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Q: Transpose with NA I have a file as like this
Name   Country  Count
Cat     NZ       103
Dog     NZ       234
Cat     AUS      2345
Cow     AUS      234
Dog     aus      231
Goat    IND      22345

and I am expecting an out put as like this
      Cat   Dog Cow Goat
 AUS  2345  231 243  NA
 NZ   103   234  NA  NA
 IND   NA   NA   NA  22345

I have tried with the melt function in R and but the challenge is with the small letter(aus) tag and the NA. Is there any other way to do it?

A: Make Country to upper-case and transform data to wide format.
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)

df %>%
  mutate(Country = toupper(Country)) %>%
  pivot_wider(names_from = Name, values_from = Count)

# Country   Cat   Dog   Cow  Goat
#  <chr>   <int> <int> <int> <int>
#1 NZ        103   234    NA    NA
#2 AUS      2345   231   234    NA
#3 IND        NA    NA    NA 22345

A: We can use
library(data.table)
dcast(setDT(df), toupper(Country) ~ Name)

-output
Country  Cat Cow Dog  Goat
1:     AUS 2345 234 231    NA
2:     IND   NA  NA  NA 22345
3:      NZ  103  NA 234    NA

Or use acast to match OP's output
library(reshape2)
acast(df, toupper(Country) ~ Name)

-output
 Cat Cow Dog  Goat
AUS 2345 234 231    NA
IND   NA  NA  NA 22345
NZ   103  NA 234    NA

data
df <- structure(list(Name = c("Cat", "Dog", "Cat", "Cow", "Dog", "Goat"
), Country = c("NZ", "NZ", "AUS", "AUS", "aus", "IND"), Count = c(103L,
234L, 2345L, 234L, 231L, 22345L)), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
-6L))

A: A base R option with reshape
reshape(
  transform(df, Country = toupper(Country)),
  idvar = "Country",
  timevar = "Name",
  direction = "wide"
)

gives
  Country Count.Cat Count.Dog Count.Cow Count.Goat
1      NZ       103       234        NA         NA
3     AUS      2345       231       234         NA
6     IND        NA        NA        NA      22345

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You may have heard that the moon should appear the same size regardless of its position on the horizon, since its distance to the observer varies minimally with its position on the horizon. Therefore the fact that it appears larger when close to the horizon is an illusion.
What I did not know is that we don't fully understand the illusion. Three explanations are offered in this video.
One has to do with our brains performing a relative comparison with nearby objects of known size, such as trees, which is only possible when the moon appears on the horizon. But the explanation fails to account for the illusion also working for sailors and pilots, even though they don't have such objects to confuse them.
Another explanation involves perspective correction, where things that are far away are assumed to be bigger. The video has a nice illustration of this.
Yet a third explanation is that the brain judges distance by taking into account how much our eyes need to focus to observe something. This focus is different for the horizon and for looking at the top of the sky.
No single explanation works in all cases, so amazingly we still don't know why the moon appears larger. Check out the video for a more visual explanation of the same points.
And here is wikipedia's take.


