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Tories Rebel and Labour Abstains
Blower's cartoon in today's Telegraph
Parliament will vote today on the Government's new tier system and Labour will abstain. The Independent has more.
Labour will abstain in a key vote on Boris Johnson's new COVID-19 tiers. Speaking on Monday night, Sir Keir Starmer said his party was "acting in the national interest" by not opposing the regulations but he said that he had reservations about them. The move is significant because it represents the first time the opposition has failed to back the Government in a vote on COVID-19 regulations.
"Coronavirus remains a serious threat to the public's health and that's why Labour accept the need for continued restrictions. We will always act in the national interest, so we will not vote against these restrictions in Parliament tomorrow… However, I remain deeply concerned that Boris Johnson's Government has failed to use this latest lockdown to put a credible health and economic plan in place. We still don't have a functioning testing system, public health messaging is confused, and businesses across the country are crying out for more effective economic support to get them through the winter months. It is short-term Government incompetence that is causing long-term damage to the British economy."
Don't get too excited. With the Labour party abstaining, rather than voting no, the tier system will still pass. But with a prospect of up to 100 Tory MPs rebelling, the legitimacy of the new COVID-19 regime is shaky at best. How can you reasonably ask people to obey all the new draconian restrictions, particularly those that live in Tier 3 areas, if only a minority of MPs have voted for them?
In the hope of appeasing mutinous Tory backbenchers, Downing Street published a long-awaited 'impact assessment' yesterday, but it did little good. Details from the MailOnline:
The Government released its assessment of the economic and social effects of the pandemic and its response this evening. But the document made clear that it is not possible to say exactly how the tiers will hit local areas – a key demand of Conservative MPs. It also insisted there was no way of imposing looser curbs and instead merely argued that it would be "intolerable" to allow the NHS to be overwhelmed.
The assessment said it was "clear that restrictions to contain COVID-19 have had major impacts on the economy and public finances, even if it is not possible to forecast with confidence the precise impact of a specific change to a specific restriction".
Tory rebel ringleader Mark Harper complained that the information was being released too late, just 24 hours before MPS are due to make their decision. "This information is what Ministers should have been insisting on before they make their decisions so it surely could have been made available earlier," he said…
Mel Stride, the Tory Chairman of the Treasury Committee, criticised the documents, saying:
"On a number of occasions, I've requested from the Chancellor and Treasury officials that they publish an analysis of the economic impacts of the three tiers. With little over 24 hours until MPs vote on the new tiered system, this rehashed document offers very little further in economic terms other than that which the OBR published last week. It is frustrating that there is little here that sets out how the different tiers might impact on the specific sectors and regions across the country. Those looking for additional economic analysis of the new tiered system will struggle to find it in this document."
Perhaps, in the rush, the Government did not give them the right file. The Times has discovered that the Government has in fact produced impact assessment that includes an analysis of the effect of various restrictions on different sectors of the economy. This gives the lie to the Government's claim that such an analysis isn't possible, due to the fiendish complexity of disentangling the effects of the restrictions from the effects of the pandemic. Couldn't it just have released this internal assessment instead?
The Government has drawn up a secret dossier detailing the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, with a dozen sectors rated "red" and facing significant job cuts and revenue losses, the Times has been told.
The COVID-19 sectoral impacts dashboard, which is prepared by officials from across Whitehall and frequently updated, gives "granular" detail on the effect of coronavirus on nearly 40 areas of the economy.
Among the sectors with a red rating are aerospace, the automotive industry, retail, hospitality and tourism, arts and heritage, maritime, including ferries and cruises, and sport.
Worth reading in full.
At least MPs and decision makers are beginning to think about a cost-benefit analysis. Long-time readers may recall the COBR meeting of March 23rd, when Michael Gove, who was chairing, surprised those present by announcing the Government was planning the country into a national lockdown, effective immediately.
Only Jesse Norman, a Treasury minister, raised any doubts, asking whether there had been any cost-benefit analysis of the economic and health impacts of lockdown or consideration of less onerous alternatives. Around the room there were blank looks: the decision had been taken.
The absence of any such analysis was, notorious, confirmed by the last line of "the Lockdown Regulations", a statutory instrument enacted at 1pm on March 26th by Matt Hancock:
No impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations.
Stop Press: Christopher Snowden has done a good thread on the failings of the Government's cost-benefit analysis document
For a much more robust assessment of the cost of the lockdown and associated restrictions, we recommend this new report by Tim Knox and Jim McConalogue for Civitas called The Cost of the Cure. The report is worth reading in full, but the short version is that the Government has spent a minimum of £96,000 for each QALY saved, which is over three times the figure that the NHS routinely uses of £30,000 when assessing whether a particular course of action is worthwhile.
Tim Knox has kindly written an 800-word article summarising the report for Lockdown Sceptics that you can read here. He is predictably scathing about the impact assessment published by the Government yesterday. Here is an extract.
If you wanted a chuckle, then imagine you had the job of the unfortunate civil servant who had been given the job of cobbling together this strange hotch-potch of information. The document is clearly a rushed job, published with the political aim of persuading the growing number of Conservative MPs who are sceptical about the need for tighter restrictions that they are, in fact, necessary. (There was once a time, not so long ago, when the Civil Service would have demurred from being involved in such a blatantly political operation.) A futile effort, for no self-respecting MP could be persuaded by such a flimsy document.
Take its estimates of additional deaths from other diseases. Table 9 of the report looks at the effect on morbidity and mortality of certain conditions – alcohol misuse, road injuries, depressive disorders, and the like. But instead of trying to estimate the actual numbers, the report simply uses up and down arrows to describe the general direction of change that social distancing measures might produce. Is that really the best that our Rolls Royce Civil Service can do?
Or take the report's attempt to take a sectoral approach of the impact of lockdown on the economy. Here again in some cases, all the report does is provide a pre-COVID-19 assessment of Gross Value Added (GVA) output of each sector – it seems to be afraid of making any calculation of the likely impact. If estimates are made, they are drafted as general changes in GDP, not reported as actual costs on deeply impacted industries.
Very much worth reading in full.
Reviewing Michael Gove's Dubious Lockdown Claims
Micheal Gove penned an essay in the Times over the weekend, seeking to win round Tory rebels. The Spectator's Steerpike has done a cracking fact-check:
Gove: The decision to implement the second lockdown was rushed.
Steerpike: Gove here confirms what has been reported elsewhere. On the Thursday, ministers had been told there might be a bit of tightening to the regime. Then, on Friday, they were blindsided by some supposedly terrifying new information suggesting that the virus was surging and lockdown was needed urgently. The Treasury later admitted it did not even have time to estimate the cost of the second lockdown that the scientific advisers were suddenly urging. So the decision to lockdown was rushed. Which makes it all the more important that scrutiny is applied now.
Gove: Infections were doubling fast. The number of days taken to see that increase was open to question. But the trend was not.
Steerpike: On the day Cabinet met to agree Lockdown 2.0 the seven-day average was just 2% higher week-on-week. It would not have been clear then but it's hard to talk, now, about a 'doubling' rate.
Gove: Sweden, which has always places restrictions on its population, has found that even the battery of measures it adopted was not enough. Infections rose dramatically in October and early this month, and hospitalisations continue to rise as its government has, reluctantly but firmly, introduced new measures to keep households apart, restrict commerce, stop people visiting bars and restaurants and comprehensively reduce the social contact that spreads infection.
Steerpike: Yes, do let's look at Sweden. Contrary to what Gove claims, it has placed hardly any "restrictions on its population". The only law it "reluctantly but firmly" introduced was a rule of eight for public places and a 10 pm. limit on serving booze. No tiers. It has not "stopped people visiting bars and restaurants". No "battery of measures," just non-binding advice. Sweden believes that people, if treated like adults, tend to heed advice. Compulsion and lockdowns are not needed to control a virus in a mature democracy. Yes, Sweden has taken a similar COVID-19 hit to Britain. But its strategy always was to treat COVID-19 as a manageable risk while minimising collateral damage on society, personal liberty and the economy.
