There are many decent people who believe in Brexit.
So why has it decided to front its campaign with the most odious people it could find?
I understand why they have disassociated themselves from the EU referendum. All I can say is it's going to get dirty and all in the name of "entertainment" by those in Parliament.
I've said before and I'll say again, this whole "referendum" is a set up and the UK is staying in the EU and it doesn't matter if 100% of the population vote to leave, we'll still stay in!
It shouldn't be surprising that African supporters of Brexit are offended by the perceived racism of BoJo's comments about Barack Obama and his African ancestry. What did sort of surprise me was that there were Africans for the Brexit campaign, considering the racist sympathies of so many Kippers and the Tory Right supporting Brexit. BoJo himself has form in this area. During his campaign to be mayor of London, either the Independent or the Guardian – I can't remember which – did a long hit piece on him. This included some of the sneering comments he made about Africans during a tour of one of its countries. BoJo's comments about Obama are what the transatlantic Right have been saying about him – and worse – from before he stepped into the White House. What's driving so much of the Brexit campaign is fears about immigration, and particularly about Black and Asia immigration. And that's going to come out in more comments like Boris'.
Its odd that the Africans didn't previously realise Brexit will probably result in tougher immigration controls – Obama's comments have supposedly made them know about this now.


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Honduran food comes to Coraopolis, De Fer opens in Troy Hill and more new restaurant openings
by Jess Iacullo September 7, 2022 November 11, 2022
After a busy and steamy summer filled with new restaurant openings and the return of some favorites from the past, I don't predict that the fall will be slowing down. With everyone caffeinated on pumpkin spice lattes and planning their last activities before the cold, never-leave-your-house weather kicks in, Pittsburgh is moving in high gear. Here's all the latest Pittsburgh food news.
Five Stars Honduras opens in Coraopolis
With its Instagram account actively letting Pittsburghers know about the cuisine and plans to launch since 2021, Five Stars Honduras officially opened its doors at the beginning of August. The restaurant offers "an authentic sampling of Central American cuisine," and its menu includes items such as Tacos Hondurenos, Pescado Frito and Empanadas Hondurena.
According to the website, "It has always been our dream to have a 100 percent 'Catracho' (colloquial for Honduran) restaurant where we can offer the community and the surrounding area our Honduran Latin gastronomic culture."
De Fer Coffee takes over the old Pear & Pickle location
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Pear and the Pickle, a beloved coffee and breakfast spot in Troy Hill, announced on Instagram earlier this year that it would close. There was much speculation about what would happen to the space. Who could start a new chapter in a space where the breakfast sandwiches were well worth the drive up Rialto Street in the dead of winter?
De Fer Coffee & Tea, a coffee shop with a flagship location in the Strip District and multiple other locations that have opened during the pandemic, announced on Instagram that it has taken over the space, and it's already open (but closed on Mondays, naturally).
In the debut Instagram post (above), the owners note that they "made some updates to the space while honoring the building's past … and have partnered with local artist Baron Batch to bring an energy, authenticity and vibrancy that will hopefully match that of our new neighborhood."
Speaking of coffee …
A new coffee shop, The James Cafe, opened quietly on Aug. 15 at 2550 Smallman Street in the Strip District. With a full coffee bar, tea offerings and baked goods, the motto is "an all-day destination cafe combining timeless European style with the spirit of English eccentricity."
The shop is sourcing its coffee from Variety Coffee, a coffee roaster based out of Brooklyn. Food options include yogurt parfaits and chia pudding to salads and breakfast sandwiches, and be sure to check out the daily happy hour from 2 to 3 p.m.
A new (but familiar) restaurant lands in the South Side
Photo by Jess Iacullo.
Were you a fan of Smallman Galley in the Strip District? Way before the decision in 2020 to move to Bakery Square and become Bakery Galley? If so, you may remember Sultry F&B. The restaurant was also at Federal Galley on the North Side, which was its home for slightly less than two years.
Fast forward to 2022, and chef and owner Brian Forrester is now serving up lunch, brunch and dinner on East Carson Street in the South Side. Here's the current scoop: lunch is served Thursday and Friday, dinner Thursday through Saturday and brunch Saturday and Sunday. Their brunch menu features four doughnut styles, biscuits and gravy, and chicken and waffles, some of the crowd favorites during Forrester's time at the Galley locations.
"Getting out on our own is exciting and scary, but the South Side has given us such a great welcome!" say pastry chef Melissa Barth and Forrester. "The businesses, the residents, everyone. We're so happy this is where we landed."
An opening to look forward to …
Though your homework is cut out for you, I will leave on a note to look forward to: a vegetable-forward restaurant, EYV, plans to open in the Deutschtown neighborhood of the North Side in October.
According to the website, the focus is on "making vegetables the center of the plate with meats & seafood playing a supporting role, while utilizing the bounty of Western Pennsylvania and east Ohio farms whenever possible."
Are you already taking notes and following them on social media? They're currently hiring a general manager, so this could be the perfect job for you!
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3 Pittsburgh-area neighborhoods receiving $20,000 to become better places to grow older
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AAPI / News and notes / Walk to End Alzheimer's
Long distance Asian caregiver makes hugs a priority
by Jennifer Tinkelenberg · Published October 16, 2020 · Updated October 19, 2020
By Malavika Raj
Andy lived 6,000 miles away from his father who had dementia. As the primary caregiver, Andy spent 20 years flying back and forth to Taiwan to care for his father. With the support of the Alzheimer's Association®, Andy changed his whole perspective on how to care for his father and prioritized making memories for himself.
Frank as a young man in Taiwan
Doing what was best for his father
Andy's father, Frank, lived by himself in Taiwan. Having served in the Navy, routine was important to him. Upon his retirement, he hired a man to help him with daily tasks. "Dad had a strict routine," said Andy. "He ate at a certain time and got up a certain time. He was always thinking far ahead."
For Andy, it was a priority to keep his father comfortable and happy, despite the circumstances. After looking into moving him into a retirement home, Andy's father decided it was not the best fit for him. "He looked at homes in the area and he wanted to live in the same home he'd lived in for 25 years," says Andy. "I did everything in my power to keep him there because I wanted him to be happy."
The first signs
While Frank was never formally diagnosed with dementia, he had started to show signs of cognitive impairment. He told Andy stories about the gentleman he hired stealing his stuff, but the stories didn't make any sense. At this point, the gentleman had been working with Frank for several years. Andy knew the man would never do what he was being accused of.
A few years later, Andy flew to Taiwan to visit his father. They went to a restaurant that Frank visited routinely. "The people at the restaurant knew him," said Andy. "They'd bring him a menu and ask him what he'd like to order. A few minutes later he'd ask, "˜what did I order?' or "˜I still need to order.'"
Andy knew it was time to take action when some family friends called him to let him know that his father had not shown up to their house for a visit. "We got a call from one of our family friends," said Andy. "My dad took a cab. The driver called the family friends and said, "˜I have a passenger and I can't find you.' It turns out he had gone to the place where they used to work together instead of their home."
Taking care from afar
Andy, who lives in the United States, couldn't just stop by his father's house to help out when his father needed him. With the help of technology, Andy decided to install cameras in his father's home, allowing Andy to monitor him from thousands of miles away.
"I was always afraid of something happening to him in the house alone," said Andy. "I Installed cameras in his house, with his permission." At first, Andy installed cameras in the living room but added more around the house as years went by. Andy said, "I also added motion sensor lighting so when he walked out of his bedroom the floor would light up and I added grab bars in the bathroom and along walls."
Andy and Frank
In some Asian cultures there is a stigma surrounding dementia. They view it as something shameful. While this may not have been entirely true for Andy, he still kept the information from his extended family. "I never told anyone," Andy says. "I did it out of respect for my dad. I did not want their pity."
Although stigma was one of the reasons Andy did not want to disclose his father's situation to others, he was also worried for his father's safety. Especially because he was living on his own. "I didn't want anyone taking advantage of him because he lived alone," Andy said. "This was one of the reasons why I had cameras installed. With the cameras, I knew who came and went and what they said. In general people in Taiwan are very kind, but it's always good to be careful."
Andy first heard about the Alzheimer's Association through a coworker who was participating in Walk to End Alzheimer's®. He learned about the Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline (800.272.3900) which is available around the clock, 365 days a year. Through this free service, specialists and master's-level clinicians offer confidential support and information to people living with the disease, caregivers, families and the public.
One day, after being physically and mentally drained from being a long-distance caregiver and working full time, he called the 24/7 Helpline for support. "I finally decided to call the Helpline," said Andy. "They connected me with a woman. I told her about how my dad is far, and that it's been difficult for me to handle this stuff."
Andy received encouragement and advice from the woman he spoke with. The most important thing he learned was that in order for him to continue to support his father, he needed to take care of himself as well. "You realize it's okay to take care of yourself," said Andy. "When you take care of yourself, you'll have more energy to take care of others."
Making time for what is important
Before calling the 24/7 Helpline, Andy would spend the entire day with his dad, from the moment his dad woke up until his dad went to bed. Andy's only break was a quick lunch. After learning the importance of self-care, Andy changed the way he spent time with his father.
"I started taking a longer lunch," said Andy. "I'd take two hours and when I came back, I could spend more time chatting with him and watching TV. It changed my mental state and reset how I looked at things. I started to ask myself what memories do I want to have with him?"
Andy considers his family to be very traditional, which to him, means that you don't hug your parents. Especially your father. However, Andy decided he wanted to have a memory of giving his father a hug. "I wanted a real hug. An American style hug." said Andy. "We got to the airport and he would shake my hand and say, "˜thank you, thank you, thank you.' I said, "˜Dad, I'm going to give you a hug. Arms open, I'm coming in. It was the most beautiful moment."
Andy continued to hug his father every time he saw him.
A company who cares
Andy had been traveling back and forth from the United States to Taiwan to care for his father for more than 20 years. Andy said, "Over the last 20 years or so, I was flying back and forth three to four times a year to see him. In the end I was going once a month."
Because of his needs, when Andy was applying for his current job, he made it very clear that he would need to travel to see his father. His now boss was very supportive of his situation. "When I interviewed for the job, one of the stipulations was that I would get to see my dad every other month," said Andy. "My boss agreed right away. When you give employees an opportunity to take care of their own families, that's awesome."
Andy, who works for Randstad, a human resource consulting firm, is grateful for the support he received from them. Andy says, "They've been the most supportive. Not just the company but also my coworkers."
Frank in France
Frank's fall
In late November 2019, the caregiver that worked for Frank the past 20 years, got sick and had to leave. Andy, who had just returned home from his last visit the week prior, quickly hopped on a plane back to Taiwan to take care of his dad and look for a new caregiver.
In early December, Andy's brother came out to take care of their dad so Andy could return home. A week later, Frank fell and was admitted into the hospital. Shortly thereafter, he slipped into a coma. Frank passed away at the age of 88.
Sharing your story to raise funds
In the midst of a pandemic, Andy has been able to successfully raise $1,100 for Walk to End Alzheimer's using Facebook fundraiser. In his fundraising campaign, he wrote about how we wanted to do something good for other people to honor his late father. People were quick to respond.
"The people who donated already knew my story," shared Andy. "I didn't want to pressure people to donate. I told them this was my first time doing this, and if they can donate, good. If not, all good."
When the donations started coming in, Andy was surprised. He hadn't expected such a response. "People wrote me notes," shared Andy. "Coworkers I haven't talked to in a long time sent me a thank you text. I got emails from someone whose dad had also passed with Alzheimer's."
Walk this year
This year's Walk is different. We won't be coming together in large groups like we've done in the past. Instead, you can participate on every sidewalk, track or trail in your community. Following CDC guidelines, we encourage you to wear your purple and walk with close friends and family on Walk day.
Andy plans to walk in this year's Walk to End Alzheimer's with his mother in Taiwan, in hopes to keep his father's memory alive. "We'd like to walk around the neighborhood where my father and I used to walk in the mornings," Said Andy. "It's almost like having a part of him with us as we do the walk, and the perfect way to honor him."
You can join Andy's team, Cisco/Randstad East Bay or start your own team for the East Bay Walk to End Alzheimer's on October 24. We're still coming together in 2020, even if it means trying something new. Learn about Walks in your area at alz.org/walk.
Leran more:
Alzheimer's Association 24/7 Helpline (800.272.3900)
Walk to End Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Association website in Chinese
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[APMC 2021] Prof Philip Choo
by David Lee | Feb 11, 2021
Prof Philip Choo
Group Chief Executive Officer, National Healthcare Group (NHG)
Senior Consultant, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)
Clinical Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)
Adjunct Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Professor Philip Choo is Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the National Healthcare Group (NHG) since January 2015. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer, TTSH and Deputy CEO, NHG from 2011-2014. As the Head of the Regional Health System for Central Singapore, Prof Choo drives NHG's on-going care transformation to improve population health. This involves a fundamental shift in focus from facility-centric illness-based care to relationship-centric, wellness-based care. To achieve this goal, Prof Choo formulated the 'River of Life' Framework that stratifies the population and optimises services across the Five Segments of Care – Living Well, Living with Illness, Crisis and Complex Care, Living with Frailty, and Leaving Well. . With the River of Life, NHG aims to deliver integrated healthcare services and programmes that help in "Adding Years of Healthy Life" to all Singaporeans.
Prof Choo is internationally recognised as an accomplished Geriatrician with over 25 years of experience. He was awarded the TTSH Doctor of the Year in 1996.
Prof Choo's leadership during the SARS epidemic, as head of the medical team, he was accorded the National Day Public Service Star Award in 2003. He was also awarded the National Day Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2011, National Day Long Service Medal in 2015, and the National Day Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2019.