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10-Day Greek Isles & Italy from Rome (Civitavecchia)
Kotor, a coastal town in Montenegro, is known for its medieval architecture and majestic mountain views. Visit Our Lady of the Rocks, a 17th century church and museum located on a tiny islet. In Santorini, you'll marvel at the iconic-whitewashed buildings lining the coast. Explore the Bronze Age ruins at Akrotiri or spend the day on the red sand beaches. Mykonos provides ample opportunities to immerse yourself in Greek mythology at the archeological sites on Delos. The southern Italian city of Naples will amaze you with its architecture. Hike Mount Vesuvius or marvel at the beautiful frescoes in the Duomo di San Gennaro. The Italian port city of Livorno will welcome you with a beautiful walk along the Terraza Mascagni waterside promenade. Then visit the medieval fortress with a tower dating to the 11th century.
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Day 4 Kotor, Montenegro
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Day 6 Santorini Island, Greece
Depart Time: 10:00 PM - Arrive Time: 1:00 PM
Day 7 Mykonos, Greece
Day 9 Naples/Pompeii, Italy
Day 10 Livorno (Florence/Pisa), Italy
Day 11 Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Depart Time: -- - Arrive Time: 6:00 AM
Today the port of Civitavecchia has the advantage of being the Italian "stepping stone to the Mediterranean" thanks to its excellent weather conditions and ideal geographical location.
From Civitavecchia it is a train ride to almost anywhere in Italy and a quick jaunt to Sardinia. Its position has helped make it the main national coastal shipping port.
Kérkira or Corfu, island (1991 pop. 105,043), 229 sq mi (593 sq km), NW Greece, in the Ionian Sea. Its industries include agriculture, fishing, and tourism. Settled c.730 B.C. by Corinthians, it later concluded a rebellious alliance with Athens that helped to precipitate (431 B.C.) the Peloponnesian War.
The city of Dubrovnik is situated in the very south of the Republic of Croatia. It occupies an area of 364.05 square kilometres from Duboka Ljuta gorge – near the village of Plat to the east, to Imotica to the west, a distance of 53 kilometres. The city of Dubrovnik encloses the tiny Elaphite archipelago (Šipan, Lopud, Kolocep, Tajan, Olipa, Jakljan and Daksa).
Livorno (also known as Leghorn), is situated on the Tyrrhenian coast at the southern edge of the Arno alluvial plain and is an important commercial and industrial center and port. It was founded on a former auxiliary Pisan port between 1576 and the early 17th century, on the orders of the Grand Duke Cosimo I who made it Tuscany's main outlet to the sea after the Pisan port was filled in. Originally constructed to a pentagonal design and with a still visible orthogonal street system, the town grew in the 19th century; it suffered serious damage during the last War and now has a modern appearance.
Mykonos is the most chic and sophisticated of all the Greek Islands–instantly recognized by its glittering crescent of white-washed houses lining an azure bay. The beaches here are unspoiled and inviting, especially along Plati Tialos Bay. Miniature churches, lazy windmills, and tiny cafes serving up Greek specialties line the streets. Sample the freshest squid or lobster just snatched from the blue Aegean Sea, or shop for typical flokati rugs.
Lava, spewing from a live volcano–no, you won't see this in Naples, Italy, and you're lucky, because the last folks in these parts who witnessed such an event were the natives of Pompeii, who were buried under 30 feet of ash and pumice stone in AD 79. You can, however, visit the beautifully preserved remains of this unfortunate city on a short tour from Naples.
There's much more to Naples, of course. This picturesque city is one of the great cultural centers, full of extraordinary works of art and architecture in the classical Greek and Roman styles.
Naples, on its justly famous blue bay, is the great city of the south. Located on the southwest coast of Italy, south of Rome. The Amalfi Drive to the south arguably is the world's most scenic motor route. Naples enjoys a very dry and warm climate year around.
Santorini is perhaps the most naturally alluring of all the Greek islands. Thousands of years of volcanic activity have created steep cliffs that rise above the ocean's edge and a spectacular jagged coastline that forms a striking bay. One of the highlights of Santorini is the archaeological site of Akrotiri, discovered in 1967 under a thick blanket of pumice. This remarkably well-preserved Minoan site, dating back to the Bronze Age, reveals the advanced lifestyle of the early Greeks. In the nearby village of Megalochori visit the Boutari Winery, where Assyrtico grapes produce a rare white wine.
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SPECIES: Balearica regulorum gibbericeps – East African, Balearica regulorum regulorum – South African
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TREND: East Africa population decreasing; South Africa population increasing in South Africa and declining in some areas.
STATUS: IUCN: EN; Cites Appendix II
Adults – grey body, white wings with feathers ranging from white to brown to gold, head topped with stiff golden feathers, white cheek patches, red gular sack under the chin, black legs and feet, short, grey bill; juveniles – greyish body, brown nape, buffy face, crown spiky and golden buff.
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It's no secret that managing your money can be difficult. It's especially difficult if you don't have the proper bank account, or any bank account at all. Having a checking account can be extremely useful when it comes to saving, budgeting, and spending your money. So why should you consider opening a credit union checking account?
You don't have to carry cash: Many people choose to carry cash around with them for purchases. Furthermore, many people store their cash at home. Unfortunately, this can be pretty dangerous if someone were to find the cash stash and take it. Additionally, carrying cash all the time can be tricky and it may not be the best way to manage your money. Most businesses nowadays accept cards or checks because that's what the majority of people use. In fact, a 2016 Gallup Survey found that over 60% of Americans think the U.S. will become a cashless society in the future — and people will only make purchases with credit cards or other electronic payments. Having a checking account, which allows you to use a debit card or write checks, is a more secure, more convenient option.
You can better budget for bills: When you only use cash, it can be difficult to keep track of how much money you have. This, in turn, can make it difficult to budget for and pay bills. Additionally, having piles of paper bills around your house can be frustrating and can make it hard to stay organized. With a checking account, you can easily budget your money. You can even set up certain bills to be paid automatically so you know when certain bills will be paid. Online payments of bills has never been easier with a checking account. And having your money in a secure account can let you know how much money you have at all times, which can help you ensure you have enough to pay the bills.
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For Dr. Zinn, activism was a natural extension of the revisionist brand of history he taught. "A People's History of the United States" (1980), his best-known book, had for its heroes not the Founding Fathers — many of them slaveholders and deeply attached to the status quo, as Dr. Zinn was quick to point out — but rather the farmers of Shays' Rebellion and union organizers of the 1930s. As he wrote in his autobiography, "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" (1994), "From the start, my teaching was infused with my own history. I would try to be fair to other points of view, but I wanted more than 'objectivity'; I wanted students to leave my classes not just better informed, but more prepared to relinquish the safety of silence, more prepared to speak up, to act against injustice wherever they saw it. This, of course, was a recipe for trouble."…..and that I think is why so many of us have a special spot in our hearts for Howard Zinn, and may we all live up to the lessons he taught us and the reason we hold him in such an admired state. Whether he was thinking or speaking for us, or saying and doing the things we always wished we had the willpower to attempted, I am not quite sure, I just know that he is hero material (for me) in a world of few choice.


