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This summer, 40 research projects into the coronavirus pandemic and the consequences of this started with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
Animal-free innovations for better COVID-19 research
Dutch, Bilthoven based, Intravacc, a global leader in translational research and development of viral and bacterial vaccines, announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the use of laboratory animals in vaccine quality control. The study was conducted together with Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) at Leiden University.
Intravacc and Leiden University developed an animal replacement method for vaccines
The Dutch Research Institute for Innovations (DRIFT) investigated the transition to animal-free innovation (TPI) and how it can develop further. After working closely with people and organisations from the TPI network, DRIFT conducted a research and outlined a number of issues and possible solutions. The result of this research is briefly summarized in this document.
The Dutch Research Institute for Innovations embarks on promising transition to animal-free innovation
The petitioner calls for immediate ban on animal testing. He explains that there are alternatives testing methods and gives the example of the Netherlands.
EP Petition for an EU-wide moratorium on the use of animals in scientific research
ZonMw launched a new grant program for COVID-19 research with €1.5 million allocated to animal free innovation provided by the "More Knowledge with Less Animals" program and the Dutch Society for the Replacement of Animal Testing.
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Published on Feb 18, 2019 in CHOP News
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A panel of experts in pediatric heart disease shared the latest findings from their research at a large national conference hosted by the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in partnership with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Cardiology 2019, the 22nd Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, occurred Feb. 13 to Feb. 17 in Huntington Beach. Organizers of the conference highlighted five finalists for best scientific abstracts. Below is a series of brief recaps of these important studies.
Small, Unrepaired Atrial Septal Defects Lead to Decreased Lifespan, More Chronic Diseases and Higher Levels of Anxiety and Stress
Using the Danish National Patient Registry, researchers identified 723 patients with small, unrepaired atrial septal defects (ASD) dating between 1953 and 2011. Of those patients, 182 had died. The average lifespan of patients with ASD was 63 years compared with the average Danish lifespan of 81 years. The study also found that 38.2 percent of ASD patients had some form of chronic illness, compared with 26.9 percent in the general population. Chronic lung disease was four times more common in ASD patients. More than 25 percent of ASD patients often felt nervous or stressed, compared with 16.9 percent in the general population. In light of these findings, the researchers suggest that current guidelines for intervention and follow-up may need to be revised in order to improve the lives of these patients.
Sebastian Udholm MD, et al, Aarhus University Hospital; Lifelong Burden of Small Unrepaired Atrial Septal Defect: Results from the Danish National Patient Registry (abstract 21)
Simple Changes for Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease Can Help Increase Parental Bonding Time and Reduce Unnecessary Interventions
Maternal-infant bonding time immediately after birth can provide benefits for both the newborn and mother. However, for infants born with congenital heart disease, delivery teams may be unfamiliar with the expected course, necessary (or unnecessary) treatments in the immediate period after birth, and whether bonding time is appropriate. In this study, researchers looked at 386 patients prenatally diagnosed with what is known as "ductal dependent" congenital heart disease from 2005 to 2017. In this severe type of heart disease, surgical or other types of intervention are required in the newborn period, but infants are typically stable for a period of time immediately after birth. The researchers created a tool that allowed cardiologists caring for the mother prenatally to better communicate with the delivery team about the infant's diagnosis, expected course immediately after birth, acceptable oxygen levels, and whether a brief period of bonding was encouraged prior to initiation of necessary treatments. The tool was implemented in 2014. Researchers found that there was a decrease in infants who received oxygen or other perhaps unnecessary respiratory treatments from 38 percent to 26 percent, while those who were able to participate in bonding time increased from 22 percent to 74 percent. There were no documented adverse events. The researchers concluded that this easily implemented tool decreased unnecessary respiratory intervention and increased maternal-infant bonding.
Ian Thomas, et al, University of Michigan; Impact of Documentation on Respiratory Intervention and Parental Bonding among Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease (abstract 69)
Video Telemedicine Could Help Monitor Which Single Ventricle Infants Need Hospital Readmission*
Researchers at Children's Mercy Kansas City developed the Cardiac High Acuity Monitoring program (CHAMP) which utilizes daily videos to monitor interstage single ventricle infants (SVI) at home. To assess if this program could be expanded, the clinical team tested an objective video clinical scoring system to identify SVI at risk for clinical deterioration and predict unplanned hospital readmissions (UHA). The study showed that video scoring was feasible for 91.6 percent of all observations. Interstage SVI demonstrated significantly higher scores shortly prior to admissions, and this new scoring system provided 89 percent sensitivity and 97 percent specificity predicting UHA. Dr. Aly and her team recommend conducting multicenter, prospective validation of this tool.
*Dr. Aly was awarded the Outstanding Investigator Award.
Doaa Aly, et al, Children's Mercy Kansas City; Ability of Video Telemedicine to Predict Unplanned Hospital Readmissions for Single Ventricle Infants (abstract 91)
Systemic to Pulmonary Arterial Collateral Embolization Improves Outcomes for Acute Post-Fontan Patients
Systemic to pulmonary arterial collaterals are common after superior cavo-pulmonary anastomosis in single ventricle patients, and a higher burden of collateral flow is associated with worse acute post-Fontan clinical outcomes. The researchers wanted to analyze whether collateral embolization performed prior to Fontan completion would improve outcomes in these patients. A group of 32 embolized patients was compared with a historical control group of non-embolized patients with similar pre-Fontan collateral burdens. Embolized patients had a shorter post-Fontan hospital stay and lower risk of chest tube duration over 10 days. The researchers conclude these findings support embolization of collaterals prior to Fontan in patients with a high burden as it may improve clinical outcomes.
Emmanuelle Favilla, et al, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Acute Post-Fontan Clinical Outcomes in Single Ventricle Patients Following Systemic to Pulmonary Arterial Collateral Embolization (abstract 148)
Clinical Factors Identified in Early Adolescent Fontan Patients That Help Predict Better Exercise Capacity
Peak minute oxygen consumption (PVO2) is frequently used to characterize exercise capacity in patients with a Fontan circulation. The magnitude of PVO2 decline may predict increased morbidity and hospitalization. Researchers looked at "top performers" in the 95th percentile of PVO2 among these patients to see what clinical factors might predict better long-term outcomes. The study found that in early adolescence in patients with a Fontan circulation, top performers in this cohort tend to be younger, female, and have lab values reflecting healthier hepatic, endocrine, renal, and hematologic organ systems. The researchers recommend longitudinal follow-up to see how exercise capacity and multi-organ performance fare as patients pass through adolescence. They also recommend investigating whether aggressive exercise rehabilitation in pre-adolescence can sustain wellness in these high-performing individuals or improve cardiovascular health.
Scott Weinreb, et al, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Clinical Characteristics Associated with Exercise Performance in the Fontan Circulation: What Defines Our "Super-Star" Top Performers? (abstract 203)
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The Midessa Oil Patch RV Park, Odessa, Texas definitely receives the Spud and Joan seal of approval. It is very quiet. One had to be awake to hear anything, there was no noise to wake one. We heard a train off in the distance. Trains used to blow two longs, a short and another long on their whistle or horn for a road crossing. I think this was called the 12L signal and it was the letter Q in Morse code. Dah, dah, dit, dah. The engine was crossing the road on the last dah. This train last night simply blew blasts. They were neither short nor long. It appears that now Morse is gone the railroad has eliminated it completely as well.
We met several of these trains today. The container trains carry two containers on each car. They must be a couple of miles long. The major container companies, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Evergreen, and so on are represented. Each container train has two engines forward and one pusher on the stern. The regular freight trains are just as long but they have three engines on the front and none on the stern.
We were up at 0700 with a number of e-mails to entertain us. We got around and managed to get on the road at 0905. That was pretty good for us. We crossed the Mountain Standard Time Zone so we are now three hours behind Nova Scotia the same as Alberta. We drove for over four hours and pulled into a truck stop at Fabens, Texas, at 1241 Mountain Time. Oh the dust. You could not tell the colour of my moccasins from walking around the yard. We parked way at the back of the 18-wheelers and I went looking for the pickup diesel pump. The girls were all Mexican and most could hardly speak English, but I left my credit card and pulled the truck up behind an 18-wheeler to the pickup pump. The girl turned the pump on and we filled the tank. I had a chat with the Texan filling his Kenworth in the next pump. He was from Mission, Texas, and heading east for home.
It was a good drive on the I-20 and continued a good drive into the I-10. We set the cruise on 60 MPH and enjoyed the ride. The speed limit was 80 MPH with trucks at 70 MPH. It was four lane all the way and eight to twelve lanes around El Paso. We planned to stop at El Paso for the day but all the campgrounds require reservations so we continued on. It was another 72 miles only to Las Cruces, New Mexico, where we pulled into the Hacienda RV Resort. We are glad we did. This is the nicest RV Park we have been in so far.
The temperature was cold this morning. That wind was raw and I had to put on one of my insulated shirts to get un-hooked, tanks drained and on the road. The sun was hot in the truck and we put the air conditioning on but the temperature did not go very high. It was 68F when we arrived at Fabens, Texas, but had dropped to 66F when we left a half hour later. It was only 65F when we pulled into Hacienda.
It was not a bad day. We made 555 kilometers and that was plenty.
Odessa was part of the oil field as we suspected. The Permian Basin is located in West Texas and the adjoining area of Southeastern New Mexico. It underlies an area approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long including 17 Texas counties. Driving west from Odessa today reminded us of the cartoon of the old Texas Oil Millionaire with the long limousine with the Long Horn horns on the front. The guy driving it had a motorcycle to ride back to the back door and let the old millionaire out. You must have seen it at one time or another because we are sure it was made in the 1950's. This was the country that made that old boy and others like him.
Those at Midessa RV Park were mostly oil field workers. There were three men living in a tent trailer just behind us. We saw few women in the park. There were mostly pickups parked at each unit.
Joan had a hard time trying to get some good photos today. We have deleted quite a few.
Joan was trying to get a good shot of the oil field pumps pecking away and this is about the best.
This oil refinery was out in the boon docks just before Fabens, Texas, where we stopped for diesel.
This was rather neat but the photo does not do it justice. The banks under the overpass were painted stones. They had the United States flag on the left and a Texas design on the right. An outline of the state in red white and blue with the lone star. Texas is the Lone Star State.
These are some Black Angus cattle trying to scrape up a dinner with the slim pickings at their disposal. It has been months since they had rain around here. All the creeks were dry and very dusty.
This is a hill just before we went through El Paso. Note the cross on top of the hill and the reason Joan took the photo.
When we crossed into New Mexico there was an awful stench. We soon learned the sources. There were thousands of cattle in pens for several miles. The majority appeared to be Black Angus so they must be able to scrounge up a meal in those dead looking fields. They were probably waiting for their turn in the slaughter house.
This is the Hacienda RV Resort Office on the left at Las Cruces, New Mexico.
This is our rig on site 121 at Hacienda. Site 122 is the blank spot between our rig and the row of trees. This place was definitely designed and did not just grow. If and when a rig comes into 122 it will drive in from the opposite side that we did putting their hook-ups next to ours. In other words our doors will not be together but on the opposite sides of our rigs. There are any number of RV repair centres right here and I hope to get a water filter for ours. That is something I should have had long ago.
This is the view out our back living room window taken at 4:30 PM Mountain Standard Time.
This was more or less our day. This park is dog friendly for sure. There are a bunch of them camped here. One rig has two yappy little dogs you can hear all over the park.


