their time.
Mr. Robot is a hard show to review without spoiling everything, but if you're watching season 3 for the first time then you definitely need to go in unspoiled. It works best when you're blindsided by the cleverness of the narrative, and actually it's one of the smartest shows around today. Beyond all the techie stuff, it's a drama that never dumbs down to appease an audience, but would rather stick to its guns, even when things can get a little complex between Elliot and his internal nemesis switching perspectives all the time.
Luckily, the confusion adds to the tension, as you never quite know what you're watching, and Esmail has proven himself a master of manipulation. In the hands of lesser talent, Mr. Robot could have come off the rails and become a confusing mess that disappeared up its own backside, choosing to be self-indulgent rather than entertaining. Thankfully, Esmail and his writing staff never lose focus and keep audiences engaged and wanting more. It's not a show that makes you wait forever for answers, but drip feeds information rather than have viewers waiting for a finale to explain things. That said, Mr. Robot has always handled its finales very well, and by the time you reach "shutdown –r" you'll be at fever point, desperate to see what happens next.
It's a true game of chess between multiple unpredictable personalities and not everyone makes it out alive. Plus, of course, in true Mr. Robot style, there's yet another cliffhanger post-credits scene… so don't eject that last disc too quickly. If you know anyone that gave up on Mr. Robot last season, tell them it's back on form.
Deleted Scenes. (7:11 Disc 1; 3:58 Disc 2; 3:21 Disc 3) If you're a big fan then you'll be grateful for any additional scenes, but these don't add too much to the overall story. But it's always nice to get a little extra time with the show.
Through_the_Lens_of_Episode 3.4. (3:13) A short but sweet look at an integral episode in the season, including how it was made, how they decided to put the episode together, and the different themes that it explores. This feature is a great example of showing the thought process behind a complex show and leaves you wanting more.
Gag Reel. (6:38) Clearly the cast and crew love working together and it raises a few smiles to see their enjoyment on set and how crazy some of them are. It'll change your perspective on some.
Mr_Robot_S3_A_World_Divided. (7:55) Focused more on the characters, this feature looks into the key aspects of the main cast and the actors that portray them. An intriguing look behind the masks of each person and what the talent sees in them.
The_Visual_Style_of_Mr_Robot. (2:50) Anyone who's seen the series will tell you the cinematography and visual style has been a key part of its success. It's a unique approach to a unique story and this looks into Tod Campbell's thought process behind how to capture Elliot's strange world.
starring: Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Christian Slater, Michael Cristofer, Stephanie Corneliussen, Grace Gummer, B.D Wong & Bobby Cannavale.


The standard (2D200) is used for a very precise x-y-calibration of the scanning mechanism. The standard consists of a 2-dimensional lattice of inverted square pyramids with 300nm pitch etched into a silicon chip.
The silicon chip is glued onto a stainless steel sample holder with 12 mm diameter. This holder can be magnetically or mechanically fixed. The product will be shipped in a Gel-Pak® carrier.
This standard has been developed in close cooperation with the German national authority of standards: PTB (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt). Due to this PTB is able to certify this standard in accordance with international guidelines. Please contact Working Group 5.25 Scanning Probe Metrology at www.ptb.de directly.
The active area is located in the center of the chip and is surrounded by the FindMe structure. The lattice of inverted pyramids make up the active area.


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Affordability Preserved on New York City Apartments
by Gordon Holman | Aug 17, 2018 | LIHC News
Photo: The Paul Robeson Houses in Harlem, which features 81 project-based Sec. 8 units, is among the properties being preserved by LIHC Investment Group.
Source: Affordable Housing Finance
New 40-year agreements prevent 669 Sec. 8 units from converting to market-rate housing.
New York, NY (August 17, 2018)—
More than 650 affordable housing units in New York City have been preserved for decades to come under a deal by LIHC Investment Group and local officials.
Located in neighborhoods where many similar buildings have converted to market-rate homes, the six properties feature 669 units of project-based Sec. 8 housing. The apartments will be preserved through tax abatements under Article XI and new 40-year regulatory agreements with the city.
The agreements were reached through Mayor Bill de Blasio's Housing New York Plan, which outlines commitments to protect affordable housing and has created policies and programs intended to fight displacement. Article XI provides complete or partial exemption from local real estate taxes for up to 40 years.