The Mass Write-In
Many readers have taken up Peter Hitchens's call to write to MPs. Herewith a small selection:
From James Delingpole to Chris Heaton Harris (Conservative):
Dear Chris,
I never imagined that I would have to write to my local Conservative MP politely asking him not to vote to destroy the economy, kill jobs and small businesses and impose unprecedented restrictions on liberty – all in the name of "defeating" a virus no deadlier than bad seasonal flu.
But this is where we are in 2020. Please don't insult my intelligence by fobbing me off with the official Government line on coronavirus. We know it's bunk. You'll know it's bunk too if, as I hope, you've done some rudimentary research on the work of Michael Yeadon, Carl Heneghan, Sunetra Gupta and the myriad other respected scientists around the world who are bemused and frustrated by the increasingly anti-science – and relentlessly anti-human and anti-prosperity – measures being pursued by your Government.
This is not why I voted Conservative. I hereby promise that if you vote for the tier system (Lockdown by any other name) I shall not vote for you in the next General Election. Nor will I vote Conservative on any other occasion. The policies being pursued by this Government are not remotely conservative.
If you believe in conservative values and the wellbeing and livelihoods of the people you represent, then this is the moment to take a principled stand.
Thanks for all the work you have done in the past as an excellent constituency MP.
And from another reader to Tom Hunt (Conservative):
Just a "short, sharp" email to urge you to vote against these farcical tier restrictions tomorrow.
Putting aside the monumental assault on our basic civil liberties, we now know that the number of lives lost as a direct result of these restrictions is far higher than the number of lives saved from dying "with" COVID-19.
I'm not going to even go into the absurdity of a Government pretending it can somehow control a sub-microscopic virus. It's like the Government declaring that they can control the weather. Put simply, it's pure science fiction. The data is in for all to see and there is no parallel that you can draw between the severity of a country's lockdown and its overall death rate. None. So let's stop it. Immediately.
I also hadn't realised that being born a citizen of the UK meant that my fundamental freedoms are contingent on the smooth running of the NHS. We keep getting told that our freedoms have been removed to protect the NHS from becoming overwhelmed, as if it's our national duty, and yet, the Government is spending billions on its "moonshot" testing program, enough to build 200 new hospitals. Surely, that would be a much better use of our money, and would prevent the hospitals getting overwhelmed, now and in the future?
And finally, sent to Angela Richardson (Conservative):
Thank you for your email in response to mine
I fully expect you to continue following the Government line and so in the spirit of the times I am moving you from Tier 1 (a candidate I could not possibly vote for) into Tier 2 (a candidate I shall actively campaign against).
Only Four English NHS Trusts Busier Now Than Last Winter
From MailOnline – Got to take your hat off to whoever is designing these graphs for the Mail
Given that protecting "our NHS" from being "overwhelmed" being one of the Government's core justifications for continued restrictions, MailOnline has done an analysis showing that – contra Gove – only four hospitals in the whole of England are busier now than last winter:
NHS England figures show that there are thousands more hospital beds spare this year than last winter. On average, 77,942 out of 88,903 (87.7%) available beds were occupied across the country in the week ending November 22nd, which is the most recent snapshot. This figure does not take into account make-shift capacity at mothballed Nightingales, or the thousands of beds commandeered from the private sector.
For comparison, occupancy stood at 94.9%, on average, during the seven-day spell that ended December 8th in 2019, which is the most comparable data available for last winter, when around 91,733 out of all 96,675 available beds were full.
Just four trusts – Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust (FT), University College London Hospitals FT, Calderdale and Huddersfield FT, and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT – are busier now than they were a year ago.
Dr Karol Sikora, a consultant oncologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of Buckingham, said Downing Street was running a "brainwashing PR campaign" with "data that doesn't stack up". He told MailOnline: "We've gone back to how it started in March, with the Government claiming we need the measures to protect the NHS. The data you've shown me proves that it doesn't need protecting. It's dealing with COVID-19 very well indeed.
"What the data shows is that hospitals are not working at full capacity and they've still got some spare beds for COVID-19 if necessary. The public is being misled, the data doesn't stack up. Fear and scaremongering is being used to keep people out of hospital."
Stop Press: Read the story of the NHS call handler who quit claiming she did "f*** all" during the pandemic apart from filming "empty" A&Es in London. Again from MailOnline.
The Vaccine is Not Compulsory but…
Nadhim Zahawi, the Minister recently appointed to oversee deployment of COVID-19 vaccines, gave an interview yesterday to BBC Radio 4's World at One. The Guardian has more:
Nadhim Zahawi said that while having the vaccine would not be compulsory, businesses such as pubs and restaurants might require proof that people have been vaccinated before allowing them in.
Asked whether those who have been inoculated would get would get an immunity passport, Zahawi said: "We are looking at the technology. And, of course, a way of people being able to inform their GP that they have been vaccinated. But, also, I think you'll probably find that restaurants and bars and cinemas and other venues, sports venues, will probably also use that system, as they have done with the Test-and-Trace app. I think that in many ways, the pressure will come from both ways. From service providers who'll say, 'Look, demonstrate to us that you have been vaccinated.' But also we will make the technology as easy and as accessible as possible."
The Minister said people would have to "make a decision" on whether to get vaccinated, and said if they chose not to they could face severe restrictions.
His remarks were echoed later in the day by Matt Hancock who, in a Downing Street press conference, said:
Firstly, we do not plan to mandate the vaccine. We think that by encouraging the uptake of the vaccine, we will get a very high proportion of the people in this country to take up the vaccine, because of course it protects you but it also helps to protect your loved ones and your community.
The question of mandatory vaccination, is, of course an old one, and it is worth noting that immunity passports are already used in some countries to see whether people have protection against yellow fever and polio. But politics and vaccinations do not mix well and these remarks will not sit well with the 36% of people who, according to research carried out by the British Academy, are either "uncertain" or "very unlikely" to be vaccinated against the virus.
The Guardian also carries a hint of the campaign that is in preparation to persuade people to take the jab.
Ministers and NHS England are drawing up a list of "very sensible" famous faces in the hope that their advice to get immunised would be widely trusted. Health chiefs are particularly worried about the number of people who are still undecided. "There will be a big national campaign," said one source with knowledge of the plans. "NHS England are looking for famous faces, people who are known and loved. It could be celebrities who are very sensible and have done sensible stuff during the pandemic."
NHS communications experts suggest privately that the footballer Marcus Rashford, who is widely admired for his child food poverty campaign… and members of the Royal Family. Politicians will not be used.
I wonder if Marcus Rashford and Prince William will go so far as to get vaccinated themselves and then let us monitor them for four weeks to see whether there are any ill effects?
It may take an awful lot of "very sensible" celebrities to overcome some doubters' uncertainties, and even more as kinks in the plans for the roll-out of the vaccines come to light. The appeal for vaccination volunteers who "under the supervision of healthcare professionals will be trained to deliver a vaccination to a patient" and who "will be ready to act if the patient has an adverse reaction", prompted this reaction from Mike Yeadon on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MichaelYeadon3/status/1332989416105775111
Stop Press: For more on the roll-out of vaccines, and the Government's plans to quell vaccine dissent, watch Toby Young's recent interview on TalkRADIO
Another Reader Arrested
Nick Harvey. Shutterstock
We've been sent another account by a reader who was arrested during Saturday's protest:
I knew that there would be a lot of police at the anti-lockdown demonstration in London last Saturday, but I wasn't prepared for the levels of chaos and heavy-handedness on display. It was a style of policing that seemed deliberately designed to create disorder.