It's a great time for Australians looking to travel overseas or shop online at US stores, with the Australian dollar currently buying more than 104 US cents.
Overnight the dollar rallied three quarters of a cent to US 104.2 cents, despite worries about the resources industry, our major export, and a slowdown in our biggest trade partner, China.
It's hard to believe the Aussie was trading at just US 64 cents back in March 2009. Since that time the currency has taken off and has rarely traded under parity against the US dollar since January 2011.
Any hope of a decline in the value of our currency appears to be futile as the growing status of the Aussie dollar as a safe-haven seems likely to provide support for the currency. Australia's AAA credit rating, our relatively low level of country debt, relatively high interest rates and the high currency liquidity all add to our safe-haven status.
Lets face it, who wants to earn 0% or 1% on bonds investing in the US when you can get 5% or more investing in Australian term deposits? And it appears not many countries want to invest in Europe, given the current debt crisis that is raging in the region.
The fact that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has declined to cut official interest rates since June 2012 has added support for the Australian dollar. The RBA is also unlikely to intervene to lower the dollar, despite it remaining persistently high in the face of falling commodity prices.
The most likely direction appears to be upwards against the greenback, with signs that the US Federal Reserve may be closer than ever to further policy easing. With the economic recovery in the US showing little sign of growth, the Fed may want or feel the need to stimulate the US economy. That will have a weakening impact on the US dollar, and is generally viewed as good news for commodities, which tend to trade higher.
For Aussie companies that earn a significant proportion of their revenues overseas, that's bad news, including Treasury Wine Estates Limited (ASX: TWE) and Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL). Those that can expect to benefit should the Aussie stay high or go higher include travel agent Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) and airline Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN), as consumers look to travel overseas and make the most of the high dollar.
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The decision will be made by a seven-member jury, comprising journalists, radio and television personnel and fans, which will account for 50% of the total, and televoting which will account for the other 50%. The combined overall result will determine the winner.
As well as choosing their entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, the programme will also feature a look back at their entry in the 2011 contest, with Christos Mylordou, and the song San Aggelos S'Agapisa with some behind-the-scenes material from Düsseldorf.
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The way we talk about gun violence — and the laws that we support — should be based on facts, not falsehoods. To be effective, we must focus on dangerous behavior — not genetics and not diagnoses. It is a common misconception that individuals living with mental illness are responsible for gun violence. In reality, the majority of people with mental illness do not engage in violence against others, and most interpersonal violence is caused by factors other than mental illness. In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of violence. Focusing on mental illness as the cause of gun violence stigmatizes millions of Americans and does not actually address the root cause of the gun violence problem — easy access to guns. Policies to reduce gun violence should focus on risk factors for violence and overall dangerousness, not on a mental health diagnosis.
Interpersonal Violence And Mental Illness
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Focusing on mental illness is problematic for gun violence prevention
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Mental Health Consequences of Gun Violence
Many Americans live with mental illness. Indeed, around one in five Americans (43.4 million) have a diagnosed mental illness in a given year and one in 25 Americans (9.8 million) have a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.1
It is critical to understand that mental illness is not the cause of gun violence. The United States has similar rates of mental illness to other countries but much higher rates of gun violence.2,3 The firearm homicide rate in the U.S. is nearly 25 times higher than other high-income countries and the firearm suicide rate is nearly 10 times that of other high-income countries. Overall rates of gun deaths are 11.4 times higher in the U.S. as compared to other high-income countries.4
Violence has many contributing risk factors and mental illness alone is very rarely the cause. Only 4% of interpersonal violence in the United States is solely attributable to mental illness.5 Indeed, people with mental illness are more likely to be victims of interpersonal violence than perpetrators of violence.6 Similarly, there is no one single cause of suicide. While mental illness, specifically depression, is a risk factor for suicide, not everyone who experiences suicidality or dies by suicide has a mental illness. It is estimated that more than half of all suicide decedents did not have a known mental health diagnosis at the time of their death.7 People who die by firearm suicide are even less likely to have a diagnosis.8 Research also has found that mental illness is only weakly correlated with suicidal thoughts and behavior.9
Gun violence prevention policies that focus solely on a mental health diagnosis will not stop gun violence. Instead, these policies fuel prejudice and fear around people living with a mental illness and could lead to people avoiding mental health services.
What is mental illness?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines mental illnesses as "conditions that affect a person's thinking, feeling, mood, or behavior."18
What is serious mental illness?
The CDC defines serious mental illness as "a mental illness or disorder with serious functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities."19
After mass shootings and other widely publicized shootings, people often blame mental illness as the cause of gun violence. It is common to read reports that describe the shooter as "psychotic" or "mentally disturbed." These shootings capture the public's attention and reinforce the harmful myth that mental illness causes violent behavior.
We know that is not the case.
Research consistently shows that the majority of people living with mental illness, including those with serious mental illness, are not violent towards others.20,21 In fact, people with mental illness are more likely to be victims of interpersonal violence than perpetrators.22
There are certain times, in certain settings, when small sub-groups of people with serious mental illness are at elevated risk of violence, such as the period surrounding a psychiatric hospitalization or first episode of psychosis.23,24 Still, only a very small proportion of interpersonal violence in the United States – about 4% – is attributable to mental illness alone.25 This means that if we were to somehow "cure" mental illness nationwide, we would still be left with 96% of interpersonal violence.
Attributable Risk of Violent Behavior Toward Others
Other risk factors
Serious mental illness
Source: Swanson JW, McGinty EE, Fazel S, & Mays VM. (2014). Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: Bringing epidemiologic research to policy. Annals of Epidemiology.
Unfortunately, we continue to see policy proposals for firearm restrictions based on mental illness diagnoses. Policies that restrict access to guns based solely on diagnosis are not only stigmatizing, but will not significantly reduce overall rates of gun violence in the United States.26,27
Instead of focusing on mental illness, policies and programs to reduce gun violence should focus on evidence-based, behavioral risk factors for future violence, such as past violent behavior,28 domestic violence,29 risky substance use,30,31 and risky alcohol use.32 Other risk factors for violence related to life experiences, personality, and identity that can be helpful markers for support and prevention programs include exposure to violence,33 being male,34 being young,35 and impulsive anger.36
"The terms we hear from people on both sides of the aisle, such as 'the dangerously mentally ill,' are misleading, damaging to the mental health community, and not based on evidence. The gun lobby, politicians, and the ill-informed media have conditioned us to associate mental illness with violence. The idea that mentally ill means violent is an alternative fact. Period."
- Josh Horwitz, Executive Director
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults aged 25-34, and the 10th leading cause of death among all Americans.37 Making up three-fifths of gun deaths, suicide is a major contributor to the gun violence epidemic.38
There is no one single cause of suicide, and while mental illness is a risk factor for suicide, not everyone who is experiencing suicidality or dies by suicide has a mental illness. In fact, mental illness is only weakly correlated with suicidal thoughts and behavior.39,40 It is estimated that more than half of all suicide decedents did not have a known mental health diagnosis at the time of their death and that firearm suicide decedents were even less likely to have a diagnosis.41 As such, the mental health system alone is not an effective pathway for preventing firearm suicide.42 There is research to support the idea that, overall, access to more behavioral health treatment only has a small protective effect on the rate of firearm suicide.43
Suicide Decedents with Mental Health Conditions
Did have a known mental health condition
Did not have a known mental health condition
Source: Stone DM, Simon TR, Fowler KA, Kegler SR, Yuan K, et al. (2018). Vital Signs: Trends in state suicide rates — United States, 1999–2016 and circumstances contributing to suicide — 27 states, 2015. Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report.
Additionally, suicidal thoughts and behaviors often fluctuate over time. They are often prompted by difficult life situations which themselves may change over time. Such life stressors include relationship problems or rejection, financial and housing instability, criminal/legal troubles, death of a loved one, serious illness, trauma, physical or sexual abuse, family violence or distress/dysfunction, persecution, and other recent or impending crises. Impulsive or aggressive tendencies, risky alcohol or substance use, and easy access to lethal methods, such as firearms, also increase suicidal risk.44
Indeed, many research studies have shown that easy access to guns increases risk of suicide.45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61
Ensuring that someone doesn't have access to a firearm during a potential suicidal crisis, regardless of mental illness, can often be the difference between life and death.
Preventing suicide is an important part of gun violence prevention. However, focusing only on mental illness is not sufficient to prevent these deaths. To effectively prevent suicide, we must reduce easy access to guns, especially during periods of elevated risk.
Prevent Firearm Suicide
Prevent Firearm Suicide is a project of the Ed Fund that was developed to raise awareness about how temporarily reducing access to firearms during periods of high risk for suicide is life-saving. PreventFirearmSuicide.com shares effective, evidence-based interventions for firearm suicide prevention; information on the intersection of firearms and suicide including risk factors and statistics; state-level firearm suicide for all 50 states; and includes a robust resource library of educational materials, initiatives, research, and other resources about firearm suicide prevention and means safety. To learn more, please visit PreventFirearmSuicide.com and our page on firearm suicide.
Gun violence prevention policies that focus solely on a mental illness diagnosis will not stop gun violence and, instead, could fuel prejudice and fear around people living with a mental illness and may lead to people avoiding mental health services. We must dispel the myth that living with a mental illness makes you dangerous and likely to perpetrate violence towards others.
HATE IS NOT A MENTAL ILLNESS
Evidence shows that narratives surrounding shootings are different based on the race of the shooter. An analysis of 219 mass shootings and subsequent news coverage found that the shooters' race strongly predicted whether the media discussed the shooters' mental health.63 When a mass shooting was carried out by a White or Latino person, the media often attributed it to mental illness. White shooters, in particular, were framed as good people suffering from extreme life circumstances and were 19 times more likely to be framed as suffering from mental illness compared to Black shooters. Black and Latino perpetrators were more often portrayed as ongoing threats to public safety, while White perpetrators were viewed more sympathetically, putting the blame on mental illness and not on the individuals themselves.65
We know that hate is not a mental illness. We know that changing the narrative after a mass shooting based on the skin color of the perpetrator is both dangerous and factually incorrect. And yet, time and time again, the media is quick to call something "terrorism" if the perpetrator was Black, and quick to blame mental illness when the perpetrator was White.64,65
"Most of the time, mass shooters aren't driven by delusions or voices in their head. They are driven by a need to wield their power over another group. They are angry at the perceived injustices that have befallen them at the hands of others — women who wouldn't sleep with them, fellow students who didn't appreciate their talents, minorities enjoying rights that were once only the privilege of white men like them. It's not an altered perception of reality that drives them; it's entitlement, insecurity, and hatred. Maybe some of them also have depression, ADHD, or anxiety, but that is not why they opened fire on a group of strangers."
- Amy Barnhorst, Vice Chair for Community Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis and member of the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy
When the media, politicians, or other public figures blame a shooter's behavior on mental illness, they are stigmatizing and discriminating against the millions of Americans living with mental illness. Terms such as "the dangerously mentally ill" are misleading, disparaging, and not based on evidence.
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence works to ensure that our messaging and policy recommendations do not stigmatize those living with mental illness. We know that mental illness diagnoses do not define people, and mental illness is not a choice. We can't choose where we come from, we can't choose what we look like, and we can't choose whether or not to have a mental illness.
The way we talk about gun violence — and the laws that we support — should be based on facts, not falsehoods. To be effective, we must focus on dangerous behaviors — not diagnoses. By focusing on dangerous behaviors as established by research, we can make gun violence — including gun suicide — rare and abnormal.
While the evidence is clear that mental illness is not the cause of gun violence, incidents of gun violence may cause mental health difficulties for survivors of gun violence. Mental health effects following gun violence may include depression, anxiety, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder, intrusive thoughts, sleep problems, and personality changes.66 Additionally, the trauma of gun violence can ripple out into the community, far beyond those who were shot or injured. Family members, friends, neighborhoods, communities, first responders, and health care providers may all experience adverse mental health effects.
