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Transit riders in Los Angeles can now move seamlessly onto Metro Bike Share, with more mobility options to come. Metro Bike Share is a new app-based bike rental system in downtown Los Angeles, the Port of L.A. and Venice. The program includes about 1,400 bikes positioned at 90 stations.
The bike-share is the first new mobility "program" to be supported by L.A. Metro's revamped Transit Access Pass (TAP) card, now known as TAPforce. The card is an account-based platform that allows riders to move effortlessly from one transit system to another across Los Angeles County.
Officials at Metro have spent the last two years reworking the TAP system to support mobility systems outside of public transit. These could include ride-hailing services like Lyft, e-scooters like Bird or even reserving a parking space. Metro Bike Share, a partnership among L.A. Metro, the city and the Port of Los Angeles, represents the first new non-transit partner to fall under the TAP card umbrella.
"We soft-launched in October with one program, just to kind of test it out and make sure everything was working," explained Robin O'Hara, executive officer at L.A. Metro and director of technical systems for the TAP program. "We're in talks with about eight or nine different programs right now to come on board," she added.
Next year, Metro will release its TAP mobile app, allowing riders to load their account and then pay for rides on buses, trains, bikes and more via their smartphone — all with one app.
"Eventually, trip-planning will be all in one place, so we have lots of plans for the system, going forward," said O'Hara.
Some of those other programs or partnerships Metro wants to bring under the TAP card system could include electric vehicle charging, car-sharing, parking and more.
"We've been in talks with Lyft, and there's a lot of interest in being able to do this," said O'Hara.
The move to easily make multiple forms of transportation available to transit riders has been an aim of numerous transit agencies. A number of cities — Chicago; Columbus, Ohio; Portland, Ore.; and others — are actively involved in projects to introduce multimodal trip-planning and payment all with one app. Trip-planning apps like Moovit or Transit have also recently incorporated ride-hailing into the mix of mobility options offered to users.
Merging private-sector companies within the tech structure of public-sector transit is not without its issues, however.
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Some of the issues revolve around sharing user location and other data, and who gets to control and manage that data. Companies like Uber and Lyft have been busy buying up other app-based transportation companies like bike- and scooter-shares, a transition that moves transportation network companies into "mobility management" platforms, said Adrian Pearmine, national director for smart vehicles and connected vehicles at DKS Associates, speaking during a webinar with Meeting of the Minds last month.


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As a Council Member, Fiji will remain a fierce advocate of climate action, and will speak loudly and clearly for the protection of the human rights of migrants, internally displaced peoples and women and girls, while also pushing for greater protection of sexual and reproductive rights, the prevention of torture, in all forms, and the strength of independent institutions.
He was commenting on widespread criticisms from global human rights groups that assailed the United Nations body's decision as a step back for human rights because of accusations that the Duterte administration was behind extrajudicial killings of drug suspects.
It was "a vote is ridiculous without competition", said Louis Charbonneau, of the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Following the race, Mr Akbaruddin tweeted "Voting in favour of a Happy Outcome". We feel grateful to all the friends in United Nations for their support.
The UN General Assembly has elected India as top human rights body for a period of three years beginning January 1, 2019.
The UN General Assembly in NY approved the new members in a vote on Friday.
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Opinion Calling for Prompt Policies and Measures to be Taken toward the Eradication of Discrimination due to Race and Other Factors
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations ("JFBA") has prepared its "Opinion Calling for Prompt Policies and Measures to be Taken toward the Eradication of Discrimination due to Race and Other Factors" and submitted the Opinion to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the House of Councilors and the representative of each political party on May 13, 2015.
Summary of the Opinion
The JFBA calls on the Japanese government to take urgent measures toward the eradication of discrimination due to race and other factors (race, skin color, lineage, ethnicity, tribe, or nationality) (collectively, "racial discrimination") as stated below, based on the principles of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the "ICERD"):
The JFBA calls upon the Japanese government to conduct a fact-finding survey on the actual situations concerning racial discrimination, such as (i) discriminatory treatment, namely the refusal to allow foreign nationals entry into shops or renting of apartments, etc., due to racial discrimination, or (ii) speech and behavior which instigates or fosters racial hatred or racial discrimination (collectively, "hate speech").
The JFBA calls on the Japanese government to enact a law which will set forth: (i) the principle of a ban on racial discrimination; and (ii) a basic framework in the Japanese government and local governments implementing measures and policies toward the eradication of racial discrimination (the "Basic Act"). Furthermore, this Basic Act should stipulate the contents stated below:
(1) Purpose
The purpose of the Basic Act is to realize the principles of the ICERD, along with Articles 13 and 14 of the Japanese Constitution.
(2) Definition of racial discrimination
The definition of racial discrimination should include various forms of discrimination, not only discrimination based on race, skin color, lineage, ethnic origin, tribe, but also that due to nationality.
(3) Prohibition of undue acts of discrimination, etc., including carrying out hate speech in public
(4) Drawing up basic policies
(5) Details of the policies and measures that the Japanese government and local governments should take
(6) Implementation of education regarding human rights
(7) Establishment of an institution which will make recommendations, etc. with reference to policies toward the eradication of racial discrimination
The JFBA urges the Japanese government to establish a national human rights institution independent from the government in a prompt manner and to take measures which will enable the use of individual complaints procedures, in order to prevent racial discrimination and to provide redress to victims of discrimination.

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Adidas has raised its revenue guidance for 2016.
The German sporting goods firm said it expects currency-neutral sales to grow at a double-digit rate this year, following better-than-expected sales and profit development in 2015.
For the full year, net income from continuing operations advanced 12 percent to 720 million euros, or $799 million, the company said in a pre-release on Thursday, while currency-neutral group sales rose 10 percent to 16.9 billion euros, or $18.4 billion, driven by double-digit sales growth in Western Europe, Greater China and Latin America as well as the Middle East, Africa and Asia region.
Dollar figures are converted from the euro at average exchange rates for the periods to which they refer.
Adidas brand sales grew 12 percent in currency-neutral terms in the period, while Reebok ended the year with a 6 percent sales increase on the heels of its 11th consecutive quarter of growth in Q4.
"We are in great shape," stated Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer. "Accelerated momentum in North America and Western Europe during the fourth quarter as well as continued double-digit growth in most emerging markets including Greater China is strong evidence of the desirability of our brands."
Adidas is slated to announce full results on March 3.