The first thing I saw when I got to Marble Arch were about 20 dark blue police vans marked "Territorial Support Group". Slightly intimidating. I then saw the marchers crossing the road further down Park Lane, so I hurried down there to join in at the back. The march was already pretty busy and full of energy, with people singing and chanting "Freedom." I waved the placard my daughter and I had drawn in the morning, which said "Freedom. Remember That?" My partner turned up on his bike and we walked along together.
We got as far as Grosvenor Square. At this point, masses of police suddenly surrounded us, running alongside the edge of the marchers and trying to box us in. This was the first of many attempts by the police to split up and separate the group. Whenever the police tried this it led to chaotic scenes – with marchers running around, shouting, and trying to stay together. We managed to regroup and started marching again, but this time quickly reached another police block. More shouting; the crowd suddenly turned back on themselves and down a narrow side street. This was a dead-end, and we were all syphoned down a narrow alleyway – hundreds of us being funnelled down a tiny conduit barely wide enough for two people to walk down.
We marched along another side street, which led us out onto Oxford Street. My partner and I breathed a sigh of relief, and said to each other that this was a better, and safer, place to be. Out in the open, overlooked by other members of the public – there were quite a few families and tourists out walking around, window-shopping. We marched past Bond Street Station, and the atmosphere was calm – the police had seemingly left us alone, and it felt more like a "normal" march. I started to daydream and chat to my partner.
Suddenly a female police officer was standing right in front of me, looking straight at me. "Turn round and go home now, or you risk being arrested", she said. This took me aback. "No, I don't think I'm going to turn round, I'm allowed to walk along here", I said. "Turn around now or I will arrest you", she said again. And within a couple of seconds two other officers, one on either side of me, took my arms around my back and put me in handcuffs.
I have never been arrested before and the whole thing was pretty rushed and surprising. I guess I didn't really believe it was happening. It's uncomfortable being cuffed, and I just stood there dumbly while my partner asked, "Why are you arresting her?" A reasonable question. "Do you want to be arrested too?" was the reply, as if that was a perfectly reasonable response, and then, "She's an adult, she'll be allowed a phone-call home."
I was led off back down Oxford Street, and me, my arresting officer and another policewoman stood around outside Body Shop waiting for a police van to come and pick us up. The van came after about 10 minutes and I got in and sat in the back with one other protestor and six police officers – not the greatest way to travel. We got to King Charles Street, which I'd heard the police describe on their radios as the "Processing Centre". We were told it was "full", and sat there in the van for a while, waiting to be let in.
Finally, we walked in. King Charles Street was completely enclosed with makeshift corrugated iron barriers at either end. I joined a long line of "prisoners" who stood at one side, each one guarded by their arresting officer. I stood there for about an hour-and-a-half, during which time I was searched twice. Every now and then, a more senior officer would come along with a clipboard, and check my details, and explain what was going to happen. I'd get to the front, my details would be logged in the computer, and I'd receive a fine. Probably £200, reduced to £100 if I paid quickly.
And that is what happened. I reached the front of the 'queue', and my arresting officer was cued to deliver her speech to me: "I'm reporting you for breach of Coronavirus Regulations. You will receive a Fixed Penalty Notice by post in a few working days." And that was it. I was walked to the corrugated iron gate at the other end of King Charles Street and sent on my way. I'd been arrested for walking down Oxford Street carrying a homemade placard with "freedom" written on it in felt-tipped pen.
If you're in any doubt that Britain in 2020 has changed beyond all recognition, then you haven't been paying attention.
We have put her in touch with Richard Parry, Piers Corbyn's solicitor. When it comes to heavy-handed policing and vexatious arrests, he's probably the world's leading expert.
Infection Fatality Rate in Norway: Slightly Worse Than Influenza
Reader Katherine Jebsen Moore – author of the brilliant knitting trilogy in Quillette – has drawn our attention to the latest data on the infection fatality rate in Norway. It is good news.
"The lethality rate for COVID-19 in Norway is 0.12%," says Norway's National Institute for Public Health, according to Nettavisen. In its latest report, the Institute has attempted to map Covid-related illness in Norway in the past six months. 73,000 Norwegians had the virus between June 1st and November 30th. 0.12% of those died, while 0.15% needed intensive care, and 1% were admitted to hospital, according to the report. In comparison, the death rate for influenza is around 0.1%, and around 1.5% of patients need hospitalisation. The numbers from Norway, which has a population of 5.4 million, are considerably lower than the best estimates in the rest of the world, which are around 0.4-1 %. So far, almost 90% of deaths have occurred in the over 70s. For people over 80, the illness has a lethality of more than 5%. The country has so far had only 332 deaths from the virus.
Has Lockdown Affected Your Mental Health?
King's College London is seeking volunteers for online study of personality and mental health in the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality profile for all and £10 expenses if you complete the follow-up. Sign up here at measureyourpersonality.com. The study code is 57894876.
"MPs who vote against draconian tiers will be on the right side of history" – Unarguable piece by Dan Wooton in the Sun
"Lance Foreman: The whole political class has been tainted by 2020" – Something "desperately" has to be done, he tells Mike Graham on talkRADIO
"Australia will pay people $300 after they get tested for COVID-19, another $1,500 if they test positive" – Hmmm. That one may have unintended consequences. From the India Times
"Pubs in Wales to close by 6pm under new COVID-19 restrictions" – Looks like the Welsh "firebreak" didn't do much good. What's the response? Double down, of course
"Viral impact in England. The empirical truth – Part 1" – Latest from the mighty Ivor Cummins on the Fat Emperor podcast featuring Lockdown Sceptic contributors Joel Smalley, Dr Clare Craig and Jonathan Engler
"Chinese sociologist: 'As long as 1.4 billion Chinese people eat and sleep every day we will drive the U.S. to its death'." – A startling admission reported in the Blaze, in which a Chinese academic says Covid has been good for China, bad for the West
"Mark Steyn takes on government officials flouting their own holiday orders" – Title says it all. From the Chestnut Post
"Arcadia goes bust with 13,000 jobs at brands including TopShop and Burton on the line and a '£350m pension black hole'"– I never thought I'd feel sorry for Sir Phillip Green, but Covid makes for strange bedfellows
"The big question about the new tier system: do ministers actually understand it themselves?" – Michael Deacon's latest Parliamentary sketch in the Telegraph
"The Laura Perrins interview – Peter Hitchens" – Two titans of lockdown scepticism meet. In the Conservative Woman
"Were tiers working before lockdown?" – Ross Clark in the Spectator poses the same question Will Jones has been asking for weeks. No prizes for guessing the answer
"Pictured: Rita Ora at her lavish lockdown-flaunting 30th birthday" – The Daily Mail has the low-down on Rita Ora's 30th birthday. It cost her a £10,000 fine
"We all break lockdown in France" – John Lewis-Stempel in UnHerd. Sounds like a good national sport
"I've sold my wedding ring to provide for my late son's kids" – Dan Wootton interviews Irene on talkRADIO. Heart-breaking. Starts at 2 hours, 6 minutes
"The NHS isn't my church and salvation" – MailOnline reports on Laurence Fox's latest row on Twitter
"Francis Hoar on Lockdown Legality" – The lawyer acting for Simon Dolan gives Unmasked Doco a legal overview of COVID-19 policy. A must watch
And from the same filmmaker, Roger Bowles, who's working on a definitive documentary about Covid, this heartbreaking interview with a nurse:
Lifelong nurse mourns loss of humanity in NHS under Covid measures, full interview coming soon @UnmaskedDoco. These stories must be heard, please share #COVID19 #lockdownUK #KBF pic.twitter.com/XOCvYsYIPE
— UnmaskedDoco – exploring the impact of COVID19 (@UnmaskedDoco) November 30, 2020
Theme Tunes Suggested by Readers
Four today: "Two Pints of Lager and A Packet Of Crisps Please" by Splodgenessabounds, "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie, "I Won't Back Down" by Johnny Cash and "Banned From The Pubs" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies.