Focus gun violence prevention policies on evidence-based risk factors — not mental illness. Use appropriate language and avoid harmful stereotypes.
Mental illness does not cause gun violence. Gun violence prevention policies should be evidence-based, promote public safety, and respect individuals with mental illness.
Firearm removal laws, like extreme risk protection orders, should not be based on a mental health diagnosis and should be based on risk factors for violence and overall dangerousness, like a history of violent behavior, domestic violence, and risky alcohol use.
The language we use when talking about mental illness should be judgment free and not reinforce stereotypes or negative beliefs.
How to talk about mental illness without the stigma:
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Mentally ill, mental defective Person with mental illness
Person-first language is preferred. A diagnosis does not define an individual.
Dangerously mentally ill Person with serious (severe) mental illness
The word "dangerous" is stigmatizing, not based on facts, and not a clinical word. No person is dangerous purely because they have a serious mental illness.
Mental Illness and Guns
Guns, Public Health and Mental Illness
Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy: Guns, Public Health, and Mental Illness: An Evidence-Based Approach for Federal Policy
Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy: Guns, Public Health, and Mental Illness: An Evidence-Based Approach for State Policy
May 2019 Q&A, In My Voice: For Years, I Equated Mental Illness with Violence. I Was Wrong
May 2019 Q&A, In My Voice: I Experienced Gun Violence Firsthand and Struggled with My Mental Health. Now I'm Working to Help Others Address Both
May 2019 Q&A, In My Voice: Seeking Help and Navigating Discrimination as a Black, Female Therapist
May 2019 Q&A, In My Voice: Decoupling Mental Illness and Violence as a Psychiatrist
May 2019 blog, Recovering, Not Recovered
March 2019 blog, It's Time to Retire the Term "Red Flag Laws"
January 2019 roundtable, Guns, Suicide, and Mental Illness: A Roundtable Discussion
October 2018 blog, Don't Call Us Dangerous. Don't Call Us "the Mentally Ill"
September 2018 blog, Six phrases that stigmatize suicide and mental illness
September 2018 article in Channel 3000, Officials Warn Not to Jump to Conclusion that Middleton Shooting is Related to Mental Health
May 2018 article in The Advocate, Why Didn't Bizarre Behavior Block Man Accused in Lafayette Police Officer's Death From Buying a Gun?
March 2018 article in the New Yorker, A Glimmer of Hope in the Political Impasse on Gun Control
February 2017 op-ed in the Huffington Post, We Can Stop Gun Violence Without Blaming People Living With Mental Illness
Appelbaum P & Swanson J. (2010). Law & psychiatry: gun laws and mental illness: how sensible are the current restrictions? Psychiatric Services.
Choe JY, Teplin LA, & Abram KM. (2008). Perpetration of violence, violent victimization, and severe mental illness: balancing public health concerns. Psychiatric Services.
Elbogen EB & Johnson SC. (2009). The intricate link between violence and mental disorder: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and related conditions. Archives of General Psychiatry.
Lu Y & Temple JR. (2019). Dangerous weapons or dangerous people? The temporal associations between gun violence and mental health. Preventive Medicine.
McGinty EE, Webster DW, & Barry CL. (2013). Gun policy and serious mental illness: Priorities for future research and policy. Psychiatric Services.
Metzl JM & MacLeish KT. (2015). Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of American firearms. American Journal of Public Health.
Pescosolido BA, Manago B, & Monahan J. (2019). Evolving public views on the likelihood of violence from people with mental illness: Stigma and its consequences. Health Affairs.
Swanson JW, Roberston AG, Frisman LK, Norko MA, Lin HJ, Swartz MS, & Cook PJ. (2013). Preventing gun violence involving people with serious mental illness. Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis.
Swanson, JW, McGinty EE, Fazel S, & Mays VM. (2015). Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy. Annals of Epidemiology.
Van Dorn R, Volavka J, & Johnson N. (2012). Mental disorder and violence: is there a relationship beyond substance use? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
American Psychological Association's gun violence prevention resources
Autistic Self Advocacy Network's "Make Real Change On Gun Violence: Stop Scapegoating People With Mental Health Disabilities"
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law's "Wrong Focus: Mental Health in the Gun Safety Debate"
Coalition for Smart Safety and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Rights Task Force's Debunking the Myths: Mental Health and Gun Violence
Mental Health America's "Position Statement 72: Violence: Community Mental Health Response"
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)'s resources on Extreme Risk Protection Orders
National Council of Behavioral Health
If you or someone you know needs some support now, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or text "HOME" to 741-741.
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The Marvel Studios Mind-Set For Making Hit After Hit
Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, a 2018 World's Most Innovative Company, shares the oft-misunderstood keys to his cinematic success.
With Marvel's Black Panther, director Ryan Coogler says he's made "a very personal film about African identity." [Photo: MatthiasClamer/Contour by Getty Images]
By Nicole LaPorte 4 minute Read
When Marvel Studios announced that the third film in its Thor franchise was being turned over to Taika Waititi, a Kiwi director of small, idiosyncratic films, there was plenty of head scratching among Marvel fans. Waititi had plenty of Sundance cred, thanks to the vampire mockumentary What We Do In the Shadows; the quirky comedy Eagle vs. Shark; and Boy, a poignant coming-of-age tale, but the $200 million, men-in-capes genre was nowhere on his resume.
In the eyes of Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, this was actually a selling point. As Feige saw it, Boy, which won rave reviews and became one of New Zealand's top-grossing films, was proof that Waititi could give Thor: Ragnarok the kind of emotional resonance he was looking for. "Boy is hilariously audacious in its comedy, but it's also deeply moving and deeply emotional," Feige says. "And that's a hard balance to have, and that's what we wanted to strive for with Ragnarok. We wanted to continue the themes we'd seen in the previous Thor films, but do it in a very different way."
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In Hollywood, where studios typically seek the biggest names to steer their biggest tentpoles, Marvel's nonintuitive approach to filmmaking is its own kind of audacity. It's also an instinct that's been paying off mightily for the company. Starting with Iron Man in 2008, which combined a director whose biggest credit was the Will Ferrell comedy Elf (Jon Favreau) with a star whose career had been overshadowed by TMZ headlines (Robert Downey, Jr.), Marvel's surprising creative choices have translated to box office gold. That film, followed by 17 other titles including Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, and most recently Black Panther–which blew away box office predictions over President's Day weekend, grossing nearly $400 million worldwide in its first four days of release–have generated more than $13.5 billion at the global box office, making the company one of the biggest success stories in modern Hollywood. Marvel has also been a pioneer in the way it thinks about its body of films, all of which share interconnected characters and plot lines in a so-called Marvel Cinematic Universe, a concept that has been attempted unsuccessfully by many of Marvel's peers.
Feige says there's no secret formula to why Marvel so consistently strikes a chord with audiences, and that it's really about peeling away the stereotype of what a super hero movie is, and instead simply asking the question of what makes a good film. As well as going back to the original source material: comic books.
"People think (a super hero movie) means, Oh, yes, you run into a phone booth, you put on a cape, and you stop a bank robbery," Feige says. "When in fact, if you were to read comics, you'd realize there are as diverse characters and storytelling in comic form as there is in any prose narrative. Yet people don't attribute the same prejudice to films based on novels because people inherently understand, Oh, well, that's what a novel is. All novels are different. Well, all comics are different. The storylines are different. What the characters go through is different. I think we're doing that, showcasing on a much bigger canvas all the differences in the genre.
"So we do say, We want to make a space movie. We want to do a high school movie. We want to do a heist movie. We want to do a thriller. That his how we think about all our different films. What kind of films do we want to make?"
This distinct approach to every film is enhanced by hiring directors like Favreau and Waititi—as well as James Gunn (who helmed the two Guardians films) and Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)—who bring their own stylistic approach while stile working within the Marvel framework. As Feige says, "It's about finding these filmmakers who can guide" a film. "Taika has said in interviews, and I think it's a good description of what it's like, which is, we put him at the helm of a very large ship which is steering into rough waters. And he thinks it'd be cool to head right for that iceberg. And it would! But we sort of whisper, 'Maybe just a little to the left, so we don't hit.' Which I thought was funny."
Black Panther is yet another major zag for the company. It's the first super hero movie to star a black lead (Chadwick Boseman), and tackles issues of isolationism, African identity and geo politics, while "dealing with royalty in a very different way than we've seen before," Feige says. It has been wildly embraced by critics and fans not just for its cool effects but for creating a story about strong, important black characters that doesn't rely on the tropes (poverty, slavery) that Hollywood typically relies on when making films about the black experience.
But if the film has anyone thinking that Marvel is suddenly going serious or political–in contrast to the comedy streak it's been on recently with films like the two Guardians movies and Thor: Ragnorak—Feige says it's best not to try to figure the company out. "Just when people think they have a narrative on us," he laughs, "we're gonna do something else."
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A version of this article appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of Fast Company magazine.
Nicole LaPorte is an LA-based senior writer for Fast Company who writes about where technology and entertainment intersect. She previously was a columnist for The New York Times and a staff writer for Newsweek/The Daily Beast and Variety
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De Sanctis, Francesco fränchās´kō dā sängk´tēs [key], 1817–83, Italian historian and literary critic. He was one of the founders of modern Italian literary criticism. He suffered imprisonment for his political views and was exiled to Malta. He was one of the first in the world to hold a position as professor of comparative literature with his appointment at Naples (1871–77). He supported Cavour, who appointed him minister of education. Important works are his Saggi critici [critical essays] (1866) and his History of Italian Literature (1871, tr. 1931), a history of Italian national feeling as traced through literature. He also wrote studies of Petrarch (2d ed. 1883) and Leopardi (1885).
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Hanekom: I have been offended and pained by Zuma's claims
Derek Hanekom responded, after the High Court in Durban reserved judgment in the defamation suit which he brought against Jacob Zuma for referring to him on social media as an enemy agent.
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PRETORIA – African National Congress (ANC) member Derek Hanekom said former President Jacob Zuma's referral to him and other senior party figures as enemy agents was a premeditated strategy to divert attention away from the real issues of the state capture commission of inquiry.
Hanekom has issued a statement after the High Court in Durban reserved judgment in the defamation suit, which the former minister and current member of the ANC's national executive committee, brought against Zuma for referring to him on social media as an enemy agent.
During his evidence at the state capture hearing, Zuma alleged that Hanekom, Siphiwe Nyanda, and Ngoako Ramatlodi were spies for the former apartheid regime, a claim that has been denied by all.
After Hanekom confirmed the Economic Freedom Fighters' claim that he had met with their members to discuss plans to oust Zuma, the former president referred to his testimony at the commission and labelled Hanekom a known enemy agent.
Hanekom said he has been shocked, offended and pained by the events of the past few weeks, but he is pleased that the matter with Zuma has been ventilated in court.
"I filed a motion seeking relief for defamation of character. I note from his court papers that former President Zuma put up no proof that I was an apartheid spy. His counsel conceded in court that the former President 'does not question my struggle credentials' and that he does not 'regard me as an apartheid spy'.
"In my view, I can attach no other meaning to his statement than that he is accusing me, as he has comrades Nyanda and Ramatlhodi, of being an agent of the apartheid state. These accusations are irresponsible and dangerous, particularly in our country which witnessed the horrific 'necklacing' of alleged spies in the 1980s," Hanekom said in the statement.
Zuma's counsel argued that when he referred to Hanekom as being an agent, he was in fact referring to him as siding with opposition parties to have him ousted as the president.
But the former minister has described this argument as absurd and Zuma's reference to opposition parties as the enemy as preposterous.
Hanekom accused Zuma of trying to divert attention from the Zondo Commission of Inquiry's efforts to uncover the truth about allegations of corruption and state capture.
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Q: How to make browser request smaller range with 206 Partial Content I am currently making a video streaming service where the video is transcoded in chunks of roughly 1MB each. The HTML5 player of Firefox, Chrome and IE all try their best to request partial content (by adding the Range header to their request). Unfortunately, most of the time this header looks like this:
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I don't want to return the full content, but only 1MB of the content, so I return this:
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Now Chrome accepts this completely and keeps requesting partial content until it has reached the total length. Firefox however makes only one request which contains the partial content and not the full. Firefox thinks it is the full content and thus not the full video is being played, only part of it. How would I get the same behavior in Firefox as I have in Chrome? I tried returning 416 Range not Satisfiable but both Chrome and Firefox seems to requesting after receiving this status code.