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Defibrillator in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial - DINAMIT
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The goal of the trial was to evaluate the effects of prophylactic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in high-risk patients early after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Mortality in survivors of AMI will be lower in those treated with ICD therapy than patients not treated with ICD therapy.
Patients Enrolled: 674
Mean Follow Up: Mean follow-up 2.5 years
Mean Patient Age: Mean age 62 years
Female: 24
Mean Ejection Fraction: Mean baseline EF 28%
Patient Populations:
Age 18-80 years, recent MI (6-40 days), left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) ≤35%, and evidence of impaired cardiac autonomic modulation (i.e., depressed heart rate variability or increased mean 24-hour heart rate)
CHF with New York Heart Association class IV, coronary artery bypass grafting, or three-vessel PTCA for index MI
Primary Endpoints:
Secondary Endpoints:
Arrhythmic death and quality of life
Drug/Procedures Used:
Patients were randomized to ICD therapy (n=332) versus no ICD therapy (n=342) in addition to best medical treatment in survivors of AMI. Cause of death was adjudicated by a committee blinded to treatment assignment.
Principal Findings:
Randomization occurred an average of 18 days after the MI, and the ICD was implanted an average of 6.3 days after randomization. Medical therapy included beta-blockers (87%), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (95%), antiplatelet agents (92%), and lipid-lowering agents (78%).
Anterior MI was present in 72% of patients, and 48% of patients had chronic heart failure (CHF) associated with the index MI. Acute reperfusion therapy (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, thrombolytic, or both) was performed in 62% of patients.
The primary endpoint of all-cause mortality did not differ between treatment arms (7.5% per year in the ICD arm vs. 6.9% per year in the control arm, hazard ratio [HR] 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.76-1.55, p=0.66). Death due to arrhythmia was lower in the ICD arm (1.5% per year vs. 3.5% per year, HR 0.42, 95% CI 0.22-0.83, p=0.009) while nonarrhythmia deaths were higher in the ICD arm (6.1% per year vs. 3.5% per year, HR 1.75, 95% CI 1.11-2.76, p=0.016).
Among recent post-MI patients, prophylactic implantable defibrillator therapy was not associated with a reduction in the primary endpoint of all-cause mortality compared with optimal medical therapy. As would be expected, the frequency of arrhythmia deaths was lower in the prophylactic ICD therapy arm. However, nonarrhythmia deaths were higher in the ICD arm.
The authors suggested that in patients with recent MI, ICD therapy changes the mode of death from arrhythmia to nonarrhythmia (a survival effect from arrhythmia death). In prior trials, prophylactic ICD therapy has been associated with improved survival in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, but prophylactic use had not previously been evaluated in recent post-MI patients.
Hohnloser SH, et al. Prophylactic Use of an Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator after Acute Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med 2004;351:2481-8.
Presented by Drs. Stewart Connelly and Stefan H. Hohnloser at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, March 2004.
Keywords: Myocardial Infarction, Follow-Up Studies, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Ventricular Fibrillation, Lipids, Heart Rate, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Goals, Tachycardia, Ventricular, Cardiomyopathies, Heart Failure, Stroke Volume, Bradycardia, Confidence Intervals, Coronary Artery Bypass, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Defibrillators, Implantable
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Johansen Carries His Father's Memory in His Disc Golf Bag
Even though Michael Johansen's dad died this summer he still keeps his memory alive during his rounds with a little turtle figurine that once belonged to his father.
Michael said that if you knew his father Robert Johansen, of Denver, N.C., you knew that he loved turtles and that he had amassed quite a collection of all things turtle including art pieces, glass figurines, toys, and other collectibles.
Robert was also the one that first encouraged Michael to start throwing Frisbees as an adolescent and later was a big supporter of his son's disc golf career.
"He was always there for whatever happened. Good, bad, and whatever," said Michael, 36, who also lives in Denver, N.C.
Robert also enjoyed attending the USDGC to root for his son until he became unable to after being diagnosed with cancer in 2013.
After his father died earlier in the summer, at age 69, Johansen wanted a way to keep his father with him during the round. So around June, he picked out one of his dad's more durable turtle figures to keep in his disc golf bag during events.
He said that during a round he'll often place the turtle near the tee and on top of his mini to mark his shot.
"It feels like he's there watching," said Michael.
The figure is made up of two typical hardware nuts and added to it are metal turtle-like appendages. It's a cool little figure.
Robert was the type of guy to get out of his car after spotting an actual turtle on the road and help it safely across, said Michael.
Johansen said his dad started collecting various turtle collectibles, but his collection really got going once friends and family got wind of his interest.
"It just snowballed," said Michael, adding that if you were out of gift ideas for Robert, a safe bet was something involving a turtle.
So what was his dad's fascination with turtles? "I don't know, he always just loved them," said Michael.
During the USDGC's final round on Saturday you may see the little turtle figurine make an appearance. When that happens you'll know Michael is thinking about his father and the love his father had for him.


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WATCH: David French on Hysteria Over Trump's Travel Ban
About NR Staff
In response to President Trump's executive order halting admission of refugees for 120 days and travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, David French wrote a piece that went viral. The piece explains the executive order in detail, dispelling myths and misinformation floating around online. Here, Ericka Andersen interviews French, who explains his piece and addresses some of the concerns Americans have about the EO:
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Biografia
Gordon è nato ad Evanston, nell'Illinois, ed è vissuto a New York, Londra e Seattle. A Seattle, Gordon si è diplomato presso la Lakeside School. In seguito ha frequentato l'Università di Yale studiando architettura. Durante il periodo degli studi, Gordon ha trascorso sei mesi nel Kenya per contribuire a realizzare una scuola e infrastrutture in un piccolo paese di Shimanyiro. L'esperienza vissuta e le difficoltà incontrate sono state le basi per un suo primo progetto documentaristico riguardante il Terzo mondo. Una volta tornato a Yale, Gordon ha imparato a montare i suoi filmati per mezzo del sistema Avid. Ha inoltre frequentato l'Harvard Graduate School of Design. Gordon ha dichiarato che alcune delle sue influenze sono Christopher Guest, Alexander Payne e Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Nel 2005 Gordon è stato produttore e montatore del documentario New York Doll, candidato per un Grand Jury Prize al Sundance Film Festival del 2005. Nello stesso anno ha prodotto e montato il film Nickname: Enigmista per Universal Studios. Gordon ha fatto il suo debutto come regista nel 2007 con il documentario The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. In seguito ha diretto il film Tutti insieme inevitabilmente, interpretato da Vince Vaughn e Reese Witherspoon e uscito nelle sale nel 2008.

Nel 2009 ha sviluppato e diretto una serie di video pubblicati su Internet riguardante la minaccia rappresentata dal crimine informatico per gli internauti, intitolata H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You e sponsorizzata dalla compagnia di antivirus McAfee. Nel 2010 è stato uno dei registi e dei produttori del documentario Freakonomics, adattamento dell'omonimo saggio dell'economista Steven Levitt. Gordon ha inoltre diretto vari video musicali e commerciali, e alcuni episodi di serie televisive come Community, The Office, Modern Family e Parks and Recreation. Nel 2011 Gordon è stato co-ideatore e produttore esecutivo della serie televisiva di breve durata Breaking In. Nello stesso anno ha diretto il film Come ammazzare il capo... e vivere felici.

Filmografia

Regista

Cinema
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
Tutti insieme inevitabilmente (Four Christmases) (2008)
Freakonomics (2010)
Come ammazzare il capo... e vivere felici (Horrible Bosses) (2011)
 Io sono tu (Identity Thief) (2013)
 Baywatch (2017)

Televisione
Parks and Recreation - serie TV, 2 episodi (2009)
Community - serie TV, 1 episodio (2009)
The Office - serie TV, 2 episodi (2009-2010)
Modern Family - serie TV, 1 episodio (2010)
Breaking In - serie TV, 5 episodi (2011-2012)
Sneaky Pete - serie TV, 1 episodio (2015)
The Good Doctor - serie TV, 2 episodi (2017-2018)
For All Mankind - serie TV, 2 episodi (2019)

Montatore
New York Doll, regia di Greg Whiteley (2005)
Nickname: Enigmista (Cry_Wolf), regia di Jeff Wadlow (2005)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, regia di Seth Gordon (2007)

Sceneggiatore
 The Lost City, regia di Aaron e Adam Nee (2022)

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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Q: How React updates Fiber Tree and Work in Progress Tree? When react commit phase completes, Fiber tree(tree-1) will be replaced with work in progress tree (tree-2 'which has latest updates'), then DOM will be updated, So here my question is:
After Fiber Tree is replaced with WIP(work in progress) tree, old Fiber tree will now become new WIP tree right ? So, WIP and new Fiber Tree are different now and so Fiber tree is not up-to-date with latest updates, So will it be updated with nodes in new Fiber tree or it will skip them ?
Or it will totally destroy old Fiber tree and creates new WIP progress tree ? What happens ?