Love in the Time of Covid
We have created some Lockdown Sceptics Forums, including a dating forum called "Love in a Covid Climate" that has attracted a bit of attention. We have a team of moderators in place to remove spam and deal with the trolls, but sometimes it takes a little while so please bear with us. You have to register to use the Forums, but that should just be a one-time thing. Any problems, email the Lockdown Sceptics webmaster Ian Rons here.
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Woke Gobbledegook
We've decided to create a permanent slot down here for woke gobbledegook. Today, from the Telegraph, the story of the students who want the adjective "black" expunged from textbooks and lectures:
University students have demanded the word "black" be banned from lectures and textbooks amid claims it symbolises "negative situations". Undergraduates from the University of Manchester say the colour's use as an adjective stems from our "colonial history", which has become outdated in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Supporters are calling for commonly used phrases such as "black sheep" to be removed from lecture slides and books, while concerns have also been raised about "blackmail" and "black market" during an audit of racism concerns on campus.
The University said it is preparing to roll out new training and research in response to the unease in order to tackle "racist terminology" and "aggressions".
In documents seen by the Telegraph, students called for: "The University to ban the use of these words listed above and any other use of the word 'black' as an adjective to express negative connotations". This is because black is "linguistically and metaphorically associated with negative situations" and "used for bad and unsavoury situations or objects".
This is part of an "accepted consciousness" of using colours as adjectives that is "situated in colonial history", the student report stated.
Stop Press: The National Trust has hired strategic advisory firm Hanbury Strategy to help it de-woke-ify its image in the wake of the backlash which followed the report addressing its properties' links with slavery and colonialism. The firm was co-founded by Paul Stephenson, who was formerly a Director of Vote Leave. MailOnline has the details.
"Mask Exempt" Lanyards
We've created a one-stop shop down here for people who want to buy (or make) a "Mask Exempt" lanyard/card. You can print out and laminate a fairly standard one for free here and it has the advantage of not explicitly claiming you have a disability. But if you have no qualms about that (or you are disabled), you can buy a lanyard from Amazon saying you do have a disability/medical exemption here (takes a while to arrive). The Government has instructions on how to download an official "Mask Exempt" notice to put on your phone here. You can get a "Hidden Disability" tag from ebay here and an "exempt" card with lanyard for just £1.99 from Etsy here. And, finally, if you feel obliged to wear a mask but want to signal your disapproval of having to do so, you can get a "sexy world" mask with the Swedish flag on it here.
Don't forget to sign the petition on the UK Government's petitions website calling for an end to mandatory face masks in shops here.
A reader has started a website that contains some useful guidance about how you can claim legal exemption.
If you're a shop owner and you want to let your customers know you will not be insisting on face masks or asking them what their reasons for exemption are, you can download a friendly sign to stick in your window here.
And here's an excellent piece about the ineffectiveness of masks by a Roger W. Koops, who has a doctorate in organic chemistry.
Stop Press: Sometimes academic studies comes up with results that were obvious all along. Researchers from the University of Manchester have investigated the "Impacts of face coverings on communication: an indirect impact of COVID-19". They conducted an online survey of 460 members of the public, oversampling people with hearing loss. The results, which were published in the International Journal of Audiology, are no great surprise:
With few exceptions, participants reported that face coverings negatively impact on hearing, understanding, engagement and feelings of connection with the speaker. Impacts were greatest when communicating in medical situations. People with hearing loss were significantly more impacted than those without hearing loss. Face coverings impacted communication content, interpersonal connectedness and willingness to engage in conversation. They increased anxiety and stress and made communication fatiguing, frustrating and embarrassing, both as a speaker wearing a face covering and when listening to someone else who is wearing one.
Their research is worth reading in full and the MailOnline has a report which is worth reading too.
The Great Barrington Declaration
Professor Martin Kulldorff, Professor Sunetra Gupta and Professor Jay Bhattacharya
The Great Barrington Declaration, a petition started by Professor Martin Kulldorff, Professor Sunetra Gupta and Professor Jay Bhattacharya calling for a strategy of "Focused Protection" (protect the elderly and the vulnerable and let everyone else get on with life), was launched last month and the lockdown zealots have been doing their best to discredit it ever since. If you Googled it a week after launch, the top hits were three smear pieces from the Guardian, including: "Herd immunity letter signed by fake experts including 'Dr Johnny Bananas'." (Freddie Sayers at UnHerd warned us about this the day before it appeared.) On the bright side, Google UK has stopped shadow banning it, so the actual Declaration now tops the search results – and Toby's Spectator piece about the attempt to suppress it is among the top hits – although discussion of it has been censored by Reddit. The reason the zealots hate it, of course, is that it gives the lie to their claim that "the science" only supports their strategy. These three scientists are every bit as eminent – more eminent – than the pro-lockdown fanatics so expect no let up in the attacks. (Wikipedia has also done a smear job.)
You can find it here. Please sign it. Now over 700,000 signatures.
Update: The authors of the GDB have expanded the FAQs to deal with some of the arguments and smears that have been made against their proposal. Worth reading in full.
Update 2: Many of the signatories of the Great Barrington Declaration are involved with new UK anti-lockdown campaign Recovery. Find out more and join here.
Update 3: You can watch Sunetra Gupta set out the case for "Focused Protection" here and Jay Bhattacharya make it here.
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Armenia allows dual citizenship now, and grants citizenship to any Armenian anywhere in the world, or their spouse and children. The application process can be mysterious, though in theory it is not complicated.
This section is relevant to everyone, but is most directly relevant to Armenians from Western countries residing applying in Armenia.
If you are not Armenian, but are married to an Armenian, your spouse needs to be an Armenian citizen before you can apply with your marriage license.
IMPORTANT NOTE! Before bringing US Government documents such as a birth certificate, marriage license or name change certificate to Armenia, you must have an Apostille stamp them in the USA. You do NOT need an Apostille stamp for your baptismal certificate or passport however. Apostilles are not always easy to find, but they can be found online and get everything done by mail and electronically. There is a link to a very helpful one here.
In Yerevan, there are companies that will help you fill out your citizenship application for a very small fee. They have a lot of experience with the process, know what is being asked and what is important, and can fill it out in front of you in a matter of minutes. They can also do translations of necessary documents (like your foreign passport) and notarize them. They can also take your necessary photos. It's a one-stop shop. This office can make preparing your application very very easy. You can of course do it yourself, but this is a very easy and cheap alternative, by people with a lot of experience. Just ask the people at OVIR where you can go for this service.
When/If you find this office, tell them you need assistance with your citizenship application.
Someone will take your documents, look them over, and have the necessary ones which are in English translated and notarized by the next day. 3 to 4,000 dram ($10) per notarized page translation.
They will also take your 6 passport photos for you for around 1,500 dram.
Then they will fill out the 4 page application for you in Armenian. This costs about 1,200 dram. Questions are relatively basic. Education, Profession, Employment, the names of your parents (and their fathers names), siblings, spouse and children, and some other pretty easy questions. They will help you to fill this stuff out.
They will put all of these documents into a plastic sleeve for you, and xerox copies of whatever you need (50 dram a page), and you are done preparing your application with one exception, the bank fee.
You pay your 1,000 dram application fee at any bank. You tell them the account number they will give you at this application office, and say you need to pay a 1,000 dram fee for dual citizenship. You need your passport to do this, and they'll give you a receipt you must sign and take back to put in your packet. There is a 100 dram fee in addition to your 1,000 dram payment for processing.