A: So I finally gave up on this and had a look at the source code of Firefox. At the place where Firefox receives a different range than expect, a comment is placed by a developer asking what to do in this case. The specification does not specify what to do in such case and so Firefox chose to do nothing. Chrome is a little more creative and came up with what the developers thought would be the best response (which is absolutely the result I want).
It seems like I am not the only one with this problem, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten upvotes. The thing is: to make Firefox correct this problem we would need to make a change to the specification which I believe to be close to impossible. Therefore I am closing this question and marking this post as the answer.

A: The answer to the question 'How would I get the same behavior in Firefox as I have in Chrome?' is to upgrade to Firefox 57.0 (Quantum). This version of Firefox (in tests of my own server code, which does the same limiting of partial response size) is able to make requests for additional partial content as the video plays, in much the same way as Chrome and IE.
Having said that, if I seek backwards in the video, Firefox will play a portion of the content from the new position (presumably using the cached partial content for that position) but then fails to request (or use cached) partial content when the buffered content runs out - instead it jumps to the end.
It looks like the Firefox developers made a stab at fixing the issue of smaller-than-expected partial content, but have not got it quite right with respect to seeking and/or caching.
I would be interested to know where in the Firefox source was the original comment about "what to do", to find out what has actually been done and perhaps provide appropriate feedback to the Firefox developers.