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CAAFlog » Year in Review » Top Ten Stories of 2019
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #2: The Supreme Court grants certiorari in Briggs, Collins, and Daniels (the Mangahas trailers)
In 2018, CAAF held that the statute of limitations for the offense of rape of an adult occurring between 1986 and 2006 was just five years. That decision, in United States v. Mangahas, 77 M.J. 220 (C.A.A.F. Feb. 6, 2018) (CAAFlog case page) (the #3 Military Justice Story of 2018), was an unexpected change to what was previously well-settled law.
CAAF revisited the topic in 2019, applying its decision in Mangahas (which involved an ongoing prosecution of an allegation dating to 1997) to three cases with convictions that violated the newly-clarified statute of limitations. The cases were United States v. Briggs, 78 M.J. 289 (C.A.A.F. Feb. 22, 2019) (CAAFlog case page); United States v. Collins, 78 M.J. 415 (C.A.A.F. Mar. 12, 2019) (sum. disp.) (CAAFlog case page); and United States v. Daniels, 79 M.J. 150 (C.A.A.F. Jul. 22, 2019) (sum. disp.) (noted here). CAAF heard oral argument and issued an authored opinion in only one of the cases (Briggs); it summarily applied that decision to the other two cases.
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #3: Presidential actions in military cases
By Zachary D Spilman, Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The #3 Military Justice Story of 2019 is President Trump's executive actions in military cases.
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #4: Congress rewrites Article 37
By Zachary D Spilman, Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Article 37 prohibits unlawfully influencing a court-martial and other actors within the military justice system. Enacted in 1950 and amended in 1968, the statute was unchanged for more than 50 years.
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Section 531 of the legislation significantly rewrites Article 37. That action is the #4 Military Justice Story of 2019.
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #5: CAAF affirms sexual assault convictions even though "each of the women consented to intercourse with the appellant"
Four years ago, in United States v. Gutierrez, 74 M.J. 61 (C.A.A.F. 2015) (CAAFlog case page) (the #7 Military Justice Story of 2015), CAAF reversed an HIV-positive servicemember's convictions of aggravated assault that were based on sexual activity without disclosure of HIV-positive status, because the court found that the chances of transmission of the virus were too remote to constitute a means likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm. But CAAF affirmed convictions of the lesser-included offense of assault consummated by a battery, reasoning that even though the participants had consented to the sexual acts, their consent was not "meaningful[ly] informed" because of their ignorance Gutierrez's HIV-positive status. 74 M.J. at 68.
CAAF's decision was puzzling in a number of ways, including the fact that consent was not in issue in Gutierrez's trial (because a person cannot consent to an act likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm as a matter of law) and the fact that the requirement for meaningful informed consent was drawn from Canadian law, with then-Chief Judge Baker writing:
The offense of assault consummated by battery requires that the accused "did bodily harm." MCM pt. IV, para. 54.b.(2). "'Bodily harm' means any offensive touching of another, however slight." MCM pt. IV, para. 54.c.(1)(a). Here, Appellant's conduct included an offensive touching to which his sexual partners did not provide meaningful informed consent. See R. v. Cuerrier, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 371, 372 (Can.) ("Without disclosure of HIV status there cannot be a true consent."). He is therefore guilty of assault consummated by battery, and we affirm that offense as a lesser included offense of aggravated assault.
74 M.J. at 68. Yet while CAAF left open the possibility of a conviction of aggravated assault for having sex while HIV-positive (ruling only that the risk of transmission in Gutierrez's case was too remote), its finding that the failure to disclose HIV-positive status forecloses any possibility of consent to the sexual activity created a different possibility: prosecution of such conduct as a sexual assault.
In 2019 that possibility became reality, as CAAF affirmed convictions of sexual assault by causing bodily harm (in the form of a non-consensual sexual act) that were based on the failure to disclose HIV-positive status to sexual partners, in United States v. Forbes, 78 M.J. 279 (C.A.A.F. Feb. 7, 2019) (CAAFlog case page).
Top Ten Stories of 2019, United States v. Forbes
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #6: Formalized abstention
CAAF grants review in a tiny fraction of the cases in which it receives a petition for review. 11.9% of cases, to be precise, in fiscal year 2019 (52 grants in 438 petitions).
The #6 Military Justice Story of 2019 isn't one of the grants. It's one of the denials.
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #7: Grievous – but harmless – prosecutorial misconduct in United States v. Voorhees
By Zachary D Spilman, Monday, December 30, 2019
In United States v. Voorhees, 79 M.J. 5 (C.A.A.F. Jun. 27, 2019) (CAAFlog case page), a unanimous CAAF held that the military prosecutor's personal attacks on defense counsel, personal attacks on the accused, expressions of personal opinion, bolstering, and vouching, amounted to grievous error, but that the error was nevertheless harmless.
Top Ten Stories of 2019, United States v. Voorhees
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #8: United States v. Perkins
As a general rule, law enforcement must obtain a search warrant – or, in the military, a search authorization – prior to conducting a search, and the warrant must be based on probable cause. If that doesn't happen, the remedy is exclusion of any evidence discovered.
Top Ten Stories of 2019, United States v. Perkins
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #9: The Mil. R. Evid. 707 prohibition of "any reference to . . . a polygraph examination" doesn't prohibit all references to a polygraph examination
By Zachary D Spilman, Sunday, December 29, 2019
The #9 Military Justice Story of 2019 is CAAF's holding in United States v. Kohlbek, 78 M.J. 326 (C.A.A.F. Feb. 25, 2019) (CAAFlog case page).
The Military Rules of Evidence share a majority of provisions with the Federal Rules of Evidence, but the two sets of rules are not identical. In particular, the military rules contain provisions that are not in the federal rules. One of those is Mil. R. Evid. 707, which prohibits admission of any evidence related to a polygraph examination:
Rule 707. Polygraph examinations
(a) Prohibitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the result of a polygraph examination, the polygraph examiner's opinion, or any reference to an offer to take, failure to take, or taking of a polygraph examination is not admissible.
(b) Statements Made During a Polygraph Examination. This rule does not prohibit admission of an otherwise admissible statement made during a polygraph examination.
The rule survived scrutiny by the Supreme Court two decades ago, in United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303 (1998). CAAF had held that the rule was unconstitutional as applied to an accused who took the stand, denied committing the offense, was accused by the prosecution of lying, and wanted to use a favorable polygraph result to support his own credibility. The Supreme Court reversed CAAF's decision, holding that the rule served a valid purpose and does not unconstitutionally limit an accused's right to present a defense because the rule "did not preclude [Scheffer] from introducing any factual evidence," rather it "merely [prohibited] introducing expert opinion testimony to bolster his own credibility." 523 U.S. 317.
CAAF revisited the rule in Kohlbek, where the accused wanted to use the fact of a polygraph examination (and the circumstances surrounding its administration) as evidence to support his claim that his confession was false.
Top Ten Stories of 2019, United States v. Kohlbek
Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019 – #10: Fewer grants; more acquittals
It's important to avoid reading too much into statistics. After all, "there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." Proctor & Gamble Mfg. Co. v. Fisher, 449 U.S. 1115, 1118 (1981) (Rehnquist, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari).
But two sets of data released in 2019 are notable enough to be the #10 Military Justice Story of 2019: CAAF's shrinking docket and a growing percentage of acquittals in courts-martial (especially acquittals for sex offenses).
Make your nominations for the Top Ten Military Justice Stories of 2019
By Zachary D Spilman, Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Soon we will count down the top ten military justice stories of the year.
Please nominate the stories you think belong on the list, either in a comment to this post or by email to Zack@CAAFlog.com