"This deal will preserve existing affordable housing in neighborhoods where it is under the greatest threat, and we are proud to provide residents with an improved living environment, stable housing, and peace of mind far into the future," said Andrew Gendron, a principal at LIHC Investment Group. "In the near term, we plan to secure Article XIs for nine additional properties under our ownership, bringing the total number of units preserved to more than 1,850."
His firm worked the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and city Housing Development Corp. (HDC). LIHC Investment Group says it plans to make improvements at the properties involved:
La Cabana Houses is located at 391 Lorimer St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and contains 167 project-based Sec. 8 units. All units will be maintained as affordable to tenants whose annual income does not exceed 50% of the area median income (AMI). LIHC and its partners plan to complete more than $7 million in capital improvements over time at the property, ranging from façade repair and roof replacement to upgrading common areas, kitchens, and baths; new flooring, doors, and hardware throughout; LED lighting, and other noncritical repairs.
Lower East Side I & II Apartments are located at 384 East 10th St. and 199 Avenue B in Manhattan. Lower East Side I contains 152 project-based Sec. 8 units, while Lower East Side II contains 91 project-based Sec. 8 units. All units will be maintained as affordable to tenants whose annual income does not exceed 50% of the AMI. Co-owners LIHC and Center Development Corp. will execute approximately $7 million in capital improvements, including the installation of new kitchen countertops and appliances, bathroom fixtures, tile floors, laminate wood flooring, doors, and lighting.
Hudson Piers II is located at 1640 Amsterdam Ave. in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and contains 83 project-based Sec. 8 units. All units will be maintained as affordable to tenants whose annual income does not exceed 80% of the AMI. Additionally, the property is being refinanced through a Department of Housing and Urban Development Sec. 223(f) loan and will secure a 20-year post-rehab Housing Assistance Payment contract to facilitate nearly $2 million in capital improvements, including new kitchens, granite countertops, and bathrooms in all apartments; common area upgrades such as LED lighting; and ensuring ADA compliance. Scott Jaffee's Metropolitan Realty Group is a partner on this project.
The Paul Robeson Houses is located at 1990 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. in Harlem and contains 81 project-based Sec. 8 units. All units will be maintained as affordable to tenants whose annual income does not exceed 80% of the AMI. This property was purchased in June by LIHC Investment Group for $17 million. The Article XI will allow ownership the cash flow to make critical repairs and complete ongoing façade work.
Inwood Houses is located at 10 Post Ave. in Upper Manhattan and contains 95 project-based Sec. 8 units. All units will be maintained as affordable to tenants whose annual income does not exceed 80% of the AMI. In this case, the Article XI will generate the necessary cash flow to complete capital improvements to both apartments and common areas.
With the exception of Paul Robeson Houses, LIHC Investment Group has owned most of the properties for over a decade. On average, the existing restrictions were set to expire in about seven years.
"Preserving the existing affordable housing stock that so many hard-working families depend on is a key pillar of the mayor's Housing New York plan, and a victory for both residents and neighborhoods that benefit from the stability that comes from extended affordability," said Maria Torres-Springer, HPD commissioner. "Now, more than 650 households across the city can rest assured that, despite rising costs, they can afford to remain in their homes for years to come."
HDC president Eric Enderlin added, "These projects exemplify the administration's efforts to combat displacement and ensure the affordability and diversity of our city's neighborhoods."
Related Articles: More Than 650 Affordable Apartments Preserved in High-Cost New York City Neighborhoods; 243 East Village Apartments Preserved Through Affordable Housing Program; City Strikes Deal To Preserve 95 Affordable Inwood Apartments


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They wouldn't be any more profound if I waited until Tuesday to drop them on you, so why wait?
Monday musings They wouldn't be any more profound if I waited until Tuesday to drop them on you, so why wait? Check out this story on ldnews.com: https://www.ldnews.com/story/sports/high-school/blogs/more-than-the-score/2012/03/05/monday-musings/31695431/
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*First, a couple thoughts on the Lebanon Valley women's basketball team's second straight run to the NCAA Sweet 16.