A: Whenever there is an update, Fiber builds a workInProgress tree, which is created from the updated data from the React elements. React performs work on this workInProgress tree and uses this updated tree for the next render. Once this workInProgress tree is rendered on the UI, it becomes the current tree.

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Medical Device Regulation: halfway there?
Halfway through the implementation period of the EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR), important actions are still to be taken by both the EU and other organisations in this field, in particular companies that supply medical devices. The EU has recently published a new rolling plan for the implementing measures, as well as guidance documents.
The new legislation on medical devices was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union in June 2016 and entered into force on 26 May 2017. Together with the MDR, a regulation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (the IVDR) was also adopted. The regulations, which cover products such as contact lenses and pacemakers, have been developed to gradually replace the current three directives in this area.
The purpose of the regulations is to ensure that medical devices are safe and effective for EU citizens and healthcare professionals who rely on the devices. In addition, the legislation is intended to foster innovation and improve the competitiveness of the medical device sector. The update of the rules and the 'upgrade' from directive to regulation will harmonise application of the provisions throughout the EU and presumably eradicate problems of diverging interpretation and the risk of certain incidents, such as what happened with breast implants under the previous legislation. The new legislation will also cover groups of products similar to medical devices but without an intended medical purpose.
The MDR and IVDR, which entered into force at the same time, will apply in parallel with the previous legislation for a period of three (MDR) and five (IVDR) years, respectively. Consequently, for the MDR the regulation is to be applied from 26 May 2020. However, there is an added complication in that different articles of the regulation are to be applied from different times, meaning that some provisions are already applicable while some provisions will be applicable in a few years' time. The IVDR is scheduled to apply from 26 May 2022.
A new implementing measures rolling plan for both the MDR and IVDR has recently been published by the EU. The rolling plan consists of a list covering essential implementing acts and actions, which must be put in place by the European Commission during the transition period. The list, structured as a schedule, indicates the subject, the legal basis (what part of the regulation it corresponds to) and a description of what act is to be implemented or what action is to be taken. Furthermore, an expected timeline for final adoption or completion is provided, together with the current situation and the next step. The European Commission will revise the document every quarter to provide updated information to stakeholders and competent authorities.
The first part of the rolling plan, regarding implementing acts, concerns the reprocessing of single-use medical devices and common specifications for products without a medical purpose. It includes the setting up of expert panels, expert laboratories and EU reference laboratories. The list also covers the designation of issuing entities for the Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, which will allow easier traceability of medical devices, and the EUDAMED database. In addition, the common specifications for in vitro diagnostic Class D, regarding scrutiny of high-risk devices, are stated as an implementing act in the rolling plan.
The second part of the rolling plan, which relates to other actions and initiatives that are important to the application of the MDR and IVDR, covers issues such as notified body designation, an EUDAMED implementation plan, along with functional specifications for the database.
The EUDAMED, European Database on Medical Devices, is being introduced as a database for several electronic systems regarding medical devices. Much of the information will be made publicly available. The systems will include registration of operators, such as manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers and distributors. Device identifier data elements and certificates by notified bodies will be included, along with a system on vigilance, market surveillance and clinical investigations. The database is yet not ready and, according to the rolling plan, EUDAMED is set to be published by 25 March 2020. Work is underway to establish and implement functional specifications.
In addition to the database, other issues need to be taken into account. For example, the classification of products will be divided into 22 instead of 18 classifications, which means that some products will receive a new classification. Meanwhile, notified bodies are to undergo an assessment. So far, several notified bodies have lost their license or part of their license. The outcome of Brexit is also important in this context, as many of the products currently available requiring a conformity assessment procedure by a notified body have been reviewed and verified by notified bodies in the United Kingdom.
Under the new regulations, manufacturers must have at least one person in their organisation responsible for regulatory compliance who has the requisite expertise in the field of medical devices. People with this competence are already in short supply and high demand, so quality assurance and regulatory affairs are expected to be important future areas of business.
In October this year the European Commission also published five new guidance documents on Unique Device Identification (UDI). The UDI system will assign labels to all products to simplify traceability, and facilitate market surveillance and monitoring. This is also expected to facilitate recall and correction, prevent counterfeiting, reduce the risk of misuse, and improve logistics for manufacturers and the healthcare sector.
The new regulations will expand the scope of medical device legislation, while also making it clearer. New products will be included and more requirements have to be met. This will affect manufacturers, importers, distributors and notified bodies. The EUDAMED database will contain a large amount of information and much of it will be made publicly available. The UDI system will simplify traceability from manufacturers to consumers, stricter requirements on the clinical data will be applied and classifications updated. According to the EU, the new rules set the gold standard for medical device regulation globally.
So, are we halfway there? We are in terms of time. But are the EU and other organisations in this field ready for the MDR? There are still several major actions to be taken with regard to the new implementing measures rolling plan. Only time will tell if everything is in place at the end of the transition period.


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There's a strong rumour that Gartner will shut down its consulting division in Asia Pacific and layoff staff. It will probably be announced later this week. This will not include Japan, which is managed autonomously. Staff in Hong Kong and Australia will be hardest hit.
At one time Gartner consulting had more than 50 staff in the region (excluding Japan). As part if the firm's focus on serving firms that have revenue over $1b, Gartner has slowly been winding consulting down (not replacing staff who left) . Now the number of staff directly affected may be about 30.
This will have some negative implications for their reputation in the Asia Pacific and hurt their entire business in the region, not just consulting. However, the negative impact will primarily be in a sector that Gartner is turning away from: the firm hopes to benefit from the increased focus on its target customer segments.
That said, I don't know any other IT company that is actually withdrawing from a part of the world with the fastest growing IT markets and two-thirds of the world's population.
This is a not tactical retreat, caused by low demand for Gartner-style consulting. I don't think so, at least. If you asked Gartner sales management in countries like India they'd tell you that there is huge untapped demand for consulting services. Management's strategic direction is behind this change.
To some, this confirms the ineptitude of Gartner and reflects long history of low investment in Asia Pacific. However, it reflects Gartner's laser focus on serving major clients and established markets. That strategy has worked well to raise the stock price. There's a real cost to that choice: it is at the expense of long term business growth opportunities. However, the up-side for Gartner seems to exceed the down-side.
Gartner's stepping back in the region creates an opportunity for other firms, those that are more able to adapt a different type of business model or approach, to succeed in the region. The key players will be the 30 people Gartner lay off: will they form one or more new firms, work with regional players (IDEAS, Springboard, Strat-etech, XMG…), or convince one of the global firms to be more flexible? Either way, they will also be able to benefit from Gartner's choice.