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Lars Hedegaard Escapes Jihadist Assassination Attempt
by Bruce Bawer
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I arrived in Amsterdam last week for a brief visit, an excited acquaintance informed me of the day's big news: the highly popular Queen Beatrix, who has been on the throne for more than three decades, had just announced her intention to abdicate in favor of her imperially bland son Willem-Alexander. The first thought that came to mind when I heard the tidings was Her Majesty's disgraceful conduct after the 2004 jihadist butchering of Theo van Gogh. Refusing to attend the funeral of the accomplished author, journalist, and filmmaker, Beatrix instead rushed off to a Moroccan youth center to assure those present that she was their pal. According to Reuters, Beatrix didn't want to leave the throne until she was sure "that anti-immigrant, euroskeptic politician Geert Wilders, of whom she disapproved, was in no danger of assuming real political influence….Wilders' poor showing at the last election and loss of influence in politics, could well have contributed to her decision to abdicate." Willem-Alexander, whom van Gogh once described as something of a royal dummy, is no Wilders fan either, sneering in 2007, apropos of the politician, that "Speech is silver, silence is golden." (The dim-bulb prince appeared not to grasp that under the rules of the Netherlands' constitutional monarchy, it's his job, not that of an elected official like Wilders, to keep his mouth shut.)
Walking the streets of Amsterdam in recent days, I thought about the sudden, horrible way in which van Gogh had been struck down, shot and stabbed, on an ordinary November morning on one of those very streets. I thought about how many years it's been since that day. And I thought about the fact that things on that front have been relatively silent lately: it's been a while since the last high-profile killing, or attempted killing, of an Islam critic. I reflected about the fact that each of these events causes instant shock and consternation, a brief preoccupation on the part of many Europeans with the reality of the domestic Islamic threat, and is followed by a gradual forgetfulness and return to complacency about Islamization. And I found myself thinking that it was only a matter of time until the next such assassination attempt. Where would it be? Who would be the target?
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Explained: the 'contagion effect' in mass killings
Local // The Explainer
Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle
People do what they see other people do. That's society. That's why parents want good examples for their kids and why fashion trends catch fire.
And that's why repeated killings of police officers in the last 10 days have raised concern of an emerging trend. Could targeted killing of law enforcement increase in a wave of so-called "copycat crime," spurred by attacks in Dallas and Baton Rouge and their nationally televised aftermath?
Research shows that past mass shootings do move perpetrators to violence, but experts caution there's a whole lot more than a simple trend at work.
High profile killers have always inspired imitators. Sensational media coverage of the killings makes it worse. There's no modern revelation there.
Such was the conclusion of criminologist Arthur MacDonald, who in 1912 published a psychological study of infamous assassins and their motives. His top recommendation to stem the problem was to ban mention of the killers' names in news coverage, in order to "lessen the hope for glory, renown or notoriety, which is a great incentive for such crimes."
More than century later, Texas State University professor of criminal justice Pete Blair runs an FBI-endorsed program called "Don't Name Them," which encourages media not to name the perpetrators of mass shootings for the same reason MacDonald advised it.
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Blair said recent attacks targeting law enforcement are little different from the spate of mass shootings in the U.S. since the century's turn.
"You see people who are upset. In this case they seem to be upset with police. They get angry, they don't see any resolution, then we see them start to plan and launch an attack," he said. "And that's the same for other active shooter events."
Research from 2015 tallied shootings in the U.S. since 2005 and found they occurred in dramatic spikes. The research did not examine the motivations of each shooting, but relied on numerical data to conclude that highly publicized mass shootings increased the likelihood of more mass shootings, creating a "contagion effect."
Experts point out that numbers can't prove that one shooting caused another. But case studies of individual shooters has shown they drew inspiration from past shooters. And the contagion effect comes as no shock to experts.
"The more publicity, and typically the more sensationalized the crime it, the greater the likelihood you're going to find a copycat and a contagion effect," said Reid Meloy, a forensic psychologist and consultant to the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Units.
That's because the magnitude of media coverage can be seen as a reflection of the power of the shooter to achieve a legacy that they think would otherwise have been impossible. How else could one person makes their grievances heard by all, and drive the national conversation for days, albeit posthumously?
According to Sherry Towers, a professor of statistical modeling at Arizona State University who lead the 2015 research into the contagion effect, "different kinds of mass public killings may be contagious in type."
That also comes as no surprise to psychologists. People identify with people like them.
Someone who hates police will connect with the story of someone who hates police. Someone bullied in school who hates their peers will identify with someone similar.
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Meloy said killers often envy the examples they admire. They feel jealous of what one killer has achieved, and they want to do more.
But the highly publicized case of a mass shooting won't move an otherwise happy person to commit murder. A large number of mass shootings occur when conditions become fertile for hateful feelings.
That's a problem with the theory of a contagion effect--one shooting could inspire others, or all the shootings could be simultaneously inspired by common underlying conditions. Experts say its a mixture of both.
People who are inclined to kill often share some life experiences. They have drug problems, psychiatric problems, feelings of alienation from positive attachment, struggles to make financial ends meet and problems with stable relationships. And they live in society where violent depictions are the norm.
"You start throwing all these things into the pot and you're going to have a recipe for more crime and more violence," said Robert Morgan chair of the department of psychology at Texas Tech University and a specialist in criminal psychology.
Then a person with hateful inclinations sees a shooting on TV.
"It opens the floodgates, so to speak. The individual would see: somebody else did this, OK I can do this as well," Morgan said.
The broad understanding of the roots of public violence is also no modern revelation. MacDonald, in his 1912 paper, concluded as much. High profile assassins, he wrote, shared a particular mental instability.
He wrote: "If circumstances be not favorable to its development, it may remain dormant and inoffensive. But if it finds in the events of the days, as wars, revolutions, political dissention or extreme theories of sects... if, in short, it finds soil favorable to its development, it is liable to appear and sometimes culminate in most terrible crimes."
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Matthew Boyd imploded in the third inning, and the Detroit Tigers didn't offer any offensive support until the ninth inning in a 5-2 loss to the Rays.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers were nearly shut out for the 12th time this season on Tuesday evening.
They spotted the Tampa Bay Rays five runs when left-hander Matthew Boyd, pitching in front of interested scouts, took a nose dive in the third inning at Tropicana Field. Boyd's big blemish was allowing a three-run home run to Wilson Ramos.
Boyd straightened things out from there, but the Tigers offense — facing the Rays on a "bullpen day," when they threw only relievers — couldn't get anything going until the ninth inning. They scored two runs on five hits and lost, 5-2. Nicholas Castellanos and Niko Goodrum each had an RBI.
Once again, Boyd was beaten by one bad inning. It came in the third, starting innocuously enough with a one-out walk. But after a walk came back-to-back singles, the first just out of Jose Iglesias' reach at shortstop. Then, Boyd offered a meatball that Wilson Ramos hit for a home run to the opposite field. The bad inning was nothing new: Boyd has allowed three-run innings in each of his past five starts. Other than the fateful third inning, Boyd allowed one hit over five innings, with eight strikeouts. A Mariners scout was in attendance.
There was once again talk in the media dining room about whether this, like a lineup earlier this season against the Texas Rangers, was the worst lineup the Tigers would trot out this season. Back then, Miguel Cabrera was only mildly hurt. Now, he is out for the season.
More: Detroit Tigers mailbag: Will Michael Fulmer really be traded?
Continuing a theme with other trade possibilities, Jose Iglesias left the game after getting hit by a pitch on the left hand in the top of the eighth inning. There was no diagnosis for Iglesias by the time the game ended, so it's anyone's guess as to the severity of the injury. Other Tigers who are available on the trade market and have been hurt this season: Francisco Liriano, Leonys Martin and Shane Greene. A trip to the DL would all but eliminate Iglesias' chances of being traded.
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The Kings and relevant stakeholders will meet this Sunday for final negotiations aimed at finalising a 'historic' change in ownership. CRAIG LEWIS reports.
Back in August, the Kings celebrated a mega-deal that suggested they would 'achieve a historical milestone by becoming the first black-owned rugby franchise in the country'.
Binding offers had been submitted by the relevant parties at the time, and approval from the SA Rugby executive committee, along with other transaction-closing conditions were expected to take place in the weeks to follow.
Although that process has taken longer than expected to be completed, the relevant parties have consistently reiterated that they remain committed to the cause.
On Wednesday, EP Rugby Union president André Rademan confirmed to SARugbymag.co.za that a meeting has now been set for Sunday morning for final negotiations to take place.
On behalf of the proposed consortium, a group of like-minded business people had stated earlier this year that they were determined to rally together to continue harnessing the rugby talent in the Eastern Cape region. Part of the deal was said to see the group secure a 51% stake in the Kings franchise.
'We want to build a professional and competitive team for the long run,' consortium chairman Loyiso Dotwana stated back in August. 'Our long-term ambition is to achieve incremental growth, which ultimately will result in the Kings winning the Pro 14.
The finalisation of this deal would certainly go a long way to strengthening the resources of the Kings, who have managed just one win from 10 games in their second season in the Pro14 to date.
Experienced Kings coach Deon Davids was recently named on the shortlist for the vacant Bulls head coaching position, but importantly, is set to remain with the Port Elizabeth-based side.
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Are you going for a green Christmas, or perhaps just reducing your meat intake? In any case, here are several traditional Christmas dishes you can try for the festivities.
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Q: ui-router force remove old DOM from document BEFORE appending new DOM? I'm using Angular to build an SPA. There is only one ui-view in my app.