Saindhava lavana is name for Himalayan Pink rock salt. The word "Saindhava" refers to the ancient Sindhu Kingdom talked of in the Indian epic The Mahabharata. The Sindhu kingdom was located in the Indus river valley in modern day Pakistan. "Lavana" means "salt". So Saindhava Lavana means salt that comes from the region of the Indus river valley. The famous Khewra Salt Mine, one of the primary sources of Saindhava Lavana, is located in the foothills at the head of the valley beside one of the tributaries of the Indus.
Saindhava lavana, which is mined in Pakistan, is sold widely in India as a culinary salt. Many Indians mistakenly believe the salt actually originates in India. Saindhava lavana is also the base salt that goes into making Kala Namak and Sajji salts. Saindhava Lavana is also sold in Europe and the United States as "Himalayan Pink" or "Himalayan Pink Sea Salt" (even though it is a rock salt). It is ground and used as a culinary salt, carved into salt lamps, and also carved into Himalayan salt blocks used for cooking and serving food. My new book, "Salt Block Cooking," details how to use these blocks for grilling, chilling, and serving food.


Today's User Equipment (UE) developers must deal with increased complexity on a variety of fronts. For most UE developers, the IMS subsystem is literally new to its very core, creating the added challenge of learning those details of IMS that are most relevant.
The majority of discussions of IMS protocols currently available are general overviews, containing a small minority of content of interest to the UE developer. This reference guide provides an intuitive introduction to IMS procedures and protocols, focusing on those concepts most relevant to the UE designer. To illustrate the concepts being discussed, several sample call flows (including VoLTE) are broken down and described in more detail.


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Eino Olkinuora (* 11. November 1915 in Kaukola, Großfürstentum Finnland, heute Sewastjanowo, Rajon Priosjorsk, Oblast Leningrad, Russland; † 20. Oktober 1941 in Gawrilowskaja, Sowjetunion) war ein finnischer Skilangläufer, der Ende der 1930er und zu Beginn der 1940er Jahre aktiv war. Er gehörte den Vereinen Suonenjoen Vasama und Helsingin Hiihtäjät an.

Bei der Nordischen Skiweltmeisterschaft 1938 in Lahti belegte er im Einzelrennen über 18 km den 46. Platz von 187 Teilnehmern.
Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1939 und 1941 gewann er mit der 4 × 10-Km-Staffel jeweils die Goldmedaille. Die FIS erklärte die Weltmeisterschaft 1941 fünf Jahre später für ungültig, weshalb diese Medaille keinen offiziellen Status besitzt.

Eino Olkinuora fiel als Soldat im Zweiten Weltkrieg.

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 Nordische Skiweltmeisterschaften 1939 in Zakopane: Gold mit der 4 × 10-km-Staffel
 Nordische Skiweltmeisterschaften 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo: Gold mit der 4 × 10-km-Staffel

Quellen
 Resultate der Nordischen Skiweltmeisterschaften in Lahti (PDF-Datei; 265 kB)

Weblinks
 Resultate der Skilanglauf-Weltmeisterschaften der Herren
 Finnische Medaillengewinner (finnisch)

Skilangläufer (Finnland)
Weltmeister (Skilanglauf)
Person im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Finnland)
Finne
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Gestorben 1941
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Q: How does routing know where the file is? My VS project has the following folder and files:
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        {
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When I make a http call to /api/Account/GetUser, the call is routed to the GetUser method shown above.  What in all of the above or any configuration file tells the server to take the action from this particular file?  What if ~/Controllers/AccountController.cs also contain a method of the same name?

A: It is called convention over configuration.