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Even if this isn't the job that you grew up wanting, you can still enjoy each day of it.
Economists Andrew Oswald, Eugenio Proto, and Daniel Sgroi from the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick recently researched how happiness affects employees and their productivity. The findings, to be published in the Journal of Labor Economics, reveal that happiness made people about 12 percent more productive.
"Companies like Google have invested more in employee support and employee satisfaction has risen as a result. For Google, it rose by 37 percent; they know what they are talking about. Under scientifically controlled conditions, making workers happier really pays off," says Oswald.
"The driving force seems to be that happier workers use the time they have more effectively, increasing the pace at which they can work without sacrificing quality," adds Sgroi.
Don't worry about trying to get a job at Google, though. There are plenty of simple ways you can invest in your own happiness on the job and boost your career at the same time.
If your job requires you to get a start in the morning, you may have fallen victim to the "Groundhog Day Syndrome," stuck in a rut and repeating the same events over and over like Bill Murray's character in the holiday-named movie. You may dread the morning fight to board the subway, the never-ending questions of what to wear for work that day or what to bring for lunch. Skip the daily dread, and instead become a morning person.
Lorena Prime, a productivity expert, says, "The successful habit I adopt before breakfast is to make things really easy for myself! I want the time after I wake until the time I eat breakfast and leave for work as stress-free as possible. This first hour is so important — if you start in a bad mood, it can affect your day. If you start in a good mood, it also affects your day! So I plan the night before: get the coffee pot ready, plan my lunch, set out my clothes, plan if I need to complete something for work just to make it super easy in the morning. This way I can start my day in a pleasant way, even if I'm not quite awake yet."
Sometimes the reason we feel unhappy or trapped in our jobs is because we're overwhelmed with the amount of work or the people who require it from us. But focusing on boosting your productivity will make your job much easier, which may make it more enjoyable for you.
"What I've found helpful is adhering to period of time that I call my power hours," says Nicholas Shum, co-founder of the apparel company Topwick. "I'm most effective in the mornings as opposed to the afternoons. Therefore, I typically schedule all my meetings and phone calls for the afternoon when I'm more mentally lax. This allows me to prioritize my most important tasks during this period of time with zero distractions like emails, Facebook or the news."
Also respect the boundaries you need to be a productive worker. Shum says, "It's incredibly important that an employee learns to say no to tasks and activities that are unrelated to your main objectives and priorities. Co-workers will often ask for favors or bosses will pile on work without knowing what's on your plate. Also prioritize your projects and tasks for the week and evaluate at the end of every week. If you've made headway on the most important projects, you've done good work. It's important to recognize that business does not always equate to effectiveness. Effectiveness is placing your efforts in the right place."
Thriving in your job, feeling capable of performing your responsibilities and losing many of the sources of daily stress in your life can make a huge difference in your work day. Yes, the main reason you're probably at work is to earn a paycheck. But changing small areas of your life can also give you the perspective you need to see that you're also producing important work and are able to handle your day, and even enjoy it.


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Age of Malaysia's population will create demand for housing
Malaysia has tremendous potentials, one being the age of its population which will create great forward demand for housing and others, said real estate consultancy firm Orkney Holdings Sdn Bhd. However, due to the technological changes in Malaysia, the assets that were being built would need to be rethought. The nation's real estate outlook is patchy as there are certain parts of the country that are going to do well. The key thing is for the local developers to grab the opportunities from the high-speed rail and the East-West Link created by the initiative. (Astro Awani)
OBOR set to transform Malaysia's real estate market over long term
China's One Belt One Road (Obor) initiative is expected to have a transformative effect on Malaysian real estate over the long term. There will be opportunities for property development and services at nodes as well as industrial and logistics opportunities at international hubs, as well as Chinese and regional demand for Malaysian-based services over the long term. However, new skill sets will be needed to take advantage of these opportunities. These include specialised operational skills, service management capability and an asset management mindset. (The Sun Daily)
PR1MA's real estate value on Malay reserve land surges 10 times
The real estate value of the PR1MA projects built on the Malay reserve land has risen more than 10 times from RM1.2bil to RM13bil over the years, said PR1MA Corp CEO Datuk Abdul Mutalib Alias. He said the surge in the real estate value on its completion involved 61 PR1MA projects comprising 53,062 housing units nationwide. "This will not only increase its value but also create and stimulate economic activities, hence contributing towards empowering the Bumiputra agenda," he said. (The Star Online)
KAPB launches real estate private equity firm
Hartanah AP Rakyat Bhd (HAPRB), a newly established real estate private equity firm led by Koperasi Amanah Pelaburan Bhd (KAPB) chairman Datuk Ilyas Mohamed and a team of real estate experts, was launched on Wednesday. The firm aims to grow its current global investment market in the best interest of its members and the local targeted community as a whole. The venture is expected to meet the gaps that exist between financial institutions and individuals, as property owners may face difficulties liquidating their assets on hand, while developers appear to face challenges in selling their projects. HAPRB stated that it is backed by "solid and substantial funds" which allow purchasing of properties with readily accessible cash. (The Star Online)
Sunway acquires land in Wangsa Maju for RM51mil
Sunway Bhd is jointly acquiring a 4.34-acre (1.76ha) piece of freehold land in Wangsa Maju for RM51.07 million to undertake a mixed development project. The acquistion was made by Sunglobal Resources Sdn Bhd, in which Sunway owns a 55% stake with the other 45% held by Huatland Development Sdn Bhd. The development, comprising two blocks of serviced apartments with some lifestyle units on the podium, is expected to be completed over a five-year period, and will have a GDV of RM500 million. (The Edge Markets)
Yayasan Pahang, OCR team up for mixed development project in Mukim Penor
Groundbreaking works for more than a thousand affordable houses will begin in three weeks' time in the first phase of the Priya Scheme Development at Mukim Penor, Kuantan. The project will comprise 979 units of terrace houses, 130 units of semi-detached houses, and 41 shoplots, all priced below RM180,000. The mixed development project of commercial development and affordable housing scheme, expected to be completed in two years' time, is a 50:50 joint-venture agreement between Yayasan Pahang and O&C Properties (Kuantan) Sdn Bhd (OCPK), a subsidiary of O&C Resources Berhad (OCR). The estimated RM166mil project is located within 40ha of land in Mukim Penor, about 20km away from Kuantan town centre. (The Star Online)
Seacera subsidiary bags RM250mil PR1MA deal in Rembau
Seacera Group Bhd's 80%-owned subsidiary Spaz Sdn Bhd has won a RM250 million contract to build PR1MA homes in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan. The contract involves the construction of 1,572 single- and double-storey terrace homes as well as basic amenities. The completion period is 30 months, and is expected to contribute positively to the company's FY18 earnings. (The Edge Markets)
Ministry: RM333mil allocated for housing for the poor this year
A total of RM333.1 million was allocated for the implementation of the Hardcore Poor Housing Programme (PPRT) nationwide this year, according to the rural and regional development ministry. The ministry said 12,898 houses were involved, comprising 1,674 new units built, and 11,224 renovated units. (Malay Mail Online)
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Langkawi airport expansion project to be completed by Aug 2018
The RM89 million Langkawi International Airport (LIA) expansion project will begin this September and is expected to be completed by August next year. The project, which has two phases, will be carried out in 10 months by Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd (MAHB). The first phase involving the expansion of the parking area will begin next month while the second phase will begin by Oct 15. At the moment Langkawi has two international flights connecting the island with Singapore and Guangzhou in China. (NST Online)
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How do you think you would react if you received a mobile phone bill for £23,000? Shocked?
Some customers who have had their phones stolen have faced mobile phone bills for thousands of pounds, but that is now being capped.
Mobile phone customers will now be saved from these high bills as UK operators agree to introduce a £100 cap on their bills if their phones are stolen and used.
O2, EE, Three, Vodafone and Virgin Media have all agreed to the new cap.
It's estimated that between April 2014 and February 2015 customers have lost as much as £140,000 when their phones have been stolen and used.
Three led the way with the introduction of the new cap in January 2015, with the other UK operators to follow suit. Three has always prided itself on leading the way for change and ever improving the experience for mobile phone users in the UK.
The cap will be activated as soon as the phone is reported stolen within 24 hours of going missing.