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CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR-ELECT ANDRE DICKENS!
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Arts are an integral part of a thriving, diverse community, and our city needs to develop and support the artists of Atlanta. Atlanta children deserve the benefits that arts bring which are safety, a whole education, appreciation, empathy, and a future full of opportunities. We want to reinvigorate the creative economy after the devastating impacts of COVID on the arts community. Arts are vital to our humanity, culture, health, and community, so as Mayor, I will use the resources of the City to advocate for the arts on behalf of the citizens, visitors, and artists of Atlanta.
My goals as Mayor include:
Make the arts accessible to everyone.
Support individual artists.
Ensure equity in art funding and support.
Reinvigorate the creative economy after impacts of COVID.
Further cultivate the Atlanta arts community for future generations.
1. Codify an Atlanta Arts, Culture & Creative Economy Advisory Committee to the Mayor
Appoint a variety of members from different artistic disciplines and backgrounds within the Atlanta arts community, including college and university members and APS Arts faculty.
Solicit advice and support from the Advisory Committee to better understand and engage with the Arts community.
Committee would be tasked with developing a comprehensive Arts and Culture Plan for the City of Atlanta along with the Office of Cultural Affairs, which will lead to greater funding and exposure opportunities.
2. Establish an Arts District Exploratory Commission
Appoint a commission to seek out the best place or places to develop creator districts with spaces available specifically for creators (artist lofts, creator workspaces, studio space, etc.).
Develop a diverse group of artists and art designed to uplift the underserved and build wealth on a local level.
Determine/develop strategies to establish more affordable housing and artist studio options through art focused land trusts, live/work studio space, and mixed-income developments.
Evaluate strategies implemented in other cities to learn best practices for long-term, dedicated revenue streams to support arts development and fund it through various means like private development.
3. Provide Greater Support for Artists
Develop strategies to restore economic vitality to the large number of artists who lost wages during COVID.
Increase access to local grants and federal funding through the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ensure equity in art philanthropy and government funding.
Provide direct financial support for those who lost income during COVID.
Develop strategies to help with healthcare for artists.
Provide greater exposure through exhibition spaces in city facilities such as city hall, recreation centers, etc.
4. Increase the Annual Grant Making Capacity Within the City's Budget
The general fund contribution to arts grant-making moved from $1 million to $2 million under Mayor Bottoms. The goal was to get to $3 million, and I will do that in my budget.
As Mayor, I will put in the American Rescue Plan up to $12 million in funding for small businesses, nonprofits, and the arts community.
Additionally, I will put in the American Rescue Plan up to $4 million to support permanent affordable commercial spaces for small businesses and creatives in LMI or gentrifying communities.
5. Provide Additional Dedicated Revenue Streams for Arts
I believe that a percentage of all eligible infrastructure project budgets should be set aside for art.
I also believe private developers should contribute 1% of each construction project to the arts.
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...Maxwell J. Mehlman; Melvyn R. Durchslag; Duncan Neuhauser Recent interpretations of laws prohibiting discrimination against persons with disabilities indicate that these laws will play a greater role in health care decision making than previously anticipated. This article employs lessons from other...
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The National Championship Series (NCS) is an online tournament held for North American players. These tournaments are held every Saturday at 4:00 PM PST/7:00 PM EST.
You have to belong to the NCS discord at http://discord.gg/roa . This is done to help the tournament organizers to locate participants easier.
During the tournament you need to be in the NCS Discord server. This is necessary for opponents to be able to quickly and easily find each other.