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Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million
Space News November 28, 2022 1 min read
Lockheed Martin GPS 3F satellite rendering. Credit: Lockheed Martin
The Space Force exercised the fourth contract option awarded to Lockheed Martin under a 2018 agreement
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced Nov. 28 it has ordered three GPS 3F satellites from Lockheed Martin for $744 million.
The Space Force exercised the fourth contract option awarded to Lockheed Martin under a 2018 agreement worth $7.2 billion for up to 22 satellites
The first was a $1.3 billion order in September 2018 for two GPS 3Fs (space vehicles 11 and 12); the second in October 2020 was a $511 million contract option for two satellites (space vehicles 13 and 14); and the third for space vehicles 15, 16 and 17, worth $737 million.
The new contract option covers GPS 3F space vehicles 18, 19 and 20.
GPS 3F is the newest version of the U.S. satellites that provide global positioning, navigation and timing services to civil and military users.
GPS 3F satellites will have more advanced anti-jamming capabilities, an upgraded nuclear detection detonation system payload, an improved search and rescue payload, and a laser retroreflector array that provides greater geolocation accuracy.
Lockheed Martin in 2008 won a contract to produce 10 GPS 3 satellites and the company has transitioned production to the GPS 3F version. The Space Force so far has launched only five of the 10 GPS 3 models it has purchased.
The new GPS satellites will augment the constellation of 31 spacecraft in medium Earth orbit and replace some of the oldest that date back to the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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The 25 June decision is a landmark ruling by the federal court of appeals for Manhattan. Dealers, archaeologists, collectors and museums closely watched the case. Friend-of-the-court briefs were filed by the Archaeological Institute of America, the National Association of Dealers in Ancient, Oriental & Primitive Art, Inc.; Citizens for a Balanced Policy with Regard to the Importation of Cultural Property, and other groups.


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Doctors fear talking about death, says Dr Brendan O'Shea
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Friday November 19 2021, 12.01am, The Times
Dr Brendan O'Shea will tell a conference tonight that it is vital that people take steps to prepare for a "good death"
Irish doctors often feel challenged and uncomfortable talking about death, according to a GP who supports medical assistance in dying.
Dr Brendan O'Shea, adjunct assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin, will tell a conference tonight that there is a "medical juggernaut" facing patients who are nearing the end of their lives.
"Healthcare professionals are in conflict," O'Shea will say. "The evidence would suggest that in different health systems doctors are not really quite sure when to stop [treatment] and our default position is that we keep treating. We're very uncomfortable talking about death."
The Co Kildare GP, who is speaking at a TEDx talk in Dun Laoghaire, will say it is vital that people take steps to prepare for a "good death" including setting out


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The Appalachian Trail stretches 2,184 miles from Springer Mountain in the North Georgia Mountains to Mount Katahdin in Maine. Envisioned as a series of camps connected by trails providing relief for city dwellers in the early 1920s, the trail was completed in 1937. Hiking clubs work with the National Park Service to ensure the trail remains safe and passable.
The Appalachian Trail, as its name implies, hugs the ridgelines of the Appalachian Mountain chain for most of its length. The trail climbs to 6,643 feet at Clingmans Dome on the North Carolina/Tennessee border and dips to 124 feet above sea level at Bear Mountain State Park in New York. Thru-hikers adopt trail names like Bilko and Mountain Dew as they attempt to hike the entire trail in one month's-long session. Section hikers take to the trail for a day or a weekend. Trail towns, villages near the trail where residents welcome hikers, provide mail drops, supplies and a warm bed for hikers tired of spending the night in a tent. Shelters, spaced a day's hike apart, provide a dry spot for a sleeping bag and fresh water.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (appalachiantrail.org), the umbrella organization for official Appalachian Trail hiking clubs, partners with the National Park Service to preserve the trail. The conservancy oversees the work of 31 regional clubs that maintain the trail by clearing brush and removing deadwood, fixing shelters and controlling invasive plants. Clubs participate in educational outreach programs such as the Trail to Every Classroom. Some clubs lead guided hikes or canoe trips or round up volunteers for trail clean-up days.
The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (patc.net) maintains 240 miles of the Appalachian Trail and an additional 810 miles of trail in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and northern Virginia. Founded in 1927, the club publishes trail maps and rents cabins along the trail to members and non-members. The Appalachian Mountain Club (outdoors.org), with 12 chapters in the Northeast, is the oldest nonprofit conservation organization in the country. At the southern end of the trail, the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (Georgia-atclub.org) maintains the 75 miles of trail between Springer Mountain and the North Carolina border, as well as the eight-mile path leading to the trail from Amicalola Falls State Park.
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has eight locations offering a variety of services from hostel accommodations to guide books. Headquarters are in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, a historic village that was the site of John Brown's Raid. The headquarters serve as the halfway point for many thru-hikers. Maps, supplies and Internet service are available. Regional offices provide support to local trail clubs. Bears Den Trail Center in Bluemont, Virginia, is a massive stone lodge built as a summer home in 1933. Resident caretakers operate a hostel and campground and share the building with hikers, providing cooking facilities and a comfortable lounge area.
Jernigan, Meg. "Appalachian Trail Hiking Clubs." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/appalachian-trail-hiking-clubs-107687.html. Accessed 24 April 2019.


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Macworld covered Steve Jobs's WWDC 2010 keynote live yesterday, but if you still want to watch Jobs's announcements with your own two eyes, Apple has published the keynote video in full on its Website, on video-sharing service YouTube, and via its event podcast feed in the iTunes Store.
You can view Apple's WWDC 2010 Keynote Address below, as we have embedded it in this post from Apple's official YouTube channel; it's also available for streaming from Apple's Website in H.264, just in case you want to watch it on your iPhone or iPad. If you don't mind waiting a little longer, you can even download the keynote from Apple's iTunes Store podcast feed.
In any case, the extravaganza clocks in at just under two hours, so grab some popcorn and settle in to watch Jobs talk about the new iPhone 4, iMovie for iPhone, iBooks for iPhone, FarmVille, Guitar Hero, and Netflix for iPhone. And if you need something to tide you over until launch day on June 24, check out our hands-on experience with the new iPhone and our close-up photo gallery.