When your packet is ready, you walk into OVIR, head to the room that takes applications and ignore anyone waiting. Just walk in, hand them your packet, and say you'll be waiting outside. Then, you wait outside until they call on you. Some times of the week are much busier than others, so if it is very busy you may be better off walking in and asking when a better time to come back is. First thing in the morning is often a good window.
When they do call you in and accept your application. You sign it. They give you a webpage address where in a month and a half they say you can track your application process. And then you wait for them to finish. They say it takes 6 to 12 months. Most people seem to get it in 6 months. If you want it sooner, tell them, they may be able to rush it for you in 2 or 3 months, but I don't know what the deal is with that.
On February 26, the Armenian National assembly passed a law allowing dual citizenship. In this interview, conducted in Washington on April 23, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Vahan Hovhannissian discusses the importance of that law.
Khatchig Mouradian-My first question goes beyond the legalities of the dual citizenship law. In a sense, the dual citizenship law could bring the two divided wings of the Armenian nation together. What are your thoughts on this matter?
Vahan Hovhannisian-First, I must say that the passage of the dual citizenship law will be considered one of the greatest victories of the ARF in this term of the National Assembly. As you know, the law wasn't passed easily. But at the end, it passed more or less the way we wanted it to. In the beginning, constitutional obstacles to dual citizenship were removed, and then the law itself was passed. Now the third act remains: the implementation of the law on the ground and the coordination of details. How do people apply? What documents will they need to present? How will the applications be processed?
You are right to point out that the law has many different layers. On the one hand, it has a huge moral significance. As we all know, the Armenian diaspora was not the result of emigration, it was the result of the genocide when people were forced to leave their homeland. Thus, if the homeland, though not complete, has been able to achieve independence, then it is forced to give all of its children the right to citizenship. In our opinion this law should have been passed as early as 1991, as soon as Armenia became independent. Due to various political reasons, that was not accomplished. But at least now we have been able to bring this process to its end, and now any Armenian who would like to receive Armenian citizenship can do so, thus gaining the rights of any citizen, not limited to voting.
Here I must emphasize that I hope the number of applications will be plentiful and the number of Armenian citizens will grow. In the international theater, a country with a population of three million and another country with a population of five million carry different weight. The dual citizenship law must strengthen Armenian's position.
Aside from that, the introduction of dual citizenship in Armenia will encourage investments. It is one thing to make investments in Armenia out of a feeling of moral obligation toward the homeland. It is an entirely different thing to be a citizen and a full participant of the civic life of the nation, whether in politics, in the social sphere, or in other spheres.
In one word, the law will create new waves of Armenians heading toward Armenia. Thus, the law will have far-reaching positive results.
K.M.-Perhaps this was more widely felt in the past, but there are some in Armenia who say that the diaspora did not go through the difficult times that Armenians in Armenia had to endure in the last decade, and claim that this should be taken into consideration when thinking about dual citizenship. What do you think?
V.H.-Such thinking easily crumbles in the face of criticism, since a large section of the Armenian population did not go through those difficult days either, and did not participate in the war. The Armenian authorities back then shielded their sons from military service, had electricity and heating, and did not share the people's suffering. Can we take away their citizenship because of this? I think this line of thinking is madness, especially since there is a price to pay for becoming a dual citizen of Armenia-that is, a dual citizen cannot run for the presidency or for a seat in the National Assembly. I think from the point of view of fairness, this law is perfect.
K.M.-Naturally the passing of this law was welcomed by the diaspora. The question in the minds of diaporan Armenians is when and how will this law be implemented? Can applications only be filed in Armenia or will embassies also be accepting them?
V.H.-We didn't get to discuss the concrete steps to implement the law because the elections are upon us and naturally the Assembly is on a hiatus. But I think this will be one of the first issues discussed after the elections. A committee has already been established that is dealing with the details, including how one applies, what documents are needed, how applicants will have to prove their Armenian origin, etc. There are some points that need to be fine-tuned, and some time will be needed, but I think it is a matter of weeks and that it will be resolved quickly after the elections.
In reality, there are no obstacles for applying now. Meaning, just like before, any individual who wants Armenian citizenship must apply to the President of the Republic. It is natural, of course, that under the circumstances a new process for the applications must be created. It is also not a secret that the security services will need to review applications, as some will attempt to abuse the system.
K.M.-What are the expectations from those who will benefit from the dual citizenship law? What are their duties and what will they gain?
V.H.-As far as the Armenian government is concerned, dual citizens are first and foremost citizens of Armenia. Where their other citizenship was issued is of no interest to us. As such, they have the same duties toward the Republic as any Armenian citizen would. That includes serving in the military and other duties. Of course, when an individual is a citizen of Armenia and another country, we cannot allow him or her to become an Assembly member or President. But that doesn't mean dual citizens will never be able to serve in those posts. After living in Armenia for 10 years, they may give up their other citizenship and receive full rights. There is one problem: How are people to pay taxes? There are international tax agreements and Armenia has signed such agreements with many countries. These will ensure that the individual doesn't pay the same tax twice in two separate countries. And of course, those who have served in another army for 12 months will not have to complete compulsory military service in Armenia. Also, those who are past the age of 27 will not have to serve in the military, Dual citizens are also completely under the jurisdiction of the Armenian government. For example-and this is a rather bad example-if an individual commits a crime, the Armenian authorities will consider him as an Armenian citizen, and the individual won't be able to claim, say, that he is a citizen of the U.S., or Syria, or France, and that he would like to be tried in those countries under their penal codes. As far as the authorities are concerned, a dual citizen of Armenia is a citizen of Armenia, and so if you were to commit a crime in Armenia, the Armenian authorities would prosecute you based on the Armenian penal code. The Armenian government's approach to dual citizens is identical to the approach used by the United States. The U.S., too, recognizes dual citizenships, but treats all of its citizens, including its dual citizens, the same way. Armenia will do the same.
K.M.-In your view, what will the future bring and are there concerns for possible obstacles? Is it possible that the law will be transformed into an internal political tool?
V.H.-I don't think that's a concern, because in essence no one was opposed to the concept of dual citizenship. People's hesitance had much more to do with voting rights-that is, there was the impression among many that diasporan Armenians, by becoming citizens of Armenia, were mostly going to vote for the ARF. This view, by the way, is far from the truth. I don't think that kind of vote will be large enough to have any effect on today's political landscape. On the other hand, if we really want the diaspora to be a political presence in our country, if we really want to create one nation in one state, and if we truly want to attract Western Armenians-the diaspora-into our political life, we must allow for their political preferences. So yes, all of those political parties that have come alive in Armenia over the last few years should start taking into consideration the interests of the diasporans, so they can gain their votes. This is a very normal process and there shouldn't be any problems, especially since in the future the flow towards Armenia should be large. But I don't think there will be enough applications in the next few months or enough citizenships granted that there will be a political imbalance in Armenia. I don't think it will happen and I think the fears that it will are not grounded in reality.
K.M.-You said that this law would allow the Diaspora to inch closer toward Armenia. As for the opposite effect-how will it move Armenia closer to the diaspora?
V.H.-Here the issue is dual. If citizens of Armenia today were to gain citizenship in another country, they would not be immune from their obligations, such as serving in the Armenian army. This is one serious problem. The second problem is the issue of the Armenian population in Russia, who have close ties to Armenia, yet value their ties with Russia. We must work with the Russian authorities and come to some kind of agreement regarding the status of the Armenian population there, since it is the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia.