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Anyone who is genuinely interested in the production and mechanisms of ideology must be concerned with the question of the production of subjects and the unconscious categories that enable definite forms of subjectivity to arise. It is clear that the discourses of the New Right have been engaged precisely in this work of the production of new subject positions and the transformation of subjectivities. Of course, there might be an essential Thatcherite subject hiding or concealed in each of us, struggling to get out. But it seems more probable that Thatcherism has been able to constitute new subject positions from which its discourses about the world make sense.
Well, these days I'm not so sure.
I've been wondering about this for about four years now: how is it that when former liberals pledge allegiance to George Bush (because, you know, everything changed on 9/11), they not only jettison many of their former beliefs, but they take on every single last one of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Wingnut Faith?
I can understand, to some teeny tiny extent, the way many of these former liberals reacted to the far left's knee-jerk response to 9/11. I thought the far left's knee-jerk response to 9/11 was a knee-jerk response myself, and though it was well informed about American imperialism, it didn't do very much to explain (a) the rise of militant Islamism, the origins of which had very little to do with American anything, or (b) the fact that none of the more immediate victims of American imperialism (from, say, Vietnam, Chile, Nicaragua, Guatemala, East Timor, Palestine, or the Cherokee Nation) were involved in the attacks of that day. But my differences with the far left on that score did not lead me to abandon the American left that fought for the minimum wage, the eight-hour day, the weekend, Social Security, the Civil Rights Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Clean Air and Water Acts, unemployment insurance, reproductive rights, gay rights, and universal, single-payer health care. By contrast, when the Charles Johnsons, James Lilekses, Tammy Bruces, and Roger Simons of the blogosphere parted ways with liberalism, they not only pledged allegiance to Bush; they also adopted all manner of traditional wingnut obsessions that predate 9/11 by decades.
It's really quite eerie when you think about it, and I don't believe it can be explained simply by hatred of Muslims or fear of another attack. Because these people don't just go on about the War on Terror and the firmness of Dear Leader; they also go on about Jane Fonda (!) and Dan Rather (!!) and the New York Times and the whole MSM and the United Nations (!!!) and Jimmy Carter and the Clenis® (!!!!!) and Teddy Kennedy and the French. It's just bizarre. (Roger on the subject of the U.N. is especially unhinged.) It's like, "Everything changed for me on September 11. I used to consider myself a Democrat, but thanks to 9/11, I'm outraged by Chappaquiddick." Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised to hear any of them go off one day about our giveaway of the Panama Canal or the insidious plot to fluoridate our drinking water. It's as if the moment they threw in their lot with Bush, they were e-mailed a Wingnut Software Package that allowed them to download every major wingnut meme propagated over the past thirty years.
So maybe Stuart Hall was wrong; maybe some people do harbor in their bosoms an essential wingnut subject hiding or concealed and struggling to get out. Perhaps, for some former liberals, their wholesale adoption of wingnuttery bespeaks the fervor of the convert, like unto the newly-minted Catholic or vegan who casts off his old beliefs with all the energy at his disposal, and whose zeal is a partial atonement (so he thinks) for his years in the wilderness. Or perhaps it's part of the miracle of the Internets, where new discourses and new subject positions really do come bundled with software packages for downloading new wingnut identities. But in the interest of fostering a spirit of ecumenical inquiry and intellectual diversity, this humble and oft-perplexed blog will entertain alternate theories that try to account for the production of wingnuts.
Except for Intelligent Design. That's right out.


For a couple years I worked under an incredible administrator. She didn't increase my classroom budget or give me more time for data collection; there weren't any clever or monetary incentives to get me to do a better job. She didn't make sure I had the best materials in the building or even extra time for planning. There was nothing extrinsic that I was given by her to be more or do more. The only thing I can truly pinpoint is that she made me feel appreciated.
She once said that she knew that I "have the hardest job in the building." She even told me on more than one occasion that I was appreciated. She never dismissed me. She never forgot me. She thoughtfully considered my ideas. She left me feeling like she believed in me.
The most significant moment came when I realized I was willing to do anything for her. I had never, ever, felt that way about a principal. This time around, I volunteered for things that I didn't like. I worked harder; I participated more. I could've cared less about 'jeans passes' or raffles, I just wanted to be of service.
When she left the campus, it took some adjustment to go back to the old ways of relating. As special education teachers, we are outliers in public education. My emails went unanswered again. My thoughts spoken aloud were dismissed. Like the old days before that "appreciating" principal, I felt… "politely ignored." This time was a little different, though, because I had lost something I hadn't experienced before.
What is so eye-opening to me is that she did so little to make me want to do so much. It wasn't the things she gave me, it was the way she saw me. Through her eyes, I was worthwhile. This Teacher Appreciation Week, I challenge every principal to become more like her. Your teachers deserve it.
Ginny Matthew is an intermediate life skills teacher in Gilmer ISD and a member of Texas Aspires' Educator Board.


Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (February 22, 1804 in Helmstedt – December 1, 1872 in Marburg), was a German theologian and historian, and the son of the theologian Heinrich Henke (1752–1809). He was the father of anatomist Wilhelm von Henke (1834–1896).
Ernst Henke (* 22. Februar 1804 in Helmstedt; † 1. Dezember 1872 in Marburg) war ein deutscher Hochschullehrer für Evangelische Theologie.
Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke (February 22, 1804 in Helmstedt – December 1, 1872 in Marburg), was a German theologian and historian, and the son of the theologian Heinrich Henke (1752–1809). He was the father of anatomist Wilhelm von Henke (1834–1896). From 1820, he studied at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig, then continued his education at the Universities of Göttingen and Jena, where he was influenced by Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843) and Ludwig Baumgarten-Crusius (1788–1843). In 1826 he received his doctorate of philosophy, later returning to Braunschweig, where he taught classes at the Collegium Carolinum. In 1833 he was appointed an associate professor of church history and exegesis at Jena, followed by a full professorship at the University of Marburg (1839).


As we leave 2018 behind and welcome a new year, blog posts predicting what will take place in 2019 are beginning to spring up, and I'm working on my own post of the Astrology of 2019. However, while we can witness the unfolding of planetary cycles and see correspondences between these cycles and current events, it is mainly in the rear view mirror that it all makes sense. Very rarely are we able to make accurate predictions of what is to come.
In our personal lives we long to know the outcome of our personal situations. As one client brilliantly wrote me in frustration that astrology could not provide a clear map for him, "It is difficult for me, who feels blind about many things in life, to see a possible path to the answers, and that I feel on the edge of great personal discoveries, without the ability to really obtain them." I have certainly experienced those same feelings, and for many years I studied every aspect of my life through an astrological lens, hoping to find a clue to the future.
It's not possible to know the future because we are on a journey of self-discovery. Religious people have a hard and fast belief system that tells them what their future holds, and for many that blind faith offers comfort. I am a person that needs to experience things to believe them, and what I CAN tell you is that after over 30 years as a student and practitioner of astrology I have learned to really trust the planets. The painful changes that we are forced to make under a Pluto transit can be seen through the eyes of hindsight as having been extremely beneficial. The hardships of a Saturn/Sun conjunction are later seen as having developed great resilience. If we pay close attention, we begin to see a pattern that each experience unfolds with purpose and leads to a future that we are more ready to face and embrace with trust.
This trust of the planets is echoed in a letter I received from a client some years ago which I made the centerpiece of a blog post. The planets are only a reflection of the greater Wisdom of the Universe that supports and facilitates all life and all experiences.
For me, the observation of the planets on behavior, which after all is what astrology really is, has given me a closely personal experience of that Wisdom and a trust that the unseen celestial allies and teachers are guiding me through what sometimes seems to be a blind morass of decisions over which I have no control. These teachers instruct from within – they are that voice that says "Follow your heart. Do not be afraid." The voice that we so often disregard and later realize was the correct one. Whether you think of this voice as being from a god or from your spirit guides, or your guardian angel or your spirit allies – it is the voice of your higher self that is always with you, providing assistance along the path.
So when we feel that we are on a path that is twisting out of control, and feel blind and powerless to control the outcome, seek out that inner voice and see what it has to tell you. We are here to succeed on this journey and while we may make mistakes along the way, it's the journey itself that provides the answers.