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Oxyrhynchus papyri reveal magical spells
Of love, subjugation and treatment
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Two of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, a collection from ancient Egypt discovered about 100 years ago, have been deciphered, yielding magical words and spells used at the time. The spells were translated by Franco Matomini of the University of Udine, Italy, revealing their aim. One spell was meant to make a woman love the spell caster, while the other to subject a man to the spell caster, although they were not targeted at someone specific. The user had to insert the name of the person being targeted — sort of like an ancient "Mad Libs."
The names of the spell writers are not known, and the spells were written in Greek, which was widely used in Egypt in the 3rd century A.D. when the spells were written. The love spell reads: "Burnt offering in the bathhouse. … and write with the blood of Typhon and glue it to the dry vaulted vapour room of the bath: 'I adjure you, earth and waters, by the demon who dwells on you and the fortune of this bath so that, as you blaze and burn and flame, so blaze her until she comes to me.'" The second spell requires that the caster engrave onto a small copper plaque a series of magical words, the translated phrase reading: "subject to me the (name of the) man, whom (the name of the man's mother) bore…" and stitch the plaque onto something the man wears, e.g. a sandal. If the spell proved to be successful, then the man upon whom it would be cast would be forced to do whatever the spell caster wanted.
A list of recipes on the back of that papyrus includes recipes that use animal droppings to treat a wide range of conditions, including headaches and leprosy. Some were meant to be used as aphrodisiacs.
Many of the Oxyrhynchus papyri are now owned by the Egypt Exploration Society and are housed and studied at the University of Oxford in England. The two spells mentioned in this article are part of a larger collection translated by editors and contributors from various institutions and which will be published in an upcoming volume of "The Oxyrhynchus Papyri".
1. Live Science, http://www.livescience.com/54819-ancient-egyptian-magic-spells-deciphered.html (20/05/2016)
2. Egypt Exploration Society, http://www.ees.ac.uk/news/index.html (19/05/2016)
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Hong Kong warned to start moving on Beijing's plan or be left behind
Xu Ze also urges Hong Kong to work more closely with its mainland counterparts in pushing forward socio-economic innovation and reforms.
A former senior mainland Chinese official has warned Hong Kong risks being left with regret if it fails to turn the northern part of the city into a new business district and strengthen ties with neighbouring Shenzhen under Beijing's new blueprints for regional integration.
Xu Ze, former deputy director of the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, on Monday also urged the city to work more closely with its mainland counterparts in pushing forward socio-economic innovation and reforms so red tape would not hinder cross-border collaborations.
Now president of semi-official Beijing think tank the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, Xu made the remarks during an online seminar on expansion plans approved by the State Council last week for the Qianhai and Hengqin areas.
Xu Ze speaks at the online seminar.
The Qianhai economic zone, which was set up in 2009, will expand eightfold, from 14.9 sq km (3,706 acres) to 120.6 sq km, to offer a "wider stage" for Hong Kong to grow its economy.
The central government also announced a new cooperation zone for Macau with neighbouring Hengqin, three times the size of the casino hub.
Xu said the two plans showed Beijing's determination to deepen reforms and opening up in the face of a rise of unilateralism in international relations.
He added that the central government attached much importance to "institutional innovation" in the development of the Greater Bay Area, which covers Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and eight mainland cities, as the project operates under two political systems, three customs territories and three legal systems spanning the former colonies and Guangdong province.
Xu said the plan for Hengqin called for bold innovation, with a push for "regulatory interface" and "institutional connectivity' making it an "example of regional cooperation with Chinese characteristics".
For the Qianhai scheme, Xu noted Shenzhen's rapid development in recent years after taking advantage of the central government's support policies and the city was waiting to welcome Hong Kong.
"Shenzhen has opened its arms to welcome Hong Kong and dock with it," Xu told the seminar. "But in the areas of the northern New Territories that border Shenzhen, nothing much seems to have happened.
"Hong Kong has focused much of its city development in the south, while development in the north is rather weak. This is partly because of the geographical factor. But it is more the result of historical and political factors."
Leung Chun-ying also spoke at the seminar.
Xu warned that various sectors in Hong Kong had to work with the administration to make sure the city would not be left behind in the country's rapid development.
"It would be laughable if there were still people who hope Hong Kong keeps a distance from the mainland, and try to hold back the advancing wheel of history, or try to reverse it," he said.
"I sincerely hope the Hong Kong government and various sectors of the community can grab the opportunities and make the best use of the central government's support policies to closely cooperate with Guangdong and Macau …. and not to make a historical opportunity end up a historical regret."
Much of the Hong Kong side of the border with Shenzhen remains a restricted zone and visitors need special permits to enter, thus hampering the development of the northern New Territories. In stark contrast, the other bank of the Shenzhen River is packed with modern high-rises.
Earlier this year, the pro-establishment camp criticised the government for pushing ahead with a mega columbarium project in the Sandy Ridge border area, which overlooks Shenzhen's Luohu district.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor had said the project was needed to address a critical shortage of cemetery facilities. But last week, after the Qianhai scheme was announced, Lam said a new plan for the development of the northern New Territories was needed and she would elaborate more on her ideas in her October 6 policy address.
The Qianhai economic zone was set up in 2009.
At Monday's seminar, former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying also urged the city, Macau and Guangdong province to have more exchanges to increase mutual understanding.
"Many Macau and Hong Kong people do not quite know the opportunities offered by the various mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area," he said.
"And at the same time, the mainland cities do not quite have a comprehensive understanding of the new roles of Hong Kong and Macau [under the new national policies] either."
Also addressing the seminar were the finance chiefs of Hong Kong and Macau.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said Qianhai could serve as Hong Kong's economic hinterland. He said he believed that closer ties with it could also help ease the land shortage problem that was holding back the city's development.
The 2½-hour seminar was organised by Hong Kong Coalition, a group led by Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive, and Leung, who are both now vice-chairmen of the country's top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.