And I defined several states:
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        reloadOnSearch: false,
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        templateUrl: AppInfo.assetPath + '/partials/workspaces/workspaces-view.html',
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They have nearly the same HTML:

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The only difference is the attribute editable. If it's true, a function in x1WorkspacesCtrl (x1-workspaces directive controller) will run and queries DOM elements from it's template.
The problem, is that when url changes from /home to /workspaces, the old DOM is still in document while new DOM has been appended and fires x1WorkspacesCtrl. This makes document.querySelectorAll returns wrong collection.

I know I can fix it by using a more specific selector, such as "x1-workspaces[editable='true'] .workspaces". But I think it's quite dirty.
I'm wondering whether I could force remove old DOM from document before appending new DOM? I searched for a while and read the ui-router docs, but couldn't find an answer. Am I missing something?

A: You could inject $element into the controller. It would return the current element that the controller is attached to.

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Q: Отправка формы по enter Скажите, как сделать сабмит формы по нажатию в textarea кнопки enter? но если нажаты enter+shift, то перенос стоки.
A: var txt = document.getElementById('txt');
txt.onkeydown = function(e) {
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A: Примерно так:
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hi, I am about to put sleeper raised beds in my garden and am clearing most of the existing plants out in advance. However, I have an established wisteria (floribunda) and an early flowering clematis that I don't want to move and I am not sure what to do.
Do you think they will be ok left in situ and cope with having about 40cm of soil butted up to them? Or, do I need to find a way to stop the new soil from touching the trunks?
They might be okay, especially the clematis, but it might be easier to slit a plastic pipe or pot of the right height and put that carefully round the trunks before putting the soil in the bed. A plastic tree rabbit guard might also do the trick, you need something with enough space to let the trunks expand in time. Other options might be a square wooden box constructed round the trunk of each plant, although that is likely to rot in due course.
The clematis will probably be OK and may even send out new shoots from below the new ground level but the wisteria won't like it so try and do as Lizzie suggests and provide a buffer between it and the new soil which will allow it to expand over time.