Actually, these are a couple thoughts I've expressed before in print and online, but to me at least they're worth repeating.
If you love basketball, and haven't seen the LVC women play yet, you're only cheating yourself. This is a team in every sense of the word, and one that is immensely entertaining to watch. No "stars," just lots of good, committed players who play hard, play together and would pretty much die on the court for each other.
And if you love basketball and don't love watching LVC, well, you don't love basketball.
*Normally don't take issue with another media outlet's all-star picks since I know what a thankless job it can be to pick an all-star team in any sport. In short, somebody deserving always seems to get overlooked, and not intentionally.
That said, I was kinda stunned when Lebanon Catholic's Stevie Fortna was NOT named the MVP of the District Three Class A playoffs.
The award went to Steel-High's Malia Tate-DeFreitas, who averaged a remarkable 38.6 points per game in the district tourney and erupted for 50 points in the district title game won by Lebanon Catholic in a thriller.
No knock on Tate-DeFreitas, because she is a wondrous talent and a truly special player. But she was a one-player show in the finals, scoring at will while her teammates essentially watched.
Fortna, on the other hand, dropped in a career-high 36 points and made each of her teammates better every second she was on the court in a game that the Beavers supposedly had no chance to win.
Maybe I'm just a lousy homer, but how is that not an MVP-worthy performance?
*And finally, a shout-out to Northern Lebanon wrestler Ryan Daub for qualifying for the PIAA state tournament and to the Palmyra swimming quartet of Katie Schreckengast, Kylie Huffman, Reney Hess and Breanna Purnell for striking gold at the District Three Class AA meet this past weekend.
This is a basketball-crazy area, for sure, and quite frankly I'm glad it is because I love me some hoops.
But few sports are as physically demanding for its competitors as wrestling and swimming are, so it's nice to see those kids get some time in the spotlight, too. Good for them.
*That's all for now, except for a shameless plug/reminder that you can now find me on Twitter. My handle is @phuggsports. Feel free to follow and/or shoot me a tweet on anything and everything related to local sports and I'll be happy to respond.
Until we meet again...
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The Nigerian authorities have announced the start of a controversial plan to scrap fuel subsidies – which is expected to push up petrol prices.
The government has spent more than $8bn (£5.2bn) on the subsidies in the past year and says it will use some of the money to improve infrastructure.
Labour unions have called for "mass protests".
Many Nigerians regard cheap fuel as the only benefit they get from the nation's oil wealth.
The announcement was made in a statement from regulators, which said the changes would begin immediately.
"The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency wishes to inform all stakeholders of the commencement of the formal removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit," it said.
"Consumers are assured of adequate supply of quality products at prices that are competitive and non-exploitative and so there is no need for anyone to engage in panic buying or product hoarding," it read.
Nigeria's two main labour organisations, the Trades Union Congress and the Nigerian Labour Congress, issued a joint statement condemning the move.
"We alert the populace to begin immediate mobilisation towards the D-Day for the commencement of strikes, street demonstrations and mass protests across the country," the statement said.
"We are confident the Nigerian people will triumph," it said.
Petrol prices in Nigeria are currently very low by international standards at $0.40 (£0.26) per litre.
A similar move to end subsidies in neighbouring Ghana last week raised prices by about 15 per cent, oil and gas analyst Dolapo Oni told the AP news agency.
Previous attempts to end the subsidies in Nigeria have prompted industrial action and street protests.
A strike against fuel price rises in Nigeria in 2004 caused most petrol stations to close, leading to transport chaos and a thriving black market in petrol.
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Yesterday, Planned Parenthood's Action Fund held a crusade in Pittsburgh, PA, recruiting and training volunteers to further its mission. "We brought 1,000 people here to train them," said Deirdre Schifeling, the Action Fund's executive director. "These 1,000 people are a key. These folks are going to go back, and they're going to reach tens of thousands of other people" with Planned Parenthood's "mission." This crusade and others like it provide evangelical Christians another opportunity to reflect our own mission to make a mother's womb the safest place in America.
How does the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) implement its mission, for which it is recruiting "tens of thousands of other people?" It does so not only by terminating babies but by creatively recycling and selling organs harvested from the babies' dead bodies. Although the public has always known abortion to be PPFA's rainmaker, only recently—through the release of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP)—did the public become aware of PPFA's practice of reselling infant body parts.