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The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser
May 18, 2016 in book review, non-fiction | Tags: books, non-fiction, review | 13 comments
One of my favorite spoof accounts
A couple of weeks ago there was a pub quiz round on the six wives of Henry VIII and it made me finally pick up this biography by Antonia Fraser, that was lingering on my shelves since time immemorial. Right from the start it reminded me of probably my favorite biography – The Brontës by Juliet Barker – in that it was chunky but read like The Hunger Games.
It's always refreshing to read well-research biographies about women in history and even more refreshing that Fraser's focus was not on King Henry and his perspective, but on his wives, their upbringing, their education, their tastes, and how they shaped their fate (as Fraser put it, none of them were married against their will). These women's lives is worthy of a telenovela, so much so that many stereotypes about them became ingrained in the collective mind. Fraser is not exactly in the business of myth-busting (because, let's face it, a lot of it is true), but at least she's trying to give these women more depth:
It is seductive to regard the six wives of Henry VIII as a series of feminine stereotypes, women as tarot cards. Thus Catherine of Aragon becomes The Betrayed Wife, Anne Boleyn is The Temptress, Jane Seymour The Good Wife, Anna of Cleves is The Ugly Sister, Katherine Howard The Bad Girl; and finally Catherine Parr is The Mother Figure. (…) These are elements of truth, of course, in all of these evocative descriptions, yet each one of them ignores the complexity and variety in the individual character. In their different ways, and for different reasons, nearly all these women were victims, but they were not willing victims. On the contrary, a remarkably high level of strength, and also of intelligence, was displayed by them at a time when their sex traditionally possessed little of either.
Fraser did really well in remaining neutral without making the book boring. She always makes a point of using references (most from primary documents) and letting us know when she's citing the POV of someone who was either not present or was biased (and how likely is it that they got it right). As much as possible she includes different perspectives of an event. Even with all these considerations, there's enough intrigue, death and sex in these lives to make for a riveting read.
I thought it'd be easy to pick out the author's favorite wife, but she remains very professional, and we only notice her personal voice when she allows herself a bit of sarcasm, usually at the expense of King Henry (all those masons hurriedly changing coat of arms; the French Kings receiving yet one more report of a new wife at the English Court).
Of all the details Fraser gives us, the ones I appreciated the most was knowing what the each of the wives was reading and how these books were both a cause and effect of their believes and personalities.
Have Fraser's biography of Mary Queen of Scots in the TBR and will pick it up sooner rather than later, especially since I'm staring a re-read of the Lymond Chronicles. I know she's written other books, so let me know if you have any recommendations.
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The New and Improved Romie Futch by Julia Elliott
May 12, 2016 in book review | Tags: audiobook, books, fiction, review, sci-fi | Leave a comment
The enthusiasm in Mercedes's video was so contagious that I immediately got this in audio. It's a weird one.
I kept thinking about poetry slams, where aspiring poets declaim angry poetry in almost full darkness, with lots of anaphoras and hyper-realistic imagery (disclaimer: the narration might be to blame). There's humor and satire, but not enough for it all not to feel a tad pretentious.
I love the premise and can't put it better than Gavin: "What if the men of Duck Dynasty suddenly had two brain cells to rub together? What if they suddenly became filled with the immense, combined word-horde of all of Western Civilization?" Thinks Flowers for Algernon meets The Big Lebowski. Technically it's sci-fi, but it only in an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds way.
I'm really attracted to the overall theme of how higher intelligence would affect our lives, personalities and choices (according to Elliott, not much). The problem is that she goes for language at the expense of believable characters and engaging plot. Even when we're shown their background stories, it's still the way they're described that's important, not the effect. Elliott focuses so much on hyper-reality (how many ways can you describe headaches and drug binges? Many!) that she ends up on the other side, where everything feels unreal. The way characters talk, especially after the brain enhancement, was so over the top, full of references to medieval literature and obscure philosophical theories (do genius really talk like that?), that everyone just becomes a caricature.
Also, the plot builds up a series of mysteries – evil company doing brain experiments! Hogzillas and other mutants roaming the forest! Mysterious woman in online group that knows too much! – but they all end up in lukewarm places. Don't get me wrong, I love good gimmicky literature, but think Romie Futch wanted to do it all and lost focus.
Still, I gave it 3-stars. Mostly because it kept me intrigued and I respect an effort to create something different. It would be a great bookclub choice!
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas – a rant
April 13, 2016 in book review, classics, translated | Tags: books, fiction, review | 16 comments
If you ask any Portuguese kid of the 80s about their favorite cartoons, there's a high probability many will say either Dartacão or D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (manga version). Chances are they might also start singing the songs.
Because of them my hopes for the canon were really up. I was expecting an adventure tale to rival Scaramouche and Count of Monte Cristo, with fun, heroic, lovable characters and wicked villains. What I got was one the biggest literary disappointments of my life and the destruction of my childhood ideals.
In the book, the Musketeers turn out to be selfish irresponsible dandies of limited intelligence who take advantage of women, hit their servants, and kill and maim at the slightest provocation to their precious honor. They're more concerned about buying gear and horses than fighting injustice and helping the oppressed.
In the midst of all these disappointments, the biggest one was Athos. He was my favorite, my Musketeer crush. He was the leader and yet very discreet, the most mysterious, with hints of a secret past with Milady. Even in the live-action movies he was always one of the most developed characters (also: Keith Sutherland and Matthew Macfadyen). In the book he surrenders his leadership 5 minutes after meeting 18-year-old D'Artagnan, he wants Milady dead at all costs without any grey areas, and there's this chapter about one day in his life that goes more or less like this: "woke up early, was bored, played dice. Lost my horse, lost D'Artagnan's horse, lost D'Artagnan's diamond ring, lost my saddle, won saddled back, lost all my equipment, divided my servant into 10 parts and played with that. Won servant back, and the ring, and D'Artagnan's horse. Lost my horse. Shall I bet D'Artagnan's horse again?"
This, my friends, was a big blow for the 8-year-old in me! Where are my heros?!
Then there's a strange unbalance in the way Dumas arranges the plot. The famous adventure to get back the Queen's diamonds takes a few chapters, but then there's endless descriptions of what the boys do to get money for their armors.
Let's just talk a bit more about Milady (some spoilers). For Dumas she's the She Devil, the Temptress. She was put in prison the convent and had the audacity to escape by seducing a priest! How is that different from the way D'Artagnan used Kitty or Porthos the lawyer's wife? They all used other (innocent?) people for their gains. About her marriage to Athos: in his own words, she always behaved in a dignified way and never betrayed him. She didn't tell him about the convent and the branding, but considering what he did when he found out (not even a question before wanting to kill her), I'd probably hide it as well. After that episode Athos is presumed dead, so technically she's not a bigamist! There's also no proof that she murdered her second husband. She manipulated Felton to get out of jail. Also, for such a cunning survivor her obsession with revenge at the cost of her freedom and life felt really out of character. When they finally capture Milady she doesn't even get a fair trial but is judged by "her peers", meaning, the musketeers and Lord de Winter. They only need the word of her first husband's brother that just… shows up?, but everyone ignores that his version contradicts Athos' account.
Excuse Milady for being smart and resourceful. At least she killed for France and to survive, not because someone insulted her horse or whatever, as someone else I know…
Anywhoo, I'm persuaded that the reason we love the Musketeer so much is because no one really cares about the book and just enjoys the great (if not faithful) adaptations out there.
Also, in the manga version, Aramis was a woman in disguise, and I'll never forgive Dumas for not including that.
Lumberjanes #1 by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke A. Allen
January 25, 2016 in book review, comics, graphic novels | Tags: books, comics, fantasy, fiction, review, young adult | 12 comments
Finally got my hands on Lumberjanes because I'm nothing if not a slave to your recommendations.
I get the love: the art is fresh, the girl-power theme is amazing, it's laugh-out-loud funny at times. It's all that so it deserved a bit more… depth. It felt really short mostly because its 24 pages are action-oriented and don't leave much room for character development or exploration of their world.
In stories about a group of people I immediately find a favorite. In Lumberjanes I had some difficulty making that call – there's just not much that distinguishes them (apart from Ripley being The Crazy One). In the end I went with Jo because she had books and pictures of stars and planets in her bunk:
To be fair, it's only the first in the series and there's a hint of background stories to come, like Molly's fear of her family being informed about their adventures. But I can't help but compare it to another very short, very popular, first-in-the-series, action-packed, kick-ass girl gang comic that takes the time to tells us (and make us care) about individual characters: Rat Queens.
The world-building in Lumberjanes also left me a bit confused: Magic? Fairy tales? Greek mythology? All? Two weeks after reading it I'm left with a vague sense of The Goonies meets Chamber of Secrets with a bit of Percy Jackson.
All this to say that I really had fun and will definitely pick up the next one in the series. I just wish it went a bit deeper with the story and its people, even if it's "just" a first volume.
I'm ready for the rotten tomatoes to fly now… *ducks*
January 2, 2016 in book talk | Tags: books, on reading | 15 comments
Happy New year everyone! I have a good feeling about 2016 🙂
Things have been a bit quiet around here, but work then laziness happened. Still, I read a lot: 104 books, which puts me back to pre-Baby levels (comics and travelling for work helped).
I gave 8 books 5-out-of-5 stars, one less than last year. The resolution to re-read more payed up (3 of the list) and I'm also happy about their variety: historical, classics, children's, crime, 2 not written in English, 6 by women, 4 audiobooks.
Rosa, minha irmã Rosa by Alice Vieira
A favorite from my childhood that brought me to tears. It's about a 10-year-old girl adjusting to a new-born sister. Unfortunately, there's only translations from Portuguese to Spanish and Hungarian.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The plan was to re-read it ahead of Go Set a Watchman, but that one is still on the TBR. I just didn't have the courage to ruin Atticus…
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
Still a beautiful book and once again, 15 years after, I'm awed by Márquez's genius.
Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
What's there to say about the series that hasn't been said before? All the hype was well deserved.
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
One of those book where the brilliancy of the author just shines through. A gentle story with hidden depths.
Desolation Island by Patrick o'Brian (Aubrey & Maturin #5)
Aubrey and Maturin travel to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Shenanigans ensue. Five books into the series, the quality remains.
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
The surprise of the year and the most underrated book I've read in a long time. Also, the best audiobook of the 36 I listened to last year, closely followed by:
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
I was expecting to like it, but not love it. It pushed all the right buttons and proved once again that just because it's genre, it can have just as much characterization as the best literary fiction. It was the book that got me more emotionally involved with the characters, and that's saying something when Maturin and Finch are on the list.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John mandel
We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
Emma by Jane Austen
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #11) by Dorothy L. Sayers
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1) by Colin Cotterill
September 28, 2015 in book review, crime | Tags: 2015, books, crime, historical | 2 comments
If you're looking for your next mysteries series, you might want to give this one a trial. It's more Alexander McCall Smith than Jo Nesbø, but I'm reluctant to call it cozy. Just as the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, it's main attraction is the different setting, this time Laos at the beginning of the communist rule, in 1976. I knew very little about this time and place and the book got me to cruise Wikipedia, which is a good sign in itself.
The "detective" is a 72 year-old doctor who's reluctantly nominated as the county's only coroner. He's a "communist for convenience" and old enough not to care much about using his biting humor to point out the often comic surrealism of the system. He's awesome!
The other characters and the plot are also interesting, but it's definitely the setting that steals the show. Imagine the challenge of crime-solving in a bureaucratic dictatorship with very little resources.
There's an element of the supernatural that I'm carefully apprehensive about, as I usually like my mysteries very much based on hard-core evidence and logic. I'd be able to accept it better if it didn't actually contribute to solving the crime. It didn't disturb me too much, I suspect because I was just focusing on the great setting-relate details, but I wonder what'll happen in the next books once the novelty wears off.
I'm surprised this was first published in 2004 because it has everything to make it an instant favorite and I hadn't hear about it until very recently.
Other thoughts: Boston Bibliophile, Letters from a Hill Farm, Crime Scraps, Books and Quilts, Olduvai Reads, Book Lust, Crime Scraps Review (yours?)
The Sunne in Splendor by Sharon Kay Penman
September 4, 2015 in book review | Tags: 2015, books, england, historical | 7 comments
It took me way too long to read this. A bit over two months, to be exact, with others in between. For a moment there I was afraid it'd be a just-ok 900-page mammoth, but it got me hooked after the first fifth or so. It's my first Sharon Kay Penman, but I actually had this and two others by her in the TBR, just because she sounded like something I'd really enjoy (do you also do this?).
The Sunne in Splendour is an epic novel about Richard III, that most controversial of Kings, the last Plantagenet, from his early childhood to his death. His life is one of those stories that feels to dramatic to be true, just like Henry VIII. Richard didn't have six wives, but had the War of the Roses, the Princes in the Tower, and other such delights.
Sharon Kay Penman does it all this great justice, and writes a really extraordinary book. Huge, but no word wasted, and with the perfect pacing, which is not to be taken lightly in such a complex story. Kay Penman has a great instinct for how long to spend on a battle and when to add a private scene to let us get closer to the characters. I cannot even begin to imagine how many hours she must have spent preparing for this, deciding what to focus on each chapter, what to add and leave out, not to mention the research. Good historical fiction authors are the best! By the end of the book, I felt I really understood this extremely complicated bit of English history. I'm now looking forward a War of Roses round on pub quiz 🙂
If not for Dorothy Dunnett, The Sunne in Splendour might have become a top-of-the-tops favorite, but Dunnett ruined all historical fiction for me. Despite the careful characterization (except that Richard might had been a teensy-weensy idealized?), I never felt too emotionally involved with any of the characters, even with Anne Neville, that had everything to win me over completely. I cannot clearly articulate why, only that if feels different with Dunnett – yes, I know, it's unfair, but inescapable!
Other thoughts: reading the end, Kristin King Author, Devourer of Books, Vulpes Libris, Semicolon, Pages of Julia (yours?)