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Q: How do I write a custom start page for VS 2008? I've looked around, and not found much documentation on this, so I thought I'd ask where all the experts hang out.
I would like to create a new start page, with bug tracking and source control interfaces, rather than the standard MSDN feed.  I seem to remember that one can do more than just supply a different URL, but can actually implement a component to run as the start page, which needn't use web content.  I may be wrong.  Can anyone please give me some tips?

A: Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Startup and put your RSS URL in the Start Page news channel field.
That should give you enough, but if you want to do more you can select open home page in the at startup dropdown and point it at a URL with the appropriate content. If you use an intranet with Windows authentication you could display user specific stuff.

A: You can do is to create a DTE ToolWindow (read: Creating a ToolWindow hosting a .NET user control) and host your controls there, then its pretty easy to create an addin that will show the tool window as a document at runtime. (The same way that the start-up page looks)

A: This will be completely customizable in VS 2010. You'll be able to do anything you want to on the start page.


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Go back to reading a book on a flight!
OK so for those who suffer withdrawal symptoms when they are without their trusty laptop or IPad - flying to certain places is going to be a bit of an issue!!
Britain and the US have banned laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from several Middle East and North African nations. A French civil aviation agency spokesman said France was considering whether to impose similar measures.
Britain said it would be banning "phones, laptops or tablets larger than a normal-sized mobile or smartphone" The United States said its ban applied to all electronic devices larger than an average-sized mobile phone, including game consoles.
How does it affect Australian passengers?
It is likely travellers boarding flights from an Australian airport to the US or UK which connect via the Middle East will have to pack electronic devices in their checked bags from Australia as there is no possibility to retrieve baggage while in transit.
Back to good old fashioned books to keep you occupied!


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Q: Multiple SFINAE class template specialisations using void_t Are multiple class template specialisations valid, when each is distinct only between patterns involving template parameters in non-deduced contexts?
A common example of std::void_t uses it to define a trait which reveals whether a type has a member typedef called "type". Here, a single specialisation is employed. This could be extended to identify say whether a type has either a member typedef called "type1", or one called "type2". The C++1z code below compiles with GCC, but not Clang. Is it legal?
template <class, class = std::void_t<>>
struct has_members : std::false_type {};

template <class T>
struct has_members<T, std::void_t<typename T::type1>> : std::true_type {};

template <class T>
struct has_members<T, std::void_t<typename T::type2>> : std::true_type {};

A: There is a rule that partial specializations have to be more specialized than the primary template - both of your specializations follow that rule. But there isn't a rule that states that partial specializations can never be ambiguous. It's more that - if instantiation leads to ambiguous specialization, the program is ill-formed. But that ambiguous instantiation has to happen first!
It appears that clang is suffering from CWG 1558 here and is overly eager about substituting in void for std::void_t.
This is CWG 1980 almost exactly:

In an example like
template<typename T, typename U> using X = T;
template<typename T> X<void, typename T::type> f();
template<typename T> X<void, typename T::other> f();

it appears that the second declaration of f is a redeclaration of the first but distinguishable by SFINAE, i.e., equivalent but not functionally equivalent.

If you use the non-alias implementation of void_t:
template <class... Ts> struct make_void { using type = void; };
template <class... Ts> using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;

then clang allows the two different specializations. Sure, instantiating has_members on a type that has both type1 and type2 typedefs errors, but that's expected.

A: I don't believe it's correct, or at least, not if we instantiate has_members with a type that has both type1 and type2 nested, the result would be two specializations that are
has_members<T, void>

which would not be valid.  Until the code is instantiated I think it's ok, but clang is rejecting it early.  On g++, your fails with this use-case, once instantiated:
struct X
{
    using type1 = int;
    using type2 = double;
};

int main() {
    has_members<X>::value;
}

The error message is doesn't seem to describe the actual problem, but it at least is emitted:
<source>:20:21: error: incomplete type 'has_members<X>' used in nested name specifier
     has_members<X>::value;
                     ^~~~~

If you instantiate it with a type that has only type1 or type2 but not both,
then g++ compiles it cleanly.  So it's objecting to the fact that the members are both present, causing conflicting instantiations of the template.
To get the disjunction, I think you'd want code like this:
template <class, class = std::void_t<>>
struct has_members : std::bool_constant<false> {};

template <class T>
struct has_members<T, std::enable_if_t<
        std::disjunction<has_member_type1<T>, has_member_type2<T>>::value>> :
    std::bool_constant<true> {};

This assumes you have traits to determine has_member_type1 and has_member_type2 already written.


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In response to revelations about Elizabeth Warren claiming to be Cherokee, hundreds of Cherokees formed a new group to challenge Warren.
Cherokees Demand Truth from Elizabeth Warren is a group of authentic Cherokees and descendants devoted to sharing the truth about our history. Our mission is to help people understand what a real Cherokee is and to show why Elizabeth Warren claiming to be Cherokee without proof is harmful and offensive to us.
We are a group of concerned enrolled Cherokees and descendants from the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes; the Cherokee Nation, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; who demand that Elizabeth Warren tell the truth about her "Cherokee" ancestry and identity. Our group, 149 members strong and growing each day, is in it's infancy so we are, at this time, an informal one with no specific organizational structure. Spokespeople for the group are Twila Barnes and David Cornsilk….
This is NOT a political group, but instead, a group that demands Elizabeth Warren and others like her understand OUR history belongs to us and no one has the right to try to rewrite it or make up fictitious stories so they can fit in it or take advantage of it. Only those who meet the requirements under Cherokee law should claim to be Cherokee. We hope to help educate the public on what is and is not true about our history and also why the false claims like Elizabeth Warren is making are harmful to the Cherokee people.
Many wonder why we Cherokees are so insistent on Elizabeth Warren coming clean about her false claims of Cherokee ancestry. This is not a political issue to us. We don't care if Elizabeth Warren is a Democrat, Republican, or an Independent. We do care, though, if she goes around claiming to be Cherokee and has tried to benefit from that claim….
Many members of these fraudulent groups base their claim of Cherokee ancestry on the same thing Ms. Warren bases hers on…family lore…. Like Warren and her contributions to the Pow Wow Chow cookbook, those fake Indians bastardized our traditions by doing things that were not representative of true Cherokee culture…. Like Warren in her "checking the box" to further her career, these people did the exact same thing, "checked the box", in order to try to benefit from it.
We have researched Ms. Warren's ancestry in the line she claims to be Cherokee through, as well as researched the collateral lines connected to that family. There is absolutely no indication of her having anything other than Caucasian ancestors…. Ms. Warren's ancestors were not Cherokees and neither is she. We, as Cherokees, cannot allow Ms. Warren to continue on with her false claims…..
It is time for Ms. Warren to come clean and tell the truth. Until she does, we will not be silenced.
Other Native Americans offered video testimonials: "I'm A Proud Native American, And Elizabeth Warren Does Not Represent Me" and there was widespread criticism of Warren's claims.
"If you believe you are these things then that's fine and dandy, but that doesn't give you the right to claim yourself as Native American," said Harjo, who said Warren might have taken a job another Native American could have received.
As an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, 1981 alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, veteran scholastic administrator, and lifelong Democrat, I am profoundly disturbed by the emergence of recent details concerning Harvard and one of its law school's senior faculty members, Massachusetts senate candidate Elizabeth Warren. Over the course of the past month, facts have come to attention that leave little doubt that the HLS bureaucracy and Professor Warren perpetrated nothing less than ethnic fraud….
I urge fellow Native alumni of Harvard, as well as all American Indians presently associated with any of the University's schools, to denounce the conduct of HLS and Professor Warren.
Ultimately, however, whether the Professor formally obtained her employment in Cambridge thanks to affirmative action is immaterial. An unethical endeavor does not have to succeed in its objectives in order to warrant objection. Similarly, qualification does not automatically legitimize malfeasance.
Warren has predicated her bid for elected office on an advocacy for the disenfranchised, the proverbial "99 percent." Consequently, her conduct vis-à-vis a historically marginalized Native community is fundamentally pertinent to the ideological consistency of her campaign platform….
A not-insignificant number of her defenders have attempted to double down by maintaining that most Oklahomans likely have at least a minute amount of Indian DNA. What a poetic illustration of the legacy of colonialism: first, the European entitlement to Native territories, and, now, white entitlement to Native cultural identity sans the conditions that confer meaning on that identity….
Perhaps, in the end, we should appreciate Professor Warren for revealing institutionalized deficiencies at our alma mater that may have otherwise remained unexamined. However, we should nevertheless hold her accountable for the damage she has wrought—by either crassly capitalizing on the plight of the American Indian or indulging in the fetishization of a frequently caricaturized minority group….
Warren also was criticized for refusing to meet with a group of Cherokee women who traveled to Boston in June 2012 to present Warren with genealogical evidence that Warren was not Cherokee, and a separate group of Native American Democrats, including the grandson of Geronimo, who wanted to meet with Warren at the Democratic National Convention at which Warren was a keynote speaker.
It would not have been "appropriate" for Massachusetts Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren to claim to be an American Indian minority if she did so solely to get a professional advantage, says a former U.S. senator who was once the only Native American in Congress.
"I think if she used it just to get some kind of advantage — whatever it was — like a job application or something, then that's probably not appropriate," former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell told The Daily Caller in an interview on Tuesday.