"Public righteousness" is not a phrase Christians talk about very often. But we ought to. If God created the world through Jesus—and he did—then Jesus' Lordship is as wide as creation. And if Jesus' Lordship encompasses the entirety of creation, then it extends beyond our private lives into our public words and actions.
For this reason, local churches should be "formation centers" for public righteousness. There are two main ways that the church serves as a formation center, and three types of fruit that will be borne when it does so.
A long time ago, a pastor of mine mentioned to me the old adage that my development as a person will depend largely upon which friendships I chose to develop and which books I chose to read. He reminded me that the most important friendship was with Christ and the most important book was the Bible, but beyond that I would have to work hard to make sure that I was developing close friendships and reading helpful books. Shortly after that, I enrolled in Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where the President at that time–Paige Patterson–encouraged us to acquire a library of at least 1,500 volumes if we were going to be thoughtful ministers of the gospel in a Western context.
If we were to update Dante's Divine Comedy for the 21st century, we might revise it so that persons in the inner circle of hell would be forced to spend their days reading and interacting with the comment chains of national news outlets, popular websites, famous YouTube videos, and celebrity Twitter accounts. In other words, humanity would be punished by having to interact with internet Trolls.
An internet troll is a person who aims to start arguments and upset or humiliate people by posting accusatory, inflammatory, or off-topic messages in online comment chains or chatrooms. Trolls who have mastered the dark art of trollery will exhibit a number of skills, including: selective outrage; obstinate quibbles over petty details; the refusal to listen to or sympathize with interlocutors, purportedly on principle but mainly to distort or hijack the conversation; and the seizing of any opening to practice these dark arts from the safety of his own basement.


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Cancer survivor dies after contracting Covid from dishonest friend
An 82-year-old woman has died from Covid-19, after being infected by a friend who hid their diagnosis of the virus to attend a social gathering.
A US woman who survived cancer has died of Covid-19 after contracting the illness from an infected friend who hid the diagnosis to play cards at a social gathering.
The woman's grieving family has reported that Barb Bartolovich, 82, of Ohio, who had previously overcome blood cancer, was vaccinated and took all necessary precautions against Covid.
Barb made sure to only socialise with like-minded people amid the pandemic, WXYZ reports.
As reported by the New York Post, she decided to get together with friends to play cards and asked everyone beforehand if they were vaccinated, with everyone saying they were – but the family claims one of them had lied.
"Somebody decided that testing positive for Covid is something they can hide," Ms Bartolovich's granddaughter, Lauren Nash, told WXYZ. "The only way we found out is that the person owned up after Nana got sick."
Ms Bartolovich was hospitalised, placed on a ventilator and died on December 21, according to the report.
"She was just everything to everyone. As everyone says, if you knew Barb, you were loved. She was taken too soon," said Ms Nash, who wants to spread the message about the importance of safety measures.
"It is not worth it. It is not worth knowing you hurt someone, potentially hurt someone, or killed someone because you want to go out and have fun.
"I am just horrified at where we are and what is going on, that we are not taking into account people's lives."
Ms Bartolovich, who lost her husband, Frank "Moose" Bartolovich in 2014, "cherished her role as a wife, mother and grandmother", according to her obituary on WKBN.
"A little firecracker, Barbara was always raring to go for family gatherings, vacations and impromptu outings. She was their support system throughout life and she taught them many lessons," it said.
"Barbara's motto was, 'There is nothing so bad in life that can't be fixed,'" it continued.
"She was considered cool and fun to her grandchildren and they described her as, 'To know her was to love her and to be loved by her was the most special feeling in the world. She made every one of us feel special in her own Nana way.'"
Ms Bartolovich leaves behind her four children and 10 grandchildren.
This article first appeared on OverSixty.


High Sierra Sport Company, a manufacturer of innovative bags and luggage, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ronda Wagner as eCommerece Sales Coordinator.
High Sierra Sport Company, a manufacturer of innovative bags and luggage, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ronda Wagner as eCommerece Sales Coordinator. Ronda will be responsible for maintaining and managing all High Sierra ecommerce accounts and will provide logistics support for salesmen.
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