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IMPACT: BUSHFIRES
U.S. fire fighters Scott Ebell, left, with the National Park Services, and Clay Stephens, with the Bureau of Land Management, are part of a joint Australian and U.S. strike team blacklining an area in order to control a bushfire and protect nearby structures, in Alpine National Park near Omeo, Victoria, Australia, January 12, 2020. The Australian firefighters are with Country Fire Authority Australia and the U.S. team is the third rotation in for 28 days and they come from five different U.S. agencies, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Services.
Firefighters from a joint Australian and U.S. strike team have a briefing as they work to bring a bushfire under control to protect nearby structures, in Alpine National Park near Omeo, Victoria, Australia, January 12, 2020. The Australian firefighters are with Country Fire Authority Australia and the U.S. team is the third rotation in for 28 days and they come from five different U.S. agencies, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Services.
A helicopter does a water drop on a bushfire where a joint Australian and U.S. strike team blackline an area in order to control a the fire and protect nearby structures, in Alpine National Park near Omeo, Victoria, Australia, January 12, 2020. The water drop reduces the heat and slows the fire helping the team on the ground. The Australian firefighters are with Country Fire Authority Australia and the U.S. team is the third rotation in for 28 days and they come from five different U.S. agencies, the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Services.


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COVID-19 Human Challenge Studies: Ethical Issues
Published time: 29 May 2020
Authors: Euzebiusz Jamrozik, Michael J Selgelid,
Keywords: Covid-19, Global Health, Public Health
COVID-19 poses an extraordinary threat to global public health and an effective vaccine could provide a key means of overcoming this crisis. Human challenge studies involve the intentional infection of research participants and can accelerate or improve vaccine development by rapidly providing estimates of vaccine safety and efficacy. Human challenge studies of low virulence coronaviruses have been done in the past and human challenge studies with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 have been proposed. These studies of coronaviruses could provide considerable benefits to public health; for instance, by improving and accelerating vaccine development. However, human challenge studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in particular might be controversial, in part, for ethical reasons. The ethical issues raised by such studies thus warrant early consideration involving, for example, broad consultation with the community. This Personal View provides preliminary analyses of relevant ethical considerations regarding human challenge studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, including the potential benefits to public health and to participants, the risks and uncertainty for participants, and the third-party risks (ie, to research staff and the wider community). We argue that these human challenge studies can reasonably be considered ethically acceptable insofar as such studies are accepted internationally and by the communities in which they are done, can realistically be expected to accelerate or improve vaccine development, have considerable potential to directly benefit participants, are designed to limit and minimise risks to participants, and are done with strict infection control measures to limit and reduce third-party risks.
COVID-19 human challenge studies; ethical issues
Reference: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30438-2
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Property Apps… all you need to know!
"There's an app for that", the typical response for most things nowadays. Digital tools are reshaping many industries, providing consumers with a wealth of information at their fingertips. The property industry has embraced the digital environment and it has certainly effected everyone- from homebuyers and sellers to agents, landlords and even renters looking for a new housemate. Nowadays there are estate agents who operate purely online or ones like us who do both online and instore. Having formed relationships with property portals such as Rightmove and Zoopla, you can view many of our properties via this platform.
With the majority of people now accessing the internet via their mobile device rather than a desktop, property-related apps are starting to come to the foreground. It can be a little confusing knowing what's what, so here is our guide to some of the best- from property searching, location awareness and home inspiration.
Their all-new modern looking and intuitive dashboard makes finding the perfect home pretty simple. With hundreds and thousands of listings, their latest property app personalises your property search for everyday ease-of-use. Whether you are looking to buy, rent a property or simply just fancy a browse, you can access the most up-to-date market information either at home or on the go. The app also enables you to get in contact with estate agents, helping you make the smarter property choice.
Showcasing over a million UK properties for sale or to rent, there is definitely a lot to love about this app. It creates instant alerts for your favourite searches and also sends you matching properties as soon as they are added. No need to worry about losing recent searches, the app enables you to sync your browsing activity easily across all of your devices, allowing you access whenever and on whatever device you wish. The app also displays beautiful photography, floorplans and more, to help you really get a feel for each property.
If you want to know more about a specific location, then this is the app to do just that. Simply type in the location and it will display pretty much all you need to know- from school and hospitals, to local shops, restaurants and even petrol stations.
Known as the 'Tinder for Houses', Knocker is a fun and addictive way to search for properties. Based on your current location or favourite place, it allows you to swipe until you find something that takes your fancy. It is perfect for those times when you're in a bar or café, away on business or holiday, or just feeling a bit nosey and simply want to know how much it would cost to live in a specific area. Save properties as you go along, and when you find something special, share it with your loved ones.
The perfect home inspiration and design app, that will help create your dream home. With over 15 million interior images to browse, as well as lots of design and advice articles to read, Houzz inspires you to put together plans of how you'd like to decorate your new home. It also allows you to locate interior designers local to you, great for when you need those little tips and a helping hand.
All these apps are available to download via Andorid or iOS, so why not have a browse and give them ago, and remember to keep an eye out for those Belvoir properties!


Your theme should work itself into every part of your day, even your table numbers. Now that you've sorted the big picture details like your venue and dress, it's time to focus on the finer details. Before you start designing your table numbers, you should have a rough idea of how many tables you're going to have. Knowing how many numbers you need will help you decide how much you're able to spend on each.
The 'urban' style can be expressed in a few different ways. This could be a city chic, ultra-modern wedding, or a more casual but still sleek day. No matter which one you're planning, here are our top table number choices.
As you can see, the same idea to use wines as the table names can look very different and can suit a range of urban weddings.
A more sophisticated marble background or a sweet constellation? Either way, these numbers would be perfect for those darker colour schemes. Make sure you also pop a bit of colour on the table somewhere, like the purple flowers.
World travellers are sure to love the first table name idea here. Country and city names are a great way to guide your guests to their urban-styled table. They are also easy to remember! Particularly awesome if the places names are ones you've travelled to as a couple. The balloon numbers are also fantastic in guiding your guests to their table. They are super easy to find and are a simple, economical addition to add height to your table setting.
Every little girl's dreams are coming true with these classic romantic table numbers. From very literal princesses to showing off your own fairytale happily ever after, these designs will make your guests say "awwwww" all night long.
A Fairytale wedding doesn't have to be old and stuffy to be on theme. These table numbers have a modern font that brings a lightness to the day. You can always ensure your theme is present by having more traditional flowers in your table settings.
These table numbers will definitely bring a sense of magic to your reception venue. Your married friends will (hopefully) get a kick out sitting at the 'Beauty and the Beast' table.
Who says fairytales are only in movies?
These personal table charts and numbers will show off your whirlwind romance. If you've travelled the country or the world, the first chart would be perfect! Even if you haven't, you could use your 'first' locations on a map of the town or city.
Rustic weddings may fall under the same overall style but are always so different. You can have a rustic country wedding, a rustic garden style, or a rustic beach wedding among others. One of these table number ideas has to suit your style. There are just so many – I couldn't choose!
Are you and your future 'the one' having a garden rustic wedding? These table numbers are cute and unique! My favourite part of the second numbers is that the dietary requirements are clear for your waiters and waitresses.
These are the best of both worlds – where the rustic, outdoors meets the modern and sleek. These table charts and numbers would be perfect for the rustic wedding in the city. Veilability brides looking at locations in Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, or who would just like to bring a bit of country to Brissy might want to take a second look.
Wood, hessian, dark green leaves… the core of the 'rustic' style. These table numbers could go with most rustic weddings (with a little bit of personalisation, of course). They are a perfect start to getting some inspiration.
You'll definitely have a wedding to remember with some of these whimsical table names and numbers. The best thing about these is your guests really see your personality shine through. Choose from your favourite musicians, drinks, movies, shows, or animals, to reveal what you really love (apart from each other, of course).
Now, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that penguins and bicycles aren't everyone's style. But, if it's yours then I say: "Why not?!" After all, it is your wedding so it should reflect your interests and personalities. These unusual table numbers are playful and pretty cute.
How cute are these little table numbers? I can see either of these at an intimate beach wedding or for an eclectic wedding. They're not for everyone but they sure are adorable.
What did you think? Surely there has to be something in this list that sparked your interest. If not, send us a comment and tell us what we missed. Happy styling!