As for the rapprochement between Armenia and the diaspora, I think that's going to take some time because the division between Western and Eastern Armenians, which was forcefully and artificially created by our enemies, was performed a long time ago. The division has been made. In that rapprochement between Eastern and Western Armenians, whole mentalities have to be reconciled with each other. And the issue is not just economic, it's not about investing in Armenia or buying a house in Armenia. It is about Armenian grammatical rules, the literary language of Western Armenians and Eastern Armenians-which Armenian children in both Armenia and the Diaspora should start studying in equal amounts. These are very serious and far-reaching issues that need to be resolved. This rapprochement won't be easy. For example, Armenia can't just move a magic wand and pass a law forcing classical orthographic rules down peoples' throats, because that means whole libraries will have to be corrected and a whole generation that doesn't know the rules will become illiterate. Instead, this change requires long-winded efforts as well as a government plan. We have had a few Armenia-Diaspora summits to find solutions to these issues. Unfortunately, the solutions have not yet been found. The Armenia-Diaspora rapprochement, unfortunately, has not yet occurred.
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Aleukemic leukemia cutis mimicking urticaria pigmentosa in a patient of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Sanjay Singh1, Neha Taneja1, Subuhi Kaul1, Sudheer Arava2, Neetu Bhari1
1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Dr. Neetu Bhari
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
DOI: 10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_355_18
Singh S, Taneja N, Kaul S, Arava S, Bhari N. Aleukemic leukemia cutis mimicking urticaria pigmentosa in a patient of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2020;86:105
Singh S, Taneja N, Kaul S, Arava S, Bhari N. Aleukemic leukemia cutis mimicking urticaria pigmentosa in a patient of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2020 Jan 19];86:105. Available from: http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2020/86/1/105/264161
A 24-year-old woman presented with progressively increasing itchy, erythematous lesions on the face, trunk and arms since the past 6 months. She also complained of a slight reduction in appetite with mild constitutional symptoms, viz., malaise and early fatigue of 15 days' duration. On examination, there was predominant involvement of malar area and lateral part of the cheeks, trunk and both arms with multiple erythematous to brownish macules and plaques ranging from 0.5 to 3 cm in size [Figure 1]a. The Darier's sign was strongly positive in the lesional skin [Figure 1]b. Generalized lymphadenopathy with involvement of cervical, axillary and inguinal areas was present. With a clinical diagnosis of adult-onset mastocytosis, complete blood counts, serum trypsin levels and peripheral blood smear were evaluated, which were within normal limits. Skin biopsy on hematoxylin and eosin staining showed a pan-dermal dense infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes, with few atypical lymphocytes [Figure 2]a. Mast cells were absent and this finding was confirmed with Giemsa and toluidine blue staining. Four weeks after the initial visit, the complete blood count and peripheral blood smear were repeated, which revealed lymphocytosis (60%) along with some atypical cells in peripheral blood smear. A bone marrow biopsy was performed, which showed multiple, large atypical cells [Figure 3]a. These cells showed negative staining for the markers of myeloid lineage, i.e. myeloperoxidase, Sudan black B and nonspecific esterase [Figure 3]b and [Figure 3]c. Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry showed positivity with CD3, CD5, CD7 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Immunohistochemical staining of skin biopsy with CD3 and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase also revealed positive staining, suggesting the origin of lymphocytes being of T-cell lineage [Figure 2]b and [Figure 2]c, thus confirming the diagnosis of leukemia cutis masquerading as adult-onset mastocytosis with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia cutis was further designated as aleukemic leukemia cutis because cutaneous involvement preceded the deranged hematological profile. The patient was referred to the hemato-oncology unit for further management, and was started on augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Munster therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. After consolidation phase of chemotherapy, the patient had flattening of her lesions and the erythematous lesions gradually turned hyperpigmented.
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Leukemia cutis is defined as a cutaneous infiltration of leukemic cells, and is an extramedullary manifestation of underlying leukemia. It is observed more frequently in acute myeloid leukemia, particularly in myelomonocytic (M4) and monoblastic (M5) subtypes.[1] Cutaneous involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia is uncommon with an incidence ranging from 1 to 3%.[2] Furthermore, its T-cell variant rarely presents as leukemia cutis. The commonest cutaneous presentation of leukemia cutis is that of asymptomatic, indurated papules and nodules.[3] Macules, maculopapular lesions, plaques, ulcers, bullae, large nodule, ecchymosis, palpable purpura and erythroderma are uncommon presentations.[1],[3] The lower extremities are the most commonly involved site followed by the upper extremities, trunk, scalp and face.[2],[4] Leukemic changes in peripheral blood or bone marrow usually develop before skin involvement. Occasionally, leukemia cutis precedes the diagnosis of systemic leukemia by several months or even years (mean 6 months).[5] This interesting condition is known as aleukemic leukemia cutis. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting as aleukemic leukemia cutis is rarely described in the literature [Table 1]. There is relative paucity of literature with regards to this clinical presentation on the overall prognosis; nonetheless, reports of a poor outcome do exist.[1],[4] Association of urticaria pigmentosa-like lesions with acute lymphoblastic leukemia has been described previously in case reports.[6]
Table 1: Previously reported cases of aleukemic leukemia cutis in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
In the classical Darier's sign, local itching, erythema and wheal formation occur within 2–5 minutes of gentle rubbing or stroking of the cutaneous lesions. It is considered to be pathognomonic of cutaneous mastocytosis; however, it is seen uncommonly in various other dermatological disorders such as leukemia cutis, juvenile xanthogranuloma, Langerhans cell histiocytosis and cutaneous large T-cell lymphoma.[7] As far as ascertained, our case is the first case of aleukemic leukemia cutis with the Darier's sign positivity, mimicking as urticaria pigmentosa, in a patient of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
In conclusion, T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia rarely leads to leukemia cutis and furthermore, aleukemic leukemia cutis and dermatologic presentation masquerading as urticaria pigmentosa is very uncommon.
The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form, the patient has given her consent for her images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patient understands that name and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
Ali R, Ozan U, Ozkalemkas F, Ozcelik T, Ozkocaman V, Ozturk H, et al. Leukaemia cutis in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Cytopathology 2006;17:158-61.
Jiang X, Wang W, Zhang M. Leukemia cutis: An unusual presentation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child. Indian J Dermatol 2015;60:636.
Najem N, Zadeh VB, Badawi M, Kumar R, Al-Otaibi S, Al-Abdulrazzaq A. Aleukemic leukemia cutis in a child preceding T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Dermatol 2011;28:535-7.
Shahriari M, Fathpour G, Saleh F. Mucocutaneous relapse as an unusual presentation of T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Middle East J Cancer 2015;7:63-6.
van Zuuren EJ, Wintzen M, Jansen PM, Willemze R. Aleukaemic leukaemia cutis in a patient with acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia. Clin Exp Dermatol 2003;28:330-2.
Masserot C, Adjaoud D, Haouy S, Deswarte C, Ballerini P, Landman-Parker J. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and cutaneous mastocytosis in two children. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008;51:444-5.
Surjushe A, Jindal S, Gote P, Saple DG. Darier's sign. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2007;73:363-4.
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Джей Лено (, справжнє ім'я Джеймс Дуглас Муїр Лено, нар. 28 квітня 1950) — лауреат премії «Еммі», американський актор, стенд-ап комік, телеведучий і письменник, найбільш відомий як ведучий телепередачі «The Tonight Show» на каналі NBC.

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Лено народився в штаті Нью-Йорк, закінчив коледж Емерсон на початку 1970-х років, а його телевізійна кар'єра пішла успішно вже в 1990-і. На його манеру вплинули Дон Рікельс, Джонні Карсон, Боб Ньюгарт. Лено озвучував невеликі ролі в багатьох популярних мультсеріалах — зокрема, кішку Кітті й самого себе в «Південному парку», ролі в епізоді «Сімпсонів» «The Last Temptation of Krust» і «Гріффінов» — «Patriot Games». Незважаючи на значний успіх, манера ведення й імідж Джея Лено нерідко зазнають критики (зокрема, напівжартівливої критики з боку іншого знаменитого телевізійного коміка — Девіда Леттермана).