We are a club composed of owners and admirers of Cadillac and LaSalle automobiles of all eras. We are one of many local groups chartered by and under the aegis of the National Cadillac and LaSalle Club Inc.
Our Western New York chapter has been chartered since 1986. We presently (August 2018) have 56 members, in areas from Buffalo to Rochester, and into the Southern Tier to Corning New York. We also have a slate of club events including a car show in Amherst NY in July, and another show in Rochester NY in August. We host a post-Holiday dinner at one of our better local restaurants in early January, a Spring Brunch, and an ice cream social in the summertime.
Our meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month at 1:00pm in Sunny's Restaurant in the Batavia City Center Mall, except for May, June, July, August and January, when our club events serve as meetings. Be certain to click on the "Calendar" tab above to check for any updates or changes in meetings or planned activities.
We are always open to welcoming new members, in discussing those hard to handle repairs, those difficult to locate parts, and just plain old gabbing about the great old cars.
Meetings and lunch are held at Sunny's Restaurant in Batavia, no reservation is needed.


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Acer Monitor doubles as all-in-one Chrome browsing PC
Acer Web Surf Station DX241H: a 24-inch display with Chrome OS and clear.fi Acer's DX241H monitor can either be used as a standard PC display or as a standalone web surfing computer. With an integrated processor, USB and network connections, and Google's Chrome browser, you can go online without any additional computer. The device can also play back media from DLNA-compatible servers. Earlier reports, based on Acer's publicity materials, cited the monitor as running Google's Chrome OS, but Acer has since said that this was an error and that the device runs Google's Chrome browser and not the operating system.
At a price of €299, the DX241Hbmiaz is to be the next monitor available from Acer's Display+ line. The 24-inch screen with a 16:9 format and the usual full HD resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels has HDMI and VGA inputs and integrated loudspeakers.
Unlike usual PC monitors, the DX241H has USB and LAN ports along with an integrated Wi-Fi adapter. Together, these extras allow the display to be used like a basic all-in-one PC. Media is played back within your local network via clear.fi – Acer basically wants to link its own devices to each other. Acer's booth at next week's CeBIT trade show will be in CeBIT life in Hall 19.
The manufacturer says the monitor consumes around 49 watts; apparently this relatively high figure is mostly from the use of a CCFL backlight, rather than a more economical LED backlight, in the display's LCD panel.
Acer Deutschland told The H's German associates at heise Online that the DX241H has a System-on-Chip using ARM Cortex-A8 but has not given any details on RAM or storage. Acer points to the D241H (with no X in the model number), the predecessor of the new model, which also has USB ports, including an upstream USB port for connecting USB devices to a PC in monitor mode. The D241H comes with a remote control and also plays back media from connected USB drives. This allows it to serve as a digital picture frame and it also offers widgets for, say, weather data, calendars, and news.
Putting Dell's Ubuntu Ultrabook to the test
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Plus, he rode with Stirling Moss in a C-type in the 1952 Mille Miglia, drove a 190mph works D-type in the highly dramatic 1955 Le Mans, raced in the Goodwood 9 Hours, and set an amazing 173 mph production car record at Jabbeke in Belgium with an XK 120. Completing over a million test miles at 100mph-plus average, Norman Dewis also played a crucial role developing the revolutionary Dunlop disc brake, and survived high-speed crashes and roll-overs in the days before seat-belts – and without ever breaking a single bone.
Filled with personal insights and fascinating technical details, this book tells the unique story of a great Jaguar character and the equally great cars he worked with.


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Meet the Driving Force Behind RepairSmith
A Harvard Business School consumer tech entrepreneur and an automotive industry expert from Daimler AG walk into a startup…
The outcome? Only the easiest way to repair your car, of course.
Backed by Daimler AG, RepairSmith is more than just another on-demand startup. RepairSmith is modernizing the traditional car repair experience by bringing together the convenience of a delivery service with the quality you'd expect from one of the world's most respected car brands. And we've made the entire process easy from start to finish by offering upfront pricing, online booking, option for delivery or drop-off, and a full warranty.
With our delivery service, car owners can get their cars repaired directly in their driveways.
The key players behind this vision? Joel Milne, CEO and Felix-Matthias Walter, Chief Commercial Officer – a match made in startup heaven.
Joel's entrepreneurial spirit runs deep, he began programming at age 10, started college at 16, and founded his first technology company upon graduating at 21. As a consumer tech entrepreneur, Joel has raised over $100M in venture financing while scaling multiple businesses nationally serving as CEO, COO or CTO in the LA tech scene.
Joel is an angel investor and advisor to numerous startups and is active in the Southern California startup community. So, to say he's passionate about building companies that make people's lives easier would be a major understatement.
Complementing Joel's affinity for top-notch consumer experiences is Felix's extensive background in the automotive industry. From restoring cars in his parents' garage as a teenager to senior management roles at Daimler AG, Felix brings over 25 years of automotive experience to RepairSmith.
A manufacturer trained car and heavy truck mechanic who started his career as an automotive technician for Mercedes-Benz, he worked his way up from the repair shop to senior roles at Daimler, including Corporate Strategy, Used Car Sales Management, Commercial Vehicle Fleet Support, and Product Marketing for Service and Parts. Needless to say, he knows car repair and is committed to quality when it comes to overseeing RepairSmith's repair delivery operation, shop partnerships, and customer satisfaction teams.
With these two at the helm, RepairSmith is setting out to do what no other service is doing – and that is making car repair truly convenient.
Joel Milne, CEO and Felix Matthias-Walter, Chief Commercial Officer
More than a delivery service
In today's economy, ease is what we've come to expect. We're used to getting just about anything delivered. From groceries and take-out to a college student eager to help build your new bedframe, we're used to services of all kinds, and often times, delivered by people of all kinds.
But does this so-called "gig economy" work for everything?
Not exactly. When it comes to skilled services like car repair, the gig economy, which simply means paying people by the gig, hasn't benefitted skilled workers or customers who hire skilled workers by the gig. If you want a sandwich delivered, sure. Anybody can do that. But car repair is a specialized service. Customers want convenient, quality work, and likewise, mechanics want a steady income for said quality work.
Which then begs the question: how can a delivery service that ensures convenience also ensure quality? Oftentimes, you end up sacrificing one for the other. Cc: soggy tacos and cold ramen noodles…at your doorstep.
The solution? By taking the entire car repair process into our own hands. Whether you're booking our delivery service where one of our expert mechanics come to you or dropping off at one of our 200+ certified shops, we're guaranteeing convenient, quality service every step of the way.
Turning a traditionally frustrating experience into one that is convenient and stress-free is no small feat, but here at RepairSmith, we're certainly up for the challenge.
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A simple toy that anyone can make and is very entertaining for bored pet birds!
Wooden beads/gum leaves/sticks/treats…anything your bird can safely chew on!
Step 1: Tie each of the fabric strips into the links of the chain. Tie on as many as you want, as long as there are loose ends to the fabric strip once tied.
Step 2: To the loose ends of the strips, tie on the beads, treats and anything else you want! Be sure it's bird-safe, though.
Step 3: Tie your chain puzzle to the cage bars, or a perch.
Step 4: Watch the bird slowly un-doing and taking apart this fun toy!