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A justifiably proud Martin Smith Opticians, based in Saltergate, Lincoln, are celebrating after reaching the pinnacle of recognition last month, when the industry hailed the practice the best in the profession.
STRONG COMPETITION
Winning awards is not a new experience for the practice. Their accolades already include practice owner Dr Martin Smith being voted AOP Optometrist of the Year and practice manager Sue Edwards being voted Dispensing Optician of the Year in 2018. This year the practice, with hundreds of votes from their customers, fought off strong competition from the best independent practices and larger multiples in the UK to be first over the finishing line with awards in the top three categories.
The annual AOP Awards (Association of Optometrists) Awards were held in London on 13th January. The awards ceremony celebrates outstanding talent and innovation in the profession, recognising exceptional contributions made by individuals and teams across the country.
SUPREME IN THREE CATEGORIES
The string of awards began with the AOP Optometrist of the Year 2019, which was won by Dr Martin Smith BSc DOptom DipTp(IP) Prof Cert Glauc MCOptom. This award recognises an optometrist who has combined a commitment to patient care with hands-on clinical expertise. Nominees are expected to be leading figures in their community practice or in a hospital setting, and will demonstrate their support for the development of colleagues. Dr Smith, as well as being owner of the practice, is one of the most highly qualified optometrists in the UK and won this individual award for the second time (the first was in 2015).
Shortly afterwards, Sue Edwards BSc FBDO was presented as winner of the AOP Dispensing Optician of the Year. Nominees for this award displayed a dedication to keeping up to date with new innovations and evidence of leadership within the practice, supporting colleagues and promoting eye health. Sue is now believed to be the first person in the UK to hold both the AOP and the Optician Awards for the Best Dispensing Optician in the UK at the same time – an astonishing achievement.
To finally complete the thrilling evening Martin Smith Opticians were announced as AOP Practice of the Year recognising the practice – either multiple, franchise or independent – that could demonstrate clinical excellence and a strong emphasis on the patient journey. Nominees must also be engaged in educating patients and the wider community about eye health, along with showing a flair for products and services, and an emphasis on looking after every patient on an individual basis.
Martin Smith Opticians can officially call themselves 'The Best Opticians in the UK' after being voted the Practice of the Year, the Optometrist of the Year and The Dispensing Optician of the Year 2019 – the three biggest national awards in the optical industry.
John French, CEO of Sightcare Services Ltd, said: "Dr Martin Smith and his practice is a leader and innovator within the industry, introducing technology, which whilst successful in Europe, had not been introduced into any practice in the UK. Martin Smith Opticians is an award-winning practice with five national awards in the last two years, which is clear evidence that this is an exceptional practice."
OUTSTANDING OPTICAL EXPERTISE AND SERVICE
Martin Smith Opticians have invested in excellence in staff training and the latest technology to offer advanced customer service and eye-care which could be compared in the hospitality industry to that of a boutique hotel or Michelin star restaurant. Every detail is taken care of, every need met before it is asked for. It is a business uniquely attuned to the requirements of each individual customer, from the high-tech sight test with one of the country's top optometrists to the personal dispensing service offering the finest individualised lenses and hand-made frames from around the world, overseen by two of the country's best dispensing opticians.
Dr Smith's impressive list of qualifications include: Doctor of Optometry and a postgraduate diploma in Independent Prescribing. He also has a Professional Certificate in Glaucoma – a qualification which allows Dr Smith to monitor patients with suspected glaucoma and raised pressure. He is currently completing a Higher Certificate in Glaucoma for which he is working alongside the consultant ophthalmologists at the Lincoln County Hospital Glaucoma clinic and seeing glaucoma patients on a weekly basis. Upon completion of this qualification Dr Smith will be treating patients with suspected glaucoma and raised pressure in the practice, which means they will not have to attend the hospital.
Martin Smith Opticians has introduced the best of the most ground-breaking technology available to the practice to enhance each customer's journey from start to finish. The practice also won for its outstanding customer care, professional and knowledgeable team, and clinical expertise. Technology at the practice includes the only 3D sight testing experience in the UK; a new system which has changed eye testing and has increased demand from discerning customers. Clients of the practice also receive an in-depth, 50-minute appointment which includes the latest DNeye and OCT scans, and eye examinations are always with Dr Martin Smith.
The most beautiful collection of frames is also held at the practice from independent niche suppliers and includes Blackfin, which is hand crafted from superior Japanese titanium and manufactured in the Italian Dolomites; Etnia Barcelona, a colourful and original collection very popular with customers; Bevel from Japan, and many more ranges making this one of the most exciting choices of frames in the area. A wonderful choice of sunglasses is also available from Serengeti, Rodenstock and Etnia.
After their success does this mean the practice can relax its approach? According to Dr Smith, this won't happen. "Our goal is to continue to ensure our customers receive the best possible eyecare and clinical care that the industry can provide whilst remaining personable and friendly. There is always room for improvement and we will never stop working hard to improve our service further. Our customers tell us they are delighted and that is our main and constant motivation."
The practice is accepting new patients but customers are advised to book ahead as the diary is booked up approximately four weeks in advance.
Martin Smith Opticians,
22 Saltergate, Lincoln LN2 1DH
www.martinsmithopticians.co.uk; hello@martinsmithopticians or message us on facebook
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Escalating trade tensions between Washington and Beijing may have sent tremors across the U.S. stock market but short-sellers are taking the opportunity to boost bearish bets against U.S. companies exposed to a full-blown trade war. Planemaker Boeing, automaker General Motors, casino operator Las Vegas Sands, package delivery company FedEx and agricultural trader Bunge – companies that could feel the pain from growing trade tensions with China – have drawn a noticeable pickup in shorting activity this month, according to financial analytics firm S3 Partners.
"I think the change in short interest is directly related to the increase in trade tensions," said Ihor Dusaniwsky, head of research at S3 in New York. Short-sellers aim to profit by selling borrowed shares with the hope of buying them back later at a lower price. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was pushing ahead with hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports, and Beijing immediately vowed to respond in kind. Tensions escalated further on Monday, after Trump threatened to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if Beijing retaliated. Multinationals that rely on China for large parts of their business are seen as particularly at risk from a potential trade war.
…but who's going to come up on top, the shorts or the squeezers?
The "most shorted" stocks in America are up 20% in the last two months, almost incessantly.
Xi needs to keep his foreign reserves at home.
Chinese acquisitions and investments in the U.S. fell 92 percent to just $1.8 billion in the first five months of this year, consulting and research firm Rhodium Group said Tuesday. Counting divestitures, net Chinese deal flow to the U.S. during that time was a negative $7.8 billion, the report said. The decline follows a sharp drop in the second half of last year as pressure from both Beijing and the Trump administration curbed a recent surge in cross-border investment. Completed Chinese deals in the U.S. hit a record $46 billion in 2016, and dropped to $29 billion in 2017, according to Rhodium. In a search for investment opportunities, Chinese companies went on an overseas buying spree in 2015 and 2016.
But now, China wants to limit capital flight and excessive leverage. The U.S. is worried about intellectual property protection and has increased scrutiny of deals on the basis of national security. The Trump administration has also threatened restrictions on investment based on a "Section 301" investigation, the same study that led to the latest tariff announcements. As a result, acquisitions worth more than $2 billion in the first five months of this year have fallen apart, Rhodium Group's Thilo Hanemann said.
China's commerce ministry on Thursday accused the United States of being "capricious" over bilateral trade issues, and warned that the interests of U.S. workers and farmers ultimately will be hurt by Washington's penchant for brandishing "big sticks". Previous trade negotiations with the United States had been constructive, but because the U.S. government is being unpredictable and challenging, Beijing has had to respond in a strong manner, commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng said in a regular briefing in Beijing.
China could hit back at U.S. firms listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average if U.S. President Donald Trump keeps exacerbating tensions with China over trade, state-controlled Chinese tabloid The Global Times said on Thursday. Trump threatened on Monday to hit $200 billion of Chinese imports with 10 percent tariffs if China follows through with retaliation against his previous targeting of $50 billion in imports. The Dow, which counts Boeing, Apple and Nike among its constituents, ended down 0.17 percent on Wednesday. The 30-stock share index has declined 0.25 percent year-to-date.
"If Trump continues to escalate trade tensions with China, we cannot rule out the possibility that China will strike back by adopting a hard-line approach targeting Dow Jones index giants," the Global Times said in a commentary. The world's two biggest economies seemed increasingly headed towards open trade conflict after three rounds of high-level talks since early May failed to reach a compromise on U.S. complaints over Chinese trade practices and a $375 billion trade deficit with China. Despite taking steps in self-defense, China will not stray from its path of deepening reform and opening up, said the tabloid, which is run by the People's Daily.