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US deports 37 Cambodian refugees after...
Thu, Jul 4 2019
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has in the past criticized the United States over the deportations and...
Saudi Arabia to deport another 250 Rohingyas...
This is the second time Myanmar's persecuted minority is being deported from the country
Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India...
This month it deported a Rohingya family of five to Buddhist-majority Myanmar, the second expulsion in...
Over 600 Bangladeshi workers deported...
'Some of the returnees claimed they had been deported despite having work permits and necessary legal...
India deports seven Rohingyas to Myanmar...
The men, who had been in detention for immigration offences since 2012, were handed over to Myanmar authorities...
Is another wave of asylum seekers...
India cannot turn its back on its Muslim population
Crisis in the northeast
Is mass deportation on the horizon?
German police raid migrant shelter after...
Germany is still grappling with the integration of its migrants, many of whom fled war or conflict in...
Germany deported 31 undocumented Bangladeshis...
Tue, Apr 17 2018
In efforts to crack down on illegal immigration, stakeholders at an EU meeting in Brussels on June 23...
Indian SC inquires about living condition...
A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra passed the order on Monday,...
Will 5 million deportations solve the...
Sun, Apr 8 2018
India should focus on exploring its economic potential with a humane approach
Bangladeshi chemistry professor reunited...
The ruling does not change Syed's immigration status and his attorney Rekha Sharma Crawford admitted...
Bangladeshi woman facing deportation...
Rojina's family came to the US in 2004; her husband was deported on Monday
Bangladeshi chemistry professor detained...
At the time of his detention, Ahmed was on a temporary work permit and teaching chemistry as an adjunct...
Citizens list targeting 'illegal Bangladeshis'...
Fri, Dec 29 2017
India has mobilized around 60,000 police and paramilitary troops in Assam anticipating unrest following...
Nations refusing to take back citizens...
Tue, Nov 21 2017
The list of 15,237 foreign nationals currently under orders to leave Canada is topped by Chinese (2,066),...
Bangladeshi father in fear of deportation...
Riaz Talukder, a 49 year old Bangladeshi immigrant came to US at the age of 13.
Where has the deported militant...
An official of the Police Headquarters confirmed that Rabbani was deported earlier this year.
RSS: Rohingya are being deported because...
'The nation already has been facing the problem of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and now Rohingyas who...
UK deports 2 Bangladeshis, detains 3...
Wed, Jun 21 2017
Two were found to have entered UK illegally.
Petition to keep Bangladeshi youth in...
Fri, Apr 14 2017
Abdul has not seen any of his family in Bangladesh since he was a small child


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Carlos Beltrán: The Cheating Was Working! Did You Truly Expect Us To Just Stop?
4:48 PM EDT on April 3, 2022
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Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros tosses his bat as he was walked in 2017.
By Kelsey McKinney
To me, the most embarrassing part of the 2017 Astros cheating scandal is how bad they were at hiding it. I'm not naive enough to think that teams worth millions of dollars are all beacons of moral purity, but I do think that if you are going to cheat, you should absolutely not get caught. Banging on a trashcan to communicate what pitches are coming in real-time during home games is...not subtle? How embarrassing, I thought, to cheat and get caught! But somehow this whole scandal has become even more of an embarrassment a full four years later.
Carlos Beltrán, former Astros designated hitter and the only player named in the MLB investigation into the cheating scandal, has a new job as an on-air analyst for the YES Network. He is set to appear on a (pre-recorded) segment of CenterStage with Michael Kay where he spoke for the the first time since the MLB investigation concluded.
The Athletic obtained a transcript of the program, which airs Monday, and...well.. let's just look at a quote from Beltrán:
"A lot of people always ask me why you didn't stop it," Beltrán said. "And my answer is, I didn't stop it the same way no one stopped it. This is working for us. Why you gonna stop something that is working for you? So, if the organization would've said something to us, we would've stopped it for sure."
I, too, would like to make a statement: Yes, it is true that I set up a camera behind the teacher's desk to point at the test key so that I could copy the answers, and had my friend Tim loudly and obnoxiously cough signals to the multiple choice answers, but the teacher never said EXPLICITLY that I couldn't! She never came directly to me and said that I couldn't do this. So then why would I stop doing it? It was working! I got 100s on every test and ruined the curve for everyone. If she would've just said something to me, I would've for sure stopped.
What a terrible excuse. This man has had four years to formulate a response to this scandal and this is the best he could come up with?
First off: No shit it's working! Cheating works!
Second off: I understand the impulse to push responsibility onto management. I also think that the coaches of this team should have put a stop to this immediately. But not only was Beltrán a full-grown adult in 2017, he was a veteran player and clubhouse leader. The team nicknamed him "The Godfather." And while I have only seen that movie once, and I fell asleep during parts of it, my understanding is Godfather is a position of responsibility and one that requires some ownership of one's behavior, which Beltrán has still yet to do.
Beltrán has been lying since the beginning of the investigation. He lied to The New York Post, saying that he was not aware of the camera in center field that was being used to steal signs. In that same interview, he expanded his lie to say that, in fact, the team, "took a lot of pride studying pitchers [on] the computer [...] That is the only technology that I use and understand."
Beltrán is still using this same argument that he didn't really do anything wrong after the team was investigated and found to have broken the rules by MLB. He's still dodging around the truth in this interview. He explains that he, "didn't feel we were really crossing a line." He says that the Astros, "felt in our hearts that we were being more efficient and smarter than any team out there."
No you didn't! You absolutely did not! You believed that you were being more efficient and smarter by, let me say it again, hitting a TRASHCAN WITH A BAT? That is the stupidest and least efficient way to cheat I can think of! What's crystal clear is how bad of a scheme this was to begin with:
"We felt that when teams are coming to our ballpark (Minute Maid Park), we felt that some teams have something going on," Beltrán said. "So we felt that we needed to create our own (system), you know, and that's what happened."
Beltrán still believes that this whole scandal wasn't fair, that they weren't doing anything wrong. The reason he can't seem to apologize earnestly for his role in the scandal is because he clearly doesn't believe he needs to. So far, that's worked out fine for him. None of the 2017 Astros players received a suspension from MLB. Guess they'll have to figure out on their own what they did wrong.
Kelsey McKinney@mckinneykelsey
Carlos Beltrán,