1. According to a number of studies which of thefollowingstatements is false?A.
What are estimated liabilities? Cite at least two examples andexplain why they are classified as estimated liabilities.
I am hopelessly lost and have not been able to manipulate thesenumbers to find out the information I need for this assignment. Icould really use some help.


ABC ME's Project Planet is a new eight-episode series that rallies younger viewers to join the war on waste and demonstrates how everyone can help the environment by making a meaningful contribution to sustainability.
Project Planet showcases a group of dynamic young people from three diverse classrooms across the country who are ready to shake things up.
These Waste Warriors take on a huge mission to transform their schools from being eco wastelands to waste-wise wonderlands.
Project Planet is a great way to engage students about sustainability – one the cross-curriculum priorities identified in the Australian Curriculum – and teachers can download study guides for each episode.
Five passionate students have been recruited by Project Planet to lead their schools into a more sustainable future. Project Planet's champion, Lawrence Gunatilaka, introduces the five Waste Warriors who will steer their three schools on the individual missions that have been set for them.
At Fremantle College in Western Australia, Waste Warrior Sinon has the mission of reducing food waste. He imagines the possibilities of bringing the school vegie patch back to life, with students growing their own food.
At Berry Springs Primary School in the Northern Territory, the focus is on water: a finite and precious resource. Waste Warriors Jenny, Max and Jayden will stop water wastage and promote renewable energies. Jenny, Jayden and Max develop a solar-powered automated irrigation system for the school garden.
Learn some quirky and fun facts about Jenny, a Waste Warrior from the Northern Territory.
And at Taroona High School in Tasmania, Waste Warrior Freida is set the task of breaking the waste cycle and following the five Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Renew and Recycle. Each R has a project team with a planned activity to achieve results.
Lawrence calls in on the Waste Warriors every few weeks to see how they're progressing with their tasks. And each week, the Warriors are set an extra challenge.
In episode one, students must reduce their class landfill to an amount that would fit in a small glass jar; another week, it's to get the message out about an endangered local native species. Their extra challenges arrive in a purple box and there's always a USB stick to plug in, with a message revealing the week's task.
There are relevant facts and statistics along the way, as well as interviews with – and reactions from – the Waste Warriors. There are experiments and a whole lot of team work as our Waste Warriors set their sights on changing their fellow students' attitudes.
"It actually feels pretty cool being a Waste Warrior – it's like being a superhero," says Jayden from Berry Springs Primary School.
"I think it would be so cool if we could help change people's minds," reflects Freida, from Taroona High School.
Sinon from Fremantle College is both realistic and optimistic about his team's task: "It's going to take a lot of time and it's going to take a lot of effort and it's going to be hard for all of us, but I think we can do it."
Project Planet screens Wednesdays and Thursdays on ABC ME or watch now on ABC iview and download the study guides for each episode.
ABC ME is a complete digital and broadcast service for Australian children. ABC ME offers short and long form Australian content, along with the best international programming, that reflects and celebrates the lives of young Australians. You can watch ABC ME anytime and anywhere with a tailored experience to suit your needs. ABC ME is available on channel 23 on free to air, channel 723 on Foxtel and via our free ABC ME app.
Suggestion (cont.): The photo taken could be shown on the screen for 3seconds then be sent to a school group or teacher's files to be filtered and presented in a wall display or website etc.


Bed bugs have infested my home - help!
Nothing reinforces the feeling of rest than being able to settle into a bed. Often you just wait for a long day to end so that you can snuggle into your bed. But wait, that amazing feeling can end abruptly with the bite of a bed bug. It is that little insect that can completely kill the comfort a bed or cushy sofa offers you.
Bed Bugs (also called Bedbugs) have increased by 5000% in number since the year 1999!
Bed Bugs have widened their radius and are found in shops, hospitals, offices, cinemas, public transports, etc.
Bed bugs transmit blood transmitted pathogens.
You run the risk of contacting blood diseases (if any) of their previous prey!
The victim may go into anaphylactic shock which can be life-threatening!
Their presence & attack can cause insomnia, anxiety, loss of appetite, irritability, inability to focus, resulting in a weak immune system.
Whether your home is full of grown-ups alone or consists of family members like aged people, children & pregnant women, you sure wouldn't want them exposed to these problems would you?
These tiny creatures are difficult to spot because of their size. To add to it, their ability to hide in crevices, cracks, and mattress seams makes treatment all the more difficult. Taking the necessary precautions could help prevent the problem from going out of hand. What's more it could also save you from contacting any diseases or getting painful bites. In case you do develop an infestation, it would be best to get a professional to look into the matter. Professionals are generally trained to inspect and detect the presence of bed bugs and hence will be able to offer the best possible solutions.
Spot the Bed Bug! - Don't be fooled by their name, you're better off keeping those bugs out of your bed and upholstery than in it. To ensure that happens, you obviously need to know what these guys look like. Flat, reddish-brown, and oval in shape- be on the lookout for creepy-crawlies that match this description.
They usually are up to 4-5 mm and just might look like apple seeds walking around. They tend to emerge only once they realize their victim is asleep and least likely to attack them. Once these guys have enjoyed a sumptuous meal of your blood, they tend to swell up in size.
They also look a little more reddish all thanks to your red blood that they would have just fed on. You sure don't want to be feeding these blood-suckers so keep a wary eye on them if you do spot them. They can survive up to a year if the climate they are in, is cool.
Getting on the Bed Bug trail - Bed bugs tend to dwell in mattress seams or in the corners of the bed. They can also be found in hotel rooms, where they can wander from room and room and prey on different hosts.
Seeing the bed bug: Things cannot get more obvious than being fortunate enough to actually see the bed bug.
Case skins: Bed Bugs tend to shed their skin as they grow out of their mold. So if you happen to see the case skins, you might as well call our Protech Professional for a thorough inspection.
Black stains and small dark spots - If bed bugs are present and getting their food requirement fulfilled you can sure they will be pooping around too. The black stains and small dark spots are signs of Bed Bug feces.
Blood spots on the mattress or sheet are evidence of a bed bugs meal.
Unpleasant sickly scent on the mattress and upholstery.
Bites:If you're getting bitten you can be sure that your bed has some of these blood suckers. Places to look for these signs would be in between timber floorboards, broken plaster, peeling wallpaper, bedframes, headboard crevices, mattresses seams, carpets and underlay, drawers, wardrobes, and bedside cabinets.
Regular housekeeping practices like vacuum cleaning help keep bed bugs at bay.
Wash linen and traveling clothes at the highest possible temperatures.
Leave luggage in the garage or bathroom as bed bugs do not like tiles and concrete and are also easier to spot.
In spite of being acquainted with the characteristics of a bed bug and the signs of an infestation, hunting them down is a task in itself. It is even harder to be able to get a treatment in place to eliminate them all by yourself. Instead of going through this hassle, why not contact our experts and get us on the scene. Every one of our Protech Pest Control Professionals is trained to identify bed bug symptoms and aim's to make your home bed bug free. When I say aim, I mean A.I.M that is Assess, Implement and Monitor.
Assess: our exterminator assesses your home from top to bottom looking through all the cracks, crevices and difficult corners with the latest tools.
Implement: He carries out the necessary procedure and puts treatments in all the places which not only destroys the existing bed bugs but also destroys the eggs to prevent future breeding.
Monitor: Our Protech Professional isn't going to do the disappearing act right after the first visit. With regular visits, expert advice to prevent a return of the infestation and thorough monitoring, he and we work towards your home being 'bed bug free'.
If you think things have gotten out of hand allow one of our Protech Pest Control Professionals to look into the matter and help you stay hassle-free. Give us a call on 1300 486 149.
Do they offer same day bed bug control service (normally)?
Do they have over 2 decades of experience in the Pest Control field?
Are they fully accredited and licensed to carry out bed bug removal and control services from the Victorian government?
Do they make use of the most up-to- date, non-destructive technology for bed bug control?
What about a specialist division for inspections, reports and treatments - do they have one?
Finally, do they guarantee their work of getting rid of bed bugs and ensuring they do not return?
Can they ensure you, your loved ones and the environment's safety by offering natural and biodegradable treatments for getting rid of bed bugs in your home?