The euro banking sector is huge: In April 2018, its total balance sheet amounted to €30.9 trillion, accounting for 268% of GDP in the euro area. Unfortunately, however, many euro banks are in lousy shape. They suffer from low profitability and carry an estimated total bad loan exposure of around €759 billion, which accounts for roughly 30% of their equity capital. Share price developments suggest that investors have lost quite some confidence in the viability of euro banks' businesses: While US bank stocks are up 24% since the beginning of 2006, the index for euro-area bank stocks is still down by around 70%. Perhaps most notably, 'Germany's two largest banks, Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank, have lost 85 and 94%, respectively, of their market capitalization.
With a balance sheet of close to €1.5 trillion in March 2018, Deutsche Bank accounted for around 45% of German GDP. In international comparison, this an enormous, downright frightening dimension. It is mostly the result of the bank still having an extensive (though not profitable) footprint in the international investment banking business. The bank has already started reducing its balance sheet, though. Beware of big banks — this is what we could learn from the latest financial and economic crises 2008/2009. Big banks have the potential to take an entire economy hostage: When they get into trouble, they can drag everything down with them, especially the innocent bystanders – taxpayers and, if and when the central banks decide to bail them out, those holding fiat money and fixed income securities denominated in fiat money.
Greece expects eurozone finance ministers to deliver on promised debt relief this week so that it can at last plan its financial future "like any ordinary country," the government spokesman said on Wednesday. Ministers in the Eurogroup will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday to consider plans for easing the debt burden, which at 179.8% of annual Greek GDP is proportionately the greatest in the 19-nation euro zone. "We are optimistic that we are on the verge of a solution with substance," spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said, adding that this would "have a multiplying effect on the momentum of the Greek economy." Shut out of debt markets in 2010, Greece is set to exit its international bailout program formally in August.
The Eurogroup will discuss debt relief to ensure Athens can return to market financing after eight years of loans from euro zone governments and the IMF. "The accepted criteria for all sides is that this solution be convincing for markets and embed the creditworthiness of our country – the final act in restoring the credibility of Greece to be able to plan for the next day like any ordinary country," Tzanakopoulos told a news briefing. The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) holds more than half of the country's public debt and, as its biggest creditor, is keen to see Greece regain market access sustainably. EU officials have repeatedly said the meeting will be crucial to seal Greece's financial future.
Decisions will need to be made on the use of about €40 billion that remain unspent under its third, €86 billion bailout programme which expires on Aug. 20. Greece has already received substantial debt relief during the crisis. Private creditors cut the value of their holdings of Greek government bonds by more than half in 2012. As a result Greek debt stock was cut by about €107 billion. Official creditors do not accept such "haircuts" but have eased lending terms which reduced the net present value of the loans granted to Athens, resulting in further budget savings. European creditors will probably grant frontloaded debt relief to Greece by using the funds left over in the third bailout to buy out part of the IMF loans..
An EU committee has approved two new copyright rules that campaigners warn could destroy the internet as we know it. The two controversial new rules – known as Article 11 and Article 13 – introduce wide-ranging new changes to the way the web works. Article 13 has been criticised by campaigners who claim that it could force internet companies to "ban memes". It requires that all websites check posts against a database of copyrighted work, and remove those that are flagged. That could mean memes – which often use images taken from films or TV shows – could be removed by websites. The system is also likely to go wrong, campaigners say, pointing to previous examples where automated systems at YouTube have taken down a variety of entirely innocent posts.
Smaller sites might not even be able to maintain such a complicated infrastructure for scanning through posts, and therefore might not be able to continue to function, activists claim. Some companies and sites have already had to shut down as a result of the EU's new GDPR data rules. It has been opposed by a whole host of internet experts, many of them involved with the creation of the central technologies and services of the internet. An open letter published last week was signed by more than 70 experts, including web creator Tim Berners-Lee, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and internet pioneer Vint Cerf. "By requiring Internet platforms to perform automatic filtering all of the content that their users upload, Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet, from an open platform for sharing and innovation, into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users," that letter read.
Two percent. Really, Pentagon? You got a two on the test? You get five points just for spelling your name right. But those 70,000 bombs dropped by Bush—it was child's play. DeGraw again: "[Obama] dropped 100,000 bombs in seven countries. He out-bombed Bush by 30,000 bombs and 2 countries." You have to admit that's impressively horrific. That puts Obama in a very elite group of Nobel Peace Prize winners who have killed that many innocent civilians. The reunions are mainly just him and Henry Kissinger wearing little hand-drawn name tags and munching on deviled eggs.
However, we now know that Donald Trump's administration puts all previous presidents to shame. The Pentagon's numbers show that during George W. Bush's eight years he averaged 24 bombs dropped per day, which is 8,750 per year. Over the course of Obama's time in office, his military dropped 34 bombs per day, 12,500 per year. And in Trump's first year in office, he averaged 121 bombs dropped per day, for an annual total of 44,096. Trump's military dropped 44,000 bombs in his first year in office. He has basically taken the gloves off the Pentagon, taken the leash off an already rabid dog.
Why the EU should not be in the hands of people who need to win national elections. Not Brussels either, obviously. This is disastrous.
With no end in sight to the EU refugee crisis, Berlin and Paris look to put the burden of dealing with asylum seekers on the countries where they first register. The seeming return to 'old rules' is poised to split Europe further. During their meeting ahead of the EU summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to "jointly and resolutely tackle" what they euphemistically called "secondary movements inside the EU." An elusive wording used in the so-called Meseberg Declaration adopted by the two leaders effectively means one thing: Macron and Merkel want all the newly arrived asylum seekers and migrants to stay in the EU countries where they were first registered while their cases are being processed.
This would leave the EU southern member states to deal with the new arrivals alone. The problem, however, is that the same rules embodied in what is known as the ill-fated EU Dublin Regulation already proved to be dysfunctional at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis. "It is a de-facto return to the Dublin Agreement, which was disavowed by Merkel herself when she opened Germany's borders for refugees back in 2015," Evgenia Pimenova, an expert at the International Studies Center of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), told RT. It seems, however, that the leaders of Europe's two powerhouses do not have much of a choice in a situation when they face a growing opposition to the old migration policies both at home and at the European level.
5Star must be careful with continuing support for Salvini.
An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy. "Diciotti ship finally lands in Pozzallo taking 522 people to safe port," the UNHCR Italy tweeted. "They were rescued in multiple operations, 42 of them survived drowning and they need urgent medical care and psychological support," the UN refugee agency said, adding that it was at the scene along with Italian authorities and humanitarian organisations.
A dozen very dehydrated migrants, including six children, three women and one man, had already been sent to Pozzallo and taken into care by the Italian Red Cross. It is not known whether they were part of the group of 41 migrants rescued from a vessel in distress off Libya last Tuesday by the USNS Trenton, which transferred them to the Diciotti. The crew of the US fast transport ship also spotted 12 bodies in the water but were unable to locate them during a search after the rescue, the US Navy said. A nearby ship from the NGO Sea Watch offered to help provided it could dock with the migrants at an Italian port, which the Italian authorities refused.
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I remember the exact moment I knew we were broke. I can still picture my mum at the refrigerator and the look on her face. I was six years old, and I came home for lunch during our break at school. My mum had the same thing on the menu every single day: Bread and milk. When you're a kid, you don't even think about it. But I guess that's what we could afford. Then this one day I came home, and I walked into the kitchen, and I saw my mum at the refrigerator with the box of milk, like normal. But this time she was mixing something in with it. She was shaking it all up, you know? I didn't understand what was going on. Then she brought my lunch over to me, and she was smiling like everything was cool. But I realized right away what was going on.
She was mixing water in with the milk. We didn't have enough money to make it last the whole week. We were broke. Not just poor, but broke. My father had been a pro footballer, but he was at the end of his career and the money was all gone. The first thing to go was the cable TV. No more football. No more Match of the Day. No signal. Then I'd come home at night and the lights would be shut off. No electricity for two, three weeks at a time. Then I'd want to take a bath, and there would be no hot water. My mum would heat up a kettle on the stove, and I'd stand in the shower splashing the warm water on top of my head with a cup.
There were even times when my mum had to "borrow" bread from the bakery down the street. The bakers knew me and my little brother, so they'd let her take a loaf of bread on Monday and pay them back on Friday. I knew we were struggling. But when she was mixing in water with the milk, I realized it was over, you know what I mean? This was our life. I didn't say a word. I didn't want her to stress. I just ate my lunch. But I swear to God, I made a promise to myself that day. It was like somebody snapped their fingers and woke me up. I knew exactly what I had to do, and what I was going to do. I couldn't see my mother living like that. Nah, nah, nah. I couldn't have that.