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South Africans still among top 10 on Australia's migration list
Despite the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged border closures between countries, some people still swapped South Africa for Australia in 2020.
South Africans have always favoured Australia as a destination they would consider emigrating to. Australia is reported to be home to the second-largest number of South African expats after the UK.
The similarity in culture, climate and way of life are all factors that attract South Africans to the Land Down Under. There are large South African communities living in the cities of Sydney and Perth, as well as in outlying areas in the vast country.
With large South African communities present in Australia, Afrikaans can often be heard on the streets or in places where South Africans now live. It is recognised as one of Australia's community languages.
AUSTRALIA'S MIGRATION DATA FOR 2019/2020
On 30 November, Australia's Department of Home Affairs published its annual report showing the country's migration data for 2019/2020. The report shows the number of migrants that arrived in Australia over the year and the various source countries they originated from.
The report shows a decline in the number of South Africans arriving in Australia over the last year. Travel bans and border closures are logical explanations. There are, however, other reasons for the decline.
REDUCTION IN MIGRATION APPLICATIONS
Figures released in the report show the number of applications lodged with the Australian Department of Home Affairs have dropped for the year ended 2020.
There were 198,710 lodged migration applications in the 2018/2019 year. By comparison, there were 174,170 applications for 2019/2020. This represents a drop of 12.3%.
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON MIGRATION
The coronavirus pandemic has led to travel bans and border closures in many countries across the globe. South Africa closed its borders from late March to 1 October, resulting in the suspension of scheduled international flights and the inability to travel to other countries.
On 20 March, Australia closed its borders and implemented a strict travel ban which is still in place. Australia only allows citizens and legal residents to return to the country, with quotas for the number of people allowed to return each week.
OTHER FACTORS LEADING TO MIGRATION DECREASE
South Africans are still relocating Down Under, but numbers have dropped, not least because of the pandemic. Image: Adobe Stock
Migrants to Australia are required to submit documentation for English language testing, health testing, biometrics and character checks with their applications.
Lockdowns have resulted in applicants being unable to obtain the documentation required to lodge completed migration applications. This has resulted in lengthy delays for several migrants from many countries.
The decrease in the number of South Africans emigrating to Australia is partly due to the travel ban implemented to mitigate COVID-19 but also due to stricter migration requirements for Australia, coupled with the rising costs to lodge applications, and to obtain all the obligatory supporting documentation.
The number of South Africans migrating to Australia in the year 2010/2011 stood at 8612. South Africans ranked fifth in Australia's table of migration source countries that year.
AUSTRALIA'S TOP MIGRATION SOURCE COUNTRIES
Australia is a nation of immigrants, with large numbers originating from India, China and the UK. These nationalities remain at the top of the list for 2019/2020.
South Africa comes in the top 10, taking ninth place with 3,743 applicants.
Australia's top 10 migration source countries for 2019/2020 are:
India: 25,698 places
China: 18,587 places
UK: 10,681 places
Philippines: 8,965 places
Vietnam: 5,398 places
Nepal: 5,048 places
New Zealand: 4,997 places
Pakistan: 4,136 places
South Africa: 3,743 places
The US: 3,301 places
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The Voice Live Eliminations Recap: Who Made The Top 10?
Tonight on NBC's Season 5 of The Voice, we find out the results of America's votes. Who got eliminated and who made the Top 10?
Well, at the very beginning of the show, Host Carson Daly reveals a new twist called Instant Save. As soon as the Top 10 contestants are revealed, the three singers with lowest number of votes will have one last chance to be saved by America through the utilization of Twitter through #voicesave.
Before revealing which contestants have been saved, Sarah Bareilles sings her hit single "Brave" with Caroline, Tessanne, Jacquie and Kat!
After the performance, Host Carson Daly reveals the First two artists who are safe: Team Cee Lo's Caroline Pennell and Team Christina's Matthew Schuler!!
Soon after Cee Lo performs with his team, Carson reveals the next two artists who made it to next week's show. The two artists include Team Blake's Austin Jenckes and Team Adam's Tessanne Chin!
After another live performance by all boys on Season 5 of the Voice, Carson continues to announce more results. He reveals that America has saved Team Christina's Jacquie Lee, Team Blake's Cole Vosbury, and Team Adam's Will Champlin!!
Following a performance by Team Adam, Carson announces the next couple contestants who have been saved by America, which include Ray Boudreux from Team Blake and James Wolpert from Team Adam.
Thus, the bottom three consists of Kat Robichaud, Josh Logan, and Jonny Gray. One of the contestants can be saved via twitter through the Instant Save. Twitter users have 5 minutes to vote for the contestant they want to save by typing #thevoice followed by the first name of the contestant they want to save!
After a commercial break, Carson announces that Jonny Gray is the first to be eliminated. Ultimately, he reveals that Team Cee Lo's Kat Robichaud has been saved via the Instant Save!
We were rooting for Josh, but there's no denying Kat gave a great performance last night!
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Daily News Roundup: Another thought on college dual meets
Last April's Oregon vs Arkansas dual was an awesome meet. (Photo by TrackTownPhoto.)
Not everyone is a fan of collegiate dual meets, but I am. Duals were commonplace up through the 1970s and then began a long, slow decline in the 80s, and I don't think its any coincidence that the same could be said about the popularity of college track in general. They can be held in a concise time frame, there is a common thread throughout each event, and winning matters at least as much as the stopwatch. College track needs more of all of these things.
There are lots of theories as to why the dual meet basically disappeared. One is the scholarship limitations put into place in the late 70s and further reduced in the early 90s–Vin Lananna pointed to that one a lot–but that's a straw man argument to me. A team having more than a dozen or so scholarships was a rarity back in the 60s, and most teams still have plenty of athletes on their rosters these days.
Is it possible that one issue is a change in how we consume sports media? I don't mean that sports media changed college track–sports media has generally ignored it, even in its heyday–but that sports media changed college sports, and in turn it changed college track.
Fifty years ago, nearly all media was local. Local newspapers, local radio, and even the new medium of television was mostly local. Sports teams were generally judged on how they fared against local and regional rivals. Woody Hayes' annual goals were 1) beat Michigan, 2) win the Big Ten, and 3) win the Rose Bowl. National rankings weren't even on the radar. In college track, beating local and regional rivals were the main goals for most teams. That happened in dual meets.
But media became more and more national in scope, with the turning point coming in the cable TV explosion of the 1980s. It seems to me that how teams ranked nationally became a bigger and bigger part of how teams were evaluated, because sports media became more national and less local. Getting your sports news from SportsCenter instead of your local newspaper changes how you look at things. Gearing a team towards national-level competition was how everyone began to think, not just track coaches. (Just look at how college football's postseason has evolved over the years.) But only in track did that mean a fundamental change in how the sport was contested.
Runner's World's Morning Report has all of yesterday's news: Rupp's new mile plan, Farah learns marathon training isn't easy, Alysia Montano is pregnant, and more.
Ken Goe's daily Oregon track & field rundown has the morning's news, including info Oregon Project's use of TUEs.
College team rankings were released today. Arkansas (men) and Oregon (women) lead the USTFCCCA's national championship simulation, and Arkansas (men) and Texas A&M (women) lead the Track and Field News dual meet rankings.
From yesterday: are you planning to watch the Winter Olympics but really wish it was track? Martin Bingisser has you covered. He has a complete compilation of former (men's) track stars competing in Olympic bobsled.
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Former Mammoth Track Club coach Terence Mahon is now leading a training group for the Boston Athletic Association (organizers of the Boston Marathon) and the club's athletes are expected to be announced very soon. The BAA was once a competitive club but that was a very long time ago. For such a great running town, Boston hasn't had top-level runners training locally since the Greater Boston Track Club included guys like Bill Rodgers and Alberto Salazar.
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My hastily written weekend college track recap (posted yesterday) failed to pick an NAIA athlete of the week. It was clearly British Columbia's Luc Bruchet, with his 3:57.71 mile at the UW Invitational–the fastest college mile of the year, regardless of division. Now the Canadian will be off to Boston to run against the world's best.
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I agree that the dual/tri meets can often be exciting, particularly when you have evenly matched teams so that the points matter. I applaud Oregon and Arkansas for creating that dual recently in outdoors, and I love how the Ivy League still keeps some of their legendary dual/tri meets on their schedules (although some have been dropped in the last 10 years, like the Cornell-Harvard-Brown tri-meet). But why would you have a dual or tri-meet if it is just going to be a blow-out? That's not interesting or exciting to the fans.
Just to play devil's advocate…should we decide not to keep score in blowout football or basketball games? Those aren't interesting or exciting to the fans, either.
They should only score the ones needed for conference play, not the "rust-busters" that so many schools use to try to keep a good record or give money to the small schools.
Longtime D1 Coach
I agree 100% – We need to get back to Dual Meets without a doubt! I wish the NCAA and Conference Offices would require a certain % of meets be duals. This would help the sport get back to what it is about. More fans and people would actually understand our sport better. When I was a kid – 70's/80's – Their was much more support and interest in track and field. I think a lot of it is caused by individual coaches (event groups) wanting to try and take care of only their events and shooting for NCAA 1st round qualifying marks, instead of competing in track and field competitions against opponents – not Standards to hit. If they only knew that the nature of the dual meet usually brings out the best in their athletes performance wise – they would see that there is no need to chase marks. Also having meets only last 3-4 hours tops versus the All day and multiple day affairs we mostly have now is SO much better for the athletes performances. Having athletes do these long drawn out meets all season wears on them as well… They burn out earlier I believe. I miss the 2.5 hour long comps against your rivals – getting all the team geeked up and having only 1 heat and 1 flight of a small group of competitors brings out the best performances usually! Just don't get why most coaches can't see this??? Common Sense….
Money is an issue with dual meets. The cost of a dual meet is nearly the same as a meet with eight team. A dual meet brings in one team's entry fee while the eight team meet brings in seven entry fees. All too often it is simply a budget decision. As a DIII coach I can tell you the athletes love dual meets but they kill our budget with hiring of officials.