Джей Лено часто жартує над самим собою, не забуваючи згадувати своє велике підборіддя, що стало свого роду візитною карткою коміка.

Захоплюється колекціонуванням автомобілів і мотоциклів. Його приватна колекція включає в себе близько 130 автомобілів і близько 100 мотоциклів.

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Explanation: Interstellar space is filled with extremely tenuous clouds of gas which are mostly Hydrogen. The neutral Hydrogen atom (HI in astronomer's shorthand) consists of 1 proton and 1 electron. The proton and electron spin like tops but can have only two orientations; spin axes parallel or anti-parallel. It is a rare event for Hydrogen atoms in the interstellar medium to switch from the parallel to the anti-parallel configuration, but when they do they emit radio waves with a wavelength of 21 centimeters (about 8 inches) and a corresponding frequency of exactly 1420 MHz. Tuned to this frequency radio telescopes have mapped the neutral Hydrogen in the sky. The above image represents such an all-sky HI survey with the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy running horizontally through the center. In this false color image no stars are visible, just diffuse clouds of gas tens to hundreds of light years across which cluster near the plane. The gas clouds seem to form arching, looping structures, stirred up by stellar activity in the galactic disk.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Eighth Circuit Nebraska District Court Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Progress Rail Services Corporation Filing 38
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Progress Rail Services Corporation
ORDER granting 23 Motion to Amend. Amended Complaint due by 10/5/2010. Ordered by Magistrate Judge F.A. Gossett. (CLS, )
- F G 3 Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Progress Rail Services Corporation D o c . 38 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA U N IO N PACIFIC RAILROAD COM PANY, P l a i n t i f f, vs. P R O G R E S S RAIL SERVICES C O R P O R A T IO N , D efe n d a n t. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 8 :1 0 -c v -0 0 0 3 8 -L S C -F G 3 ORDER T h is matter is before the court on plaintiff's (Union Pacific) motion for leave to amend the complaint (#23) and the defendant's (Progress Rail) response in opposition (#27). T h e original complaint, filed January 27, 2010, alleges that Progress Rail negligently f a ile d to inspect and evaluate the axles it supplied for rail cars used in hauling coal on Union P a c if ic trains. Progress Rail allegedly failed to remove corrosion pits from the axles to avoid f a tig u e cracking and failure of the axle, resulting in the derailment of a Union Pacific train n e a r DeWitt, Iowa on July 14, 2007. Union Pacific wishes to amend its complaint to add a c la im involving another axle refurbished by the defendant that ultimately failed, causing the d e ra ilm e n t of a Union Pacific train near Martin Bay, Nebraska on January 14, 2010. Progress Rail contends the proposed amendment is improper under Rules 18 and 42 o f the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Under Rule 18(a), "[a] party asserting a claim, c o u n t e rc la im , crossclaim, or third-party claim may join, as independent or alternative claims, a s many claims as it has against an opposing party." Rule 42 permits the court to consolidate c la im s for hearing or trial, or to order separate trials of issues or claims. In summary, P r o g re ss Rail contends the two claims, involving different train derailments, do not involve c o m m o n questions of law or fact, and the proposed amendment would be "futile" because the claims will ultimately be severed for trial pursuant to Rule 42(b). T h e court finds that the issue presented in Union Pacific's motion is governed by Fed. R . Civ. P. 18(a), which grants a plaintiff "complete freedom" to join in a single action all c laim s that they may have against a defendant. See Nationwide Mut. Co. v. Ft. Myers Total R e h a b Center, Inc., 657 F. Supp. 2d 1279, 1286 (M.D. Fla. 2009). The Eighth Circuit re c o g n iz e d this provision in Headley v. Bacon, 828 F.2d 1272, (8th Cir. 1987), noting that Dockets.Justia.com b rin g in g separate actions for claims that could have been permissively joined in a single a c tio n was a tactical choice allowed by Rules 18(a) and 20(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil P r o c e d u r e . Rule 18 does not require that the claims be factually related. See Nationwide M u t. Co., 657 F. Supp. 2d at 1286. In this instance, Union Pacific wishes to join its claims against Progress Rail in a s in g le action and may do so under Fed. R. Civ. P. 18(a). IT IS ORDERED that Union Pacific's motion (#23) is granted. Union Pacific shall f ile and serve the Amended Complaint no later than October 5, 2010. D A T E D September 17, 2010. B Y THE COURT: s / F.A. Gossett, III U n ite d States Magistrate Judge -2-


Self employed insurance is something many self employed individuals tend to forget about. Many people would love to be self employed. The thought of being self employed evokes images of freedom. The ability to be your own boss and set your own hours is very appealing to many. With the advent of the Internet, the ability to become self employed has increased significantly. As of 2007, there are approximately 10.5 million self employed people in the US. But the down falls of being self employed also means you do not have the benefits of a traditional job.
Choosing self-employment insurance can be a daunting task to say the least. There are so many options and so many different circumstances to deal with. Insurance companies like Blue Cross and Blue Shield have comparable pricing plans and options specific to your area. But before you even choose a self employed insurance plan, you must first understand the different types of plans out there. This will give you a better way of comparing rates when talking to the different insurance companies and will allow you to compare apples to apples.
The typical plans available for self employed insurance is the same as those in a traditional job. First you have to be aware that they, the insurance companies, like to use acronyms. HMO stands for Health Maintenance Organization. This is a health care system that has guidelines for which the physicians have to operate under. HMO costs are generally less then other plans with the trade off of limited range of treatments available. PPO is a Preferred Provider Organization, which has a list of physicians that have agreed to see the patients covered under their insurance at a discounted as an incentive to get people to participate within their network. Unlike HMO, PPO's allow patients to see physicians outside of their network as well. The simplest plan is called the POS or Point of Service. This plan allows the insured to choose a physician that accepts your insurance. A lot of times these physicians are called in network physicians. This plan attempts to combine the freedom of a PPO with the lower cost of an HMO.
When calling the different agencies about self employment insurance, one should price out the different plans and options for their specific area. Self employed insurance doesn't have to be ignored with the thoughts that it's too expensive or that it doesn't apply to someone who is self employed. Finding a reputable health insurance agent who can go through your different options in detail will help you understand exactly what you are buying. Interview different agents and compare the price and plans for their self employed insurance. The more educated you are in what is available, the more comfortable you will feel about what you are paying for.


Before I start talking about some of the things that the anicamera takes from real cameras I want to expand on a point that SeHNNG made at Altair & Vega, namely that the anicamera is unconstrained by physical reality. Specifically it is unconstrained by reality when it 'photographs' a scene, whereas when you film or photograph a scene how you do so is often imposed on you by physical constraints. There is a continuum of these constraints; the anicamera is at the unconstrained end and generally still photographers are at the most constrained end with cinematographers in the middle. This is not because film cameras are better or more flexible than still cameras but because cinematographers generally have more money. To show what I mean, here's two examples.
First, if a still photographer wants to take a picture of a group of people in a relatively small room they will almost always have to use a wide angle lens, which introduces perspective distortions from what we consider a 'normal' view. Cinematographers just build a soundstage where the room doesn't have one wall, allowing them to back up enough so that they get a normal perspective. Second, still photographers who take pictures of buildings often spend a great deal of money on special lenses in large part to compensate for the fact that they can't feasible take their pictures from ten or twenty feet (or more) up on a ladder. Camera booms are standard equipment on film sets; filming a broad overview of a building from thirty or forty feet up is almost trivial for a cinematographer.
The anicamera takes this further by enabling shots that would not be possible even in cinematography; at best film could fake them with special effects. One example comes from the first battle in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, where the end of the battle has a dramatic continuous pull-back that starts from a closeup on a character in the battle and pulls all the way back to overlooking another character who is at least a mile or two away. You could not possibly film this in real life; there is no lens that could zoom in and out that much and no camera platform that could physically cover the distance fast enough. And the pull-back is necessary for the impact of the shot, because it involves Shirou turning to look towards Archer; only the continuous pullback lets us clearly understand what it means that Shirou turned and looked in the direction he did.