If budget or schedules don't allow you to hold a camp at some great location like the Lost River Barn, or head out of town to a packaged camp in the mountains of Virginia or the sweet early season temps of southern California, you can effectively hold a camp without leaving home. This applies to teams or individuals. An effective camp is all about getting in specific training with dedicated time for recovery and rest. Nowhere does it say that you have to sleep in a strange bed to make it a camp. Though being in a remote location can make it easier to avoid the distractions that may get in the way of the training and/or the rest, if you plan and do a little homework you can get in an effective block of training and rest that may be as effective as a leaving town for a camp.
For most folks, work and family commitments can get in the way of either the training or the recovery part of the camp formula. And for most of us, we cannot really get rid of either the family or work, so the trick is to make sure that both are taken care of in some way so that we are free to do to get in the training and rest for an effective "camp".
The work part is a somewhat simple problem to solve. If you have the kind of job that does not follow you home, then it may be as simple as scheduling your vacation time to allow you to get in a long weekend of training and recovery. If you are self employed or have deadlines to deal with, then investing some extra time in the days and weeks leading up to your planned camp can allow you the freedom to turn off the work for a few days. If you have clients, then scheduling your meetings and deadlines with your camp in mind can be as simple as marking the days of your camp off on your calendar and scheduling around it. Granted that some folks will never be able to literally turn off the work, but anything that can be done to reduce the time spent working, as least during the "camp" can be the key to making the training a bit more effective.
Family and relationships can be a trickier obstacle to work around. Some of us are lucky enough to have partners who understand when we need to be unavailable even though we are at home. It may not sound like a big deal, but even walking around the supermarket or sitting in a movie theater can put a dent in your recovery process and affect how well your next day's training will go and how well you will recover from and respond to the training that you have done that day. For some folks it may just be a matter of explaining what you are trying do and getting a commitment from the folks around you to support your goals. For others it may take a little wheeling and dealing to get a free pass for a weekend or week of concentrated training and recovery with the idea that you will make it up to them sooner than later. Remember that it is better to have the folks around you supporting your efforts, and if left neglected, that support system may disappear.
Doing your homework before your "camp" can also improve how things go. Planning your meals etc just as if you were going to be away from home at a camp will keep you from having to forage for food after a long day in the saddle. Cooking some stuff ahead of time will also save on time and hassle. Most foods can be prepared and put in the fridge so that all you need to do is pop them in the microwave or in the oven to make for the perfect post workout meal without having to stand around in the kitchen when you really should be flat on your back recovering. Depending on how well you wheel and deal, you may be able to have your better half help out with the cooking and cleaning for the time you are at "camp".
So once you have the logistics of blocking off some free time that you can dedicate to your sleep at home camp, you still need to have a goal for your camp and plans for what you are going to do to fulfill that goal. If you are training alone, then knowing what rides and workouts you want to get done and in what order is the next step. Doing an epic ride on the first day may leave you too cooked to really get in a good day of training on the second day. Planning your rides logically will allow you to get in more effective training without the junk miles that might happen if you are still tired after a hard day.
If you are going to be doing this camp with a group, then making sure everyone knows where and when the rides begin and end will save on frustration and time wasted waiting around. If you are going to do group drills etc, then planning where to get that kind of work done is also important. It is great to plan a team workout with a whole bunch time dedicated to learning to ride as a team, but if the roads do not allow you to ride together as if you were racing, it might be hard to really get a chance to practice anything.
All in all, planning a camp at home is not much different that planning a camp at a remote location. It may take a little more effort to avoid the distractions of every day home life, but just like when you were younger, camping in your own back yard can be just as good as camping in the woods. Just with a whole lot less driving.
I hope this series of articles has at least started you thinking about the benefits of attending or holding a training camp this year. Depending on your goals for the season, camps can be held at any time of the year. Late season races can benefit from a summer camp just as well as the early spring races will benefit from a camp held in the winter months.
Everyone has different responsibilities and commitments in their lives, so a camp may be a much bigger deal for one rider than for another, but if you sit down and think about it and make a plan, I am sure you will be able to find some way to benefit from the training camp experience, be it in some remote location like Spain or Bedford or on the same old roads that you train on all the time.
If you need help in planning or choosing your camp, please feel free to contact me.