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Da Terra, London
The earth moves for discerning diners at Typing Room successor, Da Terra, whose rapid Michelin star accolade is much deserved...
Alicja Jakeway • 23 January, 2020
East London has long been one of the capital's most exciting go-to restaurant destinations for visitors and locals alike; and it continues to be the case. Back in October 2019, Bethnal Green saw its newcomer, Da Terra, receive its first Michelin star. Just eight months after opening. The klaxons were out for chef-restaurateurs Paulo Airaudo and Rafael Cagali.
Rafael Cagali and Paulo Airaudo.
Airaudo, born in Argentina, has worked in prestigious kitchens all over the world. Chasing the stars at Arzak in Spain, The Fat Duck in England and Magnolia in Italy; he opened La Bottega in Geneva which received its very own star in just four months. Soon afterwards, he opened Amelia in his family's much-loved San Sebastián.
Cagali was born in Brazil and, not quite knowing what to do with himself as a young(er) man, moved to London to work in various Italian restaurants; including Daphne's in Chelsea. After gaining knowledge and experience, he relocated again, this time to Verona to live with his grandfather.
Here he would join the team at Grand Hotel Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda, before jetting off to Spain to work under Quique Dacosta in his three Michelin-starred restaurant. Eventually, The Fat Duck came calling, and another new adventure and culinary schooling begun. Which is where he would meet Paulo, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Da Terra is housed in the splendid Town Hall Hotel, the successor of Lee Westcott's much-loved Typing Room. With big shoes to fill, the team behind Da Terra have made a substantial impact with Latin American inspiration fused with the Mediterranean tasting menus.
The eight or eleven course offer showcases the best from Airaudo and Cagali's culinary accomplishments inspired by their Latin American roots and Italian heritage.
The delicious little chicken feet and cod croquettes were created by an incredibly skilled hand; the presentation was faultless.
So, is the food any good? You bet your sweet Cachaça it is.
The five course Friday and Saturday only lunch menu has been available for just a couple of months, Alvin tells us as we are seated. It's a sunny winter's midday, and the small but beautiful space is aglow with sunshine on calming grey walls with hints of contemporary colourful art and greenery. There are only eleven tables, and the restaurant vibe is intimate, cosy and modern.
No menus arrive, this is intentional. We're asked about allergies and intolerances, but we're going in blind. Chef Jing Wang leaves the pristine and modern open kitchen to bring us our appetisers. Because we don't want to spoil their blind tasting menu ethos, let's just say that the little chicken feet and cod croquettes were created by an incredibly skilled hand; the presentation was faultless. Exciting new flavours hit as we slowly bite into crispiness. Thrilling and mysterious, we loved that we had no way of knowing what was coming next.
The five courses are extraordinarily exciting. Each one arrived with a short (again mysterious) booze pairing, and we were challenged by Antonio the sommelier to guess what the libation might be. On offer isn't just wine, but a mixture of Airaudo and Cagali's favourite tipples which inspired the menu.
Each dish has a clear narrative, and you feel like you're stepping into a memory with every bite. One of the most colourful plates on the menu was like summer in a bowl, and brought to mind a road trip to Tuscany. The vivid colours and bold flavours were simple, and natural but presented like a florist's bouquet.
The concept has a clear connection to the earth. Wood, fire, water and air all feature. They celebrate ingredients by highlighting important ones with others. Some of the components and pairings were unusual (sauerkraut featured when you least expected it), yet there is harmony and balance at every turn.
Visually, each course is a stunning example of culinary innovation and respect for ingredients; all presented on a mix of stone, clay, wood or glass designed specifically for each dish. Even the temperature of the vessel or stand played a part in the experience. The tableware at Da Terra is beautiful, tactile and curious; some of which made by Odd Standard.
That 'bread' course.
The glassware, by Zalto Denk.Art, is elegant and exudes finesse. The attention to detail in all respects is impressive, and no wonder the guys and gals at Michelin awarded the star so quickly. The team at Da Terra is friendly, attentive and interactive when explaining each dish. When Sean brought out the bread (sourdough with grilled bone marrow and cultured butter), which made a comforting course, you could see that he was keen for you to dive in and was pleased with our excitement. We really enjoyed the contact, which wasn't invasive, but intriguing.
The guys are perfectionists, and even though our experience at De Terra was inspiring and obviously delicious, we were dazzled by their skill. Every milligram on our plates was considered and artistically thought-out. So much passion has gone into the concept, development, creation and presentation that the experience made us feel like they did it all just for us.
If you're after an exquisite experience that evokes memories, excites your senses and makes you feel entirely welcome and at peace, then a few hours at Da Terra will not disappoint.
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Charity Scavenger Hunt Features AR Clues with Layar
This weekend, a group of adventurers in London will take part in AdventureRace.London, a multi-team scavenger hunt contest to benefit charity. But this hunt will be much more unique than any other, as contestants will need to unlock some clues with the help of the Layar App and augmented reality.
Teams of five will work together to solve a series of cryptic challenges by discovering clues across a few select regions of London. Participants have been encouraged to raise funds to donate along with their ticket price. The proceeds will benefit children's charities Kids Club Kampala (Uganda), KIIDs Trust Varansi (India) and The Prince's Trust (United Kingdom).
One of the challenges will task the teams to "find the fugitive" by using the Layar App to scan certain items, unlocking video clues telling them where to go for the next clue. Ultimately, the contestants will use Layar and augmented reality on multiple occasions to complete the challenge before moving to the next.
"We were looking for an app which race participants would find easy to download, easy to use and also have an impressive user experience," said Vassili Dagiakidis, Project Lead at AdventureRace.London. "Layar comfortably ticked all the boxes and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing our participants reactions to the app."
The race begins this Saturday at noon. If you're in the area and looking for a unique AR experience, some tickets are still available via the AdventureRace.London website.
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