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A story of reuse and reimagining for a downtown urban core
Fully abandoned by its entry into the 21st century, the Wayne Theatre was built in the 1920s as a vaudeville stage located in the heart of downtown Waynesboro, Virginia. From its hey day of traveling acts, to a span of decades as a bustling movie theater, to its abandonment in the late 1990s, the building has ridden the waves of downtown renewal and decline. Today, it stands as one of the most visible bellwethers of revitalization for the City's core — and one of the most difficult as the community has struggled from within to rebuild its local economy.
I first began working with the Wayne Theatre Alliance, a 501(c)3 non-profit, in 2006 when I arrived in Waynesboro as the City's Economic Development Director. In the intervening years, fluctuations in the economic climate brought both fundraising success and hardship, and changes in the local community contributed to many diverse visions for how and if the reimagined theatre could serve as an anchor for revitalizing the City's downtown, a space which simultaneously faces an often high vacancy rate and sits nestled among the opportunities of some of the state's best urban fishing and the gateway of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive. While the City has tried to balance the reality of a declining industrial economy with a vision for a more local and vibrant economy, the Wayne Theatre Alliance has raised and spent multiple millions on architectural plans, demolition, and reconstruction of the building's bones. While planning and fundraising continued, in a nearby storefront on Friday nights the Alliance provided a taste of the type of live entertainment that could, with the revitalization of the original building, once again grace the City's downtown.
Having left the City of Waynesboro in 2008, I rejoined the Alliance as Pine Knot Projects in 2012 to help facilitate the final funding of their construction budget through use of federal and state Historic Tax Credits, New Market Tax Credits, private bridge lending, and ultimately local and state incentives through programs like the Virginia Enterprise Zones. These programs require many voices and partners, and it has been a multi-year process of planning and partnership building.
In early 2015, the Wayne Theatre Alliance announced its successful funding of the building's renovation. The final stages of construction continued apace throughout 2015, and the Wayne Theatre Alliance announced its Grand ReOpening in the spring of 2016. Today, it stands as a more than $10million project that, all told, took more than 15 years from the founding of the local Cultural Commission to its opening night. The theatre now holds over 380 seats and is becoming the new downtown home for the local orchestra, community theater, touring musicians, and educational programming.
Interior of the theatre during its Sneak Peak Reception, Opening Week. Photo by Courtney Cranor.
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Rohingya refugees made to wait as repatriation delayed
A young Rohingya refugee walks back home with relief material at Thankhali refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhia district on Sunday Credit: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP
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22 January 2018 • 10:21am
The controversial repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to Burma, due to begin on Tuesday, will be delayed, a senior Bangladesh official confirmed on Monday.
"A lot of preparation is still needed," said Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Abul Kalam Azad, adding that a "rigorous process" was required to return some 750,000 refugees who have fled a brutal military crackdown in Burma's Rakhine state since August.
Bangladesh and Burma agreed late last year to return the refugees as soon as possible, despite mounting evidence that the Muslim minority had been subjected to mass rape, murder, and torture in a military campaign described by the United Nations as "ethnic cleansing."
Mr Azad did not give a revised starting date, commenting only that transit centres had yet to be constructed and lists of potential returnees still to be compiled and verified. The entire repatriation process is scheduled to take two years.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it is not currently involved but is willing to play a "constructive role" if allowed, and under conditions that would guarantee the refugees' rights.
A house burns in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungdaw in Rakhine state in northern Burma Credit: AFP
British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Alison Blake, said on Sunday that the return should be "safe, voluntary and dignified".
Meanwhile, human rights group Fortify Rights warned that "any repatriation now would be premature and dangerous".
Aid workers have spoken of anxiety in the camps among the still traumatised refugees. Community leaders are demanding that Burma first guarantees the Rohingya people their long-denied citizenship and include them on the list of the country's recognised ethnic groups.
Telegraph photographer Heathcliff O'Malley's pictures of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
They are also asking that their destroyed homes and property be rebuilt and for the military to be held accountable for alleged killings and rape.
In the Kutupalong refugee camp, Nir Ahmed, 65, told The Telegraph that he first fled to Bangladesh in 1978 when 200,000 Rohingya were driven out of Burma by a similar brutal military operation.
He stayed for six months that time, and said that he wanted to return home again, but only if he was regarded as a full citizen.
"People are very worried about the [repatriation] agreement. We suspect they will take us back to Burma and put us in camps," he said. "I would rather tell Bangladesh just to kill us here."


I just got back from my first tutoring session with a new client.
I've started tutoring to make a bit of money to supplement my web development projects, and I completely forgot what a huge jump in mindset it is to go from programming as a day job to teaching someone who has never read the phrase "Hello World" before.
As I was sitting there running my student through classes and subroutines and assignment statements, I kept overlooking some of the most fundamental things. Things like explaining what the equals operator means. Things like explaining what the full stop character means.
To me, these ideas have low Quality, as Robert M. Pirsig would put it. These operators are so small and simple that they've entered my subconscious and muscle memory and I don't really notice them any more.
But to someone who is an absolute beginner, the Quality is through the roof. These simple characters somehow unite two pieces of code together, perform some mysterious operation.
The trick I have to learn now is to see this code as a real beginner. Break it down and stare hard at each piece, to make it visible to me again. And that's how I hope to become a quality tutor.


Materials: Jeweler's resin, Japanese seed beads and steel, silver chain 925, natural pearl.
Descriptions: This necklace is a large bright pendant in the form of a beetle with a large mustache made of Japanese seed beads and moving paws. The Beetle body is molded by author model. The pendant stays on a thin silver chain with adjustable length. The Jewel combines both classic and avant-garde.