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Ring New Car Cam Can Now Record Users Interactions With Police
It can monitor the car's surroundings for any potential physical harm.
The Amazon-owned home security devices maker, Ring, had announced new products yesterday. This includes a Car Cam and a smart alarm, making the Ring's first venture out of home security.
The Car Cam has a feature called Traffic Stop, which will record the interactions between police and user when they're pulled over. Also, it can monitor the car's surroundings for any potential physical harm.
Amazon's Ring to Record Your Interactions With Police
Ever since the Amazon acquired Ring, its pumping the home security devices maker with all the required money to produce new gadgets; here's one that Ring came up with yesterday, alongside Amazon's new Alexa smart speakers. The company has launched Car Cam, a new camera to be fitted in cars to serve various purposes.
Also, this marks the Ring's first-time venture out of making home security products. It says the Ring Car Cam, worth $200, can be used to record user's interactions with the police whenever there's trouble in the car. Especially, if you're getting pulled over, you can out "Alexa, I'm being pulled over" to let the Car Cam to start recording things and upload them to the cloud directly.
Named as Traffic Stop, this device can also be used to monitor your car's surroundings when it's left in the parking or transit. This can be helpful in sites of robbery or vandalism. Besides this, Ring has launched a smart alarm for $60 to alert users whenever there's a break-in.
It's speculated the introduction of the Car Cam feature came after several authorities and right activists called out Ring for having close partnerships with police. The Car Cam feature can also contact the immediate responders (pre-fed contacts) for help in emergencies like accidents.
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CROCS BUTCHING UP
ECOLOGICALLY, ALL living things are related, sometimes to their benefit, other times not. This is exemplified by an article in the September 1, 2017, issue of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science's weekly magazine.
"The Case of the Macho Crocs," by Mitch Leslie, describes a heavily male-biased sex ratio among Costa Rican crocodiles that's traceable to a synthetic hormone used by bodybuilders and fish farmers.
An American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, This and other images from Science, September 1, 2017.
By the way, I used to think that alligators were New World creatures while crocodiles were Old World. (There was some doggerel rhyming "dile" with "Nile.") Not to diss yet another bit of my youthful knowledge, this isn't true.
They're both species of the order Crocodilia. Crocodiles live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. There are two extant species of alligators, the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. And, in particular, crocs and gators coexist in south Florida, for example.
There are ways to tell crocs and gators apart, but my advice is to avoid either unless you're a Crocodilia researcher.
As noted in Science, unlike humans and many other species, "crocodiles and alligators do not have sex chromosomes. Instead, whether an embryo becomes a male or a female depends on the nest temperature during incubation."
Crocodile populations in the wild typically tend to a 50/50 split of gender. However, research of crocs in Costa Rica's Palo Verde National Park identified a male/female ratio of about 3:1. What's more, a followup study of 474 crocs from seven sites there exhibited an even wider split, about 3.5:1, a ratio that held across croc age. Males made up almost 60 percent of hatchlings and 60 percent of the adults as well.
This contradicted what might have been expected based on the region's climate change: In less than 20 years, the average low temperature in Palo Verde has risen about 2.5 degrees Celsius/4.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
To test the influence of this temperature increase, researchers stashed temperature recorders inside faux eggs and buried them in 25 croc nests. Based on nest temperatures, female hatchlings should have outnumbered males by nearly 2:1.
Males in green; females in blue.
Clearly something must have been overriding the effect of temperature.
A suspected culprit is the growth hormone 17α-methyltestosterone, aka MT, used by bodybuilders—and also by fish farms near the Palo Verde National Park. The farms put MT in the food pellets of their tilapia stock to transform females into faster-growing and more profitable males.
To test this hypothesis, researchers dabbed three different concentrations of MT on American alligator eggs. They then incubated the eggs at temperatures that would ordinarily yield only females. Noted Science, "About 60 percent of the eggs dosed with the two highest MT levels developed into males." Later, Science continues, "The group reported finding the chemical in samples of blood and egg yolks from the Palo Verde crocs, confirming that they had been exposed to it."
Tilapia farming has boomed in Central America. This mild-tasting fish is the fourth most popular in the U.S.
Regulatory agencies studying the matter say that tilapia raised on MT-containing chow are safe for people to eat. Yet, L. Earl Gray is a reproductive toxicologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Science quotes him saying, "MT does not occur normally in the environment. It can only occur in the environment from human activity." What's more, contrary to earlier assumptions, it's reported that MT is not always biodegrading.
It's not clear that the fish farms must take the rap: MT has shown up in blood and yolk samples in other Costa Rican river systems. It's possible, for example, that MT used legally or illegally by humans could be the entering the environment through sewage systems. In fact, Science notes that not all scientists think the case against MT is closed. More research is called for, with different crocs living elsewhere in the world.
Researchers carefully draw blood from a Costa Rican crocodile.
Those applying are advised to leave their good shoes at home. This is hot, muggy, and muddy work. To study up on crocodiles, check out "Science Duo" and "Creatures Great and Small" here at SimanaitisSays. ds
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As a newborn, your baby's world was a jumble of overlapping sensations – of touch, light, smell and sound. But within weeks his brain was beginning to make sense of these experiences. As he grows, and develops, he will continue to use his senses to find out more about the world around him.
Your baby will use his sense of touch to learn about the shape and texture of things. Until he's about seven months old, his fingers and hands aren't enough to help him do this, so he'll use his mouth as well. His mouth has more nerve endings per square millimetre than any other part of his body so he can discover a huge amount by sucking on a toy.
As your baby's vision improves, he will begin to develop hand-eye coordination. By five months, his sight will have developed enough for him to understand how far things are away from him. Being able to reach out and grasp things opens up a whole new world of discovery for your curious baby!
Toys for babies are colourful and noisy for a good reason: they help to stimulate your baby's senses as he plays with them. Everyday activities provide opportunities for sensory stimulation too.
While you're bathing your baby, provide him with a running commentary. Show him the bubbles in shampoo and feel the texture of your sponge or flannel [facewasher]. Turn bath time into an opportunity to learn about sinking and floating; warm and cold; wet and dry.
Meal times can be a sensory jamboree too! Once your baby starts to eat solid foods, he'll use all of his senses, not just taste. It's a messy business, but when your baby squishes his pasta, bangs his spoon or plays with his rolling peas he's boosting his development, as well as his nutrition.


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