Apart from enabling otherwise impossible shots, this matters because it means that how things look in anime is almost entirely an aesthetic choice. The look of a scene or a shot is never forced by physical constraints in the way it can be in still photography and cinematography. The corollary to this is that whenever the anicamera takes from real cameras it does so for aesthetics, admittedly sometimes because a lot of cinematography has established that those aesthetics work or at least trained audiences to expect them.
Written on 04 November 2012.


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Most proponents of the efficient market hypothesis firmly believe that the financial markets do not allow investors to earn above-average returns without accepting above-average risks.
In other words, followers of the efficient market hypothesis don't believe that $100 bills are lying around for the taking, either by the professional, or the amateur investor.
This comes from a well-known story of a finance professor and a student who come across a $100 bill lying on the ground. As the student stops to pick it up, the professor says, "Don't bother - it if were really a $100 bill, it wouldn't be there."
The efficient market hypothesis says that as new information arises the news is quickly incorporated into the prices of securities. Believers say the market is so efficient at instantly incorporating all known information that no amount of analysis can provide an edge over all the millions of other investors who also have access to all of the same information.
Research supporting the efficient market hypothesis shows the evidence is overwhelming that however inconsistent and irregular the behavior of stock prices may be, the market does not create trading opportunities that enable investors to earn extraordinary risk-adjusted returns.
After the Efficient Market Hypothesis was formulated, participation in index funds increased dramatically. After all, if professional investors have no advantage theoretically and do not "beat the market," then, why would anyone pay a higher management fee to them hoping to do better?
In an attempt avoid the stock churn mentality, many investors decide it is better to just own "the market" through the index fund. Buying index funds and following something called Modern Portfolio Theory is proposed by many modern financial advisors. The fee reduction allows for greater compounding and a larger investment value over time.
According to one report, only about 10% of trading volume in stocks comes from "fundamental discretionary traders" and another 60% comes from passive and quantitative investing but a quick look through the many funds on the market plenty of products trying to prove the efficient market hypothesis wrong.
Opponents of the theory ask, why the market remain so mispriced for so many years following the recent recession? Sure, in the short-run it may have been mispriced but for that many years?
One idea is that the market is "efficiently inefficient." The average investor won't be able to beat the market but if a massive bank throws enough money and computer power into the effort, they will find success. This theory is why computerized trading came to dominate the market.
Proponents of efficient market hypothesis would say that the examples above are simply payment for risk. The real estate investor who purchased property at the low of the 2009 recession made a handsome profit because of the risk they took on.
The high-frequency trader has no idea if the stock will be up or down in a matter of minutes or hours so their level of risk is high. If they make money, it's payment for increased risk.
Also, the efficient market hypothesis does not necessarily mean that markets are rational, or that they always price assets accurately. In the short run, investments can become over-valued (think tech stocks in 1999, or real estate in 2006) or under-valued (think stock prices in March 2009) based on investor confidence and their willingness to accept a risk.
Over long periods of time, however, investment prices will accurately reflect the expected earnings growth of their underlying assets. Efficient market hypothesis has been the subject of debate among the investing academia since its debut in the 1960s.
All data points to the fact that investing for the long term is a more profitable strategy than trying to cash in quickly. That alone might indicate that there's more to efficient market hypothesis than the naysayers want to let on.
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Annotation for marking a property in a class as the range key for a DynamoDB table. Applied to the getter method or the class field for the range key property. If the annotation is applied directly to the class field, the corresponding getter and setter must be declared in the same class.
This annotation is required for tables that use a range key.


Perennials are flowering herbaceous plants, meaning their stems are soft and fleshy, not woody as with trees and shrubs. These small flowering plants grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die back every autumn and winter, and then return in the spring from their root-stock.
Most perennials bloom for a short period of time, about two to four weeks. This is a much shorter duration than annuals which generally bloom throughout the season. Therefore, perennials will not replace the continuous color you receive from annuals. However, perennials do provide a perpetual framework around which annual plants may be placed. By selecting perennials with different flowering times or duration of blooms, you can extend the perennials color over longer periods of time.
Dig the hole twice the width of the root ball or container. Plants should be planted with the top of their root system level or slightly higher than the surrounding soil. It is best to prepare the entire bed area before planting. Tamp the soil firmly around the root ball to eliminate air pockets. .
Slowly water the plants immediately after planting until the soil is saturated. Later in the day, water a second time using FertilomeTM Root Stimulator to stimulate early root growth.
Water as needed to keep the soil evenly damp but not wet. Do not rely on sprinkler systems alone to properly water new plantings. The best way to water is at the surface level, rather than by sprinkling. Set out a soaker hose, or bring a regular hose into the bed and let water soak the earth. Do this in the early morning to avoid excess evaporation. Establish a nice routine to check the soil for dampness and to water when the soil is dry when you poke a finger beneath the surface.
Dr. EarthTM Bud & Bloom Booster is an excellent organic fertilizer for your perennials. Follow label instructions, but generally you may feed every four weeks. Miracle-GroTM fertilizer may also be used as a foliar spray for a quick feeding.
A 2 inch layer of mulch (TLC recommends Grade A Premium Cypress or Cedar) placed over the bed area will discourage grass and weed growth, conserve moisture, and keep perennials cooler, resulting in better growth. If necessary, you may pull the mulch back to inspect the soil moisture of the bed to determine watering needs.
Deadheading keeps blooms coming all season long. Simply remove spent blossoms before plants begin seed formation. With flowers removed, the plant must bloom again to provide for its reproductive process.
Coreopsis – mounded plant with bright yellow "daisy" blooms May through September. Grows in sun.
Daylily – strap-like leaves form 2-4 feet tall mound with 3-5 inch flowers in several colors. Grows in sun.
Dianthus – fragrant flowers covering grass-like foliage. Forms dense 6-8 inch mat with pink, red, or white flowers. Grows in sun.
Echinacea (Coneflower) – daisy-like flowers in many vivid bloom colors in mid to late summer. Butterflies love the flowers, birds love the seeds, and you will love the long lasting bouquets.
Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) – forms up to 3 feet clumps. Flowers are red, bronze, or yellow with central eye of yellow, brown, or purple. Daisy-like 3 inch flowers from June to Sept. Grows in sun.
Heuchera (Coral Bells) – dazzling array of foliage color and texture with dainty tubular flowers held aloft on airy stems. Excellent for borders with nearly evergreen foliage in neat clumps. Grows in shade.
Hosta – easy to grow in shade. Large leaves can be white or green variegated, blue-gray, chartreuse, emerald-edged – the variations are virtually endless. White or purplish lavender flowers in summer.
Lantana – low-maintenance blooms all season long. Flowers come in several colors, including red, yellow, pink, orange, purple and multi-colors. Very drought tolerant reaches 2-3 feet tall and wide.
Peony – glossy green foliage creates rounded shape 3 feet tall with large 3-6 inch wide flowers in several colors. Long flower stems are good for cut flowers. Grows in sun to part shade.
Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan) – free flowering daisies in cheerful colors ranging from yellow to bronze to mahogany. Plants will self-seed readily. Grows in sun.
Salvia – several different salvias are easy to grow and reliable performer. Salvia greggi flowers in shades of red, coral, and pink. Salvia May Night produce large spikes of purple flowers.
Shasta Daisy – long-time favorite with white daisy flowers on sturdy stems for cutting. Grows in sun.
Verbena – spreading in habit with clusters of rich colored flowers throughout the entire summer. Excellent for ground cover, edging, or rock gardens. Attracts bees and butterflies. Grows in sun.